Tickets are now on sale for the 14th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival August 9 and 13 at the Crown & Anchor Provincetown and Cotuit Center for the Arts, 30 per concert and a portion of the proceeds from the festival are donated to worthy causes including jazz in the schools on Cape Cod, since 2005 the Provincetown Jazz Festival has presented jazz musicians from the United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, visit provincetownjazzfestival (.org/tickets)
Sunday April 1 11:30am-2:30 pm Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz Group with Steve Hambleton guitar, Ron Ormsby bass, and Bart Weisman drums, at The West End, 20 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA, info and brunch reservations: 508.775.7677
Events for Thursday April 5
12:30 pm every Thursday University of Rhode Island Department of Music Convocation Susan Thomas & Theodore Mook coordinators presents weekly concerts featuring faculty, students and special guests with discussions in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info 401.847.2431
7:30-9:30 pm Brown University presents artist-in-residence group Yarn/Wire, a quartet of two percussionists and two pianists, performing works by Brown University student and faculty composers, in Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI, free
Friday April 6 and every Friday 7-10 pm guitarist John Monllos with Joanne Rodino vocals at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
Events for Sunday April 8
9:30 am University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival, Adam Levin coordinator, returns for its third straight season, this year expanded in scope to include a partnership with the Pump House Music Works and seven brilliant guest guitar virtuosi, read more about this year's festival at uriguitarfestival (.org), in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, 401.847.2431
2:30-4 pm free jazz concert by the Lois Vaughan Jazz Quintet with Lois on keys, Genevieve Rose on string bass, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Bill Fanning on trumpet/flugelhorn, and Mark Teixeira on drums, performing a wide range of great jazz tunes from ragtime and swing to bebop, fusion, cool, Latin and beyond, at the Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, free, info at middletownpubliclibraryri (.org) or call 401.846.1573
3 pm The First Baptist Church in America Music at the Meetinghouse presents Musicke’s Cordes featuring Samuel Breene Baroque violin and Jeffrey Noonan theorbo & Baroque guitar performing music from the chapels and courts of Germany, including music by Giovanni Kapsperger, Biagio Marini, Marco Antonio Ferro, Giovanni Pittoni, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Carlo Farina, Francesco Corbetta, and Antonio Bertali, 75 North Main Street, Providence, RI, free admission
3 pm Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s (COBSJ), Edward Markward conductor, a group of 32 professional, community and student musicians from throughout Rhode Island, presents its Inaugural Season 3rd Concert “Bach to Basics” performing Bach Brandenburg Concerti nos 1 and 4, Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 3, and Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 191 County Road, Barrington, free, donations accepted
3:30 pm Museum Concerts presents The Orfeo Duo - Vita Wallace violin & Ishmael Wallace fortepiano in “The Romantic Salon” featuring Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata,” lieder, duets, poetry, and letters by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Goethe, Bettina von Arnim, and others, in The First Unitarian Church, Benefit & Benevolent Streets, Providence, RI, tickets: 25, student/low income 8, available from museumconcerts (.org)
5:30-8:30 pm Jazz Candy with John Monllos and Art Manchester at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles, John Sumerlin director perform in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Tuesday April 10
6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Composer and poet Chris Mann who works in the field of compositional linguistics, created by composer Kenneth Gaburo and described by Mann as "language is the mechanism whereby you understand what i'm thinking better than i do (where i is defined by those changes for which i is required),” His intricately parenthetical texts and sonically rich vocal performances highlight irreducible areas of language and music - or as Alvin Lucier said, "Chris Mann is really a composer of extreme rhythmic complexities that have deeper meaning than words can ever deliver,” in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
6 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Guitarra Latina – Music from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela will be presented at the Seekonk Library, 410 Newman Ave, Seekonk, MA, free
Wednesday April 11 7:30 pm Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts presents the Parker Quartet who have been described as “something extraordinary”- New York Times and “exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation” - Washington Post, perform Mendelssohn String Quartet op 44 no 2, Augusta Read Thomas String Quartet “Helix Spiral” 3rd movement, Beethoven Quartet in B-flat Major op 130 and Grosse Fuge op 133, in the McVinney Auditorium, 43 Dave Gavitt Way in Downtown Providence, RI, free parking, tickets: 25-40/student 5 available at ricmc (.org) or tel: 401.863.2416
Thursday April 12 6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Andrea Young, a Canadian performer and composer specializing in experimental voice and live-electronics. She performs an acoustic, amplified, processed and resynthesized voice, as well as a re-purposed sound-controlling voice enabled through feature extraction and data-driven live electronics, using Digital Voice Interface, a live analysis of voice which extracts individual features that may control any parameter of electronic sound; the voice is both the instrument and the interface for the live-electronics which is, in turn, infused with “vocality”, in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 13
3:30 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music presents “Notes from a Radio Composer: A Melody is a Story and a Story is a Melody” - featuring Berlin-based jazz trumpeter, radio documentarist, installation artist, and composer, Paul Brody who will offer perspectives on how he builds an acoustic narrative in his radio and sound installation work to bring other people’s stories and lives to light, citing influences from Joseph Beuys, Charles Ives, Samuel Becket, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, along with the story and folklore collecting traditions of Studs Terkel and Alan Lomax, Brody uses oral history to create word and sound orientated narratives from documentary material, in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.847.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf, Glen Loper, and Bethany Waickman perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, the evening will also feature a silent auction and bake sale to support the dance's general operations, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Saturday April 14 two performances at 3 & 8 pm Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe director presents a festive conclusion to their season with songs and dances from 15th- and 16th-century Spain performed by a colorful array of musicians: six singers, a five-part Renaissance violin consort, two vihuelas, percussion, and a pair of dancers, with music by Johannes Cornago, Francisco de Peñalosa, Juan Vásquez, Francisco Guerrero, Juan Blas de Castro, and others, with a pre-concert talk by Daniel Zuluaga at 7:15 in the sanctuary at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street (Next to the Sheraton Commander), Cambridge MA, tickets: 10 to 68 available from blueheron (.org); an additional free performance will be offered Sunday April 15 4 pm in Peabody Hall at the Parish of All Saints, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, doors open at 3:30 free open seating on a first-come, first-served basis, no advanced tickets
Events for Sunday April 15
12-3 pm Lois Vaughan Jazz Quartet with Lois on keys, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Ben Coerper on string bass, and Ryan Tremblay on drums plays for a Jazz Sunday Brunch at The Fifth Element, 111 Broadway, Newport, RI, visit thefifthri (.com) or call 401.619.2552
2 pm Chaminade Club of Providence presents its monthly Musicale featuring Joseph Knasin piano, Providence College "I Cantori" T. J. Harper conductor, and a Woodward Sextet: Donna O'Brien flute, Linda Diebold oboe, Steve Toro clarinet, Jeff stewart horn, Jonathan Malone bassoon, Donald Ranklin piano, at the Mary K. Hail Music Mansion, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, free
2 pm Linden Place Mansion hosts the Debra Mann Trio for a concert featuring the songs of Brazilian jazz legend, Antonio Carlos Jobim; the Debra Mann Trio has performed the music of Jobim for over two decades and is bringing his music to the historic mansion parlors; Jobim is considered the father of bossa-nova music and one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century, best known as the composer of “Garota de Ipanema” (Girl from Ipanema) and his collaborations with American jazz saxophonist, Stan Getz, that created a bossa-nova craze internationally; a lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova’s sweet rhythms acquired a large following in the 1960s, this special concert to hear the music of Jobim and other musical gems of Brazil will be performed by the renowned Debra Mann piano and vocals, with Dave Zinno acoustic bass, and Marty Richards drums, tickets: 20, 15 for Linden Place members and free for Colt Circle members, please call to reserve as space is limited (Colt Circle members please call to reserve as well): 401.253.0390 or visit: lindenplace (.org)
3 pm Rhode Island College Early Music Ensemble, Samuel Breene director with guest artist Jeffrey Noonan lutes and theorbo, presents “Music of Love and Devotion from the Thirty Years War," with music of Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Felice Sances, Adam Jarzebski, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Johann Rosenmüller, and more, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 55 Main St, Wickford, RI, free
3 pm University of Rhode Island Opera Workshop, performs opera scenes & and fully staged productions with orchestra under the direction of René de la Garza, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
7-9 pm there will be a community dance hosted by the Sunday Night Jammers, a group of area musicians who meet regularly on Sunday evenings to play Celtic dance music, featuring contra dance steps and a variety of couples and international dances such as polkas and waltzes; and all dance steps will be taught, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, admission is free and open to the public, and all ages and beginners are welcome. It is not necessary to come with a partner. A potluck precedes the dance at 6 p.m. For information, call 774.644.1369 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/jammers.html)
Tuesday April 17 7:30 pmUniversity of Rhode Island Jazz Combos 2, Joseph Parillo director features jazz in an intimate setting of small ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Wednesday April 18 7:30 pm Rhode Island College Jazz Combos Concert, Greg Abate director perform selections from the Great American Jazz Songbook led by international jazz artist-faculty member Greg Abate perform in the Forman Theatre, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 20
3:15 & 4 pm folk-duo Chris and Meredith Thompson perform for SoundScience Fun! for the Cambridge Science Festival where young and old alike can enjoy learning about the science of sound through the magic of music, as part of this weeklong festival celebrating science, at the MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, tickets included with museum admission 10, under 18 5, info: cambridgesciencefestival (.org)
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble, Rob Franzblau conductor, presents its “Senior Concerto Concert” in keeping with tradition, this concert features a graduating senior performing a major concerto on their instrument, accompanied by the RIC Wind Ensemble, inaugurated in 2001, the Senior Concerto Competition is open to graduating seniors in RIC’s music program, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Artist Series presents Music of Leonard Bernstein, featuring faculty artists Rene de la Garza and Deborah Rentz-Moore performing music from Leonard Bernstein’s songbook, with Gayane Darakyan piano and Theodore Mook cello, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Saturday April 21
1-5 pm Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic Talent Search “Hand Me the Mic” Singing Competition - Calling All Teens, semi-finals at Tanger Outlets Center Stage at Foxwoods, open to the public, ages 13-19 no entry fee, send your audition video today to Talent@JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org), info: JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org)
2 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Airs & Dances – Music for Guitar from Greensleeves to Bach at the Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport, RI, free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra, Ann Danis director offers its Spring Concert, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Sunday April 22
