Summer Entertainment in Full Swing at South Shore Conservatory

South Shore Conservatory’s (SSC) popular summer concert series Summer Spotlight features diverse entertainment next week and throughout July in the Jane Carr Amphitheater, One Conservatory Drive, Hingham. Summer Spotlight’s two series, Wacky Wednesdays family concerts and Evenings Under the Stars Saturday evening concerts, each have a performance on tap. WATD is the generous media partner for the family concert series.

Wacky Wednesdays concert series presents Bats in the Band, SSC’s delightful adaptation of New York Times bestselling author Brian Lies’ latest children’s “bat” book, on Wednesday, July 8, 10 am. This special production features Lies, a Duxbury resident, reading from a jumbo-sized version of Bats in the Band, accompanied by music from talented South Shore Conservatory faculty members. In addition to Plymouth Philharmonic Conductor and Music Director Steven Karidoyanes, a Hallelujah chorus, string quartet, country, blues and rock ensembles, and melodious storyteller all join in the one-of-a-kind musical fun. Klara Geder of Duxbury plays the part of Little Bat.
Following the production children are invited to play with the interactive musical BATSmobile, complete with its playable “sewer pipe organ.” Lies stays after the concert to sign books made available by Cohasset’s Buttonwood Books & Toys for purchase, along with several other “bats” titles.

On Saturday, July 11, 7 pm, the Evenings Under the Stars Festival Orchestra and Conductor Nicholas Palmer present The Best of the Classics: Mozart and More!, generously sponsored by the The Palmer Family. Maestro Nicholas Palmer is sponsored by Phyllis Godwin/Granite Electric Supply Company.

Maestro Palmer leads the professional orchestra in a concert of beloved classics that include Mozart’s Serenata Notturna, and Impressario Overture, two excerpts from William Walton’s Henry V, Franz Joseph Haydn’s Cello Concerto in C Major which features SSC faculty cellist Adele Carter, and Concerto for bassoon, strings and continuo “La Notte” Antonio Vivaldi, which features SSC faculty bassoonist Janet Underhill.

The remaining Wacky Wednesdays performances include 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. Other Evenings Under the Stars concerts include The Follen Angels on July 18, Alliance Brass Quintet on July 25 and The Mikado on August 1.

Tickets for Evenings Under the Stars concerts purchased in advance are $35 for pavilion seating, $40 on performance day, and $20 for lawn seating, $25 on performance day for Saturday evening concerts. Tickets for the Wacky Wednesdays family concerts are $15 for adults and $5 for children. 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. Tickets may be purchased online at www.sscmusic.org/evenings_under_the_stars.html. For more information or to order tickets, visit www.sscmusic.org or call 781-749-7565, ext. 22.

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 3,500 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.