Your donations will be matched by a Challenge Grant from the Nantucket Golf Club Foundation. We appreciate, and depend upon, your support!
Check out our PROGRAMS page for our latest 2010 Summer Offerings!
2010-2011 Registration and Policy Form >>
CONCERT: ORIGINAL JAZZ, TANGO, KLEZMER and more... Saturday, August 29 5pm
Heath Allen – piano, composer
Ken Ulansey — soprano sax, penny whistle
Mollie Glazer — cello
Location: ‘Sconset Chapel - Suggested Donation: benefits 'Sconset Chapel & NCMC:Nantucket Community Music Center
Heath and Ken both live and work in Philadelphia, PA. They have played together for over thirty years, having met while attending Penn.
Ken is a musician and psychologist who has explored many worlds of music. His own band, the Ken Ulansey Ensemble, records and plays at concerts, clubs and parties, drawing from such diverse styles as Swing, Soul, Klezmer and Samba. Ken is a former member of the Relache Ensemble for New Music and has played on over one hundred recordings of classical, jazz, folk and pop music.
Heath is a musician, composer, conductor and educator. Heath has composed and conducted music for countless theater and dance works in the US and Europe and has recorded seven CD’s of his unique jazz, classical and theater music. Heath’s music has been featured on Fresh Air w/ Terry Gross on NPR. Heath has served as music director for The Ken Ulansey Ensemble since its inception.
Mollie Glazer is the Executive Director of Nantucket Community Music Center. Her newest CD with cellist, Ethan Philbrick will be released in September. Mollie has performed throughout the US and Europe and has recorded for five record labels. She is a frequent soloist at the Bethlehem Bach Festival.
Musical Mondays: 12:15 - 12:45pm July 5, 12, 19, 26, August 2, 9
Enjoy FREE Concerts featuring performances by NCMC:Students and Instructors.
Methodist Church, Centre St. Donations Appreciated!
French Chamber Music Concert: Thursday, August 12th 6pm
Former NCMC student Nick Davies is producing this concert and playing the clarinet with cellist and former NCMC instructor, Jing Li, along with other friends from Boston.
Congregational Church, 62 Centre St. Suggested Donation.
ANNUAL PIPE ORGAN CRAWL: October 9th, Saturday 9-12pm
A rare cultural treat! There are 6 pipe organs nestled in the heart of Downtown Nantucket. Spend a morning experiencing each of them being played in a way that best expresses their ability, with a little history about the music and the organs themselves.
Admission by donation. See schedule TBA for this self-guided tour.