3 pm Newman Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, is pleased to present our annual Spring Choral Concert featuring The Parable of the Trees by Chris Turner, which will also feature original instrumental compositions by Turner as well as his Requiem, 100 Newman Avenue, Rumford, RI, suggested donation: 10, info: 401.434.4742-x10
3 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music Chamber Ensembles 1, Theodore Mook coordinator perform chamber music from the standard repertoire for brass, woodwinds, strings, guitar and mixed ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.874.2431
3 pm Concerts at the Point is presents the Jasper String Quartet performing Beethoven Quartet in G Major op 18 no 2, Shostakovich Quartet no 9, and Mendelssohn Quartet in E minor op 44 no 2, 1912 Main Road, Westport Point, MA, tickets: 25, student 10, from 508.636.0698 or visit concertsatthepoint (.org)
Events for Tuesday April 24
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra, Alexey Shabalin conductor, features exciting new music commissioned for the Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra by local New England Composers Kirsten Volness, Rocco Havellar, and Rhode Island College adjunct professor Philip Martorella, a rare opportunity for the orchestra to collaborate with, learn from, and play the music of living composers, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island Chorus, Audrey Cardany director performs interesting repertoire written for larger chorus from various times and nationalities, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Thursday April 26
1 pm Rhode Island College Department of Music, Theatre and Dance presents Artist-in-Residence pianist Judith Lynn Stillman and Friends from the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra present “Boldly Beethoven” featuring Ian Greitzer clarinet, Steven Laven cello, Katherine Winterstein violin, with special guest Tony Estrella Artistic Director of the Gamm Theater, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free, with a second performance Sunday April 29 2 pm at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School, Carter Center for Music, 667 Waterman Avenue, East Providence, RI, tickets for this performance are 25, 15 students, 10 Music School students and family members, available at 401.248.7000 or visit tickets.riphil (.org)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Jazz Big Band 2, first prize winner at MIT’s New England Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, Joseph Parillo director, in concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Friday April 27
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Band 2, Brian Cardany director, performs an eclectic program of wind band repertoire, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf and Bruce Rosen perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Events for Saturday April 28
7:30 pm Arts in the Village will present a concert by the Haven String Quartet, hailed as New Haven’s resident string quartet, in a program titled “Colors in Contrast,” a concert that will explore the mood and nuance of Mozart’s dark and evocative Quartet in D minor, K. 421, Ravel’s ethereal Quartet in F Major, and seldom performed works by the Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, tickets: 18, 16 seniors, 8 children and students, cash and checks only, available at the door, info: 508.463.5384 or visit rehobothantiquarian (.org/arts-in-the-village/)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Choir, Mark Conley director presents its Spring Concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Sunday April 29 3 pm University of Rhode Island Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Gene Pollart, director performs in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Monday April 30
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Concert Jazz Band, Joseph Foley director, presents its “Spring Concert” in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island presents Lively Experiment, Mark Conley director, an elite small choral concert group that explores the gamut of choral and vocal chamber repertoire, embracing many styles from Medieval to vocal jazz, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Tickets are now on sale for the 14th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival August 9 and 13 at the Crown & Anchor Provincetown and Cotuit Center for the Arts, 30 per concert and a portion of the proceeds from the festival are donated to worthy causes including jazz in the schools on Cape Cod, since 2005 the Provincetown Jazz Festival has presented jazz musicians from the United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, visit provincetownjazzfestival (.org/tickets)
Sunday April 1 11:30am-2:30 pm Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz Group with Steve Hambleton guitar, Ron Ormsby bass, and Bart Weisman drums, at The West End, 20 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA, info and brunch reservations: 508.775.7677
Events for Thursday April 5
12:30 pm every Thursday University of Rhode Island Department of Music Convocation Susan Thomas & Theodore Mook coordinators presents weekly concerts featuring faculty, students and special guests with discussions in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info 401.847.2431
7:30-9:30 pm Brown University presents artist-in-residence group Yarn/Wire, a quartet of two percussionists and two pianists, performing works by Brown University student and faculty composers, in Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI, free
Friday April 6 and every Friday 7-10 pm guitarist John Monllos with Joanne Rodino vocals at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
Events for Sunday April 8
9:30 am University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival, Adam Levin coordinator, returns for its third straight season, this year expanded in scope to include a partnership with the Pump House Music Works and seven brilliant guest guitar virtuosi, read more about this year's festival at uriguitarfestival (.org), in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, 401.847.2431
2:30-4 pm free jazz concert by the Lois Vaughan Jazz Quintet with Lois on keys, Genevieve Rose on string bass, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Bill Fanning on trumpet/flugelhorn, and Mark Teixeira on drums, performing a wide range of great jazz tunes from ragtime and swing to bebop, fusion, cool, Latin and beyond, at the Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, free, info at middletownpubliclibraryri (.org) or call 401.846.1573
3 pm The First Baptist Church in America Music at the Meetinghouse presents Musicke’s Cordes featuring Samuel Breene Baroque violin and Jeffrey Noonan theorbo & Baroque guitar performing music from the chapels and courts of Germany, including music by Giovanni Kapsperger, Biagio Marini, Marco Antonio Ferro, Giovanni Pittoni, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Carlo Farina, Francesco Corbetta, and Antonio Bertali, 75 North Main Street, Providence, RI, free admission
3 pm Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s (COBSJ), Edward Markward conductor, a group of 32 professional, community and student musicians from throughout Rhode Island, presents its Inaugural Season 3rd Concert “Bach to Basics” performing Bach Brandenburg Concerti nos 1 and 4, Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 3, and Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 191 County Road, Barrington, free, donations accepted
3:30 pm Museum Concerts presents The Orfeo Duo - Vita Wallace violin & Ishmael Wallace fortepiano in “The Romantic Salon” featuring Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata,” lieder, duets, poetry, and letters by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Goethe, Bettina von Arnim, and others, in The First Unitarian Church, Benefit & Benevolent Streets, Providence, RI, tickets: 25, student/low income 8, available from museumconcerts (.org)
5:30-8:30 pm Jazz Candy with John Monllos and Art Manchester at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles, John Sumerlin director perform in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Tuesday April 10
6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Composer and poet Chris Mann who works in the field of compositional linguistics, created by composer Kenneth Gaburo and described by Mann as "language is the mechanism whereby you understand what i'm thinking better than i do (where i is defined by those changes for which i is required),” His intricately parenthetical texts and sonically rich vocal performances highlight irreducible areas of language and music - or as Alvin Lucier said, "Chris Mann is really a composer of extreme rhythmic complexities that have deeper meaning than words can ever deliver,” in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
6 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Guitarra Latina – Music from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela will be presented at the Seekonk Library, 410 Newman Ave, Seekonk, MA, free
Wednesday April 11 7:30 pm Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts presents the Parker Quartet who have been described as “something extraordinary”- New York Times and “exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation” - Washington Post, perform Mendelssohn String Quartet op 44 no 2, Augusta Read Thomas String Quartet “Helix Spiral” 3rd movement, Beethoven Quartet in B-flat Major op 130 and Grosse Fuge op 133, in the McVinney Auditorium, 43 Dave Gavitt Way in Downtown Providence, RI, free parking, tickets: 25-40/student 5 available at ricmc (.org) or tel: 401.863.2416
Thursday April 12 6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Andrea Young, a Canadian performer and composer specializing in experimental voice and live-electronics. She performs an acoustic, amplified, processed and resynthesized voice, as well as a re-purposed sound-controlling voice enabled through feature extraction and data-driven live electronics, using Digital Voice Interface, a live analysis of voice which extracts individual features that may control any parameter of electronic sound; the voice is both the instrument and the interface for the live-electronics which is, in turn, infused with “vocality”, in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 13
3:30 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music presents “Notes from a Radio Composer: A Melody is a Story and a Story is a Melody” - featuring Berlin-based jazz trumpeter, radio documentarist, installation artist, and composer, Paul Brody who will offer perspectives on how he builds an acoustic narrative in his radio and sound installation work to bring other people’s stories and lives to light, citing influences from Joseph Beuys, Charles Ives, Samuel Becket, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, along with the story and folklore collecting traditions of Studs Terkel and Alan Lomax, Brody uses oral history to create word and sound orientated narratives from documentary material, in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.847.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf, Glen Loper, and Bethany Waickman perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, the evening will also feature a silent auction and bake sale to support the dance's general operations, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Saturday April 14 two performances at 3 & 8 pm Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe director presents a festive conclusion to their season with songs and dances from 15th- and 16th-century Spain performed by a colorful array of musicians: six singers, a five-part Renaissance violin consort, two vihuelas, percussion, and a pair of dancers, with music by Johannes Cornago, Francisco de Peñalosa, Juan Vásquez, Francisco Guerrero, Juan Blas de Castro, and others, with a pre-concert talk by Daniel Zuluaga at 7:15 in the sanctuary at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street (Next to the Sheraton Commander), Cambridge MA, tickets: 10 to 68 available from blueheron (.org); an additional free performance will be offered Sunday April 15 4 pm in Peabody Hall at the Parish of All Saints, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, doors open at 3:30 free open seating on a first-come, first-served basis, no advanced tickets
Events for Sunday April 15
12-3 pm Lois Vaughan Jazz Quartet with Lois on keys, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Ben Coerper on string bass, and Ryan Tremblay on drums plays for a Jazz Sunday Brunch at The Fifth Element, 111 Broadway, Newport, RI, visit thefifthri (.com) or call 401.619.2552
2 pm Chaminade Club of Providence presents its monthly Musicale featuring Joseph Knasin piano, Providence College "I Cantori" T. J. Harper conductor, and a Woodward Sextet: Donna O'Brien flute, Linda Diebold oboe, Steve Toro clarinet, Jeff stewart horn, Jonathan Malone bassoon, Donald Ranklin piano, at the Mary K. Hail Music Mansion, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, free
