Upcoming events.
BCCM May Open Mic Event Co-hosted by Boston Community Chamber Music and Somerville Music Spaces
Choose a time slot below to sign up to play in the BCCM May Open Mic Co-hosted by Somerville Music Spaces. There is only 1 sign up per time slot, so if the first one you choose if full, try another!
Each time slot is $20 and includes an HD video recording of your performance.
It's not goodbye...Angelica Grau, Mezzo-Soprano
Angie is leaving Boston after 9 fulfilling years
Joined by my amazing friends Kartik Ayysola, Rachel Webb, Sage Fogle and Nathan Halbur, we are so excited to share with you what will be a super fun evening! We are performing some of our favorite opera arias, duets, art songs, and some of my favorite video game music!
This event WILL BE LIVESTREAMED! The link will be added as soon as I have it!
Please RSVP using the EventBrite link below if you plan to come in person "Tickets" are free!
https://www.eventbrite.com/.../its-not-goodbye-tickets...
We cannot wait to share this program. I can't imagine a better way to end my musical tenure in the city that has helped shape me into the artist that I am now
POSTPONED Dreamscapes: A Concert Featuring Compositions by Mike Ring
Mike Ring is an accomplished solo and collaborating pianist with experience performing as an orchestral and choral accompanist with university, high school, and community ensembles as well as other small groups. Mike is currently an accompanist for the Assabet Valley Chambersingers, which is a choral ensemble established in 1989 by Dr. Robert Eaton. Mike has also been teaching piano since 2012 to youth and adults of all skill levels – he currently teaches both private students and youth at the Pakachoag Music School in Worcester.
Mike is an amateur composer of both classical and electronic music, some of his pieces for choir and small ensembles have been performed publicly. He is thoroughly anxious to present a concert that contains both elements, for the first time! Mike composed the electronic works in the winter of 2020-2021 while the classical pieces were composed between 2018-2022.
Mike pursued undergraduate studies in music at Missouri State University and Florida State University (FSU). He graduated with a M.M in Piano Performance from Webster University in St. Louis in 2013.
Boston Community Chamber Music June Open Mic
Boston Community Chamber Music and Somerville Music Spaces Present June Open Mic
Saturday, June 7 2025 from 3-6PM
Click sign-up link below to play in the BCCM April Open Mic Co-hosted by Somerville Music Spaces. Choose your 12-minute slot on the booking page. Refreshments and Conversation following the performances.
Each time slot is $20 and includes an HD video recording of your performance.
Payment is required upon booking. Full refunds will be given if canceled no later than 2 weeks prior. If you must cancel within 2 weeks and we are able to fill the slot, you will be given $20 in credit to SMS for a future open mic or any other room booking at the space.
Homeward Bound: Jae Carelli, Soprano
Lyric soprano and songwriter Jae Carelli shares their story through examining the 7 core issues of adoption. Featuring new classical works by American composers, Samuel Barber, Tom Cipullo, Carlisle Floyd, Bo Konigsmark, and Matthew Jihoon Pelligrino, Jae contextualizes these works in their adoption story.
Connecting them with the tracks from their upcoming debut EP American Doll; the issues of loss, loyalty, control, identity, abandonment, trust, and shame are explored through stories and song. Jae challenges the narratives that silence international and transracial adoptees, and criticizes the for profit systems which exploit children for profit. The poignant yet humorous storytelling connects the musical selections while crossing between classical and contemporary commercial vocal technique parallels the contrasting duality of their Korean ethnicity and Italian-American heritage.
The Boston premiere will feature Julian Drummond as collaborative pianist and Alia Gribbon on violin.
BCCM April Open Mic
BOSTON COMMUNITY CHAMBER MUSIC & SOMERVILLE MUSIC SPACES
APRIL OPEN MIC EVENT
Saturday, April 5 2025 from 3-6PM
Choose a time slot below to sign up to play in the BCCM April Open Mic Co-hosted by Somerville Music Spaces. There is only 1 sign up per time slot, so if the first one you choose if full, try another!
Refreshments and Conversation following the performances.
Each time slot is $20 and includes an HD video recording of your performance.
Mockers, Inc Mock Audition Day
High Pressure, Low Risk Orchestral Audition Experience
Saturday, April 5, 2025 12-3PM
Click the Button Below to sign up!
Let's win an audition:
Actually auditioning can cost hundreds of dollars and maybe a few tears. That's why we started this event, to practice before the real thing without breaking the bank.
Where is this located?
Mock auditions will occur in-person in the Boston area, on a stage within a 5 mile radius of downtown, easily accessible by public transportation. This one will be at Somerville Music Spaces.
Who can participate?
For now we are limiting participation to classical string instrumentalists: violin, viola, cello, bass. 18+ years of age
What is the repertoire?
Participants will pick an exposition of a concerto and 3-4 standard orchestral excerpts. Auditions will last approximately 10 minutes in order to best replicate a preliminary round.
What is included?
Following the audition, participants will receive:
A recording of their playing (audio or visual on request)
Comments from three judges
Option for a 30 minute zoom call discussing their experience and preparation
March BCCM Open Mic
Boston Community Chamber Music and Somerville Music Spaces March 4 Open Mic Event
Sign up below to play in the March Boston Community Chamber Music Open Mic. Each slot is $20. Includes high-quality video recording of your performance! There is only 1 sign-up per slot, so if the one you choose is full, try another :)
The Draft League Show
See some of the best improvisers in Boston drafted onto a team they’ve never performed with before! It’ll be a night full of laughter!
