Upcoming Events
Brass, Percussion, and Woodwind Residency Program
Brass, Percussion, and Woodwind Residency Program
Arts Empowering Life invites advanced students and emerging artists to attend a one-week immersive experience at the new Performing Arts Center on Cape Cod. This program offers master classes, ensemble rehearsals, and performance opportunities with some of the finest musicians in the field and is designed to challenge and elevate the musical craft of participants in both solo and ensemble settings.
AEL Residency Program Closing Concerts: All Residency Ensembles—Percussion, Woodwinds & Brass
AEL Residency Program Closing Concerts: All Residency Ensembles—Percussion, Woodwinds & Brass
Join us for the Closing Concerts of the Arts Empowering Life Residency Program—the culmination of a week's worth of work between master teachers and participants ready to launch into professional music careers. Friday's Percussion Ensemble Spotlight concert will feature Varesè's Ionisation, Burritt's White Pines, and Takemitsu's Rain Tree. Saturday's Closing concert will feature works by John Psathas, Paul Hindemith, Henry Mancini, Stan Jones, and featuring Fast Forward, by world-famous composer Joseph Schwantner. Free Admission! The concert will take place at Arts Empowering Life's Performing Arts Center, Brewster, MA.
Pyware Visual Design Retreat
Pyware Visual Design Retreat
This Visual Design Retreat offers a wealth of information on Pyware 3D Drill Design, along with the opportunity for refreshment in Orleans, Massachusetts on beautiful Cape Cod. Come away energized and equipped to provide cutting-edge drill instruction for your marching band, drum corps, winter guard, or indoor drumline.
The Art of Groove
The Art of Groove
What makes music irresistibly compelling? In this engaging talk, The Art of Groove, we’ll explore how rhythm and feel come together to create the magic of groove. From the subtle swing of jazz to the driving pulse of rock, the infectious energy of funk, and the syncopated rhythms of samba, we’ll dive into iconic grooves that have shaped music across genres.
Summer Performing Arts Programs: Young Explorers Program (Ages 5-11)
Summer Performing Arts Programs: Young Explorers Program (Ages 5-11)
Tuesdays and Thursdays
9am-11am; 8:45 Registration
Looking for enrichment and fun for the Kids this summer? Immerse them in the Arts!! Arts Empowering Life presents their summer programs in Theatre, Strings, Percussion, Brass & Woodwinds. The Young Explorers Program offers kids a focused opportunity learn, create, and explore the various disciplines of the Performing Arts guided by instructors from Art Empowering Life! General early music development and basic performance skills will be included. Join the fun learning, making music together or acting, and exploring the arts!
9am-11am; 8:45 Registration
Looking for enrichment and fun for the Kids this summer? Immerse them in the Arts!! Arts Empowering Life presents their summer programs in Theatre, Strings, Percussion, Brass & Woodwinds. The Young Explorers Program offers kids a focused opportunity learn, create, and explore the various disciplines of the Performing Arts guided by instructors from Art Empowering Life! General early music development and basic performance skills will be included. Join the fun learning, making music together or acting, and exploring the arts!
Summer Performing Arts Programs: Young Artists Program (Ages 12-18)
Summer Performing Arts Programs: Young Artists Program (Ages 12-18)
Tuesdays and Thursdays
10am-2pm
Hone your craft at Arts Empowering Life’s fifth annual summer programs in Theatre, Strings, Percussion, Brass & Woodwinds! The young artists program offers students an avenue to continue to develop their skills and artistry throughout the summer months! Continued music development, theory, music history, and performance skills will be included. From the beginner to the aspiring top flight performer, instruction will be specifically catered to the level of each student by world class instructors. Experience the joy of making music or acting at a whole new level in this inspiring new Performing Arts space!
10am-2pm
Hone your craft at Arts Empowering Life’s fifth annual summer programs in Theatre, Strings, Percussion, Brass & Woodwinds! The young artists program offers students an avenue to continue to develop their skills and artistry throughout the summer months! Continued music development, theory, music history, and performance skills will be included. From the beginner to the aspiring top flight performer, instruction will be specifically catered to the level of each student by world class instructors. Experience the joy of making music or acting at a whole new level in this inspiring new Performing Arts space!
