Tag: Shalin Liu Performance Center

Look who’s coming to Gloucester & Cape Ann

Posted on by Vickie & Peter

Anybody who follows us on GMG knows the depth of talent living on Cape Ann (plus, I tried to capture it in an article for The Noise called Vintage Cape Ann — you can see it below the Brad Byrd interview here).  Now, it seems that major talent is arriving from off island more and more — especially when you look at the live music schedule for this weekend and next week.  Here are a few highlights:

TONIGHT: Swingle Singers at Shalin Liu — they’re always bringing in great musicians from out of town.

TOMORROW: Henri Smith New Orleans Friends & Flavours at Cape Ann Brewery.  Well, we could almost say that Henri is from Gloucester — he’s been here since Katrina.

SATURDAY: Isaac Hayden at The Grove Cafe in Manchester.  Isaac comes all way from Nashville.  This new boutique/coffee house is beginning to pack the place with people who appreciate good music.

NEXT WEEK:
Thursday @ The Gloucester House – Berklee in Gloucester – World-renowned Berklee Professors performing with Top Students  to raise money to send Gloucester students Berklee.  The first of this year’s series kicks off with The Jim Odgren Quintet.

Sunday @ the UU Church – Free BSO Chamber Music Concert – The Boston Symphony Orchestra has chosen Gloucester to launch its 2012-13 Community Chamber Concerts series.  What a coup for Gloucester!

Keep an eye on next week’s live music schedule.  More shows tend to get added at the last minute.

COMING UP AT ROCKPORT MUSIC

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This just in from Karen Herlitz, Director of Marketing @ Rockport Music:

ROCKPORT MUSIC 2012-13 SEASON

As part of Rockport Music’s 2012-2013 Season, we are pleased to provide a diverse set of musical offerings at the Shalin Liu Performance Center!

On Sunday, October 7, at 5 pm, Quartango—a group of four highly accomplished musicians, takes the music of the tango in new directions.  The musicians offer up a repertoire ranging from the classic tangos to tango nuevo and Piazzolla while fusing anything from jazz and opera to waltzes and jigs in their own inimitable style. Having performed with numerous orchestras around the world, Quartango is the recipient of multiple awards including three Opus Awards, a Félix Award and a Juno nomination.  Tickets:  $25-$39

The Classical Series opens with the Boston Chamber Music Society on Friday, October 12, at 8 pm.  Their program includes 2 string sextets by Brahms, Strauss’ String Sextet, TrV 279a from Capriccio, Op. 85, and Mendelssohn’s Capriccio for String Quartet in E minor, Op. 81, No. 3.  Considered one of the finest chamber ensembles in the country, the Boston Chamber Music Society has been a collegial ensemble distinguished by its enduring wide-ranging concert series.  Tickets: $46, $38, $28

On Saturday, October 13 at 12:55 PM, the Metropolitan Live in HD production of Donizetti’s L’Elisir d’Amore will be shown at the Shalin Liu Performance Center.  A Pre-Opera Lecture by Dr. Elizabeth Seitz is held in the concert hall at noon.  Anna Netrebko makes her Met role debut as the beautiful landowner Adina in this new production of Donizetti’s comic gem L’Elisir d’Amore, directed by Bartlett Sher and conducted by Maurizio Benini.  Tickets: $32, $29, $20

Later on Saturday, October 13 at 8 pm, the California Guitar Trio & Montreal Guitar Trio willturn over 40 years of combined performing experience into one unique six-by-6-string event.  Combining California Guitar Trio’s steel strings with Montreal Guitar Trio’s nylon-stringed guitars, the trios chase each other’s fret boards in energetic and infectious arrangements that fuse progressive rock with world, jazz, and classical music.  Tickets:  $34, $28, $19

Celebrating a 45 year, prolific journey, the celebrated Chilean ensemble Inti-Illimani performs Sunday, October 14, at 5 pm. Linked to the past in spirit, the ensemble both Chilean and Latin-American experience, as well as to the universal human experience we all share.  Led by musical director Manuel Meriño, the ensemble performs on more than 30 wind, string and percussion instruments.  Tickets: $31-$52

