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Dates:Tue from 5/13/14 - 5/13/14
Hours:7:30 PM
Ages:Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:Indoor
Cost:Free see below
Category:Music & Concerts

Stephen Bates was a clarinetist with the Kennedy Center’s Opera Orchestra for 36 years and also an abstract artist who works primarily in watercolor collage.

His work has been exhibited in both The Watergate Gallery and The Parish Gallery.

He currently lives in Manchester and will perform a program showing the integration of art and music.

Bates will perform Brahms’ Sonata No.

2 for clarinet and piano, Stravinsky’s Three Pieces for Clarinet, and Stephen Kleiman’s Sonatine No.

2 for clarinet and piano, “Inner Dance”.

During the program, he will show his own works of art and works by Kandinsky and briefly discuss Kandinsky's move towards abstraction (changing language) as well as synaesthesia—the connection between two senses—in this discussion the connection between colors or images triggered by different sounds.

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Free, no tickets required.

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rcmf.org/community.html#language

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37 Main Street, Rockport, MA, 01966 map
Phone: 978-546-7391

Travelling by Car
Drive north on Route 128 (through two rotaries) to the traffic light in Gloucester.
At the traffic light, turn left onto Route 127.
Drive 4 miles to Rockport.
Continue through “Five Corners” onto Route 127A (Broadway) toward the harbor. It’s a slight vere to the right. At the stop sign at Mt. Pleasant Street (lighthouse in median), turn left and then bear left onto Main Street. The Shalin Liu Performance Center is on the right at 37 Main Street.

Travelling by Train
Rockport is accessible by commuter rail from Boston and other Northshore towns. The commuter rail originates from North Station on the Green line in Boston. The train station is ½ mile walk to the concert hall.

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