North of Boston

The Last DJ EDM Dance Party with DJ Dougy Bread
2024-06-28 21:00 - 23:59 (America/New_York) | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
DJ Dougy Bread hails from the North Shore of MA bringing you a night of non-stop electronic music and dancing. Spinning underground house and Drum and Bass to guarantee a high energy night of spectacles and movement.
21+ / Doors @ 8p Music @ 9p / $10

EDM Dance Party with DJ Dougy Bread
2024-06-28 20:00 - 2024-06-29 00:00 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States

Event: PEM Pride Party: Werk of Art
2024-06-28 20:00 - 23:55 | Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Join us as we celebrate our cherished LGBTQIA+ community and local “Werks of Art” this Pride Month, in partnership with Salem’s own Miz Diamond Wigfall! This spectacular lineup features the Hometown Queeros collective of Salem drag artists, along with special guests Cain and Landon Cider (season 3 winner of the Boulet Brothers’ Dragula).
Before the evening dance party, PEM will host a film screening and panel discussion with the Hometown Queeros, featuring a runway walk by young workshop graduates from NAGLY.
After-Hours Dance Party + Drag Show
8 pm–midnight | Main Atrium
Join us for a euphoric evening of drag and dancing! Dance the night away and enjoy a fantastical photo booth by Courtney B Hall, the “Light Witch”, along with a drag show featuring Landon Cider, Miz Diamond Wigfall, Maxine Harrison, Buster Pants, Stardust Cropper, Miss Michael, Dick Kayin, Cain and Peewee Vermin. The event will include refreshments and a cash bar for guests ages 21 and older.
We encourage coming prepared to tip the performers! Tips will be accepted in cash and via Venmo.

Laurie Kilmartin
2024-06-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Off Cabot Comedy & Events, 9 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
DOORS OPEN 1 HOUR BEFORE SHOWTIME.
Laurie Kilmartin is a comedian and an Emmy-nominated/WGA Award-winning writer for CONAN. She has also written for the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, The Late Late Show, and Tough Crowd with Colin Quinn. She has performed standup on CONAN, The Late Late Show with James Corden, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Comedy Central and Showtime. Her standup special, 45 Jokes About My Dead Dad made Vulture’s list of Top Ten Comedy Specials of 2016. Festival appearances include Just for Laughs, the Edinburgh Fringe Festival and the Moontower Comedy Festival.
Laurie has written two books, Dead People Suck and the New York Times bestseller Shitty Mom. She and fellow comic Jackie Kashian host a popular podcast about standup comedy called The Jackie and Laurie Show. Her new album, Corset, was released at #1 on the iTunes charts. Laurie was recently seen on Apple TV’s Gutsy Women series, being interviewed by Hillary and Chelsea Clinton. Her new one hour comedy special, Cis Woke Grief Slut drops on AppleTV, Amazon Prime and YouTube in January 2024.

Freda World Music
2024-06-28 20:00 - 22:00 | Firehouse Center for the Arts, 1 Market Square, Newburyport, MA, 01950, United States
Freda World Music has a composition repertoire that consists of a diversified style of music that has taken them from the colosseums of Europe to the stage of Carnegie Hall.
Brothers Joseph and Anthony Freda began their musical endeavor as children growing up in Italy. Inspired by both classical and contemporary music, Joe and Tony came to the United States to continue their education and have continued to compose, arrange, perform and conduct both nationally and internationally.
Siblings Ryann Murray and Christopher Murray joined Joe and Tony and are thrilled to be a part of the group.
Freda World Music today comprises Pop-Opera Crossover, Pop, Instrumental music and more.

"The Couch" by Lynne Kaufman
2024-06-28 19:30 - 22:00, 2024-06-23 15:00 - 17:30 | The Actors Studio of Newburyport, Crossroads Plaza 1 Merrill Street, Unit # 3, Salisbury, MA, 01952, United States
A Sunday in 1911, on one tumultuous day, Carl Jung faces the possible loss of his mentor, Sigmund Freud, his wife Emma, and his lover Toni. While the two fathers of psychoanalysis struggle for dominance, the two women work out their own surprising solution.

ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: STEVEN ISSERLIS, cello CONNIE SHIH, piano
2024-06-28 19:30 - 21:00 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
World renowned British cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a distinguished career as soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster. He is joined by pianist and 1993 Sylva Gelber Awardee Connie Shih, to perform works by Beethoven, Fauré, Boulanger and Adès.
PROGRAM
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 1 in F major, Op. 5, No. 1
BEETHOVEN: Sonata No. 5 in D major, Op. 102, No. 2
NADIA BOULANGER: Trois pièces
FAURÉ: Sonata No. 2, Op. 117
ADÈS: Lieux retrouvés
“No cellist alive can match the eloquent intent of Steven Isserlis’s line. Every phrase he threads through the warm embrace of Connie Shih’s pianism is articulated.” – BBC Magazine”
STEVEN ISSERLIS, cello
Acclaimed worldwide for his profound musicianship and technical mastery, British cellist Steven Isserlis enjoys a distinguished career as soloist, chamber musician, educator, author and broadcaster.
As a concerto soloist he appears regularly with the world’s leading orchestras and conductors, including the Berlin Philharmonic, National Symphony and London Philharmonic orchestras, and plays with many of the world’s foremost chamber orchestras. His interest in authentic performance has included collaborations with period-instrument ensembles such as the Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment and Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra.
He has recorded the Chopin Cello Sonata with Dénes Várjon for Hyperion using one of Chopin’s own pianos. Recent seasons have featured a performance with Sir Andras Schiff at the Beethovenhaus in Bonn, using Beethoven’s own cello; and performances and recordings with Robert Levin (selected for the Deutsche SchallplattenPreis) of Beethoven’s complete music for cello and piano using original or replica fortepianos. With harpsichordist Richard Egarr, he has performed and recorded the viola da gamba sonatas of J.S. Bach as well as sonatas by Handel and Scarlatti.
Mr. Isserlis is also a keen exponent of contemporary music and has premiered many new works including John Tavener’s The Protecting Veil, Thomas Adès’s Lieux retrouvés, and Stephen Hough’s Sonata for Cello and Piano, Left Hand (Les Adieux). In 2016, he gave the UK premiere of Olli Mustonen’s Frei, aber einsam at the Wigmore Hall.
His recording of J.S. Bach’s complete Solo Cello Suites for Hyperion met with the highest critical acclaim and was Gramophone’s Instrumental Album of the Year and Critics’ Choice at the Classic BRITS. Other recent releases include a Grammy-nominated album of sonatas by Martinů, the Brahms Double Concerto with Joshua Bell and the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, and concertos by Haydn and C.P.E. Bach, with the Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie Bremen. His recent recording Cello in Wartime is a WWI-inspired disc performed on a travel cello (now known as “the Trench Cello”) like the one played in the trenches by WWI soldier Harold Triggs.
Mr. Isserlis’s many honors include a CBE in recognition of his services to music, and he is one of only two living cellists featured in Gramophone’s Hall of Fame. He gives most of his concerts on the Marquis de Corberon (Nelsova) Stradivarius of 1726, kindly loaned to him by the Royal Academy of Music.
CONNIE SHIH, piano
The Canadian pianist Connie Shih is considered one of Canada’s most outstanding artists. In 1993 she was awarded the Sylva Gelber Award for most outstanding classical artist under age 30. At the age of nine, she made her orchestral debut with Mendelssohn’s first Piano Concerto with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra.
​As soloist, she has appeared with orchestras throughout Canada, the U.S. and Europe. She has performed countless solo recitals worldwide as well as chamber music performances with many world-renowned musicians. To critical acclaim, she appears regularly in recital with cellist Steven Isserlis and has performed at concert venues across Germany with the cellist Manuel Fischer-Dieskau, with whom she recorded the first-ever CD of the Sonatas for Piano and Cello by Carl Reinecke and the complete Beethoven sonatas.
Ms. Shih’s performances are frequently broadcast via television and radio on CBC, BBC, SWR, NDR and WDR, as well as on other various television and radio stations in North America and Europe.

