BRAVO! ANNUAL REPORT THE 2021/22 SEASON IN REVIEW
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Celebrity Series of Boston recognizes that many existing systems of power grant privilege and access unequally, and that equity is crucial to the long-term viability of both the arts and culture sector and communities-at-large. Our Racial Equity Plan describes our commitment to ensure that everyone who wants has equal access to a full, vibrant creative life, which is essential to a healthy and democratic society. learn more, see celebrityseries.org/equity
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CELEBRITY SERIES IMPACT IN THE 2021/22 SEASON - AT-A-GLANCE 43,606 people served 30,952 subscription season tickets issued (including digital performances)
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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, life-long, shared experience — on stages, on streets, in neighborhoods — everywhere.
We’re finally fully here! After navigating the challenges of the past two years, Celebrity Series is poised to launch into 2022/23 with a diverse and thrilling performance season and new artistic leadership. New programs and important initiatives abound, from a focus on accessibility to an expanded commitment to equity. It’s a great time to be part of the Celebrity Series family: the best is yet to Beforecome. weget
MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR AND PRESIDENT & EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
We look forward to seeing you in the performance halls during our 2022/23 season; but in the meantime, please read on to learn about all that your generosity achieved last year.
From our return to beloved performance halls; to the Movement Series, a trio of performances which foregrounded Black creators in dance-forward performances; to Solo(s) Together, a Neighborhood Arts commissioning project that resulted in five world premiere works from important contemporary composers, there is so much to look back on with pride, and we are delighted to share these pages with Mostyou. ofall,
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Joshua Boger Gary Dunning Chair, Board of Directors President & Executive Director
ahead of ourselves, we offer you this issue of our BRAVO! Annual Report to look back at the 2021/22 season, one of our most challenging and exhilarating on record.
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Dear Friends,
we would like to thank you for your continued support and dedication to Celebrity Series’ mission to bring the arts to everyone and everyone to the arts. Presenting live performance during a global pandemic is no small feat, and we couldn’t have done it without you. Your generosity helped move us from “we can get through this” to “we can do this.” And “do this” we did.
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The 2021/22 season Mission and Vision 2 Welcome 3 A Focus on Accessibility 6-7 Centering Racial Equity as a Strategic Imperative & Dashboard 8-9 Arts For All! Community Engagement Programs 10-13 Neighborhood Arts Partners & Artists 14-15 The Just and the Blind 16-17 Let's Dance Boston! 18-19 Celebrity Series’ 2021/22 Subscription Season 20 Health & Safety 21 Return to Familiar Venues 22-23 New Experiences 24-25 The Movement Series 26-27 Going Digital 28-31 Financial Results 32-33 Gratitude 34-35 SHINE! Gala 36-37 Annual, Lifetime, and Planned Giving 38-41 Amy Lam Fund 42 Board & Staff Listings 43 CONTENTS 2021/22 SEASON SPONSORS AMY & JOSHUA BOGER COVER PHOTO: REGINA CARTER BACK COVER PHOTO: MATTHEW WHITAKER ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY EPICENTER ALL PHOTOS BY: ROBERT TORRES except pg. 11, Valerie Coleman photo courtesy of artist.
6 During the 2021/22 season, Celebrity Series continued our journey to focus on equity, diversity, inclusion, and accessibility as core to the Celebrity Series mission and activities. From renaming our Board of Overseers to “Board of Advisors” in September 2021 to joining the Massachusetts Cultural Council’s Universal Participation Innovation and Learning Network, we doubled down on our commitment to living our mission of making the arts accessible to all people. In 2021/22, Celebrity Series participated in two Mass Cultural Council initiatives to better center our values of equity and inclusion in our operations. CARD TO CULTURE Card to Culture is a Department of Transitional Assistance (DTA) and Mass Cultural Council initiative that provides accessible low-cost arts and culture programing to EBT card holders and WIC recipients across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Starting in spring 2022, WIC participants and EBT card holders now can purchase $20 ticket for concerts that allow subscription discounts to select concerts. We look forward to continuing to offer patrons of diverse socioeconomic backgrounds access to $20 tickets throughout the 2022/23 season. UNIVERSAL PARTICIPATION INNOVATION AND LEARNING NETWORK In January, Celebrity Series joined the Mass Cultural Council’s Universal Participation Innovation and Learning Network (UP ILN). The UP Initiative aims to activate the aspirations of the Americans with Disabilities Act to break down the barriers that prevent full civic participation in Massachusetts’ cultural sector. Both a movement and a designation, the UP Initiative supports organizational change through inclusive design practices, community engagement strategies, and peer learning networks. Upon completion of the ILN, organizations receive UP Designation, ensuring that Celebrity Series is implementing accessibility efforts across all of our communications and programs.
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Building on a framework adopted during the 2020/21 season, Celebrity Series’ Racial Equity Statement (seen on this publication’s inside front cover) and Plan was adopted by the Board of Directors on September 21, 2021.
● Leadership: The people who lead us, how they behave, and who they represent.
The Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation feels very strongly that music is a universal unifying language regardless of cultural or socio-economic boundaries or barriers. Celebrity Series of Boston consistently works to provide such opportunities. We value Celebrity Series’ dedicated efforts in racial equity and inclusion, the high quality of their artistic offerings, and the genuine enthusiasm, passion, and commitment that every staff member exhibits for the organization and its mission. Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation
Our journey toward adopting this Plan began with guided learning sessions for the full Celebrity Series staff followed by a phase of reflective and quantitative organizational assessment, and evolved into a 17-step framework designed to center racial equity as an imperative at Celebrity Series by focusing on the following key strategic areas:
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CENTERING RACIAL EQUITY
Our Racial Equity Plan marks a shift toward a proactive, equity-centered approach to organizational structure, program delivery, community engagement, and audience support. Celebrity Series seeks to become an antiracist community, working against white supremacy, racism, religious intolerance, and discrimination based on gender, sexuality, class, age, and ability. Although we are focusing on race explicitly, we are not focusing on it exclusively. We understand that many people hold multiple marginalized identities, and we strive for an intersectional approach.
AS A STRATEGIC IMPERATIVE
● Audiences: The audiences and communities we serve, and seek to serve, by providing life-enhancing performing arts experiences.
Celebrity Series holds ourselves accountable through regular internal meetings, data collection and analysis, and by soliciting feedback from a variety of our key stakeholders – our colleagues, artists, supporters, and audiences.
● Staff: The people who work for the organization, how we select them, how we respect them, and how we compensate them.
● Partners: The partners we commit to, how we engage with them, and how we support those partnerships.
To read our Racial Equity Plan in its entirety please visit celebrityseries.org/equity.
