SUMMER VIBES AT CAPE SYMPHONY: UPCOMING EVENTS

With the calendar now turned to August, we are at the height of Cape Cod’s mellow, easygoing summer.

Every Friday through August 30, from 5:00 – 8:00 PM, Cape Symphony Presents brings free jazz to Devil’s Purse Brewing Co. (120 Great Western Road, South Dennis). This week, Eleanor and Dario will play world jazz, beloved classics, and original songs. On August 16, local favorite jazz trio The Art Ensemble of Cape Cod will perform standards and originals. Red River BBQ is on site with delicious offerings each week. Get a beer, get some BBQ, claim a table, and the music’s on us. Enjoy.

Legendary singer-songwriter Livingston Taylor joins your Cape Symphony Orchestra for a night of beautiful songs at the Cape Cod Melody Tent on August 18. Taylor’s warm, familiar style is just the thing for a summer evening, and to see him play with the full Orchestra will be a real treat. Joe Marchio will conduct. Tickets for “An Evening with Cape Symphony Orchestra featuring Livingston Taylor” are on sale through the Melody Tent Box Office, open daily from 12:00 - 5:00 PM, online, or by phone at 508-775-5630.

September 12 brings our “September Serenade” at Highfield Hall and Gardens in Falmouth, where we’ll enjoy classical music performances led by Cape Symphony Orchestra Concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee and world jazz from Cape Symphony Presents artists The Albino Mbie Quartet. We’ll have an open bar, delicious appetizers, and a silent auction supporting access to the arts. Tickets to “A September Serenade” are on sale now.

Before we know it, we’ll be kicking off the Cape Symphony Orchestra’s 2024/25 season with “Pictures at an Exhibition” on September 21 & 22. The season features guest conductors who are candidates to be Cape Symphony’s next Music Director. It’s not too late to become a series subscriber and see them all! Purchase Masterpiece and CapePOPS! series subscriptions, Mix/Match/Save packages, or individual concert tickets on our secure website.

CS PRESENTS: SASHA PAPERNIK & JUSTIN POINDEXTER

American music is full of iconic duos, where two artists’ skills combine to make something truly special. The haunting close harmonies of the Everly Brothers, the swinging phrasing of the Barry Sisters, and the dazzling musical innovations of Les Paul and Mary Ford profoundly influenced successive generations of musicians, and their legacies are still celebrated today.

At Wellfleet Preservation Hall tomorrow evening, August 8, at 7:00 PM, highly acclaimed Americana duo Sasha Papernik and Justin Poindexter will perform Everly Brothers and Beyond, saluting their favorite musical duos alongside their own award-winning original songs. Sasha sings and plays piano and accordion. Justin sings and plays guitar. Together, they will win your heart.

Tickets are $25, available through Eventbrite.

“Cape Symphony Presents” is an eclectic showcase of world-class music that transcends genres, shares stories, and brings people together at venues across the Cape and Islands.

SHARE THE CAPE SYMPHONY PRESCHOOL JOY

Good news spreads fast! Cape Symphony Preschool now offers a $50 Referral Bonus to families who spread the word about our wonderful program. If a student you refer enrolls in Cape Symphony Preschool, we will apply this bonus to your own child’s preschool tuition or to the cost of any other lessons or classes in which your child enrolls. Contact preschool@capesymphony.org for more information.

A FAMILY ARTS FESTIVAL AT CAPE SYMPHONY

Mark your calendars for Cape Symphony’s Family Arts Festival on Saturday, September 7, from 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM at our Barnstable campus. Come meet our fabulous faculty, try our classes, and check out musical instruments up close at our Instrument Petting Zoo!

We’ll have music class demos, art activities, a dance demonstration, theatre games, open-door classes, performances, and the instrument petting zoo. Students will get stickers on their Arts Passport as they visit each station. Cape Symphony Youth Orchestra Program faculty will hold a music auditions workshop, with an opportunity to sign up for mock auditions on Sunday afternoon.

Light refreshments will be served. Join us for the joy!

TIX4MUSIC: SHARING THE CAPE SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA

Cape Symphony’s Tix4Music program, underwritten by a generous donor, allows students or student groups in Grades 5-12, with their chaperones, to experience live Cape Symphony Orchestra performances throughout the year.

For the 2024/25 concert season, Tix4Music tickets will be made available on the first of each month for the next 2 months’ performances.

The form to request tickets for our Masterpiece and CapePOPS! season openers -- Pictures at an Exhibition on September 21 & 22, and Dancing in the Street: The Music of Motown on October 19 & 20 – is available now:

Tix4Music Request Form

Teachers and chaperones can help us share orchestral music with a young audience. Browse our 2024/25 concert season offerings, and watch your newsletter for the Tix4Music sign-up forms for concerts you’d like them to see. Questions? Contact Cape Symphony’s Engagement Manager, Brooke Spiegel.

THIS WEEK IN MUSIC HISTORY

On August 9, 1862, Hector Berlioz’s last opera, Béatrice et Bénédict, premiered in Germany. Berlioz was a French Romantic composer. His father had wanted him to be a doctor like himself, but young Berlioz defied his family to pursue a life in music. Unwilling to follow the traditional rules and formulas of composition, he was expelled from the Paris Conservatoire after just two years of study. Throughout his career, some critics considered him an original genius; others, an undisciplined rogue.

Berlioz is best known for his unconventional, even shocking Symphonie fantastique (1830), which your Cape Symphony Orchestra will perform on November 16 & 17, 2024 as part of our Masterpiece series. Alyssa Wang will conduct. Get your Fantastique tickets today!

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