Project STEP's FREE Virtual Giving Tuesday Performance
2021-11-30 16:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Virtual
This one is for YOU – Thank you. On Giving Tuesday, student musicians from Project STEP will share their talent with a free virtual community concert. Take the self-care you know you need and join us for the last hour in the work-day (4 pm). Celebrate this global day of giving back, honor diversity in music, and don’t forget to share this event with friends and family.
Note: A link to this virtual event will be sent to you via email prior to the event start time. Questions? Email info@projectstep.org.
About Project STEP Project STEP began its work in 1982 in collaboration with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston University, and New England Conservatory. Through participation in high-quality, comprehensive classical string training, Project STEP students develop the tools they need to succeed not only in their musical aspirations, but also in academics and careers. Our program teaches fundamental skills including problem solving, collaboration, and critical thinking, and STEP’s dedication to our mission reaches beyond our students, making sure their families are an integral part of the program. For forty years 100% of Project STEP graduates have gone on to college or conservatory and approximately 60% of students go into the music profession.
When you invest in Project STEP you are advocating for early and long-term access to high-quality classical string training for our student musicians. Your support also makes you an ambassador of a larger movement to change how our society values the diverse cultures and ethnicities of our communities.

This Giving Tuesday, Project STEP is eager to send our students and their family members to see cellist Sheku Kanneh-Mason and pianist Isata Kanneh-Mason at Boston Symphony Hall this spring (May 7, 2021). Help us make this possible through a donation on Giving Tuesday – the global day of giving back.
The importance of our students seeing classical musicians of color on a world renowned stage is undeniable – it is something that will stay in their hearts and minds forever. Show our students that they can do and be whatever they want despite the racial and social barriers that are often difficult to overcome. Send us to Sheku!

Art. Music. Conversation. Community: Project STEP & The Fort Point Arts Community
2022-02-18 18:00 - 20:30 | FPAC Assemblage Gallery, 300 Summer Street, Boston, MA, United States
Art. Music. Conversation. Community: Project STEP & The Fort Point Arts Community
Friday, February 18th, 2022 from 6-8:30 pm
The FPAC Assemblage Gallery at The Envoy Hotel
Updates will be posted on mask and social distance guidelines in accordance with the CDC, Project STEP, and Assemblage Gallery protocols.

70a Sleeper St, Boston, MA 02210
MBTA Red and Silver Line Access
Paid parking available at several area garages including 75 Sleeper Street and 321 Congress Street

All donations will be gifted evenly between non-profit organizations Project STEP and the Fort Point Arts Community. Donations are tax-deductible.

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Join us for an evening of art, music and community conversations with the musicians of Project STEP and the artists from the exhibit There Once Was Parking (exhibition ongoing from January 16, 2022 – February 27, 2022)

Performances by Project STEP musicians, a national, award-winning, non-profit music organization that provides early and long-term classical music education to youth of color in Boston and surrounding areas.

Artwork by Fort Point Arts Community artists Jodie Baehre and Ari Hauben. Additional artwork by Kate Castelli, Aristotle Forrester, and Adam O’Day. Learn more at thereoncewasparking.com

About the Art | There Once Was Parking
A look at how the convergence of people and place can bring about the beauty that is art, this show is a celebration of culture and our ability to come together to celebrate our ethnic and cultural diversities.
As neighborhoods become more gentrified and we see the rise of “affordable luxury living,” the loss of free parking, and the ever-growing unattainable cookie-cutter lifestyle, we naturally seek a mosaic that gives a voice to inclusion, and a place of gather. There Once Was Parking turns the gallery setting into a creative space to explore art, music, and food through a multitude of free events and thoughtful conversation. Questions? You won’t be afraid to ask.
Curated by Jodie Baehre

2022 Spring Recital & Parent Benefit
2022-05-22 14:00 - 16:00 | Parish of All Saints, Dorchester, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, 02124

