May
6
3:00pm 3:00pm
May 6th -Junior Minstrels Present "Once Upon a Mattress"
Apr
23
4:00pm 4:00pm
April 23rd - NEC on Norway Pond - The Omer Quartet
The Omer Quartet
Critically praised for playing with a "sense of discovery and adventure" as they perform and compete across North America and Europe, the Omer Quartet is currently the Resident Ensemble of the New England Conservatory's Professional Quartet Training Program.
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20 at the door (students free), or purchase a season ticket here.
Mar
26
4:00pm 4:00pm
March 26th - NEC on Norway Pond - Tony Yike Yang
"...one of the foremost pianists of the younger generation."
Tony is the Chopin Piano Concerto's youngest ever laureate, winning the 5th prize at the age of 16.
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20 at the door (students free), or purchase a season ticket here.
Feb
12
4:00pm 4:00pm
Feb 12th - NPFS Winter Concert - The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass
The Ladles
With the Norway Pond Festival Singers, ConVal Select Choir, and The Ladles, blending together the classical mass, touching poetry and traditional bluegrass into an exhilarating musical experience.
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20 at the door (students free), or purchase a ticket here.
Jan
22
4:00pm 4:00pm
January 22nd - The Concert Series - Angel Spirits: Music of World War I
David McFerrin
Deborah Selig
Beautiful, poignant, haunting, and lighthearted songs of the era, presented by baritone David McFerrin (last year's John P. Wintergreen) and soprano Deborah Selig, with Clifton J. Noble, piano.
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20 at the door (students free), or purchase a season ticket here.
Dec
17
4:00pm 4:00pm
Dec17th - Hancock Family Christmas Concert
The annual Hancock Family Christmas Concert will feature John Muratore on guitar, the Junior Minstrels, the Norway Pond Festival Singers, and the Village Ringers.
Free; suggested donation $20 / family.
Nov
13
4:00pm 4:00pm
Nov 13th - NEC on Norway Pond - Three Blind Mice
Beginning our fourth year of collaboration with the New England Conservatory of Music with this cabaret-style jazz trio's renditions of standards, the Great American Songbook, originals, and tap dance!
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20 at the door (students free), or purchase a ticket here.
Jul
9
8:00pm 8:00pm
Junior Minstrels at Tanglewood
Come hear our own Junior Mints in their Tanglewood debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra!
Carmina Burana, Saturday July 9th, 8 pm
Tickets at www.bso.org/Performance/Detail/77808
May
7
4:00pm 4:00pm
May 7th -Junior Minstrels Present HMS Pinafore
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House.
Free, but donations greatly appreciated.
May
1
4:00pm 4:00pm
May 1st - The Concert Series - D'Anna, "Esther", and Friends
A Celebration of Jewish Music, featuring renowned mezzo-soprano D’Anna Fortunato performing David Schiff’s monologue opera Vashti or the Whole Megillah, with Paul Green (clarinet) and Doris Stevenson (piano).
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20 at the door (students free).
Apr
17
4:00pm 4:00pm
April 17th - The Concert Series - Diderot Quartet
“…a fresh voice and invigorating approach to both familiar and lesser known works of the 18th and 19th centuries.”
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20 at the door (students free).
Apr
3
4:00pm 4:00pm
April 3rd - NEC on Norway Pond - SuJin Lee
NEC emerging artist SuJin Lee will perform will be playing Debussy Cello Sonata in D minor, Bach Suite No. 4 in e-flat, and Shostakovich Cello Sonata in D minor.
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20 at the door (students free).
Mar
12
5:30pm 5:30pm
Mar 12th - Third Annual Bistro Dinner
Join us for a Bistro Dinner immediately following the performance of Joshua Quinn and Nataly Wickham. This will be a multi-course dinner cooked by Chef Mike Petrovick of Francestown.
This event will kick off with wine and hors d'oeuvres at the Simpsons'.
Mar
12
4:00pm 4:00pm
Mar 12th - NEC on Norway Pond - Josh Quinn & Nataly Wickham
Joshua Quinn, baritone
Nataly Wickham, soprano
NEC emerging artists Josh Quinn and Nataly Wickham are "rising stars from the world opera."
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20 at the door (students free), or purchase a ticket here.
Feb
14
4:00pm 4:00pm
Feb 14th - NPFS Winter Concert - Of Thee I Sing
Norway Pond Festival Singers presents George Gershwin's Of Thee I Sing, a musical lampoon of American politics.
4 pm at the Hancock Meeting House. Tickets are $20.
TICKETS ARE NO LONGER AVAILABLE ONLINE AS WE ARE NEARLY SOLD OUT FOR THIS SHOW. THERE MAY BE SOME TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR.
Jan
24
4:00pm 4:00pm
Jan 24th - The Concert Series - Antico Moderno
Antico Moderno presents Stylus Phantasticus: Experimental Music from the 17th and 21st Centuries.
$20 at the door (students free), or purchase a season ticket.
Dec
19
4:00pm 4:00pm
Dec 19th - Hancock Family Christmas Concert
The annual Hancock Family Christmas Concert will feature Lorraine and Bennett Hammond, folk artists, the Junior Minstrels, the Norway Pond Festival Singers, and the Village Ringers.
No charge, but donations gladly accepted.
