2026-27 Chamber Music Concerts

CHAMBER MUSIC WITH THE CRIERS

Our Neighborhood chamber music series invites audiences into intimate musical spaces where stories, traditions, and communities come alive. Each concert highlights a different facet of connection—across cultures, generations, and landscapes—through the close-knit artistry of chamber music.

In October, Folie à deux, curated by Rafael Popper-Keizer, explores the unique intimacy of musical partnership through six striking duos for violin, viola, cello, and marimba. Moving through every two-instrument combination within the ensemble, music by Caroline Shaw, Osvaldo Golijov, Akshaya Avril Tucker, Paul Wiancko, and others reveals the many ways two voices can meet—with intimacy, tension, vulnerability, and joy.

In December, Jae Cosmos Lee brings the Criers together for a festive afternoon of radiant Baroque music. Bach’s beloved Brandenburg Concertos anchor a program that also features Antoine Dauvergne’s elegant Concert de Simphonies and Corelli’s “Christmas Concerto.” It’s music made for gathering—joyful, vibrant, and full of the spirit of the season.

January’s Coming to Boston: From Haiti, curated by Francesca McNeeley, explores the music and stories of Boston’s Haitian community and diaspora. Featuring works by Haitian and Haitian American composers including Werner Jaegerhuber, Robert Durand, Daniel Bernard Roumain, and Jean “Rudy” Perrault, the program brings together music, history, and cultural identity. Presented in collaboration with Haitian poet, educator, and cultural activist Charlot Lucien, the afternoon creates space for storytelling, reflection, and exchange.

Finally, in March, Megumi Stohs Lewis curates The Greatest, a program inspired by Valerie Coleman’s Shotgun Houses, her musical portrait of Muhammad Ali. From Haydn’s endlessly inventive “Quinten” Quartet to Rebecca Clarke’s intimate Pastorale and Osvaldo Golijov’s Ever Yours, these works consider greatness not simply as fame or achievement, but as a life lived with dedication, vitality, generosity, and love.

Together, these concerts reflect the heart of our Neighborhood Series: music that brings us closer—to one another, to the stories behind the music, and to the communities we share.

— The Criers