2022 Senior Recital
2022-05-29 15:00 - 17:00 | Church of Our Savior, 25 Monmouth St, Brookline, MA, 02446

Meet & Greet: Josué González and Dr. Ian Saunders
2022-06-13 18:00 - 19:30 | FPAC Assemblage Gallery, 300 Summer Street, Boston, MA, United States
You’re Invited – Meet the New Project STEP Dream Team –
Josué González, Executive Director & Dr. Ian Saunders, Artistic Director
Monday, June 13, 2022 from 6 -7:30 pm
Assemblage Gallery at The Envoy Hotel
70A Sleeper Street, Seaport – Boston, MA
MBTA: Silver Line Courthouse Stop | PAID PARKING: 1 Seaport Garage – 75 Sleeper Street
The Assemblage Gallery entrance is at the rear of The Envoy Hotel, across from The Barking Crab.
It has been a busy year for Project STEP, and it is time we properly welcome and celebrate this dynamic duo. Mingle with friends, meet and greet staff, and join us for a complimentary wine reception. Enjoy a special Bass performance from Dr. Saunders!
This event is 21+

Senior Student Recital
2022-11-28 08:00 - 17:00 | MA
Senior Student Recital
Save the Date – Sunday, May 28, 2023
Church of Our Savior from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
25 Monmouth St Brookline, MA 02446

More information coming soon!

Giving Tuesday
2022-11-29 | MA
DONATE TODAY!
Giving Tuesday – the global day of giving back – is Tuesday, November 29, 2022. Project STEP is eager to send our students and their family members to see Sphinx Virtuosi and Chineke! this spring. Help us make this possible through a donation on Giving Tuesday.
Sphinx Virtuosi, the inspiring professional self-conducted Black and LatinX chamber orchestra will be playing at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum on April 2, 2023. On March 22, 2023 Chineke! orchestra, the first professional majority Black and Asian orchestra in Europe, with conductor Andrew Grams and pianist Stewart Goodyear, will perform works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Goodyear, and Florence Price at Boston Symphony Hall.
The importance of our students seeing classical musicians of color on a world renowned stage is undeniable – it is something that will stay in their hearts and minds forever. Show our students that they can do and be whatever they want despite the racial and social barriers that are often difficult to overcome. It is our student musicians’ dedication to their craft and support from friends like you that will help them succeed.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemoration
2023-01-22 | MA
Sunday, January 22, 2022 | 2 pm | FREE Ticket RSVP
Salvation Army Kroc Center in Dorchester
650 Dudley Street, Boston, MA 02125
DIGITAL EVENT PROGRAM BOOK
All are welcome to join Project STEP’s annual community event on Sunday, January 22, 2023 to celebrate the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. through music and conversation.
The program will include performances featuring student musicians from Project STEP. This event is FREE and open to the public. Sponsored in part by Boston Cultural Council, Mass Cultural Council, and The National Endowment for the Arts.

A Spiritual Fantasy
2023-03-04 18:00 - 19:00 | MA
Boston Symphony Hall pre-concert with Castle of Our Skins
Sunday, March 4, 2023 from 6-7 pm
Boston Symphony Hall
A Spiritual Fantasy highlights African American composers who had a woven connection with Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and William Grant Still: Clarence Cameron White was born five years after Coleridge-Taylor and later studied with him; Florence Price was born six years before Grant Still and grew up as neighbors in Arkansas; Frederick Tillis was born the same year audiences first heard Grant Still’s Afro-American Symphony.
​All of the composers were greatly influenced by a truly unique expression of African American strength, resilience, and community: the Negro Spiritual. A Spiritual Fantasy explores these themes in music, knowing the same sense of strength, resilience, and community were pivotal forces that inspired civil rights activist Octavius Catto.​

Project STEP with Castle of Our Skins Concert at Rockport Music
2023-03-12 15:00 - 17:00 | MA
Project STEP with Castle of Our Skins
Concert at Rockport Music
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Free and open to the public WITH RSVP HERE | donations encouraged

Join us for an evening of music in an incredible concert hall. More information coming soon!
For over 40 years Rockport Music has been committed to one enduring purpose–enriching lives through great music. Located in the scenic seaport village of Rockport, Massachusetts, Rockport Music presents exceptional musical performances and events year round.

Young Artist Chamber Music Intensive • Tyler James, director
2023-03-25 20:30 - 22:00 | MA
SATURDAY, MARCH 25, 2023 AT 8:30 PM
FREE – DONATIONS ENCOURAGED
Longy School of Music of Bard College presents: Young Artist Chamber Music Intensive, directed by Longy Artist Diploma student Tyler James.

Longy welcomes all to the Young Artist Chamber Music Intensive Final Concert, featuring young artists from Project Step, the Boston String Academy, and the Longy Side-by-Side program. These young artists will be performing, alongside artist faculty, works by Brahms, Sibelius, Mozart, and a world premiere by Boston Composer Joi Harper.

