Music of the past serving the needs of the present
Founded and directed by early keyboardist Vivian Montgomery and violinist Julia McKenzie, Eudaimonia brings together some of the Boston area’s most creative performers in the historical performance field. As an artistic collective, we build upon shared ideals, ignited spirits, and a desire for healthy collaboration.
Eudaimonia’s repertoire spans the early Renaissance through contemporary times and our programs center around vocal, chamber, and orchestral works that speak to the mission of our partner organizations. The works of women composers are seamlessly blended into our programming.
Founded and directed by early keyboardist Vivian Montgomery and violinist Julia McKenzie, Eudaimonia brings together some of the Boston area’s most creative performers in the historical performance field. As an artistic collective, we build upon shared ideals, ignited spirits, and a desire for healthy collaboration.
Eudaimonia’s repertoire spans the early Renaissance through contemporary times and our programs center around vocal, chamber, and orchestral works that speak to the mission of our partner organizations. The works of women composers are seamlessly blended into our programming.
OUR NEXT CONCERT!
Gates of Justice:
A Four-Century Musical March
Toward Equality and Understanding
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 7:30pm
First Parish in Cambridge, 3 Church Street in Harvard Square
Join Eudaimonia for a a concert capturing parallels among peoples experiencing and rising out of persecution from 1624 to 2024,
lifting up initiatives that pursue peace and understanding within these communities.
Connecting contemporary choral works with earlier musical portraits of oppression and redemption,
the program includes:
Dave Brubeck's jazz-infused Gates of Justice
Salamone Rossi's prayer of remembrance (Kaddish)
Horace Silver's Peace
Instrumental works by Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges (Mozart's Black contemporary)
as well as choral and solo Baroque works portraying biblical heroines
The ensemble is excited to introduce Eudaimonia Voices, a new vocal group project.
Soloists for this program are:
Monty Hill
Maverick
Molly McGuire
Laura Thomas
David Smyth
Other ensemble vocalists include:
Cameron Dobson
Nathan Halbur
Jocelyn Limmer
Eva Montgomery-Morrison
Iris Pfrommer
Ryan Spilker
joined by singers from across the Boston community.
As always, a stellar core of Eudaimonia instrumentalists featuring:
Diane Heffner as clarinet soloist and on chalumeau
Na’ama Lion on baroque flute
Sylvia Schwartz and Nelli Jabotinsky on violin
Elisabeth Westner on viola
Rebecca Shaw on cello
and Vivian Montgomery, director and keyboardist.
Dave Brubeck’s Gates of Justice is an attempt to heal the rift between the Jewish and American Black people that emerged after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. This choral work highlights commonalities through histories of enslavement and migration, similarities in musical texts and heritage, and an ongoing yearning for equality.
Admission is Pay What You Decide ($20 suggested),
online (using this QR code)
lifting up initiatives that pursue peace and understanding within these communities.
Connecting contemporary choral works with earlier musical portraits of oppression and redemption,
the program includes:
Dave Brubeck's jazz-infused Gates of Justice
Salamone Rossi's prayer of remembrance (Kaddish)
Horace Silver's Peace
Instrumental works by Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges (Mozart's Black contemporary)
as well as choral and solo Baroque works portraying biblical heroines
The ensemble is excited to introduce Eudaimonia Voices, a new vocal group project.
Soloists for this program are:
Monty Hill
Maverick
Molly McGuire
Laura Thomas
David Smyth
Other ensemble vocalists include:
Cameron Dobson
Nathan Halbur
Jocelyn Limmer
Eva Montgomery-Morrison
Iris Pfrommer
Ryan Spilker
joined by singers from across the Boston community.
As always, a stellar core of Eudaimonia instrumentalists featuring:
Diane Heffner as clarinet soloist and on chalumeau
Na’ama Lion on baroque flute
Sylvia Schwartz and Nelli Jabotinsky on violin
Elisabeth Westner on viola
Rebecca Shaw on cello
and Vivian Montgomery, director and keyboardist.
Dave Brubeck’s Gates of Justice is an attempt to heal the rift between the Jewish and American Black people that emerged after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. This choral work highlights commonalities through histories of enslavement and migration, similarities in musical texts and heritage, and an ongoing yearning for equality.
Admission is Pay What You Decide ($20 suggested),
online (using this QR code)
or at the door.
No reserved tickets necessary!
This concert is funded by a generous grant from
the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective.
No reserved tickets necessary!
This concert is funded by a generous grant from
the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective.