All Past Concerts

Summer Serenade
Modern voices, timeless beauty.

July 12, 2026 at 2pm
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA

Featuring works by Elena Ruehr, Andrea Clearfield, Gabriela Lena Frank, Soyoka Hayashi, and Philip White.

Music in Bloom 2026
17 composers; 5 simultaneous concerts; one unforgettable evening of music al fresco.

June 14 & 21, 2026 at 6pm
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill

Featuring works by Sean Okpebholo, Christopher Cerrone, Katy Abbott, Gina Gillie, Shao Ying Low, Oliver Caplan, Quinn Mason, Rachel Panitch, Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, Elena Ruehr, Andrea Clearfield, Reena Esmail, Sarah Kirkland Snider, Jonathan Dove, Stacy Garrop, and Kian Ravaei.

Naturalization Ceremony
Performed for a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony.

June 11, 2026, at 11:00 am
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Around the World in 80 Minutes
A musical voyage across the globe

May 16 & 17, 2026 at 7pm
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill

Featuring works by Daniel Cueto, Isabelle Ryder, Adrian Wong, Jesse Plessis, Salina Fisher, Nkeiru Okoye, and Alain Pierre Pradel.

Throughlines
An album release concert.

May 2, 2026 at 8pm
Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge, MA

Featuring works by Ferdinando DeSena, Sidney Bailin, Matthew Hetz, Cynthia Folio, Michael Kaulkin, Deborah Kavasch, and John Marvin.

Lu Yu: Center Stage
Featuring Juventas’s celebrated violist in a virtuosic solo program.

March 14, 2026 at 8pm
Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge, MA
and via live YouTube broadcast

March 15, 2026 at 4pm
First Parish Sudbury, Sudbury, MA

Featuring works by Joan Tower, Gabriela Lena Frank, Atar Arad, Jenni Brandon, and Philip White.

Family Photos
Reflections of our multicultural nation.

January 17, 2026 at 7pm
Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT

January 30–February 1, 2026 at 7pm
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA

Featuring works by Derrick Skye, Kian Ravaei, Clarice Assad, Jerod Tate, and Oliver Caplan.

Photinus
A free concert of contemporary music for soprano and percussion.

December 6, 2025 at 7pm
First Baptist Church of Medford, Medford, MA

Featuring works by Daniel Berg, Jaime Díaz, Paolo Griffin, Alex Guerrero, Ida Sánchez-Tello, Adrienne Inglis, Mari Esabel Valverde, Joe Locke, Jimena Maldonado, Stephanie Ann Boyd, and Ney Rosauro.

Chasing Dreams for Later Light
Chamber Music by Artistic Director Oliver Caplan.

November 15, 2025 at 8pm
Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge, MA
and via live YouTube broadcast

November 16, 2025 at 4pm
First Parish Sudbury, Sudbury, MA

Featuring works by Oliver Caplan.

Trail of Stars
A free concert of contemporary music for flute and harp.

October 24, 2025 at 7pm
First Baptist Church of Medford, Medford, MA

Featuring works by Maria Mandico, Soyoka Hayashi, Brittney Benton, Yuko Uébayashi, Paul Lewis, John Heiss, and Juhi Bansal.

Bloom, Blaze, Fall, Frost
An ode to the seasons.

September 27, 2025 at 7pm Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT

September 28, 2025 at 4pm
First Parish Sudbury, Sudbury, MA
and via live YouTube broadcast

Featuring works by Gina Gillia, Salina Fisher, Brittney Benton, Carson Cooman, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Bella Rose Kelly, and Oliver Caplan.

Closing Time!
A fundraiser for accessibility initiatives for the Multicultural Arts Center.

July 24, 2025, at 7:00 pm
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

Featuring works by Oliver Caplan and Jessie Montgomery.

Strum
A free afternoon of contemporary chamber music for string quartet, presented by Friends of Fairsted.

July 20, 2025, at 2:00 pm
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA

Featuring works by Caroline Shaw, Quinn Mason, Michael Gilbertson, Emma Wine, Oliver Caplan, and Jessie Montgomery.

Music in Bloom
171 acres; 20 composers; 5 simultaneous concerts; one unforgettable evening of music al fresco.

June 8 & 15, 2025, at 6:00 pm
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA

Featuring works by James Naigus, Evan Williams, Oliver Caplan, Miguel de Aguila, Brittney Benton, Quinn Mason, Marcus Barcham Stevens, Nell Shaw Cohen, Valerie Coleman, Caroline Shaw, Emma Wine, Jimena Maldonado, Joe Locke, and Daniel Berg.

Naturalization Ceremony
Performed for a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony.

June 5, 2025, at 11:00 am
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Featuring works by John Stafford Smith, Oliver Caplan, and Irving Berlin.

Echoes of the Wild
An evening of solo piano.

May 17-18, 2025, at 7:00 pm ET
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA

Featuring works by Carson Cooman, Daroo Lee, Nathan Scalise, Stacy Garrop, Gwyneth Walker, Kian Ravaei, and Oliver Caplan.

Encore!
You ask: We deliver! Audience favorites return to the Juventas stage.

March 22, 2025, at 8:00 pm ET
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
and via live YouTube broadcast

Featuring works by Catarina Domenici, Oliver Caplan, Joe Jaxson, Steven Sérpa, Jorge Sosa, and Michael-Thomas Foumai.

Sounds of New England
Music inspired by the places we call home.

February 1, 2025, at 7:00 pm ET
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA

February 8, 2025, at 7:00 pm ET
Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT

May 4, 2025, at 4:00 pm ET
First Parish Sudbury, Sudbury, MA

Featuring works by Stacy Garrop, Oliver Caplan, Rachel Panitch, Jason Cain, and Gwyneth Walker.

Nicholas Southwick: Center Stage
Featuring Juventas’s celebrated flautist in a virtuosic solo program.

January 25, 2025, at 8:00 pm ET
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA
and via live YouTube broadcast

January 26, 2025, at 4:00 pm
First Parish Sudbury, Sudbury, MA

Featuring works by Maria Mandico, Soyoka Hayashi, Linda Chase, Kaiyi Kao, Chien-Yu Huang, and Yuko Uébayashi.

Juventas at 20
The official anniversary celebration, showcasing Juventas commissions.

November 16, 2024, at 8:00pm
Multicultural Arts Center, East Cambridge, MA
with live YouTube broadcast

Featuring works by J. A. J. Sedarski, Stephanie Ann Boyd, Omar Najmi, Libby Meyer, Oliver Caplan, Ayumi Okada, and Cole Reyes.

Limestone and Felt
Mesmerizing music by living composers, featuring the unique pairing of cello and percussion.

October 26, 2024, at 7:00pm
First Baptist Church, Medford, MA

Featuring works by Osnat Netzer, Osvaldo Golijov, Derrick Skye, and Caroline Shaw.

Studio to Stage
Highlights from the Juventas recording catalog.

September 13, 2024, at 7:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center

September 14, 2024, at 8:00 pm
Multicultural Arts Center

September 15, 2024, at 8:00 pm
First Parish of Sudbury

Featuring works by Mari Kotskyy, Jonathan Sheffer, Libby Meyer, Oliver Caplan, and Erich Stem.

Slipstream
A performance at one of Cambridge's most storied properties and former residence of both George Washington and Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

September 8, 2024, at 3:00 pm
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Featuring works by Stephanie Ann Boyd, Quinn Mason, Valeria Coleman, Oliver Caplan, and Stacy Garrop.

Olmsted National Historic Site
A luminous selection of works for string quartet staged at the legendary home of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted.

July 21 2024, at 2:00 pm
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Featuring works by Kian Ravaei, Jessie Montgomery, Nina Shekhar, Oliver Caplan, and Shelley Washington.

Music in Bloom
171 acres; 20 composers; 5 simultaneous concerts; one unforgettable evening of music al fresco

June 9 & 16, 2024, at 6:00 pm
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill

Featuring works by Oliver Caplan, Quinn Mason, Valeria Coleman, Stacy Garrop, Adolphus Hailstork, Brittney Benton, Ken Sullivan, Carson Cooman, Brandee Younger, Lauren Bernofsky, Kian Ravaei, Brian Raphael Nabors, Shelley Washington, Jessie Montgomery, Nina Shekhar, Osvaldo Golijov, Osnat Netzer, and Caroline Shaw.

