Gloucester for the Win! Final score 8:2. GHS Boys Soccer (Div. 3) beat Malden (Div. 1) October 28, 2023.
photos: snapshots of the Senior Celebration — 11 players!–and pregame scenes from the stands.
The Fishermen were led by six seniors in the starting line up: Gino and Dom up front (both scored hat tricks); Cole and Brendan in the middle; and Leo and Benji in back. Looks like the Fishermen are going to the playoffs! The last game of the 2023 season is an away game* on Monday October 30th against Saugus. Heading into that final game, GHS Boys Varsity Soccer 2023 season is 13-3-1. Northeast ranking reflects the success of the team’s defense and offence. A proud parent explained, “Goals allowed is huge. The 2023 team only let up so many goals vs. how many goals we scored all season. In 8 of the games only 1 goal was allowed. There were 3 shutouts by the defense and goalie.”
*This often means the varsity girls soccer should be at the home stadium. The JV team had a game at the same time on another field. Good luck to all the GHS Fishermen fall sports teams!
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See you at the stadium 1:45PM! Game at 2! Come on Down!
Gloucester Fishermen boys soccer game is at 2pm. Come early for the ‘Senior Celebration’ honoring the Gloucester Fishermen Boys Varsity Soccer members of the class of 2024. Congratulations boys on your hard work and youth soccer career ๐
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Heidi Dallin shares a reminder for an original Halloween themed concert on Saturday. DANSE MACABRE at Gloucester’s Unitarian Universalist Church features the four principal string players from the Cape Ann Symphony.
๐ป๐ฆ๐ธ๏ธWhat will they play? ๐ป๐ฆ๐ธ๏ธ
Cape Ann Symphony’s Musicians Unleashed Series celebrates Halloween with a spooky concert of ghostly music featuring a quartet of Cape Ann Symphony’s principal string players: Seth MacLeod, Cello; CAS Concert Master Scott Moore, violin; Erica Pisaturo, violin; and Brandon White, viola; playing a program of creative and varied compositions ranging from Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14: Death and the Maiden to a pop medley of Stevie Wonder’s Superstition, Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy and Michael Jackson’s Thriller to Spooky Waltz, a piece written by CAS violinist & Concert Master Scott Moore.
“Our program for October 28 features an adventurous variety of music, which really showcases the talent and versatility of the Cape Ann Symphonyโs principal string players,” explains Moore. “From cheeky, spooky fun, to the truly tragic; from Schubert and Shostakovich to Doc Watson and Gnarls Barkleyโฆthereโs something here for any music lover, and itโs all bound together by the theme and title piece, Danse Macabre.โ
Scott Moore
The Danse Macabre concert program includes: Shostakovich’s String Quartet No. 8: Largo & Allegro Molto; Saint-Saens’ Danse Macabre; Penderecki’s Tanz; Scott Moore’s Spooky Waltz; A Pop Medley of Stevie Wonder’s Superstition, Gnarls Barkley’s Crazy and Michael Jackson’s Thriller; the classic traditional pieces: Jenny on the Railroad and Go Dig My Grave; Sibelius’ Valse Triste; Satie’s Gnossienne No.1; Purcell’s When I am Laid in Earth and Schubert’s String Quartet No. 14: Death and the Maiden.
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
Scott Moore was born and came of age in rural Kentucky. He began his career as a violinist and composer as a four-year-old in New York. He’s been a soloist with a number of orchestras, played Mozart for the Archduke of Austria, and has given an impromptu recital in Carnegie Hall for an audience of ghosts. In 2018, he began performing, from memory, the complete Sonatas and Partitas for Solo Violin by J. S. Bach. A composer as well, he has composed six adventurous new scores for the Louisville Ballet, including As You Like It in August 2022. This native Kentuckian is now a resident of Gloucester. He and his wife violinist Erica Pisaturo, also a member of CAS, moved to New England in the fall of 2019.
Violinist Erica Pisaturo is a native of New England, where she began her violin studies at the age of four. After earning a BA in Music and Art History from Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, she went on to earn an MFA at the Savannah College of Art and Design in Savannah, Georgia. While in the South, Ms. Pisaturo played violin in a number of professional symphony orchestras, including the Hilton Head Symphony and Savannah Philharmonic, both of which she also served as Orchestra Librarian. She has toured and traveled the world extensively including studying architecture in Italy, making music on tour in China and Japan. She and her husband, CAS violinist Scott Moore moved to Gloucester in 2019 and Ms. Pisaturo now plays with the Cape Ann Symphony and Symphony By The Sea.
