Season 12: 2018-19
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PAST EVENTS
Saturday-Sunday, October 20-21 | 1:00-3:00pm
Roslindale Open Studios | 20 Belgrade Ave, Roslindale
musiConnects opens its doors for Roslindale Open Studios. Detailed schedule below --
Saturday, 1-2pm - Observe musiConnects RMs at work, in an open rehearsal & informal performance of Kala Ramnath's Amrit.
Sunday, 1-2pm - More open rehearsals! This time, it's Augusta Read Thomas' Silent Moon, for violin & viola.
Saturday AND Sunday, 2-3pm - An "instrument petting zoo" for young folks (and young at heart!) who'd like to try a string instrument in person!
Thursday, November 8 | 12:30pm
musiConnects at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
musiConnects RMs present Kala Ramnath's Amrit in recital at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.
Sunday, November 18 | 4:00pm
Roslindale Community Program - Fall Trimester Recital | Springhouse Senior Living, 44 Allandale St, Jamaica Plain
Cheer on students from musiConnects' Roslindale Community Program, as they present their first solo recital of the year!
Wednesday, November 28 | Suggested donation of $50
6:30 pm
musiConnects at the Harvard Musical Association
musiConnects Resident Musicians in recital - don't miss it!
Kala Ramnath, Amrit | Augusta Read Thomas, Silent Moon | Fanny Mendelssohn, String Quartet in E-flat | Jessie Montgomery, Starburst
Sunday, December 2
Private performance | Contact us for more information.
Interested in hosting a musiConnects house concert? Click here.
Monday, December 3
6:30 pm
Lena Park Community Performance | FREE
Join musiConnects Resident Musicians and renowned pianist Joy Cline Phinney for an evening of live music in the Lena Park Community Room. The event is part of a series by musiConnects, in conjunction with Ms. Cline Phinney, intended to offer free live performances using the 2016 "Play Me, I'm Yours" street pianos decorated by local artists and located in various community and public spaces around the city. This project is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
December 10-14 | 9pm
Nightcaps! | via Facebook Live
Our popular streaming concert series returns for a third season. Pour yourself a nightcap, relax, and bring musiConnects into your living room!
December 12
Family-Fiddle-Food-Fest | FREE
An annual highlight - musiConnects students, families, and staff gather for an All-Play performance highlighting students in our Residency Program.
January 22 | 12:30-1:30pm | FREE
Mattapan Post Office - Community Concert
Mattapan Post Office Lobby, 1602 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan
musiConnects RMs - joined by renowned pianist Joy Cline Phinney - perform chamber music at the Mattapan Post Office, in a concert series featuring the "Play Me, I'm Yours" street pianos. This event is generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sunday, February 3 | 2pm | FREE
Amrit at the Newton Free Library
Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton
musiConnects RMs - joined by guest musician Misha Thomas - reprise Kala Ramnath's Amrit for string quartet & tabla, along with other string chamber music.
Sunday, February 10
Private performance | Contact us for more information.
Interested in hosting a musiConnects house concert? Click here.
Saturday, February 16 | 1-3pm
Gunpowder Gelatine: Fundraiser for musiConnects, at Aeronaut Brewery
Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler St, Somerville
Gunpowder Gelatine, the world's best all-female Queen tribute band, will perform to raise support for musiConnects programming. Come out for a great night of rock-and-roll, to support some true Champions! Executive Director Nancy Galluzzo will be showcasing her percussion skills!
Tuesday, March 5 | 6:30pm | FREE
Mattahunt BCYF Community Performance
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, 100 Hebron St, Mattapan
Join mC Resident Musicians & guest pianist Joy Cline Phinney for a special quintet performance at the Mattahunt BCYF Community Center. This is the final concert in a musiConnects performance series featuring Boston’s “Play Me, I’m Yours” street pianos, generously supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Wednesday, March 20 | 6:30pm | FREE
Spirit! Student All-Play and Community Dinner
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, 100 Hebron St, Mattapan
An annual tradition continues! Feed your body and soul at our annual student All-Play concert featuring Deep River and culminating in a lively family-style pasta dinner.
Sunday, March 24 | 4pm | FREE
Roslindale Community Program - Winter Recital
Springhouse Senior Living, 44 Allandale St, Jamaica Plain
Students in our Roslindale Community Program showcase the results of their hard work!
Sunday, March 31
Private performance | Contact us for more information
Interested in hosting a musiConnects house concert? Click here.