Let Freedom Ring! Independence Day BBQ, Concert & Fireworks
Let Freedom Ring! Independence Day BBQ, Concert & Fireworks
Join us for a celebratory evening! Appetizers begin at 5 pm followed by a BBQ dinner on the lawn. A spectacular band concert includes patriotic favorites Liberty Fanfare, Symphonic Portrait, Symphonic Overture, Stars & Stripes, America the Beautiful and Hymn to the Fallen. The night ends with premium seating for the Rock Harbor Fireworks!
Patriotic Hymn Sing
Patriotic Hymn Sing
Join us to celebrate our nation's heritage with a Patriotic Hymn Sing! Enjoy singing national hymns and patriotic songs of America including favorites like America the Beautiful, Amazing Grace, God of our Fathers, and Eternal Father Strong to Save. Bring the whole family for music and fellowship at Arts Empowering Life's new Performing Arts Center in Brewster! Free for all. Light refreshments provided.
Outer Cape Winds Retreat
Outer Cape Winds Retreat
Outer Cape Winds and the Woodland Park Wind Symphony collaborate to host a “Wind Band Retreat,” offering a fantastic opportunity for musicians from these ensembles and from the local community to come together and create beautiful music. The retreat includes band rehearsals, sectionals, and performances led by distinguished guest conductor, Ray Cramer, as well as sightseeing excursions and delicious food!
CREATION, presented by Chara Percussion: Works by Burritt, Viñao, Glass & Saint-Saëns
CREATION, presented by Chara Percussion: Works by Burritt, Viñao, Glass & Saint-Saëns
Join Chara Percussion on an illuminated journey through the story of Creation! From the dark void of nothingness, through the seven days of creation, experience in new dimensions the glorious creation of Light, the order of times and seasons, the separation of the heavens, the creation of the oceans, all sea creatures, plant life, animals, and finally, mankind. This story will come to life through an immersive theatre setting, with reflective poetry, and featuring works by James Tenney, Philip Glass, Michael Burritt, Alejandro Viñao, and featuring movements from Saint-Saën’s Carnival of the Animals.
String Ensemble in Concert: Works by Hovhanness, Arakelian & Franck
String Ensemble in Concert: Works by Hovhanness, Arakelian & Franck
This summer, come in from a balmy summer day to hear the String Ensemble in concert in the “accoustical marvel” (American Record Guide) of the Church of the Transfiguration on Orleans. The program will feature Prayer of Saint Gregory by Alan Hovhaness, Sacred Suite: from Armenian Liturgy, arranged for strings by Grigor Arakelian, and César Frank’s Sonata for Violin and Piano.
CREATION, presented by Chara Percussion: Works by Burritt, Viñao, Glass & Saint-Saëns
CREATION, presented by Chara Percussion: Works by Burritt, Viñao, Glass & Saint-Saëns
Join Chara Percussion on an illuminated journey through the story of Creation! From the dark void of nothingness, through the seven days of creation, experience in new dimensions the glorious creation of Light, the order of times and seasons, the separation of the heavens, the creation of the oceans, all sea creatures, plant life, animals, and finally, mankind. This story will come to life through an immersive theatre setting, with reflective poetry, and featuring works by James Tenney, Philip Glass, Michael Burritt, Alejandro Viñao, and featuring movements from Saint-Saën’s Carnival of the Animals.
Chara Percussion in Concert
Chara Percussion in Concert
featuring works by Glass, Burritt, Viñao, Saint-Saëns
Cape Cod Museum of Art
60 Hope Lane
Dennis, MA
Cape Cod Museum of Art
60 Hope Lane
Dennis, MA
Music, Memory, and Meaning: How creativity helps us belong
Music, Memory, and Meaning: How creativity helps us belong
Join oboist and author Merideth Hite Estevez for a performance and talk exploring the profound ways art connects us. Featuring works of Barber, Debussy, Clara Schumann, and more, this unique concert and discussion invites you to find resonance in the power of music to spark joy and deepen our understanding of the human experience.
