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Celebrity Series’ Arts for All! community programs have something for everyone. We invite you to explore our 2018-19 season in the pages that follow. Join us as we kick off the season with Jazz Along the Charles: A Walkable Concert on the DCR's Charles River Esplanade on September 23. Experience the talent of local artists and youth at Neighborhood Arts concerts throughout the season. Move with us at Artist Connections community workshops and masterclasses, or be inspired at our post-performance artist talks. Explore the many performances available for discounted tickets through Take Your Seat. All of these programs are a part of 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.
2018-2019 JAZZ ALONG THE CHARLES
Catch our next free, participatory outdoor event, on the Charles River Esplanade on September 23, 2018. pg. 4
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS
Boston area artists lead interactive workshops for youth and community concerts in neighborhood venues in Dorchester, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale, Roxbury, and the South End. pg. 5
ARTIST CONNECTIONS
Post-performance artist talks, community workshops, lecturedemonstrations, and master classes for students from the elementary through conservatory levels pg. 10
TAKE YOUR SEAT
Free and discounted tickets for thousands of children, students, and families pg. 12
ARTS FOR ALL!
Cultivating the next generation of artists and audiences
IN SCHOOLS, ON STAGES, ON STREETS,
EVERYWHERE!
PERFORMANCE VENUES
160 Mass Ave at Berklee Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology Berklee Performance Center Bethel A.M.E. Church Boch Center Shubert Theatre Boch Center Wang Theatre Boston Home Boston Symphony Hall Charles River Esplanade Church of the Holy Spirit Hibernian Hall Hyde Park Branch Library Pickman Hall at Longy School of Music of Bard College More Than Words NEC’s Jordan Hall NEC’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre People’s Baptist Church Roslindale Community Center Salvation Army Kroc Center Sanders Theatre, Harvard University Union United Methodist Church Veronica Robles Cultural Center Villa Victoria Center for the Arts Gallery
ARTS FOR ALL! PARTNERS
Bates Elementary School Berkshire Partners Blue Hill Boys & Girls Club Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Big Sister Association of Greater Boston Boston Arts Academy Boston Centers for Youth & Families Boston City Singers Boston City-Wide String Orchestra Boston Community Leadership Academy Boston Conservatory at Berklee Boston Latin School Boston Police Department Boston Public Schools Performing Arts Department Boston Renaissance Charter School Boston String Academy Boys & Girls Clubs of Boston Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence Castle Tenants Association Charlestown Boys & Girls Club
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Chittick Elementary School City Strings United City Year CityConnects Community Music Center of Boston Conservatory Lab Charter School Cotting School, Lexington The Dance Complex Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative Epiphany School Futura Productions, Inc. Handel & Haydn Society Vocal Arts Program Harvard University Hernández K-8 School Hurley K-8 School Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Irving Middle School Jewish Arts Collaborative Josiah Quincy Orchestra Kennedy Day School at Franciscan Children’s Louis D. Brown Peace Institute Madison Park Development Corporation Mattapan Cultural Arts Development Mattapan Teen Center Northeastern Crossing Orchard Gardens School OrigiNation Cultural Arts Center Pine Street Inn Project STEP St. Patrick Parish School St. Stephen's Episcopal Church Sumner Boys and Girls Club Sumner Elementary School Timilty Middle School Twelfth Baptist Church Urbanity Dance Villa Victoria Center for the Arts Women’s Lunch Place Yawkey Club of Roxbury Young Audiences of Massachusetts (as of September, 2018, subject to change)
SOMERVILLE
CHARLESTOWN
EAST BOSTON
DOWNTOWN
CAMBRIDGE ALLSTON BACK BAY BRIGHTON
CHINATOWN
FENWAY
SOUTH END
SOUTH BOSTON
BROOKLINE ROXBURY
JAMAICA PLAIN DORCHESTER
WEST ROXBURY
ROSLINDALE MATTAPAN
BOSTON, MA HYDE PARK
