Project STEP
March 12, 2023 @ 3:00 pm – 6:00 pm
Project STEP is a national award-winning music program that offers the very best classical music education for young students in Boston and surrounding areas. Not only does Project STEP’s programs harbor a creative and safe learning environment, they advocate for a future where the classical music profession reflects the racial and ethnic diversities of our surrounding communities.
Free, reservations encouraged.
ABOUT:
Project STEP celebrates 40 years of providing exceptional classical music training for young musicians of color. In this special concert, the Project STEP musicians are joined by the thought-provoking ensemble Castle of Our Skins to bring a diverse program of Gershwin to Moses Hogan to Haydn. Project STEP is a national award-winning music program that offers the very best classical music education for young students in Boston and surrounding areas. Not only does Project STEP’s programs harbor a creative and safe learning environment, they advocate for a future where the classical music profession reflects the racial and ethnic diversities of our surrounding communities. Project STEP amplifies the stories and voices of young musicians of color, providing space within the greater Boston community for their talent to be recognized. Project STEP students inspire us all to be better and to do more, and your support is the catalyst for their success.
PROGRAM
Fragment für 4 Violoncelli
George Gershwin, arr. Werner Thomas-Mifune
Movement I from Duetto for Cello and Bass in D major
Gioachino Rossini
Go Down, Moses
Moses Hogan, arr. Marcus Hurt
String Quartet Op. 76, No. 2 in D minor, “Quinten”: I. Allegro
Franz Joseph Haydn
String Quartet No. 2: II. Broken Scherzo
Quinn Mason (b. 1996)
Spiritual from “From the Cotton Fields” Op. 18
Clarence Cameron White
Catto’s Courage for string quartet and student ensemble
Anthony Green (b. 1984)
Chorale for string quartet and student ensemble
Anthony Green (b. 1984)
Movement I from Palladio for String Orchestra
Karl Jenkins
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