2017-2018 COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
ARTS FOR ALL!
IN SCHOOLS, ON STAGES, ON STREETS,
EVERYWHERE! CHARLESTOWN
ALLSTON
EAST BOSTON
DOWNTOWN
CAMBRIDGE BACK BAY
BRIGHTON
CHINATOWN
FENWAY
SOUTH END
BROOKLINE
ROXBURY JAMAICA PLAIN
BOSTON, MA DORCHESTER
ROSLINDALE MATTAPAN
HYDE PARK
COMMUNITY PARTNERS ARTS FOR ALL! ARTISTS VENUES
Contents Arts for All! Map . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . INSIDE FRONT COVER Mission and Vision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Message from the President & Executive Director. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Let’s Dance Boston . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-5 Artist Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6–9 Neighborhood Arts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-13 Neighborhood Arts Community Concerts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14-17 Special Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19 Take Your Seat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21 Something for Everyone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23 Supporters and Funders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Celebrity Series 2017-18 Boards & Staff . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
4 LET’S DANCE BOSTON!
6 ARTIST CONNECTIONS
14 COMMUNITY CONCERTS
20 TAKE YOUR SEAT
PHOTO CREDITS
ALL PHOTOGRAPHS BY ROBERTTORRESPHOTOGRAPHY.COM Except: Pages 6 & 9 photos courtesy of the artists; Page 10 photo: Sara Robinson; Page 11 Ryan Edwards photo by Adam DeTour; Devin Ferreira photo courtesy of the artist; page 12 Mike Block photo by Richard frank; Page 12 Maria Finkelmeier photo by Adam DeTour; Page 13 Guy Mendilow Ensemble photo by Gretjen Helene; Page 13 Voci Angelica photo courtesy of the artist; Page 19, Los Colores de Frida photo courtesy of the artist; Page 20 Take Your Seat students photo by Kristín Otharsson; Page 21 photos courtesy of the artists Front and back cover: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater dancer, Jeroboam Bozeman with students from the Sumner Elementary in Roslindale. Photo: Robert Torres
CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON 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, in homes—everywhere.
2017-2018 SEASON SPONSOR VERTIGO DANCE COMPANY’S NOA WERTHEIM AT BOSTON ARTS ACADEMY
AMY AND JOSHUA BOGER
Celebrity Series Executive Director
GARY DUNNING Welcome to Celebrity Series’ 2017-2018 Arts for All! community engagement programs. With 100+ events, from interactive workshops and concerts in neighborhood venues, featuring some of Boston’s finest local talent, to master classes with great artists from across the globe, to a five day free festival of social dancing and live music on the Rose Kennedy Greenway, we hope you’ll come on out and join us! Our 2017-18 season opened with the return of Let’s Dance Boston from September 13-17. Professional dance instructors taught free outdoor lessons followed by five high energy live bands performing swing, mambo, disco, salsa and klezmer. Thanks to all who came out and joined the party! This season, Neighborhood Arts showcases local artists and students in residencies, workshops and performances of bluegrass, classical music, contemporary dance, Haitian dance, jazz, original compositions, world music, and works by African-American composers. In a special presentation, Celebrity Series will co-sponsor Los Colores de Frida with puppeteers from Teatro Sea in a joint presentation with Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción. Artist Connections features our main stage artists in inspiring masterclasses, coachings, workshops, and artist talks to our conservatory and community partners. In 2018, we celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Boston debut of Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with additional community events in anticipation of their annual performances in March. Take Your Seat continues to offer discounted and free tickets to students, families and community groups. On stage and off, Arts for All! programs harness the creative energy of the performing arts to build thriving communities and cultivate the next generation of artists and audiences. Many thanks to our enthusiastic artists, our community partners, and our donors and funders, all of whose contributions make Arts for All! programs possible. We invite you to join us in exploring Arts for All! this season. Sincerely,
Gary Dunning President & Executive Director
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Dreaming of dancing out under the stars? Celebrity Series brings the dance party back to the Greenway! Fun for all, this five-day dance extravaganza invites people of all ages and abilities to join us for this free festival. Each event begins with a 45-minute free dance lesson taught by professional dance instructors, followed by a live band performing a 90 minute set as participants dance the night away. SWING: Michael Gamble and the Rhythm Serenaders, featuring Laura Windley Dance instructors: Katie & Paolo Piselli MAMBO: Tito Puente, Jr. and His Orchestra Dance instructors: Ana Masacote & Gastrell Rossignol 70’s DISCO: THE LOSER’S LOUNGE Dance instructor: Rob Glover teaches the Hustle SALSA: ORQUESTRA SCC “LA EXCELENCIA” Dance instructors: Jenna Robey & Luis Talavera Díaz KLEZMER: ALICIA SVIGALS’ KLEZMER FIDDLE EXPRESS Dance Instructor: Steve Weintraub teaches and leads Yiddish Folk Dance
“The Greenway couldn’t be happier to welcome back the Celebrity Series of Boston and their incredibly popular production of Let’s Dance Boston. This event was an all-ages hit in 2015 and we’re again looking forward to welcome attendees for evenings filled with dance and music while surrounded by our art and gardens.” Jesse Brackenbury, Executive Director ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY CONSERVANCY
LET’S DANCE BOSTON IS SPONSORED BY
Leslie & Howard Appleby, Amy & Joshua Boger, Stephanie L. Brown Foundation, Donna & Mike Egan, and Eleanor & Frank Pao
ADDITIONAL SUPPORT IS PROVIDED BY
PARTNERS: Rose Kennedy Greenway.org
LET’S DANCE BOSTON SEPTEMBER 13-17, 2017 ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY
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.
