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Sun-Music.net Presents Ray Greene

Sun-Music presents the Voice of Santana and Tower of Power, Ray Greene, performing classic songs and celebrating his latest album release “Stay”. Ray Greene is a singer, producer and multi-instrumentalist living in Columbia, South Carolina. He received a degree in Music Performance from the world-renowned Berklee College of Music. Brought up in the shadows of […]

Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park

Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park Tuesday evening concerts 6:00pm to Dusk Free in Franklin Park Featuring local bands playing the best R&B, Motown, Jazz, and Reggae. Bring a lawn chair and enjoy food and crafts from local vendors. Google maps: Elma Lewis Playhouse in the Park Boston. For more information: www.franklinparkcoalition.org Tuesday, July 11 […]

Arias on the Steps: A free concert at the Urban Ministry

Arias on the Steps: A free concert at the Urban Ministry Opera couples with Broadway and all that jazz! Join us for an evening of beautiful music under the stars, with performances by: Sarah Cooper Joel LaRue Smith Marshall Hughes Special Guest: Ron Murphy The concert will feature works by Puccini, Sondheim, jazz by Laru […]

Terri Lyne Carrington + Social Science

Outstanding activist, educator, and drummer Terri Lyne Carrington and her band Social Science join Celebrity Series this season, two years after earning a Grammy nomination for their album, Waiting Game. Carrington is a 2023 Grammy awardee for her New Standards, Vol. 1, a kindred project to Social Science that pulls forward the work of neglected female songwriters […]

R.E.S.P.E.C.T.: A Celebration of the Music of Aretha Franklin

THE ARETHA TRIBUTE EXPERIENCE LIKE NO OTHER! R.E.S.P.E.C.T. is an electrifying tribute celebrating the music of the legendary Aretha Franklin. This concert experience takes audiences on a journey of love, tragedy, courage and triumph. Starring a live band and supreme vocalists, come experience a night of music by one of the greatest artists of all time. Featuring all your […]

Longwood Symphony Presents Sibelius & Carlos Simon

Longwood Symphony Orchestra BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps (Of a Spring Morning) SIMON The Block HAYDN Trumpet Concerto in Eb SIBELIUS Symphony No. 2 Jotaro Nakano, conductor Benjamin Wright, trumpet Benefiting Augustus A. White III Institute for Healthcare Equity   Concert includes THE BLOCK, written by Grammy Award-winning Black composer Carlos Simon. “The Block” is […]

Chucho Valdés: The Creation

Chucho Valdés The Creation with the Yoruban Orchestra Hilario Durán & John Beasley, Musical Directors The Creation, the newest project of pianist, composer, and arranger Chucho Valdés, deploys the legend’s formidable compositional talents to take audiences through the Regla de Ocha story of creation, from the Afro-Cuban religious practice Santería. A multi-movement suite, La Creación is Chucho’s latest new […]

Chamber Music at Shirley Place

Enjoy a charming and witty selection of popular songs and academic chamber pieces from the post-Revolutionary era at The Shirley-Eustis House! On September 24 at 1pm, we will host the inaugural concert for our Babcock pianoforte live at Shirley Place in Roxbury, MA. In this specially programmed event, pianist Mark Kroll and violinist Carol Lieberman […]

Arias on the Steps – Free Concert at the UU Urban Ministry

Join us for performances from Marshall Hughes, Alan Rias, Sarah Cooper, and Isabel Randell as they perform operatic ballads from the steps of the Meetinghouse! There will be selections from Verdi, Bizet, Gershwin, and more. Bring a chair or blanket, and enjoy this wonderful free performance. No tickets or RSVP necessary.  Join us for this […]

Hamilton Garrett Music & Arts Academy “End of Year” Concert

Join the Hamilton-Garrett Academy at the celebratory “End of  Year” concert on Friday, June 10. The free event marks the 20th anniversary of the Academy and the 100th birth anniversary of its co-founder and namesake Ruth Hamilton. The performance occurs at the historic Charles Street AME Church, 551 Warren Street in Dorchester. The concert features […]

Fauré Requiem and Works of William Grant Still

Conductor Kevin Leong has chosen the intimate and angelic Fauré Requiem and works of William Grant Still in an illuminating pairing. Come hear 50 splendid voices honor those lost to the pandemic and celebrate the living in this concert of remembrance and reflection. Featuring soloists Dana Whiteside, Baritone, and Kay Patterson, Soprano. Concert will be […]