Community Concert Series, featuring the Great Hill String Quartet
musiConnects' Community Concert Series is an annual series of free performances in community spaces in Roslindale and Mattapan featuring the Great Hill String Quartet.
The Great Hill String Quartet is a high-level professional string quartet composed of musiConnects Resident Musicians and led by Artistic Director Elizabeth Cook. The quartet specializes in repertoire by women composers, composers of color, and other works that reflect the communities that musiConnects serves.
To learn about upcoming performances by the Great Hill String Quartet, check our EVENTS, or join our mailing list. To inquire about booking the Great Hill String Quartet, email [email protected].
The Great Hill String Quartet is a high-level professional string quartet composed of musiConnects Resident Musicians and led by Artistic Director Elizabeth Cook. The quartet specializes in repertoire by women composers, composers of color, and other works that reflect the communities that musiConnects serves.
To learn about upcoming performances by the Great Hill String Quartet, check our EVENTS, or join our mailing list. To inquire about booking the Great Hill String Quartet, email [email protected].
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"Dare We Imagine" This video clip is from the world premiere of "Dare We Imagine" by Dina Shilleh, commissioned by musiConnects, and performed by the mC faculty quartet in May 2024. |
Dina Shilleh is a Serbian-Palestinian musician, with a Bachelor and Masters Degree in piano performance (Lawrence University and University of Massachusetts - Amherst). You can learn more about her and her work at http://dinashilleh.com/. She wrote this beautiful poem to be read before performances of "Dare We Imagine":
The pendulum swings incessantly, a relentless rhythm of trauma.
The unsettling clock, anxious in its turns, ticks away moments we cannot erase.
The fire, suffocated, grows until it can no longer bear the rising heat.
It explodes in a burst of flames, consuming all in its path, leaving only…?
Sadness veiled in denial, moves forward, simply to keep on.
Covering the wounds with hope and imagination.
Hearing the voices that echo beyond the tomb.
It dances a welcome for those who can never return.
Dreaming of a day when scars fade and new life begins.
The pendulum swings incessantly, a relentless rhythm of trauma.
The unsettling clock, anxious in its turns, ticks away moments we cannot erase.
The fire, suffocated, grows until it can no longer bear the rising heat.
It explodes in a burst of flames, consuming all in its path, leaving only…?
Sadness veiled in denial, moves forward, simply to keep on.
Covering the wounds with hope and imagination.
Hearing the voices that echo beyond the tomb.
It dances a welcome for those who can never return.
Dreaming of a day when scars fade and new life begins.