In 2016-2017, Celebrity Series performances and programs reached 463,041 people –on stages, in schools, on streets, everywhere!
COMMUNITY PARTNERS
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS ARTISTS
VENUES
STREET PIANOS LOCATIONS
COVER PHOTO: Street Pianos Boston 2016 (58 of 60 pianos shown). Photos: Robert Torres.
CELEBRITY SERIES AT A GLANCE
MISSION:
To present world-class performing artists who inspire and enrich our community.
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, lifelong, shared experience – on stages, in schools, at homes – everywhere.
FOUNDED: 1938
2016-2017 SEASON
Annual Operating Budget: $6 6M
Endowment: $5 6 M
Number of performances: 57
Performance attendees: 53,192
Number of community events: 215
Community participants: 9,849
Street Pianos participants: 400,000
2016-2017 JAZZ SERIES SPONSORS: DONNA & MIKE EGAN
AZIZA: Chris Potter, Dave Holland, Lionel Loueke, Obed Calvaire
MAY 6, 2017 • SANDERS THEATRE
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
DEAR FRIENDS,
WELCOME TO BRAVO!, OUR OVERVIEW OF CELEBRITY SERIES’ 78th SEASON.
This was a season of many highlights, starting with the return of Street Pianos Boston. For 18 days in the fall of 2016, Celebrity Series placed sixty decorated pianos in public outdoor spaces in every Boston neighborhood and Cambridge for people to encounter, play and enjoy. Each piano featured the simple invitation: “Play Me, I’m Yours.” This project is a direct manifestation of our vision that the arts are for everyone.
Our Arts for All! program brought the joy of live performance to Boston communities throughout the year with more free concerts, residencies, workshops and demonstrations than ever before.
The season was filled with great performances from well-known luminaries to future stars in the making. We presented the third season of Stave Sessions, our mini-festival of new, contemporary artists. We continue to attract new households to our audiences and our donor base grew for a fourth consecutive year. Thanks to your generous support and a vibrant audience, Celebrity Series posted another modest operating surplus, our third in a row.
As another season approaches, we remain deeply grateful to our Board of Directors and Overseers, our donors and audiences, and to all who support the performing arts in Boston.
We look forward to seeing you at a performance this season. With gratitude,
Joshua Boger
Gary Dunning Chair, Board of Directors President & Executive Director
2016 –17 SEASON HIGHLIGHTS
BERLINER PHILHARMONIKER
SIR SIMON RATTLE, CONDUCTOR
NOVEMBER 11, 2016 • SYMPHONY HALL
SPONSORED BY
& FRANK PAO, AND BELINDA & HENRI TERMEER
JOSHUA BOGER AND SARA ROBINSON
BELINDA TERMEER AND FRIENDS ELEANOR & FRANK PAO WITH SIR SIMON RATTLE
ANNUAL CIRCLE DINNER
GARY DUNNING WITH SIR SIMON RATTLE
JESSICA LANG DANCE
GRAHAM WRIGHT, ADRIENNE PETRILLO, DANIELA
PLOTKIN, AND SARAH LONG HOLLAND
PAUL & BETTINA HENDERSON, SUSIE BONAKDARPOUR,
DANIELS
PRISCILLA ROJAS
& LESLIE APPLEBY, LAURA HENDERSON
ANDREA HOFF JESSICA LANG COMPANY DANCERS
BUDAPEST FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
IVÁN FISCHER, CONDUCTOR
RICHARD GOODE, PIANO SOLOIST
FEBRUARY 12, 2017 • SYMPHONY HALL
