Celebrity Series’ Arts for All! community programs have something for everyone. We invite you to explore our 2019-20 season in the pages that follow.
From September 20-29, join us for Concert For One: 1 Musician, 1 Listener, 1 Minute of Live Music. Experience an extraordinary array of local artists and youth ensembles in Neighborhood Arts concerts throughout the season. Sing and dance with us at Artist Connections community workshops and masterclasses, or be inspired at our post-performance artist talks. Explore the many performances available for discounted tickets through Take Your Seat.
All of these programs are a part of 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.
2019 | 20 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
CONCERT FOR ONE: 1 MUSICIAN, 1 LISTENER, 1 MINUTE OF LIVE MUSIC
Catch our next free public performance project, at Harvard Science Plaza and the Greenway’s Chin Park, September 20-29, 2019. pg. 2
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS
Boston area artists lead interactive workshops for youth and community concerts in neighborhood venues in Dorchester, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale, Roxbury, and the South End.
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TAKE YOUR SEAT
Free and discounted tickets for thousands of children, students, and families.
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ARTIST CONNECTIONS
Post-performance artist talks, community workshops, lecture demonstrations, and masterclasses for students from the elementary through conservatory levels pg. 10
ARTS FOR ALL!
Cultivating the next generation of artists and audiences
CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON PRESENTS
CONCERT FOR ONE:
1 Musician, 1 Listener, 1 Minute of Live Music
September 20-29 | 12PM-6PM
Harvard Science Center Plaza, Cambridge Rose Kennedy Greenway's Chin Park, Boston
FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, NO RESERVATIONS OR TICKETS REQUIRED
Over ten days this fall, Celebrity Series will give powerful, free music experiences to 5,000 people: one listener and one musician at a time. Concert for One will pair individual listeners with solo musicians for 60 seconds of live performance, fostering intimate connections between performers and audience members.
Performances will take place inside a temporary art installation featuring two specially outfitted shipping containers. Details of the performance, including the performer's name, instrument or what music they will play, will be unknown to listeners until they step into the space.
“I wanted to know how courageous we could be… as musicians, audiences, visitors, friends and strangers…” artist Rayna Yun Chou
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS!
Concert for One is made possible through the generosity of our sponsors.
Leslie & Howard Appleby, Amy & Joshua Boger, the Stephanie L. Brown Foundation, Donna & Michael Egan, the Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative, The Klarman Family Foundation, and the Boston Foundation, with in-kind support from M. Steinert & Sons and media sponsorship from WBUR. This event is also made possible in part by support from Celebrity Series LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Endowment & Innovation Funds.
MEDIA SPONSOR
CELEBRITY SERIES PRESENTS “Concert For One” in cooperation with The Rose Kennedy Greenway, Harvard Office For the Arts and Harvard Common Spaces.
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS
BRINGS THE JOY OF LIVE PERFORMANCE to six Boston neighborhoods, partnering with 50+ community organizations and Boston area artists who anchor interactive workshops for youth and community concerts in neighborhood venues in Dorchester, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale, Roxbury, and the South End. Tickets are free unless otherwise noted; for $5 concerts, proceeds benefit a community nonprofit.
AMERICAN/CONTEMPORARY MUSIC
HUB NEW MUSIC
Hub New Music showcases 21st century composers, including a performance with Urbanity Dance on October 5, 2019 at Roxbury’s Hibernian Hall, featuring Robert Honstein’s Soul House with choreography by Haley Day. Tickets are $5, to benefit the Urbanity Dance Access For All Fund. Hub New Music will also direct composition residencies culminating in school performances at Josiah Quincy School and Boston Renaissance Charter School.
JASON PALMER QUINTET
The Jason Palmer Quintet will perform a jazz holiday concert on December 7, 2019 at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in collaboration with the Summer Street Brass Band. Their March 21, 2020 concert at the First Church in Roxbury (tickets are $5) will benefit the Unitarian-Universalist Urban Ministry’s youth programs.
CASTLE OF OUR SKINS
Castle of our Skins is a concert and educational series dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music. Castle of our Skins leads the South End Stringfest (March 14, 2020) with Boston String Academy and Josiah Quincy Orchestra, a community concert at Church of the Holy Spirit (May 2, 2020), and school visits. All concerts are free.