COMMUNITY PARTNERS PERFORMANCE VENUES
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS ARTISTS
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JAZZ ALONG THE CHARLES SUNDAY | SEPTEMBER 23 | 2-4PM Charles River Esplanade, Boston jazzalongthecharles.org On a single fall afternoon, 25 jazz ensembles gather at a series of connected, walkable locations along the DCR's Charles River Esplanade, interpreting a curated list of Boston-related tunes in one collective concert that celebrates the great jazz community in Boston today. The audience will stroll along the Charles River on a onemile stretch, discovering new songs, artists, and areas of the Esplanade, creating a dynamic and evolving jazz concert experience. Jazz Along the Charles is a free public event, part of Celebrity Series’ commitment to free public performance experiences, open to all. Jazz Along the Charles artists: Tim Ray Trio Eric Hofbauer - solo jazz guitar Jason Palmer Quintet Charlie Kohlhase’s Explorers Quintet Hiro Honshuku & Yuka Kido’s Love To Brasil Project Cocek! Brass Band Novick Nieske Duo Amber Ensemble Krewe de ROUX Paul White Music John Kordalewski Trio Yoron Israel Connection OddSong, (sax quartet) with vocalist Rebecca Shrimpton Planet Pluto Funkacademy Samuel Batista Quartet Big Time Company Receita de Samba (Recipe of Samba) The Unity Ensemble Rebecca Cline Trio Kevin Harris Project Aska and Hot Club of Boston MIXCLA Choro JP Monica Pabelonio Quartet
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS! JAZZ ALONG THE CHARLES IS SPONSORED BY Leslie & Howard Appleby Amy & Joshua Boger Stephanie L. Brown Foundation Donna & Michael Egan LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Endowment & Innovation Funds
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
MEDIA SPONSOR:
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS BRINGS THE JOY OF LIVE PERFORMANCE to six Boston neighborhoods, partnering with 50+ community organizations and Boston area artists who anchor interactive workshops for youth and community concerts in neighborhood venues in Dorchester, Hyde Park, Mattapan, Roslindale, Roxbury, and the South End.
COMPOSITION/PERCUSSION Shaw Pong Liu (composer, violin, erhu)
In a co-presentation with Shaw Pong Liu, Code Listen 3.0: Music for Healing and Dialogue is an original composition by Ms. Liu in collaboration with teen artists, Jason Palmer (trumpet), musicians of A Far Cry, the Boston Police Department and families of homicide victims, culminating in a performance at the Salvation Army Kroc Center.
Devin Ferreira (hip-hop) Devin Ferreira leads a fall residency with teens from the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Youth Program, culminating in a 50 Portraits of Villa Victoria showcase at the Villa Victoria gallery.
Ryan Edwards (composer, percussion) Ryan Edwards will lead three composition residencies with students at the Bates Elementary School, Boston Renaissance Charter School, and Hurley K-8 School. For the spring residency with Hurley, Urbanity Dance will collaborate on choreography.
Maria Finkelmeier (composer, percussion) and Bent Knee (rock band) Rock band Bent Knee makes their Neighborhood Arts debut in a collaborative concert with Maria Finkelmeier, percussionist, at the Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology. Tickets are $5, proceeds to benefit Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción. Ms. Finkelmeier will also lead two spring residencies in electronic bucket drum improvisation for St. Stephen’s Church B-Ready after school program and the Rafael Hernández K-8 School.
Shaw Pong Liu
Maria Finkelmeier Bent Knee
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DANCE
Jean Appolon Expressions (Haitian contemporary dance) Haitian dance group Jean Appolon Expressions performs at the Urban Arts Festival in Hyde Park. Jean Appolon also leads a dance residency and culminating performance for the Dudley Street Neighborhood Charter School.
Jean Appolon
Yo-El Cassell (contemporary dance and movement) Dance/theater movement artist Yo-El Cassell leads a spring residency with teens from the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Youth Program to be showcased along with the 360 Ensemble (theater movement troupe) at the Villa Victoria gallery.
