MLT Summer of Music to host "Holly and Higgs" Saturday, July 27

MLT’s Summer of Music Series continues on Saturday, July 27, with “Holly & Higgs” staring local powerhouse vocalist Holly Cameron and keyboard genius Steven Higgs for an intimate performance featuring stripped down versions of R&B, Soul, Pop, and Jazz hits.

Praised for her “rip-roaring high notes” by the Boston Globe, Holly Cameron is well known in Marblehead as the soprano soloist for the Old North Church and Old North Festival Chorus. With degrees in voice performance from New England Conservatory and Cincinnati Conservatory, the classically trained soprano has been seen on both national and international stages and is a frequent featured soloist with New England regional choruses and orchestras. In recent years, Cameron has built a growing reputation as a soul singer, often collaborating with award-winning blues guitarist, Chris Fitz, in churning out high powered tunes from legends like Aretha Franklin, Alicia Keys, Tina Turner, Patti LaBelle and more. For more information about Cameron, visit www.hollycameronsoprano.com, Facebook or Instagram: hollycameronsinger

Steven Higgs has been called a human jukebox, best known for replicating piano renditions of the Beatles, Billy Joel, Elton John, Sting, and movie themes by John Williams. Higgs’ music variety includes Standard and Big Band Jazz, R&B, Pop/Rock, Ragtime, Broadway and Film songs/themes, New Orleans Dixieland and Funk. Additionally, he studied classically for many years and has mastered Mozart and Beethoven Sonatas, works by Chopin, Bach, Scarlatti, Liszt, and Gershwin’s "Rhapsody in Blue,” to name a few. Higgs has been based in Metro-Boston since 1995 after years of studying and playing in New Orleans. He has several residencies in hotels & restaurants as a solo pianist, and is in high demand as a freelance musician with full bands, duos and trios, and singer-songwriters. He is also a session-keyboardist/pianist/accompanist and co-composer on various music projects in addition to teaching piano. For more information about Higgs, visit http://stevenhiggs.homestead.com.

Tickets for the “Holly & Higgs” concert on July 27 are $10 for students and $20 for adults and can be purchased online at mltlive.org or at the door subject to availability.

Future concerts are scheduled for Saturday evenings on August 24, August 31, and September 7. All concerts will begin at 8 p.m.

The first open mic night is Thursday, July 25. Future open mic nights will be August 1, August 15, August 29, September 7, and September 12. Admission is $5 at the door for audience members and performers. Sign-in for performers begins at 7 p.m. The music will begin at 7:30 p.m. and will run approximately two hours. Open mic nights are open to performers of all ages.

All Summer of Music events are at MLT’s Firehouse Theatre at 12 School St. in Marblehead. The series is produced by Craig VanRemoortel.

Started in 1955, the award-winning Marblehead Little Theatre is one of the oldest community theatre groups in New England, having consistently presented live-theater productions and performances for over six decades.

For more information about Marblehead Little Theatre and the Music of Summer open mic nights and featured performers for upcoming concerts, visit mltlive.org.

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