Composer Florence Price photo by George Nelidoff Pianist Tanya Bartevyan offers a concert at the Concord Trinitarian Congregational Church featuring Florence Price’s Piano Sonata, Beethoven’s Pathetique Sonata, works of Chopin, Schumann, and an improvisation. Florence Price was the first African American woman to have her symphony played by a major orchestra (Chicago Symphony 1933) after […]
Event Category: Concert
CommonwealthChorale concert “Community and Connection”
Experience the rich diversity of American folk songs—music of labor, freedom, love, loss, faith, and joy. Our selections from Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs echo the pioneer spirit and America’s vast landscapes. Nathaniel Dett’s The Chariot Jubilee, an arrangement of Swing Low Sweet Chariot, provides an uplifting experience celebrating our common humanity. Our program also […]
Gospel Extravaganza 2025 at Berklee
This year’s Gospel Extravaganza will showcase Berklee’s Reverence Gospel Ensemble and honor over 40 years of gospel music excellence at Berklee. The event will feature a special retrospective performance by the Reverence Reunion Gospel Choir, celebrating the rich legacy of the program.
Strings Entwined
This is a free event but where possible a donation of $15 per ticket would be graciously accepted. DATE: SUNDAY NOVEMBER 24TH TIME: 3PM ADDRESS: ST. MARY’S EPISCOPAL CHURCH, 14 CUSHING AVE, BOSTON Join Convergence Ensemble for an enchanting program of music for violin, viola, and cello – Classic, Exotic, Moody, and Rhapsodic. This performance features […]
Sun-Music.net Presents Debo Ray
Sun Music presents Debo Ray Friday November 22, 2024 at Scullers Jazz Club for two shows at 7pm and 9pm. Grammy-nominated, vocalist extraordinaire Debo Ray is an immersive musical and visual experience. She has performed on some of the world’s biggest stages: Newport and Monterey Jazz, Carnegie Hall, The Hollywood Bowl and more. Her versatility […]
Sun-Music.net Presents The Jesse Taitt Quintet
Sun Music presents The Jesse Taitt Quintet Saturday November 2, 2024 at Scullers Jazz Club for two shows at 7pm and 9pm. Jesse will be performing songs from the American Songbook and his original compositions. Mr. Taitt is a multifaceted pianist, composer, arranger, and educator with a rich musical journey. Jesse is Assistant Professor in […]
Steph Davis, marimba with Brian Stulligross,violin Amy Advocat, bass clarinet
The program “memory & will” looks to the past and imagines the future from an Afrocentric gaze. Where the first half is concerned with the liberating power of traditional African balafon music and African-American spirituals, the second half ushers in a new, Afrofuturist aesthetic representing the imaginative sonic world of tomorrow.Included in the Washington Post’s […]
Words and Music – Poetry and Classical Guitar
Presented by Dorchester based chamber music nonprofit Convergence Ensemble and Adams Street Branch of the Boston Public Library, Words and Music explores spoken word and poetry in dialogue with classical guitar to create a back and forth of poetic commentary on music. Featuring intimate performances from our very own Charles Coe, treating us to his own […]
Commonwealth Chorale Concert “The Dream Unfinished”
We conclude our season by giving voice to “the dream unfinished”, a poignant reminder that we don’t yet all share the same opportunities, freedoms, and liberties that are this country’s founding ideals. Our program includes Florence Price’s Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight and William Grant Still’s Plain-Chant for America, plus works by Randall Thompson, Margaret […]
Fate and Faith
Commonwealth Chorale’s March concert explores fate and faith through the richly expressive music of Johannes Brahms’s Schicksalslied, Felix Mendelssohn’s Psalm 42, and Fanny Hensel’s Lobgesang. Brahms and Mendelssohn are two of the 19th Century’s best known composers. But for the social mores of her day, Mendelssohn’s sister Fanny Hensel would likely be as well known. […]
Boston Children’s Chorus: “In The Name Of Love: 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Concert”
Boston Children’s Chorus presents “In The Name Of Love,” the 21st Annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Tribute Concert. On January 15, 2024, at 4:00 pm ET, BCC takes the stage at Boston’s Symphony Hall to celebrate “love’s victory is a victory for us all” and raises the voices of civil rights activists, including Coretta […]
Hope & Healing with Longwood Symphony
Join Longwood Symphony, the orchestra of Boston’s healthcare community, for a concert of Hope & Healing to benefit Shelter Music Boston. Saturday, Dec. 2 at 8pm New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall Jotaro Nakano, Music Director Program: AUGUSTA READ THOMAS Fanfare of Hope and Solidarity PETER ILYICH TCHAIKOVSKY Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat major Chelsea […]