LATIN/JAZZ
Jorge Arce and Raiz de Plena (Afro-Caribbean music) Afro-Caribbean musicians Jorge Arce and Raiz de Plena march in the parade and opening concert for Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción’s Festival Betances. Raiz de Plena also performs at the Puerto Rican Festival at Boston’s City Hall Plaza.
Yo-El Cassell
Veronica Robles (mariachi ensemble, Mexican music) A Day of the Dead family concert features Mexican singer Veronica Robles and her mariachi ensemble at Union United Methodist Church. Tickets are $5, proceeds to benefit IBA and Veronica Robles Cultural Center.
Jason Palmer Quintet (jazz) The Jason Palmer Quintet makes their Neighborhood Arts debut at Church of the Holy Spirit. Their spring concert at Hibernian Hall ($5 admission) will benefit the Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative.
Jason Palmer Quintet
Duke Ellington Sacred Jazz Concerts Excerpts from Duke Ellington’s legendary Sacred Jazz will be conducted by Paul White, with a community choir from People’s Baptist Church, Bethel A.M.E. Church, and Boston City Singers, a jazz trio, narrator, and tap dancers, with two performances in May and June at Bethel A.M.E. Church and People’s Baptist Church.
Castle of our Skins Veronica Robles
Jorge Arce Paul White
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Soul Yatra Trio
STRINGS/VOICES
Castle of our Skins (Black artistry through music) Castle of our Skins leads the Dorchester Stringfest at the Kroc Center with Conservatory Lab Charter School, plus workshops at Boston Renaissance Charter School and Chittick Elementary School. COOS also performs community concerts at the Community Music Center of Boston, the Hyde Park Library, and Roslindale Community Center.
Soul Yatra Trio Mike Block (cello), Sandeep Das (tabla), Shaw Pong Liu (violin, erhu) leads the South End Stringfest at More Than Words with Boston String Academy and Josiah Quincy Orchestra workshops at schools in Boston, Mattapan and Roslindale.
Courtney Swain
Guy Mendilow Ensemble (world music) Heart of the Holidays: A Global Celebration in Song returns to the Kroc Center with the Guy Mendilow Ensemble and guest artists Regie Gibson, Courtney Swain, and Boston City Singers. For the Springboard songwriting residency, the Ensemble will collaborate with Irving Middle School, Futura Productions, and a photography project with the Lesley Ellis School.
Voci Angelica Trio (world music) Cello and vocal trio Voci Angelica leads the Roxbury Stringfest at Hibernian Hall with Boston CityWide String Orchestra and City Strings United, collaborates with Boston City Singers’ Cantare Choir for a concert at The Boston Home, and performs community concerts at the Hyde Park Library and Roslindale Community Center.
Regie Gibson Guy Mendilow Ensemble
Voci Angelica Trio
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ARTS FOR ALL! 2018-19 EVENTS CALENDAR Celebrity Series of Boston welcomes people of all abilities to our performances and programs. We present in multiple venues in Boston and Cambridge, and we endeavor to accommodate the accessibility needs of our patrons and community program participants. Please contact us if we can better serve you or if you cannot find the information you need on our website at www.celebrityseries.org. As of September, 2018. All events are FREE unless otherwise noted. Visit celebrityseries.org/community for the latest details and additional information.