2 pm Linden Place Mansion hosts the Debra Mann Trio for a concert featuring the songs of Brazilian jazz legend, Antonio Carlos Jobim; the Debra Mann Trio has performed the music of Jobim for over two decades and is bringing his music to the historic mansion parlors; Jobim is considered the father of bossa-nova music and one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century, best known as the composer of “Garota de Ipanema” (Girl from Ipanema) and his collaborations with American jazz saxophonist, Stan Getz, that created a bossa-nova craze internationally; a lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova’s sweet rhythms acquired a large following in the 1960s, this special concert to hear the music of Jobim and other musical gems of Brazil will be performed by the renowned Debra Mann piano and vocals, with Dave Zinno acoustic bass, and Marty Richards drums, tickets: 20, 15 for Linden Place members and free for Colt Circle members, please call to reserve as space is limited (Colt Circle members please call to reserve as well): 401.253.0390 or visit: lindenplace (.org)
3 pm Rhode Island College Early Music Ensemble, Samuel Breene director with guest artist Jeffrey Noonan lutes and theorbo, presents “Music of Love and Devotion from the Thirty Years War," with music of Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Felice Sances, Adam Jarzebski, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Johann Rosenmüller, and more, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 55 Main St, Wickford, RI, free
3 pm University of Rhode Island Opera Workshop, performs opera scenes & and fully staged productions with orchestra under the direction of René de la Garza, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
7-9 pm there will be a community dance hosted by the Sunday Night Jammers, a group of area musicians who meet regularly on Sunday evenings to play Celtic dance music, featuring contra dance steps and a variety of couples and international dances such as polkas and waltzes; and all dance steps will be taught, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, admission is free and open to the public, and all ages and beginners are welcome. It is not necessary to come with a partner. A potluck precedes the dance at 6 p.m. For information, call 774.644.1369 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/jammers.html)
Tuesday April 17 7:30 pmUniversity of Rhode Island Jazz Combos 2, Joseph Parillo director features jazz in an intimate setting of small ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Wednesday April 18 7:30 pm Rhode Island College Jazz Combos Concert, Greg Abate director perform selections from the Great American Jazz Songbook led by international jazz artist-faculty member Greg Abate perform in the Forman Theatre, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 20
3:15 & 4 pm folk-duo Chris and Meredith Thompson perform for SoundScience Fun! for the Cambridge Science Festival where young and old alike can enjoy learning about the science of sound through the magic of music, as part of this weeklong festival celebrating science, at the MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, tickets included with museum admission 10, under 18 5, info: cambridgesciencefestival (.org)
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble, Rob Franzblau conductor, presents its “Senior Concerto Concert” in keeping with tradition, this concert features a graduating senior performing a major concerto on their instrument, accompanied by the RIC Wind Ensemble, inaugurated in 2001, the Senior Concerto Competition is open to graduating seniors in RIC’s music program, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Artist Series presents Music of Leonard Bernstein, featuring faculty artists Rene de la Garza and Deborah Rentz-Moore performing music from Leonard Bernstein’s songbook, with Gayane Darakyan piano and Theodore Mook cello, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Saturday April 21
1-5 pm Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic Talent Search “Hand Me the Mic” Singing Competition - Calling All Teens, semi-finals at Tanger Outlets Center Stage at Foxwoods, open to the public, ages 13-19 no entry fee, send your audition video today to Talent@JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org), info: JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org)
2 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Airs & Dances – Music for Guitar from Greensleeves to Bach at the Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport, RI, free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra, Ann Danis director offers its Spring Concert, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Sunday April 22
3 pm Newman Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, is pleased to present our annual Spring Choral Concert featuring The Parable of the Trees by Chris Turner, which will also feature original instrumental compositions by Turner as well as his Requiem, 100 Newman Avenue, Rumford, RI, suggested donation: 10, info: 401.434.4742-x10
3 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music Chamber Ensembles 1, Theodore Mook coordinator perform chamber music from the standard repertoire for brass, woodwinds, strings, guitar and mixed ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.874.2431
3 pm Concerts at the Point is presents the Jasper String Quartet performing Beethoven Quartet in G Major op 18 no 2, Shostakovich Quartet no 9, and Mendelssohn Quartet in E minor op 44 no 2, 1912 Main Road, Westport Point, MA, tickets: 25, student 10, from 508.636.0698 or visit concertsatthepoint (.org)
Events for Tuesday April 24
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra, Alexey Shabalin conductor, features exciting new music commissioned for the Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra by local New England Composers Kirsten Volness, Rocco Havellar, and Rhode Island College adjunct professor Philip Martorella, a rare opportunity for the orchestra to collaborate with, learn from, and play the music of living composers, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island Chorus, Audrey Cardany director performs interesting repertoire written for larger chorus from various times and nationalities, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Thursday April 26
1 pm Rhode Island College Department of Music, Theatre and Dance presents Artist-in-Residence pianist Judith Lynn Stillman and Friends from the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra present “Boldly Beethoven” featuring Ian Greitzer clarinet, Steven Laven cello, Katherine Winterstein violin, with special guest Tony Estrella Artistic Director of the Gamm Theater, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free, with a second performance Sunday April 29 2 pm at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School, Carter Center for Music, 667 Waterman Avenue, East Providence, RI, tickets for this performance are 25, 15 students, 10 Music School students and family members, available at 401.248.7000 or visit tickets.riphil (.org)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Jazz Big Band 2, first prize winner at MIT’s New England Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, Joseph Parillo director, in concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Friday April 27
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Band 2, Brian Cardany director, performs an eclectic program of wind band repertoire, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf and Bruce Rosen perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Events for Saturday April 28
7:30 pm Arts in the Village will present a concert by the Haven String Quartet, hailed as New Haven’s resident string quartet, in a program titled “Colors in Contrast,” a concert that will explore the mood and nuance of Mozart’s dark and evocative Quartet in D minor, K. 421, Ravel’s ethereal Quartet in F Major, and seldom performed works by the Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, tickets: 18, 16 seniors, 8 children and students, cash and checks only, available at the door, info: 508.463.5384 or visit rehobothantiquarian (.org/arts-in-the-village/)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Choir, Mark Conley director presents its Spring Concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Sunday April 29 3 pm University of Rhode Island Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Gene Pollart, director performs in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Monday April 30
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Concert Jazz Band, Joseph Foley director, presents its “Spring Concert” in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island presents Lively Experiment, Mark Conley director, an elite small choral concert group that explores the gamut of choral and vocal chamber repertoire, embracing many styles from Medieval to vocal jazz, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Tickets are now on sale for the 14th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival August 9 and 13 at the Crown & Anchor Provincetown and Cotuit Center for the Arts, 30 per concert and a portion of the proceeds from the festival are donated to worthy causes including jazz in the schools on Cape Cod, since 2005 the Provincetown Jazz Festival has presented jazz musicians from the United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, visit provincetownjazzfestival (.org/tickets)
Sunday April 1 11:30am-2:30 pm Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz Group with Steve Hambleton guitar, Ron Ormsby bass, and Bart Weisman drums, at The West End, 20 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA, info and brunch reservations: 508.775.7677
Events for Thursday April 5
12:30 pm every Thursday University of Rhode Island Department of Music Convocation Susan Thomas & Theodore Mook coordinators presents weekly concerts featuring faculty, students and special guests with discussions in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info 401.847.2431
7:30-9:30 pm Brown University presents artist-in-residence group Yarn/Wire, a quartet of two percussionists and two pianists, performing works by Brown University student and faculty composers, in Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI, free
Friday April 6 and every Friday 7-10 pm guitarist John Monllos with Joanne Rodino vocals at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
Events for Sunday April 8
9:30 am University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival, Adam Levin coordinator, returns for its third straight season, this year expanded in scope to include a partnership with the Pump House Music Works and seven brilliant guest guitar virtuosi, read more about this year's festival at uriguitarfestival (.org), in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, 401.847.2431
2:30-4 pm free jazz concert by the Lois Vaughan Jazz Quintet with Lois on keys, Genevieve Rose on string bass, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Bill Fanning on trumpet/flugelhorn, and Mark Teixeira on drums, performing a wide range of great jazz tunes from ragtime and swing to bebop, fusion, cool, Latin and beyond, at the Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, free, info at middletownpubliclibraryri (.org) or call 401.846.1573
3 pm The First Baptist Church in America Music at the Meetinghouse presents Musicke’s Cordes featuring Samuel Breene Baroque violin and Jeffrey Noonan theorbo & Baroque guitar performing music from the chapels and courts of Germany, including music by Giovanni Kapsperger, Biagio Marini, Marco Antonio Ferro, Giovanni Pittoni, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Carlo Farina, Francesco Corbetta, and Antonio Bertali, 75 North Main Street, Providence, RI, free admission
3 pm Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s (COBSJ), Edward Markward conductor, a group of 32 professional, community and student musicians from throughout Rhode Island, presents its Inaugural Season 3rd Concert “Bach to Basics” performing Bach Brandenburg Concerti nos 1 and 4, Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 3, and Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 191 County Road, Barrington, free, donations accepted
3:30 pm Museum Concerts presents The Orfeo Duo - Vita Wallace violin & Ishmael Wallace fortepiano in “The Romantic Salon” featuring Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata,” lieder, duets, poetry, and letters by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Goethe, Bettina von Arnim, and others, in The First Unitarian Church, Benefit & Benevolent Streets, Providence, RI, tickets: 25, student/low income 8, available from museumconcerts (.org)
5:30-8:30 pm Jazz Candy with John Monllos and Art Manchester at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles, John Sumerlin director perform in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Tuesday April 10
6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Composer and poet Chris Mann who works in the field of compositional linguistics, created by composer Kenneth Gaburo and described by Mann as "language is the mechanism whereby you understand what i'm thinking better than i do (where i is defined by those changes for which i is required),” His intricately parenthetical texts and sonically rich vocal performances highlight irreducible areas of language and music - or as Alvin Lucier said, "Chris Mann is really a composer of extreme rhythmic complexities that have deeper meaning than words can ever deliver,” in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
