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Festival of Contemporary Music: Ortiz and the Mexican Tradition

Tanglewood Music Center

In the early part of the 20th century, the city of San Francisco adopted the rising phoenix as a symbol of having overcome city-wide challenges. It is only fitting that this groundbreaking two-act evening includes the world premiere in the second act of the song cycle, “Songs of the Phoenix.” Tony Award-nominated Broadway composer Andrew Lippa has curated an incredible group of 13 composers and lyricists representing an extraordinary diversity of voices including Ty Defoe, Alexandra Elle, Siedah Garrett, Joriah Kwamé, Patrick and Daniel Lazour, Melissa Li, Ingrid Michaelson, Stephen Schwartz, Stephen Sondheim, Diana Syrse, and Kit Yan.

Voices Rising SFGMC

Davies Symphony Hall

2025 marks Tunefoolery Music’s thirty-first year of connecting music with mental health. Founded at a drop-in center in Cambridge, MA, for individuals with psychiatric disabilities, Tunefoolery began as a group of four musicians who performed 15 concerts for family, friends, and peers in their first year. Today, as a Boston-based nonprofit supported by the Mass Cultural Council and the MA Dept. of Mental Health, Tunefoolery has grown to 25 active musicians (age 25-77!) who play a variety of instruments and musical genres and benefit from the organization’s performance opportunities, music education programs, and supportive community. This past year, we performed over 700 gigs at hospitals, shelters, mental health centers, and nursing homes, providing music to audiences that typically lack access to live performances. We have increased the diversity of our membership and continued to give back to mental health units where some of our members were once patients. As we celebrate over 30 years, we are proud to be member-led for the first time and are honored to be one of LSO’s Community Partners.

Diana Syrse

Events

Upcoming events

Dec 6, 2025

Swan Lake: A Collection of Realities · Longwood Symphony Orchestra

Past events

Jul 24, 2025

Festival of Contemporary Music: Ortiz and the Mexican Tradition · Tanglewood

Apr 10, 2022

Voices Rising SFGMC · San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus

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