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a collage image of three latino men. one holds a cello and one holds a venezuelan cuatro

Stringfest: Aristides Rivas and Boston String Academy

Suite Boricua, other originals, and more! 

Boston String Academy players perform Aristides Rivas’ Suite Boricua, orchestrated for strings and percussion.  Cellist Rivas also performs in a trio alongside Venezuelan cuatro innovator Carlos Capacho and harpist Eduardo Betancourt. A Stringfest performance.

Saturday Mar. 25
Salvation Army Kroc Center
3:00pm
Free, Current Season, Salvation Army Kroc Center, Global Music, Interdisciplinary, New Music
Four men in black suits are standing in a circle, holding percussion mallets and playing a series of percussion instruments

Sō Percussion and Shodekeh

Stave Sessions

The adventurous percussion group Sō Percussion is joined by groundbreaking beatboxer Dominic “Shodekeh” Talifero. The contemporary music program includes a diverse range of repertoire from contemporary “classics” to new works in an “exhilarating blend of precision and anarchy, rigor and bedlam” (The New Yorker). Journey into new worlds of sound with this intriguing collaboration. 

Wednesday Mar. 29
Crystal Ballroom Somerville Th - Crystal Ballroom
8:00pm
Ticketed, Current Season, Crystal Ballroom Somerville Th - Crystal Ballroom, Interdisciplinary, New Music
Virtual Performance

Digital Concert: Maria Finkelmeier, marimba & Tim Hall, saxophone

Finding HOME - Music and Poetry  

Saxophonist Tim Hall and percussionist and public artist Maria Finkelmeier team up for Finding HOME, a program of self-composed music and improvisations for saxophone and marimba – as well as other percussion, electronics, and poetry – that explores the routes that we take to find home and cultivate community.

Thursday Mar. 30
Virtual Concert
4:00pm
Free, Current Season, Virtual Concert, New Music, Spoken Word, Interdisciplinary, Jazz
A group of 16 people in casual outfits stand and kneel outdoors in front of a red brick wall.

Wild Up

Stave Sessions

Los Angeles-based 2023 Grammy-nominated ensemble Wild Up creates mind-bending and theatrical contemporary music experiences by playing with place, structure, the relation of artist to audience: any aspect of the concert experience is up for reinvention at any time. Led by Founder and Artistic Director Christopher Rountree, the collective at once upholds and spontaneously redefines the notion of a traditional ensemble.

Thursday Mar. 30
Crystal Ballroom Somerville Th - Crystal Ballroom
8:00pm
Ticketed, Current Season, Crystal Ballroom Somerville Th - Crystal Ballroom, Interdisciplinary, Classical Music
Split image of Fatma Said, a middle eastern woman with dark hair in a white top against a white background, and Rafael Aguirre, a Hispanic man in a blue suit with a white shirt holding a guitar in front of a black background.

Fatma Said, soprano - Rafael Aguirre, guitar  

Debut Series

Egyptian soprano Fatma Said, making her United States recital debut, and Spanish guitarist Rafael Aguirre bring diverse, interconnected cultures together to create a sublime and illuminating experience that you won’t want to miss. Said’s partnership with Aguirre brings a cross-cultural flair to this recital, which features Spanish, Egyptian, and Lebanese songs, as well as selections from Brazil.

Thursday Mar. 30
Longy's Pickman Hall - Longy's Edward M. Pickman Hall
8:00pm
Ticketed, Current Season, Longy's Pickman Hall - Longy's Edward M. Pickman Hall, Vocal Music, Global Music
Yasmin Williams, a black woman in a multicolored top, sits on a red chair in front of a blue background playing a guitar sitting on her lap horizontally.

Yasmin Williams

Stave Sessions

Yasmin Williams is an acoustic fingerstyle guitarist with an unorthodox, modern style of playing. Her style utilizes various techniques including alternate tunings, percussive hits, and lap tapping. Williams’ music is rich and harmonious, while “challenging widespread preconceptions about the music made by young Black people or acoustic guitars” (Washington Post).

Friday Mar. 31
Crystal Ballroom Somerville Th - Crystal Ballroom
8:00pm
Ticketed, Current Season, Crystal Ballroom Somerville Th - Crystal Ballroom, Interdisciplinary
Four people stand in front of a shaded window. Two are standing and two are sitting.

Hub New Music

Tenth Anniversary Celebration

Hub New Music celebrates its tenth anniversary with new works by Angélica Negrón and Jessica Meyer as well as "Amid the Noise," a youth participation piece by percussionist Jason Treuting. The program also includes "Scenes from Surreality," a work by Boston-based erhu player and violinist Shaw Pong Liu that was originally commissioned for Neighborhood Arts.

Saturday Apr. 1
Multicultural Arts - Multicultural Arts Center
3:00pm
Free, Current Season, Multicultural Arts - Multicultural Arts Center, Interdisciplinary, New Music
Craig Taborn, a man with light hair stands in front of a patterned wall in a blue shirt smiling.

Craig Taborn Trio

Stave Sessions

Audiences know pianist Craig Taborn for his versatility as a leader, a soloist, and a sideman in dozens of bands and his brilliance as an improvisor in any number of musical contexts, from straight-ahead jazz to electro-acoustic sound collage. For twenty-five years, he’s continued to push the boundaries of composition and improvisation in jazz, new music, electronic, rock, noise, and more. 

Saturday Apr. 1
Crystal Ballroom Somerville Th - Crystal Ballroom
8:00pm
Ticketed, Current Season, Crystal Ballroom Somerville Th - Crystal Ballroom, Solo Pianist, Interdisciplinary

Digital Concert:  Fatma Said, soprano, and Rafael Aguirre, guitar

Egyptian soprano Fatma Said, making her United States recital debut, and Spanish guitarist Rafael Aguirre bring diverse, interconnected cultures together to create a sublime and illuminating experience that you won’t want to miss. Said’s partnership with Aguirre brings a cross-cultural flair to this recital, which features Spanish, Egyptian, and Lebanese songs, as well as selections from Brazil.

Saturday Apr. 1
Virtual Concert
8:00pm
Ticketed, Current Season, Virtual Concert
David Sedaris, a white man in his sixties stands in a white shirt with a black vest leaning against a doorframe surrounded by photos on yellow and white walls.

David Sedaris

David Sedaris has shared his life with us and made us laugh for decades. From the absurdist adventures of his early career to his wry and devastating recent examinations of aging, family, and mortality, his essays, diaries, and bestselling books have reflected his expansive curiosity, relentless powers of observation, and cheerful misanthropy.  

Sunday Apr. 2
Symphony Hall
7:00pm
Ticketed, Current Season, Symphony Hall, Spoken Word
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Church of the Holy Spirit
Crystal Ballroom at Somerville Theatre
GBH Calderwood Studio
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More Than Words
Multicultural Arts Center
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