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CIRCA “S”
QUATUOR MOSAÏQUES
JULIA BULLOCK
BENJAMIN BEILMAN
DANCE WORKSHOPS FOR YOUTH
• Pilobolus workshops at Boston public schools and Sumner Boys & Girls Club • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater residency for students with special needs and a Boston Arts Academy masterclass • Body Music workshops with Boston City Singers and Mattapan Teen Center MOVEMENT WORKSHOPS FOR INTERGENERATIONAL AUDIENCES • Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Revelations workshops (2) on February 24-25, 2018 in Dorchester and Roxbury (see p. 18) • Compagnie Accrorap workshop at The Dance Complex
MASTER CLASSES Master classes at Harvard University, Longy School of Music, New England Conservatory and Boston Conservatory at Berklee will include:
• Jamie Barton, mezzo-soprano • Benjamin Beilman, violin and Orion Weiss, piano • Rafał Blechacz, piano • Julia Bullock, soprano • Compagnie Accrorap, hip hop dance • Doric String Quartet • Quatuor Mosaïques, string quartet ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER DANCERS AT HENDERSON INCLUSION SCHOOL IN DORCHESTER
Major support for the Ailey residency provided by THE PEABODY FOUNDATION
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PILOBOLUS RESIDENCY 2017 Pilobolus @ Play is an innovative creative movement program designed to diversify and increase audiences for Pilobolus and for dance in general across the United States. Pilobolus @ Play will present three movement workshops with Neighborhood Arts partners Henderson Inclusion School (Dorchester) on October 25, and Boston Renaissance Charter School (Hyde Park) and Sumner Boys & Girls Club (Roslindale) on October 26.
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ARTIST POST-SHOW TALKS FOR SELECTED DANCE EVENTS AT THE BOCH CENTER SHUBERT THEATRE PILOBOLUS
PETER DIMURO, moderator
Artistic & Executive Director, The Dance Complex, MA
These 20 minute artist talks will feature highlights about the program performed that day and Q&A with each company’s artistic staff and dancers.
• PILOBOLUS (October 27, 2017) • GRUPO CORPO (January 28, 2018) • COMPAGNIE ACCRORAP (February 2, 2018) • CIRCA “S” (March 3, 2018) • COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR (May 4, 2018)
GRUPO CORPO
COMPAGNIE ACCRORAP
CIRCA “S”
PETER DIMURO
COMPANY WAYNE MCGREGOR
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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.
ENGAGING LOCAL ARTISTS – Neighborhood Arts artists are a diverse group of 30+ high caliber Boston area performing artists who are experienced in working with young people and committed to community engagement.
CREATING COMMUNITY – 40+ community organizations, including youth arts groups, neighborhood venues, community centers, Boy & Girls Clubs, faith-based organizations, schools, and more, collaborate with Celebrity Series to plan and host events, with activities tailored to the partners’ needs. ACTIVATING NEIGHBORHOOD SPACES – Catalyzing artistic and economic activity in the neighborhoods is a core value of Neighborhood Arts, with events planned in 27 locations in Dorchester, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale, Roxbury, and the South End. WORLD CLASS PERFORMANCES – Partner organizations also receive complimentary tickets to Celebrity Series main stage performances in downtown venues, with approximately 1,000 tickets distributed to partners’ constituents.
