Boston
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Rivers Chamber Music Lab performs for A Place to Turn
The brilliant Rivers Chamber Music Lab students perform for A Place to Turn!
Duo Gwynne - Storms of Elegance
Our fabulous Artist Fellows Long Okada and Nicholas Southwick—together, Duo Gwynne—present their program Storms of Elegance at Carriage House’s showroom in Boston to raise funds for the FUEL program at Church of the Redeemer. This program seeks to paint a portrait of the lives and works of five composer-performers who shaped the musical landscape at the turbulent turn of the 19th century in Europe. Voices of Joseph Bologne Chevalier de Saint-Georges, François Devienne, Maddalena Lombardini-Sirmen, Friedrich Dülon, and Joseph Martin Kraus will be placed center stage and celebrated for their contributions to music in the Classical Era.
To donate:
1. Text REDEEMERCH to 73256 to receive a link to give.
2. Click on the link provided, select FUEL in the drop-down box just below the amount of the gift.
3. Fill in payment information as requested.
We also welcome cash or check donations. All checks need to be made out to "Church of the Redeemer.” Please request that the givers put "FUEL, Music for Food 4/13" in the memo line.
Waring School Concert for Beverly Bootstraps
The fabulous Waring School students perform their annual soiree to benefit Beverly Bootstraps!
Parlando - Enoch Arden
Our 14th season in Boston —Parlando — weaves together three threads that all have to do with the stories we tell…in music.
Our season finale, curated by 11-time Grammy nominee Marc-André Hamelin, features Richard Strauss’ melodrama Enoch Arden. Marc-André will be joined by world-renowned actor, playwright, and pianist Hershey Felder for this once-in-a-lifetime performance.
As with all MFF concerts, admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student), not tickets or RSVPs are necessary, and ALL proceeds will go to a local food pantry. The Boston core concerts this year support Women’s Lunch Place.
Musicians from Marlboro
In collaboration with Music for Food, Musicians from Marlboro present a concert of Coleridge-Taylor, Dvořák, Webern, and Schoenberg in support of local hunger initiatives. General admission tickets are $30 and will be available for purchase on Marlboro’s website, and additional donations will be accepted online and at the door; 100% of donated proceeds will go to Women’s Lunch Place.
Artists:
Anna Göckel & Stephanie Zyzak, violin; Hsin-Yun Huang & Jordan Bak, viola; Chase Park & Christoph Richter, cello; Evren Ozel, piano
Program:
Coleridge-Taylor: Five Fantasiestücke, Op. 5 [Sel.]
Dvořák: Piano Trio in E Minor, Op. 90
Webern: Six Bagatelles, Op. 9
Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4
Atrium Concert for the Watertown Food Pantry
The wonderful music students at the Atrium School continue their annual tradition of performing in support of Watertown Food Pantry!
Ensemble Skopos at Carriage House
Ensemble Skopos—violinists Haerim Oh and Hudson Chung, violist Martine Thomas, cellists Macintyre Taback and Sameer Apte, and pianist Jonathan Senik—performs a lovely concert of Mozart, Ravel, and Schubert in support of Women’s Lunch Place.
Program features: W.A. Mozart Piano Quartet No.1 in G minor K.478, M. Ravel Sonata for Violin and Cello M.73, F. Schubert String Quintet in C Major D. 956
Parlando - The Seven Last Words of Christ
Our 14th season in Boston —Parlando — weaves together three threads that all have to do with the stories we tell…in music. Each concert:
has been curated by one of MFF’s beloved friends
features a world premiere for viola, composed and performed by NEC students
centers a work that integrates spoken word
We start 2024 with Haydn’s colossal The Seven Last Words of Christ on the Cross, his late string quartet in d minor, Op. 103, and the world premiere of Echoes of Loss by Da-Yu Liu! This concert was curated by Miriam Fried, and artists on the program include Miriam Fried, Paul Biss, Nicholas Cordes, Yeesun Kim Kitchen, Njord Fossnes, and Da-Yu Liu. Don’t miss a word or a note this season!