Event: PEM Pride 2024 | Celebrating Local Legends: Film Screening, Panel and Presentation
2024-06-28 14:00 - 16:30 | Peabody Essex Museum, East India Square, 161 Essex Street, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Join us as we celebrate our cherished LGBTQIA+ community and local “Werks of Art” this Pride Month, in partnership with Salem’s own Miz Diamond Wigfall! Our afternoon film screening will be followed by an evening dance party and drag show featuring special guests Cain and Landon Cider (season 3 winner of the Boulet Brothers’ Dragula).
Celebrating Local Legends: Film Screening, Panel and Presentation
2–4:30 pm | Morse Auditorium
This Pride, we are focusing on uplifting community voices. Join us in kicking off PEM Pride 2024 with a special screening of Peabody TV’s documentary The Drag Queens, Kings, and Things of Salem, featuring the Hometown Queeros collective. The screening will be followed by a panel conversation about drag arts, queer communities and gender euphoria and a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the documentary. Our panel guests include filmmaker Randyll Collum and the Hometown Queeros: Miz Diamond Wigfall, Maxine Harrison, Buster Pants, Stardust Cropper, Miss Michael, Dick Kayin and Peewee Vermin.
After the Q&A, cheer and snap your fans for a runway walk by young people from the North Shore community, who have been guided on a gender euphoric workshop journey facilitated by Maxine Harrison and Buster Pants in partnership with PEM and NAGLY.

Open Mic Night!
2024-06-27 20:00 - 22:30 | Off Cabot Comedy & Events, 9 Wallis Street, Beverly, MA, 01915, United States
We are excited to announce the Off Cabot Open Mic Night on the last Thursday of every month!
This show-and-go open mic will serve as one of the best places in New England to hone your comedic craft and showcase your talent in front of The Cabot Theater and John Tobin Presents teams! The list and the house will fill up quickly so get there early!
Free Admission!
4-minute spots
List available at 7:00pm
SHOW UP — SIGN UP — GO UP!

Matt Jenson Live! Latin night
2024-06-27 20:00 - 22:30 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Matt Jenson is an inspired keyboard player and singer who’s toured and recorded with the internationally known jazz-fusion reggae band Groundation and teaches piano and a class on Bob Marley at Berklee College of Music.
Afro-Cuban quartet playing ROOTS salsa styles and Latin-jazz
mattjenson.com

ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: BRIDGET KIBBEY, HARP & Viano Quartet
2024-06-27 19:30 - 21:00 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Demarre McGill, flute | Chris Elchico, clarinet | Jeremy McCoy, double bass
Internationally acclaimed harpist Bridget Kibbey is known for diving deep into baroque music, French Belle Époque, Nuevo Latino traditions and beyond. She is joined by the Viano Quartet, which won First Prize at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition.
Program
DEBUSSY: String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
RAVEL: Introduction et Allegro
Intermission
DEBUSSY: Danse sacrée et danse profane
Bridget Kibbey, harp
Harpist Bridget Kibbey illuminates the powerful and expressive range of the concert harp to new audiences around the world. Her virtuosic and soulful performances easily crossover classical, global and jazz genres. Her 2023 solo recording with Pentatone Records, Crossing the Ocean, features special guest soprano Dawn Upshaw. Kibbey is a winner of a prestigious Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Premiere Prix at the Journées de les Harpes Competition, among others, and is the only harpist to win a place in the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Bowers Program. She has recorded with luminaries including Placido Domingo, Kathleen Battle and Gustavo Santaolalla for SONY Records and Deutsche Grammophon; her own solo debut album, Love is Come Again, was named one of the Top Ten Releases by Time Out New York.
One of her latest touring projects includes a newly commissioned concerto by Brazilian composer João Luiz Rezende, which explores the sounds of Carnaval on the harp. Other powerful collaborations include The Sacred in the Profane that explores French Masterworks of the Belle Époque; Leyenda which celebrates Nuevo Latino Voices; as well as her own adaptations of keyboard concerti and sonatas of J.S. Bach with the Dover Quartet.
VIANO STRING QUARTET
Lucy Wang, violin | Hao Zhou, violin | Aiden Kane, viola | Tate Zawadiuk, cello
Praised for their “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention” (Boston Globe), the Viano Quartet is one of the most sought-after performing young ensembles today and currently in-residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Bowers Program from 2024-2027. Since winning First Prize at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, they have traveled to nearly every major city across the globe. The quartet was named the inaugural June Goldsmith Quartet-in-Residence for the Music in the Morning series in Vancouver (through 2025), where their focus will be to commission new works and lead extensive community engagement initiatives. Additionally, they also received the Grand Prize at the 2019 ENKOR International Music Competition, second prize at the 2019 Yellow Springs Chamber Music Competition and the Silver Medal at the 2018 Fischoff National Chamber Music. Their chief mentors include faculty of the Curtis Institute and Colburn Conservatory, as well as members of the Dover, Guarneri and Tokyo string quartets.
“…hair raising, with bolts of lightning flashing from many pages…” – American Record Guide
DEMARRE MCGILL, flute
Demarre McGill has gained international recognition as a soloist, recitalist, chamber and orchestral musician. Winner of an Avery Fisher Career Grant and the Sphinx Medal of Excellence, he is now the principal flute of the Seattle Symphony and previously served as principal flute of numerous symphony orchestras. In August of 2019, he was named Associate Professor of Flute at Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music, and is an artist-faculty member of the Aspen Music Festival and School. A founding member of The Myriad Trio, a co-founder of The Art of Élan and, along with clarinetist Anthony McGill and pianist Michael McHale, founded the McGill/McHale Trio. A native of Chicago, Demarre received his Bachelor’s degree from The Curtis Institute of Music and Master’s degree at The Juilliard School. Photo Credit: Denver Rispel
Chris Elchico, clarinet
Christopher Elchico joined the Boston Symphony Orchestra as second clarinet in March 2022. He has performed with the Los Angeles Philharmonic, Cincinnati Symphony, Houston Grand Opera, Kansas City Symphony, and New World Symphony. His principal teachers were Burt Hara, associate principal clarinet of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and James Campbell, professor emeritus of clarinet at Jacobs School of Music Indiana University, where Elchico completed a dual master’s degree in clarinet and classical saxophone performance. He received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles. Elchico is a Buffet Group USA and Vandoren Performing Artist.
JEREMY MCCOY, double bass
For 35 seasons, Jeremy McCoy served as the Co-Principal double bass for the Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, playing in more than 5,000 performances under music directors James Levine and Yannick Nézet-Séguin. He retired from that position in 2020, but continues to be a highly sought after artist in orchestral and chamber settings. McCoy has performed as concerto soloist with the Atlantic Chamber Orchestra, the Louisiana Philharmonic, Classical Tahoe, the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra and Musica Viva of New York. As a chamber musician, he has collaborated with members of the Arditti, Borodin, Cleveland, Emerson, Guarneri, Juilliard and Tokyo string quartets and with many other distinguished artists.
“The Yo-Yo Ma of the harp” -Vogue magazine

Bikini Whale with Tsunami of Sound
2024-06-27 19:00 - 22:00 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
06/27/24
G.A. Standing 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show
21+, Positive I.D. Required $20
Bikini Whale is Boston’s tribute to the innovative and influential party band legends, The B-52s! Formed by long-time Boston area musicians, Bikini Whale has been paying homage to the B-52s for an impressive 13 years and counting. Just like their inspiration, Bikini Whale strives to bring the interstellar party vibe to every show they perform. Their dedication to capturing the essence of the original band has made them a favorite among fans who appreciate the quirky, fun-loving spirit of the B-52s.

Beauport Hotel Birdseye Rooftop Evenings Access
2024-06-27 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-26 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-25 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-24 18:00 - 22:00, 2024-06-23 18:00 - 22:00 | Beauport Hotel Gloucester, 55 Commercial Street, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Relax and unwind on our Birdseye Rooftop with live coastal acoustic music, hand crafted cocktails and unbeatable sunset views overlooking the Harbor and Downtown Gloucester with our Rooftop Evening Pass starting at 6PM. Make sure to bring your suit if you want to take a dip in the pool or hot tub! This event is 21+ adults only.
Looking for VIP treatment? Splurge on the best seats in the house – our harborside premium lounge tables seat up to four guests and include a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label for $300 (inclusive of tax and gratuity).
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General Admission starts at $20 and does not include food and beverage.
VIP Premium Lounge Tables are $300 and includes a bottle of Veuve Clicquot Yellow Label (inclusive of tax and gratuity), entry and premium seating for four people.
Tickets are non-refundable. Both ticket options are rain or shine unless the rooftop is closed due to inclement weather – decided upon by Beauport’s management at 12PM day of event and guests will be notified by email.