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony #2: Resurrection, with Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Creare Symphonia
Gustav Mahler's Symphony #2: Resurrection, with Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Creare Symphonia
Experience the "sheer physical thrill of a live performance" (Gramophone) of Gustav Mahler's monumental Symphony #2: Resurrection, performed by world-renowned choir Gloriæ Dei Cantores and Creare Symphonia, under the direction of Richard K. Pugsley. The Resurrection Symphony has been hailed as a "vast symphonic fresco"(Gramophone), offering an epic journey that is magnificent, spiritual, frightening, charming, triumphant.
Gustav Mahler’s Symphony #2: Resurrection, with Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Creare Symphonia
Gustav Mahler's Symphony #2: Resurrection, with Gloriæ Dei Cantores & Creare Symphonia
Experience the "sheer physical thrill of a live performance" (Gramophone) of Gustav Mahler's monumental Symphony #2: Resurrection, performed by world-renowned choir Gloriæ Dei Cantores and Creare Symphonia, under the direction of Richard K. Pugsley. The Resurrection Symphony has been hailed as a "vast symphonic fresco"(Gramophone), offering an epic journey that is magnificent, spiritual, frightening, charming, triumphant.
Reflecting the Glory: The Gilded Encaustic Art of Sandra Bowden
Reflecting the Glory: The Gilded Encaustic Art of Sandra Bowden
Acclaimed visual artist Sandra Bowden will take us behind the scenes to the biblical roots of her signature gilded encaustic art, particularly the understanding of Glory and how that pertains to her work as an artist. She will take us on a journey of the art’s development, showing how the stunning crosses that hung above the altars of medieval churches launched her quest and how the glorious altarpieces from these churches prompted many of the pieces in her collection.
Juilliard Jazz Duke Ellington Ensemble in Concert
Juilliard Jazz Duke Ellington Ensemble in Concert
Named after Duke Ellington, the iconic jazz composer, pianist and bandleader, the ensemble’s artistic premise is to embrace jazz as an ensemble music, valuing group interaction and individuality as catalysts for creation in the spirit of community. The ensemble sound is informed by the jazz continuum and its own members’ contemporary influences and original compositions.
Small but Mighty: Finding the Magic in the Unseen Instruments of the Percussion Section
Small but Mighty: Finding the Magic in the Unseen Instruments of the Percussion Section
Keith Aleo will take you on a journey to discover the magic of the overlooked instruments in the orchestral percussion section. The instruments you would never think of as important and many think of as an instrument that is “easy to play.” Keith Aleo will take you on an adventure into the world of Complementary Percussion.
Fall Gregorian Chant Retreat
Fall Gregorian Chant Retreat
The Extraordinary Colors of Ordinary Time! Explore the Riches of Tempus per Annum
This Fall, join us for a three-day Gregorian Chant retreat (Sunday dinner through Wednesday breakfast) focused around the many chants of Ordinary Time! Be refreshed by the beauty of the Community of Jesus monastery in the fall, overlooking Cape Cod bay! Participants will join the members of the community singing the Liturgy of the Hours in the “acoustical marvel” of the Church of the Transfiguration. All experience levels are welcome - beginners as well as those already proficient in Gregorian chant. Accommodations and all meals included.
Information & Registration:
508-255-1094 | communityofjesus.org
This Fall, join us for a three-day Gregorian Chant retreat (Sunday dinner through Wednesday breakfast) focused around the many chants of Ordinary Time! Be refreshed by the beauty of the Community of Jesus monastery in the fall, overlooking Cape Cod bay! Participants will join the members of the community singing the Liturgy of the Hours in the “acoustical marvel” of the Church of the Transfiguration. All experience levels are welcome - beginners as well as those already proficient in Gregorian chant. Accommodations and all meals included.
Information & Registration:
508-255-1094 | communityofjesus.org
Aesthetic Reverberations across the Arts: Exploring the Life and Music of Claude Debussy
Aesthetic Reverberations across the Arts: Exploring the Life and Music of Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy once told an American journalist, “I am called a revolutionary, but I haven’t invented anything. (…) There is nothing new in art.” In an Arts Speak lecture with Professor Marie Rolf, trace the artistic growth of Debussy from early compositions to his mature works. Encounter some of the most important friends and patrons, fellow composers, writers, visual artists, and aesthetic ideas that shaped Debussy throughout his life.
