The Tufts University Sunday Concert series welcomes the Tufts Chamber Orchestra performing its spring concert under the direction of John Page. Note: Due to university COVID regulations, live audience attendees at Tufts Music events must be prepared to present a Tufts ID or COVID vaccination card showing that they have been vaccinated and boosted. This concert also can be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Flute Ensemble presents a varied spring concert featuring music from the 18th to 21st century. Music by Christensen, Piazolla, Cor de Bruijn, Coolen, Sorrentino, Beeftink, Tomasi, Tucker, Viitasaari. Nina Barwell, director. Nina Barwell, director. Note: Due to university COVID regulations, live audience attendees at Tufts Music events must be prepared to present a Tufts ID  or COVID vaccination card showing that they have been vaccinated and boosted. This concert also can be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Department of Music presents a performance by the French ensemble Faenza, a group that explores the music of the "ancien régime" – the political and social system of France before the Revolution of 1789. Faenza endeavors to rediscover the spirit rather than the letter, and focus on the relationship between the audience and the musicians. Faenza's performances result in interactive concert forms in which they connect with the audience by means of acting, storytelling and reciting, while…

The Tufts Sunday Concert Series presents the Tufts Symphony Orchestra performing its spring concert under the direction of John Page. It will feature Brahms's Symphony No. 2, Dvořák's Carnival Overture, and the first movement of the Sibelius Violin Concerto with Concerto Competition winner Airi Matsushita. Free; no tickets required. Note: Due to university COVID regulations, live audience attendees at Tufts Music events must be prepared to present a Tufts ID or COVID vaccination card showing that they have been vaccinated and boosted. This…

The Tufts University Arab Music Ensemble presents a selection of instrumental and vocal music representative of a wide range of genres within the Arab world. Naseem Alatrash, director. Note: Due to university COVID regulations, live audience attendees at Tufts Music events must be prepared to present a Tufts ID or COVID vaccination card showing that they have been vaccinated and boosted. This concert also can be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Electronic Music Ensemble presents an eclectic mix of music from Bach to Rush performed on electronic instruments. Featuring the premiere of two new pieces by graduate student Rachel Shurland, and the epic title work by Mike Oldfield. Paul Lehrman, director. Note: Due to university COVID regulations, live audience attendees at Tufts Music events must be prepared to present a Tufts ID or COVID vaccination card showing that they have been vaccinated and boosted. This concert also can…

Gamelan Laras Tentrem and the Tufts University gamelan ensemble, Rinengga Sih Tentrem, perform a concert of Javanese gamelan music with special guest artists Heni Savitri, I.M. Harjito and Darsono Hadiraharjo. Barry Drummond, director. Note: Due to university COVID regulations, live audience attendees at Tufts Music events must be prepared to present a Tufts ID or COVID vaccination card showing that they have been vaccinated and boosted. This concert also can be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

Students in the Tufts University Community Music Adult Chamber program perform works for small ensemble. Note: Due to university COVID regulations, live audience attendees at Tufts Music events must be prepared to present a Tufts ID or COVID vaccination card showing that they have been vaccinated and boosted. This concert also can be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Sunday Concert Series presents the Tufts Youth Philharmonic Orchestra performing its spring concert under the direction of John Page. The program will consist of works by Saint-Säens, featuring Kai Deshima, winner of the TYP Concerto Competition; Brahms, Marquez, Sibelius, and Toby Fox. Free; no tickets required. Note: Due to university COVID regulations, live audience attendees at Tufts Music events must be prepared to present a Tufts ID or COVID vaccination card showing that they have been vaccinated…

Following an immensely successful performance in June 2022, pianist Simone Dinnerstein returns to perform with Emmanuel Music at Tufts University's Distler Hall. Described by The New York Times as "an utterly distinctive voice in the forest of Bach interpretation," Dinnerstein will perform with Emmanuel Music conducted by Artistic Director Ryan Turner in three piano concertos: J.S. Bach's Keyboard Concerto in D Minor BWV 1052, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's Piano Concerto in C Major, K. 467, and Philip Glass's "Tirol" Concerto for…

The Tufts University Composers begin the fall semester series of New Sounds Now with "Why Write for Students"? In a bi-institutional exchange, 10 Tufts composers attempt to answer this question by fulfilling commissioned pair-ups — making new pieces specifically for Rivers School Conservatory students as part of the Seminar on Contemporary Music for the Young. Free and open to the public with no tickets required. The program also will be viewable online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.    

