Paul Katz News

New England Conservatory announces the winter-spring 2022 series of master classes and residencies by world-class artists.

New England Conservatory has announced the winter-spring 2022 series of master classes and residencies by world-class artists.

The concert will bring together a star-studded cast of performers who have been impacted by Katz's teaching, coaching, and collegiality throughout his career. Proceeds from the event will provide needed financial support of CelloBello's programs and digital resources.

String quartet the Omer Quartet will perform a livestream concert at 2 p.m. on Sunday, November 15, 2020 as part of the 2020–2021 Recital Series season.

Jamie deRoy & friends Presents GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN Part 3 in honor of those we've lost.

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston has announced that its first ever virtual fund-raising event, ENTR'ACTE: A Musical Journey from Our Past to a New Future, will remain online indefinitely.

Reagle Music Theatre of Greater Boston invites friends, family, patrons, and guests to pull up a virtual front row seat for ENTR'ACTE, A Musical Journey from Our Past to a New Future, on Sunday, June 28 at 7:00 p.m. ENTR'ACTE, brought to viewers in part through the generous sponsorships of Waltham Tourism Council and Stanton Insurance Agency of Waltham, will stream across multiple Reagle Music Theatre digital platforms, including YouTube, Facebook, and its website, ReagleMusicTheatre.org.

Chamber music and jazz aficionados alike will want to mark their calendars for Music Mountain's 91st Season! America's longest-running chamber music festival kicks off on June 7 honoring the late Peter Serkin's legacy, with pianist Benjamin Hochman and Friends playing Bach and Mozart at the 2020 Music Mountain Opening Benefit Concert & Reception.

New York based singer-actress, Maureen Taylor, brings an unusual cabaret to Don't Tell Mama this holiday season based on the lyrics of Michael Colby. Cosmic Connections: Six Degrees of Michael Colby will bow at Don't Tell Mama on Dec. 21st and is scheduled for four total performances on Dec. 21st, 27th and 28th at 7pm, and Dec. 29th at 2pm.

'Slay it With Music In Concert' played to an ample house to benefit the INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE, a global humanitarian aid, relief, and development nongovernmental organization founded by, get this, Albert FREEKIN Einstein (His actual full name lambkins... j/k). The IRC provides emergency aid and long-term assistance to refugees and those displaced by war, persecution, or natural disaster.

Actor-Singer-Director, Eric Michael Gillett, has joined the cast of Michael Colby and Paul Katz's Slay It With Music In Concert a?" to benefit International Rescue Committee. The original musical, acclaimed in both London and off-Broadway, is an ode to Grande Dame Guignol, the genre of 1960s horror movies in which stars like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford made screen comebacks, in the tradition of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Sunset Boulevard, and Psycho. It's a perfect way to cap off Halloween weekend, promising laughs, thrills and chills. The show is Saturday, November 2nd at 7 pm at The Green Room 42, on the 4th Floor of YOTEL at 42nd Street and 10th Avenue. The concert version features an all-star cast, directed by Charles Repole with musical direction by Phil Reno. Tickets range between $22.50 and $62.50, and are available now online at: https://tinyurl.com/yyyo4vhn. There is no minimum required at GR42.

Michael Colby and Paul Katz, the creative team behind Tales of Tinseltown, have another Hollywood musical in the offing. On Saturday, November 2nd at 7 pm, The Green Room 42 presents Slay It With Music In Concert a?" to benefit International Rescue Committee. The original musical, acclaimed in both London and off-Broadway, is an ode to Grande Dame Guignol, the genre of 1960s horror movies in which stars like Bette Davis and Joan Crawford made screen comebacks, in the tradition of What Ever Happened to Baby Jane?, Sunset Boulevard, and Psycho. It's a sharp way to cap off Halloween weekend, promising laughs, thrills and chills. The Green Room 42 is on the 4th Floor of YOTEL at 42nd Street and 10th Avenue. The concert version features an all-star cast, directed by Charles Repole with musical direction by Phil Reno. Tickets range between $22.50 and $62.50, and are available now online at: https://tinyurl.com/yyyo4vhn. There is no minimum required at GR42.

The venerable, Connecticut-based Music Mountain concert series has announced its full 2019 summer season comprising two distinct series. Marking 90 continuous years of presenting outstanding artists and beloved repertoire to East Coast concertgoers, Music Mountain is now the oldest running chamber music series in the nation, which now features the Chamber Music Concerts series and Twilight Series.

Newton's New Philharmonia Orchestra, Francisco Noya, Music Director, will continue its 2018-2019 Season with Masters and Their Masterpieces, the first performance in the Classics series.  The performances will take place on Saturday, November 17 at 8:00 p.m. and Sunday, November 18 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 848 Beacon Street in Newton Centre.  Tickets for the performances are $10-48 and are now available online at www.newphil.org

Newton's New Philharmonia Orchestra, Francisco Noya, Music Director, will continue its 2018-2019 Season with Masters and Their Masterpieces, the first performance in the Classics series.  The performances will take place on Saturday, November 17 at 8:00 p.m. andSunday, November 18 at 3:00 p.m. at the First Baptist Church, 848 Beacon Street in Newton Centre.  Tickets for the performances are $10-48 and are now available online at www.newphil.org

The ASPECT Foundation for Music & Arts continues its third New York City season of illuminating performances today, November 1, 2018 at 7:30pm with Beethoven: Intimate Letters at the Italian Academy at Columbia University. The program features the virtuosic Ariel String Quartet in Beethoven's String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 6 and String Quartet, Op. 131, one of the composers first alongside one of his last.

The ASPECT Foundation for Music & Arts continues its third New York City season of illuminating performances on Thursday, November 1, 2018 at 7:30pm with Beethoven: Intimate Letters at the Italian Academy at Columbia University. The program features the virtuosic Ariel String Quartet in Beethoven's String Quartet, Op. 18 No. 6 and String Quartet, Op. 131, one of the composers first alongside one of his last.

Heartbreak House celebrated its opening night last night, September 6. BroadwayWorld was there and you can check out all the photos below!

Music Mountain, America's longest running summer chamber music festival, continues its 89th season with another weekend of extraordinary music. The all-female Cassatt String Quartet, with guest artist Paul Katz, cello offer a program featuring Borodin; Shostakovich; and Schubert on Sunday, August 26 (3pm). The weekend music begins with first time guests Amina Figarova Quintet playing her original jazz compositions on Saturday evening, August 25 (6:30pm). Concerts are scheduled through September 23.