Donate

Music

For Belmont Teen, Practice Paves the Way To Carnegie Hall

May 26, 2024
Su Min Pyo did not expect to be accepted into one of Carnegie Hall’s prestigious youth orchestras, so it was a nice surprise when she learned she would be part of the highly competitive program. “This is an amazing opportunity for me,”…
whole bunch of kids playing wind instruments.

Belmont Pops Celebrates 50 Years of Student Music

April 23, 2024
It’s been a tradition for 50 years at Belmont High School: ending the school year with a festival of popular music uniting all the school’s bands, orchestras, and choruses. This year’s Pops Concert is special, not only because it celebrates the half-century…

Belmont Has a Link To An R&B Hero

April 8, 2024
It may not be a song you’ve heard in a while, but one listen to the hit “Poison”—as dozens of attendees did at last week’s Dancing with the Belmont Stars—and you may very well time travel back to the music group Bell…
Two men talking about records in a store.

Belmont Tunes in to Want List Records

February 5, 2024
As Hunter Mack gazed at vinyl-filled shelves and pointed out favorite musicians, he smiled and said, “It’s amazing.” The Arlington resident had seen signs on the 113 Trapelo Road storefront announcing Want List Records and was excited to be able to stop…

‘A Porchfest Journey’ Premieres at Local Film Festival

October 1, 2023
Belmont Porchfest founder Mary Bradley wanted to share the “lightning in a bottle” she experiences at Porchfest. In 2019, she found a way, when the Belmont Cultural Council provided her with a grant to make a short documentary, “A Porchfest Journey,” premiering…

Scenes from Porchfest 2023

September 17, 2023
Belmont’s Porchfest was held on September 9, 2023. Here are photographs from some of the locations. SLIDESHOW BLOCK BELOW CURRENTLY NOT WORKING…
Donate
Newsletter Sign-up