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STAINED GLASS WINDOWS: EPISCOPAL CHURCH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT, MATTAPAN
“You all are so amazing. I can’t stop gushing about Celebrity Series and the crew (family) you have and what authentic / meaningful work you are at the center of in our city. An absolute joy to be a part of it all!” RYAN EDWARDS, Artist “In my opinion, Celebrity Series is the most fruitful partnership that the Mattapan Teen Center Performing Arts Department has. Celebrity Series brings quality arts based programming at no cost to the organization on a consistent basis. The artists they bring are ALWAYS captivating, interactive, and FUN! They are always willing to provide us with complimentary tickets to local performances, which serves as an exemplary incentive for youth to stay committed to long term programming models. Celebrity Series has featured our youth's music in promotional videos that provide our center with excellent exposure and our members with great experience. We hope to continue this outstanding partnership for many years to come and collaborate in new and innovative ways.” DEVIN FERREIRA, Director of Performing Arts, Mattapan Teen Center
“Thank you so much for the gift of Saturday’s performance in all its collaborative details. I was thrilled to see so many of our families there, and not just from the Tour Choir. We really appreciate how very well we are looked after in every way. And we just loved the Kroc Center!” JANE MONEY, Artistic Director, Boston City Singers MAJOR SUPPORT FOR NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS IS PROVIDED BY THE
Barr Foundation, the Boston Cultural Council, Amy and Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes, the Royal Little Family Foundation, the Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation, the Fuller Foundation, the Liberty Mutual Foundation, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, the Stifler Family Foundation, and Tufts Health Plan. WWW.CELEBRITYSERIES.ORG
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NEIGHBORHOOD ARTISTS JEAN APPOLON (Haitian dance) is a successful choreographer and master teacher based in Boston and Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He is the founder and Artistic Director of Jean Appolon Expressions (JAE), a contemporary Haitian dance company which has performed at major venues in Boston, toured in Washington, DC and Haiti. Since 2006, he has directed a free annual summer dance course in Port-au-Prince that provides young, aspiring dancers with access to training. His dance classroom provides a positive and affirming atmosphere in which every student is regarded as artistic, and is empowered to be passionate about dance and caring for the community. MIKE BLOCK (world music – cello) is a pioneering multi-style cellist, singer, composer, and educator, hailed by Yo-Yo Ma as the "ideal musician of the 21st-Century," and acclaimed by the NY Times for his "vital rich-hued solo playing". Mike is a current member of the Silk Road Ensemble with Yo Yo Ma, and the founding Director of the Silkroad Global Musician Workshop. Mike is also the founding Director of the Mike Block String Camp and the online Multi-Style Cello School at ArtistWorks.com. An active recording artist of original material, folk music, and cross-cultural collaborations, Mike lives in Boston and was appointed Associate Professor at the Berklee College of Music in 2012. YO-EL CASSELL (contemporary movement) is currently Head of Movement/Assistant Professor of Movement at Boston University's College of Fine Arts School of Theatre. Using different elements of movement, his teaching and choreographic endeavors stresses the importance of exploring our personal capacity for self-expression and artistry. As someone who is also hearing impaired, he holds movement to be the expressive channel of identity. He is dedicated to engaging his community through theatre/movement programming that break down the boundaries of access. CASTLE OF OUR SKINS (Black artistry through music) is a concert and educational series dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music. Based in Boston and driven to bringing greater cultural representation to the stage, COOS takes its inventive mix of Black history, culture and Classical music to concert halls and classrooms alike. Through its interactive educational workshops, international call to composers, musical-narrative concert experiences, and online blog, COOS invites exploration into Black heritage and a curiosity for Black culture. SANDEEP DAS (Indian tabla) is considered one of the leading Indian Tabla virtuosos in the world today. He has performed on 40 cds and his collaboration with the Silk Road Ensemble for “Sing Me Home” won the 2017 Grammy Award for Best World Music album. He has built a diverse international career, collaborating with the Silk Road Ensemble, string quartets, and major symphony orchestras with concerts at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Hollywood Bowl, Royal Albert Hall and the Concertebouw, among others. Das is the founder of HUM (Harmony and Universality through Music), a world class ensemble promoting global understanding through performance and education. RYAN EDWARDS (composer-percussion) From a beginning in big band jazz, to an extensive study in West African music and dance, Ryan Edwards has been on the path to make people dance since