Press Releases

Beethoven Unleashed Stars Renowned Pianist Martina Filjak

Condutor-less concert features Concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee

HYANNIS, MA—March 12, 2019

When the conductor’s away, the orchestra will play. The Cape Symphony’s Beethoven Unleashed is a first-ever conductor-less performance featuring Concertmaster Jae Cosmos Lee and internationally acclaimed pianist Martina Filjak.

Noted banking executive receives first annual Warren Marsh Cultural Ambassador Award

HYANNIS, MA—February 5, 2019

The Cape Symphony & Conservatory is pleased to announce that the organization has selected Dorothy Savarese, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank, as the first recipient of the Warren Marsh Cultural Ambassador Award.

Family-friendly performance showcases the script and songs from the 1939 film

HYANNIS, MA—January 15, 2019

“We’re off to see the Wizard” in a very rare and unique presentation of The Wizard of Oz in Concert on Saturday, Feb. 9 and Sunday, Feb. 10 at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center. The Cape Symphony partners with Cotuit Center for the Arts in this evocative take on the original Harold Arlen film score where actors and orchestra share the stage.

Cape Symphony presents concert featuring music from Carmen and The Ring

HYANNIS, MA—January 3, 2019

Some of the most powerful music of opera is actually not sung, but played. In this unusual and unique event, the Cape Symphony will present beautiful and unforgettable symphonic moments of opera, letting the orchestra take center stage in Opera Without Words on Saturday, January 19 and Sunday, January 20.

Former “American Idol” contestant “wowed” audiences in Broadway Rocks, returning for Jan. 1 concert

HYANNIS, MA—December 12, 2018

From garnering the coveted “golden ticket” on "American Idol" and placing fourth on the popular TV show in 2007 to the Broadway stage in the Oprah Winfrey-produced, Tony Award-winning musical, The Color Purple, LaKisha Jones is a powerhouse vocalist with magnetic energy.

Community to help local military families with donations of new, unwrapped toys

HYANNIS, MA—November 20, 2018

For military families, the holiday season may arrive with one or more parent away from home on duty or deployed. During the Cape Symphony’s Holiday on the Cape concerts, military personnel will park a Harbor Master boat at the Barnstable Performing Arts Center and collect new, unwrapped, packaged toys for local military families.