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Musical Salon: Thatcher Harrison; Guitar Serenade

Musical Salon: Thatcher Harrison; Guitar Serenade

by | Aug 5, 2026

We are excited to partner with Puddingstone Festival on an evening of music at Rough Point! Our founder Doris Duke was a supporter of the arts, as well as a musician and a dancer. We are delighted to host this evening celebrating the performing arts in her home.

An Evening of Classical Fusion and Jazz. Puddingstone Music invites audiences to an intimate summer evening at Rough Point with guitarist and composer Thatcher Harrison, whose distinctive style blends classical technique, fingerstyle guitar, and jazz-inspired expression. The program will feature Gershwin’s “Love Is Here to Stay” alongside original works that showcase Harrison’s imaginative voice and genre-crossing artistry. Set in one of Newport’s most iconic historic settings, Thatcher Harrison: Guitar Serenade at Rough Point offers a salon-style concert experience that brings listeners into close connection with the performer and the music. Harrison is known for crafting unconventional programs that move fluidly between classical, jazz, and contemporary influences, creating performances that are both virtuosic and warmly personal. Puddingstone is also delighted to feature a selection of Kevin Calisto’s paintings at the August 21 Musical Salon, where his visual work will enrich the evening’s immersive fusion of music and art. A Rhode Island artist and educator, Calisto holds an MFA in Drawing from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and has exhibited his work extensively across New England, most recently at the Kendall Reiss Gallery in Bristol, Rhode Island. Following the concert, guests are invited to a terrace reception and artist meet-and-greet, offering the opportunity to enjoy the coastal setting at sunset and connect with the artist in an informal, elegant atmosphere. The evening reflects Puddingstone Music’s commitment to presenting distinctive musical experiences in Newport’s historic spaces.

 

Purchase your tickets here.

 

About Puddingstone Festival:

Puddingstone Festival are a group of passionate music lovers and artistic entrepreneurs, united by a shared love for the arts. Their team brings together a rich diversity of perspectives, with board members hailing from various professions and backgrounds. Some are local to the area (yes, real island natives), others come from different parts of the country, and their founder is from Europe—each of them contributing a unique set of skills and experiences.

What unites them is the strong commitment to promoting the arts, connecting with the community, and supporting its growth and well-being. 

Musical Salon Series: This Love Between Us

Musical Salon Series: This Love Between Us

by | Feb 24, 2026

We are excited to partner with Puddingstone Festival on an evening of music at Rough Point! Our founder Doris Duke was a supporter of the arts, as well as a musician, a dancer, and an art collector. We are delighted to host this evening celebrating the performing arts in her home.

On April 15th, join us for an intimate evening of song and chamber music exploring the enduring nature of love, friendship, and human connection. Soprano Katharine Dain, violist Caitlin Lynch, and pianist Ieva Jokubaviciute weave a richly layered program inspired by Reena Esmail’s This Love Between Us, a meditation on our shared humanity and the bonds that sustain us through time. Drawing on music by Brahms, Robert and Clara Schumann, Schubert, Bridge, Lanzilotti, and Esmail, the program moves from motherly tenderness to amorous dialogue, from the ache of separation to the “ray of eternal love” that persists even in loss.

Across the evening, listeners will encounter Brahms’ Sacred Lullaby, Bridge’s Three Songs, Clara Schumann’s Six Lieder, Robert Schumann’s Adagio and Allegro, Schubert’s Shepherd on the Rock, Lanzilotti’s of moments, and Esmail’s This Love Between Us, set to texts by Kabir, Friedrich Rückert, Heinrich Heine, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Wilhelm Müller. These works, each in its own way, reveal love as joyful, yearning, fragile, and resilient—“joyful, enduring, always.”

This musical salon offers a hopeful meditation on connection, listening, and what binds us together.

The museum will be open to explore before the concert and during intermission, inviting guests to experience the art and the music in dialogue.

Doors open at 6:30 PM. The show begins at 7:00 PM and includes an intermission.

Small bites and a wine bar by Bow Bar are included. Purchase your tickets here.

 

About Puddingstone Festival:

Puddingstone Festival are a group of passionate music lovers and artistic entrepreneurs, united by a shared love for the arts. Their team brings together a rich diversity of perspectives, with board members hailing from various professions and backgrounds. Some are local to the area (yes, real island natives), others come from different parts of the country, and their founder is from Europe—each of them contributing a unique set of skills and experiences.

What unites them is the strong commitment to promoting the arts, connecting with the community, and supporting its growth and well-being. 

POSTPONED: Musical Salon Series: Romanticism & Musical Poetry

POSTPONED: Musical Salon Series: Romanticism & Musical Poetry

by | Jan 1, 2026

We are excited to partner with Puddingstone Festival on an evening of music at Rough Point! Our founder Doris Duke was a supporter of the arts, as well as a musician, a dancer, and an art collector. We are delighted to host this evening celebrating the performing arts in her home.