JULY
SATURDAY, JULY 21, 2018, 1:00 PM Jorge Arce and Raiz de Plena Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Festival Betances, South End SUNDAY, JULY 29, 3:30 PM Jorge Arce and Raiz de Plena Puerto Rican Festival at City Hall Plaza
SEPTEMBER
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 3:45 PM Jean Appolon Expressions Urban Arts Festival at the Martini Hatch Shell, Hyde Park SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 2:00-4:00 PM JAZZ ALONG THE CHARLES Charles River Esplanade
OCTOBER
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2018, 3:00 PM DAY OF THE DEAD Family Concert Veronica Robles Mariachi Ensemble Union United Methodist Church, South End Tickets are $5, proceeds to benefit Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción and Veronica Robles Cultural Center
NOVEMBER
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 4:00 PM Jason Palmer Quintet Church of the Holy Spirit, Mattapan
DECEMBER
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 2018, 3:00 PM DORCHESTER STRINGFEST with Castle of our Skins and Conservatory Lab Charter School Salvation Army Kroc Center, Dorchester SUNDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2018, 3:30 PM ROXBURY STRINGFEST with Voci Angelica Trio, Boston City-Wide String Orchestra, and City Strings United Hibernian Hall, Roxbury SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2018, 3:00 PM CODE LISTEN 3.0: Music for Healing and Dialogue with Shaw Pong Liu, teen artists, Jason Palmer (trumpet), Musicians of A Far Cry, the Boston Police department, and families of homicide victims Salvation Army Kroc Center, Dorchester
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SATURDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2018, 3:00 PM HEART OF THE HOLIDAYS: A Choral Celebration in Song with the Guy Mendilow Ensemble, Boston City Singers, Regie Gibson and Courtney Swain Salvation Army Kroc Center, Dorchester THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 5:00 PM GALLERY SHOWCASE: Fifty Portraits of Villa Victoria With Devin Ferreira & teens from the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Youth program Villa Victoria Gallery, South End
FEBRUARY
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2019, 1:00 PM FIDDLEFEST Castle of our Skins Community Music Center of Boston, South End TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 2019, 2:00 PM Voci Angelica family concert Hyde Park Library WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 20, 2019. 10:30 AM Voci Angelica family concert Roslindale Community Center THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2019, 2:00 PM Castle of our Skins family concert Hyde Park Library FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2019, 10:30 AM Castle of our Skins family concert Roslindale Community Center
MARCH
THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 2019, 7:30 PM Bent Knee and Maria Finkelmeier Benjamin Franklin Institute of Technology, South End Ticket are $5, proceeds to benefit Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción. SATURDAY, MARCH 23, 2019, 3:00 Pm SOUTH END STRINGFEST with Soul Yatra Trio, Boston String Academy, and Josiah Quincy Orchestra More Than Words, South End
APRIL
SUNDAY, APRIL 14, 2019, 3:00 PM Jason Palmer Quintet Hibernian Hall, Roxbury Tickets are $5, proceeds to benefit Dudley Street Neighborhood Initiative
MAY/JUNE
THURSDAY, MAY 23, 2019, 5:00 PM Multidisciplinary showcase With Yo-El Cassell & teens from the Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Youth program. Villa Victoria Gallery, South End FRIDAY, MAY 31, 2019, 7:30 PM DUKE ELLINGTON’S SACRED JAZZ Bethel A.M.E. Church, Jamaica Plain With a community choir from Bethel A.M.E. Church, People’s Baptist Church and Boston City Singers, a jazz trio, narrator, and tap dancers SATURDAY, JUNE 1, 2019, 3:00 PM DUKE ELLINGTON’S SACRED JAZZ People’s Baptist Church, Roxbury With a community choir from Bethel A.M.E. Church, People’s Baptist Church and Boston City Singers, a jazz trio, narrator, and tap dancers
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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.