Five-time Grammy® Award-winning Swingle Singers perform on Thursday, October 18, at 8 pm.  An international a cappella sensation, the Swingle Singers’ unmistakable sound and signature close-microphone technique has captured audiences and pushed the boundaries of musical innovation for almost five decades.  Today’s Swingles is a contemporary vocal super-group whose repertoire encompasses classical, jazz, Latin, pop, and rock—all accompanied by their own vocal rhythm section. “Everything about the Swingles is flawless.” (Los Angeles Times)  Tickets:  $46, $38, $28

On Friday, October 19 at 8 pm, Classical Jam, a young innovative chamber ensemble of flute, percussion, violin, viola, and cello is best known for its engaging and lively presentations for today’s contemporary audiences.  Their program is entitled From The Street To The Concert Hall with several works by Piazzola, , Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D Major, K. 285, as well as Classical Jam arrangements of J.S. Bach’s Art of Fugue and Brahms’ Hungarian Dance No. 5.  Tickets: $46, $38, $28

Additional HD broadcasts include

Tuesday, October 9, 7 pm: Met Opera Encore production of Offenbach’s Les Contes d’Hoffmann

Thursday, October 11, 7 pm: England’s National Theatre production of The Last of the Haussmans starring Julie Walters (Mrs. Weasley in Harry Potter films, Calendar Girls).

Tuesday, October 16, 7 pm: Met Opera Encore production of Donizetti’s Lucia di Lammermoor

For tickets and more information on these and other concerts/events in the 2012-13 Season, please visit our website at www.rockportmusic.org.  Concerts are added throughout the year, so make certain you check the website for new additions.  Tickets are also available through the Box Office at 978-546-7391 or visiting 35 Main Street, Rockport, MA.  The Box Office is open Monday-Friday, 10am-4 pm.

See daily concert lineup for Shalin Liu Performance Center here.

Chelsea Berry Headlining Shalin Liu ~ Back by popular demand ~ The Dejas open

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Chelsea just sent me this poster for her show on February 9, 2013 @ 8pm.

This will be Chelsea with her full band.  They rock!  Tickets are already on sale (get them here).  Don’t wait too long.  This show will sell out even more quickly than her last one.

How does Carlos do it all?

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At 7pm Carlos Menezes (2nd from right on sax in the video below) leads Cape Ann Big Band at Shalin Liu (Call the box office 978-546-7391 to see if there are any tickets left).

Then at 9pm he’s at Cape Ann Brewery with The Runaround.  You’d think that he’d be exhausted after all that, but Carlos …?…  probably not.  He’ll have enough energy for a third gig starting at midnight, if you want to book him … 🙂

And he’s not the only performer doing two shows today.  Allen Estes will be in the courtyard at the Cape Ann Museum at 4pm and then at Heath’s Tea Room with Mike O’Connell at 7pm.

Because this is Gloucester, there are another dozen shows to choose from tonight.  See the full live music lineup here.

Ghost writer revealed, SXSW star visits Minglewood & 2 great songs about matches

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OK, we admit it.  Vickie’s GMG posts are not always by Vickie.  Sometimes they’re by Peter.  This could be because Richard Gaines  once called us “interchangeable”.  Or it could be because we’re both insanely busy and sometimes she doesn’t have time to post.  Actually, sometimes we co-write the posts.  Anyhow, that’s why we’ve newly identified ourselves as team FOBs and you now see both of us in the photo.  So you can try to guess which one of us writes each post.  Just put your guess in the comments and maybe we’ll do something about it.

http://youtu.be/6-Y-NQ6IEN0

Let’s all thank Pete Lindberg for bringing Tristen to Minglewood last night.  Watch the video and you’ll  see why she is SOOOOO GOOD (see what SXSW says about her).  Also check out this video of her song Matchstick Murder. (No, Tristen, we’re not afraid).

Now, we can’t mention Pete Lindberg without reference to his great new song “I Won’t Pay for Matches” (Please correct me, Pete, if I got the title wrong).  Next time you see him, be sure to request it.  We’re all waiting patiently for him to record it (well not so patiently, really).

Before I went to Minglewood, I was at Shalin Liu for Greg & Francie’s spectacular presentation/concert.  No amps, no mics.  Just a harpsichord on stage in one of the most perfect acoustic settings on Earth.  I was in the back row and I could easily hear every nuance.  Beautiful!

All this on a Tuesday night!  There’s simply no way to see all the great music on Cape Ann.  You just have to choose.  See the full lineup here for some help with that.

And don’t forget the Herb Pomeroy tribute concert on Friday that benefits the Berklee/Gloucester Scholarship Fund.

