The Capitol Center for the Arts in Concord, NH offers a special concert series every year called the William H. Gile Concert Series. This series opened on December 16, 1960, after a legacy of more than $700,000 was left by Helen B. Gile to finance a free concerts for the residents of Concord. The bequest was made in memory of Miss Gile’s father, William H. Gile.
In the past few years I’ve been lucky enough to take Townies 1, 2, & 3 to see free performances of The Pirates of Penzance and a ballet performance of Cinderella. There’s usually at least one Gile Series performance a year that is family friendly! On Tuesday April 10th, 2018 at 7:00pm, the latest Giles series concert will be The Cashore Marionettes – Simple Gifts. From the Capitol Center for the Arts website:
Simple Gifts is a series of touching portrayals and poignant scenes from everyday life set to stunning music by such composers as Vivaldi, Strauss, Beethoven and Copland. Through a combination of virtuoso manipulation, beautiful music, theatrical illusion, and artistic insight, the original vignettes presented in Simple Gifts provide an entertaining and sensitive vision of what it is to be human. The performance explores a range of emotions with characters and actions that are amazingly convincing. The marionettes are engineering marvels and the quality of movement is extraordinary.
Tickets to this performance will be available online on Tuesday March 13th at 11:00am. Tickets are FREE, and there is a 4 ticket per person limit. You do not have to be a resident of Concord, NH to attend. Make sure to mark you calendar and be logged in on the CCANH website ready to get your tickets, because the Gile Concert Series tickets can go FAST!
If you aren’t able to get tickets before the show “sells out”, check back with the Capitol Center for the Arts in the weeks leading up to the show. People’s plans often change, and tickets may become available.
For more information and to see what else is upcoming at the Capitol Center for the Arts, see their website at: www.ccanh.com
Information about the William H. Gile series can be found under Shows and Tickets/Community Events/Gile Series. The next Gile Series Concert after the Cashore Marionettes is Tom Rush on May 20th. Those tickets will be available on April 23rd at 11:00am.