Upcoming Events
Outer Cape Winds
A new offering from Arts Empowering Life
Performing Arts Center
A Community Band for players of all ages and abilities.
Discover the joy of music in the company of kindred spirits. Outer Cape Winds, a vibrant new wind ensemble, welcomes individuals of all ages and abilities to share in the magic of making music together. Whether you’re a seasoned player or have just begun your musical journey, join us as we create harmonious melodies and forge lasting friendships. Repertoire will include classic wind ensemble music, marches, Broadway tunes, and more.
The Fall semester begins Tuesday, September 12 at 9:00 AM
Walk ins welcome; No Audition required; Please bring your own instrument.
Gloriæ Dei Cantores Auditions for Handel’s Messiah Christmas Portion
Saturday, October 14, 12-3 PM
Gloriae Dei Cantores is holding auditions for the Christmas portion of Messiah to be sung December 15 & 16.
Auditions will be held on Saturday October 14 at the Performing Arts Center in Brewster (95 Southern Eagle Cartway) from 12-3 PM, with rehearsals beginning on Tuesday evening, October 17, from 7-9 PM
If you would like to audition, please prepare a solo of any type, as well as the Christmas portion chorus parts appropriate to your voice. An accompanist will be provided for you.
If you have any questions, please contact Paul Tingley at paul [at] artsempoweringlife [dot] org.
Arts & Entertainment Lecture: Historical Trumpet Demonstration & Recital on Baroque Trumpet
Saturday, Nov. 18, 3:30 PM
Presented by Jared Wallis, DMA
Performing Arts Center
This event will feature performances of numerous works written for the natural trumpet and explore the use of this majestic instrument throughout history. Spanning the earliest known sounds to some of the most impressive solo works of the high baroque era, attendees will learn about the function and fashion behind the trumpet from the sixteenth to the eighteenth century and get a glimpse into the lives and careers of trumpeters in ages past. This lecture will be presented by Dr. Jared Wallis, Assistant Professor of Baroque Trumpet at the Eastman School of Music, with years of performance experience and enthusiastic study of early music and period instruments. No tickets required.
Stay tuned for more lecture topics!
About the Arts & Entertainment Lecture Series:
Delve into a diverse array of subjects, from the rich history of the trumpet to the intricate nuances of baroque performance practice. Presented by esteemed experts and enthusiasts, each lecture is a gateway to expand your knowledge, ignite your imagination, and deepen your appreciation for the arts. Join us in celebrating the power of creativity and culture as we explore, learn, and connect.
SERVICE OF ADVENT LESSONS & CAROLS
Friday & Saturday, December 1 & 2, 2023, 4:30 PM
Experience the hope of the season with candle-lit services of Advent Lessons and Carols, a beloved tradition for over thirty years. Hear readings, prayers, and carols sung by Gloriæ Dei Cantores at the Church of the Transfiguration. All are welcome — no tickets required. The service will also be livestreamed on Saturday, Dec. 2.
For more information, call 508-240-2400.
Arts & Entertainment Lecture: Sackbut Demonstration & Recital
Saturday, Dec. 9, 1:00 PM
Presented by Ben David Aronson, DMA
Performing Arts Center
No tickets required.
Stay tuned for more lecture topics!
About the Arts & Entertainment Lecture Series:
Delve into a diverse array of subjects, from the rich history of the trumpet to the intricate nuances of baroque performance practice. Presented by esteemed experts and enthusiasts, each lecture is a gateway to expand your knowledge, ignite your imagination, and deepen your appreciation for the arts. Join us in celebrating the power of creativity and culture as we explore, learn, and connect.
Handel’s Messiah, Christmas Portion
December 15 & 16, 2023, 7:30 PM
Gloriæ Dei Cantores
Annual Carol Sing
December 23, 2023
Performing Arts Center
95 Southern Eagle Cartway, Brewster, MA
Celebrate the joy of Christmas with our annual festive Carol Sing at the newly completed “state-of-the-art” Performing Arts Center (95 Southern Eagle Cartway) in Brewster, MA. Bring the whole family to hear stunning carols performed by ensembles of Arts Empowering Life, and join in on favorites like Angels we have heard on high, Joy to the World, and Go Tell it on the Mountain! Stay tuned for details.