9 OUR PROGRESS: RACIAL EQUITY DATA DASHBOARD BIPOC ARTISTS REPRESENTATION OVER TIME BIPOC ARTIST REPRESENTATION 2021/22 DETAIL SUBSCRIPTION SEASON COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENTS BIPOC ARTIST FEES AS PERCENTAGE OF TOTAL ** Artist representation was calculated through biographical artist information of all artists individually for ensembles of fourteen or fewer performers. For ensembles larger than fourteen performing artists, the identification of the artistic leader of the ensemble was used for this calculation. VENDORS NONPAYROLL VENDORS 8% BIPOC
The 2021/22 season marked the long-awaited return of Celebrity Series’ signature Arts for All! community engagement programming. From both live and digital Neighborhood Arts performances featuring Boston-based artists, to our first-ever outdoor summer series collaboration with Sanative Arts Festival, and the return of our signature public performance project Let’s Dance Boston!, Celebrity Series’ commitment to free and reduced-price artistic experiences reverberated throughout the year.
To be an artist working with Celebrity Series has been a goal of mine for many years. The quality of artistic experiences they make possible and available to the public is astounding. Celebrity Series always challenges me to reach new heights and more deeply consider my craft and how it communicates. Whether I have been featured as a solo artist at such places as St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, as part of an ensemble at Harvard-Epworth Church, as a workshop leader and performer with The Cantare Singers in Cambridge, or with future engagements such as collaborations at Stringfest with artists like Shaw Pong Liu, Celebrity Series consistently demands I do with my art what they do as an organization, that is, find new and powerful ways in which to engage, entertain, affect, educate, and elevate an audience.
Regie Gibson and Atlas Soul
– Regie Gibson, poet and Neighborhood Arts Artist
ARTS FOR ALL! COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT PROGRAMMING ARTS FOR IMPACT-AT-A-GLANCEALL! Over 12,654 Arts for All! participantsprogram 9,322 NeighborhoodengagedpeopleinArtsprogramming 10 “
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April 2: Masterclass & Post-Concert Talk with Valerie Coleman
March 31: Composer Daniel Bernard Roumain Discussion with BEAM Families Mr. Roumain spoke with families with young musicians of color from the Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music program (BEAM) about his career encompassing his various roles as composer, musician, college teacher and father.
Composer Valerie Coleman offered feedback for two New England Conservatory Preparatory Division wind quintets performing works of Beethoven and her own wind quintet Umoja, and several student compositions. During the world premiere of Four Bostonian Scenes Ms. Coleman gave an introduction before her piece was performed by the All-Star Flute Quartet as well as a post-concert talk moderated by flutist Sarah Brady.
April 9: Amir and Saul Bitran Lecture/Demonstration in partnership with BEAM Composer Amir Bitran and his father, Unitas Ensemble concertmaster Saul Bitran, gave a joint lecture demonstration about balancing two career paths as a scientist and composer. Audience members heard the “Instability” solo from Bitran’s Morphogens and Manuel Ponce’s Estrella for violin and piano. Students and parents from BEAM exchanged questions and music suggestions for diverse contemporary Latin composers.
This event kicked off the Solo(s) Together activity bringing together all five commissioned composers in a virtual roundtable discussion moderated by composer and Boston Conservatory faculty member and 2022 Guggenheim fellow Jonathan Bailey Holland.
March 2: Solo(s) Together Composer Discussion
CHANGING THE STANDARD
SOLO(S) TOGETHER
Launched in spring 2020 with an invitation to five diverse composers to compose a short work for musicians of Celebrity Series’ Neighborhood Arts program, Solo(s) Together then blossomed in the 2021/22 season to include a season-long calendar of community concerts, live events (instrumental masterclass, lecture demonstrations, coaching sessions, composer rehearsals, artist talks, and a WGBH radio interview), and a virtual composer panel discussion.
SELECT 2021/22 SOLO(S) TOGETHER EVENT HIGHLIGHTS
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There is now an effort to actively incorporate these new works into the chamber music canon of regularly performed works, a selection of pieces not known for representing female composers nor composers of color, through repeat performances and study by younger players. Efforts are underway to submit these works to the MA Music Educators Association (MMEA) for inclusion in the required high school level District and All-State repertoire. If accepted, these works will receive broad awareness and study by young performers and influential music educators across the Commonwealth.
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS IN 2021/22
Nino de los Reyes masterclass at the Boston Conservatory
SANATIVE ARTS FESTIVAL
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS IN
From July through August, about 150 people attended the three concerts featuring the Fabiola Méndez Trio, Albino Mbie Quartet, and 3nity. Each performance was also accompanied by local opening acts and vendors selling food and other goods.
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The Claudio Ragazzi Quartet’s Tributes and Tangos featured the Grammy-winning guitarist and composer’s influences of his native Argentina with a Latin jazz-inflected quartet. The Charles Overton Group’s Once More debuted its namesake harpist with his first in-person Neighborhood Arts concert. Vocalist Débo Ray and the Screaming Headless Torsos’ Soul, Rock and Sounds of the Heart fused jazz, rock, and world music in a blend of uncompromising skill and relatable emotion. The Albino Mbie Quartet’s Mozambican voices and cultures featured the guitarist and vocalist offering Mozambican jazz and original songs done with retro synths and funky bass lines. Closing out the calendar year, the Jason Palmer Quintet’s Holiday favorites, inspired by Ellington and Jones provided a full house with a joyous, festive concert.
In collaboration with Nuestra Communidad Development Corporation (Nuestra CDC), Neighborhood Arts presented three outdoor concerts in summer 2021 as part of Sanative Arts Festival 2021. Held at Bartlett Station in Roxbury’s Nubian Square, Celebrity Series’ first set of summer performances supported a family-friendly, COVID-19-responsible series of local artists of color in partnership with community organizations connected with neighborhood residents of all ages.
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Neighborhood Arts welcomed back its live indoor concerts in Fall 2021 with a jazz and contemporary music series featuring five eclectic and impressive ensembles at the Arlington Street Church and the Salvation Army Kroc Center.
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Verónica Robles
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Jason Palmer Quintet at Arlington Street Church
● A HubLab residency with Hub New Music chamber group leading a composition workshop series with Boston Music Project students at Josiah Quincy Elementary School in Chinatown.
ONLINE AND LIVE WORKSHOPS LEARNING EXPERIENCES.
ARTS FOR ALL! IMPACT- AT-A-GLANCE 1,604 participantsworkshop(inpersonandvirtual) 1,274 participantsyouth 39 in-person and virtual workshops
Artists were amazing! Music was spectacular! Such a dynamic sound with only three instruments? Loved seeing how much fun they had on stage.
● Rap artist Devin Ferreira worked with local community music directors and teens from Charlestown Boys & Girls Club, Mattapan Teen Center, Burke High School, 826 Boston Teen Writing Program, and Zumix. They created lyrics to four original songs, with Devin and guest musicians on vocals, guitar, bass guitar, saxes, drums and piano recorded at The Record Company. His residency culminated in an album release party and live presentation at CROMA@ Arlington Street Church in December.
● Zoom concerts from musicians Verónica Robles, Fabiola Méndez, and Brian and Rosi Amador for Boston Public elementary schools, followed by Q&A sessions with the artists and students.
Fabiola Méndez Trio at the Sanative Arts Festival
● Poet and literary performer Regie Gibson in residence with the Boston City Singers Cantare Choir, performing at St. James Episcopal Church in Cambridge.
