For Longy’s 2022–2023 event season, we invite you to leave all preconceptions at home.
Musical experiences can have any starting point. Whether born of complex ideas, emotional impulses, or spontaneous inspiration, every music maker begins wherever they are—which is exactly where they need to be.
Just as there’s no right way, no single starting line for becoming a musician, composer, or performer, there’s no one correct entry point for us as the audience. There’s no required reading for experiencing a piece of music, no prerequisite understanding or context to bring with you to a musical experience. You come to it from wherever you are.
In relinquishing our ideas of what a musical experience should be, we open ourselves to receiving and internalizing music in a way that is unique and true to each of us.
Every artist, composer, and musician represented in this season’s program took a different path to arrive at Longy, detours and scenic routes included. We hope the stories on our stages this year inspire you to begin your own new journey, no matter where you start. Allow yourself to begin wherever you are.
When there’s no set path to follow, you become free to begin anywhere.
Longy’s performance are free and open to the public, but please register in advance. Andrius Zlabys’ (b. 1977) Echoes of Light (Homage to W.A. Mozart), dedicated to Serger Babayan. Program...
Longy’s performance are free and open to the public, but please register in advance. Join us for a special showcase performance of Longy’s Jazz and Contemporary Music (JCM) faculty! The...
A melodious Rêverie and beguiling Arabesque, two early piano works by Claude Debussy in the composer’s delicate arrangement for oboe and harp, emerge from the late summer silence as an...
Dancing Home explores themes of heritage, belonging, displacement, and resilience through the lens of dance. At the heart of this program is the world premiere of ḥawwāsh by Kareem Roustom....
Changemakers: Professional Development for Music Educators Empower your students to take ownership of their learning with culturally responsive teaching. These interactive workshops offer you insights, skills, and resources to transform...
Longy’s performance are free and open to the public, but please register in advance. Baritone Cailin Marcel Manson and pianist Christina Wright-Ivanova present Black Reflections, a concert of three cycles...
Join Collage New Music on Saturday, October 5, 2024, for an event-filled day that brings together composers in the greater Boston region for workshops and talks. The day provides opportunities...
Please note this performance will take place at the Marran Theatre at Lesley University 34 Mellen St, Cambridge, MA 02138 Longy's Instrumental Studies department presents "Orchestra I.S." Join us at...
The season-opener marks Eric Nathan’s inaugural concert as Artistic Director and features music that builds on the past to find new sonic futures, featuring composers who find inspiration from both...
Longy’s performance are free and open to the public, but please register in advance. Berman honors one of the 20th century's most iconoclastic composers, Charles Ives, born 150 years ago...
Thanks to our partnership with the Massachusetts Cultural Council and their “Card to Culture” program, Longy School of Music of Bard College can offer free tickets to many of our diverse and innovative performance offerings. See the full list of participating “Card to Culture” organizations offering EBT, WIC, and ConnectorCare discounts.
