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    2019 Jun 09

    Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra: Final Concert

    3:00pm

    Location: 

    Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Don't miss the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra's final concert of the season on Sunday, June 9. The program includes pieces such as "Overture to La gazza ladra," "Pelleas und Melisande," and more. 

    The Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras' (BYSO) mission is to encourage artistic excellence in a nurturing environment by providing the highest quality orchestral training and performance opportunities to qualified musicians, grades K-12, while making its programs accessible to underrepresented youth through financial aid and outreach.

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    2019 May 10

    Club Passim Summer Concert Series

    Repeats every 2 weeks every Friday until Fri Sep 27 2019 .
    12:00pm to 1:00pm

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    Location: 

    Harvard Northwest Science Building, 52 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Club Passim in partnership with Harvard University brings free live music to the Harvard Common Spaces every other Friday at 12:00pm-1:00pm from May 10 to September 27.

    During your lunch hour, enjoy Harvard’s relaxing Common Space full of food trucks and summer fun!

    Artist lineup:
    Friday, June 7 - Lloyd Thayer
    Friday, June 21 - Adam Brahami
    Friday, July 5 - Alisa Amador
    Friday, July 19 - Hayley Sabella
    Friday, August 2 - Sheila Del Bosque & Nacho Gonzales
    Friday, August 16 - Pretty Saro
    Friday, August 30 - Liv...

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    2019 May 05

    The Covenant of Love: The Poetry, Music and Spirituality of South Asian Muslim Cultures

    7:00pm to 8:30pm

    Location: 

    Sanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge

    Harvard Professor Ali Asani ’77; Pakistani pop star and author Ali Sethi ’06; and Grammy-winning producer Noah Georgeson will share the poetic consciousness of legendary South Asian mystic poets through music and conversation. Central to the performance are the transformative powers of love, the primordial link that connects the divine to all of creation.

    Join these thought leaders and artists as they invite audiences to understand the human and the divine through the all-encompassing lens of love.

    Cost: Free tickets will be available...

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    2019 May 03

    ARTS FIRST 2019: Jazz on the Plaza

    5:30pm to 7:00pm

    Location: 

    Science Center Plaza Tent, 1 Oxford St., Cambridge

    Harvard Jazz Bands will take the stage with Grammy Award-nominated saxophonist Yosvany Terry, Senior Lecturer on Music and director of Harvard Jazz Bands, and Mark Olson, director of the Harvard Wind Ensemble and Harvard University Band. Saxophonist and composer Don Braden '85, lauded by the New York Times as “brilliant and assured,” is the guest artist.

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    2019 May 02

    ARTS FIRST 2019

    Thu May 2 (All day) to Sun May 5 (All day)

    Location: 

    Harvard University

    Each ARTS FIRST festival is unique, but every year combines the exuberance of Harvard students, faculty and affiliates who are passionate about the many art forms presented in four rousing days of performances, exhibitions and community.

    Enjoy free, family-friendly performances, dance styles from around the world, public art walks, hands-on artmaking, and much more! We look forward to celebrating the artists of Harvard community with you during ARTS FIRST on May 2–5, 2019.

    Events include:

    • May 2,...
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    2019 Apr 30

    Angela Hewitt, piano: Bach Odyssey

    7:00pm to 8:30pm

    Location: 

    John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford St., Cambridge

    World renowned pianist Angela Hewitt presents a program of her acclaimed Bach Odyssey, including:

    • English Suite No. 1 in A Major, BWV 806;
    • English Suite No. 2 in A minor, BWV 807;
    • Suite in F minor, BWV 823;
    • English Suite No. 3 in G minor, BWV 808;
    • Prelude and Fugue in A minor, BWV 894.

    The concert is free, but tickets required, available on April 16 at the Harvard Box Office. Tickets...

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    2019 Apr 25

    Seminal Voices

    Repeats every day until Sat Apr 27 2019 .
    7:00pm to 8:00pm

    7:00pm to 8:00pm
    7:00pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Dance Center, 66 Garden St., Cambridge

    Join the Harvard Dance Center for an evening of new experiments with the methods of three visionary artists who have expanded the meaning of choreographic practice—and still do. See Harvard students perform and engage with work that spans 90 years of dance history. Evocative, idiosyncratic, distinctive, and infinitely expressive, each of the these works provides dancers and audiences alike the opportunity to encounter dance history and participate in it.