March 31 - April 4 | Nightly at 9pm via Facebook Live
Nightcaps! (Spring Edition)
Our popular streaming concert series returns for a third season. Pour yourself a nightcap, relax, and bring musiConnects into your living room!
** Sunday March 31 - Guest Artists! Jacques Lee Wood & Heath Marlow, cellos
** Monday, April 1 - mC RMs Josh Addison, Liz Stefan & David Rubin
** Tuesday, April 2 - Guest Artist! Eduardo Betancourt, harp
** Wednesday, April 3 - mC RMs Rachel Panitch, Betsy Hinkle, Jason Amos & Francesca McNeeley
** Thursday, April 4 - Guest Artists! Marji Gere, violin & Dan Sedgwick, piano
Friday, April 12 | 6:30pm | FREE
Brushes and Strings
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, Mattapan
musiConnects and award-winning artist Marjorie Saintil-Belizaire join together in an interactive collaboration featuring visual art and live music.
Thursday, April 25 | 6:30pm | FREE
musiConnects Faculty Concert
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, Mattapan
Join our entire roster of Resident Musician for an evening of exceptional music at the Mattahunt BCYF Community Center.
Wednesday, May 22 | 6:30pm | FREE
mC Residency Program - Solo Recital
Mattapan Teen Center, Mattapan
Come out and support the students in our Residency Program (KIPP Academy, Lena Park CDC, Mattahunt BCYF, Mattapan Elementary School) as they step into the solo spotlight and share a year’s worth of progress!
Wednesday, June 5 | 6:30pm | FREE
mC Residency Program - Year-End Performance Party
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, Mattapan
Our year-end performance party and potluck highlights the student ensembles in our Residency Program (KIPP Academy, Lena Park CDC, Mattahunt BCYF, Mattapan Elementary School). A celebration of a year’s worth of progress!
Sunday, June 9 | 4pm | FREE
Roslindale Community Program - Spring Recital
Springhouse Senior Living, 44 Allandale St, Jamaica Plain
Come out and support the students in our Roslindale Community Program as they showcase the results of their hard work in the last recital of the season!
------------------------------------------
PAST EVENTS
Saturday-Sunday, October 20-21 | 1:00-3:00pm
Roslindale Open Studios | 20 Belgrade Ave, Roslindale
musiConnects opens its doors for Roslindale Open Studios. Detailed schedule below --
Saturday, 1-2pm - Observe musiConnects RMs at work, in an open rehearsal & informal performance of Kala Ramnath's Amrit.
Sunday, 1-2pm - More open rehearsals! This time, it's Augusta Read Thomas' Silent Moon, for violin & viola.
Saturday AND Sunday, 2-3pm - An "instrument petting zoo" for young folks (and young at heart!) who'd like to try a string instrument in person!
Thursday, November 8 | 12:30pm
musiConnects at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
musiConnects RMs present Kala Ramnath's Amrit in recital at University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth.
Sunday, November 18 | 4:00pm
Roslindale Community Program - Fall Trimester Recital | Springhouse Senior Living, 44 Allandale St, Jamaica Plain
Cheer on students from musiConnects' Roslindale Community Program, as they present their first solo recital of the year!
Wednesday, November 28 | Suggested donation of $50
6:30 pm
musiConnects at the Harvard Musical Association
musiConnects Resident Musicians in recital - don't miss it!
Kala Ramnath, Amrit | Augusta Read Thomas, Silent Moon | Fanny Mendelssohn, String Quartet in E-flat | Jessie Montgomery, Starburst
Sunday, December 2
Private performance | Contact us for more information.
Interested in hosting a musiConnects house concert? Click here.
Monday, December 3
6:30 pm
Lena Park Community Performance | FREE
Join musiConnects Resident Musicians and renowned pianist Joy Cline Phinney for an evening of live music in the Lena Park Community Room. The event is part of a series by musiConnects, in conjunction with Ms. Cline Phinney, intended to offer free live performances using the 2016 "Play Me, I'm Yours" street pianos decorated by local artists and located in various community and public spaces around the city. This project is supported, in part, by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts.
December 10-14 | 9pm
Nightcaps! | via Facebook Live
Our popular streaming concert series returns for a third season. Pour yourself a nightcap, relax, and bring musiConnects into your living room!
December 12
Family-Fiddle-Food-Fest | FREE
An annual highlight - musiConnects students, families, and staff gather for an All-Play performance highlighting students in our Residency Program.
