The latest news on performances of Classical Music in Boston.
Boston Lyric Opera Moves Season Opener To Open-Air Seaport Venue
by A.A. Cristi - September 08, 2021
Boston Lyric Opera opens its new season October 1 @ 7:30 PM and October 3 @ 3 PM with the company's first production of “Cavalleria Rusticana,” composer Pietro Mascagni's one-act verismo tale of love, betrayal and death in a small Sicilian village. ...
Composer Eric Nathan to Make Boston Conducting Debut In New England Philharmonic Season Opener
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 08, 2021
On Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 8:00pm, composer Eric Nathan will make his Boston orchestral conducting debut leading the New England Philharmonic in their season opening concert at All Saints Parish....
Passim Opens Up Applications For Iguana Music Fund Grants
by A.A. Cristi - September 07, 2021
Passim, the legendary music listening room in Cambridge, is opening up the application process for the annual Iguana Music Fund. The Iguana Music Fund awards grants annually to musicians for career building projects and for projects that provide community service through music. ...
Jermaine Hill Named Assistant Chair Of Theater For Boston Conservatory At Berklee
by Chloe Rabinowitz - September 02, 2021
Boston Conservatory at Berklee has named educator and artist Jermaine Hill as assistant chair of theater. Hill comes to the Conservatory from the musical theater program at Columbia College Chicago, where he instituted a national search for new musicals written by historically marginalized writers a...
Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces Fall 2021 COVID Protocols for Symphony Hall
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 31, 2021
The Boston Symphony Orchestra’s COVID protocols for the fall period of the 2021–22 BSO season at Symphony Hall, September 30–November 30, will require audience members to provide proof of vaccination or proof of a negative test result, either a PCR test taken within 72 hours of the performance...
Choral Art Society Welcomes New Singers For Fall Season
by A.A. Cristi - August 20, 2021
Choral Art Society of the South Shore, a welcoming, non-auditioned community chorus, invites new singers to attend the first rehearsal of the fall season on Tuesday, September 14, from 7 to 9 pm, at First Trinitarian Congregational Church, 381 Country Way, Scituate. Artistic Director and Conductor D...
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra to Present Season Kickoff and Serenade Concert
by Chloe Rabinowitz - August 09, 2021
Cape Cod Chamber Orchestra, the Cape’s professional collaborative orchestra, will present its Season Four opening performance of the 2021-22 season, OPEN CCCO: Season Kickoff & Serenade, on Sunday, August 29, 3 pm, Pilgrim Congregational Church, 533 Rt. 28, Harwich Port. The orchestra is conducte...
Boston Symphony Orchestra Appoints Earl Lee As New Assistant Conductor
by A.A. Cristi - August 06, 2021
The Boston Symphony Orchestra has appointed Korean-Canadian conductor Earl Lee as the orchestra's new assistant conductor for a two-year term beginning with the 2021–22 season. ...
Lowell Chamber Orchestra Announces Upcoming Season
by Stephi Wild - July 23, 2021
The season opens with another world premiere: Micah Roberts' 'Hypernovae,' a fantastic overture inspired by the cosmos, which also marks the conclusion of the LCO's first ever call-for-scores. Roberts' score was selected from over 120 compositions, which came from 9 different countries. Other featur...
Gil Shaham Replaces Jussen Brothers For This Sunday's Tanglewood Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 14, 2021
Pianists Lucas and Arthur Jussen have withdrawn from this Sunday's Tanglewood performance due to COVID-related travel issues. The piano duo had been scheduled to perform Mozart's Concerto in E-flat for Two Pianos, K.365, with the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons at the Kou...
Lowell Chamber Orchestra Makes Final Round In The American Prize Competition
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 12, 2021
The Lowell Chamber Orchestra is one of the finalists for The American Prize in the orchestral performance competition, professional divisions. While the competition is still ongoing, the Lowell Chamber Orchestra is being recognized for superb past performances during its three years of existence....