Mermaid Week: Mermaid Lanterns
2024-06-27 10:00 - 11:00 | The Good Witch of Salem, 2 North St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Children will decorate their very own mermaid themed mason jar as a lantern to take home. Our magical employees will guide children in making their own creation.
This workshop is limited to 8 children, pre-registration is required.
Hosted By: Witch Apprentice

Dueling Pianos!
2024-06-26 19:00 - 22:00 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
06/26/24
Partial Seating/G.A. Standing 7:00pm doors / 8:00pm show
21+, Positive I.D. Required $20
It has been said that a dueling piano show is quite literally “the most fun one can
have with one’s clothes ON! Two grand pianos are center-stage with a team of outrageously talented pianists that seem to know every song ever written.
Each show is different because it’s all request and you or your friends might even
get called up on stage for a bit of good humored fun and some unforgettable u-
tube moments.Think YOU won’t sing along? Just TRY not too…. I dare ya!
Dueling piano shows are request oriented, interactive sing-a-long shows wherein
two piano players sit across from each other and trade songs. The dueling piano audience is used for the dueling aspect of the show. Audience members are pitted one-side-against-the-other. Examples of rivalries include country vs. rock, men against women, etc.

Mermaid Week: Mermaid Slime
2024-06-26 10:00 - 11:00 | The Good Witch of Salem, 2 North St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Children will mix, mash, drop, and stir their very own mermaid themed slime. Students will get to take home their slime. Our magical employees will guide children in creating their own slime creations.
This workshop is limited to 8 children, pre-registration is required.
Hosted By: Witch Apprentice

Buffalo Nichols
2024-06-25 19:00 - 23:30 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
6/25/24
21+, Positive I.D. Required. 7:00pm Doors / 8:00p Show
On his second album, The Fatalist, Carl “Buffalo” Nichols does things with the blues that might catch you off guard. There’s 808 programming, chopped up Charley Patton samples, washes of synth. There’s a consideration of the fullness of the sonic stage and the atmospherics of the music that can only come with a long engagement with electronic music. But this is no gimmicky hybrid or attempt to turn the blues into 21st century music by simply dressing it with skittering hi-hats. Nichols’ vision for the blues is of a form of music that’s intimately tied to everyday life in 2023, something that’s reflected not only in the choice of instrumentation, but in the complexities of the songwriting and the gray areas his lyrics explore. This is music that comes straight from the present, and as such, it’s a reminder that the same shit that drove the first blues singers to pick up a guitar is still present behind the throbs of deep bass hits today. The Fatalist sounds unlike any blues record you’re likely to hear in 2023.

Tuesday Evening Woodcarving Classes
2024-06-25 19:00 - 21:00 | Calvo Studio, 235 East Main St, Gloucester, 01930, United States
Here is an opportunity for those of you local enough to have a short drive to learn woodcarving skills on a weekly basis. This workshop will teach you the fundamentals of woodcarving and the right technique training at a casual pace. The main difference is that you will be able to work on your projects at home as well. This is a unique opportunity for you to learn carving with the help of a skilled professional carver.
This session runs for 9 weeks and takes place every Tuesday starting June 25th and ends August 20th.
Classes take place from 7:00 – 9:00 pm.
For more information:
Call: (978) 283-0231
Email: david@calvostudio.com
Website: www.davidcalvo.com

Mermaid Week: Mermaid Spa Party
2024-06-25 10:00 - 11:00 | The Good Witch of Salem, 2 North St, Salem, MA, 01970, United States
Let’s have a Spa Day! Join us for a little pampering and relaxation with our Witch Apprentices. Children will create their own mermaid magic, painted nails, and a touch of glitter.
This workshop is limited to 8 children, pre-registration is required.
Hosted By: Witch Apprentice

