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Graduating Student Recital | Marina Sartorello Gomes, guitar

Longy School of Music of Bard College

The Glitter Boys

The Atrium

In this brilliant and vividly contrasted program, Stile Antico selects pieces from the ensemble’s award-winning discography to create a thrilling journey through some of the greatest music of the Renaissance. Renowned for their fresh, vibrant, and moving performances of Renaissance polyphony, join these accomplished singers as they celebrate their 20th anniversary and share this truly unique collection of some of their favorite pieces. Exuberant works by composers such as Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins, and Praetorius rub shoulders with tranquil motets by Taverner, Clemens non Papa, and Tallis, as well as the alluring sounds of Huw Watkins’ virtuosic The Phoenix and the Turtle, written especially for the ensemble. Allegri’s timeless Miserere completes this mouthwatering program.

Stile Antico

St. Paul's Parish

It takes only 10 seconds for Tamara Lindeman to pull us to the floor on Humanhood, the seventh and most arresting album she has ever made as The Weather Station. “I’ve gotten used to feeling like I’m crazy—or just lazy,” she sings at the start of “Neon Signs,” her voice at once a soft whisper to a confidant and a full-throated confession to a crowd. “Why can’t I get off this floor? Think straight anymore?” If you don’t know this feeling, consider yourself blessed, because it seems these days like our true modern malaise, that unbound sense of not knowing how or what it is we’re supposed to contribute to this fractious world, or if we even have the energy or will to try. That disoriented sense is the emotional throughline of Humanhood, written during one of the most difficult periods of Lindeman’s life and rendered with a rock band with improvisational chops just as she began to recover by reckoning with a complicated truth: Sometimes, life simply tries to dismantle us, and we must accept that in order to survive.

The Weather Station

Pulitzer Prize-winning composer and vocalist Caroline Shaw, twice heard on the Series as a founding member of Roomful of Teeth, and esteemed dancer and choreographer Vanessa Goodman draw profound inspiration from the life of soil in their innovative dance and music installation, Graveyards and Gardens. 

Action at a Distance: Graveyards and Gardens

Harvard University

It's been about a lifetime since Addison Groove Project last performed live. Brendan's a doctor now, Andrew's a therapist, Ben's a chef, Dave's a middle school band director, and Rob... well Rob still plays (Matisyahu, Star Kitchen) around software development gigs. Everyone's got kids and instead of gathering together every weekend at another iconic New England rock club, the band busts chops and shares eye-opening music in the vaunted Loose Moose group chat. No one ever hated anyone else back when the band was touring, but we do that even less now. Out of the group chat, the desire to play together again after 12 years was formulated and here we are tryna' sell you some tickets again.

Addison Groove Project

Bren Joy

Rebecca Black is an artist who blazes her own path. An undisputed icon of underground music, fashion, and queer art scenes, her creativity is an expansive, unstoppable force. Amid collabs with Slayyyter, MØ, bbno$, and more, Black released her first project “Rebecca Black Was Here” in 2021 which led to performances at the GLAAD Awards and Tamron Hall. Nearly a decade since her iconic cameo in Katy Perry’s video for “Last Friday Night,” Black continues to make pop-culture appearances in videos for Blu de Tiger, Amy Allen, and more. During NYFW, Billboard proclaimed her one of the "ultimate cool girls," alongside King Princess and Hayley Williams—a testament to her new era as a young adult artist. At 13, Black skyrocketed from musical theater kid to viral sensation with her 2011 hit Friday, which amassed over 150 million views and became the year’s fastest-growing video. With a RIAA Gold certification, a YouTube No. 1, and a Teen Choice Award under her belt, Black marked the 10th anniversary of Friday with an internet-breaking remix featuring hyperpop royalty Dorian Electra, Big Freedia, and 3OH!3, signaling her evolution to an electronic-infused pop polymath. In 2022 and 2023, Black celebrated her debut album: "Let Her Burn” and embarked on her sold-out debut headline tours in North America and Europe, followed by a packed DJ set at Coachella and appearances at Pride festivals in Los Angeles, Chicago, and several other cities. Seamlessly bridging the underground and the mainstream with her new sound, Rebecca Black proves she’s one of the most forward-thinking, electrifying pop artists of our time. Beyond the music, the singer, songwriter, and creator advocates for anti-bullying, mental health initiatives, and the LGBTQ+ community, making a difference for her audience through partnerships with the AdCouncil, GLAAD, and Best Buddies. One year after coming out, Rebecca Black proudly received the honor of joining Variety’s Power of Pride 2021 list. Rebecca Black launches into 2025 headfirst with her new project SALVATION: proceeding hedonistic, confident bangers that cascade through electronic sounds; drifting from synth-driven confessionals and also pulling back into four-on-the-floor techno mayhem. The bold, playful yet personal lyrics offer a twist on the pop-dance genre and will be sure to cause outbreaks on dancefloors. Rebecca Black will bring SALVATION on tour across North America, the UK and Europe – kicking off with a sold-out show on March 4th in Seattle and wrapping back in the US on April 5th in St. Paul, Minneapolis. After the tour, Black is set to bring SALVATION to summer festivals in 2025, promising high-energy, euphoric performances. The announcement followed her recent internet-erupting DJ sets such as a Boiler Room debut showcasing her spellbinding energy and hypnotic stage presence, as well as a recordbreaking set on the streets of San Francisco amassing over 20,000 attendees. Over the course of her trailblazing career, Rebecca Black has earned critical acclaim for her unrelenting presence in pop culture. A one-woman force who’s in control of her own image, Black achieves her big-budget pop sound through a DIY lens. Working independently with fellow creatives as collaborators, Black complements her slick, futuristic hits with expressive visuals that amplify her music by portraying the deeper messages of her songwriting.

