The Quartet of Happiness
Upcoming Events
New Gallery Concert Series
Sarah Bob, Artistic Director
Announces its 12th season:
The Season of Roving
All events at 7pm on Thursdays in Allen Hall at the Community Music Center of Boston in the South End, 34 Warren Avenue.
Children in the Park: November 3, 2011
Featuring the very theatrical Quartet of Happiness and their original music along with world premiere solo piano music by Emiko Takeuchi performed by Sarah Bob.
Featured visual artist, comic strip artist Kendall Eddy.
From playing games, wearing costumes, and engaging the audience with their Quartet of Happiness antics to Emiko Takeuchi’s musical recapturing of her youthful inner life, NGCS presents an event for every age.
DOODLE: January 26, 2012
Part of the Young Composers Festival
Featuring visual artist Tessa Day and her magnetic drawings.
Program includes music by Georges Aperghis, R. Murray Schafer and a world premiere by Lior Navok with performances by soprano Jennifer Ashe, harpist Ina Zdorovetchi, violist Mark Berger, pianist Sarah Bob and percussionist Aaron Trant.
Bees and Honey: May 10, 2012
Featuring photographer Christine Collins in a world premiere collaboration with composer John Morrison.
Program also includes 2 world premieres by John McDonald and music by Evan Ziporyn and Christine Southworth. Performances by Primary Duo, clarinetists Eran Egozy, Alicia Lee, Rane Moore, Evan Ziporyn, violinists Charles Dimmick and Shaw Pong Liu, violist Mark Berger and cellist Katherine Kayaian.
Please also mark your calendar for:
Fundraising House Concert Gala on December 4 in Jamaica Plain
Includes music by Emiko Takeuchi, Randall Woolf, Arvo Part, Jonathan Bailey Holland and NGCS board members Robert Kirzinger and Stefanie Lubkowski. Email sarah@newgalleryconcertseries.org for more information.
Annual Art Making Party on June 2nd
Food! Drinks! Paint! Watercolors! Music and more! A party for *all* ages.
Suggested donation: $20 adult/$10 child
Unless noted, TICKET PRICES for each event are:
$20 – adults
$15 – students, seniors and children
Free for members of the CMCB community
Tickets may be purchased at the door.
The Community Music Center of Boston
34 Warren Avenue, Boston, MA 02116
between Berkeley and Clarendon Streets,
one block north of Tremont
(617) 254-4133
By T:
Take the Orange line to the Back Bay/South End station or the Green Line to the Copley station, go south onto Clarendon Street, and then turn left onto Warren Avenue.
The Community Music Center of Boston is located at the end of the block on your right.