Cellist Seth MacLeod earned his Bachelor of Music in cello performance from Boston University, where he studied with George Neikrug who dedicated to Seth a cadenza he composed for the Dvoลรกk Cello Concerto. In September Mr. MacLeod joined the Cape Ann Symphony as Principal Cellist. He has performed as a soloist with the Wellesley Symphony, Lincoln-Sudbury Civic and the Metrowest Symphony Orchestras. Mr. MacLeod is also the principal cellist of the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra, and he is a member of Symphony By The Sea. He is a versatile chamber musician and string instructor at area schools.
Violist Brandon White made his CAS debut in March 2022โs Musicians Unleashed Concert, the Virtual Clarinet Quintet Concert. Originally from New York and now residing in the Boston area, Brandon White has enjoyed a varied career as a violist. A classically trained violist, Mr. White has been recognized as an analytical, and forward-thinking musician with a love of all viola music and new compositions. He holds degrees from The Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam where he studied under Shelly Tramposh and earned his BM in Viola Performance, as well as The Boston Conservatory at Berklee where he studied under Lila Brown and earned his MM in String Performance. He has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Jordan Hall, and Sanders Theater and played with the Orchestra of Northern New York, Hamptons Festival Orchestra and the Choral Society of the Hamptons. Mr. White currently performs in the Rivers Symphony Orchestra and is also a member of the contemporary viola duo Waterhouse Row alongside Emilie Catlett.
Danse Macabre is Saturday, October 28 at 3:00 PM at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 10 Church Street, Gloucester. Ticket prices for Danse Macabre are $40 for Adults and $15 for Youth. Call Cape Ann Symphony at 978-281-0543 or go to www.capeannsymphony.org for tickets.
The Cape Ann Symphonyโs Musicians Unleashed programs were launched in 2019 and have become a wonderfully popular series with an overwhelmingly enthusiastic audience response.
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Cape Ann Symphony’s 2023/2024 72nd season opens with an incredible program, FRENCH SPECTACULAR. Buy your tickets now! The Cape Ann Symphony performs at Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. For tickets or information, call 978-281-0543 or visit www.capeannsymphony.org
From Cape Ann Symphony:
“Cape Ann Symphony kicks off the 72nd season at 2:00 PM on October 1, 2023 with a musical trip to France featuring CAS premieres of Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin printemps; Debussy’s Nocturnes with a special appearance from the New World Chorale; and Ravel’s Mother Goose Suite. The concert finale is Ravel’s popular and thrilling Bolero.
The orchestra opens the concert with the musical prodigy Lili Boulanger’s D’un matin printemps followed by Claude Debussy’s innovative Nocturnes featuringthe New World Chorale in their CAS debut; Maurice Ravel’s colorful and playful Mother GooseSuite and to close the concert Ravel’s dramaticBolero.
“”We are very excited about the French Spectacular concert which features the music of Lili Boulanger, Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel,” says CAS Conductor and Music Director Maestro Yoichi Udagawa, “All the pieces are gorgeous, and full of color and emotion. The Debussy features a woman’s chorus from the New World Chorale. Their voices represent the mysterious song of the Sirens from within the midst of the sea with its innumerable rhythms. The concert will finish with Ravel’s ever popular and powerfully exciting Bolero. The musicians and I are honored to play the D’un matin printemps, Nocturnes and Mother GooseSuite for the first time in CAS history!We can’t wait for the concert!”
The Cape Ann Symphony has played works by French composer and teacher Nadia Boulanger, but this is the first CAS performance of a work by Nadia’s younger sister, Lili.
“Lili Boulanger was known for her lush harmonies and elegant instrumentations,” points out Maestro Udagawa,” D’un matin printemps was first composed as a duet for violin and piano. The work was then adapted by Ms. Boulanger as a trio for violin, cello, and piano and then as a duet for flute and piano. In January 1918, she was very ill and dictated her orchestral version to her sister Nadia. Her D’un matin printemps was the last work composed by Lili Boulanger before her untimely death in March 1918 at the age of 24, caused by a case of bronchial pneumonia at the age of two which left her immune system weakened for the rest of her life. Lili Boulanger was born into a musical family on August 21, 1893. The influential French composer, organist, pianist and teacher Gabriel Faurรฉ โ a friend of the family โ discovered 2 year old Lili had perfect pitch. A musical prodigy, Ms. Boulanger was a vocalist, played piano, violin, cello, harp and organ. In 1913, at age 19, she became the first woman to win the Prix de Rome with her cantata Faust et Hรฉlรจne which she wrote for a full orchestra in 4 weeks, conforming to the 4 weeks rule of the competition.
