BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Music Worcester - ECPv6.3.3.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Music Worcester X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.musicworcester.org X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Music Worcester REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20240310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20241103T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240406T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240406T220000 DTSTAMP:20240328T120741 CREATED:20230510T192844Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T150150Z UID:10000137-1712433600-1712440800@www.musicworcester.org SUMMARY:American Spiritual Ensemble DESCRIPTION:Adult: $55Student: $17.50Youth (18 & under): $7.50\n \n \n \n Buy Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n General admission seating is available on a first-come-first-served basis at the Curtis Performance Hall at Assumption University. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Music Worcester thanks the following sponsors of this presentation:\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n American Spiritual Ensemble\n The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to preserve and continue the tradition of storytelling through the performance and preservation of the American negro spiritual. Performing these spirituals serves as a tribute to the many lives lost or destroyed during slavery in the United States; a horrible time for human kind. These songs\, a combination of African\, American\, and European traditions\, create a new type of melody in which a sense of identification was created within the enslaved community. These songs now stand as a testament of the strength found through faith during times of hardship as well as a unifying force among all peoples. These songs are beloved all around the world. \nThe American Spiritual Ensemble commits to aiding in the preservation of these beautiful melodies through performances worldwide as well as through education in the form of: lectures\, master classes and vocal instruction for educational\, religious\, and community institutions worldwide. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Everett McCorvey (director)\n \nDr. Everett McCorvey\, tenor\, is the founder and director of the American Spiritual Ensemble. A native of Montgomery\, Alabama\, he received his degrees from the University of Alabama\, including a Doctorate in Musical Arts. Vocal Excellence is a hallmark of Dr. McCorvey’s work. As a teacher\, he has given master classes and vocal workshops throughout the United States\, Europe\, South America\, China\, Japan\, and Poland. Dr. McCorvey is the founder and Music Director of the American Spiritual Ensemble. McCorvey recently produced a CD Anchored in the Lord featuring singers from the Bay View Music Festival’s American Negro Spirituals Intensive Program\, where McCorvey serves as Director. \nHis career has spanned all areas of the performing arts industry\, from performing to musical directing\, vocal teaching\, producing\, impresario\, conducting\, union representing\, administrative work\, and mentoring. \nDr. McCorvey is of the belief that every citizen in the country should find ways to give back to his or her community\, city\, or country. He has been very active in his volunteer activities working to keep the arts as a part of the civic conversation and currently serves on many local\, regional\, and national boards. He holds an Endowed Chair in Opera Studies/Director of Opera and Professor of Voice at the University of Kentucky in Lexington\, Kentucky. \nDr. McCorvey is also entering his seventh season as the Artistic Director of the National Chorale of New York City. Celebrating over 50 years of great choral singing\, the National Chorale is a symphonic choir which performs at Lincoln Center in New York City. The National Chorale is well-known in New York and around the region for its performances of the great choral titans as well as for the popular New York Messiah Sing-In at Lincoln Center! The Sing-In is one of the oldest sing-in’s in the country. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Program\n Performance Program To Be Announced \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Dr. Everett McCorvey (Founder & Director)\n “It has now been over 400 years since the first enslaved African person set foot on American soil. Today\, it is our privilege to be able to perform these songs\, tell their stories\, and share our love for the beautiful creations with the world.” \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n On Youtube \n \n \n \n \n \n American Spiritual Ensemble\nWatch more on YouTube: \n \n More on YouTube URL:https://www.musicworcester.org/event/american-spiritual-ensemble/ LOCATION:Curtis Performance Hall\, 500 Salisbury Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609 CATEGORIES:choral,contemporary,ensemble ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.musicworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/ase-slide.