As with all MFF concerts, admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student), not tickets or RSVPs are necessary, and ALL proceeds will go to a local food pantry. The Boston core concerts this year support Women’s Lunch Place.
Buckingham Browne & Nichols Upper School Winter Chamber Music Concert
Join BB&N for their inaugural Music for Food concert to support Cambridge Economic Opportunity Committee Food Pantry. This concert features student 7 Upper School chamber ensembles performing works by Beethoven, Svendsen, Dvorak, Chaminade, Schubert, Mozart, Shen, and Handel.
No monetary donations will be accepted. Instead, non-perishable food donations are requested to benefit CEOC.
Wellesley Symphony Orchestra for Wellesley Food Pantry
Join the Wellesley Symphony Orchestra and six outstanding contestants from the 2023 Michael H. Welles Young Soloist Competition for a wonderful evening of music and community. All donations (cash and checks made out to Wellesley Food Pantry) will benefit the Wellesley Food Pantry.
Program: Sarasate Zigeunerweisen, Elgar Cello Concerto (1st movement), Dvorak Cello Concerto (1st movement) Barber Violin Concerto (1st movement), Pierne Solo de Concert for Bassoon, Prokofiev Violin Concerto (1st movement).
POSTPONED TO SPRING 2024—Walnut Hill Chamber Music Concert
The extraordinary music students at the Walnut Hill School of the Arts perform a chamber music concert in support of their local food pantry.
All Saints Parish Messiah Sing
All Saints Parish is proud to bring back its annual Messiah Sing to benefit Project Bread! Special thanks to Honor McClellan for organizing this concert!
Parlando - Ortiz, Brahms, and Chaves
Our 14th season in Boston —Parlando — weaves together three threads that all have to do with the stories we tell…in music. Each concert:
has been curated by one of MFF’s beloved friends
features a world premiere for viola, composed and performed by NEC students
centers a work that integrates spoken word
Curated by brilliant soprano Lucy Fitz Gibbon, this program features Pablo Ortiz’s Garden Songs, Brahms’ “Magelone” song cycle, Op. 33, and a world premiere for viola by Ethan Chaves. Our generous artists include Lucy Fitz-Gibbon, Ryan MacEvoy McCullough, Kim Kashkashian, Julian Rhee, Leland Ko, and Luther Warren. Don’t miss a word or a note this season!
As with all MFF concerts, admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student), not tickets or RSVPs are necessary, and ALL proceeds will go to a local food pantry. The Boston core concerts this year support Women’s Lunch Place.
Labyrinth Choir at St. Mary's in Newton for Newton Food Pantry
As part of Hunger and Homelessness week, St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Newton will host the incredible Labyrinth Choir, professional, mixed vocal ensemble of 22 musicians who will perform contemporary classical songs and songs from the gospel tradition. The evening's repertoire will include Joyful, Joyful from Sister Act 2, You’ll Never Walk Alone from Carousel, Psalm 23 by Bobby McFerrin, and more, all reflecting the diverse emotions of gratitude, love and joy! The audience will sing “What a Wonderful World” with the choir. The concert is free with suggested donation, and all donations will go directly to the Newton Food Pantry. Come and let your spirits be uplifted in song and inspire your generosity for this worthy cause!
To donate:
Online, visit the link above.
In person, cash and checks will be accepted. Please make checks out to Newton Food Pantry with “MFF Newton 11/18” in the memo line.
Free children’s programming will run concurrently with the concert (sign up beforehand here) and an art show entitled “Invisible Artists in Boston,” will follow in the parish hall.
From 5 p.m. to 7 p.m., all may enjoy and even purchase paintings, jewelry, or sculptures, all created by artists who have or are currently experiencing homelessness. All proceeds of the art show will go directly to the artist and St. Mary's Food Pantry in Dorchester.
Belmont High Masquerade Concert
BHS ensembles present an evening of Halloween-inspired music. Family friendly for all ages - costumes are encouraged!
All donations to this concert will benefit the Belmont Food Pantry!
To donate online, click the link above and include “MFF Belmont 10/25” in the “What’s this for?” line.
