Merrimack Valley Phil - La Dolce Vita

Timberlane Performing Arts Center

Italian opera and orchestrations combine to make this enjoyable program come to life!  Praised for her “rich and beautiful voice,”  Erin M. Smith is a dynamic performer throughout New England.  Joined by powerful tenor Yeghishe Manucharyan, a performer from the Metropolitan Opera, this magnificent duo performs the finale from Act 1 of La Boheme.  The lovely O mio babbino caro by Erin follows our opening number, Oveture to Barbiere di Siviglia.  Then Yeghishe wows us with Una furtiva lagrima by Donizetti. Our strings shine in Mendelssohn’s Italian Symphony, and our brass are highlighted in Tchaikovsky’s Capriccio Italien.  Put up your feet and relax!

Musicians from Marlboro

Groton Hill Music Center

“This was truly accomplished music-making. There are chamber groups of longtime standing that fail to come close to this ad-hoc group’s sense of shared purpose. Which suggests somebody in Marlboro is doing something right.” —The New York Times 

In 2023, Marlboro Music welcomed Helmut Lachenmann as its Composer in Residence, a rare U.S. visit for this German composer who has shaped contemporary music worldwide. During his time in Vermont, Lachenmann worked closely with the musicians on Got Lost, a uniquely adventurous work for soprano and piano that challenges the physical and mental expectations of the performers. The program also features works by Haydn and Mozart, performed by Elias Quartet cellist Marie Bitlloch and three magnificent emerging string players.

The Musicians from Marlboro touring program was created as an extension of Vermont’s Marlboro Music Festival, founded in 1951. Musicians from Marlboro tours are noted not only for their joyous performances but also for offering valuable touring experience to artists at the beginning of their careers and touring with unusual chamber repertoire. Since their inception, the Musicians from Marlboro tours have introduced such great talents as Richard Goode, Yefim Bronfman, Jaime Laredo, Murray Perahia, Paula Robison, Sir András Schiff, Peter Serkin, Richard Stoltzman, and Benita Valente. They have also featured other exceptional artists now heard in the Emerson, Juilliard, Takács, and Dover Quartets and Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson Trio. In the words of the Washington Post, “Musicians from Marlboro is a virtual guarantee of musical excellence!”

North Shore Philharmonic - Spring Concert

Swampscott High School

• Howard Hanson (1896-1981), Symphony No. 2, Op. 30 "Romantic"
• Joseph de Boulogne (1745-99), Violin Concerto Op. 8 in G Major
  · Robert Lehmann, Violin
• Leonard Bernstein (1918-1990), Symphonic Dances from West Side Story

Boston Civic Symphony - April Concert

Roxbury Community College

Beethoven: Symphony No. 9

Nashua Arts - iLuminate

Nashua Center for the Arts

From the moment the lights fade to darkness, you are transported into another world…another dimension, where the music moves you and the visuals are unlike anything you’ve ever seen. Welcome to the world of iLuminate, named “Best New Act in America” by America’s Got Talent in 2011.  A fantastic fusion of cutting edge technology and dance that has been wowing the world ever since appearing on AGT over a decade ago…to performing one of Las Vegas’ top shows to this day. iLuminate features a brilliant cast of the country’s top dancers performing to energetic music – including top Pop and Rock hits from the 70s, 80s, and 90s, a little jazz, a little Latin, a little hip hop and more.  The dancers are outfitted with customized LED suits synced to iLuminate’s proprietary software to create extraordinary lighting effects with each of the phenomenally choreographed dance moves.

iLuminate has been featured on shows like Dancing with the Stars, The X-Factor, Good Morning America, and The Ellen DeGeneres Show, The American Music Awards, MTV’s Video Music Awards, BET Awards, The Nickelodeon Awards, Billboard, and Latin Billboard Awards. The dancers (and Miral’s technology) have also shared the stage with stars like Chris Brown, Christina Aguilera, Black Eyed Peas, and Death Cab For Cutie.