Events
June 9 – 14, 2025
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
Arts Empowering Life invites advanced students and emerging artists to attend a one-week immersive experience at the new Performing Arts Center on Cape Cod. This program offers master classes, ensemble rehearsals, and performance opportunities with some of the finest musicians in the field and is designed to challenge and elevate the musical craft of participants in both solo and ensemble settings.
Featuring works by Burritt, Glass, Saint-Saëns & Viñao
July 18 & 19, 2025
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
Join Chara Percussion on an illuminated journey through the story of Creation! From the dark void of nothingness, through the seven days of creation, experience in new dimensions the glorious creation of Light, the order of times and seasons, the separation of the heavens, the creation of the oceans, all sea creatures, plant life, animals, and finally, mankind. This story will come to life through an immersive theatre setting, with reflective poetry, and featuring works by James Tenney, Philip Glass, Michael Burritt, Alejandro Viñao, and featuring movements from Saint-Saën’s Carnival of the Animals.
Recent Events
December 23, 2024, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
During the darkest time of the year, let’s come together to celebrate the Light and Joy of Christmas at the Annual Carol Sing, held at the beautiful new Performing Arts Center in Brewster! Bring the whole family to enjoy a delightful mix of traditional and modern carols with ensembles of Arts Empowering Life, join in singing your favorites, and make lasting new Christmas memories. Refreshments provided; Free admission for all!
Join Chara Percussion for a special Christmas celebration with a lively mix of traditional and modern carol arrangements, including favorites like God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Angels We Have Heard on High, and O Come, Emmanuel, as well as a set of dances from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. Immerse yourself in the magic of Christmas on Cape Cod and bring the whole family for an unforgettable musical experience. Students and youth can enjoy free tickets. Reserve your tickets now to be a part of this joyful celebration!
Saturday, December 21, 2024, 3:30 PM
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
Join Chara Percussion for a special Christmas celebration with a lively mix of traditional and modern carol arrangements, including favorites like God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Angels We Have Heard on High, and O Come, Emmanuel, as well as a set of dances from Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Suite. Immerse yourself in the magic of Christmas on Cape Cod and bring the whole family for an unforgettable musical experience. Students and youth can enjoy free tickets. Reserve your tickets now to be a part of this joyful celebration!
Tuesday, December 10
Private Concert for Students at Archbishop Williams High School Braintree, MA
Friday, December 13
Private Concert at the Italian Home for Children
Jamaica Plain, MA
Friday, December 13, 2:00 PM
Boston Public Library in Charlestown
179 Main St, Charlestown, MA 02129
FREE ADMISSION
Arts & Entertainment Lecture Series
Saturday, July 27, 2024
Morning Workshop for All Ages! (10am-Noon)
Concert, 7:30 PM
Presented by Ian Hale
Performing Arts Center
95 Southern Eagle Cartway, Brewster, MA
Join us for an vibrant percussion workshop and concert, where rhythm takes center stage and drumming knows no age limits! Everyone’s invited to Celebrate Percussion, a dynamic event guaranteed to make your heart pound and your feet tap. Get ready to explore the world of beats, grooves, and endless possibilities!”
Chara Percussion Ensemble in Concert
Passage to An Uncharted World
Embark on a captivating musical journey, from the graceful dances of European impressionists like Ravel and Dvorak, alongside the rich tapestry of American contemporary composers including Michael Burritt, Christopher Deane, Steve Reich, and Austin Keck. Delve into a vibrant sonic landscape that mirrors humanity’s adventures, joys, trials, and moments of introspection, all illuminated by the evocative sounds of mallet percussion and ethnic drums. Join us for this evening performance with Chara Percussion at the NEW Performing Arts Center in Brewster. Free admission for students and youth!
July 21, 6:00 PM
Brewster Baptist Church
1848 Main St, Brewster, MA 02631
Tickets/Info: 508-896-3381
July 24, 7:00 PM
Wellfleet Preservation Hall
335 Main St. Wellfleet MA 02667
Tickets/Info: 508-349-1800
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
Carol Sing
December 23, 2023, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
Chara Mallet Percussion Ensemble in Concert
A Classical Celebration of Joy!
Saturday, August 19, 2023, 7:30 PM
Performing Arts Center
95 Southern Eagle Cartway, Brewster, MA
Join us for a joy-filled evening of baroque and classical favorites heard through a fresh voice of mallet percussion! The concert will include excerpts of Water Music by Handel, selections from the Four Seasons by Vivaldi, two Mozart Piano sonatas played on marimba and vibraphone, organ fugues by J. S. Bach played by a marimba quartet, and other works by Telemann and Rossini. Tickets for students and youth are always Free!
Chara Percussion from Orleans, Massachusetts, seeks to bring a fresh voice to classical repertoire through percussion ensemble, exploring music ranging from early polyphony, to classical, impressionist, and contemporary works. Chara is a performing ensemble of Arts Empowering Life.
Summer Performing Arts Camps for Kids
July 10 – August 17, 2023
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
EDUCATE. CREATE. INSPIRE! Arts Empowering Life presents Summer Performing Arts Camps for Kids at the new performing arts center in Brewster, MA (95 Southern Eagle Cartway). Join us July 10-August 17 for workshops for kids age K-12 in Strings (Mondays), Theatre (Tuesdays), Percussion (Wednesdays), and Winds (Thursdays). Workshops are from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. with lunch and snacks provided. (8:45 a.m. registration).
Carol Sing
December 23, 2022, 3:00 PM
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
Celebrate the joy of Christmas with a festive Carol Sing at the newly completed “state-of-the-art” Performing Arts Center (95 Southern Eagle Cartway) in Brewster, MA on December 23 at 3:00 p.m.—FREE for all ages! Bring the whole family to hear stunning carols by world-renowned Gloriæ Dei Cantores, the Wind Ensemble, Chara Percussion, brass, and join in on favorite carols like Angels we have heard on high, Joy to the World, and Go Tell it on the Mountain. Refreshments for all!
For more information, call 508-240-2400
Summer Performing Arts Camps for Kids
July 5 – August 13, 2022
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
EDUCATE. CREATE. INSPIRE! Arts Empowering Life presents Summer Performing Arts Camps for Kids at the new performing arts center in Brewster, MA (95 Southern Eagle Cartway). Join us July 5-August 13 for workshops for kids age K-12 in Theatre (Tuesdays), Percussion (Wednesdays), Winds (Thursdays) and Strings (Saturdays). Workshops are from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. with lunch and snacks provided. (8:30 a.m. registration).
Chara: Finding Joy Despite Circumstance
Saturday, June 11, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, June 12, 3:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Center
Brewster, MA
Chara Percussion Ensemble performed an immersive percussion ensemble concert featuring various dances written throughout history in times or circumstances of sorrow or suffering by composers including Bartok, Krasa and Rachmaninoff. The concert was performed at the new Arts Empowering Life Performing Arts Center in Brewster, MA. (95 Southern Eagle Cartway)
Saturday, March 19, 7:30 p.m.
Church of the Transfiguration
Rock Harbor, Orleans, MA
Chara Percussion Ensemble performed a concert as part of a Lenten Concert Series at the Church of the Transfiguration (Orleans, MA) that explored the Characters of Christ’s sorrows, and included works by Vivaldi, Handel, Mozart, Eben, and Bruckner. The series was performed both in-person and livestreamed. Read more