Charles Overton Group at Salvation Army Kroc Center
In addition to the Solo(s) Together engagement opportunities, the 2021/22 season featured 39 online and in-person master classes, workshops, and lecture-demonstrations for youth. Highlights included:
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● Celebrity Series sponsored choreographer Jean Appolon in leading a Haitian dance workshop at Franklin Park during BAMS Fest.
● Flamenco expert Nino de los Reyes conducted master classes for students at Boston Conservatory and the Dance Complex.
These young performers deserve a large following for their creative, masterful, soul uplifting music.
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BACK BAY Ágora Cultural Architects Arlington Street Church Boston String Academy CAMBRIDGE The Dance Harvard-EpworthComplexUnited Methodist Church Multicultural Arts Center St. James Episcopal Church CHINATOWN Boston Music Project Josiah Quincy Elementary School Pao Arts Center DORCHESTER BAMS BostonFestCity Singers Lena Park Community Center The Salvation Army Kroc Center FENWAY Boston Conservatory Dance Division Boston Symphony Orchestra New England Conservatory Preparatory School, 255 St. Botolph Project STEP JAMAICA PLAIN The Record Company MATTAPAN Church of the Holy Spirit Mattapan Teen Center ROSLINDALE SumnermusiConnectsElementary School ROXBURY Black Nubian Market Boston City-Wide String Orchestra City Strings United O’Bryant High School Roxbury Community College Sanative Arts Festival SOUTH BOSTON Perry School SOUTH END Hurley K-8 School IBA MoreGalleryThanWords Bookstore St. Stephen's Episcopal Church BOSTON AREA 826 BEAMBoston(Bridge to Equity and Achievement in MMEAMETCO,Music)Inc.(MAMusic Educators Association) NAAC (Network of Arts Administrators of Color) The Rose Kennedy Greenway OUR 2021/22 NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS PARTNERS 14
3nity, Latin jazz Abilities Dance Boston/Ellice Patterson, dance Albino Mbie Trio & Quartet, Mozambican jazz Amir Bitran, composer Brian and Rosi Amador, Latin guitar/vocals Castle of our Skins, multi-disciplinary and music Claudio Ragazzi Quartet, jazz Charles Overton Group, harp Daniel Bernard Roumain, composer Débo Ray and Screaming Headless Torsos, vocals and keyboard Devin Ferreira, rap vocals/spoken word Fabiola Méndez/Fabiola Méndez trio, vocals and Puerto Rican cuatro Hub New Music, strings and woodwinds Jason Palmer Quintet, jazz quintet Jean Appolon, Haitian dance Nathalie Joachim, composer Neighborhood Arts Cello Quartet, cello All-Star Flute Quartet, flute Nino de los Reyes, flamenco Paul Desenne, composer Regie Gibson and Atlas Soul, spoken word/music Ryan Edwards,SandeepmultidisciplinaryDas,tabla Unitas Ensemble, chamber orchestra Valerie Coleman, composer Verónica Robles, mariachi vocals and guitar THANK YOU TO OUR 2021/22 NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS ARTISTS 15 ALBINO MBIE SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER 2022/23 Neighborhood Arts Highlights!
In addition to the two performances at the Emerson Paramount Center, Celebrity Series surrounded our presentation of The Just and the Blind with numerous engagement activities. These included a virtual panel discussion between the creators and the Network of Arts Administrators of Color; an in-person writers’ workshop with teens at 826 Boston; a moderated conversation between Roumain and students and parents from BEAM (Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music); and a moderated conversation between the creators and METCO families who had attended the performance.
The work – framed as Bamuthi’s advice to his teenage son and his meditation about Black fatherhood and boyhood – weaves together a father’s love and pride with fear about how the world sees his child. Following each 60-minute performance, the artists immediately transitioned into an audience talkback from the stage that added greater depth to the performance’s questioning of race, patriarchy, power, and justice.
THE JUST AND THE BLIND
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The Just and the Blind Artist Connections
View Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s TED talk
In April 2022, Celebrity Series presented The Just and the Blind for a two-night engagement featuring a multimedia journey of poetry, music, dance, photography, and projected animation conceived, written, and narrated by the captivating spoken-word artist Marc Bamuthi Joseph. This two-night performance at the Emerson Paramount Center featured live, original music by composer and multiinstrumentalist Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR). Versatile Boston-based vocalist Débo Ray, a Grammy nominee and a featured artist in several of our Neighborhood Arts performances, joined Bamuthi and Roumain to perform songs with lyrics drawn from famous letters from prison by Assata Shakur and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., while the well-respected King of Flexin’ KingHavoc joined by performing movement inspired by Joseph’s poetry.
A WEEKEND OF CONVERSATION, REFLECTION, AND ENGAGEMENT
THE JUST AND THE BLIND CONCEIVED & WRITTEN BY MARC BAMUTHI JOSEPH ORIGINAL MUSIC BY DANIEL BERNARD ROUMAIN EMERSON PARAMOUNT CENTER
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Each day of Let's Dance Boston! featured professional dance instruction from nationally known teachers accompanied by 90 minutes of public social dance live music from acclaimed musicians. Whether participants were first-timers who discovered the event by chance, or longtime enthusiasts who came dressed to the nines with their dancing shoes on, everyone was united by the dancing, the music, and the fun! Our thanks go out to everyone who helped make this event so special: instructors, MCs, DJs, bands, the teams who built the pop-up stage and dancefloor, our sound and lighting crews, event production staff, stagehands, security teams, our guests from the media, our partners at the Rose Kennedy Greenway, our generous event sponsors, and everyone who came to dance and enjoy the music!
The wildly popular free outdoor music and dance party that features varying dance styles returned to the Rose Kennedy Greenway on May 11-15, 2022. Each day highlighted a different type of dance: East Coast Swing, Mambo, West Coast Swing, Salsa, and Garba. Crowds ranged from 200-1,000 people each day, with approximately 2,500 participants overall.
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DANCE BOSTON! ROSE KENNEDY GREENWAY Let’s Dance Boston Highlights!
Good vibes and a great way to engage a community.
Dancing makes you happy. Science confirms this. Strangers – all ages, backgrounds and genders welcomed each other in dance. The sponsors of Let’s Dance Boston 2022 championed happiness; and we are grateful.
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Perfect: open to everyone, everyone encouraged to participate, mix partners, a real community event. Thanks.
Pure joy of being alive. Lessons were excellent. Music great. All the safety measures in place. Bravo!
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When the time came to resume live performances, Celebrity Series did not tentatively tiptoe back to the halls: we scheduled a full season of events, and even launched some audacious new initiatives. From inaugural in-person experiences, like building a concert hall inside a TV studio at GBH or creating a bespoke jazz club at the Artists for Humanity EpiCenter, to investing in high-quality digital streaming, we strove to meet our audiences where they were and give them unforgettable experiences, however they chose to participate. Throughout it all, audiences reported feeling safe at performances, and happily complied with public health measures that ensured the safest experience for everyone.