Among the most influential composers of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, Claude Debussy was born to a family of modest means. He showed such musical talent that at age 10, he was admitted to the Conservatoire de Paris. He originally studied piano, but he found his musical passion in innovative composition. Composition of the Nocturnes began in 1892 under the title Trois Scรจnes auCrรฉpuscule (“Three Scenes at Twilight”). In 1894, he began a rewrite of the Trois Scenes, renaming the new version Nocturnes. Debussy scored the orchestral part of the first of the three nocturnes for strings alone; the second for three flutes, four horns, three trumpets, and two harps; and the third for the two groupings together. By 1897, he decided to rewrite all three movements for full orchestra. He worked for the next two years on the Nocturnes. A full score of the manuscript of the Nocturnes was signed with the completion date of December 15, 1899. The complete work, including a choir of Sirรจnes, premiered on October 27, 1901. The New World Chorale makes their Cape Ann Symphony debut as the Sirรจnes in Debussy’s Nocturnes.
The New World Chorale was founded in 1999 by Holly MacEwen Krafka and John Zielinski with the mission of performing the best choral music and the goal of performing with many of the finest orchestras in New England. NWCโs membership comprises some of the Boston areaโs most experienced choral singers and soloists who have performed both locally and internationally with the worldโs major orchestras. The New World Chorale (NWC) is one of the most in-demand choruses for hire in the greater Boston area. NWC has performed major choral works with Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society, Boston Ballet, Boston Conservatory Orchestra, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra, Lexington Symphony, Longwood Symphony Orchestra, Melrose Symphony Orchestra, Mercury Orchestra, MIT Symphony Orchestra, New England Brass Band, New Philharmonia Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Symphony New Hampshire, Symphony Pro Musica, and Wellesley Symphony Orchestra. During its 2017-18 season, the New World Chorale experienced a new type of performance when it provided the chorus for The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses, a touring multimedia production presenting over 30 years of music from The Legend of Zeldaโข video game franchise by Nintendoยฎ. The production was performed on October 21, 2017 at the Wang Theatre in Boston.
French composer, pianist and conductor Maurice Ravel wrote and dedicated his piano duet, MotherGoose Suite, to Mimi and Jean Godebeski, ages 6 and 7, just as he had dedicated an earlier work, Sonatine, to their parents. The Mother Goose stories date back centuries and Ravel wrote pieces. based on the centuries old well known nursery rhymes said to have been authored by Mother Goose. Ravel’s work was originally written as a five-movement piano duet in 1910. The first public performance of the work was given at the Sociรฉtรฉ Musicale Indรฉpendante on April 20, 1910. In 1911, Ravel orchestrated the suite. The five nursery rhymes which Ravel choose to put to music are: Pavane de la Belle au bois dormant: (Pavane of Sleeping Beauty); Petit Poucet: (Little Tom Thumb); Laideronnette, Impรฉratrice des Pagodes: (Little Ugly Girl, Empress of the Pagodas); Les Entretiens de laBelle et de la Bรชte: (Conversation of Beauty and the Beast) and Le Jardin Fรฉerique: (The Fairy Garden).
In the 1920’s Ravel was commissioned to provide a score for Ida Rubinstein’s ballet company, and this resulted in what is now one of his most famous works – Bolรฉro. Ravel declared the work was “one long, very gradual crescendo.” In the 1920’s Ravel was commissioned to provide a score for Ida Rubinstein’s ballet company, and this resulted in what is now one of his most famous works – Bolรฉro. Ravel declared the work was “one long, very gradual crescendo.”
