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Don’t miss the Wellesley High School Winter Choral Concert on Thursday, December 19, 7pm – 9pm at the WHS auditorium. If it’s not already part of your family’s holiday traditions, find out why it should be.
All WHS choral groups will perform.
Free and open to the public.
Get into the holiday spirit with the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra on Sunday, Dec. 15, at 3pm at MassBay Community College, for its presentation of Holiday Pops.
The orchestra will play selections from The Nutcracker and other holiday favorites, and baritone John Castillo will join the orchestra for “The Trumpet Shall Sound” from Handel’s Messiah and popular Christmas songs.
Leslie Holmes will narrate “Twas the Night Before Christmas”, Santa Claus will stop by, and children in the audience can join him onstage to sing holiday favorites.
The winner of the Two Front Teeth contest, Hardy third grader Emma Bhangoo, will perform “All I Want for Christmas is my Two Front Teeth.”
The audience will join in a singalong, and Leslie Holmes will sing “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” as the program draws to a close.
Tickets for the concert are $25 for adults, $20 for seniors and students, and free for children under 12 and may be purchased at Wellesley Books, Andrews Pharmacy, on-line, and at the door. Call 781-235-0515 or visit www.wellesleysymphony.org.
The Wellesley Middle School concert band and orchestra performed Thursday at the Massachusetts State House. Among attendees: Secretary of State William Galvin and State Representative Alice Peisch. Also pictured are WMS Band Director Dave Adams and WMS Orchestra Conductor Sergey Khanukaev.
Snow and ice will be here soon as Wellesley Theatre Project (WTP) presents Disney’s FROZEN, JR Friday, December 13th at 5pm and 8pm and Saturday, December 14th and Sunday, December 15th at 2pm and 5pm. All performances will take place at the Sorenson Center at Babson College, located at 19 Babson College Drive, Wellesley, MA 02482. 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.
Based on the 2018 Broadway musical and the 2013 Disney film, Disney’s FROZEN, JR brings Elsa, Anna, and the magical land of Arendelle to life, onstage. A story of true love and acceptance between sisters. When faced with danger, Princesses Anna and Elsa discover their hidden potential and the powerful bond of sisterhood. With a cast of beloved characters and loaded with magic, adventure, and plenty of humor, it is sure to thaw even the coldest heart!
The Wellesley High School Winter Band and Orchestra concert will take place on Tuesday, December 10, 7pm – 8:30pm in the Wellesley High School Katherine L. Babson, Jr. Auditorium, 50 Rice St.
The concert is free and open to the public.
Head over to Wellesley HS tonight to hear the school’s three talented and hard-working jazz bands.
Special guest appearance by Kim Nazarian and Darmon Meader from the Grammy-nominated and internationally acclaimed jazz vocal group, New York Voices.
Nazarian is a world renowned performing grammy-nominated jazz vocalist, educator and and lyricist. For the past 30 years she has been harmonizing all over the world with New York Voices.
Darmon is a highly respected vocalist, arranger and saxophonist who has achieved international recognition as the founder, musical director, chief arranger, composer, producer, saxophonist, and vocalist with New York Voices.
DATE OF PERFORMANCE: Monday, November 25
TIME: 7pm
LOCATION: Wellesley High School Katherine L. Babson Jr. Auditorium
CONCERT FREE OF CHARGE
Come hear some great jazz! Wellesley High School Performing Arts presents Rice Street Singers, the One O’Clock Jazz Band, the Two O’Clock Jazz Band, and guest artists Kim Nazarian & Darmon Meader from New York Voices. This will be an amazing concert. Free admission.
One O’Clock Jazz Band performing selections: Sugar by Stanley Turrentine, All The Things You Are by Jerome Kern/Oscar Hammerstein, The Blues Walk by Clifford Brown; and Bag’s Groove by Milt Jackson.
Two O’Clock Jazz Band performing selections: Driftin’ by Herbie Hancock; Cousin Mary by John Coltrane; Cheesecake by Dexter Gordon; Foot Pattin’ Time by Lou Donaldson; and What Is This Thing Called Love by Cole Porter/arr. Skeffington
DATE: Monday, Nov. 25
TIME: 7pm – 9pm
WHERE: Wellesley High School Auditorium, 50 Rice St.
Leave it to Wellesley fashionista Lynne Smith to stand out even at an Elton John show.
The Wellesley resident and her husband Gary attended the performer’s Farewell Yellow Brick Road concert at the garden in Boston over the weekend.
Lynne, known around these parts as well as at sports venues for her Red Sox and other get-ups, got all sparkly for Sir Elton.
“When we got to the garden I put my hat on and these 2 woman were working the VIP table and gave Gary and I wrist bands to go on the floor for the last 8 songs” she says. “We were right in front of the stage. It was pretty COOL. I love Elton and think he is an incredible performer. I’m waiting to get his book from the library.”
It pays to be stylin’…
The underground Wellesley rock band scene is about to go above ground in town via a concert series kicking off at Wellesley Free Library in the new year.
If you live in Wellesley you might already have been part of the friends-and-family groupie crowd that ventures into the wilds of Concord, Natick or Needham to listen to and dance along with Grounds for Divorce, Screaming Sushi or other Wellesley bands. In fact, Mr. & Mrs. Swellesley answered the call just this past weekend to join friends attending the Meanies’ show at Morse Tavern in Natick.
Sure, once in a while these bands, featuring everyone from doctors to finance whizzes to kids, will perform at a local charity event or other function right in Wellesley. But opportunities to see these local bands perform in town have been limited, says 13-year Wellesley resident Patrick Hayden, a finance industry professional who performs in 2 bands and launched the website Wellesley Rocks 6 years ago. The site, which states that “Wellesley is more than just lacrosse sticks and golf clubs – we also have drum sticks and guitars, and we’re not afraid to use ’em!,” rounds up band profiles, photos, videos, and show dates so you can find out what you’re getting into before you go. Music ranges from 80s rock to classics and from a cappella and acoustic.
As he notes, students have plenty of venues to perform in town through the school system, but the overall musical community has had fewer opportunities. “Even the town green concert series and library musical events have tended to focus on outside talent,” he says.
But Wellesley Free Library, beginning Jan. 15, will host the new Wellesley Rocks the Library series at the main branch in town on Wednesday nights once a month. Wellesley Media will film the shows, so you’ll have no excuse for not checking out the local talent.
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