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NEMPAC Announces Schedule for 2012 Summer Concert Series on the Prado

The North End Music and Performing Arts Center, NEMPAC, presents the 2012 Summer Concert Series on the Prado – Paul Revere Mall in Boston’s North End. The series is on Tuesdays in July and Thursdays in August. Sponsored by My Summer in the City and North End Against Drugs, NEAD. More information on NEMPAC at Read More…

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Video: Bizet’s Opera “Carmen” Performed by NEMPAC at Christopher Columbus Park – Acts I and II

[responsive_youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IqQ2nWbqz9Q] Video: Acts I and II of Bizet’s Opera, Carmen, presented by NEMPAC at Christopher Columbus Park. (Acts III and IV can be viewed here.) Watch it in HD! An awe-inspired outdoor audience gave an enthusiastic response to the Sunday afternoon opera performance of Bizet’s Carmen by the North End Music and Performing Arts Center, Read More…

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Outdoor “Carmen” Opera Production by NEMPAC Amazes Public at Christopher Columbus Park [Photos]

An awe-inspired outdoor audience gave an enthusiastic response to the Sunday afternoon opera performance of Bizet’s Carmen by the North End Music and Performing Arts Center, NEMPAC, at Christopher Columbus Park. Starring NEMPAC performers Alexandra Deitrich as Carmen, Fred VanNess as Don Jose, Laura Hansen as Micaela and Jeff Barth as Escamillo, along with a 20+ Read More…

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Family Fun at the 4th of July Parade and Celebration at Christopher Columbus Park [Photos]

Hundreds of local residents and tourists from around the country came out on Saturday for the 4th of July Family Fun Day Celebration at Christopher Columbus Park organized by the Friends of Christopher Columbus Park. The special event kicks off a week of Tall Ships, Harborfest and War of 1812 Bicentennial commemorations on the waterfront. Read More…

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Bizet’s “CARMEN” Opera Production by NEMPAC on June 29 and July 1, 2012

For tickets, please purchase online at www.nempacboston.org or contact us at 617-227-2270 Performance features local Boston Opera Singers, including NEMPAC instructors Sherri Snow, Alexandra Dietrich, and Rebecca Rapoport-Cole, and a 35 seat orchestra. The June 29th performance will be a staged production. The July 1st Community Performance will be a concertized version outdoors at the Park. Pack Read More…

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NEMPAC Students Perform on Prado For Annual Spring Recital

The North End Music and Performing Arts Center, NEMPAC, held its Annual Spring Music Student Recital on Saturday, June 9, 2012 to a large and enthusiastic audience gathered on the Prado, also known as the Paul Revere Mall. The musicians that performed were students of NEMPAC instructors Sarah Glenn, Rachel Carpenter, Rebecca Rapoport-Cole, Jeremy Sarzana, Read More…

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Community Comes Together to Celebrate Cyrus Dallin, His Iconic Paul Revere Statue and the Prado (Photos)

The Paul Revere Mall in Boston’s North End was the sight of an inspiring community celebration on Sunday, April 29, 2012, commemorating the great American sculptor, Cyrus Dallin, his internationally known landmark Paul Revere statue and the Prado park, designed by famed landscape architect Arthur Shurcliff and architect Henry Shepley. The public event drew hundreds Read More…

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NEMPAC Update from the Executive Director

by NEMPAC Executive Director, Rebecca Griffin One Tuesday, 4/24, Guitar Instructor, and Rock Band Instructor Jeremy Sarzana showed off by lining up and playing in 3 different bands at Johnnie’s on the Side. Showed off??? Jeremy is the most humble guy you’ll ever meet, so I’m bragging on his behalf. The 3 groups played what Read More…

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Irish Folk Music by NEMPAC at Chamber Music Concert

Video: Irish Folk Music – Alex Duval (Violinist) and Elise Kopesky (Clarinetist) “An Evening of Chamber Music” on March 23, 2012 as the North End Music & Performing Arts Center presented a string quartet concert at the Old North Church. View more from NEMPAC’s Evening of Chamber Music at Old North Church The Chamber Music Read More…

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Beethoven in the North End from NEMPAC’s Chamber Music Concert – Video

L.V. Beethoven String Quartet No. 1, Op. 18 Beethoven wrote this piece between 1798 and 1800 and published it in 1801. The string quartet is in the key of F Major and consists of four movements. The second movement was said to have been influenced by the tomb scene from William Shakespear’s Romeo and Juliet. Read More…

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NEMPAC Presents Scott Boni Jazz Trio on Friday, April 27, 2012 at Old North Church

North End Music and Performing Arts Center presents Scott Boni Jazz Trio on Friday, April 27, 2012, 7pm at the Old North Church, 93 Salem Street. Suggested donation of $15, proceeds to benefit NEMPAC’s scholarship fund and programs. Visit NEMPACBoston.org for more information.