Founded in Gloucester in 1951, the Cape Ann Symphony is a professional orchestra of over 70 players from throughout the New England area. They perform a subscription season of four concerts per year plus several Pops and youth concerts. The Symphony Board of Directors named Yoichi Udagawa the Music Director and Conductor of the Cape Ann Symphony in the summer of 2000 after a yearlong search. In addition to his leadership of Cape Ann Symphony, he is Music Director and Conductor of the Melrose Symphony Orchestra, and the Quincy Symphony Orchestra and a cover conductor at the Boston Pops Orchestra. Frequently invited to guest conduct, Maestro Udagawa has worked with many different orchestras including the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, Nobeoka Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston, the University of Texas Symphony Orchestra, the Indian Hill Symphony, the Garden State Philharmonic, the Brown University Orchestra, the Syracuse Society for New Music, the Boston Conservatory Orchestra, the Midcoast Symphony Orchestra, the Newton Symphony, the Austin Civic Orchestra, and the Mid-Texas Symphony. Maestro Udagawa is at home in popular and contemporary music as well as the standard symphonic repertoire. He is known for his relaxed manner and ability to speak from the podium which has helped new audiences as well as enthusiasts gain a greater appreciation for symphonic music. His programs often include premieres of new works โ some specially commissioned for the orchestra โ as well as great orchestral works across the symphonic repertoire and lively Pops programs. He is also an integral part of the Cape Ann Symphony Youth Initiative. Yoichi Udagawa, the son of a nuclear physicist father and singer/artist mother, was born in Tokyo, Japan in 1964. His family immigrated to the United States soon thereafter. He began playing the violin at age four and made his conducting debut at age fifteen. After receiving a music degree from the University of Texas at Austin, he continued advanced studies in conducting with Gunther Schuller, Seiji Ozawa, Morihiro Okabe, and Henry Charles Smith. A fan of many different styles of music, Mr. Udagawa also enjoys performing gospel music in addition to his conducting activities. He is also an accomplished violinist and an avid fan of exercise and yoga.
The Cape Ann Symphonyโs 72nd Season Opening Concert, French Spectacular, is Sunday, October 1, 2023 at 2:00 pm at the Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium on 36 Lincoln Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea, MA. Manchester-Essex High School Auditorium is handicapped accessible. Ticket prices are $45 for adults, $40 for senior citizens, $20 for Students of any age, $5 for Youth (12 years old and under). For information, call 978-281-0543 or visit www.capeannsymphony.org
Images Attached:
Photo 1: Composer Lili Boulanger
Photo 2: Composer Claude DeBussy
Photo 3: Composer Maurice Ravel
Photo 4: Cape Ann Symphony Conductor and Music Director Yoichi Udagawa
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Solo exhibition featuring Robert J. Anderson (1934-2016) is opening this weekend at Jane Deering Gallery with a Reception Sept. 30 from 4-6pm. This show delves into his pursuits in drawing.
“I’m excited about this upcoming show.ย My thanks to Meredith Anderson (daughter of Robert J. Anderson) and Peg Anderson (widow of Robert J Anderson) for their expertise and passion in organizing this exhibit.”
Jane Deering. Jane Deering Gallery
Read more about the artist, Robert J. Anderson and about this solo show Printable PDF here:
As promised: enjoy a few photos from the special home game opening ceremony for the GHS Fishemen Boys Varsity game vs. Lynn on 9/25/2023. FYS players walked out on the field with the high school players. What a beautiful and dedicated soccer program in Gloucester, MA. and sweet gesture on this occasion.
Varsity Boys Soccer 4:30pm is LIVE now on the home field at Newell Stadium. This game is the 7th of the season and they’re heading in off a strong season: They’ve won vs. Salem, Wakefield, Winthrop, Swampscott, Danvers, and Peabody so far. Today they face a Lynn team
Special extra fun: Fishermen Youth Soccer (FYS) G4 Boys will walk out with the varsity team today!
**photo coming :)**
“Come show your support!! Keep the streak going Fishermen ๐๐๐”
*Photo credit (collage): Dawn Enos*
Good luck boys!
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Nice note and reminder from fine artist Kristine Fisher– it’s the last week to see her solo show and there’s a closing event
“Hi
Thanks for the terrific promotion of FRESH CUT. I canโt believe that now we are already announcing a Closing Reception. I have enclosed a media advisory. Can you kindly publish online in Good Morning Gloucester.The date is next Saturday. Sept. 23, 2023 from 3 – 5 pm at Jane Deering Gallery We enjoyed a terrific opening. Thanks so much.”
Kristine Fisher
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Photo blocks from Long Beach, Rockport & Gloucester, Ma.:
Sept. 14, 2023
When it’s time it’s time. The lifeguard chairs, most of the stairs, and the footbridge are removed every year, and for this season it was at sunrise Sept 14. Rockport DPW is also on top of the storm prep ahead of this weekend’s Tropical Storm warning forecast. They work fast to beat the tides.
september 1,2 / schooner festival
I saw this beach chair and thought perfect chair for Schooner Festival weekend. Imagine chairs on the boulevard printed with custom vessels (iconic racers and current ones). The smoke in the sky again from fires in Canada.
september 8- Black SEa and black clouds then blue Sky, no rain or rainbow
When the sea is black, the photo with the blue sky pockets and the clouds like waves–the last sequentially–was unexpected. Note the scale of the Long Beach cottages vs. clouds.
