Highfield Hall will present “Love Walked In”, a lecture and recital with piano virtuoso Virginia Eskin, on Thursday, February 12 at 11am. Musical expressions of lust and love will be the theme as Eskin's program explores the connection between heart and mind. With the piano and a provocative narrative she will showcase how women and men compose differently. Composers featured in the program include Liszt, Rachmaninov, Schumann, MacDowell, Beach and Ragtime musician Joe Lamb.

More Information: Virginia Eskin has performed as a soloist with many orchestras, including the Annapolis, Buffalo, Louisville, New Hampshire, Rochester, San Francisco, Santa Barbara and Utah Symphony Orchestras, the Boston Classical, the Israel Sinfonietta, and the Boston Pops. She has also performed as a soloist with the New York City and Boston Ballet Companies, at the Morgan Library in New York City and Jordan Hall in Boston, and in concert halls and museums throughout the United States and Europe. Eskin's many recordings include works by American composers Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Rebecca Clark and George Chadwick. With the Hawthorne Quartet she recorded Chamber Music From Theresienstadt (Channel Classics), Music of Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, (Koch) and Silenced Voices (Northeastern). She also recorded Dvorak's Piano Quintet with the Portland String Quartet (Arabesque). In 2008 Koch released her premiere recording of works by Czech composer Vítezslava Kaprálová, which has received wide acclaim. Music at the Mansion is supported in part by a grant from the Cape Cod Five Cents Savings Bank Charitable Foundation. The next concert in the popular chamber music Salon Series will be “La Sue Bella Voce” on Sunday, March 8 at 4pm, and will feature the singer Philip Lima and pianist William Merrill. Highfield Hall, a center for arts and culture, is located at 56 Highfield Drive in Falmouth. Highfield Hall is operated by Historic Highfield, Inc., a nonprofit organization founded in 1994 to save, restore, and operate the 1878 mansion. Driving directions and information about Highfield Hall’s cultural programs and events may be found at www.highfieldhall.org.

An evening of tunes and songs traditional and original performed on a variety of stringed instruments (hammered dulcimer, bouzouki, banjo, guitar, etc etc)

A day of music in various genres, donated by local talent, to raise funds for the American Red Cross Haiti Relief effort. Lunch/dinner menu available. All welcome. (Entertainment schedule on page 2 of website flyer.)

More Information: www.capeirish.com/haiti/haiti_flyer3.pdf

Cotuit Center for the Arts (CCftA) proud to present Boston’s First Lady of Jazz, Rebecca Parris, on Saturday, February 27th at 8pm. Rebecca Parris was born in Newton, Massachusetts on December 28, 1951. She was born of a family of musicians and educators. Rebecca performed from the age of 6, mostly in musical theatre. Her parents encouraged her to pursue the study of music. She studied with world-famous vocal coach, Blair MacClosky (her uncle) and attended the Boston Conservatory. Rebecca started her professional career in music working with various top 40's bands in the Northeast. She found that she preferred singing jazz and embarked upon a career in the jazz world. Rebecca has performed all over the world with her own groups, as well as with some of jazz's greatest legends, including Dizzy Gillespie, Buddy Rich, Woody Herman, Terry Gibbs, David "Fathead" Newman, Norman Simmons. Harold Jones, Andy Simpkins, Gerry Wiggins, Bill Cunliffe, Red Mitchell, Buster Cooper, Nat Pierce, and many others. With under 200 seats, the CCftA performance space provides an up close and personal experience for all music and theater lovers. This concert should not be missed!