RYAN EDWARDS
composition & percussion
Ryan Edwards will lead composition and African drum residencies with Hurley K-8 School in the South End and Bates Elementary School in Roslindale. Urbanity Dance will choreograph Hurley’s piece for two school showcases.
DEVIN FERREIRA hip hop
Hip hop artist Devin Ferreira will direct two fall residencies and culminating events with the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Youth Program and Mattapan Teen Center.
MARIA FINKELMEIER composition & percussion
Maria Finkelemeier will lead an electronic bucket drum improvisation Beat Bus residency for Yawkey Boys & Girls Club over February school vacation week.
Devin Ferreira and Ryan Edwards
Ryan Edwards
Devin Ferreira
Maria Finkelmeier
Castle of our Skins
Jason Palmer Quintet
Hub New Music
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS
A Celebration of Puerto Rico
A Boston Tribute to Pablo Casals
This special project celebrates the legacy of the great cellist Pablo Casals and his connections to Boston and Puerto Rico. Most well-known for rediscovering and popularizing the Bach cello suites, Casals was born in Spain in 1876 and made his Boston debut on November 26, 1901. In 1955, he relocated to Puerto Rico, his mother’s native land, where he was integral to the establishment of the symphony, conservatory, and Casals Festival, which continues to this day.
CELLO RECITAL: NINE ALL-STAR SOLOISTS
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 2019 AT 8 PM (7:15 PM SLIDE SHOW)
Union United Methodist Church, 485 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02118
Tickets are $5; proceeds to benefit the Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund
Featuring Casals’ godson and New England Conservatory string chair Lluís Claret, Boston Symphony Orchestra Principal cellist Blaise Déjardin, and cellists Mike Block, Eugene Friesen, Yeesun Kim, Robert Mayes, Aristides Rivas, Rhonda Rider, and Nicholas Tzavaras, with Pei-Shan Lee, piano, this powerhouse collective of nine prominent cellists performs music from Casals’ 1901 Boston debut recital, works from the Casals Festivals, and the Boston premiere of Casals’ Cinco Obras for cello and piano. A pre-concert talk features Casals scholar Pedro Reina-Pérez, Lluís Claret, and Brian and Rosi Amador.
Eugene Friesen Yeesun Kim
Robert Mayes
Aristides Rivas Rhonda Rider
Nicholas Tzavaras
Pei-Shan Lee
Blaise Déjardin
Lluís Claret
Mike Block
A Boston Tribute to Pablo Casals is generously supported by an anonymous donor.
ALL-CELLO ORCHESTRA CONCERT: 56 CELLISTS CELEBRATE PABLO CASALS
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2019 AT 3PM
Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts, 527 Tremont Street, Boston, MA 02116
Tickets: Free, advance reservations encouraged
Celebrating the tradition of mass cello choir performances at Puerto Rico’s beloved Casals Festivals, an orchestra of 56 cellists—drawn from students and faculty at Berklee, Boston Conservatory, Boston University, Longy School of Music, New England Conservatory, and 14 professional organizations— share the stage for the first time in the magnificent Virginia Wimberley Theatre at the Boston Center for the Arts in the South End.
The program includes contemporary pieces by six cello octets, Spanish Sardanas by Pablo Casals and Puerto Rican folksong arrangements by Aristides Rivas, accompanied by Jorge and Gabriel Arce on percussion. Joining the ensemble are Casals’ godson and New England Conservatory string chair Lluís Claret, and conductors Eugene Friesen and Aristides Rivas.
FABIOLA MÉNDEZ TRIO
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 2019 AT 4PM
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2019 AT 7PM
Fabiola Méndez is the first Berklee College of Music graduate with the Puerto Rican cuatro as principal instrument. She makes her Celebrity Series debut in solo and trio Puerto Rican folk and jazz concerts at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church (October 6, 2019), Church of the Holy Spirit (October 26, 2019), and co-sponsored with Ágora at CROMA@Arlington Street Church (November 30, 2019). All concerts are free.