On January 27, three piano trios spanning the breadth of the Romantic era will perform at Rough Point: Beethoven’s “Ghost” Trio (Op. 70 No. 1), renowned for its haunting Largo movement that evokes a spectral mystery—a nickname coined in the 19th century to capture its otherworldly atmosphere; Cécile Chaminade’s Piano Trio No. 2 (Op. 34), a lyrical gem from a pioneering woman composer of the late 19th century; and Shostakovich’s Piano Trio No. 1 (Op. 8), a single-movement “Poème” composed at age 19, unfolding with poignant poetic introspection.

We are honored to present the internationally celebrated Sitkovetsky Trio who will be performing these exquisite works for us. Known as one of today’s foremost piano trios, their thoughtful and committed interpretations have earned them critical acclaim and invitations to prestigious venues worldwide, including the Amsterdam Concertgebouw, Frankfurt Alte Oper, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Musée du Louvre, L’Auditori Barcelona, Wigmore Hall, and Lincoln Center in New York.

From Beethoven’s early Romantic heroism, through Chaminade’s elegant middle-period lyricism, to Shostakovich’s late-Romantic modernism, these works trace the rich evolution of musical Romanticism and the art of musical poetry across generations.

Actor Nora Eschenbacher will enrich the evening by reading period letters related to the music, weaving an evocative literary thread through the performance. Nora appears courtesy of Actors’ Equity Association.

Doors open at 6:00 PM. The show begins at 6:30 PM.

Small bites and drinks are included. Purchase your tickets here.

 

About Puddingstone Festival:

Puddingstone Festival are a group of passionate music lovers and artistic entrepreneurs, united by a shared love for the arts. Their team brings together a rich diversity of perspectives, with board members hailing from various professions and backgrounds. Some are local to the area (yes, real island natives), others come from different parts of the country, and their founder is from Europe—each of them contributing a unique set of skills and experiences.

What unites them is the strong commitment to promoting the arts, connecting with the community, and supporting its growth and well-being. 

Musical Salon At Rough Point: Romantic Entwined

Musical Salon At Rough Point: Romantic Entwined

by | Sep 27, 2025

We are excited to partner with Puddingstone Festival on an evening of music at Rough Point! Our founder Doris Duke was a supporter of the arts, as well as a musician, a dancer, and an art collector. We are delighted to host this evening celebrating the performing arts in her home.

On November 1, enjoy a spellbinding recital with violinist Geneva Lewis—acclaimed by Musical America and BBC as a leading artist to watch—and renowned pianist Audrey Vardanega, who has graced distinguished stages worldwide, including Merkin Hall in New York. Their program will feature masterpieces by Schumann, Schubert, and Brahms. The evening will also showcase visual art, thoughtfully integrated into the concert, offering audiences an immersive experience that unites visual and musical artistry.

Doors open at 6:00 PM. The show begins at 6:30 PM.

Purchase your tickets here.

 

About Puddingstone Festival:

Puddingstone Festival are a group of passionate music lovers and artistic entrepreneurs, united by a shared love for the arts. Their team brings together a rich diversity of perspectives, with board members hailing from various professions and backgrounds. Some are local to the area (yes, real island natives), others come from different parts of the country, and their founder is from Europe—each of them contributing a unique set of skills and experiences.

What unites them is the strong commitment to promoting the arts, connecting with the community, and supporting its growth and well-being. 

Musical Salon At Rough Point: Jazz & Shakespeare II

Musical Salon At Rough Point: Jazz & Shakespeare II

by | Sep 27, 2025

We are excited to partner with Puddingstone Festival on an evening of music at Rough Point! Our founder Doris Duke was a supporter of the arts, as well as a musician and a dancer. We are delighted to host this evening celebrating the performing arts in her home.

This fall, Puddingstone introduces an exciting new mini-series, “Jazz & Shakespeare.” Each event in this series pairs dramatic readings of Shakespearean monologues and scenes with world-class jazz performances for a one-of-a-kind artistic fusion. Trombonist Nick Finzer, hailed as a “rising star in jazz” by DownBeat Magazine, brings his quartet to Newport for an electrifying concert featuring original works and jazz classics. The evening will be enriched by actors Jay Bragan and David Chrzanowski, who will perform a selection of Shakespeare monologues and scenes, woven into the musical program.

Doors open at 6:00 PM. The show begins at 6:30 PM.

Purchase your tickets here.

 

About Puddingstone Festival:

Puddingstone Festival are a group of passionate music lovers and artistic entrepreneurs, united by a shared love for the arts. Their team brings together a rich diversity of perspectives, with board members hailing from various professions and backgrounds. Some are local to the area (yes, real island natives), others come from different parts of the country, and their founder is from Europe—each of them contributing a unique set of skills and experiences.

What unites them is the strong commitment to promoting the arts, connecting with the community, and supporting its growth and well-being.