Archive for the ‘New Hampshire’ Category
The Meeting School Visits Apple Hill
November 12th, 2009 by Meg
Apple Hill educational outreach includes tours from Turkey to California, but workshops also happen right here in New Hampshire. The Meeting School recently visited Apple Hill and wrote about their experience on The Meeting School Blog:
Thanks to board member Nancy Lloyd, on September 16 students had the opportunity to visit the Apple Hill Center for [...]
Tags: Education & Outreach, Monadnock Region, NH
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Concert Review: “Few good excuses to be elsewhere”
July 21st, 2009 by Apple Hill
“A Tuesday in the Barn,” by Dave Eisenstadter
The Monadnock Ledger
June 25, 2009
The Apple Hill Center for Chamber Music summer concert series is extremely successful despite several details one might consider obstacles. The concert venue is well off the beaten path, on a dirt road in Nelson. The concerts happen on Tuesday nights. And they happen [...]
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Monadnock Region Concert Series–May 3rd, 2009
May 14th, 2009 by Apple Hill
By Gordon Peery
View the original article here.
Capping off a day that had begun with Morris Dancing and a Maypole Dance on the Common, the Apple Hill Chamber Players presented their final program in the 2008 - 2009 Monadnock Region Concert Series in the Nelson Congregational Church, at 3:00 p.m.
It is quite amazing to have a [...]
Tags: Concerts, Monadnock Region, NH
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It’s almost that time of year again…
May 4th, 2009 by Meg
From the Spring 2009 newsletter. View the full newsletter here.
Every summer, Apple Hill opens its rural Nelson, New Hampshire grounds to student and professional musicians from around the world. Over the course of the Summer Chamber Music Workshop, lives change as people hone their skills and discover lifelong friends and mentors. The Apple Hill campus, [...]
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The Keene Sentinel: “Arts feel the budget pinch”
April 3rd, 2009 by Meg
Apple Hill’s Director Lenny Matczynski was recently interviewed by the Keene Sentinel for an article about state budget cuts. Go Lenny!
Arts feel the budget pinch
Cuts in N.H. may affect federal money
By Jessica Arriens
Sentinel Staff
Published: Sunday, March 29, 2009
From legislation passed more than 40 years ago comes the mission of the N.H. Arts Council — a [...]
Tags: Monadnock Region, NH
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Masterclass in Manchester, NH
March 24th, 2009 by Amelia
The Apple Hill Chamber Players travel across the world to perform and give masterclasses — and sometimes they just travel a few miles down the road. Thursday, March 19 brought the quartet to the Manchester Community Music School for an masterclass and concert.
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Funding the Arts: More than just money
March 20th, 2009 by Amelia
As any supporter of the arts knows, an economic slump spells trouble for arts funding. We were dismayed but not surprised to hear that Gov. Lynch suggested a budget cut to the Council of the Arts. On Tuesday, March 17, Lenny, Sarah, Rupert, Meg and I travelled to the Concord State House to make our [...]
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