he began in music. He is a Boston-based inter-disciplinary artist with a background in West African drum and dance, jazz and new-music composition. He composes extensively for contemporary dance and produces multimedia performance works and installations with Masary Studios. He co-directs the Boston-based Afrobeat band Federator N° 1 and is most proud to be the father of two beautiful children, Jafiah and Maya. MARIA FINKELMEIER (composer-percussion) Named a “one-woman dynamo” by The Boston Globe, Maria Finkelmeier is a percussionist, composer, educator, and arts entrepreneur. Maria is an international touring artist, having performed as a soloist, member of numerous chamber ensembles, and percussionist with in the Baltic Sea Philharmonic. As a composer, she's been commissioned by the Boston Center for the Arts and Illuminus Festival with Masary Studios, Outside the Box Festival, Quartet Kalos, and Ensemble Evolution. Founder and director of Kadence Arts, Maria aims to unite the community by providing new experiences to support and encourage an appreciation and understanding of how music impacts and enriches our lives. 12
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SHAW PONG LIU (composer-erhu-violin) Violinist and composer Shaw Pong Liu engages diverse communities through multidisciplinary collaborations, creative music and social dialogue. Her compositions have been commissioned by A Far Cry, Lorelei Ensemble, and New Gallery Concert Series. As a violinist Shaw Pong has performed with groups including Silk Road Ensemble, MIT’s Gamelan GalakTika, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and Castle of Our Skins. She is a teaching artist for the Silk Road Project, Young Audiences, Celebrity Series, and New England Conservatory. GUY MENDILOW ENSEMBLE (Ladino and world music) With musicians hailing from Israel, Palestine, Argentina and the USA, the Guy Mendilow Ensemble operates on the notion that incredible stories and emotionally sweeping experiences can spark resonance and motivation to care beyond our day-to-day. The Guy Mendilow Ensemble combines world-class musicianship with cinematic storytelling in shows that whisk audiences to distant times and picturesque places and, ultimately, inspire fascination with overlooked cultures and histories. Members of this award winning ensemble have toured and recorded with the likes of Bobby McFerrin, Yo Yo Ma, Snarky Puppy, the Assad Brothers and Simon Shaheen. BRIAN & ROSI AMADOR (pan-Latin) Sol y Canto® (“Sun and Song”) is an exuberant Latin music project created by Rosi and Brian Amador. In ensembles ranging from a duo to a sextet, Sol y Canto’s bilingual, bicultural music features a wide variety of acoustic Afro-Latin songs and rhythms ranging from traditional to contemporary, featuring many of Brian's original compositions. Sol y Canto's mission is to create music and performances that move, delight, excite, and connect the audience to the richness of Latin American culture. VOCI ANGELICA (global folk music) Straddling the genres of world folk and classical music, the trio creates an ambitious blend of cultures, reinvigorating traditional songs for contemporary audiences. Vocal harmonies elegantly intertwine with lush cello lines and percussion to create a musical fusion that transcends political and geographic borders. Live performances are a celebration of the group's cultural wayfaring, showcasing the differences and similarities of our shared humanity.
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS PARTNERS - 2017-18 Adams Street Library Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club Boston Arts Academy Boston City Singers Boston City-Wide String Orchestra Boston Community Leadership Academy The Boston Home, Dorchester Boston Public Schools Performing Arts Department Boston Renaissance Charter School Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Bridge Boston Charter School Central Boston Elder Services, Roxbury Chittick Elementary School City Connects City Strings United
Conservatory Lab Charter School Dimock Community Health Center Epiphany School, Dorchester Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan Henderson Inclusion K-12 School Hernandez K-8 School Hibernian Hall Hurley K-8 School Hyde Park Library Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Lena Park Community Center Madison Park Development Corporation Mattapan Branch Library Mattapan Cultural Arts Development Mattapan Teen Center Mattapan United
Pine Street Inn Reggie Lewis Athletic Center, Roxbury Roslindale Community Center Roxbury Innovation Center Salvation Army Kroc Center St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Sumner Boys & Girls Club Sumner Elementary School Tufts Health Plan Timilty Middle School Urban Edge Yawkey Club of Roxbury Villa Victoria Center for the Arts Women’s Lunch Place Young Audiences of Massachusetts
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NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS COMMUNITY CONCERTS The 2017-2018 Neighborhood Arts season embraces the artistry of drumming, dancing, choral, instrumental and original compositions with Neighborhood Arts artists and young people performing side by side in six neighborhoods. We welcome audiences of all ages and abilities to the free Neighborhood Arts concerts listed below. Unless otherwise noted, all concerts are open to the public. [See www.celebrityseries.org for updated details and event links.]
