Category Archives: Music

American Idol, now starring Wellesley’s own Steven Tyler?

By bbrown | Published: January 26, 2011

The American Idol hype has started up all over with the kickoff of its new season and fueled by the appearance of new judges Jennifer Lopez and Aerosmith frontman StevenTyler. Wellesley’s own Steven Tyler, that is. Well, that  is if you believe everything you read on Wikipedia, where Tyler is listed as being among the [...]

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Wellesley College reveals 2011 concerts

By bbrown | Published: January 5, 2011

Wellesley College has announced its concert series schedule for the winter and spring, featuring classical, jazz, progressive rock and more. Things kick off Jan. 29 with Boston Modern Orchestra Project’s Monsters of Modernism performance and other concerts will include those by New York City’s Bang on a Can and  violinist Jennifer Frautschi. All performances are [...]

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Wellesley Middle School musicians perform at State House

By bbrown | Published: December 21, 2010

Secretary of the Commonwealth, William Galvin, along with State Rep. Alice Peich welcomed Wellesley Middle School  studentsto the Massachusetts State House last week. The group performed holiday music on the Grand Staircase.

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Wellesley photographer has a ball, claims Billboard prize

By bbrown | Published: December 14, 2010

Wellesley photographer Richard Gastwirt for the 2nd year in a row has won the Fan’s Favorite award in Billboard Magazine’s Ultimate Music Moment photo contest. The winning picture, which beat out more than 2,500 other entries, is of Flaming Lips frontman Wayne Coyne surfing the crowd in a giant hamster ball at the Nateva Festival [...]

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Wellesley Symphony Orchestra Holiday Pops on tap for Sunday

By bbrown | Published: December 10, 2010

Wellesley Symphony Orchestra performs its annual Holiday Pops concert on Sunday, Dec. 12 at 3pm, featuring Wellesley Middle School’s Elise Miwa, holiday favorites, a visit from Santa, kids conducting the orchestra and more. Purchase Tickets Online or by calling (781) 235-0515. Tickets may also be purchased in advance at the Eaton Apothecary (in Wellesley) and [...]

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Wellesley students to star in jazzed up Nutracker

By admin | Published: December 2, 2010

A slew of young performers from Wellesley will be among those in Broadway Bound Dance Center‘s presentation of the Nuts & Bolts Nutcracker at Natick High School on Dec. 11 at 11AM and 3PM. Nuts & Bolts is a jazz, modern, lyrical and ballet version of the original Nutcracker ballet. Students of BBDC from twelve [...]

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See Wellesley MA in a music video

By bbrown | Published: November 4, 2010

This isn’t for everyone, but came across a Google Chrome browser experiment set to the music of the swell indie band Arcade Fire that lets you create a little music video featuring the street on which you grew up, or even the street where you live now. What you do is pop the address you [...]

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Wellesley Players to present: Thank You For The Music – A Tribute to Broadway

By bbrown | Published: October 14, 2010

The Wellesley Players perform some of the most memorable music in Musical Theatre. The musical tribute spans the ages with much revered musicals of the early 60’s to recent Broadway shows. The show features some of the best voices in local theatre, who join the Players in a philanthropic effort. Partial  proceeds from this show support [...]

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Wellesley College’s Mystical Tree Tour

By bbrown | Published: September 15, 2010

Wellesley College invites the public on campus Sept. 21 from 6-8pm  for what it’s calling the Mystical Tree Tour. The spotlight will shine on trees in song from around the world (including fake plastic trees?). Faculty and students will perform music under the selected trees. Bring a mug for hot cider and other fall treats. [...]

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Boston Modern Orchestra descends on Wellesley

By bbrown | Published: September 8, 2010

Boston Modern Orchestra Project, which focuses on 20th- and 21st-century orchestral music, will be in residency and perform a three-concert series at Wellesley College during the 2010-11 academic year. Concerts are scheduled for Dec. 11, Jan. 29 and April 14 at Houghton Chapel on Wellesley College’s campus, and are free and open to the public.

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Wellesley College posts fall concert schedule

By bbrown | Published: August 27, 2010

Lots of free music performances coming from Wellesley College’s Music Department this fall: Zili Misik and the Cercie Miller Quartet Wednesday, Sept. 15 | 7:30 pm| Jewett Plaza In conjunction with the opening of the Davis Museum’s fall exhibition Calculated Risks, Department of Music faculty Cercie Miller and Kyra Washington, bring their dynamic bands together [...]

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Inside Track: Haitian presidential candidate bails on Wellesley shindig

By bbrown | Published: August 11, 2010

The Boston Herald’s Inside Track reports that Wyclef Jean, a Grammy Award winner who is running for president in Haiti, was supposed to show up at a sold-out  $5K-per-head Gov. Deval Patrick fundraiser at the Swellesley home of money guy Dan Fireman, but backed out shortly beforehand. Singer John Legend did appear. More from NECN: [...]

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Wellesley welcomes Jammin’ With You music school

By bbrown | Published: August 4, 2010

Jammin’ With You, which specializes in at-home music lessons for all ages,  has taken up residence at 12B Mica Lane in Wellesley near Lower Falls — a location that will allow it to boost its ability to host programs and performances. Drum, piano, guitar and even beatbox lessons are offered, plus classes for babies as [...]

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Rapping with Wellesley’s Cam Meekins

By bbrown | Published: July 26, 2010

I know what you’re thinking: Not ANOTHER story about Wellesley’s vibrant hip hop music scene, the east-west wars of the 1990s and …. OK, Wellesley hasn’t exactly been a hotbed of rap music talent over the years, but that’s not stopping Wellesley High’s Cam Meekins from pursuing his hip hop dreams. “Coming from a town [...]

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Wellesley to host composers, free concerts

By bbrown | Published: July 15, 2010

I’m one of those people cursed by being able to only remember a few jokes, and they’re all bad and old. One bad taste sample from my childhood:  “What ever became of Arthur Fiedler?   Answer: “He’s de-composing” (though now that I think about it, not sure he actually was a composer…he was a legendary Boston [...]

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