6 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Guitarra Latina – Music from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela will be presented at the Seekonk Library, 410 Newman Ave, Seekonk, MA, free
Wednesday April 11 7:30 pm Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts presents the Parker Quartet who have been described as “something extraordinary”- New York Times and “exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation” - Washington Post, perform Mendelssohn String Quartet op 44 no 2, Augusta Read Thomas String Quartet “Helix Spiral” 3rd movement, Beethoven Quartet in B-flat Major op 130 and Grosse Fuge op 133, in the McVinney Auditorium, 43 Dave Gavitt Way in Downtown Providence, RI, free parking, tickets: 25-40/student 5 available at ricmc (.org) or tel: 401.863.2416
Thursday April 12 6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Andrea Young, a Canadian performer and composer specializing in experimental voice and live-electronics. She performs an acoustic, amplified, processed and resynthesized voice, as well as a re-purposed sound-controlling voice enabled through feature extraction and data-driven live electronics, using Digital Voice Interface, a live analysis of voice which extracts individual features that may control any parameter of electronic sound; the voice is both the instrument and the interface for the live-electronics which is, in turn, infused with “vocality”, in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 13
3:30 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music presents “Notes from a Radio Composer: A Melody is a Story and a Story is a Melody” - featuring Berlin-based jazz trumpeter, radio documentarist, installation artist, and composer, Paul Brody who will offer perspectives on how he builds an acoustic narrative in his radio and sound installation work to bring other people’s stories and lives to light, citing influences from Joseph Beuys, Charles Ives, Samuel Becket, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, along with the story and folklore collecting traditions of Studs Terkel and Alan Lomax, Brody uses oral history to create word and sound orientated narratives from documentary material, in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.847.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf, Glen Loper, and Bethany Waickman perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, the evening will also feature a silent auction and bake sale to support the dance's general operations, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Saturday April 14 two performances at 3 & 8 pm Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe director presents a festive conclusion to their season with songs and dances from 15th- and 16th-century Spain performed by a colorful array of musicians: six singers, a five-part Renaissance violin consort, two vihuelas, percussion, and a pair of dancers, with music by Johannes Cornago, Francisco de Peñalosa, Juan Vásquez, Francisco Guerrero, Juan Blas de Castro, and others, with a pre-concert talk by Daniel Zuluaga at 7:15 in the sanctuary at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street (Next to the Sheraton Commander), Cambridge MA, tickets: 10 to 68 available from blueheron (.org); an additional free performance will be offered Sunday April 15 4 pm in Peabody Hall at the Parish of All Saints, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, doors open at 3:30 free open seating on a first-come, first-served basis, no advanced tickets
Events for Sunday April 15
12-3 pm Lois Vaughan Jazz Quartet with Lois on keys, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Ben Coerper on string bass, and Ryan Tremblay on drums plays for a Jazz Sunday Brunch at The Fifth Element, 111 Broadway, Newport, RI, visit thefifthri (.com) or call 401.619.2552
2 pm Chaminade Club of Providence presents its monthly Musicale featuring Joseph Knasin piano, Providence College "I Cantori" T. J. Harper conductor, and a Woodward Sextet: Donna O'Brien flute, Linda Diebold oboe, Steve Toro clarinet, Jeff stewart horn, Jonathan Malone bassoon, Donald Ranklin piano, at the Mary K. Hail Music Mansion, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, free
2 pm Linden Place Mansion hosts the Debra Mann Trio for a concert featuring the songs of Brazilian jazz legend, Antonio Carlos Jobim; the Debra Mann Trio has performed the music of Jobim for over two decades and is bringing his music to the historic mansion parlors; Jobim is considered the father of bossa-nova music and one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century, best known as the composer of “Garota de Ipanema” (Girl from Ipanema) and his collaborations with American jazz saxophonist, Stan Getz, that created a bossa-nova craze internationally; a lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova’s sweet rhythms acquired a large following in the 1960s, this special concert to hear the music of Jobim and other musical gems of Brazil will be performed by the renowned Debra Mann piano and vocals, with Dave Zinno acoustic bass, and Marty Richards drums, tickets: 20, 15 for Linden Place members and free for Colt Circle members, please call to reserve as space is limited (Colt Circle members please call to reserve as well): 401.253.0390 or visit: lindenplace (.org)
3 pm Rhode Island College Early Music Ensemble, Samuel Breene director with guest artist Jeffrey Noonan lutes and theorbo, presents “Music of Love and Devotion from the Thirty Years War," with music of Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Felice Sances, Adam Jarzebski, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Johann Rosenmüller, and more, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 55 Main St, Wickford, RI, free
3 pm University of Rhode Island Opera Workshop, performs opera scenes & and fully staged productions with orchestra under the direction of René de la Garza, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
7-9 pm there will be a community dance hosted by the Sunday Night Jammers, a group of area musicians who meet regularly on Sunday evenings to play Celtic dance music, featuring contra dance steps and a variety of couples and international dances such as polkas and waltzes; and all dance steps will be taught, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, admission is free and open to the public, and all ages and beginners are welcome. It is not necessary to come with a partner. A potluck precedes the dance at 6 p.m. For information, call 774.644.1369 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/jammers.html)
Tuesday April 17 7:30 pmUniversity of Rhode Island Jazz Combos 2, Joseph Parillo director features jazz in an intimate setting of small ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Wednesday April 18 7:30 pm Rhode Island College Jazz Combos Concert, Greg Abate director perform selections from the Great American Jazz Songbook led by international jazz artist-faculty member Greg Abate perform in the Forman Theatre, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 20
3:15 & 4 pm folk-duo Chris and Meredith Thompson perform for SoundScience Fun! for the Cambridge Science Festival where young and old alike can enjoy learning about the science of sound through the magic of music, as part of this weeklong festival celebrating science, at the MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, tickets included with museum admission 10, under 18 5, info: cambridgesciencefestival (.org)
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble, Rob Franzblau conductor, presents its “Senior Concerto Concert” in keeping with tradition, this concert features a graduating senior performing a major concerto on their instrument, accompanied by the RIC Wind Ensemble, inaugurated in 2001, the Senior Concerto Competition is open to graduating seniors in RIC’s music program, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Artist Series presents Music of Leonard Bernstein, featuring faculty artists Rene de la Garza and Deborah Rentz-Moore performing music from Leonard Bernstein’s songbook, with Gayane Darakyan piano and Theodore Mook cello, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Saturday April 21
1-5 pm Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic Talent Search “Hand Me the Mic” Singing Competition - Calling All Teens, semi-finals at Tanger Outlets Center Stage at Foxwoods, open to the public, ages 13-19 no entry fee, send your audition video today to Talent@JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org), info: JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org)
2 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Airs & Dances – Music for Guitar from Greensleeves to Bach at the Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport, RI, free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra, Ann Danis director offers its Spring Concert, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Sunday April 22
3 pm Newman Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, is pleased to present our annual Spring Choral Concert featuring The Parable of the Trees by Chris Turner, which will also feature original instrumental compositions by Turner as well as his Requiem, 100 Newman Avenue, Rumford, RI, suggested donation: 10, info: 401.434.4742-x10
3 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music Chamber Ensembles 1, Theodore Mook coordinator perform chamber music from the standard repertoire for brass, woodwinds, strings, guitar and mixed ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.874.2431
3 pm Concerts at the Point is presents the Jasper String Quartet performing Beethoven Quartet in G Major op 18 no 2, Shostakovich Quartet no 9, and Mendelssohn Quartet in E minor op 44 no 2, 1912 Main Road, Westport Point, MA, tickets: 25, student 10, from 508.636.0698 or visit concertsatthepoint (.org)
Events for Tuesday April 24
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra, Alexey Shabalin conductor, features exciting new music commissioned for the Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra by local New England Composers Kirsten Volness, Rocco Havellar, and Rhode Island College adjunct professor Philip Martorella, a rare opportunity for the orchestra to collaborate with, learn from, and play the music of living composers, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island Chorus, Audrey Cardany director performs interesting repertoire written for larger chorus from various times and nationalities, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Thursday April 26
1 pm Rhode Island College Department of Music, Theatre and Dance presents Artist-in-Residence pianist Judith Lynn Stillman and Friends from the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra present “Boldly Beethoven” featuring Ian Greitzer clarinet, Steven Laven cello, Katherine Winterstein violin, with special guest Tony Estrella Artistic Director of the Gamm Theater, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free, with a second performance Sunday April 29 2 pm at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School, Carter Center for Music, 667 Waterman Avenue, East Providence, RI, tickets for this performance are 25, 15 students, 10 Music School students and family members, available at 401.248.7000 or visit tickets.riphil (.org)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Jazz Big Band 2, first prize winner at MIT’s New England Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, Joseph Parillo director, in concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Friday April 27
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Band 2, Brian Cardany director, performs an eclectic program of wind band repertoire, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf and Bruce Rosen perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Events for Saturday April 28
7:30 pm Arts in the Village will present a concert by the Haven String Quartet, hailed as New Haven’s resident string quartet, in a program titled “Colors in Contrast,” a concert that will explore the mood and nuance of Mozart’s dark and evocative Quartet in D minor, K. 421, Ravel’s ethereal Quartet in F Major, and seldom performed works by the Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, tickets: 18, 16 seniors, 8 children and students, cash and checks only, available at the door, info: 508.463.5384 or visit rehobothantiquarian (.org/arts-in-the-village/)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Choir, Mark Conley director presents its Spring Concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Sunday April 29 3 pm University of Rhode Island Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Gene Pollart, director performs in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Monday April 30
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Concert Jazz Band, Joseph Foley director, presents its “Spring Concert” in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island presents Lively Experiment, Mark Conley director, an elite small choral concert group that explores the gamut of choral and vocal chamber repertoire, embracing many styles from Medieval to vocal jazz, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Tickets are now on sale for the 14th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival August 9 and 13 at the Crown & Anchor Provincetown and Cotuit Center for the Arts, 30 per concert and a portion of the proceeds from the festival are donated to worthy causes including jazz in the schools on Cape Cod, since 2005 the Provincetown Jazz Festival has presented jazz musicians from the United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, visit provincetownjazzfestival (.org/tickets)
