Performance Calendar

A founding member of Roomful of Teeth, Dashon Burton is also increasingly known for his enlightening and varied explorations of American music and history, and this insightfully curated program, American Stories, adds to that reputation. Streaming live on Wednesday, January 19, 2022 at 8:00 pm from Longy's Pickman Hall, Cambridge and available on demand until Tuesday, January 25 at 7:00 pm.

Bass-baritone extraordinaire Dashon Burton makes his Celebrity Series debut with pianist Lindsay Garritson in a program of masterpieces spanning centuries. Storytelling is at the heart of every performance he undertakes, and this recital features songs of life and death, forever entwined in the power of song.

Co-hosted in partnership with Mission Hill Arts Festival's "Interconnections" summer series. Nebulous Quartet, led by cellist/vocalist Kely Pinheiro, is a young string quartet comprised of members with diverse cultural backgrounds that has established a sound all its own. Each member’s distinct musical identity emerges within the improvisational arrangements and compositions they create.

Co-hosted in partnership with Mission Hill Arts Festival's "Interconnections" summer series. Versatile Boston-based drummer, composer, and educator Tyson Jackson appears with his Quintet in a performance featuring red-hot vibraphonist Sasha Berliner. The performance closes with an audience Q&A!

Co-hosted in partnership with Mission Hill Arts Festival's "Interconnections" summer series. Tenor saxophonist Gregory Groover, Jr. makes his Series debut as a bandleader with this concert, which features his ongoing exploration of Negro Spirituals. Groover and his working band use original arrangements and jazz instrumentation to interpret these enduring anthems of hope, faith, and resilience for our historical moment.

One of the jazz world’s most respected and original voices, Maria Schneider brings her accomplished and cohesive ensemble to Sanders Theatre for the local premiere of Data Lords, her most ambitious project to date and a profound statement on the tension between our dystopian digital environment and the natural world. 

Chucho Valdés’ The Creation takes audiences through the Regla de Ocha story of creation from the Afro-Cuban religious practice Santería. This evening-length suite engages with powerful cultural rituals and explores how Valdés has woven his heritage throughout his extraordinary career. 

Constant innovation and reinvention define the Los Angeles Philharmonic. Now in his 12th season as music & artistic director, Gustavo Dudamel’s vision and creative direction for the organization has led the New York Times to herald the Los Angeles Philharmonic as “the most important orchestra in America—period.”

Joining Dudamel for the local premiere of a newly commissioned work by Mexican composer Gabriela Ortiz is the young and electrifying Spanish violinist María Dueñas in her Boston debut.

Mezzo-soprano Anne Sofie von Otter, universally recognized for her versatility and superlative skill at conveying a work’s textual meaning through her insightful musical interpretation, performs works by Schubert and Fanny Mendelssohn, as well as songs from her native Sweden.

Kristian Bezuidenhout, one of today’s most notable and exciting keyboard artists, collaborates with von Otter to create an atmosphere where subtlety, detail, and delicacy showcase the interplay of text, music, meaning, and drama in a compelling and unforgettable recital.

Jessica Vosk, star of Wicked’s second national tour, makes her Boston concert debut with a program she premiered at a sold-out Carnegie Hall. In My Golden Age, Vosk pays homage to the iconic voices who inspired her—Bette Midler, Linda Ronstadt, Judy Garland—and to composers Stephen Sondheim, Stephen Schwartz, and Leonard Cohen.