January 22 | 12:30-1:30pm | FREE
Mattapan Post Office - Community Concert
Mattapan Post Office Lobby, 1602 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan
musiConnects RMs - joined by renowned pianist Joy Cline Phinney - perform chamber music at the Mattapan Post Office, in a concert series featuring the "Play Me, I'm Yours" street pianos. This event is generously supported by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Sunday, February 3 | 2pm | FREE
Amrit at the Newton Free Library
Newton Free Library, 330 Homer St, Newton
musiConnects RMs - joined by guest musician Misha Thomas - reprise Kala Ramnath's Amrit for string quartet & tabla, along with other string chamber music.
Sunday, February 10
Private performance | Contact us for more information.
Interested in hosting a musiConnects house concert? Click here.
Saturday, February 16 | 1-3pm
Gunpowder Gelatine: Fundraiser for musiConnects, at Aeronaut Brewery
Aeronaut Brewing Company, 14 Tyler St, Somerville
Gunpowder Gelatine, the world's best all-female Queen tribute band, will perform to raise support for musiConnects programming. Come out for a great night of rock-and-roll, to support some true Champions! Executive Director Nancy Galluzzo will be showcasing her percussion skills!
Tuesday, March 5 | 6:30pm | FREE
Mattahunt BCYF Community Performance
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, 100 Hebron St, Mattapan
Join mC Resident Musicians & guest pianist Joy Cline Phinney for a special quintet performance at the Mattahunt BCYF Community Center. This is the final concert in a musiConnects performance series featuring Boston’s “Play Me, I’m Yours” street pianos, generously supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
Wednesday, March 20 | 6:30pm | FREE
Spirit! Student All-Play and Community Dinner
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, 100 Hebron St, Mattapan
An annual tradition continues! Feed your body and soul at our annual student All-Play concert featuring Deep River and culminating in a lively family-style pasta dinner.
Sunday, March 24 | 4pm | FREE
Roslindale Community Program - Winter Recital
Springhouse Senior Living, 44 Allandale St, Jamaica Plain
Students in our Roslindale Community Program showcase the results of their hard work!
Sunday, March 31
Private performance | Contact us for more information
Interested in hosting a musiConnects house concert? Click here.
March 31 - April 4 | Nightly at 9pm via Facebook Live
Nightcaps! (Spring Edition)
Our popular streaming concert series returns for a third season. Pour yourself a nightcap, relax, and bring musiConnects into your living room!
** Sunday March 31 - Guest Artists! Jacques Lee Wood & Heath Marlow, cellos
** Monday, April 1 - mC RMs Josh Addison, Liz Stefan & David Rubin
** Tuesday, April 2 - Guest Artist! Eduardo Betancourt, harp
** Wednesday, April 3 - mC RMs Rachel Panitch, Betsy Hinkle, Jason Amos & Francesca McNeeley
** Thursday, April 4 - Guest Artists! Marji Gere, violin & Dan Sedgwick, piano
Friday, April 12 | 6:30pm | FREE
Brushes and Strings
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, Mattapan
musiConnects and award-winning artist Marjorie Saintil-Belizaire join together in an interactive collaboration featuring visual art and live music.
Thursday, April 25 | 6:30pm | FREE
musiConnects Faculty Concert
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, Mattapan
Join our entire roster of Resident Musician for an evening of exceptional music at the Mattahunt BCYF Community Center.
Wednesday, May 22 | 6:30pm | FREE
mC Residency Program - Solo Recital
Mattapan Teen Center, Mattapan
Come out and support the students in our Residency Program (KIPP Academy, Lena Park CDC, Mattahunt BCYF, Mattapan Elementary School) as they step into the solo spotlight and share a year’s worth of progress!
Wednesday, June 5 | 6:30pm | FREE
mC Residency Program - Year-End Performance Party
Mattahunt BCYF Community Center, Mattapan
Our year-end performance party and potluck highlights the student ensembles in our Residency Program (KIPP Academy, Lena Park CDC, Mattahunt BCYF, Mattapan Elementary School). A celebration of a year’s worth of progress!
Sunday, June 9 | 4pm | FREE
Roslindale Community Program - Spring Recital
Springhouse Senior Living, 44 Allandale St, Jamaica Plain
Come out and support the students in our Roslindale Community Program as they showcase the results of their hard work in the last recital of the season!