Cash and check donations will be accepted in person — please make all checks out to “Belmont Food Pantry Inc.” with “MFF Belmont 10/25” in the memo line.
Parlando - Histoire du soldat
Our 14th season in Boston —Parlando — weaves together three threads that all have to do with the stories we tell with music. Each concert:
has been curated by one of MFF’s beloved friends
features a world premiere for viola, composed and performed by NEC students
centers a work that integrates spoken word
The season opens with Stravinsky’s Histoire du soldat and a world premiere for viola by Lingbo Ma! Tom Novak curated this marvelous program. Don’t miss a word or a note this season!
We are grateful that an anonymous sponsor has agreed to match up to $2,500 of the donations made at the concert. All concert proceeds will be sent to Women’s Lunch Place, which has provided meals, direct care, and other resources to women in Boston for 41 years.
Artists
Paul Biss, violin
Sangwon Lee, clarinet
Tom Novak, bassoon
Dan Bauch, percussion
Sam George, trombone
Nicholas Caux, double bass
Daniel Barak, trumpet
Nile Hawver and Kim Kashkashian, narrators
Cara Pogossian, viola
Yandi Chen, piano
Lingbo Ma, composer
As with all MFF concerts, admission is free with a suggested donation ($40/adult, $15/student), no tickets or RSVPs are necessary, and ALL proceeds will go to a local food pantry. The Boston core concerts this year support Women’s Lunch Place.
Pizzicanto Duo—Through Her Eyes: In Story and Song
Rescheduled! Our wonderful Artist Fellows Theodora Nestorova and Alex Fowler (who make up the Pizzicanto Duo) will perform their Music for Food concert—Through Her Eyes: In Story and Song—in the new Boston Showroom of Carriage House Violins. All proceeds will benefit the Open Door Soup Kitchen (St. Bridget's Food Pantry). Every year, the pantry serves over 4,000 full, restaurant style meals (consisting of: an entree, salad, bread, coffee or tea, and dessert) and supplies over 3000 grocery bags filled with a few healthy, protein-rich meals.
Inspired by the animated short film “Vashya the Blind” by Theodore Ushev, the duo will share a program of songs of love, fear, life, and loss, interwoven into the story of a young girl who sees the world through eyes unlike any others.
Rivers Chamber Music Lab for A Place to Turn
The wonderful students in the Rivers School Conservatory’s Honors Chamber Music Lab present a concert alongside our Artist Fellows Theodora Nestorova and Steph Davis in support of A Place to Turn in Natick, which provides fresh fruits and vegetables, dairy, proteins, diapers, personal care items and basic household staples to residents in 20 communities.
Schubert Quintet at the Brookline Public Library
Join us at the Brookline Public Library for a lovely concert featuring Schubert’s masterpiece—the C major String Quartet, D. 956. All proceeds will benefit the Brookline Food Pantry.
Artists: Jean Huang, Sophia Szokolay, Sergio Munoz Leiva, Alan Toda-Ambaras, and Timothy Paek
Notes from Across the Sea: Voices from Germany
This concert is generously sponsored by Barbara and Kennett Burnes.
Music for Food’s 13th season finale will be held at 7:30pm on Sunday, April 23, in New England Conservatory’s Brown Hall, featuring Brahms Piano Quintet, Beethoven String Quartet Op. 59, No. 1, and selections from Robert Schumann’s Zwölf Gedichte von Justinus Kerner, op. 35, performed by the ever-inspiring Ayano Ninomiya, Lucy Chapman, Kim Kashkashian, Peter Stumpf, Alessio Bax, Corey Gaudreau, Tanya Blaich, and the Parker Quartet. Admission is free, and all donations will benefit Women’s Lunch Place (WLP), which is celebrating its 40th anniversary of providing needed resources to vulnerable women in Boston.
Thanks in part to MFF’s $22,918.12 contribution last season, WLP prepared and served a record 111,009 healthy meals in the last fiscal year. This comes at a critical time, because:
One in three adults in Massachusetts experienced food insecurity last year
Grocery prices are higher than they’ve been since WLP’s inception
Additional Details:
Suggested donation is $30+ and $10+ for students, collected at the door. 100% of donations will benefit Women's Lunch Place—a day shelter serving women experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty in the greater Boston area.
