2023-24 Season
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 struggle and migration, similarities in musical texts and heritage, and an ongoing yearning for equality.
This concert lifts up the work of the Negro Spiritual Royalties Project from United Parish in Brookline.
Admission is Pay What You Decide ($20 suggested),
This concert is funded by a generous grant from
the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective.
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 struggle and migration, similarities in musical texts and heritage, and an ongoing yearning for equality.
This concert lifts up the work of the Negro Spiritual Royalties Project from United Parish in Brookline.
Admission is Pay What You Decide ($20 suggested),
This concert is funded by a generous grant from
the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective.
Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band (Julia McKenzie and Vivian Montgomery, co-directors)
presents
Heart of the Sea: Ocean Music from Five Centuries
Sunday November 12, 4:00pm
First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist Church
3 Church Street, Harvard Square
an engulfing program flowing through two ocean-themed cantatas by Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
and swirling around music by Telemann, Martin Codax, and Jobim.
The Social Action Partner for this concert is Ocean River Institute (oceanriver.org),
a Cambridge-based organization centered around savvy stewardship of a greener and bluer planet Earth.
Eudaimonia’s artists for Heart of the Sea:
Carrie Cheron, mezzo soprano
Molly McGuire, mezzo soprano
Alison Gangler, baroque oboe
Na’ama Lion, baroque flute
Dana Maiben, baroque violin
Julia McKenzie, baroque violin
Emily Rideout, baroque viola,
Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba
Vivian Montgomery, harpsichord
Admission is Pay What You Decide ($20 recommended),
make your advance payment here.
presents
Heart of the Sea: Ocean Music from Five Centuries
Sunday November 12, 4:00pm
First Parish in Cambridge Unitarian Universalist Church
3 Church Street, Harvard Square
an engulfing program flowing through two ocean-themed cantatas by Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre
and swirling around music by Telemann, Martin Codax, and Jobim.
The Social Action Partner for this concert is Ocean River Institute (oceanriver.org),
a Cambridge-based organization centered around savvy stewardship of a greener and bluer planet Earth.
Eudaimonia’s artists for Heart of the Sea:
Carrie Cheron, mezzo soprano
Molly McGuire, mezzo soprano
Alison Gangler, baroque oboe
Na’ama Lion, baroque flute
Dana Maiben, baroque violin
Julia McKenzie, baroque violin
Emily Rideout, baroque viola,
Rebecca Shaw, viola da gamba
Vivian Montgomery, harpsichord
Admission is Pay What You Decide ($20 recommended),
make your advance payment here.
2022-23 Season
Back to Bach: Baroque Music Swinging into Modern Times
Friday, May 12 at 8:00pm
The Barn Room at First Parish in Cambridge, 3 Church Street, Harvard Square
Friday, May 12 at 8:00pm
The Barn Room at First Parish in Cambridge, 3 Church Street, Harvard Square
Baroque tunes have amazing lasting power! For over 300 years, the music of Bach and other baroque composers have influenced composers of every genre, from Rameau to Stéphane Grappelli, Rebel to John Williams, Marais to Dave Brubeck, Bach to Paul Simon and the Beatles. Eudaimonia brings the full sweep to life with their magnificent mélange of period and modern instruments alongside varied voices, curated and arranged by co-director Julia McKenzie.
This concert, supported by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, partners with Certified Music Practitioner Rebecca Strauss who will share the sounds and stories of her live therapeutic music work that creates a healing environment for those who are ill, experiencing grief or trauma, or in need of respite.
Performances by:
Pamela Murray & Shea Brown (sopranos),
Carrie Cheron (mezzo-soprano) & Matthew Anderson (tenor)
Na’ama Lion (baroque flute) & Diane Heffner (clarinet & saxophone)
Julia McKenzie & Sylvia Schwartz (violins),
Anna Griffis & Elisabeth Westner (violas),
Rebecca Shaw (cello) & Carol Lewis (viola da gamba)
and Vivian Montgomery (harpsichord & piano)
Admission is Pay What You Decide ($20 recommended)
This concert, supported by a grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, partners with Certified Music Practitioner Rebecca Strauss who will share the sounds and stories of her live therapeutic music work that creates a healing environment for those who are ill, experiencing grief or trauma, or in need of respite.