SPONSORED BY ZACHARY HAROUTUNIAN AND THE GARBIS & ARMINÉ BARSOUMIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, IN LOVING MEMORY OF GARBIS BARSOUMIAN, and by GABOR GARAI, HUNGARIAN CONSUL GENERAL AND THE HUNGARIAN SOCIETY OF MASSACHUSETTS
ANNUAL BOARD OF OVERSEERS RECEPTION
PERRY, STEPHEN PERRY AND OLIVER RADFORD
SAM & GRETCHEN SHUBROOKS AND MELODY PAO
IVÁN FISCHER, ZACHARY HAROUTUNIAN AND ALEX SENCHAK & RUMENA MANOLOVA SENCHAK
YO-YO MA – EDGAR MEYER –CHRIS THILE, THE BACH TRIOS
APRIL 21, 2017 • SYMPHONY HALL
SPONSORED BY LESLIE & HOWARD APPLEBY AND
SPONSOR'S CIRCLE RECEPTION
SPONSORED BY ZACHARY HAROUTUNIAN AND THE GARBIS & ARMINÉ BARSOUMIAN CHARITABLE FOUNDATION, IN LOVING MEMORY OF GARBIS BARSOUMIAN
CHRIS THILE, LESLIE APPLEBY, YO-YO MA, HOWARD APPLEBY AND EDGAR MEYER
YO-YO MA, SANGEETA & SANJAY VERMA CYRENA MUSSET, JANET TOBIN AND CHRIS THILE
ALISON VIEHBACHER, YO-YO MA, BELINDA & HENRI TERMEER AND CHRIS VIEHBACHER
AN INTIMATE EVENING WITH KRISTIN CHENOWETH
CELEBRATING THE ART OF ELEGANCE
APRIL 30, 2017 • SYMPHONY HALL
BILL
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
APRIL 27-30, 2017 • BOCH CENTER WANG THEATRE
2016-2017 ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER RESIDENCY
Building on 20 years of meaningful connections, Celebrity Series brought 3 dancers from AAADT to the Cotting School, Henderson Lower School & Kennedy Day School to conduct workshops designed for children with special needs.
SPONSORED BY THE PEABODY FOUNDATION
CELEBRITY SOCIETY EVENT
NOVEMBER 20, 2016 • SYMPHONY HALL
SPONSORED BY
MARCH 19, 2017 • SYMPHONY HALL
SPONSORED BY
MARCH 26, 2017 • NEC’S JORDAN HALL
SPONSORED BY DOROTHY & STEPHEN WEBER
KODO DADAN 2017
DAVID SEDARIS
PAUL LEWIS, PIANO
“Stave Sessions and the Debut Series at Longy provide a wonderful opportunity to present young artists at the start of their careers and expose Boston audiences to the next generation of outstanding performers.”
–GARY DUNNING Celebrity Series President & Executive Director
EMERGING TALENT DEBUT SERIES
LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC OF BARD COLLEGE, PICKMAN HALL
2016-2017 DEBUT SERIES
SOL GABETTA, CELLO AND BERTRAND CHAMAYOU, PIANO
COLIN CURRIE, PERCUSSION
IGOR LEVIT, PIANO
VOCES8
ESCHER STRING QUARTET
SPONSORED BY HARRIET & DAVID GRIESINGER AND LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC OF BARD COLLEGE
SOL GABETTA, CELLO AND BERTRAND CHAMAYOU, PIANO
STAVE SESSIONS
MARCH 21–24, 2017 • BERKLEE’S 160 MASS. AVE.
STAVE SESSIONS ARTISTS:
yMUSIC
MELISSA ALDANA
DARCY JAMES ARGUE’S SECRET SOCIETY
TIGUE AND INNOV GNAWA
SPONSORED BY SUSAN AND MICHAEL THONIS
MARGARET EAGLE AND ELI RAPOPORT
JANET AND RON ZWANZIGER BARR FOUNDATION
WITH ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY CARLISS BALDWIN AND RANDOLPH HAWTHORNE, YUKIKO UENO AND ERAN EGOZY, DEBRA AND MICHAEL RAIZMAN, AND MARYLEN STERNWEILER
CELEBRITY
SHINE! ON THE HARBOR GALA
APRIL 8, 2017 • THE LOFT AT THE INNOVATION & DESIGN BUILDING
STEPHANIE L. BROWN AND SUSAN THONIS, CO-CHAIRS
This glittering evening on the harbor featured riveting performances from guitarist Kaki King and song & dance group Body Music and an after-party with Bridgman Packer’s interactive Video Playground.
THANK YOU TO ALL OF OUR GENEROUS SPONSORS WHO MADE THIS EVENING SHINE!