Tickets & Information:
508-240-2400 | artsempoweringlife.org
All events are subject to change.
Recent Events
David Briggs Organ Concert
September 9, 7:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
Hear internationally renowned organist David Briggs in a return concert on the surround-sound St. Cecilia organ at the Church of the Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans. Mr. Briggs’ performances are acclaimed for their musicality, virtuosity, and ability to excite and engage audiences of all ages. Stay tuned for concert program details!
Gaudete Baroque Ensemble in Concert
Declarations and Dances: The Many Colors of Baroque Chamber Music
Sunday, August 27, 2023 3:30 PM
95 Southern Eagle Cartway, Brewster, MA
Gaudete Baroque Ensemble offers a wonderful summer concert of joyful baroque music at the new Performing Arts Center in Brewster. The concert will feature an exquisite Sonata by Galliard for bassoon and harpsichord, a trumpet and small baroque ensemble work by Purcell, and other small chamber works by Bach, Handel, Corelli, and Albinoni. Tickets for students and youth are always Free!
Gaudete Baroque Ensemble seeks to bring joy and stylistic expression to a wide variety of Baroque chamber music. Gaudete Baroque ensemble is a performing ensemble of Arts Empowering Life.
Tickets: 508-240-2400
Chara Mallet Percussion Ensemble in Concert
A Classical Celebration of Joy!
Saturday, August 19, 2023, 7:30 PM
Performing Arts Center
95 Southern Eagle Cartway, Brewster, MA
Join us for a joy-filled evening of baroque and classical favorites heard through a fresh voice of mallet percussion! The concert will include excerpts of Water Music by Handel, selections from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi, two Mozart Piano sonatas played on marimba and vibraphone, organ fugues by J. S. Bach played by a marimba quartet, and other works by Telemann and Rossini. Tickets for students and youth are always Free!
Chara Percussion from Orleans, Massachusetts, seeks to bring a fresh voice to classical repertoire through percussion ensemble, exploring music ranging from early polyphony, to classical, impressionist, and contemporary works. Chara is a performing ensemble of Arts Empowering Life.
Summer Performing Arts Camp
(Grades K-12)
July 10-August 17, 2023
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
Performing Arts Center Grand Opening Celebration
Saturday, August 12, 2:00 PM
95 Southern Eagle Cartway, Brewster, MA
Lovers of the Arts, young and old… join us in celebrating the Grand Opening of a new, green, innovative Performing Arts Center on the Lower cape! The celebration, hosted by Arts Empowering Life, will begin with an inaugural ribbon cutting, followed by exhibits about the center, a festive reception, and tours of this new community space.
Free Admission for ALL!
Built during the world-wide pandemic, this structure is a fulfillment of a vision for the arts which will last for generations to come. Inspired by the four elements: earth, wind, fire, and water, the center was designed to foster creativity, inspiration, and exploration for artists young and old. The center will be a place to break molds, pursue excellence in the Arts, and forge new paths, tearing down societal isolation and promoting healing, restoration, and wholesome human connections both now and for generations to come. Be a part of the celebration!
Transfiguration Concerts
August 4 & 5, 7:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Join us for a Summer Celebratory Concert of stunning classical favorites in the amazing acoustic of the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans. Under the baton of Richard K. Pugsley, the world renowned choir Gloriæ Dei Cantores with brass ensemble, orchestra, and guest soloist, offer a glorious program including John Rutter’s “Gloria,” “All things Bright and Beautiful,” and “For the Beauty of the Earth,” Mozart’s “Exsultate, Jubilate,” Elgar’s “Nimrod from Enigma Variations,” Karl Jenkin’s “Benedictus” from “The Armed Man” and Holst’s “Two Psalms” for choir and orchestra. The church is “an architectural wonder” (Cape Cod Travel Guide) filled with fresco, mosaic, glass work and sculpture by local and international artists. Make this concert a resplendent highlight of your summer! Tickets are selling now. As always, tickets are free for students and youth.
