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Thursday, May 22

A Radical Welcome: Source Code

Name: A Radical Welcome: Source Code
Start: 2025-05-22T19:30:00-04:00
End: 2025-05-22T22:00:00-04:00
Location: Strand Theatre, Columbia Road, Boston, MA, USA

ALL AGES

A program celebrating the music of five landmark women composers from the late romantic period to the present at The Strand Theatre

By Boston Public Quartet

Date and time

Thursday, May 22 · 7:30 - 10pm EDT. Doors at 6:45pm

Location

Strand Theatre, Columbia Road, Boston, MA, USA

543 Columbia Road Boston, MA 02125

Refund Policy

Refunds up to 2 days before event

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes
ALL AGES

A Radical Welcome: Source Code!

Join us on Thu May 22 2025 at 7:30 PM for an unforgettable event at the Strand Theatre located on Columbia Road in Boston, MA, USA.

This years A Radical Welcome is titled Source Code, borrowed from Jessie Montgomery's composition of the same name which opens the program . The extraordinary energy within Source Code extends throughout the program which showcases five women composers including:

Melanie Bonis (1858-1957)
Amy Beach (1867-1944)
Gabriela Lena Frank (b. 1972)
Jessie Montgomery (b. 1981)
Eleanor Alberga (b.1949)

As audience participation is core to BPQ’s presentations, the musicians will moderate conversations with the concert-goers following each piece, getting to the bottom of where the music comes from and what it means to us.

Don't miss out on this opportunity to be a part of a community that values inclusivity, diversity, and empowerment.

Come and explore the Source Code of a truly A Radical Welcome!

Featuring Díjí Kay

Known for his soulful tone and mesmerizing phrasing, Trevor James Alto Flute Artist Díjí Kay (née DeShaun Gordon-King) has given performances as a soloist and principal flute in Europe, Asia, and throughout the United States. Díjí Kay grew up surrounded by griot traditions, jazz and gospel music. Inspired by the worlds and traditions of his upbringing, Díjí Kay grew passionate about programming that blends them all together to create unique and memorable concert experiences.

As he continued to expand his musical versatility, Díjí Kay also went inward to cultivate his spiritual practice. It was through these meditations that he understood how he wanted to use his art. Following this epiphany, Díjí Kay moved to Cambridge to pursue a Performance Diploma from the Longy School of Music where he worked with Sergio Pallottelli where he would also be able to study therapeutic music.

During his time in Boston, Díjí Kay has collaborated with Castle of Our Skins, the Celebrity Series of Boston, Shelter Music Boston, Juventas New Music Ensemble, the Boston Children's Chorus, and the American Repertory Theatre. He has also been featured on GBH. A graduate of the Longy School of Music and Harvard Ed Portal Pipeline Artist Fellow, Díjí Kay’s work and studies center around synergizing the principles of therapeutic music, sound healing, and performance practice to curate healing and transformative concert experiences.

Organized by

Boston Public Quartet

At home performing on a street corner in Mattapan Square, the Kennedy Center in DC and the Harvard Musical Association in Boston, the Boston Public Quartet was created to connect, inspire and innovate as an ensemble-in-residence in Boston’s diverse neighborhoods. The BPQ is dedicated to normalizing the amplification of historically excluded voices in classical music; musicians, composers, students, and audience members In addition to performing on the Kennedy Center’s Millennium Stage, The Boston Public Quartet has collaborated with Sidra Bell Dance New York, and was the inaugural ensemble in residence for the Celebrity Series of Boston’s Neighborhood Arts initiative from 2012 - 2016. Founded in 2007 by violinist Betsy Hinkle, the Boston Public Quartet served until 2018 as a Resident Ensemble of musiConnects. The BPQ relaunched as a stand-alone entity in 2021 and we are honored to be supported by Chamber Music America, the Puffin Foundation, the American Music Project, the Massachusetts Cultural Council and the City of Boston Office of Arts and Culture in these efforts. www.bostonpublicquartet.com