Music for a Great Hall Series
Artistic Director: Leonardo Ciampa
Leonardo Ciampa (Mechanics Hall Composer-in-Residence 2021-2023) is the Artistic Director for this brand new concert series, a celebration of the wide variety of great music from the past and present, performed by top-notch performers from Worcester and beyond. Mechanics Hall is one of the acoustically finest concert halls in the United States, boasting three awe-inspiring instruments: the "Worcester Organ" (built in 1864, the E. & G.G. Hook Opus 334 is one of the world's greatest concert hall pipe organs) and two Hamburg Steinway concert grand pianos. Mechanics Hall is known throughout the world as a great concert hall, but is loved throughout Worcester as a gathering place for a variety of great and unique events. "Music for a Great Hall" honors both the global and local aspects of this space which can truly be called "one of a kind"!
Ticket Price
Adult - $20
Senior - $15
12 & Under - FREE
ABOUT LEONARDO CIAMPA
Born in Boston in 1971, composer/organist/pianist Leonardo Ciampa is a musician of international repute. Ciampa is Mechanics Hall Composer-in-Residence 2021-2023, Director of Music at Emanuel Lutheran Church in Worcester, MA (since 2019) and Maestro di Cappella Onorario of the Basilica in Gubbio, Italy (since 2015). He was artistic director of organ concerts at MIT (2009-2016) and founding director of Arts MetroWest (2012-2019). As an organ recitalist, Ciampa has made over a dozen European tours encompassing Italy, Austria, Germany, and Switzerland. He is particularly admired in Italy, where he has played in numerous international festivals (Festival Perosiano, Festival Biellese, Organi Storici della Valsesia, Le Voci della Città, Festival Organistico Lauretano, Organi Vespera, Reate Festival, etc.). He has given organ recitals at cathedrals in Vienna, New York City, Boston, Lucca, Altenberg, Brandenburg, Tortona and Biella; at basilicas in Rome, Turin, Loreto, Tortona, Gubbio, Absam, and Rieti; and at abbeys in Dürnstein and Camaiore.
Music for a Great Hall Series Schedule 2024
February 13, 2024
Italian Opera
7:30pm
June 15, 2024
Concert in Celebration of Juneteenth
7:30pm