Organ Concert: Hymns of Faith and Praise
Sunday, July 16, 3:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
In-person and Livestreamed
Be enveloped by the surround-sounds of the St. Cecilia Organ and its kaleidoscope of colors at the Church of the Transfiguration in Orleans! This joyous summer program performed by Artists-in-Residence, SharonRose Pfeiffer and James Jordan, will feature hymn settings for organ by William Bolcolm, Harold Darke and John Rutter, including “Amazing Grace,” “What a Friend We Have in Jesus,” and “O God, Our Help in Ages Past,” as well as a virtuosic set of concert variations by 19th century New England composer John Knowles Paine.
Gregorian Chant Retreat: Feast of St. Benedict
July 9-13, 2023
Community of Jesus
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
Independence Day Service
A Sacred Recollection: Revival of the Revolutionary Heart
A Service of Remembrance, Prayer, and Praise
July 4, 2023, 7:30 PM
Celebrate the 4th of July at a service honoring Independence Day with reflections on God’s guiding hand over America’s founding and history, and music by Gloriæ Dei Cantores and other ensembles of Arts Empowering Life at the Church of the Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans.
No Tickets Required.
12th ANNUAL VISUAL DESIGN RETREAT!
June 19-23, 2023
Performing Arts Center, Brewster, MA
Organist Marilyn Keiser in Concert
Saturday, June 3, 2023, 7:30 PM
St. Cecilia Organ
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
A virtuoso concert organist, Marilyn Keiser has performed across the United States and has been a featured artist for the International Congress of Organists in Cambridge, England; in concert at the Royal Victoria Hall with the Singapore Symphony; at the American Cathedral in Paris, the Southern Cathedrals Festival in Winchester, England and the Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil.
Gloriæ Dei Cantores Ascension Concert
May 19 & 20, 2023, 7:30 PM
Also livestreamed on May 20
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
Be transported by “expert renditions of Gregorian chant” (NY Times), and celebratory works by Britten, Brahms, Finzi, Gabrieli, Mozart, Purcell, and Vaughan Williams, accompanied by handbells, brass ensemble, and the surround sound St. Cecilia Organ.
Gaudete Baroque Ensemble in Concert
May 6, 2023
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
Gregorian Chant Retreat: Chants of Easter
April 27-May 1, 2023
Community of Jesus
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
Brass Ensemble Easter Concerts
Saturday, April 8 & Sunday, April 9, 2023
In Person, also livestreamed on Sunday, April 9th
Sunday Egg Hunt for Kids after the Concert
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES LENTEN CONCERT
works by Palestrina, Byrd, Lassus
Saturday, March 25, 2023
In Person and Livestreamed
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES IN CONCERT: RENAISSANCE MASTERS
February 11, 2023, 3:30 PM
In-Person and Livestreamed
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
Be immersed in the sacred sounds of the Renaissance from masters including Palestrina, des Prez, and Taverner.
Tickets: 508-240-2400 or Purchase online here
FREE tickets for students and youth 18 & under.
EPIPHANY EVENSONG
Saturday, January 7, 2023, 5:00 PM
In-Person & Livestreamed
Join Gloriæ Dei Cantores and members of the Gaudete Baroque Ensemble for a special Epiphany Choral Evensong at the Church for the Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans, featuring J. S. Bach’s cantata, Schwingt freudig euch empor, BWV 36. No tickets are required.
For more information, call 508-240-2400.
CHRISTMAS EVE VIGIL SERVICE
December 24, 2022, 9:00 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
Introit—What Sweeter Music, Bennett
Mass—Missa O Magnum Mysterium, de Victoria
Psalm—96
Offertory—Wide, Wide in the Rose’s Side, Martinson
Communion—Ecce Concipies, Handl
CAROL SING
December 23, 2022, 3:00 PM
Celebrate the joy of Christmas with a festive Carol Sing at the newly completed “state-of-the-art” Performing Arts Center (95 Southern Eagle Cartway) in Brewster, MA on December 23 at 3:00 p.m.—FREE for all ages! Bring the whole family to hear stunning carols by world-renowned Gloriæ Dei Cantores, the Wind Ensemble, Chara Percussion, brass, and join in on favorite carols like Angels we have heard on high, Joy to the World, and Go Tell it on the Mountain. Refreshments for all!