The Young Artist Chamber Music Intensive brings the best, aspiring young artists in the Boston area together at the Longy School of Music of Bard College—one of the most forward thinking music schools in the country. Designed like Marlboro Music Festival, participants will rehearse and perform alongside professional chamber musicians on full scholarship. Each student will receive a masterclass from a world-class artist and will rehearse, perform, and produce a professional-grade recording in Boston Celebrity Series’ Pickman Hall. This Intensive is dedicated in memory of Kristin Mortimer, and is generously funded by the Massachusetts Cultural Council and Klarman Family Foundation.

While this event is open to the public, you must pre-register in order to gain access in person. No walk-ups will be allowed at Longy for performances.

Project STEP Honors Quartet & A Far Cry
2023-03-31 20:00 - 22:00 | Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
8 pm at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall
30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA, 02115.
TICKETS
Project STEP’s Honors Quartet will perform at Grammy-nominated A Far Cry‘s program, Glittering World. Program below.
Franz Joseph Haydn | String Quartet Op. 76, No. 2 in D minor, “Quinten”: I. Allegro
Quinn Mason | String Quartet No. 2: II. Broken Scherzo
Featuring the Project STEP Honors Quartet
Ted Hearne | Law of Mosaics
Juantio Becenti | The Glittering World (new commission)

Handel+Hayden Pre-Concert
2023-04-02 15:00 - 17:00 | Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Masachusetts Ave, Boston, MA, 02115
Sunday, April 2, 2023 at 3 pm
Boston Symphony Hall – 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115
MORE INFO. & Tickets
You’re invited to Bach’s Easter Oratorio. This awe-inspiring music evokes a powerful gamut of universal emotions—from laments and astonishment, to jubilation and victory, underscored by bright trumpets and drums—even dance rhythms. Opening the concert is an H+H premiere, the affecting Stabat Mater by Antonio Bononcini (1677-1726).
A special treat! The Handel+Hayden Youth Choruses’ New Voices and Treble Chorus will be joined by the Project STEP String Quartet for a pre-concert performance of spirituals and folk songs from around the globe.

William Thomas Memorial Concert
2023-04-29 19:30 - 21:39 | Methuen Memorial Hall, 192 Broadway, Methuen, MA, 01844, United States
William Thomas Memorial Concert
Saturday, April 29th, 2023 at 7:30 pm
Methuen Memorial Music Hall
192 Broadway, Methuen, MA 01844
More information coming soon!
William Thomas served as Project STEP’s Artistic Director in 2005. A conductor, cellist, educator, and administrator Mr. Thomas was a native of Lexington, Kentucky. He completed his undergraduate studies at the Oberlin Conservatory of Music. His graduate degree was from Pennsylvania State University where he held a teaching fellowship. He was a member of the music faculty at Phillips Academy in Andover Massachusetts from 1974 until 2007 and served as Chair of the Music Department for 15 years. He held theFrederick W. Beinecke Teaching Chairand conducted the Phillips Academy Symphony,Chamber Orchestra, and the Academy Cantata Choir. Mr. Thomas served as Music Director of the Cambridge Community Chorus, an ensemble of over one hundred voices representing the rich diversity ofthe City of Cambridge. He did extensive research on the music of the African-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, leading to American premiers of the composer’s opera Dream Lovers, a Piano Quintet, and Nonet. Performances of these and other chamber works have been supported by the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the New England Conservatory of Music, the African Meeting House, and WGBH-FM. Mr. Thomas was a founding member of the Coleridge Ensemble, an ensemble dedicated to the research, performance, and recording of compositions by Black and African American composers.

SPRING RECITAL & PARENTS’ BENEFIT
2023-05-21 | Parish of All Saints, Dorchester, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, 02124
Save the Date: Sunday, May 21, 2023
Parish of All Saints, Dorchester, MA 02122 at 2 pm
This event is sponsored in part by The Gregory E. Bulger Foundation
This program is supported in part by grants from the following generous supporters: Mass Cultural Council (a state agency), the Boston Cultural Council administered by the Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts. This event is also made possible by the generous support of The Mary Saudek Jaffee Fund.