DIAMOND SPONSORS
Leslie
Stephanie
Donna
Eleanor
PLATINUM
Adrianne
Yvette
Drs.
ARTS FOR ALL!
CELEBRITY SERIES’ COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMS
Cultivating tomorrow’s artists and audiences
• TAKE YOUR SEAT – Access for 4,000+ children, students and families to attend performances
• PUBLIC PERFORMANCE ART PROJECTS – City-wide public performance art projects
• NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS – Community-based concerts and arts engagement programs
• ARTIST CONNECTIONS – World-class artists teaching and inspiring youth
ARTS FOR ALL! AT A GLANCE: PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES: 215
PARTICIPANTS: 9,849
STREET PIANOS PARTICIPANTS: 400,000
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: 153
PARTICIPATING TOWNS AND NEIGHBORHOODS: 26
ARTIST CONNECTIONS
ARTISTS CONNECTIONS AT A GLANCE:
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES: 25
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: 13
PARTICIPATING ARTISTS: 16 ARTISTIC ENSEMBLES COMPRISED OF 53 WORLD-CLASS ARTISTS
PARTICIPANTS: 1,509
Artists Connections extends unparalleled access to world-class artists to students from elementary through conservatory levels and audiences in post-performance artist talks. Master-classes, lecture demonstrations, and interactive workshops, provide opportunities for participants to interact with and learn directly from Celebrity Series main-stage artists in intimate settings.
ARTIST CONNECTIONS ARTISTS
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Che Malambo
Colin Currie, percussion
Escher String Quartet
Jessica Lang Dance
Igor Levit, piano
Imogen Cooper, piano
Kristin Chenoweth L.A. Dance Project
Philharmonia Quartett Berlin
Rob Kapilow
Sol Gabetta, cello
Sydney Dance Company
Vertigo Dance Company
VOCES8
PERFORMANCES OFFERED ON TAKE YOUR SEAT DURING THE 2016-2017 SEASON:
Aaron Diehl with Cécile McLorin Salvant
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Aoife O'Donovan, Julian Lage & Chris Eldridge
AZIZA: Chris Potter, Dave Holland, Lionel Loueke, & Obed Calvaire
Béla Fleck and Victor Wooten
Berlin Philharmonic Wind Quintet
Berliner Philharmoniker
Budapest Festival Orchestra
Che Malambo
Chucho Valdés and Joe Lovano
Colin Currie
Danish String Quartet
David Sedaris
Emerson String Quartet
Escher String Quartet
Hilary Hahn and Robert Levin
Ian Bostridge and Thomas Adès
Imogen Cooper
Jazz 100
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Jessica Lang Dance
KODO Dadan 2017
Kristin Chenoweth in Concert
L.A. Dance Project
Marc-André Hamelin
Natalie Dessay w/ Philippe Cassard
Noam Pikelny and Anaïs Mitchell
Paul Lewis
Philharmonia Quartett Berlin
Regina Carter "Simply Ella"
Roomful of Teeth with A Far Cry
Sanam Marvi
Sol Gabetta and Bertrand Chamayou
SOL GABETTA TEACHING MASTERCLASS TO LONGY STUDENT
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS
Neighborhood Arts brings the joy of live performance to people of all ages and abilities, drawing deeply upon partnerships with community organizations to activate neighborhoods with a rich and varied array of opportunities.
THANK YOU TO THE FOLLOWING, WHOSE GENEROSITY SUPPORTS ARTS FOR ALL!
Leslie & Howard Appleby
Allston Piano Moving Company
The Garbis & Arminé Barsoumian Charitable Foundation
Barr Foundation
Amy & Joshua Boger
Boston Cultural Council
The Boston Foundation
Stephanie L. Brown Foundation
Suzanne Marcus Collins Foundation
Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes
Downtown Boston Business Improvement District
Donna & Mike Egan
First Republic Bank
Fuller Foundation
Gabor Garai & Susan Pravda
Harriet & David Griesinger
Zachary R. Haroutunian
The Innovation and Design Bldg.