Lizzie No
2024-06-23 19:00 - 22:30 | The Cut, 177 Main Street , Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
6/23/2024
Partial Seating and G.A. Standing. 7:00p Doors / 8:00p Show
21+, Positive I.D. Required. $20-$25
After a dizzying five-year span that saw the release of two stunning, eclectic albums (Hard Won and Vanity, which drew praise from the likes of Billboard and Rolling Stone) — followed by appearances at AmericanaFest, the Newport Folk Festival, Hardly Strictly Bluegrass, and SXSW, and tours with Iron and Wine, Son Little, and Adia Victoria — Lizzie No found herself at the forefront of a new vanguard of genre-defying artists. Her new album, Halfsies (Thirty Tigers / Miss Freedomland), finds No situated among her peers while still searching for freedom — freedom from the constraints of categorization, sure, but more importantly, freedom from the depths of her own personal despair and from an increasingly violent and nightmarish American cultural and political landscape.

The Mavericks – Moon & Stars Summer Tour ‘24
2024-06-23 19:00 | The Cabot, 286 Cabot Street, Beverly, CA, 01915, United States
Any band that manages to survive three decades, seeing its core members go from young adults to veteran musicians is bound to have its swings and cycles.
The Mavericks, the eclectic rock and country group known for crisscrossing musical boundaries with abandon, has gone through three distinct phases since it was founded in Miami in 1989. An initial period of heady success marked by big hits and critical acclaim in the ‘90s. A long hiatus starting 2003 when the musicians each went their own way. And finally, a triumphant reunion in 2012 which held long enough for them to recently celebrate the band’s 30th anniversary.

ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: TERRA QUARTET & GUESTS
2024-06-23 17:00 - 18:30 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Terra String Quartet | Sydney Baedke, soprano | Barry Shiffman, viola | Colin Carr, cello
A program of romantic chamber music for strings taking us from the infatuation of the young Webern to the nostalgia of late Strauss, via the tragedy of young love from Zemlinsky, and the anguish that drives Mendelssohn’s final string quartet. The all-star ensemble is led by the Terra Quartet, Silver medalist of the Melbourne Chamber Competition.
Program
STRAUSS: Capriccio, Op. 85
WEBERN: Langsamer Satz
ZEMLINSKY: Maiblumen Blühten überall, “Mayflowers Blossomed Everywhere”
MENDELSSOHN: String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Terra String Quartet
Harriet Langley, violin | Amelia Dietrich, violin | Chih-Ta Chen, viola | Audrey Chen, cello
Prizewinners at both the 2023 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and 2023 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, the Terra String Quartet is a vibrant young international ensemble based in New York City. They are composed of graduates of The Juilliard School, The New England Conservatory, Harvard University and the Curtis Institute of Music. Praised for their “remarkable maturity and musicality” (Hyde Park Herald, Chicago), has garnered additional wins including the Grand Prize and Gold Medal at the 2022 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Christine and David Anderson Career Development Prize at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition. TSQ is a member of Le Dimore del Quartetto in Italy and is the first quartet to have been chosen to participate in the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival’s Professional Fellowship Program at East Carolina University.
Sydney Baedke, soprano
Named a “rising star to watch” by Opera Canada, soprano Sydney Baedke has been described as possessing a voice of “exquisite lyricism” (The Guardian). Recent engagements include her Royal Opera House debut in The Rape of Lucretia, for which she was praised for her “unmistakably moving” portrayal of the Female Chorus (Opera Today), role debuts as both Mimì and Musetta in La bohème, and concert appearances with the Aldeburgh Festival and Carnegie Hall. In 2023/24 she debuted with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (Bruckner’s Te Deum), Pacific Opera Victoria (Contessa Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro), and returns to Montreal’s Maison Symphonique as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur des Mélomanes. The first prize winner of Edmonton Opera’s 2023 Rumbold Vocal Prize Competition, she is a three-time prize winner at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.
BARRY SHIFFMAN, viola
Artistic director of the Rockport Chamber Music Festival and classical music at Rockport Music, internationally acclaimed violinist and violist Barry Shiffman is well-respected as a musician, educator and administrator. He was co-founder of the St. Lawrence String Quartet (SLSQ), and currently serves as both the Associate Dean and Director of Chamber Music at the Glenn Gould School and Dean of the Phil and Eli Taylor Performance Academy for Young Artists at The Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto. During his 17 years with the SLSQ he appeared in over 2,000 concerts in venues around the globe and recorded several critically acclaimed discs under an exclusive contract with EMI Classics. He has also served in numerous roles at the Banff Centre, including Director of Music Programs (2006-2010), Artistic Director of the Centre’s Summer Music Programs (2010-2016) and Executive Director of the Banff International String Quartet Competition, which he continues to direct.
Colin Carr, cello
Colin Carr appears throughout the world as a soloist, chamber musician, recording artist, and teacher. He has played with major orchestras worldwide, including the Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra, The Philharmonia, Royal Philharmonic, BBC Symphony, the orchestras of Chicago, Los Angeles, Washington, Philadelphia, Montréal and all the major orchestras of Australia and New Zealand. As a member of the Golub-Kaplan-Carr Trio, he recorded and toured extensively for 20 years. He is a frequent visitor to international chamber music festivals worldwide and has appeared often as a guest with the Guarneri and Emerson string quartets and with New York’s Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center.