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240505T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240505T180000 DTSTAMP:20240328T120742 CREATED:20230510T192942Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240325T135109Z UID:10000130-1714924800-1714932000@www.musicworcester.org SUMMARY:The Worcester Chorus: Bach B Minor Mass DESCRIPTION:Adult: $45-$55 Student: $17.50Youth: $7.50\n \n \n \n Buy Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PRE-CONCERT TALKRichard Giarusso\, Dean of Academic Affairs at New England Conservatory \n3:00 PM in Washburn HallFree and open to all ticket holders \n \n \n \n \n \n Music Worcester thanks the following sponsors of this presentation: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Annual Fletcher Family Concert\n Directed by Chris Shepard\, The Worcester Chorus is one of America’s oldest and longest-running choral ensembles. \nInitially delayed by the Covid-19 pandemic\, their long-awaited performance of Bach’s Mass in B minor will take place on stage at historic Mechanics Hall in the 2023-2024 Season. \nFor this performance\, The Worcester Chorus will be joined by the Orchestra of Emmanuel Music and vocal soloists. All ticket holders are invited to join us for a Pre-Concert Talk from Richard Giarusso\, Dean of Academic Affairs at New England Conservatory\, at 3:00 PM in Washburn Hall. Read more about each ensemble\, soloist\, and speaker below: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The Orchestra of Emmanuel Music\n \n\n \nThrough its performing\, teaching\, mentoring\, and scholarly activities\, Emmanuel Music occupies a unique niche: a living laboratory for the music of J. S. Bach. Emmanuel Music finds new and creative ways for audiences and musicians to engage with the artistic\, spiritual\, and humanistic aspects of the music of J. S. Bach\, the cornerstone of our musical output for our first fifty years. \nWe seek to make Bach’s music deeply relevant to our current lives\, including highlighting the connections between Bach and artists that he influenced\, especially creative voices that have been marginalized in our society. \nBuilding on the symbiotic partnership between an arts nonprofit and an intellectually curious and open-minded religious community\, Emmanuel Music further embraces Bach’s sacred music\, especially his cantatas\, as opportunities to explore the transcendent aspects of our shared human experience. \nBy embracing a new mission and strategic plan in March 2021\, Emmanuel Music asserts its role as an essential musical\, humanistic\, intellectual force for participatory engagement in its local community\, and around the world through its online programming. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Susan Consoli\, soprano\n \n\n \nAmerican Soprano\, Susan Consoli\, originally from Groveland\, MA\, has led an active and versatile career throughout the United States and abroad. \nShe has worked under such notable conductors as Grant Llewellyn\, Christopher Hogwood\, Harry Christophers\, Bruno Weil\, Laurence Cummings\, John Finney and Paul Goodwin. Additional collaborators include; Chen Shi-Zheng\, Tero Saarinen\, Betsi Graves\, Carson Cooman\, Euan Tait\, Peter Child\, David Patterson and John Harbison (Boston Premiere) A Clear Midnight\, Vocalism and Jazzsinger songs. Festivals include: Festival CLASSIQUE au vert Paris\, Boston Early Music Festival\, Movimentos Internationales TanzFestival\, LAOKOON Festival\, Hamburg\, Ribeauvillé Festival de Musique Ancienne\, Carmel Bach Festival\, Rome Opera Festival\, Great Waters Music Festival\, CT Early Music Festival\, Nantucket Arts Festival\, Bachfest Leipzig\, Marlboro Music Festival. Appearances with Boston Camerata & Tero Saarinen Dance Company include: Borrowed Light in Paris Théâtre National de Chaillot\, Berlin\, Hamburg\, Wolfsburg\, Oulu\, Tampere\, An American Vocalist\, Saw ye my hero in Paris\, Travellin’ Home in Ribeauvillé. \nMs. Consoli made her Carnegie Hall debut performing Handel Messiah under the direction of Christopher Shepard. Her recordings include Handel & Haydn Society All is Bright Avie Records and David Patterson Loon’s Tail Flashing Albany Records. Upcoming solo engagements include: “J’Adore Fauré” with the Hartford Chorale under the direction of Jack Anthony Pott\, Bachfest Leipzig 2024 with Emmanuel Music\, Bach St. Matthew Passion with Emmanuel Music both under the direction of Ryan Turner\, and Mozart Solemn Vespers with New England Classical Singers. Ms. Consoli is pleased to be returning to the Worcester Chorus under the direction of Chris Shepard. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Kendra Colton\, soprano\n \n\n \nAmerican soprano Kendra Colton is a versatile singer who performs repertoire from Baroque opera and oratorio to contemporary music. Trained in the United States and Europe she appears regularly in solo recital\, in chamber music concerts\, and with symphony orchestras. She has sung with conductors Bernard Haitink\, Christopher Hogwood\, Sir Neville Marriner\, Nicholas McGegan\, Seiji Ozawa\, and Helmuth Rillingand with presenters across the country including the Boston Symphony Orchestra\, the Cleveland Orchestra and the Los Angeles Philharmonic to name a few. Her singing has been described as “touchingly musical” in the NY Times and “skillful and imaginative” in the Boston Globe. Opera News wrote that Ms. Colton is a soprano who sings “with beauty\, brightness and poise”. \nMs. Colton has developed a niche for herself in the oratorio and sacred works of Bach (recording 6 CDs of cantata arias and duets)\, Handel\, Mozart\, Haydn\, Schubert\, Mendelssohn\, and Brahms. Acclaimed not only for her performances of Handel and Mozart operas\, she is also recognized as an interpreter of contemporary chamber music and has premiered and recorded numerous works including a release of vocal selections by John Harbison called Late Air. Her complete discography can be found on Spotify. Works specifically composed for her voice are: Finite Infinity for soprano\, oboe\, and piano by Peter Child; Uncertainty is Beautiful for soprano and chamber orchestra and The Reckless Heart for soprano and piano by Andy Vores. \nIn addition to her performing schedule\, Ms. Colton commutes from Boston to teach at Oberlin College Conservatory in Ohio. In her free time she is an avid hiker and has a life goal to visit all of the National Parks. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n Krista River\, alto\n \nMezzo-soprano Krista River has appeared as a soloist with the Boston Symphony\, the St. Paul Chamber Orchestra\, the North Carolina Symphony\, the Cape Cod Symphony\, the Santa Fe Symphony\, Handel & Haydn Society\, the Florida Orchestra\, the Charlotte Symphony\, Odyssey Opera\, Baltimore Choral Arts Society\, and Boston Baroque. \nWinner of the 2004 Concert Artists Guild International Competition and a 2007 Sullivan Foundation grant recipient\, her opera roles include Dido in Dido and Aeneas\, Sesto in La clemenza di Tito\, Cherubino in Le nozze di Figaro\, Rosina in Il barbiere di Siviglia\, Zerlina in Don Giovanni\, Anna in Weill’s Seven Deadly Sins\, Nancy in Britten’s Albert Herring\, and the title role in Handel’s Xerxes. \nOther notable performances include the International Water and Life Festival in Qinghai\, China\, and recitals at Jordan Hall in Boston and the Asociación Nacional de Conciertos in Panama City\, Panama. For Ms. River’s New York Recital debut at Weill Recital Hall at Carnegie Hall\, the New York Times praised her “shimmering voice…with the virtuosity of a violinist and the expressivity of an actress.” She resides in Boston and is a regular soloist with Emmanuel Music’s renowned Bach Cantata Series. \n \n \n \n \n \n Matthew Anderson\, tenor\n \nMatthew Anderson has been praised for the warm tenor voice and polished musicality he brings to oratorio\, opera\, and musical theater. He has appeared at the Aldeburgh Festival as a soloist in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion and at the Carmel Bach Festival\, where he was featured as a 2010 Virginia Best Adams Fellow and a 2011 festival soloist in Bach’s St. John Passion. Mr. Anderson has twice won prizes in the American Bach Society Competition\, and received second prize in the Oratorio Society of New York Solo Competition. \nRecent performances from his varied repertoire include Stravinsky’s Renard at Tanglewood and the Mostly Mozart Festival with the Mark Morris Dance Group; John Harbison’s Winter’s Tale with the Boston Modern Orchestra Project; Haydn’s Creation with Emmanuel Music; Bach’s St. John Passion (Evangelist) at Princeton University\, Boston University\, and the University of Chicago; several works by Benjamin Britten (Serenade\, Saint Nicolas\, and Cantata Misericordium); John Austin’s new opera Heloise and Abelard at Harvard University; and Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall. \nAlso recognized as a gifted performer of the American songbook\, Mr. Anderson has won high praise for his performances with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops in Carousel (as Mr. Snow)\, “A Richard Rogers Celebration”\, and “An Evening of Cole Porter”. Mr. Anderson spent two seasons as a vocal fellow at the Tanglewood Music Center and was a Lorraine Hunt Lieberson Fellow with Emmanuel. He studied classics at Harvard and voice at the New England Conservatory. \n \n \n \n \n \n David McFerrin\, bass\n \nHailed for his “voice of seductive beauty” (Miami