Music at the Atwood Concert Series
We are excited to share the news that the Chatham Historical Society will be hosting its third annual Summer Concert Series in the summer of 2024. On select Thursday evenings in June, July and August, the Atwood House Museum will be filled with music, friendship and refreshments as attendees enjoy a variety of musical genres, from jazz and contemporary to bluegrass to classical, with performances by some of today’s top regional talent.
Summer of 2024 Season
Here you can see a gallery of the artists who will be playing at the Atwood this Summer. You will find links to purchase tickets for general admission.
In addition to our exciting lineup of Mural Barn concerts, we will also be hosting two outdoor concerts under a tent on the front lawn of the Atwood Museum this season:
- Bluegrass Bash: Featuring Monica Rizzio and the Tom Hagerty Band.
- An Evening of Jazz: Featuring Jason Anick & Henry Acker Quartet, and trumpeter Summer Camargo and her accompaniment.
Concessions, including beer, white wine, and a selection of non-alcoholic beverages, will be available for sale at the concerts.
All tickets are general admission and seats will not be assigned. If you have any accessibility questions or concerns, please reach out to us at (508) 945-2493 or by email at [email protected]. All concerts will be held at the Atwood Museum at 347 Stage Harbor Rd., Chatham, MA.
Season Tickets
Starting this season, we will be offering a season ticket price for patrons who would like to attend all of this summers’ concerts. The price is $250 per person, a 15% discount. Please scroll to the bottom of the page for purchasing options.
Dianne Spoto, Flutist
June 6th, 6:30 PM
Dianne Spoto Flute quartet consists of flute, violin, viola and cello. The ensemble will perform era-spanning works and arrangements. The performers in this ensemble perform together as colleagues in various orchestras in the New England are, including Boston Philharmonic, BMOP, Cape Cod Symphony, and the Portland Symphony.
Cla da Bossa Nova
June 13th, 6:30 PM
Bossa Nova means “new trend” in Portuguese, and refers to a style of music popularized in Brazil in the late 1950s. Using elements of samba and jazz this style was developed in the beachside areas of Rio de Janeiro.
The guitarist Tad Price had been studying Brazilian music for years and after meeting a young Brazilian singer named Rayssa Delorey on February 2013, his vision of a Bossa Nova band was realized with the creation of Clã da Bossa Nova. Rayssa moved to Cape Cod from Brazil when she was 10 years old. She was introduced to Bossa Nova by her mother, who sang to her all the popular tunes and always encouraged her to pursue singing. Other band members include Michael Dunford on percussion, Peter Murray on Sax, and Susan Goldberg on Bass.
Audrey Wright, violinist: Luminous Being
June 20th, 6:30 PM
Luminous Being is a multi-sensory performance for solo violin and sound responsive light art. It interweaves classical repertoire spanning the 12th through 21st centuries with original music and arrangements by Wright for a magical, poetic, and playful exploration into the connections between sound, light, and technology. For the performance, Wright adorns a bespoke garment of wearable light art created by artist Geoff Robertson, embodying a luminous entity radiating colors, shapes, and patterns represented through sound and visuals.
The Bluegrass Bash: Monica Rizzio and
the Tom Hagerty Band
July 11th, 6:00 PM
Outdoor Concert
For our first outdoor concert of the summer, we are honored to host Monica Rizzio and the Tom Hagerty Band as our two performers for the evening. Join us under the tent on the Atwood front lawn for some drinks and a wonderful evening of bluegrass music.
Monica Rizzio: No stranger to the local music scene, Rizzio is an award-winning songwriter and brings her alt-country original music inspired by her Texas upbringing and years spent in Nashville to the shores she now calls home. Rizzio is a versatile musician, touring across the country on her own; she also plays fiddle and guitar with Tom Rush and owns and teaches at Washashore Music in Orleans.
The Tom Hagerty Band: Tom Hagerty leads one of the very first bluegrass bands to perform regularly on Cape Cod. He and his band have performed at many venues and festivals across the Cape.
Evening of Jazz: Summer Camargo and
Jason Anick & Henry Acker Quartet
July 18th, 6:00 PM
Outdoor Concert
For our second outdoor concert of the summer, we are honored to host Summer Camargo and the Rhythm Future Quartet as our performers for the evening. Join us under the tent on the Atwood front lawn for some drinks and a wonderful evening of jazz music.
Summer Camargo: Summer Camargo is a trumpet student at The Juilliard School , a Jerome Greene Fellowship recipient, and is in her fourth year of college majoring in Jazz Studies. Summer, born and raised in Hollywood, Florida, most recently joined Lenny Pickett and The Saturday Night Live House Band on NBC, recorded her debut album under Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine, won first place in the International Trumpet Guild’s Ryan Anthony Trumpet Memorial Competition, covered for Wynton Marsalis on the Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra’s 2022 Big Band Holidays Tour, and has been performing with her sextet in prestigious venues in NYC such as Dizzy’s and Birdland. She is the first ever triple crown winner in the history of Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Essentially Ellington, winning in 2018 the Ella Fitzgerald Best Soloist award, the J. Douglas White Student Composition Contest, and winning first place in the festival with her high school, Dillard Center for the Arts.
