You are warmly invited to a special Valentine’s weekend event filled with love, laughter, treats and enchanting a cappella melodies! Come with your loved ones, friends, and colleagues to share in the joy of music, contribute to a great cause, and explore the vibrant art community at Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery. All proceeds will benefit the Exeter Community Fridge! Hope to see you there!
Date: Sunday, March 30, 2025 Time: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Venue: Art Up Front Street Studios and Gallery, 120 Front Street, Exeter NH Tickets are necessary: $28 each (buy tickets HERE)
We’re returning to perform at the Battle of Blends in Lewiston, Maine on Saturday, November 2 at 7:00 pm. This will be our fourth appearance (!) at this popular a cappella event, hosted by the Maine Music Society. If you love a cappella, this is the place to be!
Join us along with Lewiston High School Chamber Choir, Lewiston High School Blue Notes, None of the Above, The Downeasters Chorus,and the Maine Music Society Chamber Singers.
The concert is at the Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street in Lewiston, Maine. Tickets are $30 for adults, $6 for students, and children under 12 are admitted free. Get your tickets here!
Battle of the Blends, 2017!Battle of the Blends, 2022!
We’re excited for our next performance as part of the Walker Lecture Series on Wednesday, March 27, 2024, at 7:30 PM along with Tonehenge for an Evening of A Cappella.
This is a free show with seating on a first-come, first-served basis. Doors open at 7:00 PM. The show will be held at Concord City Auditorium, 2 Prince Street, Concord, NH, which is directly behind City Hall. Directions.
About the Walker Lecture Series
The Walker Lecture series began in 1896 as part of a bequest of Abigail Walker. Per terms of the trust, the series offers a “free course of lectures upon subjects of history, literature, art or science, and free dramatic, musical, literary, historical and other cultural events to be given in Concord, the native city of Timothy Walker and lifelong residence of Abigail B. Walker.”
Tonehenge
Tonehenge
We last performed with Tonehenge in 2022 in Plaistow, NH and are thrilled to be sharing the stage with them once again. The men of Tonehenge have been entertaining audiences since 2009 with their blend of popular and traditional music. Their tagline, “rock solid a cappella” is a play on the group’s name as well as their repertoire, with a focus on familiar tunes from the 60’s, 70’s, and 80’s.
We hope you can join us for what is sure to be an excellent a cappella experience!
The Afternotes performing at Art up Front Street in Exeter, NH, February 2024
Enjoy delectable desserts, teas, and a little bubbly while enjoying our repertoire of old and new favorites. All Art Up Front Street art studios will be open for touring, welcoming you to the latest creations by local artists. Immerse yourself in the world of music, art and creativity while supporting a worthy cause. Hope to see you there!
We’re celebrating our 10th anniversary with a show on Sunday April 16th, 4pm, at the Stone Church in Newmarket, NH.
Join us for an exciting afternoon of a cappella music featuring three fantastic groups. We’ll be hosting the event celebrating 10 years of bringing contemporary harmonies to New Hampshire’s seacoast and surrounding areas. Our guests will be The New Hampshire Notables from the University of New Hampshire in Durham, and The Heart Beats of Worcester, MA.
Ten years of harmony on and off stage
In March of 2013, Erica Hoar sent an e-mail to other former members of the New Hampshire Notables, UNH’s original female a cappella group. Erica wrote:
I am writing to y’all because I am hoping to start a new all female a cappella group. Now that I have been out of college for a few years and have settled down a bit, I have found that I really miss singing! I have been talking to some other Notes that I am friends with and we all feel the same way….something is missing in our lives! I mainly want to do this, to give us that bond that we loved so much and to fill our musical souls.
Later that month, a first meeting was held. Regular rehearsals started after that, and this fledgling group was named The Afternotes (as in, after being in the Notables!)
Since then, we’ve performed throughout the New Hampshire seacoast and Southern Maine, with sets that include songs by Pink, The Bangles, Fleetwood Mac, Alice Merton, and many more, covering a large swath of the musical landscape. Over the last decade, we’ve worked hard to expand our scope and reach different audiences through a variety of musical genres. As Erica found, for many who sing in college, graduation marks the end of the musical run. The group is a chance to keep the music flowing. We currently meet each week to sing, socialize and plan events. The rapport that the members share is evident to audiences who feel the joy that this kind of music evokes.
Show Details
Please join us on Sunday, April 16th at 4pm as we celebrate all we’ve accomplished and move forward into the next decade with fervor.
The Stone Church is located at 5 Granite Street, Newmarket, NH 03857. View Map
Tickets are $15 online (plus fees), $20 at the door.
Established in 1980, the New Hampshire Notables are the University of New Hampshire’s treble a cappella group! The Notes arrange and perform music across all genres and time periods and have dedicated over 40 years to building an expansive community of talented singers. Their newest album, “Note to Self,” released in 2022, as well as their performances at events on and off-campus, have built them a reputable name in the New England region.