Masks recommended.
Waring School Soiree
Students at the Waring School in Beverly, MA, perform a wonderfully varied program in support of Beverly Bootstraps, which provides a food pantry, weekly community meal, mobile markets, summer food program, summer/family food program, senior meal delivery, and more to residents of Beverly, Manchester, Essex, Hamilton, and Wenham.
Steph Davis: Bones, Soil, & Song
Our 2022-2023 Artist Fellow Steph Davis presents “Bones, Soil, & Song” to benefit Rosie’s Place, which serves 3 hearty and healthy meals to their guests every day of the year.
Lexington High School Chamber Concert
Musicians from Lexington High School present an incredibly eclectic program, which includes music from La La Land, Chopin pieces for solo piano, a wind quartet, wind quintet, and more!
Artists: bassoonist Bella Qu, cellist Daniel Kim, clarinetist Eugene Wang, flutist Aricka Boosa, french hornist Abby Wong, oboist Yul Kim, pianist John Kim, trombonist Joseph Repaci, trumpeter Sishir Mahavadi, Michael Saleeby, tubist Luke Wong, violinist Raphael LeDonné, and violist Nolan An.
Program:
From La La Land:
City of Stars
Mia and Sebastian’s Theme
Wind Quartet by Karl Eduard Goepfart
Chopin:
Mazurka A Minor Op. 17, No. 4
Mazurka B Minor Op. 33, No. 4
Waltz in B minor Op. 69, No. 2
Waltz in E minor Op. posth
Humoresque Duet by Dvorak
Bruch Romantic Pieces Op. 83 - Movement No. 7
Brass quintet arrangements of:
Pictures at an Exhibition - Promenade I - Arthur Frackenpohl
Dvorak 9 II - Goin’ Home - Antonin Dvorak
Three Pieces - I - Ludwig Maurer
Notes from Across the Sea: Voices from the United Kingdom
This concert is generously sponsored by David Scudder.
Music for Food’s 13th season continues at 7:30pm on Sunday, February 19, in New England Conservatory’s Brown Hall. The incredible Don Weilerstein, Kim Kashkashian, Vivian Weilerstein, William Coleman, Meesun Hong Coleman, Yiliang Jiang, Jeffrey Ho, Samuel Zacharia, Peter Jablokow, Sarah Darling, Cameron Stowe, and Katherine Whyte, will perform Charlotte Bray’s Replay for Piano Quartet, Benjamin Britten’s String Quartet in D major, Britten’s On This Island, and works by Thomas Morley and John Dowland. Admission is free, and all donations will benefit Women’s Lunch Place (WLP), which will soon launch its 40th anniversary of providing needed resources to vulnerable women in Boston.
Thanks in part to MFF’s $22,918.12 contribution last season, WLP prepared and served a record 111,009 healthy meals in the last fiscal year. This comes at a critical time, because:
One in three adults in Massachusetts experienced food insecurity last year
Grocery prices are higher than they’ve been since WLP’s inception
Additional Details:
Suggested donation is $30+ and $10+ for students, collected at the door. 100% of donations will benefit Women's Lunch Place—a day shelter serving women experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty in the greater Boston area.
Masks are required.
Atrium School Music for Food Concert
Music students at the Atrium School in Watertown, MA will present a concert that includes original compositions by the 8th graders in collaboration with the school’s art department. The students were coached by our Artist Fellows, who will also share a short performance of Errollyn Wallen’s “Dervish,” on the concert. Admission is free with a suggested donation, and all proceeds will be sent to the Watertown Food Pantry.
All Saints Parish Messiah Sing with Boston Public Quartet!
After a two-year hiatus, All Saints Parish is proud to bring back its annual Messiah Sing to benefit Project Bread! Artists include violinist Betsky Hinkle and violist Jason Amos from the Boston Public Quartet, conductor Ann Watson Born, and vocal soloists Kira Kaplan, Emerald Barbour, Nick Saxton, Philippe L’Esperance, Kevin Harris. Special thanks to Honor McClellan for organizing this concert!