ROXBURY AND DORCHESTER STRINGFESTS
VOCI ANGELICA TRIO
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2019 AT 3:30PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2019 AT 3PM
In the third and fourth components of the Boston Tribute to Pablo Casals, cello and vocal trio Voci Angelica leads the Roxbury Stringfest (December 8, 2019) with Boston City-Wide String Orchestra and City Strings United and the Dorchester Stringfest (December 14, 2019) with Conservatory Lab Charter School. Voci Angelica cellist and Venezuelan El Sistema graduate Aristides Rivas will adapt the Puerto Rican song arrangements commissioned for the Boston Tribute to Pablo Casals for these two community events featuring youth ensembles.
SOL Y CANTO
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2020 AT 11 & 11:40AM
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2020 AT 10:30AM
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 2020 AT 3PM
Led by Puerto Rican/Argentine singer and bongo player Rosi Amador and New Mexican guitarist and composer Brian Amador, Sol y Canto showcases Puerto Rican music in free February vacation week concerts at Boston Children's Museum and Hyde Park Library, as well as in a family concert on March 7, 2020 at Union United Methodist Church with tenor Christian Figueroa and cuatrista Fabiola Méndez. Tickets for March 7 are $5 and benefit the Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund.
WORLD MUSIC/DANCE
JEAN APPOLON EXPRESSIONS
Jean Appolon leads an intergenerational workshop in Haitian contemporary dance, followed by a performance by Jean Appolon Expressions as part of the BAMS Fest at Franklin Park in June 2020.
YO-EL CASSELL
Theatre movement/dance artist Yo-El Cassell conducts a spring movement residency with youth from the Hurley K-8 School for an Arts Showcase.
VERONICA ROBLES FEMALE MARIACHI BAND
The popular Neighborhood Arts Day of the Dead family concert returns with Mexican singer Veronica Robles and her all female mariachi band at Union United Methodist Church, on November 2, 2019. Tickets are $5, proceeds to benefit the Veronica Robles Cultural Center.
SOUL YATRA TRIO
Mike Block (cello), Sandeep Das (tabla) and Shaw Pong Liu (violin, erhu) perform a concert March 22, 2020 at Hibernian Hall. Tickets are $5, with proceeds to benefit Legacy Lives On.
Shaw Pong Liu leads the Boston Arts Academy in a music/dance residency in November/December and offers workshops in Boston and Hyde Park Schools. Mike Block collaborates with Boston City Singers’ Cantare Choir for a concert at The Boston Home in Dorchester on February 8, 2020, and with additional workshops in Boston and Mattapan. Sandeep Das leads a week of tabla workshops in February and a community performance with Boston City Singers at the Epiphany School in Dorchester.
Soul Yatra Trio
Jean Appolon
Yo-El Cassell
Veronica Robles
TAKE YOUR SEAT
PROVIDES THOUSANDS OF FREE AND DISCOUNTED TICKETS to mainstage performances to Boston-based community partners. In addition, discounted student tickets are available through Student Tickets (with a valid photo i.d.) and selected Child Seats for subscribers, subject to availability.
To learn more about how your organization can access discounted tickets through Take Your Seat, please contact Robin Baker at rb@celebrityseries.org or 617-598-3225.
2019-2020 TAKE YOUR SEAT CALENDAR:
OCTOBER
Sergio Mendes & Bebel Gilberto
October 18
Chick Corea Trilogy October 20
Jerusalem Quartet
Black Grace
NOVEMBER
Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
26
27
November 17
Los Angeles Philharmonic - Gustavo Dudamel with Yuja Wang November 23
JANUARY
Terence Blanchard Featuring the E-Collective
Sergio Assad, Clarice Assad and Third Coast Percussion
Trey McLaughlin and The Sounds of Zamar
FEBRUARY
January 18
January 25
January 31
What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow & February 9
The Verona Quartet – Beethoven
John Pizzarelli Trio’s Nat King Cole - Centennial and Veronica Swift February 14
MARCH
Bobby McFerrin
Miloš: The Voice of the Guitar
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Kinan Azmeh’s CityBand (Stave Sessions)
March 1 Symphony Hall
March 6
March 8
Meklit (Stave Sessions) March 18
An Evening with Chris Thile
Sid Sriram (Stave Sessions)
Sybarite5 with Ehsan Matoori (Stave Sessions)
Kronos Quartet, Music For Change
Lyon Opera Ballet
Lyon Opera Ballet
APRIL
Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Paul Taylor Dance Company
Alicia Olatuja and the Matthew Whitaker Quartet
Renée Fleming & Evgeny Kissin
March 18
March 19
March 20
March 21
March 27
28
April 17 NEC’s Jordan Hall
April 17
April 18
April 25
April 26
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater April 30
MAY
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Danish String Quartet
May 1 Boch Center Wang Theatre
May 2, 2pm Boch Center Wang Theatre
May 2, 8pm Boch Center Wang Theatre
May 3 NEC’s Jordan Hall
Christopher Schroeder and Josiah Quincy Elementary students at Mnozil Brass performance at Jordan Hall.
