Matthew Newell and Friends: Celese Kendrick, Jeremy Howe, and Ellery Curtis (performing in Shields Gallery at 6 p.m.)Wine 5 p.m. – 8 p.m.
Members: Free | Non-members: $5
Join us for a relaxing Thursday evening at the Huntsville Museum of Art! Enjoy $5 admission from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., and explore the latest exhibitions or revisit your favorite pieces from our permanent collection.
Wine: Guests aged 21+ can purchase a glass of wine selected by Church Street Wine Shoppe, adding the perfect touch to your museum experience.
Live Music: At 6 p.m.
Matthew Newell: A native of Crestview, Florida and has recently returned to Huntsville, Alabama with his wife, after living in Stuttgart, Germany for the past 3 years. He earned a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Stetson University in 2007 and a Master’s degree in Management from the Florida Institute of Technology in 2013 and was inducted into Delta Mu Delta, and Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society.
Matthew was an elementary school music teacher for three years in Pensacola, Florida. He has served as Music Director and Music Chairman for the Athens Ward, Madison Stake, and Stuttgart Germany International Ward of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. He has performed with the Pensacola Opera company, Opera Huntsville, the Huntsville Community Chorus Association, the Huntsville Christmas Festival Choir, and the Huntsville Patriotic Choir featuring the Army Materiel Command Band.
Celese Sanders: Celese Sanders is a soprano based in Huntsville. She sings any chance she gets and is currently singing with Rocket Harmony, Huntsville Community Chorus, and as a staff singer at Huntsville First United Methodist Church. She has also performed with many local organizations in opera and musical theater. Some of her most notable roles include Despina in Cosi fan tutte, Miss Pinkerton in The Old Maid and the Thief, and Fiona in Shrek. She is a blessed mother of three children who support her and make her heart happy.
Jeremy Howe is a tuba player and bass-baritone vocalist with over 30 years of professional experience performing throughout the world. During his twenty-year career as an Army Musician he performed for presidents, on National Public Radio, CNN, and in more parades and ceremonies than he can count. While serving in assignments throughout the United States and overseas, he has performed with and led a wide variety of instrumental and vocal ensembles ranging from traditional brass quintets and jazz bands to a funk-rock band “Rendezvous Groove” who was a featured ensemble at the 2011 W.C. Handy Festival in Florence, Alabama, and a barbershop quartet “7-Ball”, which won the Army-wide “Ensemble of the Year” award for 2011.