A Radical Welcome
Join Boston Public Quartet at our biggest event of the year on April 19th at 7:30 Pm at the Strand Theater!
A Radical Welcome will be a multi-sensory experience that will include choreography, visual projections, West African Drumming featuring students from the rose conservatory, and much more.
Featuring pieces by:
Lavell Blackwell
Jessie Montgomery
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
One of BPQ's missions is to create attainable and accessible performances to engage audiences of all backgrounds. Music should be open to all and shared among communities.
This concert is a "Pay What You Want" style event. PWYW means the purchaser can set the desired price of their ticket, meaning you can spend as little as $0 if needed. Please consider contributing to the cost of the production. The recommended ticket price is $20.
Please use our PayPal link to purchase the tickets for this event: https://paypal.me/BostonPublicQuartet?country.x=US&locale.x=en_US
Music at the Library
The Boston Public Quartet (founder Betsy Hinkle, violin, Joy Cline Phinney, piano, Jason Amos, viola, and Emmanuel Feldman, cello) performs works by Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint Georges, Florence Price, George Walker, and Brahms. Boston Public Quartet was created to connect, inspire, and innovate as an ensemble-in-residence in Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. Through concerts, educational workshops and non-traditional performances, they share our music and experiences. They have performed at the Kennedy Center, with local groups including the Boston Ballet, the Back Bay Chorale, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and collaborated with musicians of the New York Philharmonic, the Cleveland Orchestra, and others.
BPQ X MLK
The Boston Public Quartet celebrates the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Junior and the American Civil Rights Movement by performing Classical works by Black composers who span the American music landscape, and who were on a similar journey to, inspired by, and benefited from the work of Dr. King.
Featuring music by:
Harry Thacher Burleigh (1866 - 1949)
Carlos Simon Jr. (b. 1986)
William Grant Still (1895 - 1978)
Coleridge Taylor Perkinson (1932 - 2004)
Jessie Montgomery (b. 1980)
A Centenary Celebration - Roland Hayes Tribute
A Roland Hayes Tribute, honoring the first African American man to win international acclaim as a concert artist. A tenor, who made his groundbreaking debut with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in November 1923, Hayes was the first Black performer to perform with a major American orchestra as a soloist, and continued to appear regularly with the BSO for the next 21 years, as well as living in Brookline for more than 50 years.
Acclaimed vocalists, tenor Fred VanNess and baritone LaMarcus Miller will perform art songs, arias and spirituals that honor Hayes, alongside the Boston Public Quartet: Betsy Hinkle, violin; Jason Amos, viola; Nicholas Johnson, cello; and Joy Cline Phinney, piano.
In keeping with Classical with a Twist tradition the audience will enjoy light bites and a chance to mix with the artists at intermission.
Florence Price Tribute Concert
Florence Beatrice Price, the first noted African American female composer to gain national status, was a powerhouse composer, pianist, and music teacher. In this tribute concert, BPQ will bring their favorite and most impactful piece by Price to the stage.
This event is sponsored by the ABCL, Association of Black Citizens of Lexington.
Coleridge-Taylor and Price Piano Quintets
Join BPQ at Newbridge on The Charles to celebrate the works of Florence Price and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor. This event is free and open to the public.
Price and Coleridge-Taylor’s unique and culturally significant music are highlighted in this community-based concert.
BPQ Radical Welcome - location changed to downstairs at the Substation, 4228 Washington Street, Roslindale, Boston
Due to rain in the forecast, this performance’s location has changed to:
The Substation (downstairs) at
4228 Washington Street,
Roslindale, Boston.
We hope to make our Franklin Park debut in the spring.
Thanks in part to the City of Boston and the Franklin Park Coalition, the BPQ will curate an experience like no other in Franklin Park! Stay tuned as our creative ideas take hold!
Reading Frederick Douglas Together
Join us for Milton’s 4th year reciting Frederick Douglas’ famous oratory: “What to the Slave is the Fourth of July.” This is a collaboration between Forbes House Museum, Courageous Conversations Towards Racial Justice through grant support from Mass Humanities. Our event moderator is Byron Rushing, former MA legislator!
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Juneteenth Community Celebration
Celebrate freedom and community this Juneteenth at the Eustis Estate. Enjoy live music from the Boston Public Quartet, Branches Steel Pan Orchestra, Brother Dennis and his singers, DJ George, Rhythm Rider Dancers, and Milton High School Gospel/Jazz Choir. Come together and lift every voice in song and dance throughout the day. Explore family-friendly activities on the beautiful grounds and inside the museum. Pack up some food and bring it along, sample free light refreshments, or purchase food from local vendors.
Tickets are free; donations are encouraged. Become a member today to help us continue to offer free programs for all to enjoy.
This event is held in collaboration with Church of Holy Spirit, Mattapan and Courageous Conversations Towards Racial Justice Milton. Generous support provided by Eastern Bank, Milton Cultural Council, and First Congregational Church Milton.
Family and Community Concert
Join the BPQ for a free event at one of Boston’s best kept secrets - the beautiful auditorium at the Rafael Hernandez school in Roxbury! Made possible by the Massachussetts Cultural Council, this concert features music by Joseph Bologne, H.T. Burleigh, Arthur Foote, Jessie Montgomery, Johannes Brahms and Florence Price! With guest violinist Karl Orvik
BPQ @ Thomas Crane Library
The BPQ is excited to perform for the first time in the beautiful historic Richardson Building at the Thomas Crane Public Library in Quincy! Music of Bologne, Foote, Price and Brahms.
Celebrating American Composers
Thanks to support from the American Music Project, the Boston Public Quartet is proud to perform works by Arthur Foote, Jeraldine Saunders Herbison and Florence Price in the beautiful setting of All Saints Parish in Brookline.
BPQ @ Waterman's Community Center
It’s always great to be back on North Haven performing at Waterman’s! This concert will feature works by Arthur Foote, Johannes Brahms, and some surprises!
BPQ @ Lexington Library
Boston Public Quartet members Jason Amos, viola, Betsy Hinkle, violin and Lev Mamuya, cello, will perform works for string trio and duo by household name composers like Bach and Beethoven, paired with historically excluded composers like Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson and Adolphus Hailstork.
BPQ x Brockton Beer Company
Lev, Jason and Betsy explore pairing beer flavors with musical selections in this #notaconcert event.
BPQ @ the Square Root
Betsy, Jason and Lev play our first experimental #notaconcert at this Roslindale staple for great live music, coffee, beer and food. Music by Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson, Jessie Montgomery, Beethoven and more.
Roslindale Substation Grand Opening (Copy)
Jason and Betsy of the BPQ will perform Montgomery and Mozart as part of the grand opening celebration of this Roslindale community gem!
North Bennet Street School “In the Making” Livestream
Jason Amos and Betsy Hinkle will perform duos by Mozart, Hailstork, Schubert and Montgomery
The concert will be streamed live on social media - no need to leave your cozy couch!
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Framingham Public Library Livestream
Jason Amos and Betsy Hinkle perform duos by Mozart, Hailstork, Schubert and Montgomery
The concert will stream live on facebook - no need to leave your cozy couch!
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