From casual Neighborhood Notes performances to education concerts in community music schools, the 2024-25 season will see the Apollo Ensemble of Boston host a variety of events that transcend the formal confines of a traditional concert. More to come soon!
Upcoming Community Events
OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL
Keila Wakao Plays Sibelius | Thompson & Shostakovich
Saturday, November 22, 2025 at 12:00PM
First Church Cambridge
Margaret Jewett Hall
Elias Miller, Conductor
Program:
Thompson – An Act of Resistance
Sibelius – Violin Concerto(Keila Wakao, Violin)
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 9
Photo: Marco Borggreve
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
Saturday, April 11, 2025 at 7:00PM
First Baptist Church of Medford
29 Oakland St, Medford, MA 02155
Reuben Stern, Conductor
Chamber Music TBD
Discussion
Dvorak – Serenade for Strings
Q&A
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
Saturday, April 18, 2025 at 7:00PM
Allston Brighton Food Pantry
404 Washington St, Brighton, MA 02135
Reuben Stern, Conductor
Chamber Music TBD
Discussion
Dvorak – Serenade for Strings
Q&A
Apollo Ensemble musicians will also perform chamber music on Wednesday, April 15, 2025 during a food distribution at the Allston Brighton Food Pantry.
Past Community Events
OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL
Keila Wakao Plays Barber
Saturday, April 26, 2025 at 7:30PM
St John’s Episcopal Church
1 Roanoke Ave. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Elias Miller, Conductor
Program:
Gala Flagello – Droughts and Downpours (*World Premiere*)
Brahms – Symphony No. 3 in F major
Barber – Violin Concerto(Keila Wakao, Violin)
OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL
Dvorak’s Seventh
Friday, March 28, 2025 at 7:30PM
St John’s Episcopal Church
1 Roanoke Ave. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Elias Miller, Conductor
Program:
Ebun Oguntola – *World Premiere*
Bruch – Romanze(Dylan Cohen, Viola; Reuben Stern, Conductor)
Dvorak – Symphony No. 7 in D minor
BOSTON STRING ACADEMY EDUCATION CONCERT
Friday, January 17th, 2025 at 4:00PM
St Anthony Parish
43 Holton St, Allston, MA 02134
Reuben Stern, Conductor
(Open only to BSA students, faculty, and staff)
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
Saturday, November 23, 2024 at 4:00PM
First Baptist Church of Medford
29 Oakland St, Medford, MA 02155
Reuben Stern, Conductor
Program:
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet, Mvt 2
Discussion
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
Q&A
OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL
Tchaikovsky’s Serenade for Strings
Wednesday, November 6, 2024 at 7:30PM
St John’s Episcopal Church
1 Roanoke Ave. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Elias Miller, Conductor
Program:
Sam Wu – Eagle Huntress
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings
Mozart – Symphony No. 39 in E-flat major
OPEN DRESS REHEARSAL
Mendelssohn’s Scottish Symphony
Saturday, May 18, 2024 at 7:30PM
St John’s Episcopal Church
1 Roanoke Ave. Jamaica Plain, MA 02130
Elias Miller, Conductor
Program:
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending (Aidan Ip, Violin; Reuben Stern, Conductor)
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 in A minor, “Scottish”
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