Duos and Trios at the Lilypad!
Violist Jenn Chang, pianist Solon Gordon, and violinist Lily Tsai perform duos and trios for violin, viola, and piano at the Lilypad to benefit Food for Free, an organization that rescues and redistributes 2 million pounds of food a year in Cambridge!
Program:
Martinu — Three Madrigals for violin and viola
I. Poco allegro - Poco vivo
Schubert — Fantasy for piano and violin
Brahms —Horn trio (transcribed for viola, violin, and piano)
Notes from Across the Sea: Voices from Eastern Europe
The second concert in Music for Food’s 13th season—Notes from Across the Sea–starts at 7:30pm on Sunday, November 20, in New England Conservatory’s Brown Hall, with Bartok Violin Sonata No. 2, Szymanowski Nocturne and Tarantelle, Ligeti Sonata for Viola Solo, and Prokofiev Five Poems of Anna Akhmatova, performed by extraordinary artists: Gloria Chien, Soovin Kim, Kim Kashkashian, Julian Seney, Sam Zacharia, Adam Newman, Nicholas Cords, Tanya Blaich, and Angela Yam. Admission is free, and all donations will benefit Women’s Lunch Place (WLP), which will soon launch its 40th anniversary of providing needed resources to vulnerable women in Boston.
Thanks in part to MFF’s $22,918.12 contribution last season, WLP prepared and served a record 111,009 healthy meals in the last fiscal year. This comes at a critical time, because:
One in three adults in Massachusetts experienced food insecurity last year
Grocery prices are higher than they’ve been since WLP’s inception
Additional Details:
Suggested donation is $30+ and $10+ for students, collected at the door. 100% of donations will benefit Women's Lunch Place—a day shelter serving women experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty in the greater Boston area.
Masks required and proof of vaccination will be checked at the door.
Beethoven, Mendelssohn, and More for Project Bread
Fabulous young musicians from New England Conservatory’s Preparatory Division will share a wonderful program of chamber music, including Mendelssohn’s C minor piano trio and Beethoven’s first piano trio, at the Goethe-Institut to benefit Project Bread, which “connects people and communities in Massachusetts to reliable sources of food while advocating for policies that make food more accessible—so that no one goes hungry.”
Notes from Across the Sea: Voices from France
Boston’s Thirteenth Music for Food Series Opens its Season with a Program of French Chamber Music on September 18th to benefit Women’s Lunch Place!
Notes from Across the Sea–Music for Food’s 13th Boston core concert season–kicks off at 7:30pm on Sunday, September 18, in New England Conservatory’s Brown Hall, with Franck’s Piano Quintet, Debussy’s Cello Sonata, and Martin’s Quatre sonnets à Cassandre. The stupendous and generous artists who have donated their time and talent to this program include: Andrius Zlabys, Miriam Fried, Paul Biss, Kim Kashkashian, Marcy Rosen, Guy Fishman, Renana Gutman, Krista River, Stephanie Fong, Vanessa Holroyd, Jing Li. Admission is free, and all donations will benefit Women’s Lunch Place (WLP), which will soon launch its 40th anniversary of providing needed resources to vulnerable women in Boston.
Thanks in part to MFF’s $22,918.12 contribution last season, WLP prepared and served a record 111,009 healthy meals in the last fiscal year. This comes at a critical time, because:
One in three adults in Massachusetts experienced food insecurity last year
Grocery prices are higher than they’ve been since WLP’s inception
Additional Details:
Suggested donation is $30+ and $10+ for students, collected at the door. 100% of donations will benefit Women's Lunch Place—a day shelter serving women experiencing homelessness, hunger, and poverty in the greater Boston area.
Masks required and proof of vaccination will be checked at the door.
Solon Gordon and Lily Tsai at MIT for Food for Free
A wonderful concert of violin-piano duos by Kreisler, Schubert, and Brahms, performed by Solon Gordon and Lily Tsai, to benefit Food for Free.
*Masks and proof of vaccination are required for attendance. No reservations are needed for entry.
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