Pro Arte welcomes James Burton, Conductor of the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, for a captivating program of orchestral gems. The concert opens with Elgar’s Serenade for Strings, a lyrical, intimate work brimming with English charm. Next, journey to the heart of Americana with Copland’s beloved Appalachian Spring, a radiant celebration of hope and simplicity. Cooperative member Aron Zelkowicz brings fire and finesse as the cello soloist to Boccherini’s Cello Concerto in G Major, a showcase of Classical-era brilliance and virtuosity. The evening culminates with Dvořák’s Czech Suite, a vibrant tapestry of Bohemian dance rhythms and folk melodies that will leave your spirit lifted. Join us for this richly textured program, where tradition meets inspiration and every note tells a story.

Serenade For Spring

Second Church In Newton United Church of Christ

Concertmaster Julia Cash brings Pro Arte to the 10th Annual Linda Plaut Festival of the Arts with prinpal cello Steven Laven and guest pianist Joy Cline-Phinney on Friday, May 30 at 7:30pm at the War Memorial Auditorium at Newton City Hall. Come out to support great arts in our local community. Admission is free.

Pro Arte At The Festival Of The Arts

Newton City Hall

The Salon Series is Pro Arte's chamber music concert series. Each performance features a select handful of musicians from Pro Arte's cooperative along with occasional guest artists to present musical gems not featured in the full orchestral Ensemble Series. They are a perfect way get to know Pro Arte players better. If you haven’t been to one of these fun concerts, they are presented in a less formal manner and feature plenty of opportunity to interact with the musicians and to learn more about the music.

New Winds And Friends

The Allen Center

In April, Alyssa Wang, Assistant Conductor of the Boston Ballet, leads Pro Arte in a dramatic journey from darkness to light. The concert opens with Joseph Haydn’s mercurial Symphony No. 95 in C Minor, whose frequent shifts between moods serious and cheerful are designed to keep listeners on their toes. Jennifer Higdon’s intense Viola Concerto is a kaleidoscopic exploration of all the voices in which that instrument can sing. It will feature Pro Arte’s very own principal violist, Anne Black. For the ballet Pulcinella, based on commedia dell’arte, Igor Stravinsky created sunny interpretations of 18th-century Italian music that brim with the composer’s signature wit and charm.

The Passionate Viola

The Salon Series is Pro Arte's chamber music concert series. Each performance features a select handful of musicians from Pro Arte's cooperative along with occasional guest artists to present musical gems   not featured in the full orchestral Ensemble Series. They are a perfect way get to know Pro Arte players better. If you haven’t been to one of these fun concerts, they are presented in a less formal manner and feature plenty of opportunity to interact with the musicians and to learn more about the music.

Conifer Quartet 2025

Congregation Beth El

This special additional performance of the Pro Arte Wind Quintet sees the return of Pro Arte to the Congregation Beth El in Sudbury features a variety of works by significant composers for the genre. This performance will be complemented by an additional performance at the Salon Series home venue: the Allen Center for Arts and Culture on Sunday, February 9, 2025.

Winds Of Pro Arte At

This January, Conductor Emerita Gisèle Ben-Dor leads Pro Arte through an adventure of music and storytelling that will thrill your whole family.  In The Story of Babar, the tale of a little elephant’s journey from orphan to king is accompanied at every turn by Francis Poulenc’s picturesque music. Our young soloist shines in the irrepressible finale of Joseph Haydn’s first cello concerto. Sensemayá, by Mexican composer Silvestre Revueltas, is a spellbinding depiction of an Afro-Caribbean ceremony in which a ritualist must subdue a snake. Our program ends with the riotous Toy Symphony, in which playful instruments like a triangle, a rattle, and a cuckoo whistle all try to steal the spotlight.

Musical Super Heroes

Following on the success of last season's performance at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury, Pro Arte is hitting the road to perform around Newton and the surrounding towns. This special additional performance of the Holiday Brass Quintet sees the return of Pro Arte to the Scandinavian Cultural Center, where many past performances of the Salon Series were held. If you can't make it to the Salon Series performance of this concert, consider joining our brilliant musicians in an afternoon performance sure to get you in the holiday mood.

Pro Arte At Scandinavian Cultural Center

Scandinavian Cultural Center

Holiday Brass Quintet

Pro Arte’s 47th season opens with Louisville-based conductor Gabriel Lefkowitz leading an expressive program for the strings, principal clarinetist Ian Greitzer, and principal bassoonist Ronald Haroutunian. In her Canyons, from 2018, Tanner Porter paints nature at its most jagged, imposing, and majestic. A work like no other, Richard Strauss’s vibrant Duett-Concertino features writing so organic, its solo clarinet and bassoon seem to become living, breathing characters. Although Josef Suk’s warm Serenade was a departure from his melancholy style, it won him early critical acclaim from Johannes Brahms and positioned him as the successor to his teacher Antonín Dvořák, and it brings this first concert to an elegant close.

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston

Jun 8, 2025

Serenade For Spring

May 30, 2025

Pro Arte At The Festival Of The Arts

Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra of Boston