Rockport Music fosters an appreciation of and accessibility to music through continuing school and community educational outreach, including free concerts for the public, to ensure accessibility for all.

Having begun in the primary school, Rockport Music develops and presents educational programs across the grade levels in schools on Cape Anne and beyond. Rockport Music’s premier mini residency programs bring acclaimed musicians and ensembles into the public school music classrooms, where the musicians immerse themselves in the classroom curriculum, providing interactive learning experiences for students of all ages. These mini residency programs culminate in a free evening performance for the community.

Rockport Music endeavors to enrich the concert-going experience of its audiences, with lectures and other educational programs throughout the year. Lectures in the spring for adults cover a range of musical topics to help deepen our understanding and appreciation of chamber music.

UPCOMING EVENTS


Saturday, June 6, 11 a.m.
Rockport Public Library

FREE LECTURE
HIGH FIDELITY: ADVENTURES WITH THE GUARNERI STRING QUARTET
DVD screening followed by a discussion with Nicholas Kitchen & Yeesun Kim
of the Borromeo Quartet.

Saturday, June 13, 10 a.m.
Rockport Art Association

FREE FAMILY CONCERT
ADVENTURES WITH JAZZ
A dynamic introductory listener’s guide to jazz.

Wednesday, June 24, 7 p.m.
Rockport Art Association

FREE LECTURE
MENDELSSOHN AND HIS LIFE AND TIMES
With Jason Calloway of the Biava Quartet

Saturday, June 27, 10 a.m.
Rockport Art Association

FREE FAMILY CONCERT
MUSIC IN OPPOSITES featuring the BIAVA STRING QUARTET
With Jason Calloway of the Biava Quartet

PRELUDE SUPPER LECTURE SERIES AT SANDY BAY YACHT CLUB, 6-7:30 P.M.
($30 per person includes gourmet boxed dinner, bring your own wine or spirits)

Friday, June 5
ELIZABETH SEITZ, Author, Musicologist, Boston Conservatory faculty member

Friday, June 12
DAVID BONSEY, Luthier, Director of the Fine Instrument Department at Skinner Auctioneers, and Antiques Road Show contributor

Friday, June 19
JOHN HEISS, Composer and flutist, New England Conservatory faculty member

Friday, June 26
NATHAN RANDALL, Artistic Director, Princeton University Concerts

Healing Arts Rockport

The Rockport Music Educational Outreach Program has established a new project initiative entitled HARP, Healing Arts Rockport. HARP is an innovative pilot project designed to reach underserved children through therapeutic music and healing arts experiences. With an emphasis on community outreach and close collaboration with project partners, HARP is focusing its initial efforts on children with chronic medical illness served by North Shore Hospice Pediatric Palliative Care Program. Other project partners include Berklee College of Music and Salem State College. The launch of the first pilot program is planned for the spring of 2009.

Designed as a three-session music and art experience, the project will incorporate professional musicians and music therapists. The goal of the program is to bring children with complex medical conditions together with siblings, parents and other children with similar challenges, to explore music as a tool for self-expression, creativity and stress reduction. The overarching aim of the project is to give children an experience of joy in the midst of the challenges they face, while providing a life affirming experience that can offer a lasting memory for themselves and their families.