August 18
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Mayflouris now open in Essex! Tucked into the colorful junction of Main St & Rt. 133, the new space has the same calm & cheery vibe it had in Rockport, only more so. The specialty cake and coffee shop is much bigger with several tables and chairs inside, and access outback to standing tables, a pollinator garden, and ever-changing vistas of the gorgeous Great Marsh.
What’s carried through to Essex from Rockport? Master confectioner Jocelyn’s award winning pre order specialty and wedding cakes and tasty sweet and savory treats are made from organic and locally sourced ingredients. Also, Mayflour’s morning beverages–the organic and cold brew coffee, teas, and seasonal sips (especially come winter their yummy hot chocolate and marshmallows)–are returning favorites.
What’s new?
One big and happy addition is a cold case so Mayflour can stock pot de crรจme and other small fancies on any given day, and speciality cakes on Fridays and Saturdays for any “last minute” and “just because” celebrations we all can use more of.
Parking
There is one accessible parking spot to the right of the entrance. Six parking spots are available across the street on Main St. in front of Andrew Spindler Antiques. The bakery opens at 7:30 A.M.–before 8 A.M. is hard to come by for a bakery on Cape Ann–so it’s a convenient stop before work or school.
“Meet & Greet” Johanne Cassia, Award-winning, Folk Artist
Reception: FRIDAY September 15, 2023 4 PM – 5:30 PM Johanne Cassia’s work will be displayed during the month of September 2023. Cassia resides and works in Ipswich, Mass.
Part 2. “NOTABLE”. “EXEMPLIFICATION”. “ARBITRATION”.
Three test patches are visible on the commemorative bronze plaque set into Tablet Rock. Along with surface patina aesthetic choices, test patches are left to cure or age to see their impact. When considering care and protection for public art, there is no singular approach. There is no other American commemorative tablet that’s so colossal, set into a glacial outcropping in this precise angle and manner, and susceptible to its surroundings and climate over this length of time. Hence the test patches.
Daedalus is a renowned sculpture conservation firm and will approach this work with respect.
Money was raised to address the plaque and patination (some had preference for a brown finish) Gloucester Daily Times, 2016, and then that project was paused. As far as I know, funds were not returned nor redirected for restoration of the city’s art deemed in distress. At the time William Taylor addressed the verdigris:
“As an antique dealer for decades who dealt many times with bronzes and patinas I completely agree that the tablet should not be restored. While I applaud…well-meaning and generous inclinations not only does natural oxidization form a protective surface it looks appropriate and should not be fiddled with. Restoration is too expensive and absolutely not necessary. Cleaning it would remove many decades of well acquired history.
The enormous 20th Century plaque on Tablet Rock in Stage Fort Park commemorating the first permanent European settlement, the “Founding of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1623”, was dedicated in August 1907. James R. Pringle was designated to write the inscription. The execution of the design and bas relief border was by Eric Pape.
โThe nautical scheme of decorative framework and embellishment was the composite suggestionโ of various committees dating as far back as the 1880s.
Founders plaque – tablet rock photo C. Ryan 2016
Image block documenting how Tablet Rock looked pre bronze tablet through today: before the plaque, 1901 (branded Battery K still visible); 1907 dedication, Library of Congress (Hammond with his daughter Natalie Hammond); 1970s; 1974 (graffiti beneath); 2016; 2019. Note the rectangular area beneath the plaque was lightened at the time of installation. The border carving degraded. The dark streaks accelerated after 2020 (note the verdigris patina 2016, 2019, etc)
I don’t know if this is the original applicant. Construction underway at Whistlestop Way near Doyon’s, between Dollar General and Auto Parts, where Google maps is labeled, ‘Family Dollar’. The new sign is ‘Ocean Breeze Craft Cannabis’
Answers
The original applicant presented to the council on Nov. 9, 2021
Chase is opening hundreds of branches in local communities including in Gloucester in one of the anchor buildings comprising Walgreens Plaza downtown. The firm renovating the structure for a flagship bank, in a space originally built out for a now shuttered Papa Gino’s restaurant, has built many for Chase already. The branch is located next to Dunkin’ Donuts and across from the Santander branch that opened in the yogurt store. It’s expected to open by January 2024.
Responses to questions I’ve received about more construction:
The crane above and behind Walgreens is for renovation happening at police headquarters.
Further afield: not sure, but assuming the dig out by Thatcher Road condos is landscaping and it looks like a path (out back?). The sidewalk/path below grade that flooded and iced over was removed and a new sign added.
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Good Morning Gloucester 