Omar Sosa plays Groton Hill's Concert Hall on Nov. 19

The seven-time Grammy-nominated Cuban pianist plays the 1,000-seat hall on Thursday, Nov. 19, a few months after releasing a live album recorded just over the line in North Adams.

It's a short drive down Route 3 from Nashua to Groton, and on Thursday, Nov. 19, it leads to one of the best jazz nights on the fall calendar. Omar Sosa plays the Concert Hall at Groton Hill Music Center, with the show starting at 8 p.m.

The date was announced Oct. 21. Tickets are available through Groton Hill. The Concert Hall seats about 1,000, so there's room, but a seven-time Grammy nominee in a hall this size is worth booking early.

Sosa is a Cuban-born pianist and composer whose music runs through Afro-Cuban jazz, world music and spiritual traditions, and this year has been a big one for him. In July he released *We Are Not The Headliner*, his debut album with Quarteto Americanos, his Bay Area–based Latin-world-jazz ensemble, according to KPFK and Jazz Near You. The 11-track record was made with a live audience at Studio 9 in North Adams, Massachusetts, mixing tunes the band has played on tour over the past few years with new pieces. The CD release show was July 17 at Catalina Jazz Club in Hollywood, and the summer run also included the Blue Note in New York.

That North Adams connection gives this date a nice local thread: the new album was recorded in the same state, just across Massachusetts in the Berkshires. Whether Sosa brings the quartet or another configuration to Groton hasn't been spelled out, so check the venue's listing for the lineup.

A seven-time Grammy nominee in a 1,000-seat hall built for acoustic music is worth booking early.

The room is a big part of the appeal. Groton Hill Music Center opened in September 2022 after nearly eight years of planning and construction, replacing Indian Hill Music, according to Wikipedia and Harvard Magazine. The 300-seat Meadow Hall opened first, and the 1,000-seat Concert Hall followed, with ArtsFuse covering its opening night. A hall designed for acoustic music is a good match for a pianist whose playing depends on touch and space as much as volume.

For Manchester and Nashua listeners, Groton Hill has become an easy alternative to driving into Boston for this level of jazz. The drive is short, and the setting, on a hill in the Nashoba Valley, makes for a different kind of night than a city club.

Practical notes: it's a Thursday, so plan for a work-night drive home. Check grotonhill.org for parking details and exact door times.

Sosa has spent a career pulling sounds from all over the world into one room. On Nov. 19, that room is just over the state line.

Sources: KPFK — Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos Live at Catalina Jazz Club, July 17, 2026 (kpfk.org); Jazz Near You — Omar Sosa Quarteto Americanos CD release celebration (jazznearyou.com); Wikipedia — Groton Hill Music Center (en.wikipedia.org); Harvard Magazine — Groton Hill Music (harvardmagazine.com); ArtsFuse — It's Opening Night: Groton Hill Music's 1000-Seat Concert Hall (artsfuse.org); Groton Hill Music Center (grotonhill.org); JamBase — Omar Sosa at Groton Hill Music Center (Concert Hall) (jambase.com)