Music Worcester, Inc.

#GratiTuesday Today's shoutout goes out to everyone who made #BACHtoberfest 2024 unforgettable! We’re beyond grateful to our collaborators, artists, vendors, and especially our audience for joining us for our inaugural BACHtoberfest weekend celebration. 🎃🍻🎹 A special shoutout to CONCORA, First Unitarian Church of Worcester and Allegra Martin, Zlatomir Fung, Peter Krasinski, the BACHtoberfest Choir, Chris Shepard, our friends at George's Coney Island, and Mechanics Hall. Thank you all for your parts in bringing this weekend to life; we are so proud to share a community, a stage, and a love of music with each of you. Thank you to all who showed up to celebrate BACHtoberfest with us. Here’s to more incredible moments together (and more Bach-to-Bach Bach in 2025)!

#ThrowBackThursday to the arts scene in Massachusetts 152 years ago. Here we have Chorus tickets for The World's Peace Jubilee and International Music Festival held in Boston in June of 1872. We also have a visitor's ticket for The Worcester County Music Festival held in Worcester in October of 1872, which started on Wednesday, October 16th and ended on Friday, October 18th. Next Friday, October 18th (152 years later), we are kicking off the opening night of our 2024-2025 Season with The Philip Glass Ensemble at Mechanics Hall, followed by our inaugural BACHtoberfest weekend from the 25th through the 27th. Learn more and join us at: https://lnkd.in/ghzY5jXk

#GratiTuesday A heartfelt thank you to Kristjon Imperio, Executive Director of Pakachoag Music School of Greater Worcester, for joining us as a guest speaker at last night’s annual meeting! We are grateful for our ongoing collaboration with Pakachoag Music School and look forward to another incredible season of working together to bring the arts to our student musicians and their communities.

#ThrowBackThursday We went on a mini-excursion through the depths of our archives today and found this vintage seating chart for Mechanics Hall! Regular attendees will recognize the layout of the stage and the balconies, though our floor seating has been updated throughout the years in to be in compliance with updated regulations for maximum capacity within the hall.

We're excited to add to our team! We're looking for a Communications Manager to help us tell the Music Worcester story in marketing and fundraising campaigns. Is that you? Please apply! Is that someone you know? Please share! (We know that quick apply button through LinkedIn is tempting, but if you go that route, please also send a cover letter to music@musicworcester.org.)

#GratiTuesday This week is all about our incredible Board Members! Thank you for your time, insights, and dedication at this weekend's annual board retreat. Your passion for the arts and unwavering support of Music Worcester continue to inspire us all. We’re so grateful to have a team that is committed to enriching our communities through the performing arts. Here’s to another amazing year of bringing world-class performances to Worcester!

#GratiTuesday This National Arts in Education Week, we celebrate the incredible arts educators in our communities! Thank you for inspiring creativity and nurturing a love for the arts in students of all ages. Your work shapes a brighter future for the arts in Worcester and beyond!

#ThrowbackThursday to 1990, when the incredible Yo-Yo Ma opened for the 132nd Annual Music Worcester Festival with the Junge Deutsche Philharmonie! This concert was not just the opener for the 1990-1991 Season; it also marked the re-opening of Mechanics Hall. And we have very exciting news: Yo-Yo Ma returns to Mechanics Hall this January! Don’t miss your chance to see him live once again. Visit our website for more information: https://lnkd.in/eUrAcJv3

This #GratiTuesday, we are thinking of our incredible corporators here at Music Worcester. Your unwavering support and commitment to our cause helps us bring world-class performances and enriching arts experiences to our communities. Together, we're creating unforgettable moments and fostering a vibrant cultural scene in Central Massachusetts. Thank you for being an essential part of the Music Worcester family! ❤💛💙

This #GratiTuesday, we're sending a huge shoutout to our incredible friends at The Village Worcester, Worcester's Afrocentric cultural, learning, and healing center that empowers BIPOC communities by fostering connections rooted in racial justice, creativity, and community healing. Thank you for partnering with us to bring the phenomenal String Queens to the JMAC for our Summer@ series. Your support and partnership made this unforgettable performance possible, and it was truly a night to remember!