Analog by Choice presents "Kodaly, Kidjo, Korngold"
Taking inspiration from folk music and cinematic traditions, this program spans a wide range of cultures and styles. Opening with Kodaly’s infamously tricky duet for violin and cello inspired by the music of Eastern Europe, the program continues with Angelique Kidjo’s string quartet arrangement of YanYanKliYan Senamido. Drawing from the musical traditions of Benin, the quartet writing is unfamiliar for players but instantly appeals to listeners. Finally, Korngold’s Piano Quintet takes center stage in a tour de force of cinematic writing.
Yuseok Seol, Piano and Keaton Shaw, Saxophone
PROGRAM:
Florent Schmitt: Légende (1919)
Franco Donatoni: Rima (1983)
Yuseok Seol: Frog-angel (2020)
William Albright: Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano (1984) — I. Two-Part Invention, II. La follia nuova
Corey Dundee: Star Bits (2011)
Paul Hindemith: Eb Horn Sonata (1943)
Bloch Performing Arts BBQ & Open House
Looking to elevate your voice or piano playing? Join Bloch Performing Arts for an afternoon of music, community, and fun at the Bloch Performing Arts Open House! Whether you’re new to singing or a seasoned pro, we’d love to meet you and show you around!
Come meet our talented instructors, hear some of our talented singers perform, and discover how we can help you unlock your vocal potential! Plus, there will be delicious food and giveaways to enjoy while you mingle with fellow music lovers!
Holiday Fundraiser Concert
This holiday concert is a program of original music by Andrew James Safioleas.
All proceeds will be donated to the Toys for Tots program.
Boston Community Chamber Music December Open Mic
Presented by Boston Community Chamber Music & Somerville Music Spaces, this open mic welcomes classical and classical adjacent musicians and singers of all levels! We will have a Steinway grand piano. You are welcome to come listen. Sign up to perform at the link below.
Doors open at 3pm and performances will start at 3:20pm. Social time with refreshments to follow. Please feel free to bring refreshments and beverages to share. No alcoholic beverages allowed including zero-proof and non-alcohol alternatives.
Lyracle Music-At Home in Sweden
Welcome the sweater weather and cozy up with tea and cookies to enjoy music and dance for a Swedish living room! We’ll explore how music from 17th-century Europe’s courts, theatres, churches, and street corners all made its way into the very same pages where it delighted communities of friends and family in Sweden’s living rooms.
Khouri/White Collective
The Khouri/White Collective is a 25-piece jazz orchestra featuring a big band, string quartet, vocalist, and Chinese guzheng. The band is led by and plays the compositions and arrangements of Berklee students Sylvia Khouri and Tyler White, with styles ranging from classical fusion to disco-funk to Basie swing, and covers from Alicia Keys to Louis Cole to Sam Amidon.
The band features the talents of:
Sam Fierke - voice, Quinn Rehkemper - alto, Nolan McCullough - alto, soprano, clarinet, flute, Jacob Broggi - tenor, flute, Johnny Cota - tenor, Tyler White - baritone, bass clarinet, Clarvoe - trumpet 1, Alyss Armstrong - trumpet 1, Apoorv Nednur - trumpet 2, Stella Rosa - trumpet 3, Tyler R. Jenkins - trumpet 4, Sylvia Khouri - trumpet feature, Jason Ryu - trombone 1, Louis D. Rivera Gotay - trombone 2, Vince LaRosa - trombone 3, Niko Zontini - tuba, Aki Oliviero - guitar, Ada Leong - guzheng, percussion, Leilani Perez - vibraphone, Zack Thomas - piano, synthesizer, Finn MacEwan - upright bass, electric bass, Preston Brown - drums, Eunice Pak - violin 1, Riley Fitzgerald - violin 2, Freddie Oliveira-Chevres - viola, Nathan Haas - cello
This concert features an opening sets from:
Tyler’s NEW! Quintet - Alyss Armstrong, Quinn Rehkemper, Tyler White, Lucy Southan, and Tommy Wu
Giorgio Matteo Aki Oliviero Quartet - Aki Oliviero, Bruno de Smet, Chris Lee, Flora Sullivan
and Emoji Music
Watch us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@khouriwhitecollective
and Follow on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/khouriwhitecollective/
Spooky Season Songs featuring soprano, Vanessa Naghdi
Soprano Vanessa Naghdi will be conjuring up an evening of spooky songs to kick off the Halloween season! Expect witches, ghosts, and skeletons accompanied by haunting melodies with James Myers on the piano. Feel free to don your best costume-or not!-and stick around for a wicked reception afterward.
Serenades by Aucoin, Duke, Elfman, Humperdinck, Menotti, Rorem, Saint-Saens, Schubert, Vaughan-Williams, Wolf, and More!
Boston Community Chamber Music August Open Mic
Presented by BCCM, this open mic welcomes classical and acoustic musicians of all levels! We will have a Steinway grand piano. Singers and musicians for guitars, harmonium, etc are also welcome! You are welcome to come listen even if not playing.