ARTS FOR ALL!
2019-20 EVENTS CALENDAR
Celebrity Series of Boston welcomes people of all abilities and ages to our performances and programs. Information on accessibility is available at www.celebrityseries.org. Please contact Robin Baker at 617-598-3225 or rb@celebrityseries.org for details.
As of September, 2019. All events are FREE unless otherwise noted. Visit celebrityseries.org/community for the latest details and additional information.
SEPTEMBER
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 29, 2019, 12PM-6PM
Concert for One: 1 Musician, 1 Listener, 1 Minute of Live Music
Harvard Science Center Plaza, Cambridge Chin Park, The Greenway, Boston
OCTOBER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 5, 2019, 3PM
Hub New Music with special guest Urbanity Dance Hibernian Hall, Roxbury
Tickets are $5; Proceeds to benefit the Urbanity Dance Access For All Fund.
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 6, 2019, 12:15PM
Fabiola Méndez, cuatrista
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, South End
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 18, 8:00 PM (7:15PM slide show)
A BOSTON TRIBUTE TO PABLO CASALS: NINE ALL-STAR SOLOISTS
Mike Block, Lluís Claret, Blaise Déjardin, Yeesun Kim, Robert Mayes, Aristides Rivas, Eugene Friesen, Rhonda Rider and Nicholas Tzavaras with Pei-Shan Lee, piano
Union United Methodist Church, South End
Tickets are $5; proceeds benefit the Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 10:30AM (worship service)
Fabiola Méndez, cuatrista
Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 20, 3PM
A BOSTON TRIBUTE TO PABLO CASALS: ALL-CELLO ORCHESTRA CONCERT
Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Calderwood Pavilion, Boston Center for the Arts, South End Free but Ticketed
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 26, 4PM
Fabiola Méndez Trio
Puerto Rican folk and jazz Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan
NOVEMBER
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 3PM
Veronica Robles all female Mariachi Band
DAY OF THE DEAD family concert
Union United Methodist Church, South End
Tickets are $5; proceeds to benefit the Veronica Robles Cultural Center
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 7PM
Fabiola Méndez Trio
Puerto Rican folk and jazz
CROMA @ Arlington Street Church, Boston
DECEMBER
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 7, 3PM
Jason Palmer Quintet with Summer Street Brass Band
Jazz holiday concert
Salvation Army Kroc Center, Dorchester Free but Ticketed
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 8, 3:30PM
ROXBURY STRINGFEST
Voci Angelica Trio with Boston City-Wide String Orchestra and City Strings United Hibernian Hall, Roxbury
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13 at 5PM
MULTIDISCIPLINARY SHOWCASE
Devin Ferreira with teens from the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción youth program Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 14, 3PM
DORCHESTER STRINGFEST
Voci Angelica Trio with Conservatory Lab Charter School
Salvation Army Kroc Center, Dorchester
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 20 AT 6PM
COLLABORATIVE CONCERT
Devin Ferreira and band members with teens from the Mattapan Teen Center Mattapan Teen Center
JANUARY
THURSDAY, JANUARY 30, 7PM
Trey McLaughlin and Sounds of Zamar
Community Sing
Hibernian Hall, Roxbury
FEBRUARY
THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 11AM & 11:40AM (two 20 min. shows)
Brian and Rosi Amador (pan-latin music)
Boston Children’s Museum
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 10:30AM
Brian and Rosi Amador (pan-latin music) Hyde Park Library
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 12PM
Sandeep Das, tabla presentation
The Epiphany School, Dorchester
