McGRATHPR.com – South Shore Conservatory (SSC) announces its lineup of spectacular Conservatory Concert Series (CCS) faculty performances for the 2018/2019 season, starting with SSC Debuts on Sunday, November 11, 4 pm at One Conservatory in Hingham.
CCS concerts showcase the diverse talents of the Conservatory’s faculty of nearly 100 educator/performers. The price of admission is minimal, at $5 per person, and students are admitted free. Making these concerts affordable reinforces SSC’s mission of expanding access to arts education and performance. All concerts are on Sunday at 4 pm, and include a reception where audience members are invited to meet the performers.
The CCS season kicks off on with SSC Debuts, featuring SSC’s newest faculty members performing the music they most love to play. Performers include soprano Laura Swartz, jazz pianist Jeff Williams, oboist Mary Cicconetti, classical pianist Victoria Suchodolski, and tenor Jason Dyer. Joining the performers, is guest pianist Leah Kosch. The concert’s repertoire is as varied as a Mozart piano sonata and Benjamin Britten’s Cabaret Songs.
On December 9, CCS gets into the festive spirit with Holiday Favorites. The concert, at SSC’s Hingham campus, features an eclectic mixture of seasonal songs. Performers include pianist Sarah Troxler, singers Emily Browder Melville and Holly Jennings, percussionist Jesse Stiglich, and flutist Donald Zook.
The final concert of the series, Early American Music, features early American colonial music in dialogue with John Cage’s “44 Harmonies,” on Sunday, February 24, 4 pm at SSC’s Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street in Duxbury. This performance features a faculty string quartet, playing a combination of period and modern instruments, comprised of SSC violinists Daphne Manavopoulos and Emily Hale, SSC cellist Benjamin Swartz, and guest artist, violist Lauren Nelson.
South Shore Conservatory is committed to being an organization that welcomes the widest range of audience members possible – removing barriers to participation and welcoming everyone in, regardless of ability. Both its Hingham and Duxbury campuses are wheelchair accessible. For more detailed information about accessibility, please visit SSC’s Know Before You Go page.
For tickets or more information about Conservatory Concert Series performances, visit sscmusic.org/ccs/, call Beth MacLeod Largent at 781-421-6162, ext. 204, or find South Shore Conservatory on Facebook and Instagram.
About South Shore Conservatory
South Shore Conservatory (SSC) has been providing access to and enriching the lives of South Shore residents through music and the arts for over 45 years. Recognized as a national model for arts education by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, SSC is the largest not-for-profit, community school for the arts in Massachusetts, serving over 4,000 students of all ages and abilities at its two beautiful campuses and in partnership with schools, and social service and community agencies throughout the South Shore.
Students participate in more than 50 diverse programs in music, dance and drama, with performance playing an important role in overall education. With more than 100 exceptional musicians on faculty, SSC offers 30 professionally produced concerts annually. Through innovative partnerships, SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies department supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of some of our community’s underserved members, and the ImagineARTS program strengthens pre-reading skills for young learners in Brockton Schools through integrated music and dramatic play.
SSC’s campuses are located at One Conservatory Drive, Hingham, 781-749-7565, 64 St. George Street, Duxbury, 781-934-2731, and 135 Webster Street, Hanover, 781-421-6162. SSC programs are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information call us, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest or Instagram or visit www.sscmusic.org.
In keeping with SSC’s inclusive mission to provide access to quality education in the arts for all, the Conservatory offers programs for all segments of the population to enjoy, regardless of age, ability, geography, and financial means. Furthermore, South Shore Conservatory admits students and families of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.
