Kinan Azmeh’s CityBand
Tuesday, March 17, 2020
With CityBand, Azmeh, strives for a balance between classical music, jazz, and the music of his Syrian homeland.
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Stave Sessions
Nights of discovery, experimentation, and thrilling and path-breaking music.
March 17 - March 20
160 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
Meklit
Wednesday, March 18, 2020
Meklit is an Ethio-American vocalist, songwriter, composer and cultural activist, making music that sways between cultures and continents.
Sid Sriram
Thursday, March 19, 2020
Born in Chennai, but raised in the United States, singer/songwriter/producer Sid Sriram represents an intersection of very different worlds.
Sybarite5 with Ehsan Matoori
Friday, March 20, 2020
Sybarite5 has taken audiences by storm all across the US. From Visconti to Vrebalov and Coltrane to Radiohead, Sybarite5’s eclectic repertoire and commanding performances are turning heads throughout the music world.
Stave Sessions & Kronos Quartet
The Celebrity Series’ mission to present world-class performing artists who inspire and enrich our community is dependent on the free flow of artists and ideas across borders.
Read More“Stave Sessions, presented by the Celebrity Series of Boston, is dedicated to sharing a diverse array of top-level musicians in a relaxed concert format.”
ANNE GOLDBERG-BALDWIN I Care If You Listen
160 Mass Ave
160 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston
Highlights from Previous Stave Sessions
“The [Stave Sessions] lineup this time around is exceptional. I’m especially looking forward to the experimental folk-singing and storytelling duo Anna & Elizabeth and the boisterous pan-Latin outfit LADAMA”
Amelia Mason WBUR - "9 Must-See Live Music Events This Winter"
Sound? Check! Meet Steve Colby the Sound Engineer for Stave Session & More!
Sound engineer Steve Colby enters the room with an unassuming air. His humble manner does not reveal his years of experience cultivating soundscapes for events such as the Boston Pops 4th of July celebrations on the Esplanade, orchestra mixing for Barbra Streisand’s “Back To Brooklyn” tour, countless Celebrity Series concerts, and a myriad of other events.
Read MoreStave before 2020
2019
Anna & Elizabeth
Edmar Castañeda
LADAMA
Oracle Hysterical and musicians from A Far Cry
Tigue and Arooj Aftab
2018
Jazzmeia Horn
House of Waters
Ensemble Mik Nawooj
Claire Chase and My Brightest Diamond
Bent Knee with Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Percussion Ensemble
2017
yMusic
Melissa Aldana
Darcy James Argue's Secret Society
TIGUE and Innov Gnawa
2016
3 Sudacas / Mixcla
Sybarite5
Kneebody + Daedelus = Kneedelus
My Brightest Diamond
Sam Amidon and Glenn Kotche
Sō Percussion with Buke and Gase
2015
Banda Magda (Opening: Chorobop)
Gabriel Kahane (Opening: Kate Davis)
Roomful of Teeth
Ben Sollee and Becca Stevens Band
Brooklyn Rider
Third Coast Percussion
Stave Sessions is sponsored by:
MARGARET EAGLE & ELI RAPAPORT, SUSAN & MICHAEL THONIS, and the BARR FOUNDATION through its ArtsAmplified initiative.
Additional support provided by Michael & Debra Raizman, Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy, Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin, and Marylen Sternweiler.
This performance is made possible in part by support from Celebrity Series LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Endowment & Innovation Funds with generous leadership support from Peter & Anna Kolchinsky and Cerise Lim Jacobs, for Charles. Additional support provided by Kathleen & Chris Gaffney, Marylen Sternweiler, and Samuel & Gretchen Shubrooks.
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