Every time we attend a Celebrity Series of Boston performance, we know that we are going to find something new and exciting! We particularly loved the new experiences the Series brought us during the 2021/22 season: from Brooklyn Rider at Calderwood Studio at GBH to A MoodSwing Reunion at Symphony Hall, every event made us feel so grateful to be back to live performance! Celebrity Series’ commitment to safety made us feel confident and comfortable in our decision to return to the concert hall, and we couldn’t be prouder to support an organization that exhibits such care for audiences and artists during this challenging time.
Fabiola Mendéz workshop with Project STEP Sheku and Isata Kanneh-Mason
ENHANCED MEASURES IN THE 2021/22 SEASON
Throughout the season, audience members reported feeling very safe at our performances, rating their comfort at 90 out of 100 in compiled audience survey data. We are grateful for the support and cooperation of all audience members during this challenging season!
A COMMITMENT TO HEALTH AND SAFETY:
As COVID-19 cases rose and fell throughout the 2021/22 season, Celebrity Series worked to contend with the twists and turns of the pandemic; from the surges and waves, to booster eligibility, and the eventual relaxing of masking and distancing policies across the City, the organization held firm to safety standards for audience members, staff, and artists throughout the season.
AUDIENCE OUTLOOK MONITOR
Celebrity Series participated in a national survey of arts organizations conducted by WolfBrown audience research consultancy, sponsored in the Boston-metro area by ArtsBoston. Among the major metropolitan areas surveyed, Boston remained the most cautious about COVID-19 throughout the 18-month research period. However, audience members reported high trust in Celebrity Series’ approach and satisfaction with our digital communications and performance options.
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– Audience Survey Response
This was my first indoor concert in 2 years. At 70, I am extremely cautious. The prevention measures in place at Symphony Hall convinced me I could go (along with the amazing artists of course). The audience was very respectful of the precautions. In other words, this was a great experience for my first time back and I would definitely encourage others to attend such events.
BERKLEE PERFORMANCE CENTER
PICKMAN HALL AT THE LONGY SCHOOL OF MUSIC AT BARD COLLEGE - DEBUT SERIES
ACADEMY OF ST MARTIN IN THE FIELDS WITH JOSHUA BELL SYMPHONY HALL
A LONG-AWAITED RETURN
TO FAMILIAR VENUES
An essential part of getting back to “normal” in 2021/22 was returning to the performance halls where audiences have enjoyed so many amazing moments together over our history. We reconnected with each other and shared what we love most about Celebrity Series: the magic of live performance!
A Celebrity Series Debut Series performance marks a milestone in the career of any emerging artist. In the 2021/22 season, we were gratified to be able to finally give artists whose debuts were postponed in 2020 and 2021 the opportunity to share their talent and vision. Pianist Conrad Tao, vocalist Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu, pianist Alexander Malofeev, violinist Simone Porter, and vocalist Dashon Burton and pianist Lindsay Garritson are all artists to watch, here and elsewhere, for years to come. Concerts by Tao, Appl, Porter, and Burton were offered as digital streaming performances, allowing their audience to expand beyond Longy’s intimate Pickman Hall.
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The 2021/22 season began at Berklee Performance Center, with Béla Fleck and his all-star My Bluegrass Heart band welcoming us back to live performance. The return of guitarist Julian Lage in November represented our first jazz offering of the season, and we celebrated the return of the beyond-brilliant vocalist Cécile McLorin Salvant in February. February also brought us an Anäis Mitchell and Bonny Light Horseman folk double bill and the multi-talented Valerie Simpson and Damien Sneed paying tribute to the legendary Aretha Franklin. Our concerts at Berklee Performance Center concluded in April with a fitting program in the waning weeks of an unprecedented season: SFJAZZ Collective’s reflections on our moment.
23 SYMPHONY HALL There were a lot of smiles at Symphony Hall this season, even if they were hidden by masks! Audiences enjoyed Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro’s banter in Och and Oy, A Considered Cabaret; humorist and author David Sedaris’ wry observations; violinist/conductor Joshua Bell and orchestra Academy of St Martin in the Fields’ sparkle and verve; pianist Emanuel Ax, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, and violinist Leonidas Kavakos’ warmth and virtuosity; the irresistible prowess and chemistry of Joshua Redman, Gerald Clayton, Christian McBride, and Brian Blade in their jazz quartet’s A MoodSwing Reunion; and the youthful exuberance and staggering talent of cellist Sheku and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason.
FIRST CHURCH IN CAMBRIDGE First Church in Cambridge gave us an intimate home for chamber music in the heart of Cambridge, and provided a lovely showcase for two memorable collaborations: Imani Winds and Catalyst Quartet, featuring the Boston premiere of a new work by Jessie Montgomery, co-commissioned by the Celebrity Series of Boston; and Takács Quartet with bandoneon sensation Julien Labro. 24 PARTICIPANTS SAID: “ It was a beautiful and moving performance. Musicians and venue exceeded expectations. Loved the way you set up the venue for the Jazz Festival. Really created an intimate space out of what is a large, open expanse. NEW EXPERIENCES IN THE 2021/22 SEASON
JAZZ FESTIVAL AT ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY EPICENTER
The Jazz Festival at Artists For Humanity EpiCenter, developed out of Celebrity Series' need to creatively source venues for our jazz and contemporary artists and audiences, was a stunning success! Celebrity Series created a pop-up jazz club – with a full bar, art-making opportunities, and dazzling visual arts all over –for a two-weekend series that brought in red-hot young artists Christian Sands, Matthew Whitaker, and Veronica Swift and presented Celebrity Series veterans Anat Cohen and Regina Carter in a vibrant new setting. Jazz Festival Highlights!
Our old friend Rob Kapilow shone the What Makes it Great? spotlight on the works of Lerner and Loewe from GBH’s Fraser Studio when the Calderwood Studio performance with an in-person audience was canceled due to a COVID-19 surge.
“ Performance was fantastic...we were spellbound...also the GBH venue was great and your staff of volunteers were so great... The performance itself was simply amazing (it was Jeremy Denk, after all). I also enjoyed the venue - these smaller venues are perfect for solo performances. More of these would be great. PARTICIPANTS SAID: ANAT COHEN QUARTETINHO ARTISTS FOR HUMANITY EPICENTER 25
GBH CALDERWOOD STUDIO
One of Boston’s best-equipped broadcast studios provided us an exciting new venue for a series of concerts that anchored our digital streaming program and highlighted our strong artist relationships. Adventurous string quartet Brooklyn Rider performed a three-concert series at GBH: with a program that featured a world premiere by Osvaldo Golijov; with tenor Nicholas Phan; and with mandolin phenomenon Avi Avital. Pianist Jeremy Denk returned to GBH for two performances of Bach’s Well-Tempered Clavier
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Perennial Celebrity Series favorites Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returned to Boston for the first time since 2019 with a program that featured new works created in response to the COVID-19 pandemic and the many upheavals of the past two years. Artistic Director Robert Battle, celebrating his tenth anniversary with the company, created a piece called For Four that deals with the loneliness and isolation of the lockdown period. Resident choreographer Jamar Roberts (a former company member) created Holding Space, a full-company work that enacts the discord of this historical moment and imagines a radical new way of being together that emerges as a response to crisis.