About The Heart Beats
Formed in the summer of ’22, The Heart Beats are Worcester’s newest coed a cappella group. Worcester is known as “the heart of the Commonwealth” and everyone loves a good music pun, thus the name was born! They love singing together, but most importantly, they love being ridiculous together at rehearsals. Their motto is “sing the song that’s in your heart” because having fun is really what it’s all about.
Enjoy our harmonies and a light Sunday brunch while you peruse the art at this lively artist’s gallery. We’ll perform three or more 15-minute sets with breaks in between for brunch treats, socializing and art viewing. Come for a few minutes or come for the whole time!
Exeter Community Fridge is a community-driven project founded on the principle that access to nourishing food with dignity is a human right. The project provides the community with a means to share resources without judgment or expectations through shared use of a fridge and pantry that are stocked with meals, groceries, produce, and dry goods. The community is encouraged to take what they need and give what they can in order to help alleviate food insecurity and reduce food waste as well as foster mutual aid values.
Thank you for your support for this wonderful community-driven project.
We’ll be performing again at the Battle of Blends on Saturday, November 5 at 7:30 pm. This will be our third appearance at this always sold-out a cappella event, hosted by the Maine Music Society. If you love a cappella, this is the place to be!
Join us along with Crosstones, Fermata NoWhere, Nor’easters Barbershop Chorus, Northern Pitch and the Maine Music Society Chamber Singers.
The concert is at the Gendron Franco Center, 46 Cedar St in Lewiston, Maine. Tickets are $28, with reserved seating, and kids under 12 are free. Get your tickets here!
We’re excited to be performing as part of Summer Concerts at the PARC in Plaistow, NH on Wednesday August 24 from 6-8pm. We’ll be joined by Massachusetts based male a cappella group Tonehenge.
The PARC is located at 51 Old County Road (Carli’s Way) in Plaistow. This outdoor venue has plenty of room to set up your blankets and chairs, with a concession stand, restrooms, and plenty of parking. We’ll be closing out Plaistow Recreation’s concert series which takes place each Wednesday this summer starting June 22nd.
Cancellations due to weather will be posted by 3 p.m. online at www.Plaistow.com/Recreation so check before heading out if rain is in the forecast.
We will be hoping for excellent weather to close out the summer and look forward to being behind the microphones again and sharing our varied repertoire, including some new material! Hope to see you there!
We’ll be hosting a concert on Sunday afternoon April 7th at 3:30 pm. The concert will take place at Christ Episcopal Church on Pine Street in Exeter, NH.
The concert is a fundraiser for HAVEN NH, the largest violence prevention and support services agency in New Hampshire. HAVEN is dedicated to addressing public health through violence prevention and improving the well-being of children and families. Preventing abuse and providing support for those impacted by domestic and sexual violence can lead to healthier and more secure children and adults. Please visit www.havennh.org for more information.
We’re excited to be joined by a cappella groups None of the Above and [mix]tape for the show.
None of the Above is an a cappella octet from Wellesley, MA that loves to perform a diverse repertoire of catchy pop tunes, finger snapping jazz standards, familiar folk songs and uplifting spirituals. NOTA has performed all over New England. Visit their website at www.noneabove.org
None of the Above
[mix]tape began their a cappella journey in October of 2015, in the quaint, historic city of Dover NH. With a raggle-taggle bunch of folks with musical tastes spanning classical to early 20th Century jazz to modern radio hits, the members of the group remain true to their namesake. Learn more at www.mixtapeacappella.com
[mix]tape
Doors open for seating at 3:00 pm. Tickets will be available at the door for a suggested donation of $10 per person.
We’re excited to be part of the second annual “Live Free & Sing“, an afternoon of a cappella hosted by Portsmouth Pro Musica (PPM). The performance takes place at Portsmouth’s St. John’s Episcopal Church on January 26, 2019, from 4 to 6 pm.
Performing groups include: the Afternotes, a multi-generational female group of UNH alumnae (that’s us!); UNH’s Not Too Sharp; The Hilltoppers, which originated from the music program at Berwick Academy; The Stairwells, who had their origins in the early 1990’s at Traip Academy in Kittery; RMS 5, from the Rock My Soul Gospel Choir; and The Overtones, from Portsmouth Pro Musica. These groups perform pieces from many traditions, from pop to rock, to doo-wop and blues, gospel and roots, and show tunes.
PPM vice-president John Rice, also a member of the Overtones, designed this afternoon to showcase the region’s talents. He cited the diversity of the music as something “that’s both fun and entertaining to watch,” and is enthusiastic about the expected turnout, saying, “Last year’s concert was very well-received, and we can expect an even better response this year.”
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The Afternotes 