Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Sat Oct 10 · 8:00pm

Faculty Recital: Hinge Quartet—Extended Play

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Studio 106 · Richard Ortner Studio Building · 132 Ipswich Street · Boston MA 02115

The Hinge Quartet, Philipp Stäudlin on saxophones, Dan VanHassel on electric guitar, Matt Sharrock on percussion and Keith Kirchoff on piano, opens its season with Steven Ricks's four-movement Extended Play (2007), which takes its title from rock's EP, alongside Nico Muhly's Flexible Music, Jessie Cox's Black as a Hack for Cyborgification, Badie Khaleghian's anonymous and Katarina Rosenberger's modules. The quartet is the Conservatory's contemporary ensemble-in-residence.

Sat Oct 10 · 8:00pm

Faculty Recital: Michael Lewin, Piano

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Seully Hall · 8 Fenway · Floor 4 · Boston MA 02215 · Fenway · Boston

Michael Lewin, who teaches piano at the Conservatory, plays Clementi's Sonata in F-sharp minor, Op. 25 No. 5, two Brahms intermezzos (Op. 119 No. 1 and Op. 118 No. 6) and Chopin's Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, the "Funeral March". After the interval come Janáček's sonata 1.X.1905, "From the Street", written after a demonstrator's death in Brno, and Liszt's Petrarch Sonnet No. 104 and Hungarian Rhapsody No. 8.

Thu Oct 15 – Sun Oct 18

Fall Dance Concert: From the Ground Up

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Boston Conservatory Theater · 31 Hemenway St · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Thu Oct 15 · 7:30pm / Fri Oct 16 · 7:30pm / Sat Oct 17 · 1pm & 7:30pm / Sun Oct 18 · 1pm

Six world premieres made on the Conservatory's contemporary dance majors, by guest choreographers Igal Perry, Sean Curran, Germaul Barnes and Moscelyne ParkeHarrison and by faculty members Junichi Fukuda and Emily Jerant-Hendrickson. Sophomores, juniors and seniors dance. The Conservatory has selected it for its Center Stage collection, the small group of productions it promotes each season.

Fri Oct 16 · 5:00pm

Fall Kickoff: A Choral Season Preview

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Seully Hall · 8 Fenway · Floor 4 · Boston MA 02215 · Fenway · Boston

The Boston Conservatory at Berklee choirs open their choral season with an early-evening concert of short performances by the Conservatory choir, chorale and chamber choir, a first look at the repertoire, collaborations and special events planned for the year ahead. Dr. Spinelli and Dr. Gardiner lead the evening alongside the Conservatory's master of music candidates in choral conducting. It opens the Conservatory's Friends and Family Weekend.

Thu Oct 22 · 8:00pm

Faculty Recital: YaoGuang Zhai, Clarinet, with Guest Artist Nina Schumann, Piano

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Seully Hall · 8 Fenway · Floor 4 · Boston MA 02215 · Fenway · Boston

YaoGuang Zhai, who teaches clarinet at the Conservatory, gives a joint recital with the South African pianist Nina Schumann. A native of Taiyuan, China, and a graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music, Zhai was appointed principal clarinet of the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in 2016 after posts with the Toronto and Shanghai symphonies. Schumann has headed piano at Stellenbosch University and performs as TwoPianists with her husband, Luis Magalhães.

Thu Oct 22 – Sat Oct 24

Writer's Stage: Meet Me in the Bathroom

by Cassie Seinuk

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Studio 401 · 31 Hemenway Street · Floor 4 · Boston · MA 02115 · Fenway · Boston

Thu Oct 22 · 8:00pm / Fri Oct 23 · 8:00pm / Sat Oct 24 · 2:00pm & 8:00pm

Cassie Seinuk's new play, directed by Dori Robinson, follows five teenagers in the girls' bathroom of a suburban high school after an “innocent” picture with a favorite teacher becomes the biggest scandal the school has seen. The one person willing to help may be a former best friend turned antagonist, and a teenage Greek chorus of band geeks, cheerleaders, goths, skaters and jocks narrates.

Fri Oct 23 · 8:00 PM

Boston Conservatory Orchestra: The Great Swiftness

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Symphony Hall · 301 Massachusetts Ave · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

The Conservatory orchestra comes to Symphony Hall with a triple concerto by the American composer James Stephenson written for three of the school's brass faculty, and a suite drawn from Holst's The Planets, whose movements take their characters from astrology rather than astronomy. Playing the Stephenson puts the teaching staff in front of their own students.

Thu Nov 5 – Sun Nov 8

She Loves Me

by Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick (book by Joe Masteroff)

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Boston Conservatory Theater · 31 Hemenway Street · Boston · MA 02115 · Fenway · Boston

Two clerks in a 1930s European perfumery bicker across the counter while carrying on an anonymous romance by letter, each unaware the other is the correspondent. Jerry Bock and Sheldon Harnick wrote the score between Fiorello! and Fiddler on the Roof; Joe Masteroff's book comes from Miklos Laszlo's play Parfumerie, the same source as The Shop Around the Corner.

Sun Nov 8 · 3:00 PM

Boston Conservatory Wind Ensemble: America at 250

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Sam Adams Park at Faneuil Hall · Boston · MA (outdoor) · Fenway · Boston

An outdoor concert at Faneuil Hall for the Revolution's 250th anniversary, opening with William Schuman's 1956 variations on 'Chester' — the marching song of the Revolution, written by the Boston composer William Billings — and continuing through works by four American composers on history, place and memory. The ensemble plays at the seat of the history it is marking.