    Cost: $5 for students; $10 for general public.

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    2019 Apr 24

    Space, Movement, and the Technological Body: A Tribute to the Bauhaus

    6:30pm to 8:00pm

    Location: 

    Harvard Graduate School of Design, Gund Hall, Piper Auditorium, 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge

    In celebration of the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus School of Design, the Harvard Graduate School of Design will host a night of screenings and performances that explore new bodily and spatial interfaces, including a movement-based performance by students developed in collaboration with a course taught by Krzysztof Wodiczko and Ani Liu.

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    2019 Apr 04

    Ensemble Adilei

    6:30pm to 9:30pm

    Location: 

    CGIS South Building, Room S010 (Tsai Auditorium), 1730 Cambridge St., Cambridge

    Ensemble Adilei performs traditional Georgian polyphonic songs and chants, although their main passion lies in the songs from the province of Guria in Western Georgia. Gurian music is sometimes compared to jazz, because of the emphasis on improvisation, and non-parallel movement in all the voice parts. Gurian song is also characterized by k'rimanch'uli, a yodeling technique often present in the upper voice.

    For the members of Adilei singing is the primary mode of communication with the world: it is more of a lifestyle than a performance practice and is not just relegated to...

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    2019 Mar 31

    Blodgett Quartet in Residence: Parker Quartet

    3:00pm to 5:00pm

    Location: 

    John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford Street, Cambridge

    Join the Parker Quartet for an afternoon of music! On their set is Mozart Quartet in E-flat Major, K. 428; Zeynep Toraman things are made to fill voids (Blodgett composition winner); and Brahms String Sextet No. 2 in G Major, Op. 36 (with Parker Quartet Guest Artist Award winners).

    This event is free, but tickets required, available beginning March 17 at ...

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    2019 Mar 01

    Budding Friendship: A Joint Concert ft. Harvard Wind Ensemble & Middlesex Concert Band

    8:00pm

    Location: 

    Lowell Lecture Hall, 17 Kirkland Street, Cambridge

    Come see Harvard’s Wind Ensemble and the Middlesex Concert Band together in concert for the first time! The program includes pieces such as “Gandalf,” “Danzon no.2,” and “Pineapple Poll.” Join us in sharing the joy of music and celebrating the growth of our musical community. Admission is free!

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    2018 Nov 30

    Blodgett Quartet in Residence: Parker Quartet

    8:00pm

    Location: 

    John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA

    Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Quartet; Beethoven String Quartet in E Minor, Op.59 No.2; Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.57 (with Orion Weiss). Free but tickets required, available beginning November 16 at Harvard Box Office. Tickets may be picked up in person or obtained by phone or online. 496-2222. There is a small charge for phone or online orders.

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    2018 Nov 30

    Blodgett Quartet in Residence: Parker Quartet

    8:00pm

    Location: 

    John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, 3 Oxford St, Cambridge, MA

    Shostakovich Two Pieces for String Quartet; Beethoven String Quartet in E Minor, Op.59 No.2; Shostakovich Piano Quintet in G Minor, Op.57 (with Orion Weiss). Free but tickets required, available beginning November 16 at Harvard Box Office. Tickets may be picked up in person or obtained by phone or online. 496-2222. There is a small charge for phone or online orders.

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    2018 Oct 29

    Schlesinger 75th Anniversary Celebration

    7:00pm

    Location: 

    Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study, Knafel Center, 10 Garden Street, Cambridge, MA

    In this performance and discussion, “The Suffragists” captures the power and passion of American women’s fight for the vote through song. Created by the acclaimed singer-songwriter Shaina Taub, the musical tells the story of the last decade of the struggle through the rivalry between Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul. Taub’s musical gives voice to these women in ways that powerfully resonate in today’s political landscape. The performance will be followed by a multidisciplinary panel discussion.

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