MARCH/APRIL
FRIDAY, MARCH 6, 7PM
Camille A. Brown & Dancers
Double This, Juba That youth workshop
Hibernian Hall, Roxbury
SATURDAY, MARCH 7, 3PM
Music of Puerto Rico
Sol y Canto with guests Christian Figueroa, tenor and Fabiola Méndez, cuatrista
Union United Methodist Church, South End
Tickets are $5; Proceeds benefit the Massachusetts United for Puerto Rico Fund
SATURDAY, MARCH 14, 3PM
SOUTH END STRINGFEST
Castle of our Skins with Boston String Academy and Josiah Quincy Orchestra
More Than Words Bookstore, South End
SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 4PM
Jason Palmer Quintet
First Church Roxbury, Putnam Chapel
Tickets are $5; proceeds benefit the Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry
SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 3PM
Soul Yatra Trio
Hibernian Hall, Roxbury
Tickets are $5; proceeds benefit Legacy Lives On
SUNDAY, APRIL 26, 10:30AM (worship service)
Castle of our Skins members
Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan
MAY/JUNE
SATURDAY, MAY 2, 4PM
Castle of our Skins
Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan
MAY DATE TBD
ARTS SHOWCASE
Yo-El Cassell choreography with students from the Hurley afterschool program
Hurley K-8 School, South End
SATURDAY, JUNE 20, TIME TBD
Jean Appolon Expressions
Dance workshop and performance
BAMS Fest, Franklin Park, Dorchester
ARTIST CONNECTIONS
Artist Connections extends unparalleled access to world-class artists for students from the elementary through conservatory levels. Master classes, lecture-demonstrations and interactive workshops provide opportunities for students to interact with and learn directly from Celebrity Series main stage artists in intimate settings.
2019 -20 ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
• January, 2020: workshops at Boston Arts Academy and additional locations.
TREY MCLAUGHLIN AND THE SOUNDS OF ZAMAR
• January 30, 2020: Contemporary Gospel Community Sing at Hibernian Hall, Roxbury. This intergenerational workshop will feature local community choirs and others; the event is free and open to the general public.
CAMILLE A. BROWN & DANCERS
• March 6, 2020: Double This, Juba That community youth workshop at Hibernian Hall, Roxbury
• March 6, 2020: Boston Network for Arts Administrators of Color discussion with Camille Brown (by invitation only)
• March 7, 2020: post-performance artist talk at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre
ADDITIONAL MASTER CLASSES AND ARTIST TALKS
• Black Grace dance
• Calidore String Quartet
• Ying Fang soprano
• Patricia Kopatchinskaja violin
• Lyon Opera Ballet
• Paul Taylor Dance Company
• Davóne Tines, bass-baritone
• Joyce Yang piano
(as of August 2019; additional events may be added)
CAMILLE A. BROWN
GET INVOLVED
Celebrity Series invites you to be a part of Arts for All! celebrityseries.org/community
JOIN US FOR A ONE MINUTE CONCERT – just you and one of Boston’s finest local musicians – September 20-29 at Harvard Science Plaza and the Greenway’s Chin Park.
BRING A FRIEND to one of our many Neighborhood Arts concerts and Artist Connections community events or artist talks.
MAKE A DONATION to underwrite $10 Take Your Seat tickets for students to attend Celebrity Series performances.
JOIN OUR CELEBRITY SOCIETY for arts-loving young professionals, with access to special ticketing discounts, networking events, and volunteer opportunities.
BECOME A PATRON of Celebrity Series and support our performance and community programs.
To learn more and to view our updated calendar of events, visit celebrityseries.org/community.
For information on how you can share the joy of live performance by supporting Arts for All with a tax deductible donation, visit celebrityseries.org/donate
ON STAGES, IN SCHOOLS, ON STREETS, EVERYWHERE!