Performances by:
Pamela Murray & Shea Brown (sopranos),
Carrie Cheron (mezzo-soprano) & Matthew Anderson (tenor)
Na’ama Lion (baroque flute) & Diane Heffner (clarinet & saxophone)
Julia McKenzie & Sylvia Schwartz (violins),
Anna Griffis & Elisabeth Westner (violas),
Rebecca Shaw (cello) & Carol Lewis (viola da gamba)
and Vivian Montgomery (harpsichord & piano)
Admission is Pay What You Decide ($20 recommended)
The Brandeis Women’s Studies Research Center presents
The Seventh Annual Alfredo and Demitra DiLuzio Concert
Dedicated in loving memory to Richard DiLuzio
Music by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729)
Curated by WSRC Scholar Dana Maiben
Performed by Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band
Vivian Montgomery, co-director & harpsichord
Julie McKenzie, co-director & baroque violin
Pamela Murray, soprano
Carol Lewis, viola da gamba
Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violin
Rebecca Shaw, baroque cello
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Slosberg Music Center of Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham
Free and Open to the Public, and live-streamed at brandeis.edu/streaming/music
Dessert Reception to follow at the Women's Studies Research Center, Epstein Building, 515 South St
Information at https://www.brandeis.edu/wsrc/events.html
The concert will feature Jacquet de La Guerre’s extraordinary music for solo harpsichord and sonatas for strings, alongside the remarkable dramatic cantata Judith. Jacquet de la Guerre, one of the leading French composers of her generation, began her musical career as a child prodigy, and made her life in music at a time when being a professional woman in any field was something of a rarity. A charismatic and highly accomplished harpsichord soloist and accompanist, as a composer she was an experimentalist and innovator, working on a leading edge aesthetically. Her music combines a fresh Italian verve and sense of drama with the elegant refinements of the French Baroque.
The Seventh Annual Alfredo and Demitra DiLuzio Concert
Dedicated in loving memory to Richard DiLuzio
Music by Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729)
Curated by WSRC Scholar Dana Maiben
Performed by Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band
Vivian Montgomery, co-director & harpsichord
Julie McKenzie, co-director & baroque violin
Pamela Murray, soprano
Carol Lewis, viola da gamba
Sylvia Schwartz, baroque violin
Rebecca Shaw, baroque cello
Sunday, March 12, 2023 at 3:00 pm
Slosberg Music Center of Brandeis University, 415 South Street, Waltham
Free and Open to the Public, and live-streamed at brandeis.edu/streaming/music
Dessert Reception to follow at the Women's Studies Research Center, Epstein Building, 515 South St
Information at https://www.brandeis.edu/wsrc/events.html
The concert will feature Jacquet de La Guerre’s extraordinary music for solo harpsichord and sonatas for strings, alongside the remarkable dramatic cantata Judith. Jacquet de la Guerre, one of the leading French composers of her generation, began her musical career as a child prodigy, and made her life in music at a time when being a professional woman in any field was something of a rarity. A charismatic and highly accomplished harpsichord soloist and accompanist, as a composer she was an experimentalist and innovator, working on a leading edge aesthetically. Her music combines a fresh Italian verve and sense of drama with the elegant refinements of the French Baroque.
The Nightingale’s Unending Song (Our 4th Annual Boundary Issues Concert)
Saturday, January 28, 8:00 pm (doors open at 7:00)
Sanctuary, 82 Main Street in Maynard
This crossover cabaret de chambre brings together the many passions, styles, instruments, and eras found among Eudaimonia's spirited members. We celebrate French women in love through music of Pauline Viardot, Elisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre,
& Julie Pinel and regale the nightingale’s beautiful persistence through cabaret numbers,
medieval ballades, and Sandra Boynton’s hilarious “Chanson Profonde.”
Wander with this uncommon ensemble into unending songs of darkness, delight, longing, and loss.
Our boundary-breaking excursion features soprano Pamela Murray, mezzo Carrie Cheron,
flutist Na’ama Lion, period & jazz reeds player Diane Heffner, violinist Julia McKenzie, violist Anna Griffis,
harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery, cellist Claire Garabedian, and gambist Guinevere Conner.
Eudaimonia’s Social Action Partner for this event is Shelter Music Boston whose presentation will highlight newly commissioned music on poems by writers experiencing housing insecurity.
General admission is $20 in advance (tickets here) or $25 at the door,
with a “Pay What You Decide” option for smaller or larger payments according to income.
Make Advance Payment for Eudaimonia's Pay What You Decide Admission here!
