Jim performs with organist/pianist Michael Kraft at the annual Christmas Eve Service at First Church in Salem, MA, at 7 PM. The service is free and open to all.
First Church is located at 316 Essex Street, Salem MA 01970
Tel. (978) 744-1551
The Hillyer Festival Orchestra with Jim as its long-time Principal Horn, performs its annual Holiday Pops concert in Marblehead at Historic Abbot Hall on Saturday December 13, 2025 at 8 PM.
Tickets for both balcony seats and table seating on the floor will be available beginning Thursday, November 12.
Tickets will also be available at the Arnould Gallery and Framery in Marblehead.
CONTACT FOR FURTHER INFORMATION:
Jessica Barnett-POPS chair
info.rcomh@gmail.com
The Hillyer Festival Orchestra with Jim as its long-time Principal Horn, performs Holiday favorites at Peabody City Hall on December 5 and 7, both at 7 PM. Ticket information is available at: hillyerfestivalorchestra.com
Symphony By The Sea performs a program entitled: Fanny and Felix.
The program includes music by both Mendelssohn siblings, including the Violin Concerto by Felix Mendelssohn with Joshua Brown, violin.
The concert takes place on November 23, 2025, 3 PM at the
Cabot Performing Arts Center
286 Cabot St, Beverly, MA
Ticket information is available at: www.cabot.org or by calling the Cabot Theatre Box Office at 978-927-3100
On November 16, 2025 at 10:15 Jim and Lois Shapiro will perform "Vocalise" by Sergei Rachmaninoff as part of "Music Sunday" at the Friends of Unitarian Universalist Society Newton, located at 1326 Washington St. West Newton, MA
The service is free and open to the public.
The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, with Jim as longtime first call French hornist in the ensemble, performs new music from composers Dave Harris, Darrel Katz, Bob Pilkington and Mimi Robson, all faculty members at Berklee College Of Music.
The JCA Orchestra is a 22 piece ensemble comprised of many of the leading jazz musicians in the Greater Boston area.
More information about the JCA is available: jazzcomposersalliance.org
The concert takes place on November 3, 2025, 8 PM at the Berklee Performance Center, 150 Mass. Ave. Boston
Jim performs with the Hillyer Festival Orchestra in a concert of Broadway musicals with guest vocalists. The concert takes place at the Maudslay Arts Center in Newburyport, MA on August 17 at 2 PM. For more information: Sunday, Aug. 17….Hillyer Festival Orchestra – Maudslay Arts Center
Jim performs with the MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra in a Performance of Mahler's massive Symphony No. 6. The concert takes place on August 1, 2025 at 8:00 PM at Kresge Auditorium on the MIT campus. The event is free of charge and no tickets are required. More info at: 2025 Concert — MIT Summer Philharmonic Orchestra
Jim performs with the Hillyer Festival Orchestra for July 4th celebrations at Derby Wharf in Salem, MA. It is a free event, with thousands of people attending, so come early and bring chairs and/or a blanket. The concert begins at 7:30 PM with an exuberant display of fireworks after nightfall.
The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra, with Jim as longtime first call French hornist in the ensemble, performs new music from resident composers Dave Harris, Darrel Katz, Bob Pilkington and Mimi Robson, all faculty members at Berklee College Of Music.
The JCA Orchestra is a 21 piece ensemble comprised of many of the leading jazz musicians in the Greater Boston area.
More information about the JCA is available: jazzcomposersalliance.org
The concert takes place on February 18, 2025, 8 PM at the Berklee Performance Center, 150 Mass. Ave. Boston.
The Hillyer Festival Orchestra performs traditional and festive Christmas and Holiday music with vocal soloists. The audience in the performance in historical Abbot Hall in Marblehead, sits in cabaret-style seating. More information available at: https://rotaryclubofmheadharbor.org/event/marblehead-harbor-rotary%E2%80%99s--holiday-pops-2024/
The Hillyer Festival Orchestra, which has had Jim as their Principal Horn since its inception in 2020, presents their annual Holiday concerts with dinner and cabaret seating at Peabody City Hall in historic Peabody, MA. The performances are on December 7 and 8, both at 7:30. PM. Additional information can be found at:
Symphony By The Sea, with whom Jim plays Principal Horn, performs opera favorites in the historic Cabot Theatre in downtown Beverly, MA More information can be found at: https://symphonybythesea.org/schedule/
The Jazz Composers Alliance Orchestra (JCAO) performs new music for large jazz orchestra. Jim is the long-time first call French hornist with the ensemble. The performance takes place at The Lily Pad, 1353 Cambridge St. Cambridge, MA Ticket information: https://www.lilypadinman.com/home/2024/10/13/the-jazz-composers-alliance-presents-the-jca-orchestra
Jim plays Principal Horn with the Hillyer Festival Orchestra in the annual Holiday Concerts in Peabody.
Located at Peabody City Hall, the concert include includes dinner at 5 PM with cabaret-style seating.
Tickets and information: https://patch.com/massachusetts/peabody/peabody-holiday-concert-tickets-sale
Jim plays Principal Horn with the Hillyer Festival Orchestra in the annual Holiday Concerts in Peabody.
Located at Peabody City Hall, the concert includes dinner at 7 PM with cabaret-style seating.
Tickets and information: https://patch.com/massachusetts/peabody/peabody-holiday-concert-tickets-sale
The Claflin Hill Symphony, of which Jim is Co-Principal, will perform dynamic works in the symphonic repertoire, “Daphnis & Chloe” by Maurice Ravel, along with “The Planets” by Gustav Holst. Rumored to open the program is the blockbuster hit, “Bolero” also by Ravel.
https://www.claflinhill.com/symphony-series-2019
Jim will perform the Brahms Trio for horn, violin and piano with colleagues Andrew Goodridge and Liana Zaretsky of NEC
at a Groupmuse-sponsored concert at 17 Grant Street in Concord, MA
Ticket Information: https://www.groupmuse.com/events/9298-concert-in-concord-friday-evening-october-25th
The Brass Consortium, which Jim directs, will perform at the Inauguration of Dr. Mark A. Thompson, Wentworth Institute of Technology at Watson Hall on the WIT campus in Boston.
Symphony By The Sea, with Jim as Principal horn, performs music by Mendelssohn, including the Overture to Midsummer Night’s Dream, and the Symphony No. 4 “Italian” by the brilliant composer Felix Mendelssohn. These works surround the showcase soloist Irena Muresano performing the Violin Concerto by Max Bruch. The Concert takes place at the Cabot Theatre in downtown Beverly, Mass.
Ticket information: http://symphonybythesea.org/tickets/
Jim joins the Lowell Chamber Orchestra as Principal Horn in their inaugural appearance, performing music including Symphony No. 5 by Fr. Schubert and Symphony No.6 “Le Matin” by F.J. Haydn. This is an exciting new ensemble by conductor Orlando Cena. The concert will take place at Durgin Hall, University of Mass. Lowell. Please join in welcoming the newest orchestra to the Boston musical landscape!
https://lowellchamberorchestra.org
