Metropolis w/ The Anvil Orchestra

Join us at The Cabot for a silent film featuring a live score – 1927’s Metropolis with music by The Anvil Orchestra!

Metropolis is Fritz Lang’s German science-fiction classic that presents a highly stylized futuristic city where a beautiful and cultured utopia exists above a bleak underworld populated by mistreated workers. When the privileged youth Freder (Gustav Fröhlich) discovers the grim scene under the city, he becomes intent on helping the workers. He befriends the rebellious teacher Maria (Brigitte Helm), but this puts him at odds with his authoritative father, leading to greater conflict.

Formed in May 2021, The Anvil Orchestra is a silent film-accompanying ensemble featuring two members of the world-renowned Alloy Orchestra – Terry Donahue (Concussion Ensemble) on drums, percussion, and accordion, and Roger Clark Miller (Mission of Burma, Trinary System) on keyboard/synthesizer. Boston percussionist Lawrence Dersch joins The Anvil Orchestra for films that require a larger percussive sound such as “Metropolis” and “Man with the Movie Camera” and “The Lost World.” The Anvil Orchestra plays percussion-driven original scores to silent classics utilizing unusual sound sources as well as accordion, musical saw, electronics, and orchestral keyboards.

Groton Hill Jam Nights (3)

Friendly jams for friendly people, led by our fun faculty performers.

Music is a collaborative art form, bringing us together to listen, learn, and rip a few hot breaks. Join us as we open Groton Hill’s inspiring facilities to jammers from across the region. Pick your favorite genre and play, move from room to room, or just hang out with friends to listen over a pint. Jams will run every second Tuesday from September through June!
Ages 16+ welcome!

Celebrity Series of Boston presents Yulianna Avdeeva

Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, a Chopin Competition gold medalist with a flourishing career throughout Europe, makes her eagerly anticipated Celebrity Series debut, offering a bold and audacious program. Avdeeva performs Liszt’s daring, convention-defying keyboard compositions, each piece a captivating narrative of moods—from brooding and introspective to frenzied and impassioned—before plunging into Beethoven’s mighty Hammerklavier sonata. A towering masterpiece that has served as a proving ground for generations of brilliant pianists, the work embodies a profound fusion of rigorous structure and deep feeling, and the intricacies of a multi-voiced fugue.

Avdeeva’s interpretation promises to be a riveting introduction to Boston. Experience her debut and hear her remarkable artistry.  

Program Details:
Short works by Franz Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”

Celebrity Series of Boston presents Yulianna Avdeeva

Pianist Yulianna Avdeeva, a Chopin Competition gold medalist with a flourishing career throughout Europe, makes her eagerly anticipated Celebrity Series debut, offering a bold and audacious program. Avdeeva performs Liszt’s daring, convention-defying keyboard compositions, each piece a captivating narrative of moods—from brooding and introspective to frenzied and impassioned—before plunging into Beethoven’s mighty Hammerklavier sonata. A towering masterpiece that has served as a proving ground for generations of brilliant pianists, the work embodies a profound fusion of rigorous structure and deep feeling, and the intricacies of a multi-voiced fugue.

Avdeeva’s interpretation promises to be a riveting introduction to Boston. Experience her debut and hear her remarkable artistry.  

Program Details:
Short works by Franz Liszt
Ludwig van Beethoven | Sonata in B-flat Major, Op. 106 “Hammerklavier”

An Evening With Branford Marsalis

The Branford Marsalis show scheduled for Sunday, July 21 at The Cabot has been rescheduled to Friday, January 17. 

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics. After the Grammy‐nominated Upward Spiral, on which guest vocalist Kurt Elling was seamlessly integrated into the group, the Quartet followed up with the Grammy‐nominated The Secret Between the Shadow and the Soul, its most emotionally wide‐ranging and melody driven collection to date. John Zeugner captured the impact of the Quartet in live performance in a recent concert review, calling it “casually confident, professional, cerebral, and supercharged with energy. The Branford Marsalis Quartet…was all of those adjectives and more.”

Nashua Arts - Boat House Row

1. In the musical sense, yacht rock refers to the highly polished brand of soft rock that emanated from Southern California between 1976 and 1984. The term is meant to suggest the kind of smooth, mellow music that early yuppies likely enjoyed while sipping champagne on their yachts.

2. Significant “yacht rockers” include Hall & Oates, Michael McDonald, Kenny Loggins, Christopher Cross, Steely Dan, Toto and many more.

Home of your ultimate guilty pleasures. Presenting Boat House Row; a Yacht Rock experience like no other. Bringing you the silky sounds of soft rock from the late 70s and early 80s.

Bull Run - Delta Generators

The Delta Generators blend the fine line between rhythm and blues and Americana in a way that makes them anything but average. In 2017, they released their first live album, “Delta Generators Live At The Spire,” with their new singer/ harmonica player, Brian Templeton, who most know from his former Boston-based band, The Radio Kings or from his great solo albums.

MUSE: A Salute to Divas of Dance

Featuring songs from the disco up to today’s hits

Dance Show: This is a DANCE SHOW.  Standing and dancing is allowed in your seats in all seating locations but never in aisles due to fire safety regulations.

Join Jacyn, Lauren, Sheree, and Ananda as they return to The Cabot for Muse: A Salute to Divas of Dance Music”. This will be an unforgettable night of high energy music and “girl power” backed by the “Muse House Band”!

The evening will be hosted by comedian Kelly MacFarland!

Nashua Arts - Branford Marsalis Quartet

Saxophonist Branford Marsalis is one of the most influential and revered figures in contemporary music. The NEA Jazz Master, Grammy Award winner and Tony Award nominee is equally at home performing concertos with symphony orchestras and sitting in with members of the Grateful Dead, but the core of his musical universe remains the Branford Marsalis Quartet. After more than three decades of existence with minimal personnel changes, this celebrated ensemble is revered for its uncompromising interpretation of a kaleidoscopic range of both original compositions and jazz and popular classics.

Bull Run - The Knickerbocker AllStars

The Knickerbocker All-Stars are a group of extremely talented blues musicians who have been in the business for decades. Members of the band have played with such notable performers as Freddie King, Robert Cray, Marcia Ball, Jimmie Vaughan, Sugaray Rayford, Duke Robillard, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Roomful of Blues as well as their own bands. These are the legends of the blues community who have found their home at ‘the Knickerbocker,’ the historic venue in Westerly, RI, and you would be hard pressed anywhere to find a band with this many veteran musicians! This is truly the 'Dream Team' of jump blues.