Thanksgiving Hymn Sing
Thanksgiving Hymn Sing
Join us as we come together to sing hymns of Thanksgiving and praise at Arts Empowering Life's new Performing Arts Center in Brewster! Bring the whole family for music and fellowship. Free for all! Light refreshments provided.
Nathan Laube Organ Concert
Nathan Laube Organ Concert
Hear guest organist Nathan Laube in concert on the unique surround-sound St. Cecilia organ at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans. A leading performer, pedagogue, and Grammy award-winning artist, Mr. Laube has performed extensively around the globe, and is known for his “masterful” (The Tracker) performances, and for exhibiting playing that was “flawless, inspired, and... transporting.” (Diapason). And the Boston Musical Intelligencer says, "Don't miss him the next time he's in town!" Experience the exquisite artistry of Nathan Laube in concert on the the St. Cecilia organ, complete with 11,964 pipes and restored by Nelson Barden of Boston, is comprised of parts of twenty-seven different E. M. Skinner organs and is the only organ in the world with its particular surround-sound configuration.
Paris, Boston, the Trombone, and Bolero: Joannès Rochut (1881-1952)
Paris, Boston, the Trombone, and Bolero: Joannès Rochut (1881-1952)
Douglas Yeo, who was bass trombonist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra from 1985 to 2012, has been researching the life, work, and influence of trombonist Joannès Rochut for over 40 years. This lecture will include a slide presentation, the Boston Symphony Orchestra’s 1930 recording of Bolero, and Yeo’s own performance of several pieces arranged by Rochut, for both unaccompanied trombone and with piano accompaniment.
Advent Lessons & Carols with Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Advent Lessons & Carols with Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Embrace the spirit of the season with candlelit services of Advent Lessons and Carols—uplifting readings, prayers, and carols performed by Gloriæ Dei Cantores at the Church of the Transfiguration—a cherished tradition for over thirty years. Doors will open one hour before the service; no tickets required.
Advent Lessons & Carols with Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Advent Lessons & Carols with Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Embrace the spirit of the season with candlelit services of Advent Lessons and Carols—uplifting readings, prayers, and carols performed by Gloriæ Dei Cantores at the Church of the Transfiguration—a cherished tradition for over thirty years. Doors will open one hour before the service; no tickets required.
Winter Gregorian Chant Retreat
Winter Gregorian Chant Retreat
Veni Emmanuel: Prepare for the Coming of Christ with the Chants of Advent
During the Season of Waiting, join us for a three-day Gregorian Chant retreat (Sunday dinner through Wednesday breakfast) focused on the Chants of Advent. Be nourished by the beauty of the monastery during the season of Advent. Participants will join the Community of Jesus for singing the Liturgy of the Hours in the “acoustical marvel” of the Church of the Transfiguration. All experience levels are welcome - beginners as well as those already proficient in Gregorian chant. Accommodations and all meals included.
Information & Registration:
508-255-1094 | communityofjesus.org
During the Season of Waiting, join us for a three-day Gregorian Chant retreat (Sunday dinner through Wednesday breakfast) focused on the Chants of Advent. Be nourished by the beauty of the monastery during the season of Advent. Participants will join the Community of Jesus for singing the Liturgy of the Hours in the “acoustical marvel” of the Church of the Transfiguration. All experience levels are welcome - beginners as well as those already proficient in Gregorian chant. Accommodations and all meals included.
Information & Registration:
508-255-1094 | communityofjesus.org
Carol Sing
Carol Sing
During the darkest time of the year, let’s come together to celebrate the Light and Joy of Christmas at the Annual Carol Sing! Bring the whole family to enjoy a delightful mix of traditional and modern carols with ensembles of Arts Empowering Life, join in singing your favorites, and make lasting new Christmas memories. Refreshments provided; FREE admission for all!
Tickets & Information:
508-240-2400 | artsempoweringlife.org
All events are subject to change.