In our continuing work with The Williams Agency to build awareness and community support for our three Movement Series productions, Celebrity Series hosted “Dancing Through It,” a showcase for Boston’s dance community to come together and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. At the Dance Complex in Central Square, dancers shared in-person or video performances about their response to the challenges of the past two years.
SANKOFA DANZAFRO, ACCOMMODATING LIE
ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER
In Spring 2022, the Movement Series brought to Greater Boston audiences three programs that centered social justice and highlighted Black artistry and creativity. We worked with The Williams Agency, a full-service marketing firm with a focus on grassroots results for mission-driven projects, to create a series of events for Cultural Activists: arts advocates, artists, and influencers from Boston’s communities of color who helped build awareness and spread the word about this trio of performances.
With the Williams Agency, we hosted an online workshop for our Cultural Activists with choreographer Rafael Palacios. Since we could not gather together due to COVID-19 capacity restrictions, we provided dinner for the Cultural Activists from their choice of several locally-owned Latin American restaurants.
The Movement Series began with Afro-Colombian dance company Sankofa Danzafro in Accommodating Lie, a work that dismantles stereotypes about Black bodies and forcefully affirms the need for selfexpression in Black communities around the world.
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At once deeply personal as well as socially and historically resonant, the multimedia work set the stage for powerful conversations in and out of the performance hall. In addition to the audience talkback and community engagement activities outlined on pages 16-17, Celebrity Series worked with The Williams Agency to create a special open mic performance about Black Fatherhood, featuring a special introduction from City Councilor Julia Mejía and a personal video from Bamuthi. Poets, singers, instrumentalists, and more gathered at Black Market Nubian to share their reflections and artistry.
Poet and spoken-word performer Marc Bamuthi Joseph’s The Just and the Blind, which ran for a two performance engagement at the Emerson Paramount Center, also featured violinist and composer Daniel Bernard Roumain, dancer KingHavoc, vocalist Débo Ray, films by Yoram Savion, and archival materials from civil rights struggles past and present. The work – framed as Bamuthi’s advice to his teenage son and his meditation about Black fatherhood and boyhood – weaves together a father’s love and pride with fear about how the world sees his child.
SANKOFA DANZAFRO CENTER SHUBERT THEATRE
THE JUST AND THE BLIND
GOING DIGITAL: CS @ HOME DIGITAL PERFORMANCES Launched in 2020 with artists in recording studios, our digital streaming program continued in 2021/22 with hybrid events that served both in-person and digital audiences. We presented twelve subscription series performances with a $20 ticket price and thirteen free Neighborhood Arts performances, edited and premiered up to a month after the live event. We learned a lot about streaming technology and improved a great deal as the season progressed, ending up with high audience satisfaction for winter and spring performances: a 4.6 out of 5 star rating and 83% satisfaction. Digital has become an important addition to our accessibility toolkit and offers a new way to extend our reach and build audiences. The program will continue for both subscription series and Neighborhood Arts performances in the 2022/23 season, and we will continue to build our knowledge and enhance our use of technology. 6,329 NeighborhoodhouseholdsattendedArtsdigitalperformances 28 DÉBO RAY SALVATION ARMY KROC CENTER “ It was a wonderful experience. I am disabled and I live in Mississippi. I could not have enjoyed this concert had you not live-streamed it. Thank you. Thank you for making this available. Even after the pandemic is over I will continue to purchase any virtual show that is available due to health issues. This show healed my spirit. PARTICIPANTS SAID:
NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS
STREAMING HIGHLIGHTS Neighborhood Arts streaming performances represent a diverse cross-section of our programs, from tango-inspired Latin jazz to solo harp and world-inflected funk, and from swinging holiday favorites to our ambitious Solo(s) Together commissioning program. We recorded and premiered concerts from Arlington Street Church, Harvard-Epworth Church, More than Words Bookstore, the Multicultural Arts Center in Cambridge, Roxbury Community College, and the Salvation Army Kroc Center, bringing these high-quality free performances to neighborhoods around the state and across the country. We even hosted an online roundtable discussion for the Solo(s) Together composers to talk about the pieces they created for the project and share their experiences of working with our Neighborhood Arts partner organizations. Moderated by composer Jonathan Bailey Holland, the forum gave context and even more stature to a commissioning program that was a highlight of the 2021/22 season. Claudio Ragazzi Quartet September 18, premiered September 23 Arlington Street Church Charles Overton Group October 16, premiered October 21 Salvation Army Kroc Center Débo Ray and the Screaming Headless Torsos November 13, premiered November 18 Salvation Army Kroc Center Albino Mbie Quartet December 4, premiered December 9 Salvation Army Kroc Center Jason Palmer Quintet December 11, premiered December 16 Arlington Street Church Charles Overton solo harp recital February 17, premiered March 17 Harvard-Epworth Church Sandeep Das and Nino de los Reyes February 19, premiered March 3 Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge Regie Gibson and Atlas Soul February 26, premiered March 24 Harvard-Epworth Church Neighborhood Arts Cello Quartet March 10, premiered March 31 Harvard-Epworth Church SOLO(S) TOGETHER DIGITAL STREAMS Solo(s) Together Livestreamed Composer Discussion March 2 Hub New Music March 12, premiered April 7 More than Words Bookstore All-Star Flute Quartet April 2, premiered April 21 Arlington Street Church Unitas Ensemble April 14, premiered May 5 Roxbury Community College Castle of our Skins Postponed to September 2022 due to illness 29
When venues were and in-person performances were canceled due to a midseason COVID-19 surge, digital streaming allowed the show to go on! Baritone Benjamin Appl and pianist James Baillieu performed Winterreise for a digital-only audience from Longy’s Pickman Hall, and Rob Kapilow and vocalists Emily Albrink and Ben Jones presented What Makes it Great? The Music of Lerner and Loewe from GBH’s Fraser Studio.
Digital streaming sales represented almost 2,200 household purchases in the 2021/22 season: survey data tells us that this represents an audience of roughly 4,000 people over the course of the season. Viewers tuned from 38 states and 16 countries all over the world.
STREAMED PERFORMANCES
SUBSCRIPTION SERIES
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Celebrity Series presented livestreamed concerts from five different venues this season: Symphony Hall, First Church in Cambridge, Longy’s Pickman Hall, Berklee Performance Center, and GBH’s stateof-the-art Calderwood Studio.
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Church in Cambridge Anthony McGill, clarinet Myra Huang, piano Livestreamed March 13 GBH Calderwood Studio
Porter, violin Hsin-I Huang, piano Livestreamed February 9 Longy’s Pickman Hall Imani Winds and Catalyst Quartet Livestreamed March 5
Tao, LivestreamedpianoDecember 1 Longy’s Pickman Hall
Anthony McGill & Myra Huang at Calderwood
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Rider with Avi Avital, mandolin Livestreamed March 18 GBH Calderwood Studio Jeremy Denk, piano Livestreamed April 2 GBH Calderwood Studio Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano Livestreamed May 7 Symphony Hall
Appl, baritone James Baillieu, piano Livestreamed January 26 Longy’s Pickman Hall –Streaming only, no live audience
Makes it Great? with Rob Kapilow The Music of Lerner and Loewe With vocalists Emily Albrink and Ben Jones
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During the 2021/22 season, the Celebrity Series of Boston was the beneficiary of several impactful and extraordinary federal funding initiatives designed to sustain live performing arts organizations in the face of COVID-19-related challenges. Through the U.S. Small Business Administration, Celebrity Series received a Shuttered Venues Operator Grant (SVOG) to employ artists and present performances, a Payroll Protection Act Loan/Grant (PPP), and Employee Retention Tax Credits that helped us to keep our staff whole and our operations consistent during the pandemic.
