City of Worcester, Massachusetts

Music, Theatre, & Dance

All Saints Church

10 Irving Street, Worcester, MA 01609, 508-752-3766
Sunday, Mar 14, Three Choirs Festival
Sunday, Mar 21, Duo Organ Recital by Dr. Gretchen Longwell and David Garth Worth
Sunday, Apr 18, Afternoon Festival Tea

American Guild of Organists, Worcester Chapter

700 Pleasant Street, Worcester, MA 01602, 508-791-2893
The American Guild of Organists (AGO) is the national professional association serving the organ and choral music fields. The Guild serves more than 20,000 members in more than 340 local chapters throughout the United States and abroad. Founded in 1896 as both an educational and service organization, the Guild, and this Worcester Chapter, sets and maintains high musical standards and promotes the understanding and appreciation of all aspects of organ and choral music through concerts, lectures and other events.

Assumption College HUMANARTS

500 Salisbury Street, Worcester, MA 01609, 508-767-7508

Clark University: Traina Center for the Arts

92 Downing Street, Worcester, MA 01610
Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, through Apr 11, Alchemy: Art and Science
Wednesday, Mar 24, Electro-acoustic Piano Concert
Thursday, Mar 25, Ralph Helmick: Sculpture/Public Art Installations

DCU Center- Arena and Convention Center

50 Foster Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-755-6800
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat: 9:30 AM-5:30 PM
A state-of-the-art Arena & Convention facility located in the "Heart of Massachusetts". All major New England cities are within a one-hour drive. The facility hosts concerts, sporting events, family shows, conventions, trade shows, meetings and banquets. The facility is owned by the City of Worcester, managed by SMG and is the proud home of its brand new professional hockey team, the Worcester Sharks. The Sharks are the American Hockey League affiliated franchise of the San Jose Sharks.
Thursday, Mar 11, Bill Gaither Homecoming Tour
Friday, Mar 12 - Sunday, Mar 14, 2010 Worcester Spring Home Show
Saturday, Mar 13, MIAA State Basketball Finals

Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts

2 Southbridge St., Worcester, MA 01608, 877-571-7469
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 10:00 AM-6:00 PM, Sat: Closed
The Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts, a 2,300 seat state-of-the-art venue, presents Broadway Shows straight from NY, world-class concerts, national comedians, and popular family shows in the heart of Massachusetts.
Tuesdays, Wednesdays, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, through Apr 2, Vibrancy of Nature - works by Shoba Balaji
Thursday, Mar 11, Ron White
Friday, Mar 19 - Sunday, Mar 21, A Chorus Line

Joy of Music Program

1 Gorham Street, Worcester, MA 01605, 508-856-9541
The Joy of Music Program's mission is to foster community through accessible music education and performance. This non-profit community music school serves over 500 students a year in private instrumental lessons, music & movement classes, jazz ensembles, chamber music, chamber orchestra, children's and youth choruses, and world drumming.
Sunday, Mar 28, Joy of Music Faculty Piano Trio Recital

Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra

10 Tuckerman Street, Worcester, MA 01609, 508-754-1234
The Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra is Worcester's premiere
resident orchestra and was founded in 1947. It regularly performs at its home, Tuckerman Hall, as well as at Worcester's Mechanics Hall and Hanover Theatre. During the summer, the Orchestra performs a highly popular series of free, outdoor concerts in Worcester's Institute and East Parks before tens of thousands of concert-goers. The Orchestra has accompanied world-class touring shows such as Mannheim Steamroller and such artists as Andrea Bocelli and the late Luciano Pavarotti at Worcester's DCU Center.


Saturday, Mar 27, The Worcester Art Museum presents Jacqui Naylor at Tuckerman Hall

Master Singers of Worcester

P.O. Box 7203, Worcester, MA 01605, 508-842-1349
The Master Singers of Worcester, Inc. is dedicated to performing high quality choral music for the enjoyment and education of the performer and listener. Led by Artistic Director, Malcolm Halliday, concert pianist and conductor, it has distinguished itself by consistent, high quality presentation of lesser-known, but important sacred and secular choral masterworks and exploration of contemporary works by international and regional composers. In continuous operation as a self-supporting, non-profit, volunteer community chorus for men and women, from young adult to senior, we perform three to four concerts annually, in addition to several community outreach events. The chorus encompasses approximately 60 chorus members who typically work and reside in Worcester and its surrounding communities. MSW promotes music education through internships to talented area high school students and collaboration with local college, community music school and church-based youth choirs and orchestras. The organization was founded in 1976 by the late Alfred Nash Patterson, gifted choral conductor and promoter of the choral arts.
Saturday, Mar 13, The Mikado with Master Singers of Worcester, Worcester Opera Works at Worcester State College: Sullivan Auditorium
Sunday, May 2, Worcester Children's Chorus Year End Concert at Pakachoag UCC Church
Sunday, May 16, Master Singers of Worcester: Jolly Olde England at Salem Covenant Church

Mechanics Hall

321 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-752-5608, 508-752-0888
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sat: Closed
Mechanics Hall is recognized worldwide as an acoustical masterpiece. Mechanics Hall hosts world-class performers, international classical orchestras, jazz legends, folk and acoustic heroes and recording artists. Mechanics Hall functions as a rental facility and is available for your cultural, corporate, family, educational, or civic event. Call for a schedule of events, including our free noontime "Brown Bag" concerts, tours, and rental rates.
Friday, Mar 12, Music Worcester presents the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra, Hobart Earle, Conductor, with William De Rosa, Cello
Wednesday, Mar 17, Brown Bag Concert: Celtic Crossroads
Wednesday, Mar 17, Celtic Crossroads in Concert

Music Alive at Wesley United Methodist Church

114 Main Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-799-4191

Music Worcester Inc.