The Tufts University Department of Music begins the 2023-24 Tufts Sunday Concert season with "The Renewal Series — Concerts in Dialogue with Art and Audience." This pioneering event strives to create a sense of community, connection, and belonging through interactive discussion-concerts. Featuring the world premiere of a new work by Tufts faculty composer Kareem Roustom for L’Étoile Violin Duo (Hsin-Lin Tsai and Miguel Pérez-Espejo) and a unique interactive discussion and performance of Schubert’s extraordinary Cello Quintet with guest violist Danny…

The Tufts University Sunday Concert season presents the Tufts Wind Ensemble in a performance titled "Pax et Lux" (Peace and Light), the university's motto, which was adopted in 1857 and inspires this program. The repertoire includes Frank Ticheli's "Lux Perpetua" and David Maslanka's "Hymn for World Peace." TUWE will also present music written for Tufts College some 100 years ago. John McCann, director. Free and open to the public with no tickets required. This performance also may be viewed online…

Back from summer, back from sabbatical, alumni, grad students and undergrads back to the Tufts University campus, guest composers and performers return to the Distler Hall stage for the concert "Might As Well, Now That We're Back." Curated by John McDonald, this "variety evening" features myriad new works by guest composer Julia Werntz, faculty guest composer Stephan Pennington, faculty composer and alum Sid Richardson, alums Jason Coleman and Yasaman Ghodsi, and eight current students. This concert also can be viewed…

Tufts University faculty composer Michael McLaughlin’s "Book of February" ignites new out-of-season response pieces by Tufts Composers in today's New Sounds Now series concert. Free to the public with no tickets required. The program also will be viewable online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.    

Tufts University Department of Music faculty member Joel LaRue Smith presents a deeply personal premiere performance of new, original straight-ahead jazz and Afro-Latin compositions from his newest albums, "Testimony" and "Jazz Soliloquy" (both released in 2023), alongside stunning new arrangements of jazz standards by Charlie Parker, Sonny Rollins and Chano Pozo. Featuring guest performers Evan Palmer, bass, and Yoron Israel, drums. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online via…

Students from Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music studying in this program present a variegated evening of classical, jazz, and original compositions. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. This concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.      

The Tufts University Sunday Concert Series presents the Tufts Concert Choir and Chamber Singers performing their fall concert, “Forest Through the Trees,” with Jamie Kirsch, conductor, and Thomas Stumpf, pianist. Featuring works by Josquin, Gimon, Butler, Brahms, Szymko, Walker, Schwartz and Pottle. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online through Tufts Music Live Streaming.

Tufts University's Early Music Ensemble presents a concert of music from the court of one of the most influential musical patrons of early 16th-century Italy, Isabella D'Este of Mantua. Featuring music for viols, harpsichord, voices, Renaissance harps, recorders, lute, and other Renaissance instruments. Jane Hershey, director. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. This concert also may be viewed live online through Tufts Music Live Streaming.

Tufts University students present works for strings and piano. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts University Youth Philharmonic, directed by John Page, presents its fall concert. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Sunday Concert Series features the Tufts Chamber Orchestra presenting its fall concert under the direction of John Page. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online through Tufts Music Live Streaming.

Tufts University students compete for the Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Prize in Music Performance. The Tishler Prize, established in 1984 by Elizabeth Verveer Tishler, is awarded on the basis of a competition, open to all undergraduates except those enrolled in the Tufts-New England Conservatory dual degree program. Performance is limited to classical, jazz, or modern work. Elizabeth Muriel Verveer Tishler was born in December 1909. She and her husband, Max Tishler, met at Tufts, from which she graduated in 1931. She was…

The New Music Ensemble at Tufts University presents "Antarctica" — songs of melting ice caps, underwater creatures, and compositions inspired by sonic outlands. Don Berman, director. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming. 