2021/22 FINANCIAL RESULTS
Comments on the 2021/22 Financial Position
The generosity of these federal programs allowed Celebrity Series to end our 2021/22 season with a significant operating surplus, which has provided vital working capital for the organization going into our robust 2022/23 season. We are grateful for this governmental investment in the arts and its tremendous impact on our ability to deliver our mission of bringing the arts to everyone and everyone to the arts.
32 72.85% 11.39% 15.76% 2021/22 Season Expenses by Category Program AdministrativeCosts Costs Fundraising Costs
Stabilization and Processing Fees
Total Operating Revenue & Support
Special Events (net)
Performance and Community Engagement Management and General Fundraising
Performance Revenue (Gross)
$6,602,831$2,669,596$3,261,713$6,386,914$4,227,450$3,263,583$2,159,464$2,207,022$(156,293)$108,735$963,867$671,522$(215,917) $7,528,298$2,230,204$4,625,831$7,541,129$3,648,144$1,115,749$2,278,519$3,892,985$4,060,697$(380,614)$212,902$253,876$672,263$12,831
Net
$7,709,126$1,215,131$5,615,978$8,581,768$6,870,354$5,869,282$1,711,414$1,779,764$(171,446)$103,096$180,092$820,980$878,018$872,642
Total Operating Revenue
General Contributions and Special Funding
Operating Revenue
$4,479,553$2,848,871$4,911,929$4,803,167$3,217,136$108,762$108,762$373,021$342,110$692,487$938,195$432,376
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Endowment and Other Income
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FINANCIAL DETAIL
Celebrity Series of Boston thanks the many individuals, corporations, foundations, and government entities who supported our work in the 2021/22 season. From donating back the value of tickets for canceled performances, to special grants in support of our COVID-19 related efforts, Celebrity Series’ donor family stepped up in remarkable ways to support the organization. The lists that follow reflect gifts as of June 30, 2022; if your name is missing, or if you believe you were listed in error, please contact the Advancement department at advancement@celebrityseries.org or 617.598.3232. Principal Institutional Producers – $50,000+ BarrAnonymousFoundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative Stephanie L. Brown Foundation Deloitte LLP D.L. Saunders Real Estate Corp. Foley & Lardner LLP RichardGoogle K. Lubin Family Foundation Susanne Marcus Collins Foundation Massachusetts Cultural Council U.S. Small Business Administration Institutional Producers – $25,000-$49,999 KlarmanAnonymousFamily Foundation Liberty Mutual Foundation The Reopen Creative Boston Fund, administered by the Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture Stifler Family Foundation Yawkey Foundation Angels – $10,000-$24,999 TheAVFXAnonymousCatered Affair First Republic Bank National Endowment for the Arts Rafanelli Events Management Royal Little Family Foundation Schrafft Charitable Trust Sponsors – $5,000-$9,999 Outside the Box: A Production of the Boston Arts Summer Institute PEAK Event Services Port Lighting Systems Partners – $2,500-$4,999 Aaron Copland Fund for Music Bessie Pappas Charitable Foundation Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany Consulate General of Israel to New England Egloff & Wood, LLP Foley Hoag LLP New England Foundation for the Arts 2021/22 Corporate, Foundation & Government Support ALVIN AILEY AMERICAN DANCE THEATER BOCH CENTER WANG THEATRE
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Emanuel Ax, piano - Leonidas Kavakos, violin - Yo-Yo Ma, cello Susan & Michael Thonis and
Sheku Kanneh-Mason, cello & Isata Kanneh-Mason, piano Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford
2021/22 Performance Series
Support provided by the Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative
Support provided by the Barr Foundation and its ArtsAmplified
A MoodSwing Reunion Susan & Michael Thonis
Brooklyn Rider & Avi Avital, mandolin Additional support provided by the Consulate General of Israel to New England
Let’s Dance Boston! Leslie & Howard Appleby Amy & Joshua Boger Stephanie L. Brown Foundation The Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative
Anat Cohen Quartetinho An anonymous donor
A Tribute to Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul with Damien Sneed and Valerie Simpson Julia Byers & Steven Holtzman
Regina Carter Gone in a Phrase of Air An anonymous donor
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LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Leadership Support from Royal Little Family Foundation
David Sedaris Eleanor & Frank Pao
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PERFORMANCE RECOGNITION
Charles Overton, solo harp Presented in memory of Susanne Marcus Collins
2021/22SponsorsDanceSeries Sponsors
Additional support provided by the Consulate General of Israel to New England
2021/22
Albino Mbie Trio: Mozambican voices and culture New England States Touring program of the New England Foundation for the Arts, made possible with funding from the National Endowment for the Arts Regional Touring Program and the six New England state arts agencies.
2021/22 Season Performances at GBH Calderwood Studio Sponsored by Susan & Michael Thonis
2021/22 Neighborhood Arts Presenting Sponsor Stephanie L. Brown Foundation
The 2021/22 season was our first hybrid season in Celebrity Series history, with both live in-person and digital performances. We would like to thank the following donors who received performance recognition in the 2021/22 season.