This is one Save the Date you MUST pay attention to

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OK, I know this is a blog and we’re supposed to post about what’s happening right now — especially while our fearless leader is on vacation.  But I just can’t resist telling people to save next Tuesday, May 15 at 7:30 for something you really don’t want to miss.

I’m going to bet there are people reading this who have never been to Shalin Liu.  Here’s your chance.  It’s FREE.  And I’ll bet there are people reading who’ve never heard a harpsichord played live.  You’re in for a treat.  Shalin Liu is probably one of the best places on Earth to hear one — and it’s right down the street.

Then there’s the fact that Greg Bover, who lives in Magnolia and works at C.B. Fisk, built the harpsichord that his wife Frances Fitch, one of the area’s most accomplished musicians, will be playing.  And the harpsichord is as beautiful to look at is it is to hear.  So save the date, come on out and enjoy the talent that’s right in our own back yard.

Now for the immediate.  This is a big week on Cape Ann:

  • Inge Berge starts his month-long residency at Giuseppe’s on Thursday
  • Brad Byrd brings his band to Minglewood for another video shoot on Saturday — and you can be in the video if you’re there.
  • Allen Estes is guest host at Rhumb Line Wednesday night while Fly is touring.
  • Jenny Dee and the Deelinquents are at the Rhumb Line on Friday

See the week’s full music lineup here (updates will be added as we find out about them)

Daya Project at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport March 25

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Daya Project at the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport
Daya Project presents…The Boston String Quartet and local artists
Daya means compassion.    The Daya Project works to give the
300 million children in India and Nepal a chance to live life
instead of living in survival mode.   
On Friday, March 25 at 7 p.m. at the Shalin Liu Performance
Center located in Rockport, MA, a benefit concert will be presented.   
Tickets are $25. per person and tickets available at www.dayaproject.org
The goal of this special evening is to raise $25,000.  The money raised
will go to building a Daya Home for children in Andhra Pradesh, India. 
Painting by local artist will be presented for a silent auction during the concert event.

Rockport Music Announces Winter/Spring Events in Shalin Liu Performance Center

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Rockport Music is pleased to announce its 2011 Winter/Spring season, featuring over 25 concerts and events in the beautiful, oceanfront Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport, Massachusetts (Boston Globe – Best of the New 2010!). An intimate 330-seat venue, the Performance Center is unique in America, as it features stunning views of the Atlantic Ocean through a floor-to-ceiling glass window that serves as the backdrop to the stage. From January through May audiences will enjoy the finest classical chamber music, outstanding jazz with faculty from the renowned Berklee College of Music, a Celtic fiddler, an Austrian cabaret artist, legendary rock performers from the 1960s, high definition (HD) live broadcasts from the Metropolitan Opera and HD broadcasts from England’s famed National Theatre.

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Charlie Brown in Rockport Tonight (sort of)

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Rockport Music is gettin’ down with our favorite little animated round-headed friend tonight at the Shalin Liu Performance Center.  No, I’m not referring to Joey C.  I’m talking about Charlie Brown and the amazing soundtrack to the Christmas classic “A Charlie Brown Christmas”, which will be featured tonight in a performance by the deeply talented David Benoit and the Charlie Brown Christmas Trio.  Here’s your chance to listen to some great live jazz in downtown Rockport!

A Great Night Out

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On Friday, we were able to get a night out and check out the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport.  To be short and sweet, this place is amazing. I highly recommend checking their schedule and finding one event just to check it out.  The opening act was Rockport High’s own, Polygroove Orchestra. They got a standing O and graciously dedicated songs to their grandparents in the audience. Grace Kelly, an up and coming Jazz artist, then hit the stage. She is definitely one to watch with a stage presence beyond her years, a beautiful Jazz voice and a smooth alto saxophone. She pointed out that she has played many beautiful places across the world, but none with the beauty of the Shalin Liu.

If you are a big Jazz fan and are up for a once in a lifetime event,  Dave Brubeck will play a special fundraiser for Rockport Music on November 21st. He’s over 90 years old and still touring!

In a rush to get out we never did eat before the show, but were glad to find that the Franklin Cafe serves until midnight on the weekends. The bartender served up some great drinks and we had some great hand cut fries.  You can’t spend time at the Franklin without admiring and discussing their 2 Jeff Weaver paintings. The one below is definitely my favorite. A few pics from my camera phone.



