South Shore Conservatory's 2015 Summer Spotlight Tickets On Sale

Tickets go on sale May 1 for South Shore Conservatory’s 2015 Summer Spotlight outdoor concert series. Summer Spotlight includes the popular Evenings Under the Stars Saturday evening concerts, and the much-loved Wacky Wednesdays family concerts. All performances take place in the Jane Carr Amphitheater at One Conservatory Drive in Hingham

Wacky Wednesdays family concerts include musical entertainer Little Groove on July 1, a live performance of New York Times bestselling author-illustrator Brian Lies’ best seller Bats in the Band, with Lies narrating, on July 8, Boston-based children’s singer-songwriter Vanessa Trien and the Jumping Monkeys on July 15, five-time Parents’ Choice Award winner Ben Rudnick and Friends on July 22, and Grammy-nominated Zak Morgan on July 29.

Evenings Under the Stars (EUS) concerts include the Evenings Under the Stars Festival Orchestra, with Hingham native Nicholas Palmer conducting, presenting The Best of The Classics: Mozart and More! on Saturday, July 11, The Follen Angels on July 18, Alliance Brass quintet on July 25, and Gilbert and Sullivan’s comic operetta The Mikado on August 1. Preconcert receptions allow EUS concertgoers to relax with a glass of wine and light appetizers and converse with other music lovers.

Parking for Wednesday morning concerts is onsite for everyone. Although limited onsite parking is available for handicapped patrons, parking for Saturday night concerts for the public is at the Hingham School Bus Depot.

Tickets for all Summer Spotlight performances may be purchased online at www.sscmusic.org. Tickets for Wacky Wednesdays family concerts are $15 adult and $5 children. Evenings Under the Stars tickets purchased before the day of the concert are $35 for pavilion and $20 for lawn seating. Evenings Under the Stars tickets purchased at the door are $40 for pavilion seating and $25 for the lawn. Cabaret seating for six is available at Evenings Under the Stars concerts for $140 per table, and includes a bottle of wine. Season subscriptions to the four Saturday evening concerts are available for $195 for pavilion and $160 for lawn seating and include the pre-concert receptions. There is no charge for children under three.

We are grateful to our Summer Spotlight sponsors this season, which, as of April 27, include Jane Carr and Andy Hertig, Hingham Institution for Savings, Hemenway & Barnes, and Deborah Allinson. For more information on Summer Spotlight programs or sponsorships, or to order tickets, visit www.sscmusic.org, call 781-749-7565, ext. 22, or follow South Shore Conservatory on Facebook.

About South Shore Conservatory
South Shore Conservatory, recently recognized as a national model for arts education by the National Guild for Community Arts Education, is celebrating nearly 45 years of enriching the lives of South Shore residents through music and the arts. SSC was founded as a not-for-profit community music school in 1970 and now has two beautiful campuses in Hingham and Duxbury. Currently serving over 3500 students of all ages and abilities, SSC is the largest community school for the arts in Massachusetts. Students participate in more than 50 diverse programs in music, dance and drama. Through innovative partnerships with social service agencies, SSC’s Creative Arts Therapies department supports the mental, emotional, and physical health of some of our community’s more fragile members. SSC’s Hingham campus is located at One Conservatory Drive, Hingham, 781-749-7565. SSC’s Duxbury campus is located at the Ellison Center for the Arts, 64 St. George Street, Duxbury, 781-934-2731. South Shore Conservatory is a member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education. SSC programs are supported in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, a state agency. For more information call us, follow us on Facebook or visit www.sscmusic.org.

In keeping with SSC’s inclusive mission to provide access to quality education in the arts for all, the Conservatory offers programs for all segments of the population to enjoy, regardless of age, ability, geography, and financial means. Furthermore, South Shore Conservatory admits students and families of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school.