For more information, call 508-240-2400
ELEMENTS THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS A CHRISTMAS CAROL
A Dramatic Re-telling of the Classic Story
By John Mortimer, Adapted from the story by Charles Dickens
December 16 & 17, 7:30 PM
December 18, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts Center, Brewster, MA (95 Southern Eagle Cartway)
Elements Theatre Company recounts Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, harkening back to the original method of storytelling used by Dickens himself. The imaginative, vibrant and vital descriptions of his characters and places bring to life the London of his day, with a rich understanding of humanity as revealed in one man’s journey to a new heart. Harness your imagination to the theatrical brilliance of Dicken’s language and accompany Scrooge as the Spirits lead him on a “voyage of discovery.”
Tickets: 508-240-2400 | elementstheatre.org
ADVENT ORGAN MEDITATION: HIS LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS
Sunday, December 11, 3:30 PM
In-Person & Livestreamed
Reflect on His Light in the Darkness through an Advent organ meditation with works by Langlais, Buxtehude, and Dupré. The concert will be performed by Sharon Rose Pfeiffer, Artist-in-Residence, on the newly completed St. Cecilia organ at the Church of the Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans.
For tickets, call 508-240-2400, or purchase here
SERVICE OF ADVENT LESSONS & CAROLS
Friday & Saturday, November 25 & 26, 2022, 4:30 PM
Livestreamed with extended organ prelude on Saturday, Nov. 26, 3:30 PM
Experience the hope of the season with candle-lit services of Advent Lessons and Carols, a beloved tradition for over thirty years. Hear readings, prayers, and carols sung by Gloriæ Dei Cantores at the Church of the Transfiguration. All are welcome — no tickets required.
Doors open one hour before each service
For more information, call 508-240-2400.
VETERANS’ DAY CONCERT: SACRED HONOR
Friday & Saturday, November 11 & 12, 2022, 7:30 PM
Livestreamed Saturday, Nov. 12
Arts Empowering Life presents “Sacred Honor” featuring John Rutter’s Gloria and Gerald Finzi’s Requiem da Camera in commemoration of Veteran’s Day. Performed by Gloriæ Dei Cantores choir with orchestra and brass ensemble, and the Wind Ensemble at the Church of the Transfiguration, Rock Harbor, Orleans, this concert honors the lives of Veterans and pays respect to warriors throughout the ages who have answered the call of sacrifice.
FREE Tickets for all Veterans – Thank you for your Service!
For tickets, call 508-240-2400, or purchase here
DAVID BRIGGS ORGAN CONCERT
Saturday, October 22, 7:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Orleans, MA
Hear guest organist David Briggs in concert, an internationally renowned organist whose performances are acclaimed for their musicality, virtuosity, and ability to excite and engage audiences of all ages. Brigg’s program will feature a live improvisation on four submitted themes. Watch David illustrate his improvisational genius and creativity as a five-movement organ symphony comes to life!
GLORIÆ DEI CANTORES IN CONCERT
In Honor of St. Michael & All Angels
Friday, September 30, 7:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Orleans, MA
GREGORIAN CHANT FALL RETREAT
September 27 – October 1, 2022
BAROQUE ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Saturday, August 27, 2022, 7:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Orleans, MA
Performing Arts Camp for Kids
July 5 – August 13, 2022
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
TRANSFIGURATION WIND ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Saturday, August 6, 2022, 7:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Orleans, MA
Gloriæ Dei Cantores Concert: God & Country
July 2, 2022, 7:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Orleans, MA
Visual Design Retreat
June 13 – June 17, 2022
5 Bay View Drive
Orleans, MA 02653
CHARA PERCUSSION ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Saturday, June 11, 2022, 7:30 PM
Sunday, June 12, 2022, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
WIND ENSEMBLE PENTECOST CONCERT
Sunday, June 5, 2022, 3:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
BAROQUE ENSEMBLE CONCERT
Saturday, May 14, 2022, 7:30 PM
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
in-person and livestreamed
Gloriæ Dei Cantores presents Handel’s Messiah
April 15 – April 17, 2022
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
Lenten Concert Series
March 5 – April 17, 2022
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA