Edmar Colón Jazz Quartet
Original works and selections from the Puerto Rican Songbook, September 23 at Arlington Street Church, Back Bay.
Neighborhood Arts is our free concert series that's open to all and presents Boston-based and Boston-affiliated artists in venues across Boston and Cambridge. Churches, neighborhood performance halls, and other community spaces come alive with jazz, contemporary music, international styles, and classical.
The program works in harmony with other Arts For All initiatives to present over 70 events annually, such as performances, workshops, and residencies. We give artists a platform to share their voices, and further support creatives by commissioning works from nationally-known composers.
We return to Cambridge's Harvard-Epworth Church and Multicultural Arts Center, and have a robust schedule at Back Bay's beautiful Arlington Street Church (come early and check out the Tiffany stained glass windows!) celebrating the marvelous diversity of Latin music in partnership with Ágora Cultural Architects. We return to Jamaica Plain to present concerts at the spacious and accessible Bethel AME Church.
Connecting student performers and working professionals in our Stringfest programs is an important part of Neighborhood Arts. This season, we return to in-person mentorship and co-creation experiences for young musicians, working with luminaries such as jazz violin and viola innovator Chelsey Green and the three musicians of the Soul Yatra Trio: violinist and erhu player Shaw Pong Liu, cello innovator Mike Block, and tabla virtuoso Sandeep Das.
Select performances in the new season will be available on demand for three months, premiering two Thursdays after the live event. We're also bringing some popular favorites from past seasons back, so relive the magic and
Edmar Colón Jazz Quartet
Original works and selections from the Puerto Rican Songbook, September 23 at Arlington Street Church, Back Bay.
Gregory Groover Quartet
A Modern Exploration of Negro Spirituals, October 21 at Bethel AME, Jamaica Plain
Eduardo Betancourt & Charles Overton, harps
Jazz standards and original works, October 27-28 at Harvard-Epworth Church, Harvard Square and Arlington Street Church, Back Bay.
Nino de los Reyes Flamenco Quartet
Flamenco dance and music, November 4-5 at Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge
Chelsey Green Quartet
Violin- and viola-forward jazz, November 18 at Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center, Roxbury Crossing
Castle of Our Skins, As I Heard When I was Young
Program features contemporary African chamber music, the title work by Derrick Skye, and Brian Raphael Nabors' Kwanzaa Suite. December 2 at Bethel AME, Jamaica Plain.
Stringfest, featuring Chelsey Green Trio
Youth from Boston Music Project, City Strings United, and Project STEP perform alongside violinist Chelsey Green and her jazz trio, December 9 at the Kroc Center in Dorchester.
Nebulous String Quartet, Musica sem Fronteiras
Arrangements and originals, in a joyful and beautiful musical experience, February 9 at Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge
Fernando Brandão Sextet
Brazilian contemporary jazz, February 10 at Harvard-Epworth Church, Harvard Square
Hub New Music, to hear the things we cannot see
A world premiere by Marcos Balter, and the title work by Nina C. Young, February 24 at Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge
Zahili Zamora's Jazz Ensemble
Afro-Latin jazz artistry, March 9 at Bethel AME Church, Jamaica Plain
Stringfest, featuring Soul Yatra Trio
Shaw Pong Liu, Mike Block, and Sandeep Das coach and play alongside young musicians from Boston String Academy, March 23 at the Kroc Center in Dorchester.
Rasa String Quartet
East Asian folk and film score selections, April 6 at Arlington Street Church, Back Bay
Leo Blanco and the Sugar Road Ensemble
Pianist and composer Leo Blanco's The Sugar Road examines the influence of the African Diaspora on music and culture across Latin America, April 13 at Bethel AME Church, Jamaica Plain.
“Thank you to the Celebrity Series for taking the quality of production so seriously, and having such high standards for a good-looking and- sounding performance, even in this strange online world. It was really special and precious to be together in person making music, and to be able to share it out with so many people!! Thankful to you ALL. ”
Shaw Pong Liu, Neighborhood Arts artist Violin, erhu, Soul Yatra Trio
Celebrity Series of Boston is grateful to our 2023/24 Season Sponsors Stephanie L. Brown Foundation and Susan & Michael Thonis, and to the many individuals, corporations, and government agencies whose generosity supports Arts for All! and help fulfill our mission to present performing artists who inspire and enrich our community and 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.
Anonymous (3), Jill & David Altshuler, Amy & Joshua Boger, Stephanie L. Brown Foundation, George & Lizbeth Krupp, Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation, Eleanor & Frank Pao, Mabel Louise Riley Foundation, Royal Little Family Foundation, Schrafft Charitable Trust, Stifler Family Foundation, Belinda Termeer
Arts for All! programs are also made possible by support from the LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Endowment & Innovation Funds of the Celebrity Series of Boston.
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