GoLocal editors dreamed about getting out and around to the best of Rhode Island over the past year and so we have built the ultimate "beach pail" list (rather than a bucket list — it just seems less final and more summery).
The Herald News
Newport, RI – The Newport Music Festival announces the complete seventeen-concert schedule for its 53rd season, from July 4 to 20. All concerts will be held outdoors at historic mansions and venues in Newport, Rhode Island including The Breakers, Bellevue House, Castle Hill Inn, The Chanler at Cliff Walk, King Park, the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Community Center, Norman Bird Sanctuary, and Rough Point.
This is the first festival programmed by new Executive Director Gillian Friedman Fox, who came to Newport in January from the Dallas Symphony Orchestra where she was Director of Contemporary and SOLUNA Programs. Fox says, “Our programming for 2021 celebrates the diversity of expression and artistic interpretation within classical music. This season represents a significant inflection point for the Newport Music Festival as we embrace the genre of classical music as a living artform and invite audiences of all backgrounds to experience the magic of chamber musi
Newport Music Festival announces summer 2021 schedule
The season launches July 4 with a slate of 17 performances from GRAMMY-nominated artists in classical music
By Alexa Gagosz Globe Staff,Updated April 15, 2021, 3:26 p.m.
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Gillian Friedman Fox, the new executive director of the Newport Music Festival announced the 17 outdoor concerts for the Festival s 53rd season, and her debut.Nathan Lutz
NEWPORT, R.I. â In her season debut as the iconic Newport Music Festivalâs new executive director, Gillian Friedman Fox announced the festivalâs 53rd schedule of rich, genre-defying shows across 17 outdoor concerts in July.
Opening night, on July 4, will feature GRAMMY-nominated, Boston-based chamber orchestra A Far Cry in a program celebrating a diverse array of voices in classical music, with works from Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-George; Jessie Montgomery; Arvo Pärt; and Teresa Carreño.
This summer, get invigorated with a live cultural performance
A forested mountain is the backdrop at Vail Dance Festivals open-air amphitheater. Pandemic willing, live shows will be back across the United States this spring and summer. (A patchwork of them, anyway.) Connor Walberg via The New York Times.
by Julie Besonen
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Pandemic willing, live shows will be back across the United States this spring and summer. (A patchwork of them, anyway.) Scores of festivals, benefits and theatrical events are playing it safe with digital editions or postponements, but some impresarios are forging ahead, adhering to safety protocols, capping audience size and keeping it outside, mindful of all the artists and fans left bruised last year by cancellations.