Sunday April 1 11:30am-2:30 pm Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz Group with Steve Hambleton guitar, Ron Ormsby bass, and Bart Weisman drums, at The West End, 20 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA, info and brunch reservations: 508.775.7677
Events for Thursday April 5
12:30 pm every Thursday University of Rhode Island Department of Music Convocation Susan Thomas & Theodore Mook coordinators presents weekly concerts featuring faculty, students and special guests with discussions in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info 401.847.2431
7:30-9:30 pm Brown University presents artist-in-residence group Yarn/Wire, a quartet of two percussionists and two pianists, performing works by Brown University student and faculty composers, in Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI, free
Friday April 6 and every Friday 7-10 pm guitarist John Monllos with Joanne Rodino vocals at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
Events for Sunday April 8
9:30 am University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival, Adam Levin coordinator, returns for its third straight season, this year expanded in scope to include a partnership with the Pump House Music Works and seven brilliant guest guitar virtuosi, read more about this year's festival at uriguitarfestival (.org), in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, 401.847.2431
2:30-4 pm free jazz concert by the Lois Vaughan Jazz Quintet with Lois on keys, Genevieve Rose on string bass, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Bill Fanning on trumpet/flugelhorn, and Mark Teixeira on drums, performing a wide range of great jazz tunes from ragtime and swing to bebop, fusion, cool, Latin and beyond, at the Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, free, info at middletownpubliclibraryri (.org) or call 401.846.1573
3 pm The First Baptist Church in America Music at the Meetinghouse presents Musicke’s Cordes featuring Samuel Breene Baroque violin and Jeffrey Noonan theorbo & Baroque guitar performing music from the chapels and courts of Germany, including music by Giovanni Kapsperger, Biagio Marini, Marco Antonio Ferro, Giovanni Pittoni, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Carlo Farina, Francesco Corbetta, and Antonio Bertali, 75 North Main Street, Providence, RI, free admission
3 pm Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s (COBSJ), Edward Markward conductor, a group of 32 professional, community and student musicians from throughout Rhode Island, presents its Inaugural Season 3rd Concert “Bach to Basics” performing Bach Brandenburg Concerti nos 1 and 4, Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 3, and Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 191 County Road, Barrington, free, donations accepted
3:30 pm Museum Concerts presents The Orfeo Duo - Vita Wallace violin & Ishmael Wallace fortepiano in “The Romantic Salon” featuring Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata,” lieder, duets, poetry, and letters by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Goethe, Bettina von Arnim, and others, in The First Unitarian Church, Benefit & Benevolent Streets, Providence, RI, tickets: 25, student/low income 8, available from museumconcerts (.org)
5:30-8:30 pm Jazz Candy with John Monllos and Art Manchester at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles, John Sumerlin director perform in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Tuesday April 10
6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Composer and poet Chris Mann who works in the field of compositional linguistics, created by composer Kenneth Gaburo and described by Mann as "language is the mechanism whereby you understand what i'm thinking better than i do (where i is defined by those changes for which i is required),” His intricately parenthetical texts and sonically rich vocal performances highlight irreducible areas of language and music - or as Alvin Lucier said, "Chris Mann is really a composer of extreme rhythmic complexities that have deeper meaning than words can ever deliver,” in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
6 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Guitarra Latina – Music from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela will be presented at the Seekonk Library, 410 Newman Ave, Seekonk, MA, free
Wednesday April 11 7:30 pm Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts presents the Parker Quartet who have been described as “something extraordinary”- New York Times and “exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation” - Washington Post, perform Mendelssohn String Quartet op 44 no 2, Augusta Read Thomas String Quartet “Helix Spiral” 3rd movement, Beethoven Quartet in B-flat Major op 130 and Grosse Fuge op 133, in the McVinney Auditorium, 43 Dave Gavitt Way in Downtown Providence, RI, free parking, tickets: 25-40/student 5 available at ricmc (.org) or tel: 401.863.2416
Thursday April 12 6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Andrea Young, a Canadian performer and composer specializing in experimental voice and live-electronics. She performs an acoustic, amplified, processed and resynthesized voice, as well as a re-purposed sound-controlling voice enabled through feature extraction and data-driven live electronics, using Digital Voice Interface, a live analysis of voice which extracts individual features that may control any parameter of electronic sound; the voice is both the instrument and the interface for the live-electronics which is, in turn, infused with “vocality”, in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 13
3:30 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music presents “Notes from a Radio Composer: A Melody is a Story and a Story is a Melody” - featuring Berlin-based jazz trumpeter, radio documentarist, installation artist, and composer, Paul Brody who will offer perspectives on how he builds an acoustic narrative in his radio and sound installation work to bring other people’s stories and lives to light, citing influences from Joseph Beuys, Charles Ives, Samuel Becket, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, along with the story and folklore collecting traditions of Studs Terkel and Alan Lomax, Brody uses oral history to create word and sound orientated narratives from documentary material, in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.847.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf, Glen Loper, and Bethany Waickman perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, the evening will also feature a silent auction and bake sale to support the dance's general operations, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Saturday April 14 two performances at 3 & 8 pm Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe director presents a festive conclusion to their season with songs and dances from 15th- and 16th-century Spain performed by a colorful array of musicians: six singers, a five-part Renaissance violin consort, two vihuelas, percussion, and a pair of dancers, with music by Johannes Cornago, Francisco de Peñalosa, Juan Vásquez, Francisco Guerrero, Juan Blas de Castro, and others, with a pre-concert talk by Daniel Zuluaga at 7:15 in the sanctuary at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street (Next to the Sheraton Commander), Cambridge MA, tickets: 10 to 68 available from blueheron (.org); an additional free performance will be offered Sunday April 15 4 pm in Peabody Hall at the Parish of All Saints, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, doors open at 3:30 free open seating on a first-come, first-served basis, no advanced tickets
Events for Sunday April 15
12-3 pm Lois Vaughan Jazz Quartet with Lois on keys, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Ben Coerper on string bass, and Ryan Tremblay on drums plays for a Jazz Sunday Brunch at The Fifth Element, 111 Broadway, Newport, RI, visit thefifthri (.com) or call 401.619.2552
2 pm Chaminade Club of Providence presents its monthly Musicale featuring Joseph Knasin piano, Providence College "I Cantori" T. J. Harper conductor, and a Woodward Sextet: Donna O'Brien flute, Linda Diebold oboe, Steve Toro clarinet, Jeff stewart horn, Jonathan Malone bassoon, Donald Ranklin piano, at the Mary K. Hail Music Mansion, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, free
2 pm Linden Place Mansion hosts the Debra Mann Trio for a concert featuring the songs of Brazilian jazz legend, Antonio Carlos Jobim; the Debra Mann Trio has performed the music of Jobim for over two decades and is bringing his music to the historic mansion parlors; Jobim is considered the father of bossa-nova music and one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century, best known as the composer of “Garota de Ipanema” (Girl from Ipanema) and his collaborations with American jazz saxophonist, Stan Getz, that created a bossa-nova craze internationally; a lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova’s sweet rhythms acquired a large following in the 1960s, this special concert to hear the music of Jobim and other musical gems of Brazil will be performed by the renowned Debra Mann piano and vocals, with Dave Zinno acoustic bass, and Marty Richards drums, tickets: 20, 15 for Linden Place members and free for Colt Circle members, please call to reserve as space is limited (Colt Circle members please call to reserve as well): 401.253.0390 or visit: lindenplace (.org)
3 pm Rhode Island College Early Music Ensemble, Samuel Breene director with guest artist Jeffrey Noonan lutes and theorbo, presents “Music of Love and Devotion from the Thirty Years War," with music of Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Felice Sances, Adam Jarzebski, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Johann Rosenmüller, and more, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 55 Main St, Wickford, RI, free
3 pm University of Rhode Island Opera Workshop, performs opera scenes & and fully staged productions with orchestra under the direction of René de la Garza, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
7-9 pm there will be a community dance hosted by the Sunday Night Jammers, a group of area musicians who meet regularly on Sunday evenings to play Celtic dance music, featuring contra dance steps and a variety of couples and international dances such as polkas and waltzes; and all dance steps will be taught, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, admission is free and open to the public, and all ages and beginners are welcome. It is not necessary to come with a partner. A potluck precedes the dance at 6 p.m. For information, call 774.644.1369 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/jammers.html)
Tuesday April 17 7:30 pmUniversity of Rhode Island Jazz Combos 2, Joseph Parillo director features jazz in an intimate setting of small ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Wednesday April 18 7:30 pm Rhode Island College Jazz Combos Concert, Greg Abate director perform selections from the Great American Jazz Songbook led by international jazz artist-faculty member Greg Abate perform in the Forman Theatre, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 20
3:15 & 4 pm folk-duo Chris and Meredith Thompson perform for SoundScience Fun! for the Cambridge Science Festival where young and old alike can enjoy learning about the science of sound through the magic of music, as part of this weeklong festival celebrating science, at the MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, tickets included with museum admission 10, under 18 5, info: cambridgesciencefestival (.org)
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble, Rob Franzblau conductor, presents its “Senior Concerto Concert” in keeping with tradition, this concert features a graduating senior performing a major concerto on their instrument, accompanied by the RIC Wind Ensemble, inaugurated in 2001, the Senior Concerto Competition is open to graduating seniors in RIC’s music program, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Artist Series presents Music of Leonard Bernstein, featuring faculty artists Rene de la Garza and Deborah Rentz-Moore performing music from Leonard Bernstein’s songbook, with Gayane Darakyan piano and Theodore Mook cello, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Saturday April 21
1-5 pm Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic Talent Search “Hand Me the Mic” Singing Competition - Calling All Teens, semi-finals at Tanger Outlets Center Stage at Foxwoods, open to the public, ages 13-19 no entry fee, send your audition video today to Talent@JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org), info: JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org)
2 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Airs & Dances – Music for Guitar from Greensleeves to Bach at the Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport, RI, free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra, Ann Danis director offers its Spring Concert, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Sunday April 22
3 pm Newman Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, is pleased to present our annual Spring Choral Concert featuring The Parable of the Trees by Chris Turner, which will also feature original instrumental compositions by Turner as well as his Requiem, 100 Newman Avenue, Rumford, RI, suggested donation: 10, info: 401.434.4742-x10