'The Quarry Project: Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky' Exhibited at Manship Artists Residency
2024-06-23 13:00 - 16:00 | Manship Artists Residency, P.O. Box 7071, Gloucester, MA, 01930, United States
Manship Artists Residency is pleased to announce The Quarry Project: Photographs by Tsar Fedorsky, which opens at the Manship Artists Residency on Friday, June 7 and runs through July 7. The Quarry Project is a continuation of Manship Artist Tsar Fedorsky’s twenty-year practice investigating the properties of black-and-white photography and how it creates abstraction from realism. Begun in 2016, the more recent quarry photographs are a study of duality and tension. They comprise a deep exploration of the familiarity of place, the quarries near Fedorsky’s home in Gloucester.
Visitors can register to attend on the home page of the Manship Artists Residency website at ManshipArtists.org.

ROCKPORT CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL: Family Concert - SONGS BY THE SEA
2024-06-23 12:30 - 14:00 | Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966, United States
Sydney Baedke, soprano | Terra Quartet
Enjoy a 45-minute family-friendly concert that shares songs inspired by the sea. Featuring vocal sensation Sydney Baedke and the celebrated Terra String Quartet, join us for songs of love and friendship.
Free, reservations encouraged
Sydney Baedke, soprano
Named a “rising star to watch” by Opera Canada, soprano Sydney Baedke has been described as possessing a voice of “exquisite lyricism” (The Guardian). Recent engagements include her Royal Opera House debut in The Rape of Lucretia, for which she was praised for her “unmistakably moving” portrayal of the Female Chorus (Opera Today), role debuts as both Mimì and Musetta in La bohème, and concert appearances with the Aldeburgh Festival and Carnegie Hall. In 2023/24 she debuted with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra (Bruckner’s Te Deum), Pacific Opera Victoria (Contessa Almaviva, Le Nozze di Figaro), and returns to Montreal’s Maison Symphonique as the soprano soloist in Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Orchestre Philharmonique et Chœur des Mélomanes. The first prize winner of Edmonton Opera’s 2023 Rumbold Vocal Prize Competition, she is a three-time prize winner at the Metropolitan Opera Laffont Competition.
Terra String Quartet
Harriet Langley, violin | Amelia Dietrich, violin | Chih-Ta Chen, viola | Audrey Chen, cello
Prizewinners at both the 2023 Melbourne International Chamber Music Competition and 2023 Osaka International Chamber Music Competition, the Terra String Quartet is a vibrant young international ensemble based in New York City. They are composed of graduates of The Juilliard School, The New England Conservatory, Harvard University and the Curtis Institute of Music. Praised for their “remarkable maturity and musicality” (Hyde Park Herald, Chicago), has garnered additional wins including the Grand Prize and Gold Medal at the 2022 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and the Christine and David Anderson Career Development Prize at the 2022 Banff International String Quartet Competition. TSQ is a member of Le Dimore del Quartetto in Italy and is the first quartet to have been chosen to participate in the Four Seasons Chamber Music Festival’s Professional Fellowship Program at East Carolina University.
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