PAST CONCERTS

2020-21 Season

Music of the Genome
May 5, 2022
A groundbreaking live concert of music and science, in collaboration with Multiverse Concert Series and the Curie Institute of Paris
Museum of Science, Cahners Theater, Boston, MA

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

Ryan Shannon Center Stage
Celebrating the violin virtuoso and his five seasons with Juventas
January 29, 2022
YouTube Broadcast

Source Code
Five composers engage with their musical DNA
December 11, 2021
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

Memory & Hope
Honoring the significance of this moment with music reflecting on the past year
September 11, 2021
Multicultural Arts Center, Cambridge, MA

2020-21 Season:
Now More Than Ever

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, 2021
YouTube 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

2019-20 Season:
Evolution

Songs of Our City
Art songs by Boston composers
August 16, 2020
YouTube Broadcast

Signals
Music for solo French horn
August 2, 2020
Live 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, 2019
WBUR CitySpace

2018-19 Season:
American Dream

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 Season

Boston 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 Season

Boston 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 Season

Project 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
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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 Season

Music 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 Season

The 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 Season

Emerge: 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
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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 Season

Spark
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 Season

The 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 Season

Murmurs 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 Season

Jean 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 Season

Uplifted 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 Season

2005-06 Season

For 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

Season 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
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Juventas
April 22, 2006
Lily Pad, Cambridge