3 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music Chamber Ensembles 1, Theodore Mook coordinator perform chamber music from the standard repertoire for brass, woodwinds, strings, guitar and mixed ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.874.2431
3 pm Concerts at the Point is presents the Jasper String Quartet performing Beethoven Quartet in G Major op 18 no 2, Shostakovich Quartet no 9, and Mendelssohn Quartet in E minor op 44 no 2, 1912 Main Road, Westport Point, MA, tickets: 25, student 10, from 508.636.0698 or visit concertsatthepoint (.org)
Events for Tuesday April 24
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra, Alexey Shabalin conductor, features exciting new music commissioned for the Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra by local New England Composers Kirsten Volness, Rocco Havellar, and Rhode Island College adjunct professor Philip Martorella, a rare opportunity for the orchestra to collaborate with, learn from, and play the music of living composers, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island Chorus, Audrey Cardany director performs interesting repertoire written for larger chorus from various times and nationalities, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Thursday April 26
1 pm Rhode Island College Department of Music, Theatre and Dance presents Artist-in-Residence pianist Judith Lynn Stillman and Friends from the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra present “Boldly Beethoven” featuring Ian Greitzer clarinet, Steven Laven cello, Katherine Winterstein violin, with special guest Tony Estrella Artistic Director of the Gamm Theater, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free, with a second performance Sunday April 29 2 pm at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School, Carter Center for Music, 667 Waterman Avenue, East Providence, RI, tickets for this performance are 25, 15 students, 10 Music School students and family members, available at 401.248.7000 or visit tickets.riphil (.org)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Jazz Big Band 2, first prize winner at MIT’s New England Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, Joseph Parillo director, in concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Friday April 27
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Band 2, Brian Cardany director, performs an eclectic program of wind band repertoire, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf and Bruce Rosen perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Events for Saturday April 28
7:30 pm Arts in the Village will present a concert by the Haven String Quartet, hailed as New Haven’s resident string quartet, in a program titled “Colors in Contrast,” a concert that will explore the mood and nuance of Mozart’s dark and evocative Quartet in D minor, K. 421, Ravel’s ethereal Quartet in F Major, and seldom performed works by the Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, tickets: 18, 16 seniors, 8 children and students, cash and checks only, available at the door, info: 508.463.5384 or visit rehobothantiquarian (.org/arts-in-the-village/)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Choir, Mark Conley director presents its Spring Concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Sunday April 29 3 pm University of Rhode Island Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Gene Pollart, director performs in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Monday April 30
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Concert Jazz Band, Joseph Foley director, presents its “Spring Concert” in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island presents Lively Experiment, Mark Conley director, an elite small choral concert group that explores the gamut of choral and vocal chamber repertoire, embracing many styles from Medieval to vocal jazz, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Tickets are now on sale for the 14th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival August 9 and 13 at the Crown & Anchor Provincetown and Cotuit Center for the Arts, 30 per concert and a portion of the proceeds from the festival are donated to worthy causes including jazz in the schools on Cape Cod, since 2005 the Provincetown Jazz Festival has presented jazz musicians from the United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, visit provincetownjazzfestival (.org/tickets)
Sunday April 1 11:30am-2:30 pm Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz Group with Steve Hambleton guitar, Ron Ormsby bass, and Bart Weisman drums, at The West End, 20 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA, info and brunch reservations: 508.775.7677
Events for Thursday April 5
12:30 pm every Thursday University of Rhode Island Department of Music Convocation Susan Thomas & Theodore Mook coordinators presents weekly concerts featuring faculty, students and special guests with discussions in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info 401.847.2431
7:30-9:30 pm Brown University presents artist-in-residence group Yarn/Wire, a quartet of two percussionists and two pianists, performing works by Brown University student and faculty composers, in Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI, free
Friday April 6 and every Friday 7-10 pm guitarist John Monllos with Joanne Rodino vocals at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
Events for Sunday April 8
9:30 am University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival, Adam Levin coordinator, returns for its third straight season, this year expanded in scope to include a partnership with the Pump House Music Works and seven brilliant guest guitar virtuosi, read more about this year's festival at uriguitarfestival (.org), in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, 401.847.2431
2:30-4 pm free jazz concert by the Lois Vaughan Jazz Quintet with Lois on keys, Genevieve Rose on string bass, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Bill Fanning on trumpet/flugelhorn, and Mark Teixeira on drums, performing a wide range of great jazz tunes from ragtime and swing to bebop, fusion, cool, Latin and beyond, at the Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, free, info at middletownpubliclibraryri (.org) or call 401.846.1573
3 pm The First Baptist Church in America Music at the Meetinghouse presents Musicke’s Cordes featuring Samuel Breene Baroque violin and Jeffrey Noonan theorbo & Baroque guitar performing music from the chapels and courts of Germany, including music by Giovanni Kapsperger, Biagio Marini, Marco Antonio Ferro, Giovanni Pittoni, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Carlo Farina, Francesco Corbetta, and Antonio Bertali, 75 North Main Street, Providence, RI, free admission
3 pm Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s (COBSJ), Edward Markward conductor, a group of 32 professional, community and student musicians from throughout Rhode Island, presents its Inaugural Season 3rd Concert “Bach to Basics” performing Bach Brandenburg Concerti nos 1 and 4, Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 3, and Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 191 County Road, Barrington, free, donations accepted
3:30 pm Museum Concerts presents The Orfeo Duo - Vita Wallace violin & Ishmael Wallace fortepiano in “The Romantic Salon” featuring Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata,” lieder, duets, poetry, and letters by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Goethe, Bettina von Arnim, and others, in The First Unitarian Church, Benefit & Benevolent Streets, Providence, RI, tickets: 25, student/low income 8, available from museumconcerts (.org)
5:30-8:30 pm Jazz Candy with John Monllos and Art Manchester at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles, John Sumerlin director perform in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Tuesday April 10
6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Composer and poet Chris Mann who works in the field of compositional linguistics, created by composer Kenneth Gaburo and described by Mann as "language is the mechanism whereby you understand what i'm thinking better than i do (where i is defined by those changes for which i is required),” His intricately parenthetical texts and sonically rich vocal performances highlight irreducible areas of language and music - or as Alvin Lucier said, "Chris Mann is really a composer of extreme rhythmic complexities that have deeper meaning than words can ever deliver,” in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
6 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Guitarra Latina – Music from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela will be presented at the Seekonk Library, 410 Newman Ave, Seekonk, MA, free
Wednesday April 11 7:30 pm Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts presents the Parker Quartet who have been described as “something extraordinary”- New York Times and “exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation” - Washington Post, perform Mendelssohn String Quartet op 44 no 2, Augusta Read Thomas String Quartet “Helix Spiral” 3rd movement, Beethoven Quartet in B-flat Major op 130 and Grosse Fuge op 133, in the McVinney Auditorium, 43 Dave Gavitt Way in Downtown Providence, RI, free parking, tickets: 25-40/student 5 available at ricmc (.org) or tel: 401.863.2416
Thursday April 12 6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Andrea Young, a Canadian performer and composer specializing in experimental voice and live-electronics. She performs an acoustic, amplified, processed and resynthesized voice, as well as a re-purposed sound-controlling voice enabled through feature extraction and data-driven live electronics, using Digital Voice Interface, a live analysis of voice which extracts individual features that may control any parameter of electronic sound; the voice is both the instrument and the interface for the live-electronics which is, in turn, infused with “vocality”, in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 13
3:30 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music presents “Notes from a Radio Composer: A Melody is a Story and a Story is a Melody” - featuring Berlin-based jazz trumpeter, radio documentarist, installation artist, and composer, Paul Brody who will offer perspectives on how he builds an acoustic narrative in his radio and sound installation work to bring other people’s stories and lives to light, citing influences from Joseph Beuys, Charles Ives, Samuel Becket, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, along with the story and folklore collecting traditions of Studs Terkel and Alan Lomax, Brody uses oral history to create word and sound orientated narratives from documentary material, in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.847.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf, Glen Loper, and Bethany Waickman perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, the evening will also feature a silent auction and bake sale to support the dance's general operations, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Saturday April 14 two performances at 3 & 8 pm Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe director presents a festive conclusion to their season with songs and dances from 15th- and 16th-century Spain performed by a colorful array of musicians: six singers, a five-part Renaissance violin consort, two vihuelas, percussion, and a pair of dancers, with music by Johannes Cornago, Francisco de Peñalosa, Juan Vásquez, Francisco Guerrero, Juan Blas de Castro, and others, with a pre-concert talk by Daniel Zuluaga at 7:15 in the sanctuary at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street (Next to the Sheraton Commander), Cambridge MA, tickets: 10 to 68 available from blueheron (.org); an additional free performance will be offered Sunday April 15 4 pm in Peabody Hall at the Parish of All Saints, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, doors open at 3:30 free open seating on a first-come, first-served basis, no advanced tickets
Events for Sunday April 15
12-3 pm Lois Vaughan Jazz Quartet with Lois on keys, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Ben Coerper on string bass, and Ryan Tremblay on drums plays for a Jazz Sunday Brunch at The Fifth Element, 111 Broadway, Newport, RI, visit thefifthri (.com) or call 401.619.2552
2 pm Chaminade Club of Providence presents its monthly Musicale featuring Joseph Knasin piano, Providence College "I Cantori" T. J. Harper conductor, and a Woodward Sextet: Donna O'Brien flute, Linda Diebold oboe, Steve Toro clarinet, Jeff stewart horn, Jonathan Malone bassoon, Donald Ranklin piano, at the Mary K. Hail Music Mansion, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, free