Paul L. King
Klarman Family Foundation
Liberty Mutual Foundation
Massachusetts Cultural Council
National Endowment for the Arts
New England Foundation for the Arts
John David Ober
Eleanor & Frank Pao
Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation
The Peabody Foundation
Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation
Stifler Family Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Henri Termeer
Michael & Susan Thonis
Tufts Health Plan
Sanjay & Sangeeta Verma
Nancy Richmond Winsten
Anonymous
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS AT A GLANCE:
PROGRAMS AND ACTIVITIES: 107
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: 53
9 ENSEMBLES COMPRISED OF 53 LOCAL ARTISTS
6 NEIGHBORHOODS PARTICIPANTS: 6,387
ENGAGING LOCAL ARTISTS
Neighborhood Arts artists are a diverse group of locally-based ensembles experienced in working with youth and committed to community engagement.
CREATING COMMUNITY
Based in Dorchester, Hyde-Park, Mattapan, Roslindale, Roxbury and the South End, Neighborhood Arts engaged 53 community partners from local arts and social service organizations, schools, community centers, and more.
ACTIVATING NEIGHBORHOOD SPACES
Neighborhood Arts featured 107 free events, including interactive workshops, residencies, and community concerts in neighborhood venues.
WORLD-CLASS PERFORMANCES
Neighborhood Arts partners were invited to attend Celebrity Series main stage performances free of charge.
2016-2017 NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS ARTISTS
JEAN APPOLON EXPRESSIONS (HAITIAN DANCE)
JORGE ARCE (AFRO-CARIBBEAN DANCE)
YO-EL CASSELL (CONTEMPORARY DANCE)
SANDEEP DAS (TABLA)
RYAN EDWARDS (COMPOSER-PERCUSSION)
FEDERATOR NO. 1 (AFRO-BEAT BAND)
SHAW PONG LIU (COMPOSER-VIOLIN-ERHU)
MASARY STUDIOS (PERCUSSION-VIDEO PROJECTION)
GUY MENDILOW ENSEMBLE (WORLD MUSIC)
VERÓNICA ROBLES MARIACHI ENSEMBLE
SOL Y CANTO (PAN-LATIN)
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS PARTNERS (* = NEW IN 2016-2017)
Boston Arts Academy
Boston City Singers
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Boston Community Leadership Academy*
Boston Home*
Boston Public Schools Performing Arts Department
Boston Renaissance Charter School*
BridgeBoston Charter School*
Central Boston Elder Services
Chittick Elementary School
Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan
City Connects
City Strings United
Codman Square Health Center (Great Hall)*
Lab Charter School* Department of Children and Families* Dimock Health Center* Henderson Inclusion K-12 School
Hernández K-8 School
Hibernian Hall
Hurley K-8 School
Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción* Lena Park Community Center* Madison Park Development Corporation
Mattapan Cultural Arts Development*
Mattapan Teen Center
Mildred Avenue Community Center* Pine Street Inn*
Roslindale Community Center Roxbury Innovation Center*
Salvation Army Kroc Center*
St. Mark Parish (Dorchester)*
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, South End
Sumner Boys & Girls Club
Sumner Elementary School
Timilty Middle School
Tufts Health Plan Urban Edge Villa Victoria Center for the Arts*
Women’s Lunch Place Young Audiences of Massachusetts
Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Blue Hills Boys & Girls Club
STREET PIANOS BOSTON
SEPTEMBER 23 – OCTOBER 10, 2016
Celebrity Series brought the sound of music to streets all over town: 60 pianos, all decorated by local artists and community groups, in every Boston neighborhood and select Cambridge locations for everyone to play and enjoy.
Thank you to our Street Pianos artists, host organizations, funders, our partners at the City of Boston, and all who participated.