323 Main St., Worcester, MA 01608, 508-754-3231
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-4:30 PM, Sat: Closed
Music Worcester's presentations of great music and entertainment have been celebrations dating from 1868, giving Worcester the distinction of having the oldest running music festival in the country! Music Worcester is the non-profit presenter of the Worcester Music Festival, which now includes the International Artists Series (featuring symphony & chamber orchestras from around the world!), the Worcester Chorus, the Mass Jazz Festival, and includes dance companies from around the world and other cultural events, performed in historic Mechanics and Tuckerman Halls and on college campuses and other venues.
Friday, Mar 12, Music Worcester presents the Odessa Philharmonic Orchestra, Hobart Earle, Conductor, with William De Rosa, Cello at Mechanics Hall
Saturday, Mar 27 - Sunday, Mar 28, Music Worcester presents Gershwin's "Porgy & Bess", a living masterpiece of great American opera at Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts
Tuesday, Apr 6, Music Worcester presents The Moscow Festival Ballet performance of Tchaikovsly's Sleeping Beauty at Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts

Opera Worcester, Inc

2 Southbridge St, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-755-0895, 508-753-0666
The operas are sponsored by Opera Worcester and are fully staged professional production by the National Lyric Opera of New York with full live orchestration. For tickets contact the Hanover box office at 877-571-SHOW or visit their web-site www.thehanovertheater.org.

Opera Worcester presents two operas each year and sponsors many other opera and cultural events in the Worcester area. Visit www.operaworcester.com for more information or call 508 755 0895.

Wednesday, Apr 28, Madame Butterfly at Hanover Theatre for the Performing Arts

Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester

203 Pakachoag Street, Auburn, MA 01501, 508-791-8159
Pakachoag Community Music School offers quality music education and enrichment programs for all ages - birth to retirement. Programs include early childhood Music Together classes, private lessons, small group classes, ensembles, and special summer programs. Student performance classes and recitals, scheduled throughout the school year, are free and open to the public. Check the School's web site for up-to-date information on programs and special events.
Saturday, Mar 13, Up & Coming Young Musicians Honors Concert
Friday, Mar 26, Cabaret Concert with Sue Natoli and the Hale Sisters
Friday, Mar 26, Cabaret Concert with Sue Natoli and the Hale Sisters

Park Spirit of Worcester

Worcester, MA 01602
A Non-Profit Advocacy Group for Worcester's Parks

Salisbury Singers/Salisbury Lyric Opera

370 Main Street, Room 1200, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-799-3848
Salisbury Singers, Inc. is the managing organization of two performance groups: Salisbury Singers and Salisbury Lyric Opera. It was founded in 1973 by the late Malama Robbins Collinsworth to foster the highest standards of
the musical arts. Salisbury Singers, a mixed chorus of selected volunteers under the dynamic leadership of Music Director Michelle Graveline, is dedicated to the enhancement of cultural life in Worcester and Central
Massachusetts as well as to the musical growth of its individual members.
SLO's mission is to build audiences and local support for opera as an art
form by exposing both children and adults to the performance of opera in a
way that is accessible and easily enjoyed by all.

Saturday, May 15, Salisbury Singers presents A Night at the Opera at First Unitarian Church

The Redfeather Theatre Company at Holy Cross

1 College Street, Worcester, MA 01610, 508-793-3490

Tuckerman Hall

10 Tuckerman Street, Worcester, MA 01609-3102, 508-754-1234
Sun: Closed, Mon, Tue, Wed, Thu, Fri: 9:00 AM-5:00 PM, Sat: Closed
Designed in 1902 by Josephine Wright Chapman, one of America's first female architects, Tuckerman Hall is one of the most exquisitely designed assembly spaces in America and features superb acoustics. Its main hall is adorned with intricate plaster detail, and has a seating capacity of 521 for concerts; 275 for dinner receptions; and 200 for weddings. Tuckerman Hall regularly hosts concerts of its owner, the Massachusetts Symphony Orchestra, as well as a variety of classical chamber, jazz, and folk concerts throughout the year. Tuckerman Hall is an Official Project of Save America's Treasures and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Saturday, Mar 27, Concert: Jacqui Naylor
Saturday, Mar 27, The Worcester Art Museum presents Jacqui Naylor
Wednesday, Apr 14, Music Worcester presents The Ahn Trio

WICN 90.5 FM, Public Radio, Inc.

50 Portland Street, Worcester, MA 01608, 508-752-0700, 508-752-7517
New England's Jazz and Folk Station, featuring America's musical art forms with the significant focus on jazz. As Central New England's public radio station, providing a voice of the arts for Central New England, a venue for local and emerging artists to be heard over the air and streaming on the web. We produce and promote concerts to serve Central New England with world class artists.

Worcester Artist Group

50 Lagrange Street, Worcester, MA 01605, 508-769-7723
The Worcester Artist Group was founded in 1987 and is housed in the Village Arts. The Worcester Artist Group promotes visual and performance arts throughout the greater Worcester area.

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