somerville museum presents:

duo maresienne & special guests

Early Music Afternoons

TWENTY–THIRD SEASON,
2011-2012

All concerts take place at the Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA, and
begin at 3:00 p.m.

FULL SCHEDULE AND INFORMATION

Last year's Early Music Series received glowing reviews from the Boston Globe and others. Read more...

About the Somerville Museum

As the only membership supported, community-based cultural institution of its kind in Somerville, the Somerville Museum is the City of Somerville's mirror, playing a central role in preserving the past, reflecting the present, and helping to shape the future of this diverse urban community of 76,000. Through its innovative programming, the Museum seeks to engage our audience in an on-going dialogue with local artists, scholars, and educators with the larger aim of fostering cultural education and understanding.

The Somerville Museum presents exhibitions featuring local visual arts, history and culture in the context of neighborhoods and community, as well as musical and dramatic performance series; develops hands-on history learning projects in collaboration with the Somerville Public School Department; and is available as a meeting place for local historical and cultural organizations.

The construction of the Museum’s brick Federal Revival style building was begun in the 1920's to house the growing collections of the Somerville Historical Society. In the 1980's, sensing a wonderful opportunity for cultural revitalization, a handful of committed individuals raised the funds to restore and fully renovate the building. The result was the opening in 1988 of the Somerville Museum. The Museum is located on the corner of Central Street, the geographic midline of city maps, in the literal heart of Somerville's residential neighborhoods

Don't Miss:
Early Music Afternoons

FULL SCHEDULE AND INFORMATION

Sunday, January 29, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.

The Tudor Consort: Music from the Courts of Henry VIII and Elisabeth I Mezzo-soprano Pamela Dellal joins El Dorado Ensemble (Carol Lewis, Janet Haas, Mai-Lan Broekman, Paul Johnson, Alice Mroszczyk, and special guest Wendy Gillespie, violas da gamba; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute and Renaissance guitar) in music by Ferrabosco I, van Wilder, Byrd, Parsons, and others.

Sunday, March 4, 2012 at 3:00 p.m.

The Sounds of Vermeer: 17th-century Instrumental Music from the Netherlands

Early Baroque instrumental gems by Schop, Sweelinck, Schildt, Schenck, van den Hove and others, performed by Hendrik Broekman, harpsichord; Olav Chris Henriksen, lute, cittern and Baroque guitar; and Carol Lewis, viola da gamba.

Admission is $17 for the general public, $12 for students, seniors and Museum members. For further information, call 617-666-9810.

Coming Event:
Lafayette and the Farewell Tour

Sunday March 11, 2:00-3:30PM

Alan Hoffman

Lafayette and the Farewell Tour: Odyssey of an American Idol

Join us for a talk and book signing by the author of the Unabridged English Translation of Lafayette en Amérique en 1824 et 1825 published in 1829 by Auguste Levasseur, Private Secretary to General Lafayette During His Trip.

Alan Hoffman is the President of the American Friends of Lafayette and President of the Massachusetts Lafayette Society.

Sponsored by Historic Somerville. More about this program...

Learn about our last exhibit:

Small Obsession

20 artists whose works run the gamut from animation to sculpture, and from photography to oil painting, each with a different perspective on a miniature world. Curated by Carolyn Wirth.

More information:

Small Obsession Website - Photos - Press release

Regular Gallery Hours
Thursdays 2 - 7 pm
Fridays 2 - 5 pm
Saturdays 12 - 5 pm and by appointment

Somerville Museum
1 Westwood Road, Somerville, MA 02143
617-666-9810

1 Westwood Road, Somerville, MA 02143 617-666-9810

somerville museum presents:

duo maresienne & special guests

Early Music Afternoons

TWENTY–THIRD SEASON, 2011-2012

All concerts take place at the Somerville Museum, One Westwood Road (at Central St.), Somerville, MA, and begin at 3:00 p.m.

Last year's Early Music Series received glowing reviews from the Boston Globe and others. Read more...