STREET PIANOS BOSTON 2016 FUNDERS:
AMY AND JOSHUA BOGER
Stephanie L. Brown Foundation
Donna and Mike Egan
Klarman Family Foundation
Eleanor and Frank Pao
Offical Piano Movers of Street Pianos Boston
2016 – 17 FINANCIAL RESULTS
CELEBRITY SERIES BOARDS & STAFF 2016 –17
Gary Dunning, President & Executive
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
DIRECTORS
BOARD OF OVERSEERS
Gary Dunning, President and Executive Director
Development
Sara Robinson, Director of Development
Sarah Long Holland, Associate Director of Institutional Giving
Alec Bleday, Major Gifts Officer
Erica Leung, Manager of Annual Giving
Melody Pao, Manager of Events and Stewardship
Emily Eagan, Campaign Associate
Anya Hess, Development Associate
Finance and Administration
Edwin Derecho, Chief Financial Officer
Alex Larin, Senior Accountant
Connor Buckley, Accounts Payable and Benefits Administrator
Jonathan Carpenter, Technology Operations Manager
Marketing and Communications
Jack Wright, Director of Marketing and Communications
Gillian Morrison, Associate Director of Marketing
Betsy Glickman, Digital Marketing Manager
Robert Torres, Senior Graphic and Web Designer / Photographer
Susanna Bonta, Program Book Associate
Kristín Otharsson, Graphic Design Assistant
Committee + 25+ year subscriber
Performance and Education
Amy Lam, Artistic Programmer
Karen Brown, Director of Performance Operations
Sarah Cronin, Senior Manager of Performance Operations
Robin L. Baker, Senior Manager of Community Engagement
Katherine Ludington, Associate Manager of Performance Operations
Ticketing Services
Ellen Holt, Box Office Manager
Jesse Limbacher, Assistant Box Office Manager
Julie Eyer, Audience Services Associate
Riley Carbonneau, Office Coordinator
Stephanie Janes PR, Media Relations
Prince Lobel Tye, LLP, Legal Counsel AAFCPAs, Auditors *
ANNUAL GIVING 2016 –17
The Celebrity Series acknowledges, with deep appreciation, individuals, corporations and foundations, whose generous financial support make every Celebrity Series program possible. The following list recognizes gifts given during the 2016 2017 season.
WALTER PIERCE ANNUAL FUND
FOUNDER’S CIRCLE – $100,000 AND ABOVE
Amy & Joshua Boger
Stephanie L. Brown
Susanne
Donna
Eleanor & Frank Pao
VIRTUOSO’S CIRCLE – $50,000-$99,999
Anonymous
Leslie & Howard Appleby
Gabor Garai & Susan Pravda
Cynthia & John Reed
Sanjay & Sangeeta Verma Nancy Richmond Winsten
PRODUCER’S CIRCLE – $25,000-$49,999
Anonymous David & Harriet Griesinger
Zachary R. Haroutunian
Paul L. King
Dr. Lawrence Stifler & Mary McFadden
Joseph McNay
John David Ober*
Mr. & Mrs. Henri* A. Termeer
Michael & Susan Thonis
ANGEL’S CIRCLE – $10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (3)
Harris A. Berman, MD & Ruth Nemzoff
Michael & Adrianne Canning
Joseph & Kathleen Cefalu
Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes
Deborah Coleman Diggins & Timothy W. Diggins
Yvette
Laurie Laba Amy Lam & Charlie Breckling
Barry & Nancy Levy
Marla & Ricardo Lewitus
Larry Marks & Toby Axelrod
John V. & Sheila Medeiros
Donna Metafora
Dorothy Miller & Daniel Klubock
Dr. Lee Marshall Nadler
Tami E. Nason & Kent Lage*
Dr. Robert M. Neer
In Honor Of Shirley Esterlitz
Hans Oh
Victoria & Anthony Ostler
Richard Ortner
Constance L. Otradovec
Mr. & Mrs. Ronald Perry
Dr. Charles Popper
Dr. & Mrs. Ervin Philips
Dr. & Mrs. Jay Pivor
Dr. & Mrs. Tom Rapoport
R. Lynn Rardin & Lynne A. O’Connell
* Deceased
CORPORATE FOUNDATION & GOVERNMENT SUPPORT PRINCIPAL PRODUCERS - $50,000 AND ABOVE
Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation
The Royal Little Family Foundation
LEAD PRODUCERS – $25,000-$49,999
Anonymous
The Garbis & Arminé Barsoumian Charitable Foundation
The Boston Foundation
The Catered Affair
Foley & Lardner LLP
Tufts Health Plan
Massachusetts Cultural Council
ANGELS – $10,000-$24,999
Anonymous (2)
Allston Piano Moving Company, a division of Gentle Giant Moving Company
AVFX
Charlesbank Capital Partners LLC
The Innovation & Design Bldg.