Rebecca Black

The program offers a journey through her recording and performance interests, notably highlighting works by Rachmaninoff. Chochieva’s recording of Chopin’s complete Études attracted the world’s attention, with Gramophone listing it among the ten greatest Chopin recordings of all time. Moreover, her recordings of Rachmaninoff’s complete Études-Tableaux and her role as curator for a festival at the composer’s summer villa speak volumes of her deep connection with that composer’s works. Acclaimed for her “performances of huge emotional scope and intense drama” (The Guardian), Zlata Chochieva promises a can’t-miss Celebrity Series debut! 

Zlata Chochieva, piano

The program offers a journey through her recording and performance interests, notably highlighting works by Rachmaninoff. Chochieva’s recording of Chopin’s complete Études attracted the world’s attention, with Gramophone listing it among the ten greatest Chopin recordings of all time. Moreover, her recordings of Rachmaninoff’s complete Études-Tableaux and her role as curator for a festival at the composer’s summer villa speak volumes of her deep connection with that composer’s works. Acclaimed for her “performances of huge emotional scope and intense drama” (The Guardian), Zlata Chochieva promises a can’t-miss Celebrity Series debut!

Celebrity Series | Zlata Chochieva, piano

Transforming pain and injustice into love and compassion is a rendering that has been universal to poets and prophets for centuries. In present times, choosing to amplify community and positivity through art can seem like a radical act. With the arrival of People Are My Drug, Phil Cook is taking the spark from lights left on by musical heroes and offering a torch for listeners as they navigate their own dark corners. Where 2015’s Southland Mission illuminated for listeners what Phil Cook hears in his head, this latest record lays bare the way that music makes him feel. Side A alone, culminating with the shiver-inducing “Another Mother’s Son,” has the capacity to light a fire in even the coldest of hearts.

Phil Cook

Alan Sparhawk has always been a prolific, protean musician. A restless soul eager to explore unfamiliar sonic and psychic terrain. Though he’s obviously (and justifiably) best-known for his thirty years as frontman of the legendary band Low, a look at Sparhawk’s many side projects across that same span of time shows him experimenting with everything from punk and funk to production work and improvisation. Low itself never settled for a set sound or approach. The band was always a collaboration—a conversation, a romance—between Sparhawk and his wife, Mimi Parker, who was the band’s co-founder, drummer, co-lead vocalist, and its blazing irreplaceable heart. To take the journey from Low’s hushed early work, through the tremendous melodies of their middle period, all the way to the late lush chaos of their final albums, is to witness heads, hearts, and spirits in an act of perpetual becoming.

Alan Sparhawk (of Low)

Graduating Student Recital | Phil Lynch, trumpet | I Am

Nubya Garcia isn’t an artist you can easily classify. Is it jazz? Sure, the London-born saxophonist, composer and bandleader grew up studying the genre under the noted pianist Nikki Yeoh at Camden Music. But it isn’t until you listen to albums like 2020’s Source and 2024’s Odyssey that you hear broader creativity shining through: It’s jazz, classical, dub, R&B and whatever else Garcia wants to convey. It all comes from a place of exploration and self-study, of wanting to do all the things across all disciplines while ignoring arbitrary boxes that don’t fit.

Nubya Garcia

In She Contains Multitudes, Hayley Thompson-King presents a cohesive reflection of her artistic journey, including original works and music by John Cage, Kurt Weill, Poulenc, and Schoenberg.

Hayley Thompson-King | She Contains Multitudes | Faculty Debut Recital

Join us for the Longy School of Music’s Side-by-Side Informance to hear what the orchestra has been working on this fall! This unique performance brings K-12 students and Longy graduate students together for a morning of inspiring music. Don’t miss this opportunity to experience collaborative artistry at its finest!

Longy Side-by-Side Concert

Graduating Student Recital | Alexander Smith, violin | American Robin

Two actors join Blue Heron’s singers for a revised version of a dramatic program last performed in 2012: sacred polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs, Spanish love songs, and poetry in Spanish and Hebrew.

Song of Songs / Songs of love

First Church in Cambridge

Mohammed Ismail Sharrif popularly known as Black Sherif, is renowned for his deep, relatable lyrics and soothing vocal performance is a Ghanaian Highlife and HipHop artiste. Black Sherif's music contains elements of the original Ghanaian HighlIfe, AfroFusion, HipHop, Dancehall and Trap. His incredible vocal prowess and evergreen lyrics have given him a solid footing in the music scene and he’s become influential predominantly among the youth, people from all walks of life as well as his peers in the music industry. Poised as the new breakout star from the thriving Ghanaian underground scene, the 21-year-olds’ energy bursts through the speakers commanding the attention of anyone listening.

Black Sherif

Since first lighting up the world with their glorious fusion of country and soul, The War And Treaty have steadily built a legacy as one of the most iconic husband-and-wife duos in music history. In the last few years alone, Michael Trotter Jr. and Tanya Trotter’s phenomenal talentand daring originality have led to major milestones like earning two Grammy nominations, taking home the Duo/Group of the Year prize at the Americana Music Honors & Awards two years in a row, and performing at stadiums as support for superstars like the Rolling Stones and Zach Bryan—a triumph that’s won them a whole new legion of fans thanks to the electrifyingimpact of their revelatory live show. On their new album Plus One, The War And Treaty double down on the powerful sense of togetherness that’s always fueled their music, offering up 18 life-affirming songs aimed at providing a shared experience of hope and healing and much-neededjoy.

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