PERFORMANCE VENUES
160 Mass Ave at Berklee
BAMS Fest, Franklin Park
Berklee Performance Center
Boch Center Shubert Theatre
Boch Center Wang Theatre
Boston Children's Museum
Boston Home
Boston Symphony Hall
Church of the Holy Spirit
CROMA @ Arlington Street Church
Epiphany School
First Church of Roxbury
Harvard Science Plaza
Hibernian Hall
More Than Words Bookstore
Museum of Fine Arts
NEC's Jordan Hall
NEC's Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre
Pickman Hall at Longy School of Music of Bard College
Rose Kennedy Greenway
Salvation Army Kroc Center
Sanders Theatre at Harvard University
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
Union United Methodist Church
Villa Victoria Center for the Arts Gallery
Virginia Wimberly Theatre, Boston Center for the Arts
ARTS FOR ALL! PARTNERS
Bates Elementary School
Bethel A.M.E. Church
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston
Berkshire Partners Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club
Boston Arts Academy
Boston City Singers
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Boston Public Schools Performing Arts Department
Boston Renaissance Charter School
Boston String Academy
Boston University School of Music
Brookline High School
Cambridge Rindge & Latin High School
Castle Tenants Association
Central Boston Elder Services, Roxbury
Charlestown Boys and Girls Club
Charlestown High School
Chittick Elementary School
City Connects
City Strings United
City Year Boston
Community Music Center of Boston
Conservatory Lab Charter School
Cotting School
Department of Conservation & Recreation
Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School
Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
Epiphany School
First Baptist Church
Gardner Pilot Academy
Hamilton-Garrett Music and Arts Academy
Henderson Upper School
Hernández K-8 School
Hurley K-8 School
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción
Irving Middle School
Josiah Quincy School
Kennedy Day School at Franciscan Children's
Legacy Lives On
Lena Park Community Center
Longy School of Music
Madison Park Development Corporation
Margarita Muñiz Academy
Mattapan Cultural Arts Development
Mattapan Teen Center
METCO
Mother Caroline Academy
Murphy K-8 School
New England Conservatory
New England Conservatory Prep Division
Opening Doors to the Arts
OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center
Pao Arts Center
Prospect Hill Academy
Roxbury Youth Orchestra
St. Stephens B-Ready After School Program
Stajez Cultural Arts Center
Sumner Boys & Girls Club
Sumner Elementary School
Teen Empowerment
Timilty Middle School
Twelfth Baptist Church
Urbanity Dance
Unitarian Universalist Urban Ministry
Veronica Robles Cultural Center
Vine Street Community Center
Yawkey Club of Roxbury
YMCA Achievers - Tufts Health Plan Chapter
Young Audiences of Massachusetts
(as of September, 2019, subject to change)
BRIGHTON
BROOKLINE
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS ARTISTS ALLSTON
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
PERFORMANCE VENUES
FENWAY CHINATOWN
SOUTH END BACK BAY
ROXBURY
DORCHESTER
BOSTON, MA
JAMAICA PLAIN
MATTAPAN
ROSLINDALE
HYDE PARK
CELEBRITY SERIES BOARD & STAFF
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Joshua Boger, PhD, Chair
Howard Appleby
Stephanie L. Brown
Michael S. Canning
Joanne Cheng
Amy d’Ablemont Burnes
Margaret Eagle
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EMERITI
Harris A. Berman, MD*
Caroline Collings
Benjamin H. Lacy
BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Randolph Hawthorne, Chair
Bill Casey, Vice Chair
Leslie Appleby
Meryl Beckingham
Marilyn Benson
Nadine Broude
Martin Carmichael*
Joseph C. Cefalu
Fernadina Chan
Jolyon Cowan
JoAnne Dickinson*
Timothy W. Diggins
C. Nancy Fisher
Gail Flatto
Susan Y. Friedman
Ellen Glanz
Dr. Joan Goldberg*
Donna Egan
Kathleen Gaffney
Gabor Garai
Paul D. Goldenheim, MD
Hannah M. Grove
Randolph Hawthorne, ex officio
Yvette Hochberg
Jann E. Leeming
Norman C. Nicholson, Jr.