2021/22 Season Sponsors Amy & Joshua Boger
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LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Leadership Support from Eleanor & Frank Pao
2021/22 Debut Series Sponsors Harriet & David Griesinger and the Longy School of Music of Bard College
Sankofa Danzafro Accommodating Lie LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Leadership Support from Stephanie L. Brown Foundation
Arts for All Leadership Support from Belinda Termeer
Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
Opening night performance presented in memory of Dr. Harris A. Berman
My Bluegrass Heart, Featuring Michael Cleveland, Sierra Hull, Justin Moses, Mark Schatz & Bryan Sutton Kathleen & Chris Gaffney
Support provided by the Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative
Academy of St Martin in the Fields with Joshua Bell, director/soloist The Rabb Family Foundations
What Makes It Great? with Rob Kapilow The Music of Lerner and Loewe Amy & Joshua Boger
Leslie & Howard Appleby Stephanie L. Brown Foundation Cynthia & John S. Reed Foundation Royal Little Family Foundation and
First Republic Bank Klarman Family Foundation Eleanor & Frank Pao
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Benjamin Appl, baritone Peter J. AdditionalWendersupport provided by the Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany
Aaron Richmond Recitals Endowed by Nancy Richmond Winsten and the late Dr. Joseph Winsten
2021/22 Jazz Festival Sponsors Leslie & Howard Appleby and Jill & David Altshuler
The Just and the Blind Conceived & written by Marc Bamuthi Joseph Original music by Daniel Bernard Roumain Stephanie L. Brown Foundation
Alan Cumming and Ari Shapiro Och & Oy, A Considered Cabaret Reuben Reynolds & Bill Casey and Sally S. Seaver, PhD
2022 SHINE! GALA ANDREA & FRED HOFF , GALA CHAIRS On May 6, 2022, the Celebrity Series SHINE! Gala shone bright from the Cyclorama at the Boston Center for the Arts after nearly a three-year live hiatus. Gala Chairs Andrea & Fred Hoff hosted an unforgettable evening welcoming guests back to live performance and magnifying Celebrity Series’ impact on Greater Boston communities. Event guests and supporters raised more than $525,000 to support Celebrity Series’ mission to bring the arts to everyone and everyone to the arts. The evening came with many surprises, curated by interim Artistic Programmer Bobby Asher, including performances from the Boston Music Project’s Summer Street Brass Band, New York-based brass band The Westerlies, and singer and songwriter Aoife O’Donovan. And to close out the evening, DJ Chris Roxx added an exciting twist to his DJ set: a live band! Thanks for making us SHINE! again. GALA CHAIRS Andrea & Fred Hoff SHINE! PRODUCING SUPPORTERS Amy & Joshua Boger SHINE! SUPPORTERS Leslie & Howard Appleby Stephanie L. Brown Andrea & Fred Hoff GLOW! SUPPORTERS Jill & David Altshuler Michael & Adrianne Canning Joanne & Larry Cheng Amy & Ethan d’Ablemont Burnes Dr. Ivana Magovčević-Liebisch & Lars Liebisch Reuben Reynolds Belinda Termeer Susan & Michael Thonis SHIMMER! SUPPORTERS Boston Common Asset Management Margaret Eagle Drs. John Mordes & Regina Yando Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford Melinda & James Rabb Dr. & Mrs. Michael Silverman Dr. Lawrence Stifler & Mary McFadden SHINE! GALA PARTYGOERS PaulMerylAAFCPAsBeckinghamBelanger&Teri Groome Ed Boesel, in memory of Darrell Martinie Garth & Lindsay Greimann Maurice Peter Joffe Sandy CharlotteGlendaJohnstonMattes&Gordon Moore Dr. Ruth Drs.AlexanderNemzoffSenchakPeggy&Michael Simon Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy SHINE! CABARET PARYGOERS and SHINE! YOUNG PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTERS EmilyAnonymousBorababy & Adam Einhorn Jolyon Cowan & Vanessa Trien Kathy & Martin Fogle Lloyd Foster & Janyce Gagne Heidi Hutton & Cap Kane Joelle ChrissieLurie&Rich Parker, MD Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett William Weiter GALA NON-ATTENDING AND PADDLE BID DONATIONS Anonymous (8) Anna & Tony Abate James E. Aisner John J. Alam & Sylvie Gregoire Mariesther Alvarez Dr. Gary Bailey Chris PaulMerylBangoBeckinghamBelanger&Teri Groome Jessica & Marc Blaustein Ed Boesel, in memory of Darrell Martinie Amy & Joshua Boger George Borababy Boston Arts Summer Institute / Outside the Box Act 2 Diana Bourgeois Sara & Matt Brookner Karen Brown & Michael Plum Stephanie L. Brown Courtney A. Burke Rick MaureenBurnesCavanaugh & Mark Hunt Joseph & Kathleen Cefalu Mark H. Cooley, MD Susan & Peter Covo Dave BruceCzesniukDanzer& Tom Huth JoAnne Dickinson Amy AnneDumas&Gary Dunning Emily Eagan & Eric Pfalzgraf Margaret Eagle Katarina Edlund & Jon Banton Peter Finnegan & Joe Orfant Susan Friedman Jane & Ric Fulop Robert Furdak & Kirsten Ecklund Kathleen & Chris Gaffney Nancy Go Drs. Joan & Alfred Goldberg Todd & Martha Golub David Grebber & Jo Trompet Atsu & Ryan Gunther Paul & Kay Hartung Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin Ellen & Kalman Heller Betty YvetteHillmon&Lawrence Hochberg Andrea & Fred Hoff Holly & Charles Housman Ilisa Hurowitz & Nicholas Alexander David R. Janero & Jeffrey A. Thomson Maurice Peter Joffe Andrew Juran & Jennifer Chao Heather & Dr. Dejan Juric Nathan & Jacqueline Kono Kate & Tom Kush Dr. Ivana Magovčević-Liebisch & Lars SherryMarilynLiebischMiller&Mohammad Mirafzali Charlotte & Gordon Moore Joel EleanorJohnNosekOsthaus&Frank Pao Melody Pao John Patterson & Michele Demarest Stephen C. Perry & Oliver Radford Beth Pinals & Bill Jewett Jennifer & Thomas Pincince Suzanne Priebatsch Melina & James Rabb 36
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The Aaron Richmond Legacy Society was established in 2001 and honors the memory of Celebrity Series of Boston founder Aaron Richmond (1895-1964). The Society recognizes the following individuals who have notified Celebrity Series of estate provisions including bequest intentions, charitable remainder trusts, gift annuities, and other forms of deferred support.
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The Celebrity Series community dearly misses, recognizes, and holds tremendous thanks for the following family members and supporters who brought their energy, commitment, enthusiasm, love, and support to Celebrity Series and the performing arts in Greater Boston whom we lost during the 2021/22 season.
Paul & Elizabeth Kastner
Joan MargotLebachLeStrange & Andrew Stern
Mr. Jonathan Scott Reichner Libby SandraRobertsShapiro & John Kirsch Marylen Sternweiler
Miriam M. Wood & Charles O. Wood, III Ron & Janet Zwanziger Deceased
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Mark H. Cooley, MD
Dr. Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Robert Binney & Janet Veasey Diana Bourgeois
Charlotte & Gordon Moore Stewart Myers, in memory of Maureen McGuire Myers John David Ober Eleanor & Frank Pao
Peter J. NancyConstanceWenderWhiteRichmond
Bill Casey
Gone but Never Forgotten
Martin Gantshar
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Susan Matz
David R. Janero & Jeffrey A. Thomson
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Ellen S. Heller
Nonnie Burnes
Susanne Marcus Collins Maryel Locke
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Garth & Lindsay Greimann Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin Martha H. Jones & Christine Armstrong Paul & Elizabeth Kastner
Please join us in thanking Bobby, Karen, and Hanako for their considerable work in the 2021/22 season that has allowed Celebrity Series to present a robust and exciting 2022/23 season beginning in October 2022.
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Dr. Harris A. Berman & Ruth Nemzoff Amy & Joshua Boger
Dr.
Thank you to our Celebrity Series family members who support Amy’s legacy.
Emily Borababy & Adam Einhorn
In October 2021, Artistic Director Amy Lam’s 30 years of dedicated service to Celebrity Series came to a close as she resigned her position to bring her considerable talents to the 92nd Street Y in New York. Amy’s calling cards are manifold, but among them include her supreme artistic taste, her knack for seeking out the world’s most exciting artists and pairing them to the perfect worldclass Boston venues, and her deft programming of performances that both satisfy and stretch discerning Boston audiences.
