March 2020
Stay Home with Juventas: Wolcott Humphrey
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be clarinet player Wolcott Humphrey. Humphrey has performed in contemporary chamber ensembles in Ithaca and Providence as well as Boston, and he also was the principal clarinetist of the Salt Lake Symphonic Winds and the…
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Stay Home with Juventas: Lu Yu
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be viola player Lu Yu. Yu holds degrees from the Royal Academy of Music in London and the New England Conservatory in Boston. She is the founding violist of the Loki String Quartet, which is…
Find out more »Stay Home with Juventas: Anne Howarth
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be french horn player Anne Howarth. She is a founding member and outreach director of the mixed-instrumentation chamber group Radius Ensemble and is a senior member of the wind quintet Vento Chiaro. She teaches horn…
Find out more »Stay Home with Juventas: Julia Scott Carey
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be pianist Julia Scott Carey. Julia is the Minister of Music at the Central Square Congregational Church in Bridgewater, where she leads the adult and children’s choirs from the keyboard. She is one of the…
Find out more »Stay Home with Juventas: Ryan Shannon
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be violin player Ryan Shannon. A graduate of the New England Conservatory, Shannon is an educator and a member of Palaver Strings, as well as an explorer of new music with Juventas New Music Ensemble.…
Find out more »Stay Home with Juventas: Kelley Hollis
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be soprano Kelley Hollis. She recently returned from London where she recorded Arnold Rosner’s "Requiem" with the London Philharmonic Orchestra at Abbey Road Studios. She twice has performed at Boston Symphony Hall. Visit the Juventas ensemble's…
Find out more »May 2020
Stay Home with Juventas: Wolcott Humphrey
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be clarinet player Wolcott Humphrey. Humphrey has performed in contemporary chamber ensembles in Ithaca and Providence as well as Boston, and he also was the principal clarinetist of the Salt Lake Symphonic Winds and the…
Find out more »Stay Home with Juventas: Julia Scott Carey
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be pianist Julia Scott Carey. Julia is the Minister of Music at the Central Square Congregational Church in Bridgewater, where she leads the adult and children’s choirs from the keyboard. She is one of the…
Find out more »Stay Home with Juventas: Minjin Chung
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be cellist Minjin Chung, who she has appeared in the top concert halls in the world such as Carnegie Hall, Symphony Hall, Jordan Hall, and the Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in Illinois. She…
Find out more »Stay Home with Juventas: Nick Southwick
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents another of his weekly Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be flutist Nick Southwick. Southwick made his international solo debut at age 18, performing the music of J.S. Bach with the Bermuda Chamber Orchestra in Hamilton, Bermuda. He has since performed in Austria, France, the…
Find out more »June 2020
Stay Home with Juventas: Olga Patramanska-Bell
In an attempt to offer hope, light and beauty in a difficult time, Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan presents his 12th and final Wednesday night live-streamed solo performances featuring members of his contemporary chamber music group, Juventas New Music Ensemble. Performing this week will be violinist Olga Patramanska-Bell. Patramanska-Bell is an active performer and participant in numerous concerts, projects and festivals. She is on the string faculty at the Winchester Community Music School, is a member of Zefira trio,…
Find out more »Alone Together: Virtual Season Finale with Juventas
Juventas New Music Ensemble, led by Medford composer and conductor Oliver Caplan, presents "Alone Together," a special, live-streamed chamber music concert to cap off its 15th anniversary season. Highlights will include audience favorites by composers: Emma Wine, "Gold Against the Gloom"; Michael Gandolfi, "Line Drawings"; and Wei-Chieh "Henry" Hu, "Dance of the Manakin." Also on the program will be Aaron Copland's "Laurie's Song" from The Tenderland and the world premiere of Oliver Caplan's "Alone Together." With socially-distanced performances by Julia…
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