Eureka Fest: Celebrating Community through Music
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About this Event
Join us for EUREKAFEST 2020, an online, musical celebration of community, featuring music with a live string quartet and conversation with members of community organizations creating significant social impact: The Chelsea Collaborative, The Women’s Chorus, In Good Company, and Boston Hope Music.
TICKET ACCESS: $5/$10/$25 or whatever you can afford at a minimum of $1
***All funds raised will go directly to support Eureka's community programming and COVID-19 relief efforts by Eureka partners: the Chelsea Collaborative for immigrant families and Women's Lunch Place for women experiencing homelessness in Boston.
PROGRAM ORDER (composers listed in all caps)
- Welcome — San-San Lee (chair, Eureka Ensemble Board)
- ANTONÍN DVOŘÁK —“American” Quartet, mvt. 1 (Eureka Quartet)
- Talk — Dini Paulino (COO, Chelsea Collaborative)
- J. ANDR´´ÉS BALLESTEROS — Voz de Chelsea (Eureka Quartet)
brief transition
- J. BRAHMS Quartet No. 3, mvt. 1 (Eureka Quartet)
- Talk — Nancy Armstrong (Director of Operations, Women’s Lunch Place)
- GOSPEL/TRADITIONAL "We Shall Overcome" (The Women's Chorus)
brief transition
- FLORENCE PRICE — String Quartet in G Major, mvt. 2 (Eureka Quartet)
- Talk –Jim Henderson (Director and co-founder, In Good Company)
- VIOLETA PARRA — "Gracias a la Vida" ( N. Sotomayor)
brief transition
- Talk — Dr. Lisa Wong (cofounder, Boston Hope Music)
- COLERIDGE-TAYLOR PERKINSON — Lamentations for cello, mvt. 3 “Calvary” (Alan Toda-Ambaras, cello)
- Closing remarks — Kristo Kondakçi & Alan Toda-Ambaras (cofounders, Eureka Ensemble)
- JESSIE MONTGOMERY — Strum (Eureka Quartet)
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ABOUT PARTICIPANTS:
Eureka String Quartet Members:
- Ha-Eun Ryu, Yoonhee Lee, violins
- Ariel Chapman, viola
- Alan Toda-Ambaras, cello
Warm Thanks to our partners:
- Chelsea Collaborative (chelseacollab.org)
- Women’s Lunch Place (womenslunchplace.org)
- In Good Company (new.ingoodcompany.org)
- Boston Hope Music Healing (bostonhopemusic.org)