A Far Cry

We are absolutely over the moon to be announcing our spectacular Boston Season Seven. In the 2013-2014 season, we’re pushing the boundaries of programming and collaboration further than we ever have before. We’ll also have a more abundant presence in Boston than we ever have before – more concerts around the city, more educational and [...]

Our Spring Soiree is coming up: Thursday May 16 6-9pm, at The St. Botolph Club at 199 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. This year’s theme is Night Music from the Streets of Madrid. We’ll have live music from the Criers, drinks, buffet, and our ever-popular silent auction! Tickets are $125, $200 for two, and can be obtained [...]

We are only beginning to process yesterday’s violence in Boston. Our constant prayers are with all who were affected by the attacks. We are left with so many questions and so few answers. There is so much we don’t know. The one thing we do know is that we love our city and its people. [...]

At this Thursday’s Avant Gardner Concert, we’ll be playing Francesco Geminiani’s “La Folia” on a complete set of carbon fiber instruments, generously loaned to us for the month by Luis and Clark Carbon Fiber Instruments. Imagining our audience might be curious about this idea, we checked in with Jae Young Cosmos Lee, who fathered this [...]

Saturday afternoon’s concert has been moved to Sunday at 6pm, at St. John’s Church in Jamaica Plain. The Gardner Museum concert has been canceled, so this is your ONE CHANCE to see this innovative and moving program!

After a fall of nationwide touring and our first tour to Europe (!), A Far Cry returns to Jordan Hall with “The Long Gaze” – a wide-ranging program that is a veritable hometown LOVE FEST! Tufts University composer John McDonald presents the world premiere of his newly-commissioned work. “Gentle but Uneasy Dance Music.” Benjamin Britten’s [...]

Program notes for this weekend’s concert “Fiddlers” are here. Thanks, Kathryn! Einojuhani Rautavaara (b. 1928) :: Pelimannit (“The Fiddlers”) A work from the student days of Finnish composer, Einojuhani Rautavaara, The Fiddlers is an ode to both the folk music, and also the stories of the musicians—the fiddlers—he found in a book, Album of Tunes, [...]

Kathryn Bacasmot has once again provided us with great program notes. Thursday at the Gardner Museum should be quite an experience! This is your shovel. The music is your earth. Dig in. John Cage (1912-1992) For all the innovation the world of music has experienced since 1952, nothing has come close to the watershed moment [...]

Help AFC kick off our sixth season and first international tour with a challenge grant from the Boston Foundation’s Giving Common Challenge! The Boston Foundation has offered a challenge to Boston-area non-profits. For two days, we will run a campaign in the hopes of receiving matching funds from the Boston Foundation. The challenge will run [...]

Please enjoy a sneak-peak at this weekend’s program notes, from our brilliant and poetic resident musicologist, Kathryn Allwine Bacasmot and fabulous and dynamic composer, Mehmet Ali Sanlikol: This is your shovel. The music is your earth. Dig in. To petition and aspire, when we wake and when we sleep, what bubbles up from the deepest [...]

Cryin’ All Summer Long! 2012 marks AFC’s first summer on the road! We’ll be performing at some of America’s most exciting music festivals from June through August. Check out the schedule to see if we’re coming your way! Rockport Chamber Music Festival SOLD OUT! A Far Cry in Rockport – with Andrés Cárdenes, violin, and [...]

Our Spring Soiree is coming up: Wednesday May 2 at 6pm, The St. Botolph Club at 199 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston. This evening is always a highlight of our year, with a private concert, drinks, hors d’oeurves, and a wide-ranging auction! Tempted? Get your tickets today! Announcing our 2012 Soiree auction items: Music by Markus Enjoy [...]

AFC is thrilled to announce the launch of our new internship program in partnership with New England Conservatory. Undergrad and grad students were invited to apply to be a crier this semester – doing everything from performing with the group to learning the ropes of how to run a non-profit musical organization. As part of [...]

What a whirlwind the past few months have been over here at A Far Cry. Since January, we’ve opened the new wing of the Gardner Museum with Yo-Yo Ma, collaborated with head-banging rock bands at the Ecstatic Music Festival in New York City, performed a completely fresh program at Jordan Hall, enjoyed a residency in [...]

We hope you spent last night whisked away in the arms of an admirer and thinking of nothing else. However, in case you woke in the middle of the night, shuddering: “How can I sleep when I don’t know what A Far Cry is up to?” never fear, darling. This one’s for you. JORDAN HALL [...]

Just a quick post to spread the word that AFC is taking part in a very exciting project on Feb 8th and 9th. We’re collaborating with two amazing bands – This Will Destroy You, and Slow Six – and putting on shows in both Boston and New York! Take a quick look at the links [...]

We Have a New Album! A collaboration between A Far Cry, brilliant Bandoneon-player Julien Labro, and consummate guitarist Jason Vieaux, our new CD includes the premiere recording of Labro’s new arrangement of Piazzolla’s Four Seasons in Buenos Aires as well as Piazzolla’s Concerto for Bandoneon and Guitar! Available on iTunes, Spotify, amazon.com, and our own [...]

“I felt like this was a taste of a professional musical career…The Criers were fun to be with, but also very serious about what they do…I can say that it was one of the best musical experiences of my life so far.” -AFC Young Artists Competition Winner High school violinists, violists, cellists and bassists enrolled [...]

That’s right! Huge thanks to the Free For All Concert Fund, for awarding us a generous $25,000 grant to expand our presence in the Jamaica Plain Community! We are using every last drop of this grant to bring you more free music! This season, we will be offering: 1) A series of “Pop-Up” chamber concerts [...]

Thanks to The Phoenix for showing us some love in their annual “The Best” issue! We won Best Orchestra That Could Kick Your Ass, but don’t worry – we probably won’t kick your ass.