March 28, 2024

Join us for the spectacular second half of CCC Season 13!

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As our Season 13 concerts are coming to the end of this summer, we wanted to remind you of the concerts that have not yet happened, and also to let you know of some other concerts that have been added to the season

Pianist Kirk Whipple – Solo Piano Recital

Concert Pianist, Composer and Executive Director of Cranberry Coast Concerts, Kirk Whipple, will perform a recital of major works for solo piano. His program will consist of Moonlight Sonata (Op. 27 #2 in C sharp minor) by Ludwig van Beethoven, Gaspard de la Nuit by Maurice Ravel, Sonata #7 in B flat major by Sergei Prokofiev and selections from Whipple’s original works for solo piano. These performances will include the world premiere of his latest work, Swamp Devil, a virtuoso rock and roll etude.

Whipple, with his wife and partner Marilyn Morales, have toured the world together for three decades, performing in a wide variety of ensembles and concert settings. They were married in a 1992 ceremony that included the world premier of their original “Concerto in B Minor for Two Pianos and Orchestra.” Founders and directors of Cranberry Coast Concerts, the duo also performs with The United Nations Piano Quartet (The UNPQ) and The Unconservatory Festival Orchestra (The UFO). Their recording with The UFO, “Danzas Para Dos Pianos y Orquesta” (Dances For Two Pianos and Orchestra), has been widely acclaimed and garnered Whipple the prestigious Florida State Individual Artist Festival for his original compositions.
Friday, August 17th, 7 PM: Eastern Bank, 226 Main Street, Wareham, MA, 02571
Saturday, August 18th, 7 PM: Music of the Bay, 45 Holt Road, Buzzards Bay, MA, 02571
Sunday, August 19th, 3 PM: Whitfield House, 26 North Street, Plymouth, MA, 02360
$25 general / $20 seniors & students / $100 season tickets
Children 5 – 17 free with paid adult
Advance tickets available at Gateway Printing, 174 Main Street, Wareham, MA 02571
Pianist Jacqueline Schwab– “I Lift My Lamp”
Meet Jacqueline Schwab, a folk and classical improvisational pianist who plays "gorgeously spare piano" (The Boston Globe) yet "sounds as if she has an orchestra at her fingertips" (Sing Out). Chosen by the renowned Ken Burns for numerous public television documentaries due to the emotional expression in her playing, Jacqueline has performed on the soundtracks for the Grammy award-winning Civil War, the Emmy award-winning Baseball and Mark Twain, among others. She has performed at the White House for President Clinton in 1997 to celebrate Burns' Lewis and Clark series and also at the Smithsonian in 2000 celebrate its exhibition on the Presidency. In May, 2009, she accompanied Scottish singer Jean Redpath, on the Late Show with David Letterman.

Jacqueline's signature style defies easy categorization, fitting somewhere in the crossover between folk, traditional, classical and new age music. Although many people connect improvisation with jazz, Jacqueline's inspirations are traditional music of England, Scotland, Ireland, and America, blues, vintage tangos, Bach's dance suites, nineteenth-century parlor piano, and the turn-of-the-twentieth-century sounds of Satie, Debussy and Bartok for starters. In the unique Third Stream program at New England Conservatory of Music, from which Jacqueline received a Bachelor of Music degree with honors, she was encouraged to meld different musical traditions into a personal style. She has "… an uncanny sensitivity to the moods and proprieties of music from other eras," wrote New England Folk Almanac reviewer Scott Alarik.
For more information, please visit JacquelineSchwab.com
*One night only!
Friday, August 24th, 7 PM: Music of the Bay, 45 Holt Road, Buzzards Bay, MA, 02571
$25 general / $20 seniors & students / $100 season tickets
Children 5 – 17 free with paid adult
Advance tickets available at Gateway Printing, 174 Main Street, Wareham, MA 02571
Encore Event: Whipple & Morales, Duo Pianists & Composers in Concert at Two Pianos
Back by public demand! Husband and wife pianists/composers Kirk Whipple & Marilyn Morales will perform their original works and arrangements on two magnificent concert grand pianos. The program will include works from the duo’s collections, “Danzas Para Dos Pianos” (“Dances For Two Pianos”), “Elemental Portraits,” “Celebrating Americans,” “Latin Lovers” and “The White Season.” James Dolan, CCC Outstanding Young Artist Emeritus (2010 – 2017) will be joined by his teacher, Steve Tinkham, as guest duo.

