I am delighted to tell you that we are now able to utilize our 2019 audience numbers, when last we had a full schedule, to compare our current audience attendance numbers and donation results and assess our financial position. The news is heartening – in March 2020, COVID turned our [...]
The Rockport Celtic Festival returns this September for its 4th year! We spoke with Co-Artistic Director Maeve Gilchrist about what to expect. This year, the Festival celebrates the music of Eastern Canada, particularly French speaking Quebec and the Maritimes (Newfoundland, Cape Breton, etc.) musical traditions. What are some of the [...]
Music Is the Soundtrack of Our Lives Ruth Shane and Barry Gartell both came to Rockport Music as “trailing spouses” says Ruth. Ruth first entered the Rockport Music community when she and her late husband Bill began attending chamber music concerts in the early 90s. Bill became a Rockport Music [...]
This season can be best summed up in the new vision statement for Rockport Music Education: Bridging Artists with the Community and Connecting through Engaging programs with Students on and off Stage (ACCESS). Visiting artists continued to challenge students by introducing new repertoire, encouraging new ways of practicing and demonstrating [...]
Bijon Watson is a time traveler. When curating his Iconic Jazz Legacies music series for Rockport Music, the lauded jazz trumpeter (who just won a Grammy for Best Large Jazz Ensemble Album with Steven Feifke) doesn’t just want to bring listeners back to a certain era. He wants to invite [...]
For the Rockport Chamber Music Festival, Artistic Director Barry Shiffman always makes a point to mix things up programmatically. Yet he also puts great emphasis on developing a broad range generationally, bringing today’s brightest young ascendant stars together with those firmly entrenched at the top of their careers. A note [...]
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