2 pm Linden Place Mansion hosts the Debra Mann Trio for a concert featuring the songs of Brazilian jazz legend, Antonio Carlos Jobim; the Debra Mann Trio has performed the music of Jobim for over two decades and is bringing his music to the historic mansion parlors; Jobim is considered the father of bossa-nova music and one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century, best known as the composer of “Garota de Ipanema” (Girl from Ipanema) and his collaborations with American jazz saxophonist, Stan Getz, that created a bossa-nova craze internationally; a lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova’s sweet rhythms acquired a large following in the 1960s, this special concert to hear the music of Jobim and other musical gems of Brazil will be performed by the renowned Debra Mann piano and vocals, with Dave Zinno acoustic bass, and Marty Richards drums, tickets: 20, 15 for Linden Place members and free for Colt Circle members, please call to reserve as space is limited (Colt Circle members please call to reserve as well): 401.253.0390 or visit: lindenplace (.org)
3 pm Rhode Island College Early Music Ensemble, Samuel Breene director with guest artist Jeffrey Noonan lutes and theorbo, presents “Music of Love and Devotion from the Thirty Years War," with music of Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Felice Sances, Adam Jarzebski, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Johann Rosenmüller, and more, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 55 Main St, Wickford, RI, free
3 pm University of Rhode Island Opera Workshop, performs opera scenes & and fully staged productions with orchestra under the direction of René de la Garza, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
7-9 pm there will be a community dance hosted by the Sunday Night Jammers, a group of area musicians who meet regularly on Sunday evenings to play Celtic dance music, featuring contra dance steps and a variety of couples and international dances such as polkas and waltzes; and all dance steps will be taught, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, admission is free and open to the public, and all ages and beginners are welcome. It is not necessary to come with a partner. A potluck precedes the dance at 6 p.m. For information, call 774.644.1369 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/jammers.html)
Tuesday April 17 7:30 pmUniversity of Rhode Island Jazz Combos 2, Joseph Parillo director features jazz in an intimate setting of small ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Wednesday April 18 7:30 pm Rhode Island College Jazz Combos Concert, Greg Abate director perform selections from the Great American Jazz Songbook led by international jazz artist-faculty member Greg Abate perform in the Forman Theatre, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 20
3:15 & 4 pm folk-duo Chris and Meredith Thompson perform for SoundScience Fun! for the Cambridge Science Festival where young and old alike can enjoy learning about the science of sound through the magic of music, as part of this weeklong festival celebrating science, at the MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, tickets included with museum admission 10, under 18 5, info: cambridgesciencefestival (.org)
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble, Rob Franzblau conductor, presents its “Senior Concerto Concert” in keeping with tradition, this concert features a graduating senior performing a major concerto on their instrument, accompanied by the RIC Wind Ensemble, inaugurated in 2001, the Senior Concerto Competition is open to graduating seniors in RIC’s music program, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Artist Series presents Music of Leonard Bernstein, featuring faculty artists Rene de la Garza and Deborah Rentz-Moore performing music from Leonard Bernstein’s songbook, with Gayane Darakyan piano and Theodore Mook cello, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Saturday April 21
1-5 pm Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic Talent Search “Hand Me the Mic” Singing Competition - Calling All Teens, semi-finals at Tanger Outlets Center Stage at Foxwoods, open to the public, ages 13-19 no entry fee, send your audition video today to Talent@JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org), info: JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org)
2 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Airs & Dances – Music for Guitar from Greensleeves to Bach at the Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport, RI, free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra, Ann Danis director offers its Spring Concert, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Sunday April 22
3 pm Newman Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, is pleased to present our annual Spring Choral Concert featuring The Parable of the Trees by Chris Turner, which will also feature original instrumental compositions by Turner as well as his Requiem, 100 Newman Avenue, Rumford, RI, suggested donation: 10, info: 401.434.4742-x10
3 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music Chamber Ensembles 1, Theodore Mook coordinator perform chamber music from the standard repertoire for brass, woodwinds, strings, guitar and mixed ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.874.2431
3 pm Concerts at the Point is presents the Jasper String Quartet performing Beethoven Quartet in G Major op 18 no 2, Shostakovich Quartet no 9, and Mendelssohn Quartet in E minor op 44 no 2, 1912 Main Road, Westport Point, MA, tickets: 25, student 10, from 508.636.0698 or visit concertsatthepoint (.org)
Events for Tuesday April 24
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra, Alexey Shabalin conductor, features exciting new music commissioned for the Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra by local New England Composers Kirsten Volness, Rocco Havellar, and Rhode Island College adjunct professor Philip Martorella, a rare opportunity for the orchestra to collaborate with, learn from, and play the music of living composers, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island Chorus, Audrey Cardany director performs interesting repertoire written for larger chorus from various times and nationalities, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Thursday April 26
1 pm Rhode Island College Department of Music, Theatre and Dance presents Artist-in-Residence pianist Judith Lynn Stillman and Friends from the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra present “Boldly Beethoven” featuring Ian Greitzer clarinet, Steven Laven cello, Katherine Winterstein violin, with special guest Tony Estrella Artistic Director of the Gamm Theater, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free, with a second performance Sunday April 29 2 pm at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School, Carter Center for Music, 667 Waterman Avenue, East Providence, RI, tickets for this performance are 25, 15 students, 10 Music School students and family members, available at 401.248.7000 or visit tickets.riphil (.org)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Jazz Big Band 2, first prize winner at MIT’s New England Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, Joseph Parillo director, in concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Friday April 27
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Band 2, Brian Cardany director, performs an eclectic program of wind band repertoire, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf and Bruce Rosen perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Events for Saturday April 28
7:30 pm Arts in the Village will present a concert by the Haven String Quartet, hailed as New Haven’s resident string quartet, in a program titled “Colors in Contrast,” a concert that will explore the mood and nuance of Mozart’s dark and evocative Quartet in D minor, K. 421, Ravel’s ethereal Quartet in F Major, and seldom performed works by the Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, tickets: 18, 16 seniors, 8 children and students, cash and checks only, available at the door, info: 508.463.5384 or visit rehobothantiquarian (.org/arts-in-the-village/)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Choir, Mark Conley director presents its Spring Concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Sunday April 29 3 pm University of Rhode Island Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Gene Pollart, director performs in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Monday April 30
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Concert Jazz Band, Joseph Foley director, presents its “Spring Concert” in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island presents Lively Experiment, Mark Conley director, an elite small choral concert group that explores the gamut of choral and vocal chamber repertoire, embracing many styles from Medieval to vocal jazz, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Tickets are now on sale for the 14th Annual Provincetown Jazz Festival August 9 and 13 at the Crown & Anchor Provincetown and Cotuit Center for the Arts, 30 per concert and a portion of the proceeds from the festival are donated to worthy causes including jazz in the schools on Cape Cod, since 2005 the Provincetown Jazz Festival has presented jazz musicians from the United States, Canada, Brazil, United Kingdom, Switzerland, Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, visit provincetownjazzfestival (.org/tickets)
Sunday April 1 11:30am-2:30 pm Bart Weisman Smooth Jazz Group with Steve Hambleton guitar, Ron Ormsby bass, and Bart Weisman drums, at The West End, 20 Scudder Avenue, Hyannis, MA, info and brunch reservations: 508.775.7677
Events for Thursday April 5
12:30 pm every Thursday University of Rhode Island Department of Music Convocation Susan Thomas & Theodore Mook coordinators presents weekly concerts featuring faculty, students and special guests with discussions in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info 401.847.2431
7:30-9:30 pm Brown University presents artist-in-residence group Yarn/Wire, a quartet of two percussionists and two pianists, performing works by Brown University student and faculty composers, in Grant Recital Hall, 105 Benevolent Street, Providence, RI, free
Friday April 6 and every Friday 7-10 pm guitarist John Monllos with Joanne Rodino vocals at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
Events for Sunday April 8
9:30 am University of Rhode Island Guitar Festival, Adam Levin coordinator, returns for its third straight season, this year expanded in scope to include a partnership with the Pump House Music Works and seven brilliant guest guitar virtuosi, read more about this year's festival at uriguitarfestival (.org), in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, 401.847.2431
2:30-4 pm free jazz concert by the Lois Vaughan Jazz Quintet with Lois on keys, Genevieve Rose on string bass, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Bill Fanning on trumpet/flugelhorn, and Mark Teixeira on drums, performing a wide range of great jazz tunes from ragtime and swing to bebop, fusion, cool, Latin and beyond, at the Middletown Public Library, 700 West Main Road, Middletown, RI, free, info at middletownpubliclibraryri (.org) or call 401.846.1573
3 pm The First Baptist Church in America Music at the Meetinghouse presents Musicke’s Cordes featuring Samuel Breene Baroque violin and Jeffrey Noonan theorbo & Baroque guitar performing music from the chapels and courts of Germany, including music by Giovanni Kapsperger, Biagio Marini, Marco Antonio Ferro, Giovanni Pittoni, Johann Heinrich Schmelzer, Heinrich Ignaz Franz von Biber, Carlo Farina, Francesco Corbetta, and Antonio Bertali, 75 North Main Street, Providence, RI, free admission
3 pm Chamber Orchestra of Barrington at St. John’s (COBSJ), Edward Markward conductor, a group of 32 professional, community and student musicians from throughout Rhode Island, presents its Inaugural Season 3rd Concert “Bach to Basics” performing Bach Brandenburg Concerti nos 1 and 4, Respighi Ancient Airs and Dances Suite 3, and Mozart Eine Kleine Nachtmusik, at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 191 County Road, Barrington, free, donations accepted
3:30 pm Museum Concerts presents The Orfeo Duo - Vita Wallace violin & Ishmael Wallace fortepiano in “The Romantic Salon” featuring Beethoven’s “Spring Sonata,” lieder, duets, poetry, and letters by Schubert, Mendelssohn, Clara Schumann, Goethe, Bettina von Arnim, and others, in The First Unitarian Church, Benefit & Benevolent Streets, Providence, RI, tickets: 25, student/low income 8, available from museumconcerts (.org)
5:30-8:30 pm Jazz Candy with John Monllos and Art Manchester at Jo’s Bistro, 24 Memorial Boulevard West, Newport, RI, no cover, info: 401.847.5506
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Chamber Orchestra and Chamber Ensembles, John Sumerlin director perform in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Tuesday April 10
6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Composer and poet Chris Mann who works in the field of compositional linguistics, created by composer Kenneth Gaburo and described by Mann as "language is the mechanism whereby you understand what i'm thinking better than i do (where i is defined by those changes for which i is required),” His intricately parenthetical texts and sonically rich vocal performances highlight irreducible areas of language and music - or as Alvin Lucier said, "Chris Mann is really a composer of extreme rhythmic complexities that have deeper meaning than words can ever deliver,” in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
6 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Guitarra Latina – Music from Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Puerto Rico and Venezuela will be presented at the Seekonk Library, 410 Newman Ave, Seekonk, MA, free