Herald)\, baritone David McFerrin has won critical acclaim in a variety of genres. His opera credits include Santa Fe Opera\, Seattle Opera\, Florida Grand Opera\, the Rossini Festival in Germany\, and numerous roles with Boston Lyric Opera and other local companies. As concert soloist he has sung with the Cleveland Orchestra\, Israel Philharmonic\, Handel and Haydn Society\, and in recital at the Caramoor\, Ravinia\, and Marlboro Festivals. He was runner-up in the Oratorio Society of New York’s 2016 Lyndon Woodside Solo Competition\, the premier US contest for this repertoire. David is also a member of the renaissance vocal ensemble Blue Heron\, winners of the 2018 Gramophone award for Best Early Music Album. \nRecent performance highlights have included the role of Thoas in Gluck’s Iphigénie en Tauride with Boston Baroque; Monteverdi’s dramatic scena Il Combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda with American Bach Soloists in the Bay Area; and two turns as Lucifer/the Devil––one in a filmed production of Handel’s La Resurrezione with Emmanuel Music and the other in Stravinsky’s “A Soldier’s Tale” with Aston Magna Music Festival. \nDavid lives in Natick\, Massachusetts with his wife Erin Doherty\, an architectural historian and preservation planner; their daughter Fiona; and black lab Holly. \n \n \n \n \n \n Richard Giarusso\, Pre-Concert Speaker\n \nRichard Giarusso is a teacher\, performer\, speaker\, and writer who seeks to build meaning\, relationship\, and understanding through the study\, contemplation\, and performance of music. With practical and scholarly experience in a wide range of repertoire\, he seeks to engage audiences of diverse backgrounds and interests in dynamic conversations about music and its relationship to history\, culture\, and creativity. \nHe has a particular interest in interdisciplinary dialogues about music and the arts and takes great pleasure in crafting experiences that stimulate creative thinking and critical awareness among participants. An award-winning teacher and visionary academic leader\, he is Dean of Academic Affairs at the New England Conservatory and was previously Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Musicology at the Peabody Institute of the Johns Hopkins University. Also active as a conductor and singer\, he served as music director of the Georgetown Chorale (DC)\, the Voce Chamber Singers (VA)\, and the Maryland Choral Society\, and he maintains a career as a soloist and ensemble musician throughout the Atlantic corridor. \nHe has a particular affinity for the vocal works of J.S. Bach\, having sung for many years as a member of the Washington Bach Consort\, where he also appeared as a guest conductor. Trained at Williams and Harvard\, Richard is a life-long learner shaped by the guidance and inspiration of exceptional mentors who modeled the patterns of inquiry and exploration that he seeks to uphold in his life and work. His non-musical interests include architecture and interior design\, traditional French cookery\, woodworking\, Anglican spirituality\, and the beauties of the natural world. He resides in Acton\, Massachusetts\, with his wife\, Allison\, his eight-year-old son\, Adrian\, and three very curious cats. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John Zeugner\, Telegram & Gazette\n In any event\, there was\, as always\, in Music Worcester’s presentation of Handel’s Messiah\, a soul healing\, community-building moment\, for all listeners. The stupendous sounds of that music in the soft blue-white silk of Mechanics Hall\, amid dark almost indistinguishable portraits on high\, is surely tonic to overcome the despicable antics of our national politics. URL:https://www.musicworcester.org/event/b-minor-mass/ LOCATION:Mechanics Hall\, 321 Main Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01608 CATEGORIES:bach,choral,classical,worcester_chorus_only ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.musicworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/b-minor-slide.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240509T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240509T213000 DTSTAMP:20240328T120742 CREATED:20230510T193019Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240327T164410Z UID:10000131-1715283000-1715290200@www.musicworcester.org SUMMARY:Marc-André Hamelin in recital DESCRIPTION:Adult: $45-$55Student: $17.50Youth: $7.50 \nAdult Ticket + Reception: $75\n \n \n \n Buy Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n Buyers choose their own assigned seats for this presentation at Mechanics Hall.