Solo(s) Together

A Neighborhood Arts commissioning project

Five fascinating contemporary composers join forces with four of our longstanding local arts partners (and one all-star flute ensemble) to create world premiere works for four soloists that we hope will live on as virtuosic performance and audition pieces for advanced student musicians, and amateur and professional musicians alike. This project centers composers from diverse backgrounds, and many of our partner ensembles serve or are led by people of color, or amplify the voices of creators of color. We aim to inspire listeners and players of all ages with these works, and we hope that the soloists and ensembles who perform these pieces in the future feel like they are part of this project: these are your solos, alone or together.

The idea was inspired by curator Robin Baker’s involvement in Concert for One, a recent Celebrity Series Public Performance Project. All concerts will be available for on-demand viewing three weeks following the performance.

Additional Solo(s) Together programming will include masterclasses, a virtual composer panel, and composer visits.

Solo(s) Together Showcase
November 12 at 7pm, Harvard-Epworth Church in Harvard Square

All the works commissioned for this project come together for the first time, performed by student musicians from conservatories and training programs.
Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain's "Music for Black People, No. 1 - 'Relentless'" appears.

Original concert dates

Unitas Ensemble & Boston String Academy Stringfest

featuring the world premieres of "Morphogens" (Amir Bitran) & "La Petite Bande à Schubert" (Paul Desenne)
Original Date: Thursday, April 14, 2022 at the Roxbury Community College Theatre

Hub New Music, "Rogue Emojis"

featuring the world premiere of "They Found Me in Pieces" (Nathalie Joachim)
Original Date: Saturday, March 12, 2022 at the More Than Words Bookstore

All-Star Flute Quartet

featuring "Bostonian Scenes" (Valerie Coleman)
Original Date: Saturday, April 2, 2022 at Arlington Street Church

Solo(s) Together is supported by The Aaron Copland Fund for Music and The National Endowment for the Arts. Castle of our Skins is funded in part by the New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.

2022/23 NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS SEASON

From innovative concerts in the comfort of your living room to outdoor collaboration featuring virtuosic Boston-based artists, this season will feel both familiar and new!

Discover the full season

Solo(s) Together Venues

Thank you to our supporters!

Celebrity Series of Boston is grateful to our 2021-22 Season Sponsors Amy & Joshua Boger, 2021-22 Neighborhood Arts Presenting Sponsor Stephanie L. Brown Foundation, and to the many individuals, corporations, and government agencies whose generosity supports Arts for All! and help fulfill our mission to present performing artists who inspire and enrich our community and our vision of a community of Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, lifelong, shared experience — on stages, on streets, in neighborhoods — everywhere.

 

Anonymous (3), Leslie & Howard Appleby, Stephanie L. Brown Foundation, Amy & Ethan d'Ablemont Burnes, George & Lizbeth Krupp, Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation, Stifler Family Foundation

                                

Lubin Family Foundation                   National Endowment for the Arts

Arts for All! programs are also made possible by support from the LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Endowment & Innovation Funds of the Celebrity Series of Boston.