Jason Anick & Henry Acker Quartet: The acoustic jazz ensemble has a straightforward agenda: to keep the spirit of Gypsy jazz alive and expanding in today’s musical universe. The virtuosic foursome, named for a Django Reinhardt tune, offers up a newly minted sound, influenced by the classic Hot Club of France, yet wholly contemporary. Founded by violinist Jason Anick, the quartet performs dynamic and lyrical arrangements of both Gypsy jazz standards and original compositions that draw upon diverse international rhythms and musical idioms. With Max O’Rourke, Henry Acker, and Greg Loughman rounding out the quartet, they are dedicated to expanding the boundaries of a vital musical genre.
Joe Jencks
July 25th, 6:30 PM
Joe Jencks sings with a lyric baritone voice that has the edgy richness of a good sea-salt caramel. A 25-year veteran of the international Folk circuit, an award-winning songwriter and a celebrated vocalist based in the Chicago area, Joe delivers engaged musical narratives filled with heart, soul, groove, and grit. Blending well-crafted instrumentals and vivid songwriting, he is known for his performances of musical beauty, social consciousness, and spiritual exploration. Jencks has penned several #1 Folksongs including the ever-relevant Lady of The Harbor. From Carnegie Hall to Lincoln Center to Festivals across the US and Canada, Jencks has become a fan favorite throughout North America and beyond.
Joy Cline Phinney & Emmanuel Feldman
August 8th, 6:30 PM
Hailed by John Williams as “an outstanding cellist and truly dedicated artist”, cellist Emmanuel Feldman is known for his intense soulful playing and vibrant career working as a soloist, chamber musician, composer, and inventor. Using his invention, the TekStand™ to perform standing with the cello, his concerto “Standing Tall” won the silver medal at the 2022 Global Music Awards. Co-founder of Cello e Basso with bassist Pascale Delache-Feldman, they were called “a musical Lewis and Clark” by NPR. He has performed with the Boston Symphony, Elmar Oliveira, Robert Levin, Jupiter Quartet, and pop artist Bobby McFerrin. Gramophone described his playing on “Our American Roots” with Joy Cline Phinney pianist (Delos) as “an artist who combines communicative urgency with tonal splendor”. Feldman performs worldwide and has been a featured guest artist for Radio France, Bienen School at Northwestern University, Manhattan School, Heifetz and International Cello Institutes and the University of Taipei.
Pianist Joy Cline Phinney, a native of Boulder, Colorado, has appeared in solo and chamber music recitals across the United States and in Europe. Notable concerts include a guest appearance with the Boston Symphony Chamber Players; a return engagement on the New York Philharmonic Merkin Hall Concert Series; annual performances as a member of the faculty at the Sarasota Music Festival and the Cremona International Academy in Italy; and many more.
Joy has collaborated in chamber music concerts, recording projects, and radio and television programs with members of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Cleveland Orchestra, Metropolitan Opera Orchestra, and St. Paul Chamber Orchestra. She is a resident artist with the Boston Public Quartet and with Castle of Our Skins. Her recording credits include Our American Roots: Music for Cello and Piano (Delos), and Rider on the Plains (Albany Records), both with cellist Emmanuel Feldman.
Joy earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in piano from The Juilliard School, and a Doctorate in Ensemble Arts from the Peabody Institute at Johns Hopkins University.
The Piano Men
August 22nd, 6:30 PM
Spanning nearly 50-years in music making, Billy Joel and Elton John have sold over 100 million albums while crafting such iconic hits as Piano Man, Big Shot, I’m Still Standing and Rocket Man. From the creative team that produced 2019’s smash Queen tribute, We Are The Champions and last year’s sold out hit Piano Men, they will present to you a fun and lively show. This concert will star Cape theater favorites Anthony Teixeira and John Connelly and featuring pianist Misao Koyama with The All Star Band!
Ana Glig
August 29th, 6:30 PM
Ana Glig (Gligvashvili) is an award-winning, Georgian-American pianist praised for her ‘’virtuosic command of works” (Sheid Susan, August 8, 2014) and ability to “capture hearts” (Musical America Worldwide). Glig’s playing is recognized for her “lovely expressivness, clarity in legato, balance and perfect logic.” (Pfister Lois, Chatham Music Club Gala Reflections, 2023).
A recipient of the Alfred Cortot prize at the Tbilisi International Piano Competition for the best interpretation of romantic music, Glig has performed internationally in Europe and United States in solo and chamber settings. As an orchestra soloist, Glig debuted with Georgian and Israeli symphonic orchestras and most recently with Cape Symphony and Cape Cod Chamber Orchestras. In solo recital setting, Glig was a recent feature in Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concert in Chicago, Illinois.
Season Tickets
Starting this season, we will be offering a season ticket price for patrons who would like to attend all of this summers’ concerts. The price is $250 per person, a 15% discount. Use the checkout link below to purchase your season ticket today (or give us a call at 508-945-2493)! You DO NOT need a PayPal account to complete the transaction.