GUY MENDILOW ENSEMBLE WITH THE BOSTON CITY SINGERS PERFORMING AT THE KROC CENTER, DORCHESTER
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SEPTEMBER 30, 2017, 4:00 pm Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, 525 River Street, Mattapan VOCI ANGELICA Common Ground: Songs of Home, Love, Loss, and Prayer Using their own arrangements of global folksongs, Voci Angelica Trio fuses sounds from diverse cultures, surrounding audiences with the beauty of cello, voices and percussion interwoven into a single tapestry of sound. DECEMBER 2, 2017, 3:00 PM Salvation Army Kroc Center, 650 Dudley Street, Dorchester SOUL YATRA TRIO: Mike Block, cello | Sandeep Das, tabla | Shaw Pong Liu, erhu-violin with Bridge Boston Charter School and Conservatory Lab Charter School ensembles Dorchester Stringfest Our 2nd annual Dorchester Stringfest will feature student selections, works by Soul Yatra Trio in unique combinations of jazz, bluegrass, Indian and Chinese music, as well as jazz/bluegrass finales with all the musicians. DECEMBER 3, 2017, 3:30 pm Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley Street, Roxbury CASTLE OF OUR SKINS with Boston City-Wide String Orchestra and City Strings United Roxbury Stringfest: Folksongs from Around the World Our 3rd annual Roxbury Stringfest will open with student performances, works of Black composers performed by Castle of our Skins (string quartet) and several folksongs arranged specifically for both youth ensembles and COOS. DECEMBER 16, 2017, 3:00 PM Salvation Army Kroc Center, 650 Dudley Street, Dorchester GUY MENDILOW ENSEMBLE with Boston City Singers Heart of the Holidays: A Global Celebration of Song A global treasure trove of songs about sparking light when it’s darkest, of realizing abundance at the height of scarcity, and of how we triumph in hard times will lighten your holiday mood. This is an interactive concert featuring family-friendly songs so the entire audience becomes part of the show. Add your voice to the celebration! JANUARY 27, 2018, 2:00 pm The Boston Home, Dorchester (residents only) BRIAN AND ROSI AMADOR with Boston City Singers Cantare Choir El doble de amigos/Twice as Many Friends Brian and Rosi Amador of Sol y Canto, Neighborhood Arts artists since the program’s launch in 2012, join forces with the Boston City Singers Cantare Choir for residents at the Boston Home, which serves adults with neurological diseases. Due to space limitations, this is a private event for Boston Home residents only. FEBRUARY 17, 2018, 3:00 pm Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton Street, Boston YO-EL CASSELL with 360 Theater Movement Ensemble and students from the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Youth Development Program Poetry in Motion The IBA Youth Development Program will premiere a movement piece created with choreographer Yo-El Cassell, alongside original student poetry. The Ensemble 360 will present imaginative, movement-based theatrical selections highlighting the visceral, natural and poetic journey of the human spirit. FEBRUARY 20, 2018, 2:00 pm Mattapan Branch Library, 1350 Blue Hill Avenue, Mattapan FEBRUARY 21, 2018, 2:00 pm Adams Street Library, 690 Adams Street, Dorchester FEBRUARY 22, 2018, 2:00 pm Hyde Park Library, 35 Harvard Avenue, Hyde Park SHAW PONG LIU Exploring the Middle Kingdom: China in song and story In three concerts at Boston public library branches during February school vacation week, Shaw Pong Liu takes audiences on a dynamic solo musical journey through historical and contemporary China, with a European violin in one hand and a Chinese violin (erhu) in the other.
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FEBRUARY date tbd, 2018, 10:00 am Boston Community Leadership Academy, 655 Metropolitan Avenue, Hyde Park JEAN APPOLON with Jean Appolon Expressions and students from Boston Community Leadership Academy Lakou Aviti: Stories of Migration, Immigration, and Home Haitian dance company Jean Appolon Expressions will present excerpts from their new work Lakou Aviti. BCLA students will also premiere student choreography from their five week residency with JAE Artistic Director Jean Appolon. MARCH 3, 2018, 3:00 pm Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley Street, Roxbury SOUL YATRA TRIO: Mike Block, cello | Sandeep Das, tabla | Shaw Pong Liu, erhu-violin World music including jazz and music from India and China Don’t miss this unique trio of world class musicians: their collective experience performing with the Grammy winning Silk Road Ensemble spans diverse musical styles and cultures. The word “Yatra” means “journey”: this concert will be well worth the trip to historic Hibernian Hall with these three incredibly gifted artists. MARCH 10, 2018, 3:00 pm Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley Street, Roxbury MASARY STUDIOS Sound Sculpture with drums, marimba, and light projection Duo percussionists Ryan Edwards and Maria Finkelmeier with video projectionist Sam Okerstrom-Lang combine rhythm compositions with video imagery with Sound Sculpture, an interactive experience that allows participants to create music, sculpture, and light creation through placement of blocks in space. If you’re looking for something awe-inspiring and intergenerationally friendly for all ages, come join us! MARCH 17, 2018, 3:00 pm Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton Street, Boston VOCI ANGELICA Passages: Exploring the Migration of Music Join Voci Angelica for a highly interactive, family-friendly program featuring world geography, the early history of human immigration and civilization, and the diverse cultures, languages, and music of six continents. APRIL 8, 2018, 12:15 pm St. Stephens Episcopal Church, 419 Shawmut Avenue, Boston SANDEEP DAS AND SHAW PONG LIU Jugalbandi: Music of India and China Grammy winning Indian tabla master Sandeep Das and Chinese erhu-violinist Shaw Pong Liu share a Jugalbandi, a duet in which each musician is on equal footing. Evocative solos and duets from India, China and other lands will transport you to distant cultures and storytelling for the ages. APRIL 21, 2018, 2:00 pm Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club, 15 Talbot Avenue, Dorchester MASARY STUDIOS (Ryan Edwards, Maria Finkelmeier, Sam Okerstrom-Lang) with students from Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club, Mattapan Teen Center, and Yawkey Club of Roxbury Sound Sculpture Music ensembles from several Boston Boys & Girls Clubs join Masary Studios (drums, marimba, video projection) and the Sound Sculpture project for an unparalleled multi-sensory experience. MAY 12, 2018, 4:00 pm Church of the Holy Spirit, 525 River Street, Mattapan CASTLE OF OUR SKINS Music of Black composers Castle of our Skins (COOS) is dedicated to celebrating Black artistry through music. Based in Boston and driven to bringing greater cultural representation to the stage, COOS takes its inventive mix of Black history, culture and classical music to concert halls and classrooms alike. Events are subject to change. See the full scope of the Arts for All! 2017-18 programming on our ommunity Calendar. 16
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BOSTON RENAISSANCE CHARTER SCHOOL NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS PERFORMANCE , HYDE PARK.