The Tufts University Department of Music presents "Games of Form," a concert of chamber music by faculty composers David Coleman, Mark DeVoto, Michael McLaughlin, Sid Richardson, Kareem Roustom, Thomas Stumpf and Joel Larue Smith, interspersed with new graduate and undergraduate composers’ miniatures. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Arab Music Ensemble, directed by Naseem Alatrash, will be joined by Astaza, the Middle East Ensemble at Boston College, led by Nizar Fares, to present a concert entitled "Hayah," Arabic for “life.” The two groups will present a selection of songs from across the Arab world. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts University Sunday Concert Series features the Tufts Flute Ensemble presenting fun and thought-provoking music from the 17th century to the 20th century featuring works by Quantz, Bozza, Frackenpohl, Hook, Krell and Etler. Nina Barwell, director. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online through Tufts Music Live Streaming.

How might linguists Peter Culicover’s and Ray Jackendoff’s "Same-Except" cognitive relation redirect Tufts Composers’ musical thought processes? Show up, find out. Free to the public with no tickets required. The program also will be viewable online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.    

The Tufts University Opera Ensemble, directed by Carol Mastrodomenico and Thomas Stumpf, presents scenes both sad and comical from the worlds of opera, operetta, and musical theater. Free to the public with no tickets required. Also viewable online through Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts Sunday Concert Series presents the Tufts Symphony Orchestra performing its fall concert under the direction of John Page. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

Join the Tufts University Pep Band, directed by Michel Muller, for their first ever holiday concert at Distler Hall. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

Members of the Tufts Youth Philharmonic perform a concert to benefit their program. John Page directs. Suggested donation at the door is $10 per person, $25 per family. The performance also will be viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts Sunday Concert Series presents violinist Sarita Uranovsky and pianist Hisako Hiratsuka for an afternoon of music including sonatas by Beethoven and Brahms, along with Korngold's Suite "Much Ado About Nothing." Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The 2023-24 Tufts Composers series resumes with music by Jeannette Chechile and fellow Tufts composers that explores and questions beguiling structural underpinnings and patterns. Free to the public with no tickets required. The program also will be viewable online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.    

Due to unforeseen circumstances, today's Tufts Sunday Concert, "Jazz Divas & Women Who Rock," has been canceled.  

The Tufts Sunday Concert Series presents Duo Cello e Basso (Emmanuel Feldman, Pascale Delache-Feldman), joined by violinist Sarah Whitney in an program of solos, duos, and trios by Ravel, Bach, Florence Price, Piazzolla, and Mark O'Connor. Free to the public with no tickets required.  

Today's Tufts Composers New at Noon program, titled "Three-In-One," features the London-based Fidelio Trio: Darragh Morgan, violin; Tim Gill, cello; and Mary Dullea, piano. They'll perform new American and Irish works by T.J. Anderson, David Fennessy, John McDonald, and more, followed by a workshop of Tufts student compositions. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts University Department of Music welcomes vocalist Adrian Sicam and friends and colleagues from Berklee College of Music for an uplifting evening that answers the call of love in the wake of tumultuous and transformative times. The program will include the musical talents of Harold Charon, Kevin Scollins, Youngchae Jeong, Ivanna Cuesta, Lydia Harrell, Andrea Capozzoli, plus a special guest. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts Sunday Concert Series presents the program "Duck Duck Duck Duck Goose," featuring music for brass choir, harmonie band, and percussion ensemble, followed by Paul Hindemith's masterful Symphony in B-flat for the full Tufts Wind Ensemble. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts University Department of Music presents the program "Flora and Fauna," with flutist Ashley Addington and pianist John McDonald exploring the vivid, unique sounds and depictions of nature through acoustic and electroacoustic works. Featuring music by McDonald, Elainie Lillios, Allison Loggins-Hull, Valerie Coleman and Aaron Copland. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

Students from Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music studying in this program present their musical passions in a unique evening of classical, jazz, and original compositions. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

Tufts Composers continues the New Sounds Now series with the program "Small Choices." No grand narrative? No categories? Is our music post-genre? And do Tufts Composers still have something to say? Free to the public with no tickets required. The program also will be viewable online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.    

The Tufts Department of Music presents faculty pianist Thomas Stumpf performing a selection of short but emotionally powerful pieces by Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and Bartok. In addition, the program includes works by African American composers Regina Harris Baiocchi and Julia Perry, Tufts composers John McDonald and Kareem Roustom, and the world premiere of a piece Yehudi Wyner, Free to the public with no tickets required.

The Tufts University Department of Music presents cellist Emmanuel Feldman presenting all six Bach Cello Suites using his newly invented TekStand, which allows him to play his cello while standing rather than in the traditional seated position. Introducing each suite, Feldman explores the character and challenges presented by these iconic works. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming. Note: This program was rescheduled from its original date of March 1.  

This Tufts Composers concert, with Ben O'Toole and Kevin Tang, features newly written chamber music of a variety of ensembles and styles put together for this event. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

April Fool’s Day seems ideal for presenting Tufts University faculty composer/conductor/pianist David Coleman’s Sonata Con Fusion, with new works by Tufts Composers rounding out this evening of musical sleight-of-ear. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

Tufts University presents an evening with musical theater with award-winning actress, singer, and director Maria Friedman. Director of the hit Broadway revival of Stephen Sondheim’s "Merrily We Roll Along," Friedman has won three Olivier Awards. Most recently, she has starred in "Legacy," a tribute to the musical legacies of Michel Legrand, Marvin Hamlisch, and Stephen Sondheim, all of whom Friedman counted as friends and collaborators. Any member of the general public can get two complimentary tickets to this event, while…

The Tufts University Sunday Concert Series features a presentation and performance of indigenous music with the Iron River Singers, a well-known northern style pow-wow singing group. The members are made up of several Native nations including Chippewa, Wampanoag, Abenaki and Passamaquoddy. The Iron River Singers will perform traditional pow-wow music from their repertoire of music, along with dance performances, and punctuated by short explanations. The 3 p.m. concert will be preceded by an interactive presentation at 2 p.m. by the group's director and…

The Tufts University Wind Ensemble honors its graduating seniors and graduate students with music from one place to another, including William Schuman's "George Washington Bridge" and Respighi's "Pines of the Appian Way." Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming. Additionally, the Department of Music honors Professor John McCann as he conducts his final concert after 38 years at Tufts! Come early for a pre-concert reception to toast Professor McCann at 6:30 p.m.…

The New Music Ensemble at Tufts University, under the direction of Donald Berman, performs the concert "Great Recordings of the World’s Best Music." Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. The concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming. 

Jamie Kirsch leads the Tufts University Concert Choir and Chamber Singers in their spring concert. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.    

Tufts Composers continues the New Sounds Now series with the program "Build Up, Fall Down." What does it take for a piece of music to "stay together"? Tufts composers pose this question differently with each new piece. Free to the public with no tickets required. The program also will be viewable online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.    

Tufts University students present works for strings, winds, piano and brass. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

Kiniwe, the African Music and Dance Ensemble of the Tufts Music Department, and guests perform music and dance from the Ashanti, Dagomba and Ga people of Ghana. Guests will include Mohammed Alidu, Worcester Polytechnic Institute's African Drumming Ensemble, the New England Conservatory's Mile Norvisi, and the Agbekor Drum and Dance Society. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts University Sunday Concert series welcomes the Tufts Chamber Orchestra performing its spring concert under the direction of John Page. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

Today's Tufts Composers New at Noon program is titled "Solo Lullabies and Wake-Up Calls." Guest artist Aaron Larget-Caplan has commissioned and premiered more than 70 new lullabies for classical guitar. For this concert, he wakes us up to new Tufts student works presented alongside selections from his repertory. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts Sunday Concert Series presents the Tufts Symphony Orchestra performing its spring concert under the direction of John Page. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Flute Ensemble presents a varied spring concert featuring music from the 18th to 21st century. Nina Barwell, director. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

Tufts University's Early Music Ensemble and Arab Music Ensemble collaborate for a night of music at the confluence of musical traditions in Medieval Spain and beyond. Directed by Jane Hershey and Naseem Alatrash. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.    

Join the Tufts University Pep Band, directed by Michel Muller, for their spring concert at Distler Hall. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Electronic Music Ensemble presents "Blessed Relief," another in a series of highly eclectic electric concerts played entirely on electronic instruments. Dr. Paul D. Lehrman, director. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts University Youth Philharmonic performs its last concert of the school year, under the direction of John Page. Suggested donation at the door: $10 per person/$25 per family. The concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Composers begin the fall semester series of New Sounds Now with Elizabeth Reian Bennett, shakuhachi, performing traditional Japanese solo works from repertories of the Kinko and Kimpu schools, in addition to several new melodies by Tufts Composers composed with kokû ("empty bamboo") in mind. Free and open to the public with no tickets required.    

The Tufts University Department of Music presents a performance of traditional Chinese culture exquisitely prepared by the Student Art Troupe of Beijing Normal University, China. The evening will feature a variety of performances including traditional Chinese music, dance, Beijing Opera, Hanfu Show, and Chinese Kungfu. By embracing the cultural heritage of ancient China while absorbing contemporary expressions, the authentic performances offer a vivid interpretation of Chinese people’s vibrant spirits and timeless pursuits, celebrating the universal harmony in the world. Co-sponsored…

In today's edition of New Sounds Now, the Tufts University Composers ask: What can you express in a minute or less? Come find out. Free and open to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.      

The Tufts Sunday Concert Series welcomes Gateway Jaz in a performance blending a variety of genres including funk, blues, rock, and video game classics, all while deeply steeped in jazz traditions. Gateway Jaz pushes musical boundaries and intertwines genres while creating a sound that is both unique and captivating. Members are Phill Grannan, guitar; Tim Moyer, saxophone; Jake Gabriszeki, drums; and Galen Willett, bass. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

The Tufts University Wind Ensemble performs music by Alfred Reed, Elliot Del Borgo, Eric Whitacre, Brian Balmages, Crafton Williams, and Omar Thomas. Ray Daniels, director. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming. Note: This concert was rescheduled from its original date of October 20.

Students from Tufts University and the New England Conservatory of Music studying in this program present a unique evening of classical, jazz, and original compositions. Free to the public for in-person attendance with no tickets required. This concert also may be viewed online via Tufts Music Live Streaming.      

The Tufts Department of Music's Sunday Concert Series presents "Jazz Divas & Women Who Rock." Enjoy a fun and inspiring journey through the lives and music of groundbreaking women in American popular music, from early blues and jazz singers like Bessie Smith and Billie Holiday to '60s songwriters and rockers like Joni Mitchell and Carole King. Featuring Celia Slattery, voice, and guests. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts Department of Music presents the L’Étoile Duo — violinists Hsin-Lin Tsai and Miguel Perez-Espejo Cardenas — performing new repertory-building works for two violins by John McDonald and Kareem Roustom, alongside other bright chamber music by Tufts Composers. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts University Choruses perform under the direction of Jamie Kirsch. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

Today's Tufts Sunday Concert Series program is "Music of the Jewish World - Turkey, Syria, and Brooklyn, N.Y." It will be performed by Beth Bahia Cohen on violin and yayli tanbur and guests Tev Stevig, oud, tanbur, and bendir; Ezgi Kurt, voice; and Stefanos Athinaios, percussion. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts Early Music Ensemble presents the program Banchetto Musicale, featuring lieder and instrumental music by Isaac, Senfl, Scheidt, Schein, and others for Renaissance ensemble including sackbuts, recorders, dulcian, violas da gamba, harps, harpsichord, lute, chamber organ and voices. Jane Hershey, director, with guest Dan Meyers, recorders, sackbut, and percussion. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.  

The Tufts Sunday Concert Series presents the Tufts Chamber Orchestra performing Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 under the direction of John Page. Free to the public with no tickets required; also viewable via Tufts Music Live Streaming.

Tonight's program of Tufts University students competing for the Elizabeth Verveer Tishler Prize in Music Performance has been canceled. The Tishler Prize, established in 1984 by Elizabeth Verveer Tishler, is awarded on the basis of a competition, open to all undergraduates except those enrolled in the Tufts-New England Conservatory dual degree program. Elizabeth Muriel Verveer Tishler was born in December 1909. She and her husband, Max Tishler, met at Tufts, from which she graduated in 1931. She was an accomplished musician,…