Boston Landmarks Orchestra to Celebrate 20th Season With Return To Live Music
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 09, 2021
Boston Landmarks Orchestra under the direction of Music Director Christopher Wilkins celebrates its 20th anniversary season with the return of live orchestral music to the iconic DCR Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade this summer-the first live and free professional symphony concerts in Boston si...
Pilgrim Festival Chorus to Host Open Auditions for Fall Season
by A.A. Cristi - July 07, 2021
Pilgrim Festival Chorus (PFC), the region's principal not-for-profit community choral ensemble, invites singers from the South Shore area to Open Auditions on Mondays, August 23 and 30, at 6:30 pm....
Composer Nkeiru Okoye & Students At South Shore Conservatory To Team Up For Upcoming Performance
by Chloe Rabinowitz - July 01, 2021
South Shore Conservatory has announced Nkeiru Okoye as the first composer-in-residence for its new SSC Transform initiative, which uses music education as a vehicle to promote social awareness and social justice. ...
Silkroad Announces 2021 Global Musician Workshop In Partnership with New England Conservatory
by A.A. Cristi - June 30, 2021
Silkroad and New England Conservatory announced today the 2021 Global Musician Workshop(GMW), which will be held virtually for the first time due to the ongoing pandemic from August 8-14. ...
Boston Symphony Orchestra's Tanglewood 2021 Season Begins On July 10
by A.A. Cristi - June 28, 2021
The Boston Symphony will return to Tanglewood, its summer home in the beautiful Berkshires since 1937, and welcoming back audiences, July 9–August 16, for the first time since March 2020....
Handel and Haydn Society Announces 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 22, 2021
The Handel and Haydn Society will bring live performances back to iconic venues with its 2021-22 season, celebrating the 13th and final season for Artistic Director Harry Christophers. The 207th season will feature eight signature programs at historic venues around Boston including Symphony Hall a...
Sarah Brightman Announces CHRISTMAS SYMPHONY Tour This Winter; View the Tour Schedule
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 22, 2021
Last year Sarah Brightman entertained her first-ever Christmas livestream concert Sarah Brightman: A Christmas Symphony. Given the overwhelming response, and in celebration of her favorite time of year, Sarah begins a new Christmas tradition this year with her first-ever A Christmas Symphony To...
Boston Symphony Orchestra Announces Return to Live Performances at Symphony Hall with 2021-22 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 18, 2021
The Boston Symphony Orchestra and Music Director Andris Nelsons will present a 2021-22 Symphony Hall season, September 30-April 30, that will first and foremost celebrate reuniting with their music community post-pandemic, while also continuing the orchestra’s commitment to welcoming new audien...
Boston Baroque Announces 2021-2022 Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 09, 2021
Boston Baroque has announced a 2021-2022 Season with both in-person and virtual concerts and events. Boston Baroque’s five-concert series will be presented exclusively from the 5,000 square foot GBH Calderwood Studio, where live audiences on site and virtual audiences around the world will be wel...
Boston Symphony Orchestra and Andris Nelsons Announce Two Concerts at Carnegie Hall in March 2022
by Chloe Rabinowitz - June 08, 2021
As part of Carnegie Hall’s 2021–22 season, the Boston Symphony Orchestra will perform two programs on March 14 and 15, 2022, led by Andris Nelsons. These programs will also be featured in the BSO’s 2021–22 season at Symphony Hall in Boston. Mr. Nelsons and the BSO will announce complete deta...
Tanglewood 2021 Season Popular Artist Series Updates
by A.A. Cristi - June 04, 2021
Tanglewood is announcing an update to its 2021 Popular Artist performances, many of which were originally slated to take place in June and July....
Tanglewood Announces 2021 Season Protocol Updates
by A.A. Cristi - June 04, 2021
Following careful consideration of recent recommendations from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Tri-Town Health Department, and the BSO’s own team of consultants, including 9Foundations, Tanglewood will increase its attendance capacity to 9,000...
