Exhibits, galleries, theater and more: Seacoast arts and culture news
Unh Music presents the UNH Youth Symphony Orchestra and the UNH Symphony Orchestra
DURHAM — The UNH Symphony Orchestra will combine forces with the UNH Youth Symphony Orchestras on Sunday, Nov. 20, to present a concert at 7 p.m. in the Johnson Theatre. The performance is free and open to the public, and will also be live-streamed. For more information, call the UNH Music Department at 603-862-2404. TTY Users: 7-1-1 or 800-735-2964 (Relay NH).
Amare Cantare will perform Bach’s Cantata 131 and Vivaldi’sGloria
DURHAM — The Seacoast’s vocal chamber chorus Amare Cantare will perform two concerts on Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7:30 p.m. in Dover, N.H. and on Sunday, Nov. 20 at 3 p.m. in Portsmouth, N.H.
The concert program includes Johann Sebastian Bach’s Cantata 131, Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir (Out of the Depths, I Call to You, O Lord) and Antonio Vivaldi’s Gloria with accompaniment by a chamber orchestra of local professional instrumentalists. The soloists for both works are Amare Cantare members. In addition to the choral works, the orchestra will perform the second movement (“Air”) of Bach’s Orchestral Suite in B, BWV 1068. The concert is supported in part by a grant from the Waldo and Alice Ayer Trust, Citizens Bank N.A.
“We are excited to be performing two Baroque choral gems this season,” said Catherine Beller-McKenna. “One of Bach’s earliest cantatas, Aus der Tiefe is also one of a handful of his cantatas with multiple choral movements. And Vivaldi’s Gloria, one of the most frequently performed works in the choral literature, promises to be a treat for our audiences.”
All tickets are $18 and are available at www.amarecantare.org. There will be limited ticket availability at the door. All members of Amare Cantare are fully vaccinated and self-test before concerts. Per CDC guidelines, masks are optional for all attendees.
The Saturday, Nov. 19 concert will take place at St. Joseph Church, 150 Central Avenue, Dover, N.H. at 7:30 p.m. The Sunday, Nov. 20 performance will take place at South Church, 292 State St., Portsmouth, N.H. at 3 p.m.
Since 1977, Amare Cantare has performed masterworks and choral music from five centuries. Based in Durham, N.H., the chamber choir’s auditioned members come from all over the Seacoast and strive for musical excellence in the performance of challenging and diverse repertoire. The group has produced three albums including En Vivo: Choral Music of Spain and the Americas, Amare Cantare Live, and to love to sing. For more information on the upcoming concert and their past recordings, visit amarecantare.org.
Seacoast Village Project presents ‘Taking the Measure of Nature: A Kayak Adventure in Glacier Bay’
PORTSMOUTH — The Seacoast Village Project will present “Taking the Measure of Nature: A Kayak Adventure in Glacier Bay” with Walter and Emma Rous on Wednesday, Nov. 16 at 3 p.m. at the Durham Public Library. The program is free and open to the public.
In the summer of 2021, Walter and Emma Rous took an extended kayak trip by themselves in the wilderness of Alaska’s Glacier Bay. In this program, they will share their journey and “take the measure of nature” through photography, nature writings, and some architectural analogies.
Walter Rous has an architecture degree from MIT, has designed many projects on the Seacoast, and enjoys photography. Emma Rous taught environmental literature in the Oyster River High School English Department. Walter and Emma are observers and explorers of the natural world and have canoed, kayaked, and hiked together for 50 years. Both Walter and Emma Rous are Seacoast Village Project members. They live in Durham.
The live presentation will also be available via Zoom. Advance registration is required for both the in-person and virtual event. Interested participants should go to www.seacoastvillageproject.org and select the correct event on the website calendar in order to register.
Noble High School presents 'The Prom’
NORTH BERWICK, Maine —The Noble High School Theater Department will present the new Broadway hit musical, The Prom, Nov. 17 to Nov. 20. Thursday, Nov. 17 at 7 p.m. is a dress preview. Tickets are $7 in advance and $9 at the door. Full performances will be Friday, Nov. 18 at 7 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 19 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 20 at 4 p.m. Tickets are $10 in advance and $12 at the door. All tickets are available in advance on our website and in person beginning one hour prior to show time. Please note the later time on Sunday to allow for a sporting event at Noble. Performances will take place in the Philip W Hussey Theater at Noble High School located at 100 Noble Way, North Berwick, Maine.
The show is directed by Kelli Leigh-Ann Connors with musical direction by Kathy Fink and Katie Gall, produced by Kathy Fink, and choreography by Madeleine Aubin. For more information visit https://www.onthestage.tickets/noble-high-school-theater-department.
Learn to Draw Classes at Seacoast Artist Association
EXETER — On Mondays starting Dec. 5, from 12:30 to 2:30 p.m., for eight weeks come to the Seacoast Artist Association for Learn to Draw classes. For more information, and to see if there is room left in this class, call 603-548-6694 or email rtaillon@comcast.net. A percentage of each tuition is donated to the Seacoast Artist Association. Information is also available at the Seacoast Artist Association website: http://seacoastartist.org. Classes will be taught by Revelle Taillon, a member of the Seacoast Artist Association in Exeter, NH. She holds a BFA from ULowell and has won regional and national awards.
This article originally appeared on Portsmouth Herald: Exhibits, galleries, theater and more: Seacoast arts and culture news
