The Swellesley Report

More than you really want to know about Wellesley, Mass.

Wellesley business spotlight: Fall 2019 music classes at Bach to Rock in Linden Square

by Leave a Comment

Bach to Rock music school is now registering students for Fall 2019 programs. Kids of all ages and experience levels are welcome to rock on.

Bach to Rock‘s music classes are a combination of music fundamentals, instrument instruction, performance, and of course FUN! Our method is learning through doing — not boring lectures. There’s no experience or instruments needed (everything is already here), just the excitement and ambition to learn something new or further develop as a musician.

Bach to Rock Wellesley
Bach to Rock is the place to find real music education for your young child.

Here are just some of  Bach to Rock’s programs:

Individual Lessons: The greatest hurdle in the study of music is its solitary nature. At Bach to Rock, we transform music and music lessons into a social experience, adding a strong group incentive to playing, learning, and practicing. Our methodology transforms music into a team sport, adding healthy competition and personal interaction.

Group Classes: Students learn how to play their instrument in a stimulating team-based environment. The healthy camaraderie and competition that results motivates students to practice and improve quickly. This approach leads to well-rounded musicianship and prepares students to perform in a variety of ensembles/bands or as soloists.

Ages 5 – 7: Bach to Rock is the place to find real music education for your young child. Through dynamic musical and movement-based activities, exposure to live instruments and musically inspired story-time, budding young musicians gradually develop the skills needed to read music, play simple rhythms and develop fine motor control skills.

Bach to Rock Wellesley
Bach to Rock’s teachers can even get Santa Claus to “ho, ho, ho” on pitch.

Bach to Rock
Linden Square
200 Linden Street, Unit A
Wellesley, MA 02482
Phone: 781-943-3944
Email: [email protected]

Stop by our Open House

Saturday, 8/24, noon – 2pm.

Stop in for a snack and get a tour of the studios, meet instructors, and find out which class is right for your musician.

Share

Wellesley Symphony and Wellesley Choral Society to hold open rehearsals

by Leave a Comment

The Wellesley Symphony Orchestra will begin its 2019-2020 season under Maestro Max Hobart with an open rehearsal on Wednesday, Aug. 28, at 7:15 PM at MassBay Community College, 50 Oakland Street, Wellesley.

The orchestra has openings for a tuba, bassoon, French horn, and in all string sections. Rehearsals are on Wednesday nights at 7:15 PM. The first concert on Sunday, October 6th includes Fetes from Nocturnes by Debussy, the Elgar Cello Concerto with retired Boston Symphony cellist Jonathan Miller, and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 5.

For more information, visit www.wellesleysymphony.org. To schedule an audition, reach Maestro

Hobart at 781-263-1933 or [email protected]

Wellesley Choral Society will present its first concert of the season on Sunday, November 4.

Wellesley Choral Society needs new singers

The Wellesley Choral Society invites new singers to our open rehearsals on Monday, September 9, 16, and 23, 2019, 7:30pm – 9:30pm at the Small Chapel of the Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington St.  This gives new singers a chance to “try us out” to see if they would like to join for the whole season or one of our concerts. Our first concert, War and Peace, will be on Sunday, November 10 at 4pm and features Haydn’s Mass in Time of War and Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem.  Our second concert, Songs of Levity, is a cabaret style concert held on January 25, 2020 at 7pm.  Our final concert, A Women’s Voice: A Celebration of Women Composers, will be on May 10, 2020 at 4 pm. All voice parts are welcome, but we particularly welcome new tenors and basses.

Share

Wellesley Theatre Project presenting Bright Star for limited engagement

by Leave a Comment

Wellesley Theatre Project (WTP) presents Bright Star, a sweeping tale of love and redemption set against a backdrop of the American South in the 1920s and ’40s, on Aug. 15 and 16 at 7pm and Aug. 17 at 2pm. All performances will take place at the The Katherine L. Babson Auditorium at Wellesley High School, located at 50 Rice St, Wellesley.  Tickets are priced $15 for adults and $10 for students and seniors, and may be purchased online at http://wellesleytheatreproject.org in advance, or at the door for $18 for adults and $12 for students and seniors.

bright star theatre production
Margo (Molly Gandler) and Billy Cane (Danny O’ Leary) Photo Credit: Sandy Sandwich Productions

 

Inspired by a real event, and featuring the Grammy-nominated score by Steven Martin and Edie Brickell, Bright Star tells the story of literary editor Alice Murphy, who meets a young soldier just home from World War II who awakens her longing for the child she once lost. Haunted by their unique connection, Alice sets out to understand her past – and what she finds has the power to transform both of their lives.

Bright Star features a cast of 30 students between the ages of 13 and 18.

Wellesley Theatre Project is an arts academy and a Wellesley nonprofit devoted to providing students (PreK – 12th Grade) with the opportunity to study and experience theatre and performing arts through year round classes, staged productions, workshops and summer camps.

For more information about Bright Star or other Wellesley Theatre Project classes and productions, please visitwww.wellesleytheatreproject.orgor call 781- 235-1550.

Share