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ARTS FOR ALL! SPECIAL EVENTS ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER REVELATIONS CELEBRATION COMMUNITY WORKSHOPS Alvin Ailey’s Revelations is the world’s most popular work of modern dance. Learn excerpts from this masterpiece conducted by former Ailey company member Nasha Thomas, with live music by an Ailey percussionist and selected props. Join your friends and family – all ages are welcome! Dance for a moment, remember it for a lifetime. FEBRUARY 24, 2018, 2-3:30 pm Salvation Army Kroc Center gym, 650 Dudley Street, Dorchester FEBRUARY 25, 2018, 3-4:30 pm Reggie Lewis Athletic Center gym, 1350 Tremont Street, Roxbury
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TEATRO SEA Los Colores de Frida In this special event co-sponsored by Celebrity Series of Boston and Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción, New York-based puppet theater company Teatro Sea presents two free performances of Los Colores de Frida, which tells the stories behind painter Frida Kahlo’s most famous paintings combining bilingual storytelling, music, visual arts, puppets and audience participation. This play teaches children about this world renowned artist and cultural icon and takes audiences through her trials, tribulations and successes, which propelled her to be considered one of the most important artists of the 20th century. APRIL 7, 2018, 1:00 & 4:00 pm Villa Victoria Center for the Arts, 85 West Newton Street, Boston
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TAKE YOUR SEAT TAKE YOUR SEAT provides thousands of free and discounted tickets to main stage performances, via partnerships with Boston-based community organizations. In addition to Take Your Seat, discounted student tickets are available through Student Tickets (with a valid photo i.d.) and Child Seats for subscribers, subject to availability.
TAKE YOUR SEAT PARTICIPANTS AT ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER PERFORMANCE AT BOCH CENTER WANG THEATRE
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Take Your Seat tickets will be offered for the following performances in 2017-18: OCTOBER
HUDSON: Jack’s 75th Quatuor Mosaïques Orchestra Nazionale dell’ Accademia di Santa Cecilia Ludovico Einaudi Pilobolus Pilobolus Pilobolus Christian McBride Trio
Sunday 7pm Saturday 8pm Sunday 5pm
Berklee Perf. Center Oct. 8 Jordan Hall Oct. 14 Symphony Hall Oct. 22
Friday 8pm Friday 7:30pm Saturday 8pm Sunday 3pm Sunday 7pm
Sanders Theatre Shubert Theatre Shubert Theatre Shubert Theatre Sanders Theatre
NOVEMBER
Eddie Palmieri Latin Jazz Orchestra Saturday 8pm St. Thomas Choir of Leipzig Sunday 3pm Canadian Brass Saturday 8pm
DECEMBER
WMIG – Mozart’s Symphony No. 40 Sunday
JANUARY
Tony Kushner/ Sarah Vowell Jeremy Denk/Stefan Jackiw Grupo Corpo Grupo Corpo
FEBRUARY
Compagnie Accrorap Compagnie Accrorap eighth blackbird Sergio & Odair Assad and Avi Avital Chucho Valdès & Gonzalo Rubacala
MARCH
Circa “S” Circa “S” WMIG – Leonard Bernstein Anat Cohen Tentet & Ben Wendel group Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Wu Man & Huayin Shadow Puppet Band
APRIL
Lawrence Brownlee & Eric Owens Company Wayne McGregor Company Wayne McGregor Body Music Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis
Oct. 27 Oct.27 Oct. 28 Oct. 29 Oct. 29
Berklee Perf. Center Nov. 4 Jordan Hall Nov.12 Jordan Hall Nov. 18
3pm
Jordan Hall
Dec.3
Saturday Friday Friday Saturday
8pm 8pm 7:30pm 8pm
Sanders Theatre Jordan Hall Shubert Theatre Shubert Theatre
Jan. 20 Jan. 26 Jan. 26 Jan. 27
Friday Saturday Saturday Saturday Friday
7:30pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 8pm
Shubert Theatre Shubert Theatre Sanders Theatre Jordan Hall Jordan Hall
Feb. 2 Feb. 3 Feb. 3 Feb. 10 Feb. 16
Friday Saturday Friday Saturday Thursday Friday Saturday Saturday Sunday Sunday
7:30pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 7:30pm 8pm 2pm 8pm 3pm 3pm
Shubert Theatre Shubert Theatre Sanders Theatre Sanders Theatre Wang Theatre Wang Theatre Wang Theatre Wang Theatre Wang Theatre Shubert Theatre
March 2 March 3 March 9 March 10 March 22 March 23 March 24 March 24 March 25 March 25
Saturday Friday Saturday Saturday Saturday Sunday
8pm 7:30pm 8pm 8pm 8pm 6pm
Jordan Hall Shubert Theater Shubert Theater Sanders Theater Berklee Perf. Center Symphony Hall
April 7 May 4 May 5 May 5 May 19 June 10
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SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE!