Senior Student Recital
2023-05-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Church of Our Savior, 25 Monmouth St, Brookline, MA, 02446

40th Anniversary Gala Celebration
2023-06-07 | MA
More information Coming Soon!

Wonder in Unity Concert
2023-10-28 19:00 - 22:30 | Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
Saturday, October 28, 2023 at Jordan Hall, NEC
Reception 7:00 pm
Concert 8:00 pm
Ticket funds and donations support Project STEP.
Collaborative concert featuring Project STEP alumna Mariana Green Hill, STEP students, and Longwood Symphony Orchestra.
LEARN MORE & PURCHASE TICKETS>>>

Giving Tuesday - Music in the Parks
2023-11-08 08:00 - 17:00 | MA
This year on Giving Tuesday, November 28th, Project STEP is raising funds for our students to perform at Music in the Parks, Six Flags, New England. Music in the Parks is a festival for student choral, orchestral, and band ensembles, held annually across the United States. We are in need of funding for bus transportation, tickets, and food for our students and their families to participate in this incredible festival. Not only we they perform, but will also be able to start their summer off with incredible memories. Help us reach our goal of $6,500!
LISTEN TO A MESSAGE ON MUSIC IN THE PARKS FROM DR. IAN SAUNDERS

Masterclass with Jordan Bak
2023-11-11 12:00 - 13:00 | Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Masachusetts Ave, Boston, MA, 02115
Saturday, November 11, 2023
Boston Symphony Hall – Room TBD – from 12-1 pm
Project STEP students learn from violist Jordan Bak
FREE with RSVP – Limited availability – Email jodiemcmenamin@projectstep.org for RSVP
Learn more>>>

Masterclass with Midori
2023-12-02 12:00 - 14:00 | MA
Project STEP Masterclass with Midori
Saturday, December 2, 2023 from 12 – 2 pm
Open to the Project STEP Community with RSVP – jodiemcmenamin@projectstep.org
New England Conservatory – Williams Hall
290 Huntington Ave.
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PHOTO BY TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS

Celebrity Series Presents The Chelsey Green Project
2023-12-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Kroc Center, 650 Dudley Street, Dorchester, 02125, United States
Celebrity Series (Stringfest) Performance featuring: The Chelsey Green Project
with students from Boston Music Project, City Strings United, and Project STEP
Location: Kroc Center
Date: December 9, 2023
Time: 3:00 pm
FREE with RSVP

Celebrity Series (Stringfest) Performance featuring: The Chelsey Green Project
2023-12-09 15:00 - 17:00 | Kroc Center, 650 Dudley Street, Dorchester, 02125, United States
DECEMBER 9 @ 3:00 PM – 5:00 PM

Celebrity Series (Stringfest) Performance featuring: The Chelsey Green Project
with students from Boston Music Project, City Strings United, and Project STEP
Location: Kroc Center: 650 Dudley Street, Dorchester, MA 02125
Date: December 9, 2023
Time: 3:00 pm
FREE with RSVP

Innovator and jazz virtuoso, Chelsey Green, and her trio share a program of jazz, funk, pop, and more with talented students from local string ensembles.
Chelsey Green With performances often described as passionate, vivacious, electrifying, and innovative, Billboard-charting international recording artist Chelsey Green brings the vibrancy of violin and viola playing and unique, rich vocals to worldwide audiences in a whole new way. Dr. Chelsey Green and her ensemble, The Green Project, tear down stereotypes of the violin and viola by fusing traditional classical technique with popular favorites and enticing original songs in various genres– including R&B, Pop, Soul, Funk, Jazz, Alternative, Hip Hop, Gospel and more! Dr. Green has been honored to share both stage and screen with renowned, international artists including Stevie Wonder, Lizzo, Regina Carter, Wu-Tang Clan, Maimouna “Mumu Fresh” Youssef, MC Lyte, Terri Lyne Carrington, Kirk Franklin, Charles Lloyd and more. Featured as a soloist with the Boston Pops and Berklee World Strings Orchestras, Chelsey Green and The Green Project were also featured as an ensemble with the internationally acclaimed US Air Force Concert Band, the National Symphony Orchestra and the Prince George’s Philharmonic.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Commemorative Concert
2024-01-14 15:00 - 17:00 | Kroc Center, 650 Dudley Street, Dorchester, 02125, United States
Sunday, January 14, 2022 | 3 pm – 5 pm
Salvation Army Kroc Center in Dorchester
650 Dudley Street, Boston, MA 02125
Free and open to the public
Learn more>>>