Dr. Peter H. Gordon*
Rosalind Gorin
Harriet Griesinger
Teri Groome
Zachary R. Haroutunian
Stephen C. Harrison*
Paul Hartung
Ilisa Hurowitz
Cindy Lewiton Jackson
Maurice Joffe
Lisa Kelly-Croswell
Stephen Leonard*
Margot LeStrange*
Valeria Lowe-Barehmi
Susan Shapiro Magdanz
Theresa C. McLoud, MD
Marilyn Miller*
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Stephanie Brown, Community Engagement Committee Chair ** Arreen Andrew, Program Officer, Massachusetts Cultural Council
Leslie Appleby**
Amanda Bowen, Program Events Coordinator, Big Sister
Association of Greater Boston
Amy d’Ablemont Burnes**
Yo-El Cassell, Boston University Associate Professor of Movement ‡ Jolyon Cowan**
Cedric Douglas, Lead Artist, UpTruck, Dorchester
Margaret Eagle**
Ryan Edwards, composer-percussionist ‡ Devin Ferreira, hip-hop artist ‡
Karen Gonzalez, Family and Community Engagement Director, Hurley K-8 School, South End
Karin Goodfellow, Director, Boston Art Commission
Ashleigh Gordon, Artistic Director and Violist, Castle of our Skins ‡ Betty Hillmon, Artistic Director, Boston City-Wide String Orchestra, Roxbury
Yvette Hochberg**
CELEBRITY SERIES STAFF
Gary Dunning, President and Executive Director
ADVANCEMENT
Sarah Long Holland, Associate Director of Institutional Giving
Erica Leung Lawless, Associate Director of Advancement
Alec Bleday, Major Gifts Officer
Emily Eagan, Manager of Events & Engagement
Nora Reilly, Leadership Giving Associate
Anya Hess, Advancement Coordinator
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION
Alex Larin, Senior Accountant
Connor Buckley, Accounts Payable and Payroll Coordinator
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
Jack Wright, Director of Marketing and Communications
Gillian Morrison, Associate Director of Marketing
Paul Sayed, Digital Marketing Manager
Robert Torres, Senior Graphic Designer / Photographer
Bithyah Israel, Founder & President, City Strings United, Roxbury
Anna Kolchinsky**
Mary McFadden
Guy Mendilow, composer & musician, Roxbury
Jane Money, Artistic Director, Boston City Singers, Dorchester
John Patterson**
Rachel Roccoberton, Creative Programs Manager, The Dance Complex, Cambridge
Elizabeth Steinhauser, Priest Associate and Director of Youth Programs, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, South End
Elsa Mosquera Sterenberg, Principal and Co-Founder, Ágora
Nina Vansuch, Retired; Former Director, Sumner and Irving Boys and Girls Club, Roslindale
Dorothy Altman Weber**
Janet Zwanziger**
** denotes Celebrity Series Boards of Directors and Overseers ‡ Neighborhood Arts Artist
PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATION
Amy Lam, Artistic Programmer
Karen Brown, Director of Performance Operations
Liz Rosenthal, Associate Director of Performance Operations
Robin Baker, Associate Director of Community Engagement
Amanda Ice, Public Projects Manager
Harrison Pearce Burke, Dance Production Manager
Shea Rose, Community Concerts Coordinator
Hope Aubrey, Production & Office Coordinator
TICKETING SERVICES
Andrew J. Moreau, Associate Director of Ticketing Services & Technologies
Vawnya Nichols, Audience Services Manager
Nicole Williams, Audience Services Associate
Emma Quinn, Audience Services Associate
Stephanie Janes PR, Media Relations
Prince Lobel Tye, LLP, Legal Counsel
AAFCPAs
(as of July 2019)
ABOUT CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON
Celebrity Series of Boston was founded in 1938 by pianist and impresario Aaron Richmond. Over the years, Celebrity Series has presented an array of the world’s great performing artists, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Marian Anderson, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Renée Fleming, Dizzy Gillespie, Glenn Gould, Martha Graham, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Leontyne Price, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arturo Toscanini, and many more.
Today Celebrity Series presents orchestras and chamber ensembles, vocal and piano music, contemporary dance, jazz, spoken word, and more. Through our Arts for All! community programs, we share the joy of live performance with thousands of participants annually.
OUR MISSION
To present performing artists who inspire and enrich our community.
OUR VISION
We believe in the power of excellence and innovation in the performing arts to enrich life experience, transform lives, and build better communities. We envision a community of Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, life-long, shared experience—on stages, on streets, in neighborhoods—everywhere.
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS
Celebrity Series of Boston is grateful to our 2019-20 Season Sponsors Amy & Joshua Boger and to the many individual donors whose generosity supports Arts for All! programs. Celebrity Series is also grateful to the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies for their support of Arts for All! in the 2019-20 season:
Stephanie L. Brown Foundation
Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation
Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation Stifler Family Foundation
For information on Arts for All! programs please contact:
