Nicole performs Aaron Jay Myers’ Lichens II (for solo violin) as part of the Infrequent Seams Festival!

Other performances by:

Anagram Ensemble: Andrew Drury, Thomas Buckner, and James Ilgenfritz

Alex Marcelo, J D Parran, and Daniel Carter Trio

$20 at the door

Friday, June 9, 2023
Strawberries and Ice Cream from 6:00 PM,
Pops Concert at 7:30 PM
Arlington Town Hall, Arlington, MA

Tania Miller, conductor
Providence Singers, Christine Noel, Artistic Director
Laquita Mitchell, soprano
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
David Pomeroy, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass

VERDI: Requiem

Tickets start at $15, visit tickets.riphil.org or call 401-248-7000 to purchase today!

SPONSORS’ CONCERT

Saturday, April 29, 2023 at 7:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA

Pyotr Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien, Op. 45
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Flos Campi
Antonin Dvorak – Te Deum, Op. 103

Andrew Norman Play (2013, rev. 2018)

Lei Liang A Thousand Mountains, A Million Streams (2017)

Lisa Bielawa In medias res (2009)

FAMILY CONCERT

Sunday, March 19, 2023 at 3:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA

Camille Saint Saëns – Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso
featuring the 2022 Young Artist Competition
Wood Prize Winner, violinist Ayaan Ahmad
Nathaniel Stookey – The Composer Is Dead
with narration written by Lemony Snicket

Tobias Picker - Awakenings

A MID-WINTER CONCERT:
“It’s All About Papa”

Saturday, February 11, 2023 at 7:30 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA

Mariana Martinez – Overture to “Isacco”
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 2 in D, featuring the
2022 Young Artist Competition winner, cellist Elena Ariza
Johannes Brahms – Variations on a Theme of Haydn

A HOLIDAY CONCERT

 Sunday, December 18, 2022 at 3:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA

Louise Farrenc – Premiere Overture in E
Ralph Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Christmas Carols
Anton Bruckner – Mass #2 in E Minor

BMOP presents the East Coast premiere of composer John Corigliano and librettist Mark Adamo's striking new opera, The Lord of Cries. Weaving Bram Stoker's Dracula with Euripides's tragedy The Bacchae, Corigliano and Adamo lead the listener through a fever dream of ecstasy and ruin set in Victorian England. Featuring GRAMMY® Award-winning countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo as the supernatural Dionysus-cum-Dracula, Lord of Cries reimagines timeless themes for contemporary audiences.

https://bmop.org/season-tickets/lord-cries

Celebrate silver screen legend Judy Garland! Acclaimed singer Joan Ellison and your PSO bring Judy’s original symphonic arrangements back to life in a glorious musical trip from technicolor Hollywood to the concert hall!

https://portlandsymphony.org/event/get-happy-a-judy-garland-celebration/

Celebrate silver screen legend Judy Garland! Acclaimed singer Joan Ellison and your PSO bring Judy’s original symphonic arrangements back to life in a glorious musical trip from technicolor Hollywood to the concert hall!

https://portlandsymphony.org/event/get-happy-a-judy-garland-celebration-2/

A FALL CONCERT

 Sunday, October 23, 2022 at 3:00 PM,
First Parish Unitarian Universalist, Arlington, MA

Johannes Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Ludwig van Beethoven – Concerto for Violin, Cello and Piano in C Major, Op. 56
featuring  The Essex Piano Trio
William Grant Still – Symphony No. 1, “Afro-American”

Friday, October 21, 2022 at 7:30 pm

For centuries, composers have found inspiration in the vastness of the universe. The intersection of music with the cosmos challenges our conventional thinking of what music can be, where it can occur, how it is constructed, and how it can connect us to nature.

Concord Conservatory presents Music & the Cosmos

Purchase Tickets in advance or payable at the door for this event. ($25 General Admission and free for students 18 and under)

Our special guest speakers, Observational Astrophysicist Erin Kara of MIT, and Brad Wells of the Grammy Award-winning Roomful of Teeth will present on the topics of the sonification of black holes and understanding the concept of space and its relationship to sound. 

The concert will feature chamber music works of Mozart, John Luther Adams, and Urmas Sisask performed by Concord Conservatory faculty, flutist Anthea Kechley, violinist Nicole Parks, cellist Stephen Marotto, and pianist Keun Young Sun.

https://concordconservatory.org/events/music-the-cosmos/

Celebrate the immortal music of Queen! Renowned conductor Brent Havens joins your Portland Symphony Orchestra for an unforgettable weekend featuring epic arrangements of the British supergroup’s top hits. Relive chart-busting songs from albums such as Classic Queen, A Night at the Opera, Sheer Heart Attack, Jazz, News of the World, A Kind of Magic, The Works and more.

https://portlandsymphony.org/event/the-music-of-queen/

Celebrate the immortal music of Queen! Renowned conductor Brent Havens joins your Portland Symphony Orchestra for an unforgettable weekend featuring epic arrangements of the British supergroup’s top hits. Relive chart-busting songs from albums such as Classic Queen, A Night at the Opera, Sheer Heart Attack, Jazz, News of the World, A Kind of Magic, The Works and more.

https://portlandsymphony.org/event/the-music-of-queen-2/

OdysseyOpera.org

An exiled Russian nobleman consumed by jealousy, an aging Baron who dies calling not for his son but for his gold, and a young couple consigned to the Second Circle of Hell after an illicit kiss. Three timeless tales inspired by Alexander Pushkin and Dante’s Inferno and brought to life in this presentation of the complete operatic output of one of the most beloved Russian composers, Sergei Rachmaninoff.

An exiled man desperate to build a home with a beautiful woman (Yelena Dyachek) destroys everything when he discovers her in the arms of another (Andrew Bidlack).

A dying Baron (Mikhail Svetlov) amasses tremendous amounts of gold which he guards zealously, alienating everyone—including his own son (Spencer Hamlin).

Dante (Yeghishe Manucharyan) meets two young lovers (Dyachek and Bidlack), who are murdered and consigned to the Second Circle of Hell after a stolen kiss.

Presented in Concert in Russian, with English Supertitles
Collective US Premiere

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Upbeat (1999)

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Concerto Elegia (2015) with Sarah Brady, flute

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Commedia dell'Arte (2012) with Gabriela Diaz, violin

Ellen Taaffe Zwilich Symphony No. 5 "Concerto for Orchestra" (2008)

Semiosis Quartet heads to New York City to present a spacial string program on Columbia University’s Sacred Music at Columbia series!

Sharing a program of Josquin, Bach, Laurie Anderson, Carlos Simon, and original works written for the evening by Semiosis’s Teagan Faran, the sounds of Semiosis will rain down antiphonally from the beautiful heights of St. Paul’s Chapel.

Join us in person or online on April 5, 2022 at 6pm.

https://www.semiosisquartet.com/surround-sound

Gérard Grisey's fascination with the physics of sound contributed to what has become known as Spectralism. Boston Conservatory at Berklee musicians sit side-by-side with local professionals and members of Ensemble intercontemporain for a performance of Grisey's seminal work. Featuring Ensemble intercontemporain: Emmanuelle Ophéle, flute; Jens McManama, horn; Samuel Favre, percussion; Hidéki Nagano, piano; and John Stulz, viola.

PIERRE BOULEZ: Éclat
GÉRARD GRISEY: Les Espaces Acoustiques Prologue
GRISEY: Les Espaces Acoustiques Périodes
GRISEY: Les Espaces Acoustiques Partiels
Chamber Music TBD

Music Director, Vimbayi Kaziboni

BMOP returns to the concert stage in style, with a special concert event to kick off celebrations of a quarter-century of BMOP. Pulling Out All the Stops, BMOP's first live concert since 2020, showcases the power and glory of the Symphony Hall organ as it is seldom presented: as a vital element of contemporary expression. World-renowned organ soloist Paul Jacobs joins the BMOP orchestra for an evening of 20th-century organ masterpieces and iconic organ solos reimagined for orchestra.

BMOP is proud to offer free general admission to this concert; seats can be reserved through the Symphony Hall Box Office beginning Monday, December 20, 2021.

Celebrating a Quarter-Century of BMOP

This concert—the first of BMOP’s landmark quarter-century season—celebrates friends and supporters of the organization who have made its first 25 years possible. BMOP is pleased to dedicate the concert program in memory of Ellis L. Phillips III, longtime BMOP Board Chair and supporter, and to celebrate our anniversary with pre- and post-concert events to honor composers, musicians, supporters, and friends of BMOP.

https://youtu.be/9HxgN1_QtSA

Semiosis Quartet Presents

Semi-Semiosis featuring Will Yager

Nicole Parks, Teagan Faran, and Lev Mamuya are joined by bassist Will Yager for two concerts in January.

January 16th - 4pm - Livestream

Evan Williams - Grime
Libby Larsen - Up Where the Air Gets Thin
Isang Yun - Together
Fred Lerdahl - Waltzes

We at Semiosis Quartet, our friends at New School of Music, and the city of Cambridge mandate that masks be worn at all times indoors. We suggest acquiring KN95 masks that fit tightly to your face. If you can not access these, we recommend using a surgical mask under a cloth mask. If you have any questions, please reach out to Nicole Parks at nicole@semiosisquartet.com.

(We are monitoring the progression of Covid-19 in New England and will keep this event updated with any new information as it is decided!)

Semiosis Quartet Presents

Semi-Semiosis featuring Will Yager

Nicole Parks, Teagan Faran, and Lev Mamuya are joined by bassist Will Yager for two concerts in January.

January 15th - 7pm - United Parish in Brookline - Chapel

Evan Williams - Grime
Libby Larsen - Up Where the Air Gets Thin
Isang Yun - Together
Fred Lerdahl - Waltzes

We at Semiosis Quartet, our friends at United Parish in Brookline, and the city of Brookline mandate that masks be worn at all times indoors. We suggest acquiring KN95 masks that fit tightly to your face. If you can not access these, we recommend using a surgical mask under a cloth mask. If you have any questions, please reach out to Nicole Parks at nicole@semiosisquartet.com.

PLEASE DO NOT PARK IN THE LOT AT 210 HARVARD ST! It is reserved and you will be towed. There is free side-street parking where indicated, and metered parking all along Harvard Street

Semiosis Quartet would like to introduce cellist Lev Mamuya and violinist Teagan Faran!

We will be performing at 5pm on Cambridge Common! Join us to hear a wonderful program with works by Gabriela Lena Frank, Dan Visconti, Shelley Washington, Julian Peralta, and Reena Esmail.

Bring a picnic dinner and enjoy some live music!