Castle of Our Skins – Past Concerts
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Thursday, September 23, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Wednesday, September 22, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Tuesday, September 21, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Monday, September 20, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Sunday, September 19, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Saturday, September 18, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Friday, September 17, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Thursday, September 16, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Project STEP,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Black Composer Miniature Challenge Student Showcase Festival
Project STEP,
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestra,
Castle of Our Skins, and
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra
Monday, September 13, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:05pm (PDT)
Online event
Every day from September 13-23, a viola student from a Boston-area youth music program performs a 30-second miniature from the Castle of Our Skins Black Composer Miniature Challenge Vol. 1 Anthology.
Free
Witness: Spirituals & the Classical Music Tradition | Episode 4 – Calvary (on-demand)
Friday, June 18, 2021 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Online event
Free, digital series exploring the ways some Black American composers have found inspiration in the rich tradition of spirituals.
Free
Castle of Our Skins: From the Motherland (on-demand until 6/18/2021)
Friday, June 4, 2021 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Online event
Program exploring Zimbabwean cultural roots & a personal rite of passage into womanhood. Featuring original works by Shirley Graham du Bois Creative in Residence Tanyaradzwa Tawengwa.
Free (Pay-what-you-can)
Rockport Music Concert View: Castle of Our Skins & Coleridge-Taylor
Thursday, May 27, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Celebrate Black artistry through music & learn about important stories & figures in black history in this special program also featuring British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Clarinet Quintet.
Free (Free)
Castle of our Skins Virtual Family Series: String Quartets play African American Spirituals (on-demand until 5/16/2021)
Saturday, May 1, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Online event
Family-friendly "edu-tainment" concert featuring string quartets by Black composers that showcase African American spirituals.
Free (Pay what you can)
Winsor Music: Dream-Visions [LIVE]
Sunday, April 25, 2021 @ 11:30am – 1:30pm (PDT)
Online event
Castle of Our Skins & Winsor Music celebrate historically underrepresented Black artists in this concert featuring a world premiere by David Sanford, & works by Hannah Kendall & Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.
Free (Free (ticket required))
Witness: Spirituals & the Classical Music Tradition, Episode 2 – Swing Low
Friday, April 16, 2021 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Online event
This series of free, digital programs explores the ways some Black American composers have found inspiration in the rich tradition of spirituals.
Free
Castle of Our Skins: Break Away – Portrait Concert of Jessie Montgomery
Friday, March 5, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Online event
Composer Jessie Montgomery & Castle of Our Skins cap off a 3-day Longy School of Music residency with this “Break Away” portrait concert, featuring Montgomery's extraordinary works.
Free (Free (registration required))
Castle of Our Skins: Remember King [LIVE]
Thursday, February 18, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Online event
CoOS remembers the legacy & life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with 2 string quartets by African-American composers: Daniel Bernard Roumain's String Quartet No. 2 ("King") & George Walker's Lyric for Strings.
Free
Boston "Freedom & Resilience" Stringfest with Castle of our Skins
Castle of Our Skins,
Boston City-Wide String Orchestra,
Boston String Academy,
City Strings United, and
Celebrity Series of Boston
Monday, January 18, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online event
Members of the Castle of our Skins artist collective team with youth ensembles from across Boston in this special collaborative concert, featuring the world premiere of Jessica Mays' Anthem for Go.
Free
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