January 2, 2026 at 7 PM
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South Congregational Church
20 Church Street, Newport, NH Join Charlotte Perkins and Alex Stuart at South Church in Newport on January 2, 2026, for the third installment of their New Year concert series, Darkness to Light. This year, the duo welcomes guest cellist Andrew Rogers to join them in bringing you an evening of peace, hope, and community. As always, the program includes music for everyone, whether it’s your first concert or hundredth. All are welcome. Refreshments will be served at intermission. Voluntary donations benefit the music program at South Church, matched by a gift to the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon, NH. |
PROGRAMProgram to include pieces by Bach, The Beatles, Schubert, Messiaen, and more...
REFRESHMENTS in Fellowship Hall
You may make a free-will donation to the South Church Music Fund using the donation button below. All donations will be fully matched by a gift to the Upper Valley Music Center in Lebanon, NH, supporting community music in our region.
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About the musicians...
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Charlotte Perkins (violin) is a native of New London, NH, and started playing violin at the Upper Valley Music Center. She is now based in Glasgow, Scotland, where she is a founding member of Haver Quartet and Co-Artistic Director of Mackintosh Ensemble. Her repertoire ranges from Scottish traditional music to historically-informed interpretations of Bach and Mozart. Across genres, all of Charlotte’s work is centred around building community through music, bringing together performers and audiences to share life-affirming experiences.
A graduate of the University of St Andrews and Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, Charlotte has studied with some of the UK’s leading musicians, including Maya Iwabuchi, Holly Mathieson, and David Watkin. She has held fellowships as an orchestral player with Nevis Ensemble (2022), as a quartet musician at the Southwell Minster Festival (2025, Braeside Quartet), and as an educator with the Benedetti Foundation (2023–2025). Charlotte has also been affiliated as a workshop musician with Wigmore Hall, Edinburgh International Festival, and Live Music Now Scotland. She is grateful to be playing a contemporary violin (2001) by Christoph Götting. |
Andrew Rogers (cello) is a musician and educator based in Glasgow. Hailing from Manchester, England, Andrew holds a degree in cello performance from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, where he studied with Martin Storey and David Watkin. Andrew has been noted as a continuo cellist in Baroque repertoire, earning him the conservatoire’s prize for Early Music performance. Passionate about music education, Andrew teaches in Dundee for Sistema Scotland. Andrew also serves as an Ambassador for the Benedetti Foundation and as conductor of South Lanarkshire’s Junior Strings orchestral education program.
Alexander Stewart (piano) is a musician, architect, and man about town. This year’s Darkness to Light performance is his third large-scale collaboration with his friend and violinist Charlotte Perkins.
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