The Blind Boys of Alabama Come to Portsmouth

The Music Hall has announced the newest show coming to its already robust and diverse 2014-2015 season of performances, cinema, and literary events on stage and on screen in two theaters. In addition to the five shows we’ve already announced last week we are thrilled to add the world renowned gospel group The Blind Boys of Alabama, a concert in recognition and celebration of of the African Burying Ground.

Music Hall Season Sponsors:
River House Restaurant; Carey & Giampa, Realtors; The Residences at Portwalk Place

2014/2015 Calendar of Shows On Sale to Members February 7

Saturday May 23, 2015: Intimately Yours: Blind Boys of Alabama

The Blind Boys of Alabama first raised their voices together in 1939. More than 70 years later, founding member Jimmy Carter can look back on a career with a long list of awards, including five Grammy Awards and a Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award. The group has also won four Dove Awards from the Gospel Music Association and been inducted into the Gospel Music Hall of Fame. They have entertained around the world, been profiled on “60 Minutes,” and performed for three Presidents at the White House. Blending traditional gospel music with contemporary spiritual material this iconic group has performed with artists from Aaron Neville to k.d. lang.

Series Sponsors: The Lighting Center and Rockingham Electric; The Rosa; WXRV The River

Evening Sponsors: The Provident Bank; Clear Eye Photo

PLUS, MORE ENTERTAINMENT AND EVENTS TO COME

Already on sale for the 2014/2015 season are; Legend Renée Fleming on Wednesday, February 11, Diana Krall on Thursday March 5, and The Moth Mainstage on Saturday March 21.

Intimately Yours Series Sponsors: The Lighting Center at Rockingham Electric; Martingale Wharf; The Rosa; Raka; 92.5 The River

Renée Fleming Evening Sponsors: The Provident Bank; Jenn Madden Realtors; Clear Eye Photo; New Hampshire Public Radio; PARMA Recordings

Diana Krall Evening Sponsors: The Provident Bank; Avery Insurance; The Leddy Group; Pax World Investments; Clear Eye Photo

The Moth Mainstage Evening Sponsors: Bottomline Technologies; Best Western Wynwood Hotel and Suites; New Hampshire Public Radio; The Hippo; The Sound

Additionally, the wildly popular Met @ The Music Hall returns with an exciting and diverse lineup of operas for the 2014-2015 season, broadcast live in spectacular HD in the historic theater on Chestnut Street. Tickets are on sale now. Visit: themusichall.org/calendar/program/met_at_the_music_hall for the all the events in the series.

First Saturdays for Members and Ticket Purchasing

Special ticket on-sales, early-bird box office hours, and merchandise discounts are on tap the first Saturday of every month! On Saturday February 7 the Box Office at the Historic Theater will open at 10am, and at noon, online and phone sales begin. Tickets go on sale to non-members at noon, Saturday, February 21. Tickets can be purchased at The Music Hall box office in the Historic Theater, 28 Chestnut Street, Portsmouth, over the phone at (603)-436-2400, or on our website TheMusicHall.org

About Membership and Early Purchasing
To become a member today and enjoy early ticket purchasing, call our Membership Coordinator, Lorianne, at 603-766-2176 or go online to our http://www.themusichall.org/support_us/memberships.

About The Music Hall

The Music Hall is a performing arts center featuring curated entertainment from around the world in two theaters in its downtown Portsmouth, New Hampshire campus - one, a landmark 1878 Victorian theater, designated an American Treasure for the Arts by the National Park Service’s Save America’s Treasures Program, the other the intimate Music Hall Loft around the corner, recently named “best performing arts venue” by Yankee Magazine and the recipient of the NH AIA award for design excellence.

With acclaimed signature series like Writers on a New England Stage – a partnership between The Music Hall and New Hampshire Public Radio – and the Intimately Yours music series, we bring top authors and artists to both stages. Also, HD broadcasts from The Metropolitan Opera and the National Theatre of London as well as extraordinary cinema fill both screens almost every night of the year.

This dynamic arts center urges patrons to Explore + Learn via master classes, post film panel discussions, and matinees for children. An anchor cultural organization in this historic working seaport, The Music Hall is one of downtown Portsmouth’s biggest employers and largest contributors to the regional economy: The Music Hall and its patrons contribute $7 million annually to the local economy through show and visitor related spending.

Innovative in its outlook, the organization is community oriented and committed to making the Seacoast flourish. The Music Hall is a 501(c)3 nonprofit managed by a professional staff with the assistance of a volunteer board. Though global in the scope of its artists and programs, The Music Hall operates independently with the support of 3,000 members, 300 corporate partners and 58 community partners. Welcoming more than 100,000 patrons (including 20,000 children) each year from the tri-state area and beyond, The Music Hall is the region’s center for the performing arts, literature and education…easy to get to, impossible to forget.

Submitted text and courtesy photo.