2018-19 ACTIVITIES INCLUDE: DANCE WORKSHOPS FOR YOUTH Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater residency for students with disabilities
MOVEMENT WORKSHOPS FOR INTERGENERATIONAL AUDIENCES Sankofa Danzafro at Veronica Robles Cultural Center Mark Morris Dance Group Dance for PD workshops at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and Urbanity Dance
MASTERCLASSES at Boston Arts Academy, Boston Conservatory at Berklee, and Longy School of Music: Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Cantus Anthony Roth Constanzo, countertenor Dover Quartet Mark Morris Dance Group Beatrice Rana, piano Pablo Sáinz Villegas, guitar Sankofa Danzafo
ARTIST POST-SHOW TALKS for selected dance events at the Boch Center Shubert Theatre Peter DiMuro, moderator and Artistic/Executive Director, The Dance Complex Nederlands Dans Theater 2 Batsheva Dance Company
Revelations workshop at Kroc Center with Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
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Mark Morris Dance Group - Pepperland
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Batsheva Dance Company
Nederlands Dans Theater 2
Pablo Sáinz Villegas
Beatrice Rana
Anthony Roth Constanzo
Dover Quartet
Cantus
Sankofa Danzafro
Subject to change. Additional events TBD. For the most current calendar, visit
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TAKE YOUR SEAT provides thousands of free and discounted tickets to mainstage performances to Boston-based community partners. In addition, discounted student tickets are available through Student Tickets (with a valid photo i.d.) and selected Child Seats for subscribers, subject to availability. To learn more about how your organization can access discounted tickets through Take Your Seat, please contact Robin Baker at rb@celebrityseries.org or 617-598-3225.
2018-2019 TAKE YOUR SEAT CALENDAR: OCTOBER
Max Richter with the American Contemporary Music Ensemble October 11 Academy of St. Martin in the Fields Chamber Ensemble October 12 Emanuel Ax, piano October 28
NOVEMBER
Sankofa Danzafro Luciana Souza’s The Book of Longing and Yellowjackets Gil Shaham, violin and Akira Eguchi, piano Inon Barnatan, piano Julian Lage Trio
DECEMBER
Soweto Gospel Choir: Songs of the Free
JANUARY
Lizz Wright & José James
FEBRUARY
Thomas Hampson & Luca Pisaroni, No Tenors Allowed Mark Morris Dance Group, Pepperland Mnozil Brass, Cirque
MARCH
Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow & Kyle Athayde Dance Party San Francisco Symphony with Michael Tilson Thomas, conductor and _ Christian Tetzlaff, violin soloist So Percussion, Drumming Danilo Pérez’ Global Messengers & Amir ElSaffar’s Two Rivers Ensemble
APRIL
Batsheva Dance Company Australian Chamber Orchestra with Paul Lewis, piano
MAY
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Philharmonix Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater Alfredo Rodríguez & Pedrito Martinez Duo and Arturo O’Farrill Quintet
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Berklee Performance Center NEC’s Jordan Hall Symphony Hall
November 4 November 9 November 16 November 18 November 30
NEC’s Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre Berklee Performance Center NEC’s Jordan Hall NEC’s Jordan Hall Berklee Performance Center
December 7
Berklee Performance Center
January 25
Berklee Performance Center
February 1 February 8 February 9
NEC’s Jordan Hall Boch Center Shubert Theatre NEC’s Jordan Hall
March 1 March 2
NEC’s Jordan Hall NEC’s Jordan Hall
March 24
Symphony Hall
March 28 March 29
Sanders Theatre Sanders Theatre
April 5 April 13
Boch Center Shubert Theatre NEC’s Jordan Hall
May 2 May 3 May 3 May 4 May 5 May 10
Boch Center Wang Theatre Boch Center Wang Theatre NEC’s Jordan Hall Boch Center Wang Theatre Boch Center Wang Theatre Sanders Theatre
Big & Little Sisters at Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater performance at Boch Center Wang Theatre
ABOUT CELEBRITY SERIES OF BOSTON Celebrity Series of Boston was founded in 1938 by pianist and impresario Aaron Richmond. Over the years, Celebrity Series has presented an array of the world’s great performing artists, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Marian Anderson, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Renee Fleming, Dizzy Gillespie, Glenn Gould, Martha Graham, Herbie Hancock, Yo-Yo Ma, Wynton Marsalis, Luciano Pavarotti, Itzhak Perlman, Leontyne Price, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Arturo Toscanini, and many more. Today Celebrity Series presents orchestras and chamber ensembles, vocal and piano music, contemporary dance, jazz, spoken word, and more. Through our Arts for All! community programs, we share the joy of live performance with thousands of participants annually.
