News & Press

Happy ‘Return’: Dance Theatre of Harlem brings passion, purpose
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (April 29, 2026)

Music Worcester presents world premiere of work on Frederick Douglass
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (April 17, 2026)

Refugee musicians bring a message of empathy to Worcester performance
Amanda Bel & Sharon Brody, WBUR (February 27, 2026)

‘Let’s focus on humanity’: Refugee Orchestra Project set for Worcester
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (February 20, 2026)

Sunday Baroque: Chris Shepard
Suzanne Bona, Sunday Baroque (February 13, 2026)

‘It is America’s first music’: Conductor Everett McCorvey on the importance of preserving Negro spirituals
Noah Schaffer, The Boston Globe (January 8, 2026)

Music Worcester’s new artist in residence set for Mechanics Hall show
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (January 2, 2026)

French Ambassadors Thrill Worcester
Mark Devoto & Lee Eiseman, The Boston Musical Intelligencer (November 10, 2025)

Exploring the ‘French sound’ – Orchestre National de France set Mechanics Hall
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (October 31, 2025)

WXLO Interview with Adrien Finlay (October 2025)

A grand return: Pianist Simone Dinnerstein set for BACHtoberfest at Mechanics Hall
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (October 17, 2025)

Bachtoberfest: Worcester takes on Bach’s entire musical legacy
Arun Rath, GBH All Things Considered (October 16, 2025)

Music Worcester Continues “The Complete Bach” Project
Afton Markay, OperaWire (October 8, 2025)

Orchestre National de France Opens First U.S. Tour Since 2016 at Mechanics Hall, Presented by Music Worcester
Mark Allen Wood, Patch (September 29, 2025)

Musicians of the Old Post Road coming to open Music Worcester’s 167th season
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (September 26, 2025)

The Culture Show: Chris Berdik, Janie Barnett on “She’s So Unusual,” and Emi Ferguson
Edgar B. Herwick III, The Culture Show – GBH (July 17, 2025)

Flutist Emi Ferguson and Ruckus will ‘Fly the Coop’ in concert at the BrickBox Theater
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (July 18, 2025)

Vocal group Ladysmith Black Mambazo bringing ‘hope, peace and love’ to Mechanics Hall
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (July 4, 2025)

Sharing the riches – A behind-the-scenes look at Music Worcester’s big 2025-26 season
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (May 25, 2025)

Music Worcester announces 2025-26 season with ‘stunning array of talent’
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (May 7, 2025)

Music Worcester Names 2026 Artist in Residence 
David Salazar, Opera Wire (April 15, 2025)

Tenor and educator Everett McCorvey set to be Music Worcester’s artist in residence
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (April 10, 2025)

Classical Concert Review: Sphinx Virtuosi play Joplin, Coleridge-Taylor, Skye, Stewart, Becenti, Carreño, and Taylor
Jonathan Blumhofer, The Arts Fuse (April 2, 2025)

Mattapan native, bassist Chris Johnson, performs with Sphinx Virtuosi
Celina Colby, The Bay State Banner (March 26, 2025)

The 35th anniversary of the Gardner Museum heist, Celtics City, and the Bach Birthday Bash
The Culture Show Podcast (March 18, 2025)

Happy 340th! — Music Worcester to present Bach Birthday Bash Weekend in Mechanics Hall
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (March 14, 2025)

A collective approach: Academy of St. Martin orchestra from England set for Mechanics Hall
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (February 28, 2025)

Music Worcester Presents Imani Winds & Boston Brass in concert this February
A.A. Cristi, Broadway World (January 14, 2025)

Rodney Marsalis Philadelphia Band to play Mechanics Hall with South High band members
Richard Duckett, Worcester Telegram & Gazette (January 14, 2025)

Musician Rodney Marsalis on traveling with his daughter, peanut M&Ms, and booking his own flights
Juliet Pennington, Boston Globe (December 26, 2024)

Music Worcester Celebrates Bach’s Birthday March 21-23
Early Music America (December 12, 2024)

Music Worcester’s The Complete Bach project gets underway with the first BACHtoberfest
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette/Worcester Magazine (October 18, 2024)

Cellist Zlatomir Fung returns to Music Worcester and Mechanics Hall for The Complete Bach
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette/Worcester Magazine (October 18, 2024)

Philip Glass Ensemble reveals the complexity lurking beneath in Worcester
Jonathan Blumhofer, Boston Classical Review (October 19, 2024)

Classical Concert Preview: Music Worcester’s The Complete Bach
Jonathan Blumhofer, ArtsFuse (October 22, 2024)

Interview with Chris Shepard and Adrien Finlay about THE COMPLETE BACH
Jared Bowen, The Culture Show (October 7, 2024)

REVIEW: Concert Review and Commentary: Music Worcester’s The Complete Bach,
Jonathan Blumhofer, Arts Fuse, September 23, 2024

90 fun things to do in and around Boston this fall,
Boston Globe, September 13, 2024

Music Worcester Presents An Evening With Yo-Yo Ma This January
Broadway World, September 5, 2024

Renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma returning to Mechanics Hall for Music Worcester program
Worcester Magazine, September 5, 2024

Music Worcester Kicks Off 2024-25 Season With The Philip Glass Ensemble At Mechanics Hall
Broadway World, August 20, 2024