Project STEP Performs with A Far Cry for “Street Stories”
2024-01-26 20:30 - 22:00 | Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
Project STEP Performs with A Far Cry for “Street Stories”
Friday, January 26th at 8pm
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory
30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA 02115
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Project STEP Honors Group
Luigi Boccherini | String Quintet No. 60 in C Major, Op. 30, G. 324 “Night Music of the Streets of Madrid,” arr. Miki Cloud. Project STEP side-by-side.
Claudio Monteverdi | Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda, SV 153
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky | String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70, “Souvenir de Florence,”arr. Rafael Popper-Keizer

DBR & Diversity in Classical Music
2024-02-11 14:30 - 16:30 | The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Dochester, MA, 02125
You’re Invited: Daniel Bernard Roumain, Suzuki School of Newton, and Project STEP
Date: February 11th at 2:30pm
Location: Strand Theatre
543 Columbia Road, Dorchester, MA
Free and open to the public
In collaboration with the City of Boston Mayor’s Office of Arts and Culture, Suzuki School of Newton, and Project STEP, Daniel Bernard Roumain will present a K-12 performance of an original composition on the theme of diversity in classical music. The performance will highlight the voices and stories of our community, continuing the work of making classical music a bridge towards equity. The performance will be followed by an open community dialogue led by Daniel Bernard Roumain and the Directors of Suzuki School of Newton and Project STEP to help chart a path forward. The performance and community dialogue are free and open to the public.

Lineage
2024-03-10 16:00 - 18:00 | St. Paul, 15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, MA, United States
Sun. March 10: Winsor Music + deVon Russell Gray + Project STEP
Winsor Music presents: LINEAGE
Multi-instrumentalist deVon Russell Grayperforms a musical lineage from contemporary music back to the 18th century. The evening will end with a piece by the next generation – a collaboration with Project STEP students.
WHEN: Sunday, March 10, 2024 at 4 pm
WHERE: St. Paul’s Church | 15 St. Paul Street, Brookline, MA >>> MAP
TICKETS

Project STEP at Rockport Music
2024-03-17 15:00 - 17:00 | Shalin Liu Performance Center at Rockport Music, 16 MAIN STREET, Rockport, MA, 01966
Project STEP at Rockport Music
Concert at Rockport Music
Sunday, March 17, 2024 at 3:00 pm
Shalin Liu Performance Center, Rockport, MA
Free and open to the public with RSVP -| donations encouraged

Not to be missed! Join us for an unforgettable concert featuring the student musicians of Project STEP performing works by Black composers including Xavier Foley and Walter Hawkins.
For over 40 years Rockport Music has been committed to one enduring purpose–enriching lives through great music. Located in the scenic seaport village of Rockport, Massachusetts, Rockport Music presents exceptional musical performances and events year round. Photo by Matthew Muise.

Love & Justice
2024-03-29 20:00 - 22:00 | Pickman Hall – Longy, 27 Garden School St., Cambridge, MA, 02138
Fri. March 29: Project STEP + Castle of Our Skins
Project STEP students Suubi and Sokki Laurent will play with Castle of Our Skins at Longy School of Music of Bard College. The “Love & Justice” portrait concert will feature chamber works by Dr. Adolphus Hailstork and our students will perform for and meet the composer. Join us for an incredible evening.
WHEN: Friday, March 29, 2024 at 8 pm
WHERE: Pickman Hall, Longy School of Music | 27 Garden School, Cambridge, MA 02138
FREE with RSVP

Masterclass: Rafael Popper-Kaiser
2024-03-30 12:00 - 13:00 | Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Masachusetts Ave, Boston, MA, 02115
Hailed by The New York Times as “imaginative and eloquent” and dubbed “a local hero” by the Boston Globe, cellist Rafael Popper-Keizer maintains a vibrant and diverse career as one of Boston’s most celebrated artists. He is principal cellist of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Emmanuel Music, and the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, and a core member of many notable chamber music organizations throughout New England, including the Chameleon Arts Ensemble, Winsor Music, and Grammy-nominated string ensemble A Far Cry.
WHEN: Saturday, March 30, 2024 at 12 pm
WHERE: Chorus Room at Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Mass. Ave
Boston, MA 02115
FREE with RSVP