Liberty Mutual Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
The Peabody Foundation
Port Lighting Systems
Rafanelli Events Management
Stifler Family Foundation
CORPORATE & FOUNDATION SPONSORS – $5,000-$9,999
Be Our Guest
Joan & Steven Belkin Foundation
Boston Children’s Hospital-Sports Medicine Division
D.L. Saunders Real Estate Corp.
First Republic Bank
Hungarian Society of Massachusetts
The Charles & Cerise Jacobs Charitable Foundation
Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation
CORPORATE & FOUNDATION PARTNERS – $2,500-$4,999
AAFCPAs
Boston Cultural Council
Carruth Management LLC
Consulate General of Israel to New England
Downtown Boston Business Improvement District Foley Hoag LLP The Fuller Foundation
for the Arts, a public art program of the New England Foundation for the Arts mindSHIFT Technologies
CORPORATE & FOUNDATION FRIENDS – $1,000-$2,499
Anchor Capital Advisors LLC
Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Flagship Press
MEMORABLE MOMENTS
(PHOTOS COUNTERCLOCKWISE)
Susan Pravda & Gabor Garai; Marylen Sternweiler and Randy Hawthorne; Kate and Tom Kush; Walter Pierce, Jack Wright and Margaret Ulmer; Peter Wender, Tom
Burger & Andree Robert; Vanessa
Trien & Jolyon Cowan; Michael & Debra Raizman and Leslie & Howard
Appleby; Nien-Dak & Cecilia Sze, Cerise
Lim Jacobs and Amy Lam; Jimmy Wallerstein and Steve Leonard; Deval
Patrick and Joshua Boger; Dorothy Weber, Jane O’Farrell and Liz Swerz; Sandra Shapiro and Joan & Alfred Goldberg; Michael Canning and friends; Jack & Hannah Grove
2016 – 17 SEASON
(PHOTOS COUNTERCLOCKWISE)
Keith Isaacson and Sarah Mars; Charlotte & Gordon Moore; Rodney Crewther & Galina Podgoretsky and Beth & Stephen Tréhu; Peter Hornstra and Jeff Thomson; Jacquelyn-Kate Rosenfeld and Abby Rosenfeld; Terri Groome-Kutcheman and Paul Belanger; Paul Buttenwieser, Emily Ma, Katie Buttenwieser and David Shayne; Ruth Nemzoff & Harris Berman; Martha Jones and Gretchen & Sam Shubrooks; Sally Seaver and friends; Deval Patrick and Janet Zwanziger; Ivana Magovcˇevic´ -Liebisch & Lars Liebisch; Kathleen Gaffney and Susan Brengle; Gary & Anne Dunning and Jann Leeming.
JOIN US FOR OUR 79 TH SEASON!
JOIN THOUSANDS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO SUPPORT THE CELEBRITY SERIES THROUGH CONTRIBUTIONS, VOLUNTEERISM, AND PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY PROGRAMS.
YOUR PARTICIPATION AND SUPPORT MAKES EACH SEASON POSSIBLE. THERE IS SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
MEMBERSHIP – Receive insider access, performance announcements, and invitations
PATRON SOCIETIES – Take advantage of ticketing privileges, patron lounges, and acknowledgement in programs
DRESS CIRCLE – Receive premium seating, VIP ticket service, and attend events with artists
CELEBRITY SOCIETY – Join other professionals for networking and community events
CORPORATE ARTS – Receive employee benefits and corporate visibility
VOLUNTEER – Participate in internships, office projects and community programs
ARTS FOR ALL! – Join over 10,000 individuals in community engagement programs
Did you know that ticket prices only cover 55% of the cost of bringing these great artists to Boston? Please help keep the performing arts alive in our community by giving to the Celebrity Series.