CELEBRITY SERIES INVITES YOU TO BE A PART OF ARTS FOR ALL!
PARTICIPATE • Dance the night away at Let’s Dance Boston, September 13-17 on The Greenway • Bring your friends to any or all of our free Neighborhood Arts community concerts featuring Boston’s extraordinary local artists • Be inspired by a free Artist Connections master class, workshop or Artist Talk at a local conservatory or after a performance • Celebrate the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater with us as we toast their 50th anniversary in Boston with special events and their annual performance engagement in March • Treat yourself (and bring a friend or relative) to our main stage performances this season
VOLUNTEER
• Join a dynamic group of arts enthusiasts and volunteer in the Celebrity Series office or at events
SUPPORT • Underwrite $10 tickets for students to attend Celebrity Series performances • Become a patron of the Celebrity Series and support our performance and community programs
FOR INFORMATION ON ARTS FOR ALL! PROGRAMS PLEASE CONTACT ROBIN BAKER Senior Manager of Community Engagement rb@celebrityseries.org 617.598.3225
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ARTS FOR ALL!
SARA ROBINSON Chief Advancement Officer srobinson@celebrityseries.org 617.598.3218
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THANK YOU TO OUR FUNDERS Celebrity Series is grateful for the generosity of individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies, whose support helps us fulfil Celebrity Series’ mission to present worldclass 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, in schools, in homes —everywhere. Major support for Celebrity Series and Arts for All! is provided by the following individuals. To learn more about how you can support Arts for All!, please visit celebrityseries.org/support. Anonymous | Leslie & Howard Appleby | Amy & Joshua Boger | Stephanie L. Brown | | Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes | Donna & Mike Egan | Gabor Garai & Susan Pravda | Harriet & David Griesinger | Zachary R. Haroutunian | Paul L. King | Eleanor & Frank Pao | Cynthia & John S. Reed | Lawrence Stifler & Mary McFadden | Belinda Herrera Termeer | Michael & Susan Thonis | Nancy Richmond Winsten
CORPORATE, FOUNDATION, AND GOVERNMENT SUPPORT PRINCIPAL PRODUCERS Barr Foundation Stephanie L. Brown Foundation Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation
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Deloitte LLP Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation Royal Little Family Foundation
LEAD PRODUCERS Anonymous The Garbis & Arminé Barsoumian Charitable Foundation The Boston Foundation The Catered Affair
Foley & Lardner LLP Tufts Health Plan Massachusetts Cultural Council
ANGELS Anonymous AVFX French US Exchange in Dance Liberty Mutual Foundation National Endowment for the Arts
The Peabody Foundation Port Lighting Systems Rafanelli Events Management Stifler Family Foundation
SPONSORS Be Our Guest Joan & Steven Belkin Foundation Boston Children’s Hospital – Sports Medicine Division D.L. Saunders Real Estate Corp.
First Republic Bank The Charles & Cerise Jacobs Charitable Foundation Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation PTC
PARTNERS AAFCPAs Boston Cultural Council Carruth Management LLC Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
Consulate General of Israel to New England Foley Hoag LLP The Fuller Foundation mindSHIFT Technologies
FRIENDS Anchor Capital Advisors LLC Broadway in Boston Flagship Press, Inc. French Cultural Center
GJ Nelson Microsoft Corporation Turkey Land Cove Foundation Winston Flowers
ARTS FOR ALL!
Gary Dunning, President & Executive Director BOARD OF DIRECTORS 2017-2018 Joshua Boger, Ph.D., Chair * Howard Appleby Stephanie L. Brown * Michael S. Canning * Timothy W. Diggins Margaret Eagle Donna Egan * Gabor Garai Hannah M. Grove Randolph Hawthorne, ex officio Yvette Hochberg Andrea Hoff Jann E. Leeming * James L. J. Nuzzo Eleanor Y. Pao * John Patterson Leontyne Price, Honorary Director Melinda Rabb Sharon L. Rich + Lawrence Stifler + Mary Elisabeth Swerz * Belinda Herrera Termeer Susan Thonis Dorothy Altman Weber + Janet Zwanziger + DIRECTORS EMERITI Harris A. Berman, MD + Caroline Collings Benjamin H. Lacy Robert I. Lurie Norman C. Nicholson, Jr. Walter W. Pierce + Nancy Richmond Winsten + Arnold B. Zetcher
* Denotes Executive Committee + Denotes 25+ year subscriber
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Stephanie L. Brown, Chair Margaret Eagle Yvette Hochberg Jann E. Leeming John Patterson Dottie Weber Janet Zwanziger
BOARD OF OVERSEERS Leslie Appleby Amy d’Ablemont Burnes Jolyon Cowan
COMMUNITY MEMBERS AT LARGE
Arreen Andrew, Local Cultural Councils Program Officer, Massachusetts Cultural Council Dillon Bustin, Artistic Director, Hibernian Hall Yo-El Cassell, Neighborhood Arts Artist Lucas Cowan, Public Art Curator, Rose Kennedy Greenway Peter DiMuro, Executive Director, The Dance Complex Cedric Douglas, Lead Artist, UpTruck Ryan Edwards, Neighborhood Arts Artist Devin Ferreira, Director of Performing Arts, Mattapan Teen Center Kara Fili, Project Lead, The Dance Complex Karen Gonzalez, Family and Community Engagement Coordinator, Hurley K-8 School Karin Goodfellow, Director, Boston Art Commission Betty Hillmon, Artistic Director, Boston City-Wide String Orchestra Bithyah Israel, Founder & President, City Strings United Taylor McCarthy, Program Events Coordinator, Big Sister Association Mary McFadden Guy Mendilow, Neighborhood Arts Artist Jane Money, Artistic Director, Boston City Singers Deidra Montgomery, Program Coordinator, New England Foundation for the Arts Elizabeth Steinhauser, Priest Associate and Director of Youth Programs, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church Nina Vansuch, Director, Sumner Boys and Girls Club
CELEBRITY SERIES STAFF
Gary Dunning, President and Executive Director ADVANCEMENT Sara Curtis Robinson, Chief Advancement Officer Sarah Long Holland, Associate Director of Institutional Giving Alec Bleday, Major Gifts Officer Erica Leung, Senior Manager of Advancement and Patron Programs Emily Eagan, Events & Stewardship Coordinator Anya Hess, Development Associate
BOARD OF OVERSEERS 2017-2018 Randolph Hawthorne, Chair Marilyn Miller Leslie Appleby Dr. Gordon Moore Thomas Burger Martin Carmichael, III + William Casey Fernadina Chan Stuart Cohen Jolyon Cowan Amy d’Ablemont Burnes JoAnne Dickinson C. Nancy Fisher Susan Friedman Kathleen Gaffney Dr. Joan Goldberg + Harriet Griesinger Zachary R. Haroutunian Stephen C. Harrison Ilisa Hurowitz Lisa Kelly-Croswell Stephen Leonard + Margot LeStrange + Sarah Mars
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE
Stephen Perry Suzanne Priebatsch Oliver Radford Michael Raizman Reuben Reynolds Robin Richman Millard Rose Abby Rosenfeld + Howard Salwen + Sally Seaver + Sandra Shapiro + Dr. Samuel J. Shubrooks, Jr. + Joel A. Stein + Marylen R. Sternweiler + Jeffrey A. Thomson Elizabeth G. Tréhu, MD Wendy L. Watson Barnet Weinstein Peter J. Wender +
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Edwin Derecho, Chief Financial Officer Alex Larin, Senior Accountant Connor Buckley, Accounts Payable and Payroll Coordinator 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 PERFORMANCE AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Amy Lam, Artistic Programmer Karen Brown, Director of Performance Operations Sarah Cronin, Senior Manager of Performance Operations Robin Baker, Senior Manager of Community Engagement Katherine Ludington, Associate Manager of Performance Operations Shea Rose, Community Concerts Coordinator 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 WWW.CELEBRITYSERIES.ORG
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