Nov
15
4:00pm 4:00pm
Nov 15th - NEC on Norway Pond - Alexi Kenney and Dina Vainshtein
Alexi Kenney, violinist
Dina Vainshstein, pianist
NEC emerging artist Alexi Kenney was reviewed by the New York Times as "immediately drawing listeners in…"
Dina Vainshtein has been reviewed by Donald Weilerstein as “an extraordinary collaborator. She is an extremely fine musician and one of the most empathetic, dynamic and supportive chamber players I know.”
$20 at the door (students free), or purchase a season ticket.
Jun
7
4:00pm 4:00pm
NPFS Spring Concert - OXYGEN: Breathe in, Breathe Out
No charge, but donations gladly accepted.
May
9
4:00pm 4:00pm
Apr
12
4:00pm 4:00pm
NEC on Norway Pond - pianist Cristian Budu
NEC emerging artist Cristian Budu is a recent winner of the Clara Haskil International Piano Competition in Switzerland, one of the most demanding and prestigious competitions in the world.
$15 at the door (students free), or purchase a season ticket.
Mar
8
4:00pm 4:00pm
NEC on Norway Pond - The Huntington Quartet.
Schubert's "Rosamunde" Quartet and portions of Bartok's Fourth String Quartet.
$15 at the door (students free), or purchase a season ticket.
"Absolutely Marvelous" were the words of Benjamin Zander after listening to the Huntington Quartet's debut in Jordan Hall. Named after the street in Boston that brought these 4 musicians together, the Huntington Quartet is comprised of graduate students at the New England Conservatory who are passionately eager to share their music and give back to the community. Whether it be classical, baroque, and romantic masterpieces or new music by student composers, the quartet members hope their strong personal chemistry will enable them to explore and present this repertoire through bold, honest, and uninhibited interpretations.
Feb
15
4:00pm 4:00pm
NPFS Winter Concert - The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace
THE ARMED MAN; A MASS FOR PEACE by Karl Jenkins. Sure to rival the impact of last year's performance of Carmina Burana, this performance features 70 singers including 18 members of Conval's elite choral ensemble, 50 members of the Norway Pond Festival Singers, a boy treble soloist, contralto Lynn Torgove, Dunya founder and Grammy nominee Mehmet Sanlikol, and an incomparable group of instrumentalists from Boston, many of whom joined us for Carmina Burana.
$15 at the door (students free), or purchase a ticket here.
The snow is over! The concert is on. The orchestra spent the night in Hancock and is eager to perform. Please be safe and careful, and if you are attending, carpool if possible as parking spaces are precious.
Jan
24
4:00pm 4:00pm
Choro Bastardo CD Release Party
Choro Bastardo returns to Hancock for a CD Release Party at Jody and Rick’s.
$15 per guest, limited to 50 people.
This event is SOLD OUT.
Jan
10
5:00pm 5:00pm
Second Annual Bistro Dinner
Join us for a Bistro Dinner immediately following the performance of Signor Deluso. This will be a multi-course dinner featuring Italian cuisine cooked by Chef Mike Petrovick of Francestown.
This event will kick off with wine and hors d'oeuvres at the Simpsons'.
This event is sold out.
Jan
10
4:00pm 4:00pm
The Concert Series - Signor Deluso
Joseph Holmes
A hilarious one-act opera composed by Thomas Pasatieri, an exuberant, over-the-top farce, filled with overly emotional lovers constantly leaping to the wrong conclusions. Signor Deluso, accompanied by piano, has a cast of four singers, all from the Boston area. Soprano Rachele Schmiege and tenor Joseph Holmes play the young lovers and mezzo Christina English and baritone Jarvis Wyche are Signor and Signora Deluso. Catherine Stornetta is music director and Patricia Maria Weinmann returns to Hancock as stage manager.
“..a comedy of layer upon layer of misunderstanding”
$15 at the door (students free), or purchase a season ticket.
Dec
20
4:00pm 4:00pm
Hancock Family Christmas Concert
This year the Hancock Family Christmas Concert will feature special guests 10-year-old Fiddlin' Quinn and his dad, Chris Eastburn, as well as the Junior Minstrels, the Norway Pond Festival Singers, and the Village Ringers.
No charge, but donations gladly accepted.
Nov
16
4:00pm 4:00pm
NEC on Norway Pond - Violinist Robyn Bollinger
Robyn Bollinger, an emerging artist from New England Conservatory, will launch this year's NEC on Norway Pond series. Robyn has been awarded the top prize at the Kreisler International Competition and is the newest member of A Far Cry.
$15 at the door (students free), or purchase a season ticket.
Jun
8
4:00pm 4:00pm
Norway Pond Festival Singers Spring Concert
The Norway Pond Festival Singers will sing (hum!) their final concert of the year at the Harris Center. Conducted by Jody Hill Simpson, with Mary Ann Fleming at the piano and Jim Sharrock on oboe, the singers will present the world premiere of Dublin composer Elise Grant’s newly-arranged Owl and the Pussycat. Also on the program will be selections from Massachusetts composer Ron Pererra’s charmng A Star in the Pail, settings of Cambridge poet David McCord’s impossible-to-resist poems about starfish, fossils, slow waiters, animal truisms and matters of the earth. Bret Silverman’s The Big Swing Tree is Green Again will also be featured along with Francis Poulenc’s elegantly evocative Petites Voix.
There is no admission fee but donations are gratefully accepted.
May
10
3:00pm 3:00pm