Winchendon Music Festival

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Winchendon Music Festival
Genreclassical, folk, jazz, historical performance, and world music
Location(s)Winchendon, Massachusetts, United States
Years active2016–present
Founded byAndrew Arceci

The Winchendon Music Festival (WMF) is a non-profit organization and concert series held in Winchendon, Massachusetts. The Festival showcases performances by international artists from a variety of genres including (but not limited to) classical, folk, jazz, historical performance, and world music.[1] Concerts are free to the public, with support from several local Cultural Councils, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the Robinson Broadhurst Foundation, the Winchendon History & Cultural Center, and the First Congregational Church of Winchendon.[2]

Background[]

Founded in 2016[3] by multi-instrumentalist, scholar, and composer Andrew Arceci,[4] the Winchendon Music Festival is dedicated to the memory of his father, Robert J. Arceci (1950-2015), a pediatric oncologist with a passion for the arts.[5]

The Festival's founder, Andrew Arceci, serves as Festival Director and frequent benefactor. He often leads and directs several of the Festival's musical programs each year. He is the director of the Collegium Musicum at Wellesley College,[6] a Fellow at Harvard University,[7] and performs internationally on viol, violone, and bass.

The Festival presents solo, small ensemble, and chamber orchestral programs at several venues, including Old Centre Church in the Old Centre Historic District, and the salon room at the Winchendon History & Cultural Center.[8][9]

Past Seasons[]

2016 Festival[]

  • Andrew Arceci, Teresa Wakim, & WMF artists
  • Floyds Row
  • John Arcaro & Band

2017 Festival[]

  • Andrew Arceci, Teresa Wakim, & WMF artists
  • Andrew Arceci & WMF artists
  • John Arcaro & Band
  • Andrew Arceci & WMF artists
  • Andrew Arceci & WMF artists

2018 Festival[]

  • Andrew Arceci & WMF artists
  • Anne Azéma
  • John Arcaro & Band
  • Muscari
  • Floyds Row
  • John Arcaro & Band

2019 Festival[]

  • Andrew Arceci & WMF artists
  • John Arcaro & Band
  • Beth Bahia Cohen
  • Chris Moyse
  • Jennifer Ashe & Christina Wright-Ivanova
  • Randall Scotting, Andrew Arceci, & WMF artists
  • Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol Trio

2020 Festival, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[10][11][]

  • Cristiana Pegoraro, piano
  • Burcu Gulec Quartet
  • Bob Winter - With Strings Attached
  • Worcester Jazz Orchestra
  • Franziska Huhn, harp
  • Naomi Yamaguchi, piano
  • William Simms, theorbo
  • Teresa Wakim (soprano), Asako Takeuchi (baroque violin), & WMF artists
  • Jaap ter Linden, baroque cello
  • Andrew Arceci & WMF artists
  • Bill Staines, singer-songwriter
  • John Arcaro & Band

2021 Festival, cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic[12][13][]

References[]

  1. ^ Duckett, Richard. "Festival puts Winchendon on the musical map". telegram.com. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  2. ^ Winchendon Music Festival, retrieved 2020-04-01
  3. ^ Durling, Doneen. "Winchendon Music Festival kicks off May 4". The Gardner News. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  4. ^ http://www.emmanuelmusic.org/who/spotlight/who_musician_spotlight_arceci.html
  5. ^ Piana, Ronald. "Noted Pediatric Oncologist, Robert J. Arceci, MD, PhD, Dies". The ASCO Post. Retrieved 1 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Andrew Arceci". Wellesley College. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  7. ^ "Andrew Arceci". cmes.fas.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  8. ^ "Winchendon Music Festival at Old Centre Church coming up on June 1st". Athol Daily News. 2018-05-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  9. ^ "Winchendon Music Festival to continue this weekend". Monadnock Ledger-Transcript. 2019-06-26. Retrieved 2020-04-01.
  10. ^ Durling, Doneen (2020). "Keeping the concerts going - Winchendon Music Festival finds ways to continue playing during the pandemic shutdown". The Gardner News.
  11. ^ Duckett, Richard (2020). "Winchendon Music Festival postponed". telegram.com.
  12. ^ "Popular Winchendon Music Festival postponed for another year". Athol Daily News. 2021-06-09. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
  13. ^ "As Winchendon Music Festival is postponed for a second year, it looks to be flexible for the future". Telegram & Gazette. Retrieved 2021-09-14.
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