The Flower Catalog
An evening of music for solo piano

May 18 & 19, 2024, at 7:00 pm ET
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill

Featuring works by Stephanie Ann Boyd.

The Age of the Rise
A call for action on climate change

March 23, 2024, at 8:00 pm ET
Multicultural Arts Center
and via live YouTube broadcast

Featuring works by Eliza Brown, Catarina Domenici, Mary Montgomery Koppel, J. A. J. Sedarski, and Alexander Liebermann.

Anne Howarth: Center Stage
Featuring Juventas’s celebrated hornist with contemporary music inspired by water.

January 27, 2024, at 8:00 pm ET
Multicultural Arts Center
and via live YouTube broadcast

Febuary 3, 2024, at 8:00 pm
First Parish of Sudbury

Featuring works by Althea Talbot-Howard, Judith Shatin, Catherine Likhuta, Wayne Lu, Oliver Caplan, and Justin Casinghino.

To The Seasons
A free concert celebrating the natural beauty of the seasons.

November 18, 2023, at 8:00 pm ET
First Baptist Church, Medford, MA

Featuring works by Michael W. Donovan, Mary Montgomery Koppel, Emma Wine, Mari Kotskyy, Nyokabi Kariuki, Oliver Caplan, Eric Whitacre, Andrew Porter, and Gina Gilles.

Encore!
You ask: We deliver! Your favorite nature-inspired pieces return to the Juventas stage.

November 11, 2023, at 8:00 pm ET
Multicultural Arts Center
and via live YouTube broadcast

Featuring works by Gwyneth Walker, Stacy Garrop, Bonging Ndodana-Breen, Nell Shaw Cohen, Christina Rusnak, and Oliver Caplan.

Reflections
A free concert by Violist Lu Yu and Percussionist Tom Schmidt, featuring the music of 5 living composers.

October 14, 2023, 8 pm ET
First Baptist Church, Medford, MA

Featuring works byTigran Mansurian, Quinn Mason, Allison Loggins-Hull, John Patitucci, and Somei Satoh.

Naturalization Ceremony
Performed for a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony.

October 5, 2023
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site

Featuring works byJohn Stafford Smith and Oliver Caplan.

Song in Flight
An homage to the wonders of avian life.

September 23, 2023, 8 pm ET
Multicultural Arts Center
and via live YouTube broadcast

Featuring works by Libby Meyer, Mari Kotskyy, Angus Davison, Joshua Shank, Beth Ratay, Christina Rusnak, and, Oliver Caplan.

Juventas New Music Ensemble at Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site

Music inspired by American landscapes, presented by Friends of Fairsted.

July 23, 2023
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA

Featuring works by Gwyneth Walker, Christina Rusnak, Stacy Garrop, Nell Chaw Cohen, and Oliver Caplan.

Juventas New Music Ensemble at The Clark

A special concert of chamber music by Nell Shaw Cohen.

July 16, 2023
The Clark Institute, Williamstown, MA

Featuring works by Nell Shaw Cohen.

Juventas New Music Ensemble at Longfellow House

A free concert al fresco at the legendary home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

June 24, 2023
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Cambridge, MA

Featuring works by Mary Montgomery Koppel, Emma Wine, Mari Kotskyy, Nyokabi Kariuki, Oliver Caplan, Eric Whitacre, Andrew Porter, and Gina Gille.

Music in Bloom 2023

Juventas family favorite returns to New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, with an enchanting evening of open-air music and an all-new program featuring 20+ contemporary composers. 

June 11 & 25, 2023
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA

Featuring works by Stephanie Ann Boyd, Oliver Caplan, Kevin Day, Michael Donovan, Stacy Garrop, Gina Gillie, Nyokabi Kariũki, Mary Montgomery Koppel, Mari Kotskyy, Allison Loggins-Hull, Tigran Mansurian, Quinn Mason, Jessie Montgomery, Jocelyn Morlock, Brian Raphael Nabors, John Patitucci, Andrew Porter, Kian Ravaei, Cole Reyes, Carlos Simon, Yuko Uébayashi, Gwyneth Walker, Eric Whitacre, and Emma Wine.

Sauntering Songs

World premiere performances by Skylark, Juventas New Music Ensemble, and James Moore.

April 20-21, 2023

Featuring works by Nell Shaw Cohen.

Concert for Peace

Seven composers call for a better tomorrow.

March 18, 2023
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

Featuring works by David Biedenbender, Margaret Brouwer, Jessie Montgomery, Kyle Rivera, J. A. J. Sedarski, Valentin Silvestrov, and Jorge Sosa.

Kelley Hollis: Center Stage

Juventas Soprano Kelley Hollis headlines this rare solo concert, with a program centered on mental health and healing.

January 23, 2023
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

Featuring works by Rosśa Crean, Anthony Green, Nyokabi Kariũki, Omar Najmi, Rosephanye Powell, and Timothy Takach.

Cloud Anthem

Choral music by Oliver Caplan, celebrating his fifth season leading Juventas, with the New Hampshire Master Chorale.

October 30, 2022
Colonial Theater, Laconia, NH

October 29, 2022
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA

Featuring works by Oliver Caplan.

Naturalization Ceremony

Performed for a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services Naturalization Ceremony.

August 22, 2022
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA

A Vision of Hills

A free concert al fresco at the legendary home of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow.

June 26, 2022
Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site, Cambridge, MA

Featuring works by Oliver Caplan, Joe Jaxson, Mari Kotskyy, Stacy Garrop, Carson Cooman, and Gwyneth Walker.

A Vision of Hills

A free concert on the Mystic River at a showcase of local artisans.

June 25, 2022
West Medford Open Studios, Medford, MA

Featuring works by Oliver Caplan, Joe Jaxson, Mari Kotskyy, Stacy Garrop, Carson Cooman, and Gwyneth Walker.

Music in Bloom

A magical evening of music al fresco at Tower Hill Botanic Garden

June 5 & 12, 2022
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, Boylston, MA

Featuring works by James Naigus & Drew Philips, Josh Gottry, Anthony Green, Michael Keegan, Jorge Montilla, Susan Botti, Jessie Montgomery, Susan Kander, Oliver Caplan, Joe Jaxson, Mari Kotskyy, Stacy Garrop, Carson Cooman, Gwyneth Walker, Derrick Skye, Quinn Mason, Evan Fein, Miguel del Aguila, Wendell Rosa, Andrea Clearfield, Piotr Szewczyk, and Edgar Meyer.

Lungs of the City

Honoring the bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted. The legendary landscape architect inspired a nation, with greenspaces that became part of the American fabric.

June 4, 2022
Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site, Brookline, MA

Featuring works by Christina Rusnak, Ryan Suleiman, Libby Meyer, Oliver Caplan, Nell Shaw Cohen, Ayumi Okada, and Michael-Thomas Foumai.

Music of the Genome

A groundbreaking live concert of music and science, in collaboration with Multiverse Concert Series and the Curie Institute of Paris.

May 5, 2022
Museum of Science, Cahners Theater, Boston, MA

Featuring works by Alexandra du Bois, Amir Bitran, Emmanuel Hieaux, and David Ibbett.

Lungs of the City

Honoring the bicentennial of Frederick Law Olmsted. The legendary landscape architect inspired a nation, with greenspaces that became part of the American fabric.

March 26, 2022
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

Featuring works by Christina Rusnak, Ryan Suleiman, Libby Meyer, Oliver Caplan, Nell Shaw Cohen, Ayumi Okada, and Michael-Thomas Foumai.

Ryan Shannon: Center Stage

Celebrating the violin virtuoso and his five seasons with Juventas.

January 29, 2022
YouTube Broadcast

Featuring works by Jessie Montgomery, Robert Honstein, Paul Wiancko, Andy Stein, and John Corigliano

Source Code

Five composers engage with their musical DNA.

December 11, 2021
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

Featuring works by Jessie Montgomery, Kian Ravaei, Rosśa Crean, J. A. J. Sedarski, and Susan Botti.

Memory & Hope

Honoring the significance of this moment with music reflecting on the past year.

September 11, 2021
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

Featuring works by Robert Ruohola, Joe Jaxson, Oliver Caplan, Cole Reyes, and Stephanie Ann Boyd.

Beside the Sea

A program of American classics, old and new.

August 16, 2021
Parker's River Beach, South Yarmouth, MA

Watershed Album Release Concert

Performance and celebration of works from Watershed, a new album featuring luminous music by Artistic Director Oliver Caplan.

July 31, 2021
Private home in Lincoln, MA

Yearning to Breathe Free

A concert exploring what it means to be patriotic in a country that has not always afforded freedom to everyone.

July 1, 2021
YouTube Broadcast

Music in Bloom

Three magical evenings of music al fresco.

June 13, 25 and 27, 2021
New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill

One World

Music from every continent.

May 22, 2021
YouTube Broadcast

Small Bear, Large Telescope

Music inspired by the cosmos.

March 20, 2021
YouTube Broadcast

Wolcott Humphrey: Center Stage

Celebrating the clarinet virtuoso’s nine seasons with Juventas.January, 23, 2021YouTube Broadcast

The Voice of the Rain

Music inspired by autumn and nature.

November 14, 2020
YouTube Broadcast

American Mirror

Music that reflects the social fabric of America.

September 26, 2020
YouTube Broadcast

Songs of Our City

Art songs by Boston composers. August 16, 2020 YouTube Broadcast

Signals

Music for solo French horn.

August 2, 2020 YouTube Broadcast

Música de las Américas

Music by Latin American composers and composers inspired by the music of Latin America. July 19, 2020 Live YouTube broadcast

Alone Together

Our new, virtual 15th-season finale! June 13, 2020 Live YouTube broadcast from Futura Productions

Stay Home with Juventas

A live-streamed, virtual concert series during the MA COVID-19 stay-at-home advisory:

Ryan Shannon, violin, March 18, 2020

Wolcott Humphrey, clarinet, March 25, 2020

Lu Yu, viola, April 1, 2020

Anne Howarth, French horn, April 8, 2020

Julia Scott Carey, piano, April 15, 2020

Ryan Shannon, violin, April 22, 2020

Kelley Hollis, soprano, April 29, 2020

Wolcott Humphrey, clarinet, May 6, 2020

Julia Scott Carey, piano, May 13, 2020

Minjin Chung, cello, May 20, 2020

Nick Southwick, flute, May 27, 2020

Olga Patramanska-Bell, violin, June 3, 2020

Julia Carey: Center Stage

A very special solo piano concert by Julia Carey, one of Boston's top pianists and a Juventas founder. January 25, 2020, First Church Boston

Selections from Juventas's 2018-19 Season

MIT Hacking Arts Conference & Festival. December 8, 2019, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Roots & Wings

Works from Juventas’s early years paired with pieces by the same composers today.

October 26, 2019, First Church Boston

Emergence

Three emerging voices and the luminaries who inspired them.

October 6, 2019 Unitarian Church of Montpellier, Vermont

I Am A Dreamer Who No Longer Dreams

A new opera exploring immigration, dislocation, and transformation in America, in collaboration with White Snake Projects.

September 20, 21, and 22, 2019; Emerson Paramount Theater

Emergence

Three emerging voices and the luminaries who inspired them.

September 14, 2019; First Church Boston

Sing Out Strong: Immigrant Voices, with White Snake Projects

August 1, 2019; Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center

August 8, 2019 Pao Performing Arts Center

August 22, 2019WBUR CitySpace

The American Dream

Selections from Juventas's 2018-19 season.

October 18, 2018

Margaret Fuller House

Boston New Music Festival Keynote Concert

October 27, 2018

First Church Boston

This Land Is Your Land

Commemorating the 50th anniversaries of the Wild & Scenic Rivers Act and the National Trails System Act, with new music inspired by American landscapes, in collaboration with Landscape Music Composers Network.

November 3, 2018

First Church Boston

Freedom of Speech

Celebrating one of the hallmarks of American society, the freedom of speech, with new music that responds to current affairs.

February 9, 2019

First Church Boston

Voices of America

Honoring America's history as a beacon of freedom, with new music that shares stories of immigrants and refugees.

April 13, 2019

First Church Boston

Pride: Hand in Hand

Observing the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising and launch of the modern gay rights movement, with new music by LGBTQ+ composers.

June 1, 2019

First Church Boston

The American Dream

Selections from Juventas's 2018-19 season.

June 9, 2019

Longfellow House-Washington's Headquarters National Historic Site