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Council on Aging events rescheduled
Because of the recent snowstorm, the Council on Aging has rescheduled several events: A March 8 informational session about the Town Meeting warrant article on fluoridation has been rescheduled for March 15 at 11:30 a.m. The Open Studio artist’s coffee originally slated for March 7 will now be held on April 18 at 2:15 p.m. “The Art…
Pops concert at L-S on Wednesday
The Lincoln-Sudbury Music Department presents Pops Concert 2013 at Lincoln-Sudbury Regional High School’s Kirshner Auditorium on Wednesday, March 6 at 7:30 p.m. The concert is free and will feature selections by the Concert Band, Symphonic Band, String Orchestra, Concert Choir, Valentines Quartets, and a grand finale including all of the music students performing together on…
Monthly open-mic event spotlights musical pros and amateurs
By Brett Wittenberg In Spanish, “loma” means rising ground in the midst of a plain. In Lincoln, LOMA means Lincoln Open Mic Acoustic, and once a month at the Lincoln Public Library, a small hill of musical talent rises. LOMA has its origins in the annual Lincoln Winter Carnival, where residents have been demonstrating their…
Lincoln Winter Carnival schedule is here!
The 2013 Lincoln Winter Carnival kicks off Friday, February 1 with community bingo and a concert by the U.S. Air Force band of LIberty Jazz Ensemble. Other events that weekend include: Girl Scout breakfast Groundhog Day at Drumlin Farm Snowshoe tours at deCordova Vermont PuppeTree performs “Caps for Sale” Community skating Lincoln Family Association Energy…
Lincoln welcomes the new year at First Day
Lincolnites had a great time socializing and enjoying the music of Weston’s Ancient Mariners at the annual First Day celebration hosted by the Pierce House Committee on the afternoon of January 1, 2013. Harold McAleer took photos and created this slide show on YouTube — see how many people you can recognize… Here’s a video of the band…
Tabla music and pizza this Sunday
The Birches School and Lincoln Nursery School are hosting a concert featuring tabla master Sandeep Das from Yo-Yo Ma’s Silk Road Ensemble on Sunday, Dec. 2 at 3:30 p.m. A children’s singalong led by music teachers Mark Weltner and Abby Zocher will follow Sandeep Das’ performance. Families are invited to a pizza party after the…
deCordova scraps art classes for adults
For the first time in decades, adults looking for hands-on art instruction at the deCordova won’t see any offerings.
(This article originally appeared in the Lincoln Journal on September 7, 2012.)
By Alice Waugh
This fall, for the first time in decades, there will be no semester-based art classes at the deCordova Sculpture Park and Museum. DeCordova has scrapped its school in favor of a greater focus on sculpture and family-based programs. The Lincoln Nursery School, which has rented one of the art-class studios for the past two years, is moving its entire operation into the vacated studios.
The museum school closure, which faculty members were told about last November, has engendered a feeling of loss in many students and longtime deCordova faculty members.
Watson strikes new note at First Parish
Ian Watson plays the organ at the First Parish Church.
(This article was originally published in the Lincoln Journal on August 23, 2012.)
By Alice Waugh
As a boy in Buckinghamshire, England, Ian Watson was obsessed with the piano and organ—”that’s all I could ever think about,” he said. He began a distinguished musical career shortly thereafter and now, a decade after emigrating to the United States, he’s adding another piece to his repertoire: music director for Lincoln’s First Parish Church.
Watson, a self-described freelance conductor and keyboardist who lives in Hudson, is artistic director for the Arcadia Players, a period instrument ensemble based at the Massachusetts Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst. For several years, he was also director of music at St. Paul’s Cathedral in Worcester, where he revitalized the choir and started a music festival, and conducted several major concerts a year.