\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Music Worcester thanks the following supporters of this presentation: \n \n \n \n \n \n The George F. & Sybil H. Fuller Foundation\n \n \n \n \n \n Jeffrey & Otti Levine\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Marc-André Hamelin\n “A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess” (The New York Times)\, pianist Marc-André Hamelin is known worldwide for his unrivaled blend of consummate musicianship and brilliant technique in the great works of the established repertoire\, as well as for his intrepid exploration of the rarities of the 19th\, 20th\, and 21st centuries. He regularly performs around the globe with the leading orchestras and conductors of our time\, and gives recitals at major concert venues and festivals worldwide. \nHighlights of Mr. Hamelin’s 2022–2023 season include a vast variety of repertoire performed with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s at Carnegie Hall (Piano Quintet’s by Florence Price and Brahms)\, Berlin Philharmonic and Marek Janowski(Reger’s Piano Concerto)\, San Diego Symphony and Rafael Payare (Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 2)\, Toronto Symphony Orchestra and Gustavo Gimeno (Messiaen’s Turangalîla-Symphonie)\, Netherlands Philharmonic and Joshua Weilerstein (Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue)\, and Symphony Nova Scotia and Holly Mathieson (Grieg’s Piano Concerto). Recital appearances take Mr. Hamelin to Vienna\, Chicago\, Toronto\, Montréal\, Napa Valley\, São Paulo\, and Bogotá\, among other venues across the world. \nThe summer of 2022 included performances at many festivals including Caramoor with the Orchestra of St. Luke’s\, Tanglewood\, Domaine Forget\, La Jolla\, Schubertiade\, and Festival International Piano. \nMr. Hamelin is an exclusive recording artist for Hyperion Records\, where his discography spans more than 70 albums\, with notable recordings of a broad range of solo\, orchestral\, and chamber repertoire. In January 2022\, the label released a two-disc set of C. P. E. Bach’s sonatas and rondos that received wide critical acclaim and in June 2022\, Hyperion released the two-disc set of William Bolcom’s The Complete Rags. \nMr. Hamelin has composed music throughout his career\, with over 30 compositions to his name. The majority of those works—including the Etudes and Toccata on L’homme armé\, commissioned by the Van Cliburn International Piano Competition—are published by Edition Peters. His most recent work\, his Piano Quintet\, was premiered in August 2022 by himself and the celebrated Dover Quartet at La Jolla Music Society. \nMr. Hamelin makes his home in the Boston area with his wife\, Cathy Fuller\, a producer and host at Classical WCRB. Born in Montreal\, he is the recipient of a Lifetime Achievement Award from the German Record Critics’ Association\, and has received seven Juno Awards and 11 Grammy nominations\, and the 2018 Jean Gimbel Lane Prize in Piano Performance from Northwestern University’s Bienen School of Music. In December 2020\, he was awarded the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Keyboard Artistry from the Ontario Arts Foundation. Mr. Hamelin is an Officer of the Order of Canada\, a Chevalier de l’Ordre national du Québec\, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n PROGRAM\n IVESSecond Piano Sonata “Concord” \nSCHUMANNWaldszenen (Forest Scenes) op. 82 \nRAVELGaspard de la nuit \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n MASTERCLASS - MAY 2 AT JOMP\n Marc-André Hamelin will deliver a masterclass to local music students at Worcester’s Joy of Music Program. Attendance is open to the public. General admission seating is available in JOMP’s Shapiro Concert Hall on a first-come-first-served basis. \nWhile entry is free\, reservations are required. Complete yours via button below. \n \n \n \n RSVP (MASTERCLASS)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n The New York Times\n “A performer of near-superhuman technical prowess” \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n On Youtube \n \n \n \n \n \n Marc-André Hamelin\nEnjoy Marc-André Hamelin’s videos on YouTube: \n \n More on YouTube URL:https://www.musicworcester.org/event/marc-andre-hamelin/ LOCATION:Mechanics Hall\, 321 Main Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01608 CATEGORIES:classical,piano ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.musicworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/mah-slide.jpg END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20240518T200000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20240518T220000 DTSTAMP:20240328T120742 CREATED:20230510T193048Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240227T145639Z UID:10000133-1716062400-1716069600@www.musicworcester.org SUMMARY:Tessa Lark & Frank Vignola DESCRIPTION:Adult: $45-$65Student: $17.50Youth: $7.50\n \n \n \n Buy Tickets\n \n \n \n \n \n Buyers choose their own assigned seats for this presentation at Tuckerman Hall. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Music Worcester thanks the following sponsors of this presentation: \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\nOn May 18\, legendary jazz guitarist Frank Vignola will team up with violinist & fiddler Tessa Lark to create an intimate musical experience\, performing in the infectious Hot Club vein of Django Reinhardt and Stéphane Grappelli. Don’t miss this once-in-a-lifetime collaboration of award-winning instrumental virtuosos\, together on stage at Worcester’s historic Tuckerman Hall. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Frank Vignola\n \n\nFrank Vignola\, born December 30th\, 1965\, is one of the most extraordinary guitarists performing before the public today. His stunning virtuosity has made him the guitarist of choice for many of the world’s top musicians\, including Ringo Starr\, Madonna\, Donald Fagen\, John Lewis\, Tommy Emmanuel\, Lionel Hampton\, the Boston Pops\, the New York Pops\, and guitar legend Les Paul\, who named Vignola to his “Five Most Admired Guitarists List:” for the Wall Street Journal. \nFrank Vignola is one of the most popular and sought after guitarists on the international music scene. His dynamic genre-spanning music has brought him to 21 countries on three continents – and still growing – performing in some of the world’s most illustrious venues\, including the Sydney Opera House\, Carnegie Hall\, The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco\, New York’s Lincoln Center\, The Blue Note\, and the world’s oldest indoor concert hall\, Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza\, Italy. \nVignola has recorded over 30 CD’s as a leader and has been a guest on hundreds of recordings. Vignola has written over 18 educational music books\, recorded the critically acclaimed\, “Vignola Plays Gershwin” CD\, and recorded 3 DVD’s for Mel Bay Publications. He has also produced over 50 full length video teaching courses for TrueFire.com\, for all levels. His on-line One on One private lessons and online Jazz Studio continue to thrive\, having reached thousands of jazz guitar enthusiasts all over the globe. \n\n\n\n\nCurrently\, Frank Vignola holds residency every Wednesday night at the world famous Birdland Jazz Club Theatre in New York City. “Frank Vignola’s Guitar Night” has featured some of the finest talent on the planet including Mike Stern\, Pasquale Grasso\, Janis Siegel\, Ken Peplowski\, Bill Charlap\, Houston Person and many more. \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n Tessa Lark\n \n\nViolinist Tessa Lark is one of the most captivating artistic voices of our time\, consistently praised by critics and audiences for her astounding range of sounds\, technical agility\, and musical elegance. In 2020 she was nominated for a GRAMMY in the Best Classical Instrumental Solo category and received one of Lincoln Center’s prestigious Emerging Artist Awards: the special Hunt Family Award. Other recent honors include a 2018 Borletti-Buitoni Trust Fellowship and a 2016 Avery Fisher Career Grant\, Silver Medalist in the 9th Quadrennial International Violin Competition of Indianapolis\, and winner of the 2012 Naumburg International Violin Competition.  \nShe solos regularly with many of the major orchestras around the world\, from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra to Seattle Symphony\, and has appeared in recital in such prestigious venues and series as Amsterdam’s Concertgebouw and Carnegie Hall’s Distinctive Debuts series in Weill Hall (2017). \nShe is also a highly acclaimed fiddler in the tradition of her native Kentucky\, delighting audiences with programming that includes Appalachian and bluegrass music and inspiring composers to write for her – most notably SKY\, a bluegrass-inspired violin concerto written for Tessa by Michael Torke which earned both a GRAMMY nomination for Tessa and a Pulitzer finalist distinction for Torke. \nLark is a graduate of New England Conservatory and completed her Artist Diploma at The Juilliard School. She plays a ca. 1600 G.P. Maggini violin on loan from an anonymous donor through the Stradivari Society of Chicago. \nLearn more on her website at www.tessalark.com \n\n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n John Corigliano\, composer\n “Tessa Lark embodies joy in music making. She is a real master of our art… Her understanding of my music\, uncannily\, rivals my own.” \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n On Youtube \n \n \n \n \n \n Frank Vignola\nEnjoy Frank Vignola’s full collection of live performance videos and more on his YouTube channel: \n \n More on YouTube URL:https://www.musicworcester.org/event/lark-vignola/ LOCATION:Tuckerman Hall\, 10 Tuckerman Street\, Worcester\, Massachusetts\, 01609 CATEGORIES:contemporary,jazz ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.musicworcester.org/wp-content/uploads/fvtl-new-slide.jpg END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR