PAST CONCERTS
2019-20 Season
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, 2019 WBUR CitySpace |
2018-19 Season
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 |
2017-18 SeasonBoston New Music Festival
Juventas New Music Ensemble featuring Claire Chase. September 24, 2017 Killian Hall at MIT Five Years Later: Songs of Hope and Resilience Curated chamber works commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Boston Marathon bombing. April 14, 2018 First Church Boston You Are Not Alone Selections from Juventas's album release concert. June 14, 2018 Medford Farmer's Market You Are Not Alone Celebrating the release of Juventas’s album, You Are Not Alone, featuring chamber music by Artistic Director Oliver Caplan. June 17, 2018 Granoff Music Center at Tufts University |
2016-17 SeasonBoston New Music Festival: Kick-off Concert
Kick-off for Boston New Music Festival featuring circus arts, indie opera, and the latest in contemporary instrumental performance. November 2, 2016 Oberon Project Fusion: Music in Flight Aerial artists team up with composers and instrumentalists to bring forth an unparalleled audio-visual experience. March 22-23, 2017 Oberon |
2015-16 SeasonProject Fusion: Music and Technology
A multi-media, multi-sensory experience that animates sound through robotics, visual stimuli, and interactive computer technology. November 21, 2015 Killian Hall, MIT Emerge: New Music and Its Origins Discovering the future of music through the next generation's compositional prodigies. Featuring young creators from Walnut Hill School and NEC Prep, along with students from Juilliard Prep. January 30, 2016 BFIT Auditorium The Body Politic, Opera Project 2016 A transgender man from Afghanistan immigrates to the American South in this world premiere opera about a collision of cultures that shakes the foundations of what it means to be an American in a post-9/11 world. May 5-7, 2016 Boston Center for The Arts Plaza |
2014-15 SeasonMusic in Motion
100 years of modern music brought to Life through puppetry and abstract performance art. May 5 & 6, 2015 A.R.T.'s Club Oberon Emerge: New Music and Its Origins Featuring three premieres, renowned flutist Carol Wincenc, and Andrew Arceci on Viola da Gamba. September 19 and 20, 2014 First Church in Cambridge |
2013-14 SeasonThe Magic Mirror
A New Opera Based on Pushkin's Snow White. August 21-24, 2013 CSV Flamboyan Theater Project Fusion: HackPolitik In collaboration with contemporary dance company The People Movers. A new ballet based on the global hacktivist group known as Anonymous. November 15 & 16, 2013 Boston University Dance Theater Music: Peter Van Zandt Lane Choreographer: Kate Ladenheim, The Little Blue One, Opera Project 2014 A psychological thriller about reality and the supernatural. April 24-26, 2014 Boston Center for the Arts’s Plaza Theater Music: Dominick DiOrio Libretto: Meghan Guidry |
2012-13 SeasonEmerge: New Music and Its Origins
Celebrating six years of residency at The Boston Conservatory, with works by three generations of Boston composers. September 21, 2012 The First Church of Boston Unitarian September 22, 2012 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory unMET v2.0: Opera for the 21st century October 10, 2012 Executive Room, Bentley University October 31, 2012 Oberon, Harvard Square Project Fusion: Expérience Each year, Juventas' PROJECT FUSION brings you collaborative projects, from live painting, to politics, to choral works. December 8, 2012 Museum of Modern Renaissance December 9, 2012 Center Makor Spotlight Series #1 November 18, 2012 Davis Square Theater, Somerville Brian Calhoon, solo marimba + voice Spotlight Series #2 January 31, 2013 Lily Pad, Cambridge Yohanan Chendler, solo violin Spotlight Series #3 March 31, 2013 Lily Pad, Cambridge Mike Dahlberg, cello + Wolcott Humphrey, clarinet The Magic Mirror, Opera Project 2013 A new opera based on Pushkin's Snow White May 30-June 1, 2013 BCA Plaza Theatre Music and libretto Polina Nazaykinskaya |
2011-12 SeasonSpark
September 10, 2011 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory September 11, 2011 Old South Church in Copley Square Rocket's Red Blare In collaboration with Intermezzo Opera October 1, 2011 Agassiz Theater, Harvard University October 2, 2011 Agassiz Theater, Harvard University Through the Looking Glass In collaboration with Schola Cantorum November 18, 2011 St. John's Evangelist November 19, 2011 Cathedral of St John, Providence, RI November 20, 2011 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory unMET: Opera for the 21st century February 21, 2012 Oberon, Harvard Square Oliver Caplan Album Release Concert May 12, 2012 Futura Productions, Roslindale, MA May 20, 2012 Riverdale Yacht Club, Bronx, NY The Fiddler and the Old Woman of Rumelia, Opera Project 2012 May 4-6, 2012 Roberts Studio Theatre at the Calderwood Pavilion Music and libretto Ketty Nez Direction Giselle Ty Juventas at the Rachmanioff Festival May 26, 2012 First Church in Cambridge May 27, 2012 Jordan Hall New Music on the Lake June 9, 2012 Deertrees Theatre |
2010-11 SeasonThe Exquisite Corpse: When Music and the Body Become One
September 18, 2010 Killian Hall, MIT September 19, 2010 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory Generation N.O.W.: New. Original. Wild. October 7, 2010 Concert Room, The Boston Conservatory Middlebury College Residency December 2, 2010 Middlebury College, VT Winter Solitude: Local Boston Composers + Local Artists December 17-18, 2010 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory Juventas Jam: New Music Drawing on Influences From Folk to Funk February 12, 2011 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory February 13, 2011 Ryles Jazz Club, Cambridge Light & Power, A Telsa/Edison Story, Opera Project 2011 May 19-22, 2011 Cambridge YMCA Theater Music Isaac Schankler Libretto Jillian Burcar |
2009-10 SeasonMurmurs from Limbo: A Musical Exploration into the Human Mind
September 18, 2009 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory September 19, 2009 First Church in Boston Next Generation: Boston Conservatory Composers October 8, 2009 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory One Light: New Music for Winter Holidays with Lorelei Ensemble Women’s Choir December 12, 2009 St. John’s Church, Jamaica Plain December 13, 2009 Marsh Chapel, Boston University Juventas Jam: New Music Drawing on Influences From Folk to Funk February 6, 2010 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory February 7, 2010 The Middle East, Cambridge March 4, 2010 The Boston Atheaneum 3 x 3 = ∞, Opera Project 2010 May 20-23, 2010 Cambridge YMCA Theater Music Karola Obermüller Libretto Peter Gilbert |
2008-09 SeasonJean Y. Foo Composition Recital
February 17, 2009 Distler Performance Hall, Tufts University Winter Concert Series February 28, 2009 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory March 3, 2009- O’Connell Auditorium, Edith F. Cove Fine Arts Center The Hourglass & The Year of The Serpent, Opera Project 2009 May 7 & 10, 2009 Cambridge YMCA Theater |
2007-08 SeasonUplifted Concert Series
September 14, 2007 Marsh Chapel, Boston University September 15, 2007 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory September 16, 2007 Lilypad, Cambridge Winter Tableau Concert Series November 30, 2007 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory December 1, 2007 Arlington Street Church December 2, 2007 The Lilypad, Cambridge Art Fair of Boston December 14, 2007 First Church in Boston Boston Conservatory Composer Readings February 2, 2008 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory Tramps, Emails & Hemlock, Opera Project 2008 March 18,19 & 22, 2008 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory Juventas Trio: New Music For All Time April 19, 2008 Arlington Street Church |
2006-07 SeasonFor Voice and Ensemble
December 2, 2006 The Boston Conservatory December 3, 2006 Holmes Living Room, Harvard University December 8, 2006 Marsh Chapel, Boston University Canopy Dances March 3, 2007 Holmes Living Room, Harvard University March 5, 2007 Marsh Chapel, Boston University Art & Music May 5, 2007 Seully Hall, The Boston Conservatory May 6, 2007 Marshall Room, Boston University |
2005-06 SeasonSeason Opener
December 3, 2005 Marsh Chapel, Boston University December 4, 2005 Holmes Living Room, Harvard University Joint Concert with the Harvard-Radcliffe Contemporary Music Ensemble February 26, 2006 Holmes Living Room, Harvard University Benefit Concert for School Children April 4, 2006 Zumix, East Boston Classical Appetizer Series April 8, 2006 The Boston Conservatory Juventas April 22, 2006 Lily Pad, Cambridge |