Rockport Rotary Club Wine Tasting

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This Saturday! Get your tickets online now! 100 wines in three hours. You can do it.

The Rotary Club of Rockport will hold one of its major fundraisers, a Wine Tasting at the new Shalin Liu Performance Center, on Saturday, October 16th. The event, from 5:00-8:00pm, will feature live entertainment, hors d’oeuvres and over 100 wines to sample. Tickets are available for $30 from any Rockport Rotarian, or through the Performance Center box office at 978-546-7391 x102, and on their website at www.rockportmusic.org. Wines are provided by Seabreeze Liquors of Gloucester.

Free Concert At The Shalin Liu Performance Center Tomorrow

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi Joey:

Rockport Music presents a free concert of Latin American music tomorrow at the Shalin Liu Performance Center.
Might be possible to mention this in tomorrow’s blog. Many thanks, Gregg

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 7 PM
FREE COMMUNITY OUTREACH EVENT
Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport

TenTumbao
Instruments, Songs, and Rhythms of Latin America
Experience the sounds, instruments and rhythms of Latin America from the beat of the samba, played on a Brazilian Tambourine with a goatskin head, to the cha cha cha, played on a Cuban Guiro, a vine grown gourd played with a wooden striker. (This concert is part of a three day residency taking place in the Rockport and Gloucester public schools.)

Free and open to the public; no tickets or advanced reservations required. Seating is general admission on a first-come, first-served basis.

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Shalin Liu Performance Center Schedule and Video From Gregg Sorensen

Posted on by Joey Ciaramitaro

Hi, Joey:

You’ve been wonderfully supportive of Rockport Music and we are most grateful.

A listing of concerts is indicated below.

I hope you can make it.

Best regards,

Gregg Sorensen

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FRIDAY, JULY 16  at 8PM
Brentano String Quartet with David Deveau, piano 

Music by Schubert and Schumann

(Prelude lecture/supper with Nicholas Kitchen of the Borromeo Quartet at 6p)

 SATURDAY, JULY 17 at 8 PM

Midori, violin 

Music by Beethoven, Bloch, Szymnowski, and Brahms,

SUNDAY, JULY 18  at 5 PM 

Richard Stoltzman and friends
Music by Foss, Brahms, Reich and others. Additional works by Douglas, Hampton, Takemitsu, Gershwin, and more.
Featuring musicians Richard Stolzman, clarinet; Mika Yoshida, marimba; John Peter Stoltzman, jazz piano; David Deveau, piano

 Saturday, July 24 at 5 PM and 8 PM

Regina Carter

Reverse Thread

The internationally acclaimed violinist plays music from her new album, Reverse Thread, a collection of African

folk melodies in a contemporary fusion of world music and classical violin as only she can provide.

(CD release: May 2010)

Saturday, July 31 at 8 PM

Paquito D’Rivera, clarinet, with

Synchronicity (Garah Landes, piano, and Gregory Landes, percussion)

Enjoy a weaving of jazz, classical, bebop and Latin music in contemporary compositions ranging from arrangements

of works by Bernstein to originals by Paquito D’Rivera. 

 Friday, August 6  at 8 PM

Saturday, August 7 at 8 PM

Paula Cole

Rockport’s own singer, songwriter and Berklee graduate became an international star with such hits as “Where Have

All the Cowboys Gone” and “I Don’t Want to Wait.”  The 1997 Best New Artist Grammy Award winner launches

the final weekend of concerts during the 2010 summer season.

Sunday, August 8 at 5 PM

Bill Charlap Trio

with special guest Sandy Stewart

Bill Charlap’s multiple Grammy-nominated CDs include his latest release for Blue Note, The Bill Charlap Trio—

Live at the Village Vanguard.

This concert includes music by Gershwin, Bernstein and works from the Great American Songbook.

A short film about the making of the Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport Music’s new world-class concert hall, located in Rockport, MA.

Visit the website at

 http://www.rockportmusic.org

Shalin Liu Performance Center

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Shalin Liu Performance Center of Rockport finishing touches:

The scaffolding came down off the back window on Saturday. This shot on Sunday shows that all gone so that attendees of the sold-out performance on Thursday June 10 will have an unobstructed view of the harbor.

Tickets available for Friday on can be ordered HERE. They seem quite reasonable $25-$46 since there is not a bad seat in the house.

One can also get an unobstructed view of the harbor by purchasing a purple cow ice cream cone from the Ice Cream Store and a latte from Bean and Leaf (both on Bearskin Neck) then walking out onto the Lumber Wharf. (Daughter purple cow, large latte, me.)

Shalin Liu Rockport Performance Center

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I caught the Hanneke Cassel performance this past Saturday as the Rockport Performance Center tuned the new hall.

Imagine this nice performance but instead of the muddled acoustics of Passims you have the absolute clarity of a finely tuned musical instrument which is what the Shalin Liu Performance Center in Rockport is today.

Agent 99 over on Cape Anne online said it best:

I’m so in awe of this beautiful new venue. What an incredible treasure to the town. We also had the good fortune to catch Cassel’s performance at 6 and loved every second. She’s got that wonderful blend of raw talent and charisma. We will definitely look for her again. The size of the room just makes it feel all the more intimate. The sound is perfect. A person on stage can whisper with no microphone and someone in the last seat of the mezzanine can hear it perfectly. The design is beyond beautiful. They’ve used slate in an undulating pattern on the walls to create one of the acoustic elements but is visually stunning as well. On stage what looks like an undulating wall of stone actually slides open hiding a glorious grand piano that can glide on and off stage with the touch of a finger. Verklempt!

Shalin Liu: How do you pronounce it? Hanneke asked this question between sets and the answer was that I have been mispronouncing it. The answer is British footwear in a bathroom. That’s right, “Shoe in loo”. Sorry about that but you will now never mispronounce it again but you will never forgot my dumb mnemonic. What really blew me away is how enormous the space is when compared to the lot size they shoe horned this building into. Truly an architectural feat. (Oh wait, shoe horned in, small space, feat, I feel a bad pun attack … )

OK, so this is me being a jackass right before the start of the concert. You can see how the side doors open to get the piano, or chairs. You can also see the weaved shutter which covers the huge window backstage.

Fiddlers on stage window shuttered:

Fiddlers on stage window open:

This window is going to be even more impressive once the scaffolding outside the building is removed.

I can see Andrew’s Point!

Taking a curtain call:

They were so good we bought two CDs and Hanneke autographed them for my daughter. I had to drive my son up to Vermont back to college and fiddle music was a pleasant way to enjoy the drive through the Berkshires.

Rockport Music’s Photos – The Shalin Liu Performance Center

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http://www.goodmorninggloucester.com

News From Rockport Music! Second Paula Cole Concert Added

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From Gregg Sorensen

Greetings, Joey:

Thank you for mentioning that single tickets were going on sale for Rockport Music’s season.  Our offices was flooded with requests to purchase tickets!

Here’s some information that I’d like to share with you….

Rockport Music, presenter of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, is experiencing unprecedented demand for tickets to its inaugural season in the Shalin Liu Performance Center, which opens on June 10, 2010. Since tickets went on sale on March 15, nine of twenty-four concerts have sold out.

Rockport Music is pleased to announce that it has added a second performance for the Rockport appearances of Grammy Award-winning singer Paula Cole. The new date is Friday, August 6, at 8 p.m. at the Shalin Liu Performance Center, located at 37 Main Street in downtown Rockport, Massachusetts. The first performance, Saturday, August 7 at 8 p.m. sold out two weeks ago. In the intervening days, Rockport Music received many phone calls from local residents and fans of Paula Cole, who were very disappointed to discover that the concert was sold out. States Rockport Music Director of Marketing Gregg Sorensen, “Paula Cole is a real treasure, not only for local residents, but for countless fans around the globe. Rockport Music is grateful to Ms. Cole for finding time in her very busy schedule to add an additional concert during the inaugural season of our new home, the Shalin Liu Performance Center. It’s with great anticipation that we await her performances in August.”

Rockport Music’s first season in the Shalin Liu Performance Center begins on June 10. The organization’s signature series, the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, includes 20 classical chamber music concerts from June 10-July 18. The newest series, Rockport Music Presents, features five jazz, world-music, and pop concerts from July 24 – August 8. During the summer, Rockport Music also offers a number of special events to enhance the audience’s concert experience. Those include prelude suppers, lectures, master classes, a DVD/lecture, and two free Family Concerts.

Tickets may be purchased by calling 978-546-7391  or by visiting www.rockportmusic.org.

Thank you!

Gregg