University of Massachusetts - Amherst

The Princeton Symphony Orchestra will feature principal musicians Basia Danilow and Alistair MacRae, along with pianist Steven Beck, performing Beethoven's Triple Concerto on October 19-20.

The Ballard Institute and Museum of Puppetry at the University of Connecticut has announced its Fall Performance Series starting with THE LOOSE CABOOSE on September 21, 2024, at 11 a.m. in Storrs, CT.

The full cast has been announced for the industry reading of Jasmine Sharma's PIGEONHOLE on October 21st at Drawing Room.

Theater for the New City will present its twelfth  Dream Up Festival in August. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

William Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors takes over Shakespeare & Company's outdoor mainstage this summer, directed by Kate Kohler Amory July 13 through August 18 at the Arthur S. Waldstein Amphitheatre.

WAM Theatre has announced the ensemble of performers and designers who are collaborating to create the site-specific performance fragments of Outside. This special, one-time-only performance, conceived and directed by new Artistic Director Genée Coreno, is a celebration of WAM's 15th Anniversary.

Shakespeare & Company presents Shake It Up: A Shakespeare Cabaret, a celebration of Shakespeare-influenced music, text, and storytelling at the Tina Packer Playhouse from July 2-7.

Buffalo Tom - pioneers of college / alternative rock - come full circle to celebrate their latest release Jump Rope at The Drake in Amherst, MA where they formed over three decades ago while students at the University of Massachusetts. Jump Rope, out now, is their tenth studio album. Listen to it now!

Sonatas and Myths, the new album from violinist Elizabeth Chang, is out now from Bridge Records. Recorded with her longtime collaborator pianist Steven Beck, Sonatas and Myths features a collection of three seminal works from the early 20th century – Karol Szymanowski’s Mythes: Trois Poèmes, Op. 30 from 1915; Ernst von Dohnányi’s Violin Sonata in C# Minor, Op. 21 from 1912; and Béla Bartók’s Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano from 1921. Listen to the album!

The Springfield Chamber Players will return to the Longmeadow Adult Center with a free performance by Quartetto Mosso on Thursday, June 13, at 6PM. The performance, held rain or shine, features violinists Ronald Gorevic and Beth Welty, violist Delores Thayer, and cellist Yoonhee Ko.

Buffalo Tom offers an early listen of Autumn Letter, the latest single from their forthcoming album Jump Rope, with a premiere on Magnet Magazine. Recorded at Woolly Mammoth Sound, “Autumn Letter” was the first song the group tackled fresh out of pandemic quarantine.“It reminds me of a certain kind of classic Buffalo Tom song from our Let Me Come Over era,” says Bill Janovitz. “It’s big, open chords are strummed way up high on the capo’d guitar neck, with a little Van Morrison Celtic melodic tinge.'

Violinist Elizabeth Chang has announced the May 17, 2024 release of her new album Sonatas and Myths on Bridge Records.

WAM Theatre has launhced a BIPOC Production Apprenticeship Program as part of its 15th Anniversary Season. The paid opportunity is designed to provide career development opportunities from college to the field for women-identifying  and non-binary theatre artists from historically marginalized groups.  

Shakespeare & Company will host a Weekend Intensive in Los Angeles, California in April. Learn more about the intensive and see how to register.

Vivace Music Foundation has announced the fifth edition of the Vivace International Music Festival, hosted in Wilmington, North Carolina.