MISSION
To present 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, on streets, in neighborhoods—everywhere.
THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS Celebrity Series of Boston is grateful to our 2018-19 Season Sponsors Amy & Joshua Boger and to the many individual donors whose generosity supports Arts for All! programs. Celebrity Series is also grateful to the following corporations, foundations, and government agencies for their support in the 2018-19 season: Stephanie L. Brown Foundation
Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation
Stifler Family Foundation
Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation
The Peabody Foundation
Anonymous
A production of the
Boston Arts Summer Institute
Arts for All! is also made possible by support from the LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Endowment and Innovation Funds.
Mattapan Teen Center with Masary Studios Sound Sculpture, Berkshire Partners Bluehill Boys & Girls Club
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CELEBRITY SERIES BOARD & STAFF Gary Dunning, President & Executive Director BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joshua Boger, PhD, Chair Howard Appleby Stephanie L. Brown Michael S. Canning Joanne Cheng Amy d’Ablemont Burnes Margaret Eagle
BOARD OF DIRECTORS, EMERITI Harris A. Berman, MD* Caroline Collings Benjamin H. Lacy
Donna Egan Kathleen Gaffney Gabor Garai Dr. Paul Goldenheim Hannah M. Grove Randolph Hawthorne, ex officio Yvette Hochberg
Andrea Hoff Steven H. Holtzman Anna Kolchinsky John Patterson Leontyne Price, Honorary Director Melinda Rabb Reuben Reynolds
Sharon L. Rich* Lawrence Stifler* Mary Elisabeth Swerz Belinda Termeer Susan Thonis Dorothy Altman Weber* Janet Zwanziger*
Jann E. Leeming Norman C. Nicholson, Jr.
Eleanor Y. Pao Walter W. Pierce*
Nancy Richmond Winsten* Arnold B. Zetcher
Dr. Joan Goldberg* Dr. Peter H. Gordon* Harriet Griesinger Teri Groome Zachary R. Haroutunian Stephen C. Harrison* Ilisa Hurowitz Cindy Lewiton Jackson Maurice Joffe Lisa Kelly-Croswell Stephen Leonard* Margot LeStrange* Valeria Lowe-Barehmi Susan Magdanz Sarah Mars
Theresa C. McLoud, MD Marilyn Miller* Dr. Gordon Moore* James L. J. Nuzzo Stephen C. Perry* Suzanne Priebatsch Oliver Radford* Michael Raizman* Robin Richman, MD Mona Roberts Millard Rose Abby Rosenfeld* Howard Salwen* Sally Seaver, PhD* Sandra Shapiro*
BOARD OF OVERSEERS Randolph Hawthorne, Chair Bill Casey, Vice Chair Leslie Appleby Meryl Beckingham Nadine Broude Martin Carmichael* Joseph C. Cefalu Fernadina Chan Donna E. Cohen Jolyon Cowan JoAnne Dickinson* Timothy W. Diggins C. Nancy Fisher Gail Flatto Susan Y. Friedman
Dr. Samuel J. Shubrooks, Jr.* Joel A. Stein* Marylen R. Sternweiler* Jeffrey A. Thomson Elizabeth G. Tréhu, MD Paul Walsh Sarah Rainwater Ward Wendy L. Watson Barnet Weinstein Peter J. Wender* * 25+ year subscriber (as of September, 2018)
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT COMMITTEE Stephanie Brown, Community Engagement Committee Chair ** Arreen Andrew, Program Officer, Massachusetts Cultural Council Leslie Appleby** Amy d’Ablemont Burnes** Yo-El Cassell, Boston University Associate Professor of Movement ‡ Jolyon Cowan** Cedric Douglas, Lead Artist, UpTruck, Dorchester Margaret Eagle** Ryan Edwards, composer-percussionist ‡ Devin Ferreira, hip-hop artist ‡ Karen Gonzalez, Family and Community Engagement Director, Hurley K-8 School, South End Karin Goodfellow, Director, Boston Art Commission Ashleigh Gordon, Artistic Director and Violist, Castle of our Skins ‡ Betty Hillmon, Artistic Director, Boston City-Wide String Orchestra, Roxbury Yvette Hochberg** Bithyah Israel, Founder & President, City Strings United, Roxbury