L.A. DANCE PROJECT
MAY 19-21, 2017 | BOCH CENTER SHUBERT THEATRE SPONSORED BY ANDREA & FREDERICK HOFF
For more information about joining these programs, visit our website at www.celebrityseries.org or contact the Development office at the Celebrity Series.
SARA CURTIS ROBINSON DIRECTOR OF DEVELOPMENT 617.598.3218 srobinson@celebrityseries.org
SARAH LONG HOLLAND
ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR OF INSTITUTIONAL GIVING 617.598.3242 slongholland@celebrityseries.org
ALEC BLEDAY
MAJOR GIFTS OFFICER 617.598.3249 ab@celebrityseries.org
ERICA LEUNG MANAGER OF ANNUAL GIVING 617.598.3226 el@celebrityseries.org
OCTOBER
Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs 10/6
Hudson - Jack DeJohnette, John Medeski, 10/8
Larry Grenadier, & John Scofield
Quatuor Mosaïques 10/14
David Sedaris 10/18
Orchestra dell'Accademia Nazionale 10/22
di Santa Cecilia - Roma
Sir Antonio Pappano, Music Director and Conductor
Martha Argerich, piano
Ludovico Einaudi - Essential Einaudi 10/27
Pilobolus 10/27-29
Christian McBride's New Jawn with 10/29
Josh Evans, Marcus Strickland & Nasheet Waits
NOVEMBER
Joan Osborne Sings the Songs of Bob Dylan 11/3
Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Orchestra - Eddie at 80 11/4
Thomanerchor Leipzig St. Thomas Boy 11/12
Choir of Leipzig
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn 11/16
Canadian Brass 11/18
Itzhak Perlman, Pinchas Zukerman, Rohan De Silva 11/19
An Evening with Chris Thile 11/21
DECEMBER
What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow 12/3
NEC Chamber Orchestra - Mozart Symphony No. 40
Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano 12/13
JANUARY
Tony Kushner and Sarah Vowell 1/20
The Lincoln Legacy
Jeremy Denk, piano / Stefan Jackiw, violin 1/26
Complete Ives Violin Sonatas
Grupo Corpo 1/26-28
FEBRUARY
Compagnie Accrorap- Kader Attou The Roots 2/2-3 eighth blackbird 2/3
Sergio & Odair Assad, guitar duo 2/10
Avi Avital, mandolin
Doric String Quartet 2/15
Chucho Valdés & Gonzalo Rubalcaba - Trance 2/16
Emanuel Ax, Leonidas Kavakos, 2/21
Yo-Yo Ma
2017-2018 SEASON
Daniil Trifonov (March 3, 2018)
MARCH
Circa, “S” 3/2-4
Daniil Trifonov and 3/3
Sergei Babayan, piano duo
Benjamin Beilman violin / Orion Weiss piano 3/7
What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow 3/9 and Jessica Rivera
The Songs of Leonard Bernstein
Anat Cohen Tentet and Ben Wendel 3/10
Seasons Group
I’m With Her - Sara Watkins, Sarah Jarosz, 3/16
Aoife O’Donovan
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater 3/22-25
Takács Quartet 3/23
Wu Man and the Huayin 3/25
Shadow Puppet Band
APRIL
Lawrence Brownlee, tenor 4/7
Eric Owens, bass-baritone
Maurizio Pollini, piano 4/8
Rafał Blechacz, piano 4/11
Audra McDonald 4/13
Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain 4/14
Ira Glass - “Seven Things I’ve Learned” 4/15
NEC Philharmonia Subscriber Bonus Event 4/18
Hugh Wolff, conductor
In Mo Yang, violin soloist
Evgeny Kissin, piano 4/22 with Emerson String Quartet
Los Angeles Philharmonic 4/25
Gustavo Dudamel, Music Director and Conductor
Celebrity Series Gala 4/28
MAY
Julia Bullock, soprano 5/2
Company Wayne McGregor 5/4 & 5
Body Music 5/5
Yuja Wang, piano 5/11
Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider 5/19
JUNE
Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra 6/10 with Wynton Marsalis