Music

Met Opera in HD: Fedora (Giordano)

The Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

Soprano Sonya Yoncheva, one of today’s most riveting artists, sings the title role of the 19th-century Russian princess who falls in love with her fiancé’s murderer, Count Loris, sung by star tenor Piotr Beczała. Tickets: $32, $29, $20

BT ALC Big Band

The Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

Since the group’s formation in 2011, BT ALC Big Band, led by trombonist Brian Thomas and trumpeter Alex Lee-Clark, has reshaped the depiction of the big band ensemble. By employing the traditional instrumentation of 5 saxophones, 4 trumpets, 4 trombones and rhythms…

Harlem Quartet

The Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

Pre-concert talk with Artistic Director Barry Shiffman & artist, 2 PM The Grammy Award-winning Harlem Quartet, currently quartet-in-residence at the John J. Cali School of Music and the Royal College of Music in London, brings an exciting program of works by William Bolcom,…

DC’s Reflecting Fools

The Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

The stairway to heavenly political satire originally laid by the Capitol Steps continues upward with DC’s Reflecting Fools— the new musical parody group created by the performers and co-writer from the Capitol Steps. DC’s Reflecting Fools hold up a mirror…

Crys Matthews

The Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

Already being hailed as “the next Woody Guthrie,” Crys Matthews is among the brightest stars of the new generation of social justice music-makers. A rising star singer-songwriter from D.C., Matthews blends Americana, folk, jazz, blues, bluegrass and funk into a…

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Global Journey Series: Wu Man, pipa & Mike Block, cello

The Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

The Global Journeys music series continues with the virtuosic Wu Man, arguably the world’s most acclaimed pipa player. She is joined by cellist and Global Journeys Artistic Curator Mike Block for an evening that crosses the borders of classical, folk and traditional Chinese music.…

Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters

The Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

Legendary Blues guitarist Ronnie Earl, a four-time Guitar Player of the Year at the Blues Music Awards, returns to Rockport hot on the heels of his latest release, the critically acclaimed Mercy Me. He’ll be bringing along his crack blues band,…

Project STEP

The Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

Project STEP is a national award-winning music program that offers the very best classical music education for young students in Boston and surrounding areas. Not only does Project STEP’s programs harbor a creative and safe learning environment, they advocate for…

The Hillbenders

Formed in April of 2008, and still touring with the original lineup The HillBenders took Performing Arts venues, festivals and clubs all over the U.S. by storm in 2015 with their critically-acclaimed Tommy: A Bluegrass Opry. They followed up the…

Met Opera in HD: Lohengrin (Wagner)

The Shalin Liu Performance Center 37 Main Street, Rockport, MA

In a sequel to his revelatory production of Parsifal, director François Girard unveils an atmospheric staging that once again weds his striking visual style and keen dramatic insight to Wagner’s breathtaking music, with Music Director Yannick Nézet-Séguin on the podium to…