Driftwood Folk Café proudly presents a night of music with the incredible musical talent of Catie Curtis in a special solo performance on Saturday, Feb. 11.
Remember the Showmobile, the portable stage the town turned over to the Plymouth Area Chamber of Commerce that’s used at Pilgrim Memorial State Park and other sites for concerts and other events?
The energy in the room is palpable as the trombonist rips into a solo, riding a wave of percussion delivered by piano, bass and drums.
Three women seated near the stage keep time with the rhythmic thump of the upright bass, slapping their thighs and tapping their feet as all eyes lock on the stage where Kenny Wenzel slides into a melody he’s created on the spot.
The next Poetry: The Arts of Words, the Mike Amado Memorial Series, is Sunday, Jan. 8, at the Plymouth Center for the Arts, at 11 North St., when featured poets will be Rich Berg and Pam Rosenblatt, with music by The Lindsays.
The South Shore Folk Music Club presents Amy Black Band in concert at 8 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 7, at the Beal House on Main Street in Kingston.
SSC Community Voices, South Shore Conservatory’s adult chorus for individuals with developmental delays, presents a winter concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 14, at South Shore Conservatory’s Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 Saint George St., Duxbury.
Mayflower Bank will again be the main sponsor of the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra’s Saturday Night “Holiday Pops Concert,” to be held Dec. 10 in Memorial Hall.
More than 85 music enthusiasts attended theDr. Richard M. Shiff Forum Presents: Johnny Souza’s Great American Songbook Concert Nov. 7 in the packed main meeting room of the Plymouth Public Library. Trumpeter/singer/composer Johnny Souza was accompanied by an elite quartet comprised of Paul Schmeling on piano, guitarist Gray Sargent, Dave Landoni on bass and drummer Steve Silverstein.
The Standish Guards Drum and Bugle Corps will hold open rehearsals from 7 to 8:30 p.m. every Thursday at the Civil Air Patrol building, at 222 South Meadow Road, just outside Plymouth Airport.
I have three jobs with the Phil. In addition to playing principal trumpet, I am the music librarian, and I am operations director. In other words, I oversee everything you see when you go to a concert as far as the physical structure. That all has to be arranged and prepared for, like the platforms the orchestra sits on. I also work with the person recording the orchestra.