Wednesday April 11 7:30 pm Rhode Island Chamber Music Concerts presents the Parker Quartet who have been described as “something extraordinary”- New York Times and “exceptional virtuosity [and] imaginative interpretation” - Washington Post, perform Mendelssohn String Quartet op 44 no 2, Augusta Read Thomas String Quartet “Helix Spiral” 3rd movement, Beethoven Quartet in B-flat Major op 130 and Grosse Fuge op 133, in the McVinney Auditorium, 43 Dave Gavitt Way in Downtown Providence, RI, free parking, tickets: 25-40/student 5 available at ricmc (.org) or tel: 401.863.2416
Thursday April 12 6-8 pm Brown University presents a colloquium with Andrea Young, a Canadian performer and composer specializing in experimental voice and live-electronics. She performs an acoustic, amplified, processed and resynthesized voice, as well as a re-purposed sound-controlling voice enabled through feature extraction and data-driven live electronics, using Digital Voice Interface, a live analysis of voice which extracts individual features that may control any parameter of electronic sound; the voice is both the instrument and the interface for the live-electronics which is, in turn, infused with “vocality”, in Orwig Music Building Room 109, 1 Young Orchard Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 13
3:30 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music presents “Notes from a Radio Composer: A Melody is a Story and a Story is a Melody” - featuring Berlin-based jazz trumpeter, radio documentarist, installation artist, and composer, Paul Brody who will offer perspectives on how he builds an acoustic narrative in his radio and sound installation work to bring other people’s stories and lives to light, citing influences from Joseph Beuys, Charles Ives, Samuel Becket, and the Art Ensemble of Chicago, along with the story and folklore collecting traditions of Studs Terkel and Alan Lomax, Brody uses oral history to create word and sound orientated narratives from documentary material, in the Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, 105 Upper College Road, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.847.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf, Glen Loper, and Bethany Waickman perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, the evening will also feature a silent auction and bake sale to support the dance's general operations, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Saturday April 14 two performances at 3 & 8 pm Blue Heron, Scott Metcalfe director presents a festive conclusion to their season with songs and dances from 15th- and 16th-century Spain performed by a colorful array of musicians: six singers, a five-part Renaissance violin consort, two vihuelas, percussion, and a pair of dancers, with music by Johannes Cornago, Francisco de Peñalosa, Juan Vásquez, Francisco Guerrero, Juan Blas de Castro, and others, with a pre-concert talk by Daniel Zuluaga at 7:15 in the sanctuary at First Church in Cambridge, Congregational, 11 Garden Street (Next to the Sheraton Commander), Cambridge MA, tickets: 10 to 68 available from blueheron (.org); an additional free performance will be offered Sunday April 15 4 pm in Peabody Hall at the Parish of All Saints, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, doors open at 3:30 free open seating on a first-come, first-served basis, no advanced tickets
Events for Sunday April 15
12-3 pm Lois Vaughan Jazz Quartet with Lois on keys, Art Manchester on sax/flute/clarinet, Ben Coerper on string bass, and Ryan Tremblay on drums plays for a Jazz Sunday Brunch at The Fifth Element, 111 Broadway, Newport, RI, visit thefifthri (.com) or call 401.619.2552
2 pm Chaminade Club of Providence presents its monthly Musicale featuring Joseph Knasin piano, Providence College "I Cantori" T. J. Harper conductor, and a Woodward Sextet: Donna O'Brien flute, Linda Diebold oboe, Steve Toro clarinet, Jeff stewart horn, Jonathan Malone bassoon, Donald Ranklin piano, at the Mary K. Hail Music Mansion, 88 Meeting Street, Providence, RI, free
2 pm Linden Place Mansion hosts the Debra Mann Trio for a concert featuring the songs of Brazilian jazz legend, Antonio Carlos Jobim; the Debra Mann Trio has performed the music of Jobim for over two decades and is bringing his music to the historic mansion parlors; Jobim is considered the father of bossa-nova music and one of the most important songwriters of the 20th century, best known as the composer of “Garota de Ipanema” (Girl from Ipanema) and his collaborations with American jazz saxophonist, Stan Getz, that created a bossa-nova craze internationally; a lyrical fusion of samba and jazz, bossa nova’s sweet rhythms acquired a large following in the 1960s, this special concert to hear the music of Jobim and other musical gems of Brazil will be performed by the renowned Debra Mann piano and vocals, with Dave Zinno acoustic bass, and Marty Richards drums, tickets: 20, 15 for Linden Place members and free for Colt Circle members, please call to reserve as space is limited (Colt Circle members please call to reserve as well): 401.253.0390 or visit: lindenplace (.org)
3 pm Rhode Island College Early Music Ensemble, Samuel Breene director with guest artist Jeffrey Noonan lutes and theorbo, presents “Music of Love and Devotion from the Thirty Years War," with music of Claudio Monteverdi, Giovanni Felice Sances, Adam Jarzebski, Heinrich Schütz, Johann Johann Rosenmüller, and more, at St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 55 Main St, Wickford, RI, free
3 pm University of Rhode Island Opera Workshop, performs opera scenes & and fully staged productions with orchestra under the direction of René de la Garza, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
7-9 pm there will be a community dance hosted by the Sunday Night Jammers, a group of area musicians who meet regularly on Sunday evenings to play Celtic dance music, featuring contra dance steps and a variety of couples and international dances such as polkas and waltzes; and all dance steps will be taught, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, admission is free and open to the public, and all ages and beginners are welcome. It is not necessary to come with a partner. A potluck precedes the dance at 6 p.m. For information, call 774.644.1369 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/jammers.html)
Tuesday April 17 7:30 pmUniversity of Rhode Island Jazz Combos 2, Joseph Parillo director features jazz in an intimate setting of small ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Wednesday April 18 7:30 pm Rhode Island College Jazz Combos Concert, Greg Abate director perform selections from the Great American Jazz Songbook led by international jazz artist-faculty member Greg Abate perform in the Forman Theatre, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free
Events for Friday April 20
3:15 & 4 pm folk-duo Chris and Meredith Thompson perform for SoundScience Fun! for the Cambridge Science Festival where young and old alike can enjoy learning about the science of sound through the magic of music, as part of this weeklong festival celebrating science, at the MIT Museum, 265 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA, tickets included with museum admission 10, under 18 5, info: cambridgesciencefestival (.org)
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Wind Ensemble, Rob Franzblau conductor, presents its “Senior Concerto Concert” in keeping with tradition, this concert features a graduating senior performing a major concerto on their instrument, accompanied by the RIC Wind Ensemble, inaugurated in 2001, the Senior Concerto Competition is open to graduating seniors in RIC’s music program, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Artist Series presents Music of Leonard Bernstein, featuring faculty artists Rene de la Garza and Deborah Rentz-Moore performing music from Leonard Bernstein’s songbook, with Gayane Darakyan piano and Theodore Mook cello, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Saturday April 21
1-5 pm Jeffrey Osborne Celebrity Classic Talent Search “Hand Me the Mic” Singing Competition - Calling All Teens, semi-finals at Tanger Outlets Center Stage at Foxwoods, open to the public, ages 13-19 no entry fee, send your audition video today to Talent@JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org), info: JeffreyOsborneClassic (.org)
2 pm Guitarist Mychal Gendron will be presenting Airs & Dances – Music for Guitar from Greensleeves to Bach at the Newport Public Library, 300 Spring St, Newport, RI, free
8 pm University of Rhode Island Symphony Orchestra, Ann Danis director offers its Spring Concert, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Sunday April 22
3 pm Newman Congregational Church, United Church of Christ, is pleased to present our annual Spring Choral Concert featuring The Parable of the Trees by Chris Turner, which will also feature original instrumental compositions by Turner as well as his Requiem, 100 Newman Avenue, Rumford, RI, suggested donation: 10, info: 401.434.4742-x10
3 pm University of Rhode Island Department of Music Chamber Ensembles 1, Theodore Mook coordinator perform chamber music from the standard repertoire for brass, woodwinds, strings, guitar and mixed ensembles, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, free, info: 401.874.2431
3 pm Concerts at the Point is presents the Jasper String Quartet performing Beethoven Quartet in G Major op 18 no 2, Shostakovich Quartet no 9, and Mendelssohn Quartet in E minor op 44 no 2, 1912 Main Road, Westport Point, MA, tickets: 25, student 10, from 508.636.0698 or visit concertsatthepoint (.org)
Events for Tuesday April 24
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra, Alexey Shabalin conductor, features exciting new music commissioned for the Rhode Island College Symphony Orchestra by local New England Composers Kirsten Volness, Rocco Havellar, and Rhode Island College adjunct professor Philip Martorella, a rare opportunity for the orchestra to collaborate with, learn from, and play the music of living composers, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island Chorus, Audrey Cardany director performs interesting repertoire written for larger chorus from various times and nationalities, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Thursday April 26
1 pm Rhode Island College Department of Music, Theatre and Dance presents Artist-in-Residence pianist Judith Lynn Stillman and Friends from the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra present “Boldly Beethoven” featuring Ian Greitzer clarinet, Steven Laven cello, Katherine Winterstein violin, with special guest Tony Estrella Artistic Director of the Gamm Theater, in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, free, with a second performance Sunday April 29 2 pm at the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra and Music School, Carter Center for Music, 667 Waterman Avenue, East Providence, RI, tickets for this performance are 25, 15 students, 10 Music School students and family members, available at 401.248.7000 or visit tickets.riphil (.org)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Jazz Big Band 2, first prize winner at MIT’s New England Intercollegiate Jazz Festival, Joseph Parillo director, in concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Friday April 27
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Band 2, Brian Cardany director, performs an eclectic program of wind band repertoire, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
8 pm Julie Metcalf and Bruce Rosen perform for a Rehoboth contra dance at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, beginners welcome, partners not necessary, tickets: 9; 8 students, info: 508.252.6375 or visit: contradancelinks (.com/rehoboth.html)
Events for Saturday April 28
7:30 pm Arts in the Village will present a concert by the Haven String Quartet, hailed as New Haven’s resident string quartet, in a program titled “Colors in Contrast,” a concert that will explore the mood and nuance of Mozart’s dark and evocative Quartet in D minor, K. 421, Ravel’s ethereal Quartet in F Major, and seldom performed works by the Soviet composer Mieczyslaw Weinberg, at Goff Memorial Hall, 124 Bay State Road, Rehoboth, MA, tickets: 18, 16 seniors, 8 children and students, cash and checks only, available at the door, info: 508.463.5384 or visit rehobothantiquarian (.org/arts-in-the-village/)
8 pm University of Rhode Island Concert Choir, Mark Conley director presents its Spring Concert in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Sunday April 29 3 pm University of Rhode Island Symphonic Wind Ensemble, Gene Pollart, director performs in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431
Events for Monday April 30
7:30 pm Rhode Island College Concert Jazz Band, Joseph Foley director, presents its “Spring Concert” in Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center for the Performing Arts on the Rhode Island College campus, 600 Mt. Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI, tickets: 10, Seniors (62+, limit 1 per ID) 5, RIC students, faculty and staff (limit 2 per ID) free
7:30 pm University of Rhode Island presents Lively Experiment, Mark Conley director, an elite small choral concert group that explores the gamut of choral and vocal chamber repertoire, embracing many styles from Medieval to vocal jazz, in the Fine Arts Center, Concert Hall 105 Upper College Rd, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, tickets: 12 Students 7 Seniors (60 and older) 7 Children 12 and under free, info: 401.874.2431