Mary McFadden Samantha McGinnis, Director of Programs and Earned Income, Rose Kennedy Greenway Guy Mendilow, composer & musician, Roxbury ‡ Jane Money, Artistic Director, Boston City Singers, Dorchester John Patterson** Rachel Roccoberton, Creative Programs Manager, The Dance Complex, Cambridge Elizabeth Steinhauser, Priest Associate and Director of Youth Programs, St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, South End Elsa Mosquera Sterenberg, Arts Program Director, Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción Nina Vansuch, Director, Sumner and Iriving Boys and Girls Club, Roslindale Dorothy Altman Weber** Janet Zwanziger** ** denotes Celebrity Series Boards of Directors and Overseers ‡ Neighborhood Arts Artist
CELEBRITY SERIES STAFF
Gary Dunning, President and Executive Director
ADVANCEMENT Sara Curtis Robinson, Chief Advancement Officer Sarah Long Holland, Associate Director of Institutional Giving Erica Leung Lawless, Associate Director of Advancement Alec Bleday, Major Gifts Officer Emily Eagan, Manager of Events & Engagement Nora Reilly, Leadership Giving Associate Anya Hess, Advancement Coordinator
FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Edwin Derecho, Chief Financial Officer Alex Larin, Senior Accountant Connor Buckley, Accounts Payable and Payroll Coordinator Jonathan Carpenter, Technology Operations Manager
Robert Torres, Senior Graphic and Web Designer / Photographer Susanna Bonta, Program Book Associate Kristín Otharsson, Graphic Design Assistant / Videographer
PERFORMANCE AND EDUCATION Amy Lam, Artistic Programmer Karen Brown, Director of Performance Operations Robin Baker, Associate Director of Community Engagement Katherine Ludington, Manager of Performance Operations Amanda Ice, Public Projects Manager Shea Rose, Community Concerts Coordinator
MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS
TICKETING SERVICES Andrew Moreau, Associate Director of Ticketing Services & Technologies Nicole Williams, Audience Services Associate Hope Aubrey, Office Coordinator
Jack Wright, Director of Marketing and Communications Gillian Morrison, Associate Director of Marketing
(as of September, 2018)
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EXPERIENCE THE POWER, SHARE THE JOY Celebrity Series invites you to be a part of Arts for All! ENGAGE
• Join us on the Esplanade for Jazz Along the Charles on Sunday, September 23 •B ring your friends to any or all of our Neighborhood Arts community concerts featuring Boston’s
extraordinary local artists •B e inspired by a free Artist Connections master class, workshop or artist talk at a local conservatory or after a performance • 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 • Join our Celebrity Society for arts-loving young professionals, with access to special ticketing discounts, networking events, & volunteer opportunitites
SUPPORT
•U nderwrite $10 tickets for students to attend Celebrity Series
performances •B ecome a patron of the Celebrity Series and support our performance and community programs To learn more and to view our updated calendar of events, visit celebrityseries.org/community. For information on how you can share the joy of live performance by supporting Arts for All! with a tax-deductible donation, please visit celebrityseries.org/experience/make-a-donation.
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CONTACT
For information on Arts for All! programs please contact:
ROBIN BAKER SARA CURTIS ROBINSON Associate Director of Community Engagement Chief Advancement Officer rb@celebrityseries.org srobinson@celebrityseries.org 617.598.3225 617.598.3218
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