Nancy Richmond Winsten & Mrs. Michael Silverman
In announcing Amy’s transition to this exciting new chapter, Celebrity Series created the Amy Lam Fund for Creative Performance (an initiative of the existing Innovation Fund) to honor Amy’s legacy, her expansion of multi-disciplinary, cross-genre programming, and ongoing creative initiatives.
Susan & Michael Thonis Sharon R. Weinstein, MD
Interim Artistic Programmers: Bobby Asher, Karen Brown and Hanako Yamaguchi
FOR CREATIVE PERFORMANCE
Andrew Moreau
Following Amy’s departure in October 2021, Interim Artistic Programmers Bobby Asher and Hanako Yamaguchi worked with Celebrity Series to program the 2022/23 season, alongside Chief Operating Officer Karen Brown. Bobby Asher, who programmed jazz and contemporary artists for the 2022/23 season, is an independent arts administrator whose work focuses on creating artist programs that meaningfully connect with audiences and communities. Hanako Yamaguchi, who programmed classical artists for the 2022/23 season, served thirty illustrious years at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, including two decades as Director of Music Programmin. And Celebrity Series' own Karen Brown, Chief Operating Officer, stepped in to program our dance engagements for the 2022/23 season.
Dr. Gary Bailey
Drs. Margaret & Michael Simon
Nathan & Jacqueline Kono Don & Glenda Mattes
Marylen Sternweiler
Karen Brown & Michael Plum Stephanie L. Brown
Norman & Eleanor Nicholson Eleanor & Frank Pao
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Kathleen & Chris Gaffney
Gary Dunning, President and Executive Director Nicole Taney, Artistic Director EmilyADVANCEMENTBorababy , Chief Advancement Officer Sara Brookner, Associate Director of Institutional Giving Sarah Spinella, Associate Director of Individual Giving Anya Hess, Manager of Events and Donor Relations Wes Boudreau, Assistant Manager of Advancement Operations Christopher Vu, Assistant Manager of Individual Giving and Donor Communications Miranda McLean, Advancement Coordinator FINANCE AND ADMINISTRATION Heather Clark, Chief Financial Officer Alex Larin, Finance Manager Connor Buckley, Business Manager Laurel Sabala, Finance Associate MARKETING AND AUDIENCE SERVICES Courtney A. Burke, Director of Marketing and Communications Ellen Rogoz, Associate Director of Marketing Vawnya Nichols, Associate Director of Ticketing and Audience Services Gillian Morrison, Senior Manager of Communications and Digital Content Robert Torres, Senior Graphic Designer and Photographer Kristín Otharsson, Design and Multimedia Manager Patrick Smith, Marketing Analytics and CRM Manager Angela Flores, Assistant Manager of Email Marketing and Social Media Nicole Williams, Assistant Manager of Audience Services 43 2021/22 BOARDS OF DIRECTORS AND ADVISORS CELEBRITY SERIES STAFF BOARD OF DIRECTORS Joshua Boger, PhD, Chair+ Jill S. PeggySharonReubenMichaelMelindaLeontyneStephenJohnAndreaYvetteDr.RandolphPaulGaborKathleenMargaretAmyJoanneMichaelStephanieHowardAltshulerApplebyL.Brown+S.Canning+Chengd’AblemontBurnesEagleGaffney+GaraiD.Goldenheim,MDHawthorne+JoanHelpernGoldberg*HochbergHoffPattersonC.Perry*Price,HonoraryDirectorRabbRaizman*ReynoldsL.Rich*Simon,exofficioLawrenceStifler*MaryElisabethSwerz+BelindaTermeerSusanThonis+YukikoUeno Dorothy Altman Weber* Janet Zwanziger* BOARD EMERITI Caroline NormanJannBenjaminCollingsH.LacyE.Leeming*C.Nicholson, Jr. Eleanor Y. Pao Walter W. Pierce* Nancy Richmond Winsten* Arnold B. Zetcher BOARD OF ADVISORS Peggy Simon, Chair Leslie Appleby Meryl SusanGailC.TimothyJoAnneJolyonGeoffFernadinaJosephMartinDianaMarilynBeckinghamBenson*L.BourgeoisCarmichael*C.CefaluChanChasinCowanDickinson*W.DigginsNancyFisherFlattoY.Friedman Glenda Garrelts Mattes Ellen Glanz Dr. Peter H. Gordon* Rosalind E. Gorin Harriet Griesinger Teri Dr.JohnDr.MarilynDr.TheresaJoelleValeriaYorkMargotStephenFredKateNathanLisaSandyMauriceHeidiIlisaBettyPaulStephenZacharyGroomeR.HaroutunianC.Harrison*HartungHillmonHurowitzHuttonJoffeJohnstonKelly-CroswellKonoKushLedleyLeonard*LeStrange*LoLowe-BarehmiLurieC.McLoud,MDMichaelMerportMiller*GordonMoore*P.Mordes,MD*RuthNemzoff* Susanna Bonta, Program Book Associate Lilli Samman, Ticketing and Front of House Manager Mia Straccia, Audience Services Associate Poornima Kirby, Senior Audience Services Representative Annie Coyne, Audience Services Representative Saralyn Klepaczyk, Audience Services Representative PERFORMANCE OPERATIONS AND COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT Karen Brown, Chief Operating Officer Liz Rosenthal, Associate Director of Performance Operations Robin Baker, Associate Director of Community Engagement Elizabeth Kracunas, Manager of Performance Operations Israel Gutierrez, Manager of Community Engagement Sarah Radcliffe-Marrs, Special Projects Manager Hope Aubrey, Executive/Contracts Administrator ErinUSHERSField, Lauren Florek, Yael Hayem, Molly Hitt, Myles Lobdell, Dekel Luban, Eliza Malecki, Jen Minor, Anna Sebourn, Sarah Stephenson, Jules Wyse MEDIA StephanieRELATIONS:JanesPR; The Williams Agency, Nicola Williams, president; JMK-PR, John Michael Kennedy, president AAFCPAs, Audit Firm BernsteinShur, Law Firm First Republic Bank, Banking Boston Common Asset Management, Wealth Management James L. J. Nuzzo Ellen Dr.SusanSandraSallyBarbaraAbbyMillardMonaOliverSuzanneDr.JamesRichStellaOffner*J.OwenParker,MD*PerrinBethPinalsPriebatschRadford*J.Roberts*RoseRosenfeld*RussellS.Seaver,PhD*Shapiro*ShapiroMagdanz*SamuelJ.Shubrooks, Jr.* Dr. Michael Silverman Lori Solon Joel A. ListingSarkisPeterSharonBarnetWendySarahJeffreyMarylenStein*R.Sternweiler*A.Thomson*RainwaterWardL.WatsonWeinsteinR.Weinstein,MDJ.Wender*ZerounianasofJune30,2022+DenotesExecutiveCommittee*Denotes25+yearsubscriber Denotes deceased
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