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival Resumes Live Summer Performances
by A.A. Cristi - June 03, 2021
Cape Cod Chamber Music Festival is back on stage, August 3 through 13, 2021. The venerable chamber music festival's 42nd season features performances by Artistic Directors Jon Manasse and Jon Nakamatsu, the Escher Quartet with Brian Zeger, and Imani Winds....
Shelter Music Boston Presents VOICES FROM THE LAND
by A.A. Cristi - May 26, 2021
Shelter Music Boston, the non-profit dedicated to bringing the dignity, creativity, and passion of classical music to Boston's homeless population, is partnering with the Native American Composters Apprentice Project (NACAP) to bring a new perspective on classical music to shelters and other program...
Revels Presents BETH BAHIA COHEN: A LIFE STORY THROUGH STRINGS
by A.A. Cristi - May 17, 2021
Revels' Musical Connections series continues with Beth Bahia Cohen: A Life Story Through Strings, this Sunday, May 23, at 5pm ET, free on Facebook Live!...
Boch Center's Wang Theatre Welcomes Straight No Chaser, December 5
by A.A. Cristi - May 12, 2021
A cappella megastars Straight No Chaser are getting back on the road for the first time in two years for the “Back in the High Life” tour. The band will perform at the Boch Center's Wang Theatre Sunday, December 5, 2021....
Local Band Dropkick Murphys Collaborates With The Boston Pops In Mother's Day Tribute Video
by A.A. Cristi - May 07, 2021
To all the 'wicked darlin'' mothers out there, the Boston Pops and conductor Keith Lockhart have teamed up with one of Boston's most popular bands, the Dropkick Murphys, for a special one-of-a-kind tribute. ...
Boston Pops to Presents Mother's Day Tribute Beginning May 6
by A.A. Cristi - May 04, 2021
For the first time in its 136-year history, the Boston Pops, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, presents its first-ever all-online spring season in lieu of its traditional live concerts at Symphony Hall, beginning on May 6 with the first of six weekly concert streams distributed through the stre...
New England Conservatory Announces 2021 Speaker and Honorary Degree Recipients for its 150th Commencement
by A.A. Cristi - April 30, 2021
New England Conservatory announces gospel and soul singer Mavis Staples as its 150th annual commencement speaker at its commencement exercises on Sunday, May 23, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. ET. ...
The Boston Symphony Orchestra to End its BSO NOW Season with an All-Strauss Program
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 28, 2021
In the final episode in the BSO’s 2020-21 BSO NOW streaming season, releasing tomorrow at noon, BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons will return to a focus of his recent conducting activity: music of Richard Strauss. Strauss was only 18 when his Serenade for Winds, Op. 7, was premiered in Dresden....
The Handel and Haydn Society Presents Haydn + Saint-Georges
by A.A. Cristi - April 27, 2021
The Handel and Haydn Society will celebrate two Classical masters with their final performance of the spring season. ...
Wadada Leo Smith's 'Symphony No. 2 Winter' Live Streamed From The New School
by A.A. Cristi - April 26, 2021
The inaugural MM Performer-Composer class will perform Wadada Leo Smith's Symphony No. 2 Winter in a live streamed, multi-location presentation....
The Boston Pops Announces its First-Ever All-Virtual Spring Pops Season
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 22, 2021
For the first time in its 136-year history, the one-and-only Boston Pops, under the direction of Keith Lockhart, is presenting its spring season completely online, bringing the style and energy cherished by audiences at its live concerts at Symphony Hall to an online season filled with a wide-rang...
Andris Nelsons Conducts Brahms and Schumann in New BSO NOW Stream Available Today
by Chloe Rabinowitz - April 15, 2021
BSO Music Director Andris Nelsons leads works by two closely associated composers, Robert Schumann and Johannes Brahms, in the first of three programs in 'Pathways of Romanticism,' the final series of the BSO’s 2020-21 streaming season....
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