Broadway in Boston

The Joan Watson-Jones Jazz Ensemble is a captivating musical group based in Derry, NH, known for their intensely communicative style of singing and poignant lyrics that elicit an emotional response. With a repertoire filled with meaningful songs that pay homage to personal experiences and important messages, Joan Watson-Jones and her ensemble deliver a captivating performance that leaves audiences wanting more. Led by Joan Watson-Jones, a talented singer-songwriter, the ensemble showcases her exceptional storytelling abilities through bountiful lyrics that touch on themes of love, hope, and civil rights. Backed by a supporting trio led by music director and arranger Frank Wilkins, the Joan Watson-Jones Jazz Ensemble creates a musical experience that is both heartfelt and soul-stirring.Generated from the website

Boston's Chorus pro Musica was founded in 1949 by the late Alfred Nash Patterson, one of the most influential forces in choral music in New England, and quickly built a superb reputation for its professional-level musical standards and innovative programming. Over the years, these strengths have led to collaborations with such organizations as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Boston Philharmonic, the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, Craig Smith and Emmanuel Music, and the Boston Academy of Music, as well as various opera companies including Boston Concert Opera, Opera Company of Boston, and Commonwealth Opera. The chorus has twice received Grammy nominations for recordings made with the Boston Symphony Orchestra on the RCA label. Chorus pro Musica's dedication to new and rarely performed choral music has resulted in numerous Boston premieres, several American premieres, and at least two world premieres ; the Poulenc Gloria and the Britten War Requiem. Chorus pro Musica continues to develop partnerships with such leading musical organizations as the Boston Philharmonic, Newton Philharmonic and the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras. In 1998 we were proud to perform in the Lila York World Premiere of Boston Ballet's Ode to Joy, a sweeping, impassioned new ballet set to the final movement of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. We have been proud to join the Boston Philharmonic in performances of Mahler's Eighth Symphony and, most recently, his Second Symphony.