Interview with Lindsay Deutsch of TAKE3
Jared Bowen, The Culture Show on GBH (July 31, 2024)

‘Love, hope, feel and imagine’ The String Queens to hold court in Worcester
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (July 3, 2024)

Music Worcester announces summer concert series
Worcester Guardian (May 25, 2024)

Music Worcester announces 166th season — 21 concerts including start of The Complete Bach
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (May 15, 2024)

Bach to Bach — Music Worcester will present 132 concerts over 11 years
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette/Worcester Magazine (May 3, 2024)

Frank Vignola and Tessa Lark — ‘A lot of cool music’ coming to Tuckerman Hall
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette/Worcester Magazine (May 15, 2024)

Concert Review: Marc-André Hamelin plays Ives, Hamelin, Schumann, and Ravel
Jonathan Blumhofer, The Arts Fuse, May 11, 2024

American Spiritural Ensemble on Boston’s Public Radio,
WGBH (April 2, 2024)

American Spiritual Ensemble keeps the spirit alive
Mandile Mpofu, Baystate Banner (March 28, 2024)

Celtic Fiddlers in Worcester
Boston Globe (February 22, 2024)

Ukrainian orchestra performs in Worcester for the first leg of its US tour
Ethan Cotler, WGBH (February 9, 2024)

Mandolin playing singer-songwriter Chris Thile’s musical roots go way back
Jeremy Siegel and Gal Tziperman Lotan, WGBH (October 27, 2023)

Cécile McLorin Salvant and John Pizzarelli will be singing and swinging in Worcester
Bill Beuttler, Boston Globe (July 20, 2023)

A globe- and genre-spanning season: Music Worcester announces its 165th concert series
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (Jun 2, 2023)

Remembering ‘forgotten jazz virtuoso’ Hazel Scott: Dance Theatre of Harlem set for Hanover
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (Apr 28, 2023)

Summer@MW returns with Sam Bush, Cecile McLorin Salvant and John Pizzarelli
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (Apr 11, 2023)

Chineke! Orchestra opens new doors on first north american tour
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (Mar 17, 2023)

Ethnically diverse Chineke! Orchestra on tour with stops in Boston, Worcester
Scott Haas, The Bay State Banner (Mar 15, 2023)

Janinah Burnett brings her magical music to opera collaboration at Mechanics Hall
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (Feb 14, 2023)

Handel and Haydn Society to perform Brandenburg Concertos at Mechanics Hall
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (Feb 12, 2023)

Violinist Robert McDuffie seeks new meaning at Mechanics Hall Concert
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (Feb 10, 2023)

The Worcester Chorus Performs Handel’s ‘Messiah’
Kendall Begin, Tech News (Dec 6, 2022)

Worcester’s holiday traditions such as Handel’s ‘Messiah’ ‘knit us together’
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (Nov 29, 2022)

Simone Dinnerstein and Alexis Pia Gerlach explore Bach’s melodic Gamba Sonatas
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (Nov 11, 2022)

The king and queen of the banjo coming to Mechanics Hall
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (Oct 20, 2022)

‘Thrill of a lifetime’: Worcester Chorus sings Verdi’s ‘Requiem’ at Carnegie Hall
Virginia Vaughan, Telegram & Gazette (Oct 16, 2022)

Taking a look at Music Worcester’s 2022-23 season — orchestras, banjos, dance and seats to be filled
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (Aug 5, 2022)

Diversity, democracy and jazz: Wynton Marsalis coming to Hanover Theatre
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (Jul 1, 2022)

Wynton Marsalis, Rhiannon Giddens, Tony DeSare to play Music Worcester summer series
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (June 2, 2022)

In his own words: Violinist Itzhak Perlman will ‘talk the music’ in two Music Worcester shows
Richard Duckett, Telegram & Gazette (March 20, 2022)

Itzhak Perlman in his own words Music Worcester
Sam Trottenberg, Boston Globe (March 7, 2022)

South African vocalist Naledi Masilo and South High students combine for concert Nov. 20
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (November 16, 2021)

Five Things to Do: Tech N9ne, Merz Trio, Tommy Castro and more ….
Richard Duckett and Victor D. Infante (November 11, 2021)

5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester – November 9
TWIW Staff, This Week In Worcester (November 9, 2021)

Coming Attractions: October 31 through November 16 — What Will Light Your Fire
Bill Marx, The Arts Fuse (October 31, 2021)

Five Things to Do: Ana Popovic, Sorrowseed, Worcester Chorus and more …
Richard Duckett and Victor D. Infante, Worcester Magazine (October 14, 2021)

Music Worcester taps Dorrance Dance for season opening show Oct. 2
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (September 28, 2021)

Music Worcester Presents: Dorrance Dance
New England Public Media (September 16, 2021)

Music Worcester Presents: Dorrance Dance
Spot on Vermont (September 16, 2021)

5 Things You Need To Know Today In Worcester – September 16
TWIW Staff, This Week In Worcester (September 16, 2021)

Gospel group Trey McLaughlin & The Sounds of Zamar has a calling to audiences worldwide
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (July 13, 2021)

Music Worcester debuts ‘Summer@MW,’ a summer series of indoors and outdoors concerts
Richard Duckett, Worcester Magazine (June 23, 2021)

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