The duos will perform on world-class instruments provided by Falcetti Pianos, a Yamaha CFIII and Bösendorfer 280VC, valued at $250,000 each. This concert will be recorded for future broadcasts. Audience members will be required to sign a release form allowing them to be a part of the video recording.
Friday, August 31st, 7 PM: Falcetti Pianos, 579 Worcester Street (RT9 W), Natick, MA 01760

All are welcome. RSVP encouraged! Suggested donation is $25 general, $20 Students and seniors, children 5 to 17 free. (Please find an alternate activity for children under the age of 5.)

CCC Season 13 ~ Grand Finale
Pianists, Composers and CCC Directors Kirk Whipple & Marilyn Morales are joined by regional luminaries for a grand celebration of music to close the summer. On the program will be The CCC Cool Jazz Trio: Pianist Kirk Whipple, Drummer Randy Cloutier and Bassist Tom Casale. The trio will perform imaginative arrangements of classic jazz standards, along with unique, original works – infused with their humor and exciting ensemble playing! Featured guest artists will be vocalists Sarah Mawn, Cathy Portlock-Pacitto, Jessica Schloesser, Steve Tinkham and Linda Westgate, along with pianist James Dolan.
Friday, September 7th, 7 PM: Eastern Bank, 226 Main Street, Wareham, MA, 02571
Saturday, September 8th, 7 PM: Music of the Bay, 45 Holt Road, Buzzards Bay, MA, 02571
$25 general / $20 seniors & students / $100 season tickets
Children 5 – 17 free with paid adult
Advance tickets available at Gateway Printing, 174 Main Street, Wareham, MA 02571

Whipple and Morales Perform at Knights of Columbus Hall in Lakeville

Cranberry Coast Concerts is coming to the Knights of Columbus Hall on September 9th at 3:00 pm in a special live performance. The Knights of Columbus are excited about presenting duo pianists and composers Kirk Whipple and Marilyn Morales. Also featured on the program will be CCC Outstanding Young Artists Emeritus Jimmy Dolan.

The cocktail hour will start at 2:00 pm, at which time light hors d'oeuvres will be served. The concert will start at 3:00 pm, and run approximately until 5:00 pm, including a short intermission. Tickets: $20 per person or $35 per couple. (No season passes for this event.) Advance reservations can be made by calling Kevin Dolan at 508-946-0415.

Special event: Whipple & Morales in concert with Cathy Portlock Pacitto
Husband & wife duo pianists/composers Kirk Whipple & Marilyn Morales will perform in an evening of music for two pianos. They will be joined by special guest artist Cathy Portlock Pacitto, soprano.

In honor of the occasion and in memory of our nation's loss, a special observance of September 11th will take place. The program will include selections from Danzas Para Dos Pianos by Whipple & Morales and Elemental Portraits ~ Nocturnes for Two Pianos by Whipple. Ms. Pacitto will perform songs from the classical and popular repertoire.

Featured guest artist, Cathy Portlock Pacitto, soprano, holds a Bachelor of Music Education from Shenandoah Conservatory of Music. She has studied voice with Kate Tetzel, Philip Sargent, Adele Babcock, Nan Noll, Sonja Tengblad,and Andrea Ehrenreich,and choral conducting with James Laster and Robert Shafer. Ms. Pacitto has sung with Winchester Musica Viva, Greater New Bedford Choral Society and Sippican Choral Society, is formerly a staff singer at Grace Episcopal Church, New Bedford, and is currently singing with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers and the Assabet Valley Chambersingers. A former teacher in both the elementary classroom and in elementary music and theatre, Cathy currently serves as Director of Children’s Ministries at Trinity Church in Boston. Ms. Pacitto is a native of the Massachusetts Southcoast and currently lives in Bellingham with her husband and three very spoiled cats.Ms. Pacitto has been a featured artist with CCC since 2009.

For those who have read the entire event description thus far, we reward you with this treat: Morales and Pacitto will also serve up some humor in Rossini's "The Cat Duet."

Info: (508) 491-8888 / CCC@WhipMo.com
Sponsored in part by Bellingham Cultural Council, MA LCC.
Tuesday, September 11th, 7 PM, Saint Blaise Faith Formation, 1158 S Main St, Bellingham, MA 02019

All are welcome. Donations will benefit the programs of Cranberry Coast Concerts (CCC) and St. Blaise Church. Suggested donation is $25 general, $20 Students and seniors, children 5 to 17 free. (Please find an alternate activity for children under the age of 5.)

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