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
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
Saturday, April 18, 2026 at 7:00PM
Eliot Church of Newton UCC
474 Centre Street Newton, MA 02458
Reuben Stern, Conductor
Concert Introduction
Dvorak – Serenade for Strings
Q&A
This concert is produced in collaboration with the Allston Brighton Food Pantry. Due to ongoing repairs at the Allston Brighton Food Pantry’s Distribution Center in Allston, the location of the concert has moved to the Eliot Church in Newton.
Past Community Events
NEIGHBORHOOD NOTES
Saturday, April 11, 2026 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
Photo: Marco Borggreve
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
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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