& Julie Pinel and regale the nightingale’s beautiful persistence through cabaret numbers,
medieval ballades, and Sandra Boynton’s hilarious “Chanson Profonde.”
Wander with this uncommon ensemble into unending songs of darkness, delight, longing, and loss.
Our boundary-breaking excursion features soprano Pamela Murray, mezzo Carrie Cheron,
flutist Na’ama Lion, period & jazz reeds player Diane Heffner, violinist Julia McKenzie, violist Anna Griffis,
harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery, cellist Claire Garabedian, and gambist Guinevere Conner.
Eudaimonia’s Social Action Partner for this event is Shelter Music Boston whose presentation will highlight newly commissioned music on poems by writers experiencing housing insecurity.
General admission is $20 in advance (tickets here) or $25 at the door,
with a “Pay What You Decide” option for smaller or larger payments according to income.
Make Advance Payment for Eudaimonia's Pay What You Decide Admission here!
Eudaimonia & Improbable Beasts Celebrate St. Cecilia’s Day
Sunday, November 20, 2022, 7:30pm
United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
Sunday, November 20, 2022, 7:30pm
United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline, Massachusetts
Here’s your chance to delight in a collaboration between two unusual Boston musical groups – crossover historical ensemble Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band and Boston’s premiere (and only) bass clarinet ensemble Improbable Beasts – to honor St. Cecilia, the 3rd-century patron saint of music, with early works re-conceived and new works folded in. Presented in social-action partnership with Tunefoolery Music, a Boston-based organization for musicians in mental health recovery.
Admission is Pay What You Decide, look for further information here at eudaimonia-music.org or on Facebook.
This program consists of august music for an auspicious occasion by Handel, Purcell, and Telemann, along with compositions and arrangements by Improbable Beasts director Jonathan Russell. Featured Eudaimonia performers are Carrie Cheron (mezzo soprano), Danilo Bonina (violin), Guinevere Conner (double bass), Diane Heffner (clarinet/chalumeau/saxophone), Na’ama Lion (period flutes) Colleen McGarry (baroque cello), Julia McKenzie (violin/co-director), Vivian Montgomery (harpsichord/accordion/co-director), and Pamela Murray (soprano), and other Improbable Beasts include Amy Advocat, Monica Duncan, Celine Ferro, Gary Gorczyca, Bill Kirkley, Marguerite Levin, Kathy Matasy, and Julie Stuckenschneider.
We’re excited to be sharing this program with Improbable Beasts, an ensemble that explores the deep and varied sound world of low reeds vibrating together in a full range of repertoire, and its expert members are some of the most sought-after clarinetists in the Boston area, regularly appearing with groups such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and numerous regional orchestras, new music groups, and chamber ensembles.
And we’re happy to return to a partnership with Tunefoolery Music, a community of over 60 musicians in mental health recovery where musicians find purpose and identities as creative performing artists, performing for over 200,000 people at mental health centers, shelters, hospitals, conferences, nursing homes, and for the general public. They emphasize their musicians’ strengths in performance, education, and paid work to help them become artists who can share the gift of music and hope with others.
Admission is Pay What You Decide, look for further information here at eudaimonia-music.org or on Facebook.
This program consists of august music for an auspicious occasion by Handel, Purcell, and Telemann, along with compositions and arrangements by Improbable Beasts director Jonathan Russell. Featured Eudaimonia performers are Carrie Cheron (mezzo soprano), Danilo Bonina (violin), Guinevere Conner (double bass), Diane Heffner (clarinet/chalumeau/saxophone), Na’ama Lion (period flutes) Colleen McGarry (baroque cello), Julia McKenzie (violin/co-director), Vivian Montgomery (harpsichord/accordion/co-director), and Pamela Murray (soprano), and other Improbable Beasts include Amy Advocat, Monica Duncan, Celine Ferro, Gary Gorczyca, Bill Kirkley, Marguerite Levin, Kathy Matasy, and Julie Stuckenschneider.
We’re excited to be sharing this program with Improbable Beasts, an ensemble that explores the deep and varied sound world of low reeds vibrating together in a full range of repertoire, and its expert members are some of the most sought-after clarinetists in the Boston area, regularly appearing with groups such as the Boston Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra, Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, and numerous regional orchestras, new music groups, and chamber ensembles.
And we’re happy to return to a partnership with Tunefoolery Music, a community of over 60 musicians in mental health recovery where musicians find purpose and identities as creative performing artists, performing for over 200,000 people at mental health centers, shelters, hospitals, conferences, nursing homes, and for the general public. They emphasize their musicians’ strengths in performance, education, and paid work to help them become artists who can share the gift of music and hope with others.
Earlier seasons
2019-2020 SEASON
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Video from this concert is now available! Click the three-lines-and-arrow icon at the upper right of the video box below to see a list of all the video selections in the playlist.
Boundary Issues III: The Third Annual Shindig de Chambre
Friday, January 17, 8:00 p.m.
Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA
Join Eudaimonia’s versatile female component again to push the boundaries through music evoking the freedom, fragility, honesty, power, and wisdom of birds and trees, spanning the early 17th century to new arrangements of Bing Crosby and “Blackbird,” with French cantatas and a chalumeau romp in between. This passionate excursion features soprano Pamela Murray, mezzo Carrie Cheron, flutist Na'ama Lion, period & jazz reeds virtuoso Diane Heffner, violinist Julia McKenzie, violist Elisabeth Westner, cellist Claire Garabedian, and harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery.
This concert lifts up the work of On The Rise, Inc. (www.ontherise.org), a Cambridge organization that is uniquely effective at providing safety, community, and advocacy for homeless and formerly-homeless women.
Presented as part of Bridges: Follen’s Music Events Series (https://follen.org/music/bridges/)
Admission is Pay What You Decide; additional contributions to our social action partners are greatly encouraged.
PROGRAM:
Veni Veni, aria from Juditha Triumphans (Vivaldi)
Goldfinch flute concerto (Vivaldi)
Chaconne and Rossignole from L’Isle de Delos (Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre)
Arbres épais, sombre feuillage (Montéclair)
Ombra mai fù from Serse (Handel)
Usignuolo, Bk. 1 (Barbara Strozzi)
Albatross (Judy Collins)
Birdhouse in Your Soul (They Might Be Giants)
Le Cygne — The Swan (Saint-Saëns)
Chalumeau jam (Diane Heffner)
Blackbird (McCartney/Lennon, arr. J. McKenzie)
So Tall a Tree (Bing Crosby, arr. Montgomery)
Skyline Pigeon (Elton John, arr. P. Murray)
For further information: information@eudaimonia-music.org
Friday, January 17, 8:00 p.m.
Follen Community Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington, MA
Join Eudaimonia’s versatile female component again to push the boundaries through music evoking the freedom, fragility, honesty, power, and wisdom of birds and trees, spanning the early 17th century to new arrangements of Bing Crosby and “Blackbird,” with French cantatas and a chalumeau romp in between. This passionate excursion features soprano Pamela Murray, mezzo Carrie Cheron, flutist Na'ama Lion, period & jazz reeds virtuoso Diane Heffner, violinist Julia McKenzie, violist Elisabeth Westner, cellist Claire Garabedian, and harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery.
This concert lifts up the work of On The Rise, Inc. (www.ontherise.org), a Cambridge organization that is uniquely effective at providing safety, community, and advocacy for homeless and formerly-homeless women.
Presented as part of Bridges: Follen’s Music Events Series (https://follen.org/music/bridges/)
Admission is Pay What You Decide; additional contributions to our social action partners are greatly encouraged.
PROGRAM:
Veni Veni, aria from Juditha Triumphans (Vivaldi)
Goldfinch flute concerto (Vivaldi)
Chaconne and Rossignole from L’Isle de Delos (Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre)
Arbres épais, sombre feuillage (Montéclair)
Ombra mai fù from Serse (Handel)
Usignuolo, Bk. 1 (Barbara Strozzi)
Albatross (Judy Collins)
Birdhouse in Your Soul (They Might Be Giants)
Le Cygne — The Swan (Saint-Saëns)
Chalumeau jam (Diane Heffner)
Blackbird (McCartney/Lennon, arr. J. McKenzie)
So Tall a Tree (Bing Crosby, arr. Montgomery)
Skyline Pigeon (Elton John, arr. P. Murray)
For further information: information@eudaimonia-music.org
Twelve selections from last November's concert, Boundary Issues.
Click the menu icon at upper left of the video to see the full list.
Read more about this vibrant and varied program, supporting the METCO Scholarship Fund!
After several months of working intensively on the the extraordinary Hebrew liturgical music of Salamone Rossi, Eudaimonia presented the recreation of a 17th century Mantuan sabbath service with the music of Salamone Rossi blended with ancient chant from Roman synagogues in four settings: a Friday night Shabbat service at Temple Shir Tikva in Wayland, Sunday morning services at United Parish in Brookline and Follen Church in Lexington, and, as the final culminating concert, at First Church Cambridge. This concert, featuring a core of Boston's finest period instrumentalists from the ensemble, was a collaboration with the Longy School of Music's Historical Performance department, led by Eudaimonia's directors, harpsichordist Vivian Montgomery and violinist Julia McKenzie. Instrumentalists included violinists Julia McKenzie & Danilo Bonina, cornettist/lutenist Nathaniel Cox, bassist Andrew Arceci, conductor/keyboardist Vivian Montgomery, cellist Violeta Mura, and recorder player Jeffrey Stock. Singers included Catharine Cloutier, Marilyn Oliver, Caitlin Laird, Grant Yosenick, Carolyn Balkovetz, and René Minalga-Reault.
Concerts and Events
PAST PERFORMANCES
Great news! Eudaimonia was awarded a Free For All Grant from the Boston Foundation for our 2nd Annual Boundary Issues: A Shindig de Chambre concert. We were very excited to be able to present two free concerts:
Thursday November 29 at Villa Victoria in Boston
Saturday December 1 at United Parish Church in Brookline
This very special grant program provides performing arts organizations with funds to create free and open-to-the-public classical musical performances for Greater Boston audiences. More information on the fund and this year’s recipients can be found at: https://www.tbf.org/what-we-do/special-funds/free-for-all-fund/ffaf-2018-events
For Boundary Issues II, Eudaimonia’s versatile female component again pushed the boundaries in a passionate and playful St. Cecilia’s celebration. The audience was treated to an unusual array of repertoire with a Latin bent, spanning Sephardic songs, baroque arias, early jazz, 17th-century folias and chaconnes, tango, swing, and new music for baroque flute with percussion. This performance excursion featured soprano Pamela Murray, mezzo Carrie Cheron, flutist Na’ama Lion, period & jazz reeds blower Diane Heffner, Brazilian recorder virtuoso Cléa Galhano, violinists Julia McKenzie & Anna Griffis, harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery, cellist Claire Garabedian, and percussionist Deborah Welsch Ibanez.
In keeping with Eudaimonia’s social action mission, the concerts were presented in connection with a social service organization, in this case the agency associated with our Boston venue, Villa Victoria. IBA – Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción empowers and engages individuals and families to improve their lives through high-quality affordable housing, education, and arts programs. We invited a representative from IBA speak at each performance to describe its work toward addressing local quality of life issues. Printed materials on these efforts were made available at the concerts, their work was highlighted in our publicity and program, and attendees were encouraged to make contributions to their efforts, in addition to becoming involved and staying informed. You can learn more here: http://www.ibaboston.org/
Thursday November 29 at Villa Victoria in Boston
Saturday December 1 at United Parish Church in Brookline
This very special grant program provides performing arts organizations with funds to create free and open-to-the-public classical musical performances for Greater Boston audiences. More information on the fund and this year’s recipients can be found at: https://www.tbf.org/what-we-do/special-funds/free-for-all-fund/ffaf-2018-events
For Boundary Issues II, Eudaimonia’s versatile female component again pushed the boundaries in a passionate and playful St. Cecilia’s celebration. The audience was treated to an unusual array of repertoire with a Latin bent, spanning Sephardic songs, baroque arias, early jazz, 17th-century folias and chaconnes, tango, swing, and new music for baroque flute with percussion. This performance excursion featured soprano Pamela Murray, mezzo Carrie Cheron, flutist Na’ama Lion, period & jazz reeds blower Diane Heffner, Brazilian recorder virtuoso Cléa Galhano, violinists Julia McKenzie & Anna Griffis, harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery, cellist Claire Garabedian, and percussionist Deborah Welsch Ibanez.
In keeping with Eudaimonia’s social action mission, the concerts were presented in connection with a social service organization, in this case the agency associated with our Boston venue, Villa Victoria. IBA – Inquilinos Boricuas en Acción empowers and engages individuals and families to improve their lives through high-quality affordable housing, education, and arts programs. We invited a representative from IBA speak at each performance to describe its work toward addressing local quality of life issues. Printed materials on these efforts were made available at the concerts, their work was highlighted in our publicity and program, and attendees were encouraged to make contributions to their efforts, in addition to becoming involved and staying informed. You can learn more here: http://www.ibaboston.org/
On Monday, April 30, 8:00 p.m. at First Church Cambridge, Eudaimonia presented the recreation of a 17th century Mantuan sabbath service with the music of Salamone Rossi blended with ancient chant from Roman synagogues. This concert, featuring a core of Boston's finest period instrumentalists from the ensemble, was a collaboration with the Longy School of Music's Historical Performance department, led by Eudaimonia's directors, harpsichordist Vivian Montgomery and violinist Julia McKenzie. In keeping with the ensemble's social action mission, the program highlighted the work of local humanitarian organizations that address issues of discrimination and marginalization in our immediate surroundings. Salamone Rossi himself faced those elements as a Jewish musician, living in the ghetto of Mantua but serving the court and struggling to be recognized amidst his Christian contemporaries. His elegant and expressive settings of Hebrew liturgy are a unique testament to the creative spirit rising above oppressive circumstances.
Admission for this Artweek event was Pay What You Decide, and contributions to our highlighted social action organizations greatly encouraged. For further information: information@eudaimonia-music.org.
Instrumentalists included violinists Julia McKenzie & Danilo Bonina, cornettist/lutenist Nathaniel Cox, bassist Andrew Arceci, conductor/keyboardist Vivian Montgomery, cellist Violeta Mura, and recorder player Jeffrey Stock. Singers included Catharine Cloutier, Marilyn, Caitlin Laird, Grant Yosenick, Carolyn Balkovetz, and René Minalga-Reault.
Admission for this Artweek event was Pay What You Decide, and contributions to our highlighted social action organizations greatly encouraged. For further information: information@eudaimonia-music.org.
Instrumentalists included violinists Julia McKenzie & Danilo Bonina, cornettist/lutenist Nathaniel Cox, bassist Andrew Arceci, conductor/keyboardist Vivian Montgomery, cellist Violeta Mura, and recorder player Jeffrey Stock. Singers included Catharine Cloutier, Marilyn, Caitlin Laird, Grant Yosenick, Carolyn Balkovetz, and René Minalga-Reault.
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Twelve selections from Boundary Issues.
Click the menu icon at upper left to see the full list.
Click the menu icon at upper left to see the full list.
Boundary Issues
Eudaimonia’s versatile female component pushed the boundaries in a passionate and unruly St. Cecilia’s celebration. The audience was treated to an unusual array of repertoire, spanning Ladino songs, Italian baroque chalumeau arias, Stephane Grapelli, Purcell, Robbie Burns, Piazzolla, Handel, bluegrass á la John Morrison, swing, and new music for baroque flute.
This concert lifted up the work of Follen Community Church’s Social Justice Action Team and the METCO College Scholarship Fund of Lexington.
Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 3 P.M.
Follen Church
755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
This playful performance excursion featured:
soprano Pamela Murray
mezzo Carrie Cheron
flutist Na’ama Lion
period & jazz reeds blower Diane Heffner
violinists Julia McKenzie & Yi-Li Chang
violist Elisabeth Westner
harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery
with special guest cellist Claire Garabedian.
Admission is Pay What You Decide following the program (tax-deductible), and contributions to our social action partner are greatly encouraged.
For further information: Vivian Montgomery
email: information@eudaimonia-music.org
phone: 617-223-1627
Eudaimonia’s versatile female component pushed the boundaries in a passionate and unruly St. Cecilia’s celebration. The audience was treated to an unusual array of repertoire, spanning Ladino songs, Italian baroque chalumeau arias, Stephane Grapelli, Purcell, Robbie Burns, Piazzolla, Handel, bluegrass á la John Morrison, swing, and new music for baroque flute.
This concert lifted up the work of Follen Community Church’s Social Justice Action Team and the METCO College Scholarship Fund of Lexington.
Sunday, November 5, 2017 at 3 P.M.
Follen Church
755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA
This playful performance excursion featured:
soprano Pamela Murray
mezzo Carrie Cheron
flutist Na’ama Lion
period & jazz reeds blower Diane Heffner
violinists Julia McKenzie & Yi-Li Chang
violist Elisabeth Westner
harpsichordist/accordionist Vivian Montgomery
with special guest cellist Claire Garabedian.
Admission is Pay What You Decide following the program (tax-deductible), and contributions to our social action partner are greatly encouraged.
For further information: Vivian Montgomery
email: information@eudaimonia-music.org
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Two selections from To Sing Again.
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To Sing Again: The Second Annual Alfredo and Dimitra Diluzio Concert
Featuring Music by:
Marianna von Martines (1744-1812)
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
and Ruth Lomon (1930-)
Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 3 P.M.
Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University
415 South Street, Waltham, MA
Presented by the Women and Music Mix of the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center
A unique program bringing together vocal motets by a long-ignored Viennese prodigy, the dark intensity of Clarke's solo song, and the luminous sounds of the WSRC's most treasured composer.
Performed by
Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band
Vivian Montgomery and Julia McKenzie, co-directors
Na'ama Lion & Adam Buttyan, baroque flute
Dana Maiben, violin
Lauren Nelson, viola
Colleen McGarry-Smith, cello
and
Kathryn Aaron soprano
Sarah Bob pianist
Carrie Cheron mezzo soprano
Brian Church baritone
Michael Merullo tenor
Alexander Nishibun tenor
Rhonda Rider cellist
Admission is Pay What You Decide
For further information:
email: lcurtis@brandeis.edu
voice-mail: 617-776-1809
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Featuring Music by:
Marianna von Martines (1744-1812)
Rebecca Clarke (1886-1979)
and Ruth Lomon (1930-)
Sunday, March 12, 2017 at 3 P.M.
Slosberg Music Center, Brandeis University
415 South Street, Waltham, MA
Presented by the Women and Music Mix of the Brandeis Women's Studies Research Center
A unique program bringing together vocal motets by a long-ignored Viennese prodigy, the dark intensity of Clarke's solo song, and the luminous sounds of the WSRC's most treasured composer.
Performed by
Eudaimonia, A Purposeful Period Band
Vivian Montgomery and Julia McKenzie, co-directors
Na'ama Lion & Adam Buttyan, baroque flute
Dana Maiben, violin
Lauren Nelson, viola
Colleen McGarry-Smith, cello
and
Kathryn Aaron soprano
Sarah Bob pianist
Carrie Cheron mezzo soprano
Brian Church baritone
Michael Merullo tenor
Alexander Nishibun tenor
Rhonda Rider cellist
Admission is Pay What You Decide
For further information:
email: lcurtis@brandeis.edu
voice-mail: 617-776-1809
wammix.wordpress.com
eudaimonia-music.org
Antonio Vivaldi's
Juditha Triumphans (1716)
Saturday January 21, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday January 22, 2017 at 3:00 p.m.
Pickman Hall, The Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge
A staged production of this extraordinary oratorio in collaboration with the Longy School of Music of Bard College's Early Music Department.
Presented in partnership with social action organizations within our community:
Tunefoolery Music, The Muslim Justice League, Yad Chessed, Family Promise Metrowest, and Samaritans of Boston.
Featuring:
Carrie Cheron
Dana Kephart
Carolyn Balkovetz
Anastasia Black
Julian Cullen Budwey
Rachel Davies
Joshua Garvey
Cadence McAfee
René Rivers
Madeline Ross
Rachel Schachter
Marcus Schenk
with an extraordinary orchestra made up of Eudaimonia and student players, featuring chalumeau, viol consort, viola d'amore, oboes, trumpets, recorders, and theorbos.
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Juditha Triumphans (1716)
Saturday January 21, 2017 at 8:00 p.m.
Sunday January 22, 2017 at 3:00 p.m.
Pickman Hall, The Longy School of Music of Bard College, 27 Garden Street, Cambridge
A staged production of this extraordinary oratorio in collaboration with the Longy School of Music of Bard College's Early Music Department.
Presented in partnership with social action organizations within our community:
Tunefoolery Music, The Muslim Justice League, Yad Chessed, Family Promise Metrowest, and Samaritans of Boston.
Featuring:
Carrie Cheron
Dana Kephart
Carolyn Balkovetz
Anastasia Black
Julian Cullen Budwey
Rachel Davies
Joshua Garvey
Cadence McAfee
René Rivers
Madeline Ross
Rachel Schachter
Marcus Schenk
with an extraordinary orchestra made up of Eudaimonia and student players, featuring chalumeau, viol consort, viola d'amore, oboes, trumpets, recorders, and theorbos.
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Delightful Moments: French Music in Agreeable Abodes
Chamber works of Jacquet de La Guerre, Marais, and Couperin, performed by soprano Pamela Murray, flutist Na'ama Lion, violinists Julia McKenzie & Lisa Brooke, gambist Carol Lewis, and harpsichordist Vivian Montgomery.
Sunday, October 16, 7:00 p.m
Home of Sheera Strick & Karen Kruskal in Brookline. Reservations required, seating limited
Monday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.
Home of Peter Sisk & Victoria Goodhart in Union Square, Somerville. Reservations required, seating limited
Chamber works of Jacquet de La Guerre, Marais, and Couperin, performed by soprano Pamela Murray, flutist Na'ama Lion, violinists Julia McKenzie & Lisa Brooke, gambist Carol Lewis, and harpsichordist Vivian Montgomery.
Sunday, October 16, 7:00 p.m
Home of Sheera Strick & Karen Kruskal in Brookline. Reservations required, seating limited
Monday, October 24, 7:30 p.m.
Home of Peter Sisk & Victoria Goodhart in Union Square, Somerville. Reservations required, seating limited
Admission is Pay What You Decide (PWYD) following the program.
Contributions are tax-deductible and are made directly to Eudaimonia and to our social action partners.
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Contributions are tax-deductible and are made directly to Eudaimonia and to our social action partners.
eudaimonia-music.org or email information@eudaimonia-music.org.
Six selections from Hope's Sweet Song.
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Hope's Sweet Song was a program of stirring baroque and new music,
highlighting the work of organizations that support and shelter domestic abuse survivors.
Featuring:
Salve Regina by Niccolo Porpora, sung by mezzo Carrie Cheron
Arias from Quemadmodum desiderat cervus by Marianne von Martines
Non sa che sia dolore by J.S. Bach, sung by soprano Pamela Murray
Concerto Comique by Michel Corette
The Sick Rose by John Howell Morrison (world premiere), setting poetry of William Blake, with chalumeau, flute, and strings.
Admission is Pay What You Decide (PWYD) following the program.
Contributions are tax-deductible, made directly to Jane Doe Inc. and to Eudaimonia.
United Parish is at 210 Harvard St, Brookline (Coolidge Corner).
This program is supported in part by a grant from Women's Philharmonic Advocacy.
Further information at Eudaimonia-music.org or email information@eudaimonia-music.org
highlighting the work of organizations that support and shelter domestic abuse survivors.
Featuring:
Salve Regina by Niccolo Porpora, sung by mezzo Carrie Cheron
Arias from Quemadmodum desiderat cervus by Marianne von Martines
Non sa che sia dolore by J.S. Bach, sung by soprano Pamela Murray
Concerto Comique by Michel Corette
The Sick Rose by John Howell Morrison (world premiere), setting poetry of William Blake, with chalumeau, flute, and strings.
Admission is Pay What You Decide (PWYD) following the program.
Contributions are tax-deductible, made directly to Jane Doe Inc. and to Eudaimonia.
United Parish is at 210 Harvard St, Brookline (Coolidge Corner).
This program is supported in part by a grant from Women's Philharmonic Advocacy.
Further information at Eudaimonia-music.org or email information@eudaimonia-music.org
Autumn’s Grace
A Concert in Partnership with Shelter Music Boston Sunday, September 27, 3:30 p.m. - PLEASE NOTE TIME CHANGE!!! Unitarian Universalist Church of Medford, 147 High Street, Medford, MA The glory of early fall (the specter of the coming cold) The security of a sheltering tree (the uncertainty of when its leaves will fall) The solace of nature’s beauty (the unsettling shadow of an approaching storm) Eudaimonia captured the season’s poetry through song and sinfonia from the 17th & 18th centuries, blended with bold musical elements of the present day. The lustrous voices of soprano Pamela Murray and mezzo soprano Carrie Cheron were joined by some of Boston’s best period instrumentalists on a program that included: Vivaldi’s “Autumn” Concerto with guest violin soloist Julie Leven arranged by Julia McKenzie for Eudaimonia The world premiere of John Howell Morrison’s “September” (poetry by Jennifer Michael Hecht) with soprano Pamela Murray mezzo soprano Carrie Cheron An Artweek Boston event for 2015! See our calendar listing here. A press release about this concert is available here: http://conta.cc/1LCWeUu It was a really wonderful debut! See a detailed and glowing review here. Four selections from the program:
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