Young Artist Chamber Music Intensive • Tyler James, director
2023-03-25 20:30 - 22:00 (America/New_York)
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
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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
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!

40th Anniversary Gala Celebration
2023-06-07
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.
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Giving Tuesday - Music in the Parks
2023-11-08 08:00 - 17:00
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
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Masterclass with Midori
2023-12-02 12:00 - 14:00
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
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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
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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

Boston Society of New Jerusalem
2024-04-28 15:00 - 17:00 | Boston Society of New Jerusalem, 140 Bowdoin Street, Boston, MA, 02108
Project STEP performs at Boston Society of New Jerusalem (Church on The Hill). Through Boston Society of the New Jerusalem Project STEP is honored to participate in the Carlton Doctor Scholarship.
WHEN: Sunday, April 28th at 3 pm
WHERE: Boston Society of New Jerusalem
140 Bowdoin Street, Beacon Hill, MA
FREE & Open to the Public

Spring Recital & Parents’ Benefit
2024-05-19 14:00 - 16:30 | Parish of All Saints, Dorchester, 209 Ashmont Street, Dorchester, MA, 02124
Sunday, May 19, 2024 at 3 pm
Higginson Hall, Boston Symphony Orchestra
301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA 02115
Enter through Cohen Wing on Huntington Ave
This event is sponsored in part by The Gregory E. Bulger Foundation
Free and open to the public RSVP REQUIRED
PROGRAM BOOK
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 Students' Recital
2024-05-25 15:00 - 17:00
Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 3 pm
Join us for a free concert featuring graduating senior students*: Gui Vignon-Villani, cello; Suubi Laurent, cello; and Jean-Caleb Belizaire, viola.
WHERE:
Burnes Hall
255 St. Botolph St.
Boston, MA
United States
CONTRIBUTE TO THE SENIOR FUND THROUGH THE DONATE BUTTON ON OUR WEBSITE AND ADD A REMARK IN THE “NOTES” SECTION AT CHECK-OUT THAT THE CONTRIBUTION IS RESTRICTED FOR OUR GRADUATING SENIORS.
*Please note there are five graduating seniors in the 2024 class including Caleb Graupera and Paul Y. Clayton, who unfortunately are unable to perform on May 25th.

STEP into Grace
2024-06-04 18:00 - 22:00 | Grace by Nia, 60 Seaport Blvd #325, Boston, MA, 02210
SAVE THE DATE | STEP INTO GRACE
TUESDAY, JUNE 4, 2024 FROM 6-10 PM
GRACE BY NIA
60 Seaport Blvd #325, Boston, MA 02210
Download the Save the Date postcard and forward to friends!
Join us for an evening of entertainment at Boston’s new favorite club – Grace by Nia. Hear music performed by Project STEP’s students, enjoy soul food, and sip libations, all while helping us celebrate STEP’s decades of championing equity and excellence. We look forward to seeing you! Mark your calendars.

MIDORI & A FAR CRY RECORDING
2024-09-15
September 15, 2024
Closed to the public – Invite only
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We are thrilled to announce an extraordinary musical engagement this fall, where our talented Project STEP students will have the unique opportunity to record side-by-side with members of the renowned ensemble A FarCry and the legendary violinist Midori. Together, theywill bring Derek Bermel’s evocative piece, SpringCadenza, to life in a recording session scheduled forSeptember 15th.

BSO Concert for City - STEP performance
2024-09-21 15:00 - 17:00 | Boston Symphony Hall, 301 Masachusetts Ave, Boston, MA, 02115
Saturday, September 21, 2024
BSO Concert for the City – Symphony Hall, Boston | 301 Massachusetts Ave, Boston, MA
3 pm – Tickets will be available to reserve on September 12, 2024 at 10am.
Keith Lockhart, Andris Nelsons, and Thomas Wilkins, conductor – including Project STEP students for the pre-concert! STEP students performing: Alexander Hernandez-Williams, Sofia Hernandez-Williams, Sarah-Alyssa Williams, Rodney Elias Williams, and Micah Williams.
Showcasing all that the Boston Symphony Orchestra and Boston Pops have to offer, alongside their arts and music education partners and programs (including STEP!) from throughout Greater Boston. Join BSO and Pops musicians, Music Director Andris Nelsons, Boston Pops Conductor Keith Lockhart, and Youth and Family Concerts Conductor Thomas Wilkins for a free and joyful afternoon of music-making and community spirit. Concert for the City is generously supported by the Li-Qiu Family Foundation.

Andres Sánchez Masterclass
2024-10-19 12:00 - 13:00
Andres Sánchez Masterclass
Saturday, October 19th, 2024
12-1 pm | Chorus Room, BSO
RSVP by email to jodiemcmenamin@projectstep.org – Limited capacity for public
Honduran-Venezuelan cellist Andres Sánchez, born in Allentown, PA, began his studies at age eight under Miguel Rojas, later continuing with Jesus Morales of the Dali Quartet. By age 13, he had already made his solo debut at Carnegie Hall and with the Midwest Clinic of Chicago and the Ocean City Pops Orchestra. A Curtis Institute of Music graduate, Andres has performed with numerous orchestras and will appear this year with the PA Sinfonia Orchestra and Waterbury Symphony. His interpretation of Dvořák’s concert promises to be both powerful and moving, bringing this iconic piece to life in a way that will resonate with audiences.
What is a masterclass?
A masterclass allows our student musicians to perform repertoire for a master musician(s), composer, or conductor. Once the student(s) has performed, the master artist will critique the performance, giving them advice on instrumental and performance technique.

LSO & STEP – JORDAN HALL
2024-10-19 18:45 - 22:00 | Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
PRE-CONCERT RECEPTION 6:45 – 7:45 pm in Williams Hall
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024 at 8:00 pm
TICKETS } $15 (STEP students & Families) | $30 Balcony | $35 Wings | $40 Orchestra (choose your own seat)
Reception Hosted by: Faber Daeufer & Itrato

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 2024 at 8:00 pm– Join us for an evening at New England Conservatory’s Jordan Hall featuring Project STEP student musicians, cellist Andrés Sanchez, and Longwood Symphony Orchestra. This incredible evening also highlights Longwood Symphony Orchestra‘s (LSO) Music Director Jotaro Nakano. All funds from the concert support Project STEP’s students and program.
PRE-CONCERT RECEPTION 6:45 – 7:45 pm in Williams Hall
Hosted by: Faber Daeufer & Itrato
Enjoy libations and hors d’oeuvres prior to the concert, mix and mingle with friends, musicians, and members of the medical and science community. This generous reception is hosted by our friends at Faber Daeufer & Itrato, a boutique law firm that provides corporate and transactional counsel to clients in the drug and life sciences industries.
Where your ticket funds are going: For over 40 years Project STEP continues to advocate for early and long-term access to high-quality classical string training for our student musicians, providing a creative and safe learning environment for a successful future. Thanks to the generosity of friends like you, we are able to amplify the stories and voices of our young musicians of color.
Read last year’s press on this incredible collaboration
Photo of Alba Gilbert-Reid by Lipofsky.com

Sphinx Virtuosi Masterclass
2024-10-26 12:00 - 13:00
Sphinx Virtuosi Masterclass
Saturday, October 26th
11 am – not open to the public
The Sphinx Virtuosi is a dynamic and inspiring professional self-conducted chamber orchestra and serves as the flagship performing entity of the Sphinx Organization – the leading non-profit dedicated to transforming lives through the power of the arts. Comprised of 18 Black and Latino artists who reflect the highest level of musicianship in America, a critical aim of the Sphinx Virtuosi is to evolve the breadth and impact of classical music through artistic excellence, pioneering programming, and impassioned community engagement. Its members serve as cultural ambassadors for audiences and communities around the United States and abroad.
What is a masterclass?
A masterclass allows our student musicians to perform repertoire for a master musician(s), composer, or conductor. Once the student(s) has performed, the master artist will critique the performance, giving them advice on instrumental and performance technique.

CCOS + Project STEP + ISGM
2024-11-24 13:30 - 15:30 | The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA, 02115, United States
Sunday, November 24, 2024
JULIUS EASTMAN X KYLE MARSHALL
Castle Of Our Skins (COOS) Concert with Project STEP students
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum (ISGM) | 1:30 pm
Calderwood Hall
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Julius Eastman was one of the most exciting figures in American music from the 1960s through the 1980s. He was a pianist, conductor, an excellent singer, and–most enduringly–one of the most innovative composers of his time. COOS will present three of Eastman’s Minimalist masterpieces in concert. Choreographer, Kyle Marshall, will premiere a new ISGM-commissioned dance, and revive one COOS commissioned four years ago, with a score for ten cellos – whoa! STEP students will join COOS for a portion of the performance. Not to be missed!

WORKS IN ORDER OF COMPOSITION
Julius Eastman:
Touch Him When (1970)
Gay Guerilla (1980)
World premiere choreography by Kyle Marshall, ISGM commission
The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc (1981)
Choreography by Kyle Marshall, ISGM commission (2019)