Sun Nov 15 · 7:30 PM

Artistry in Action: String Masters Series—Yevgeny Kutik, Violin, and Dina Vainshtein, Piano

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Seully Hall · 8 Fenway · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Violinist Yevgeny Kutik plays with Boston pianist Dina Vainshtein. The New York Times credited Kutik with a 'dark-hued tone and razor-sharp technique'; he programmes new commissions alongside standard repertoire and is artistic director and co-founder of the Birch Festival. Vainshtein has won special awards as a chamber-music partner and works widely with string players in the city.

Tue Nov 17 · 8:00 PM

Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series—Boris Berman in Recital

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Seully Hall · 8 Fenway · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Boris Berman has played in more than fifty countries and recorded the complete piano works of Prokofiev and the Scriabin sonatas. He heads the piano department at Yale, and his books Notes from the Pianist's Bench and A Guide to Prokofiev's Piano Sonatas are standard reading for students. Michael Lewin directs the series.

Thu Nov 19 – Sun Nov 22

La Bohème

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Boston Conservatory Theater · 31 Hemenway St · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Thu Nov 19 · 7:30pm / Fri Nov 20 · 7:30pm / Sat Nov 21 · 7:30pm / Sun Nov 22 · 2pm

Puccini's 1896 opera about four young artists sharing a cold Paris garret, and the seamstress Mimì who comes to the door for a light and dies of consumption four acts later. It is among the most performed operas anywhere. The Conservatory stages it over four nights with its own singers and orchestra.

Thu Feb 4 – Sun Feb 7

Commercial Dance BFA Concert

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Boston Conservatory Theater · 31 Hemenway St · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Thu Feb 4 · 7:30pm / Fri Feb 5 · 7:30pm / Sat Feb 6 · 1pm & 7:30pm / Sun Feb 7 · 1pm

The Conservatory's commercial dance majors work across jazz, hip-hop, musical theatre and circus, dancing world premieres by guest artists Alex Fetbroth, Asiel Hardison and Reina Hidalgo and by faculty members Jun Kuribayashi and Lindsey Klein. The programme also carries a reconstruction of Bob Fosse's Dancin' Man, which puts a piece of Broadway's choreographic record on a student stage.

Thu Feb 25 – Sat Feb 27

Marie Antoinette

by David Adjmi

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Boston Conservatory Theater · 31 Hemenway Street · Boston · MA 02115 · Fenway · Boston

David Adjmi's play takes the queen from her arrival at Versailles as a teenage bride to her fall, written in deliberately modern language and staged with modern design. Adjmi treats her as a celebrity under permanent scrutiny rather than a historical figure, and the script is darkly comic about the gap between the court's rituals and the country outside them.

Sun Mar 7 · 7:30 PM

Artistry in Action: String Masters Series—Raman Ramakrishnan, Cello, and Max Levinson, Piano

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Seully Hall · 8 Fenway · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Cellist Raman Ramakrishnan and pianist Max Levinson play Debussy, Shostakovich and Rachmaninoff. Both are artist members of the Boston Chamber Music Society, so the recital pairs two players who already work together regularly. Andrew Mark directs the String Masters Series, which sits inside the Conservatory's Artistry in Action programme of faculty and guest concerts.

Tue Mar 9 · 8:00 PM

Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series—Sofya Gulyak in Recital

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Seully Hall · 8 Fenway · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Sofya Gulyak became the first woman to win the gold medal at the Leeds International Piano Competition in 2009 and has played with orchestras across Europe, Asia and the United States since. Her programme here is built on 'Liszt and his Dances'. Michael Lewin directs the Piano Masters Series at the Conservatory.

Sun Apr 4 · 7:30 PM

Artistry in Action: String Masters Series—Caleb Quillen, Double Bass

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Seully Hall · 8 Fenway · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Caleb Quillen, principal double bass of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, gives a recital built around Schubert's 'Arpeggione' Sonata — written for an instrument that no longer exists and now claimed by cellists, violists and, less often, bass players. Andrew Mark directs the String Masters Series inside the Conservatory's Artistry in Action programme.

Thu Apr 8 – Sun Apr 11

Crazy for You

by George and Ira Gershwin (book by Ken Ludwig)

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Boston Conservatory Theater · 31 Hemenway Street · Boston · MA 02115 · Fenway · Boston

Ken Ludwig's 1992 book strings George and Ira Gershwin songs — 'I Got Rhythm', 'Embraceable You', 'Someone to Watch Over Me' — around a banker sent to Nevada to foreclose on a theatre who instead decides to save it, disguising himself as a Broadway impresario to do so. It won the Tony for Best Musical and is built on tap.

Tue Apr 13 · 8:00 PM

Artistry in Action: Piano Masters Series—Enrique Graf in Recital

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Seully Hall · 8 Fenway · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

The Uruguayan pianist Enrique Graf has built a long recording and concert career and holds particular standing in Latin America, where he has championed contemporary composers alongside the classical and Romantic repertory. His programme takes in sonatas by Mozart and Liszt and works by Uruguayan composers. Michael Lewin directs the series.

Thu Apr 15 – Sun Apr 18

The Rake’s Progress

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Calderwood Pavilion at Boston Center for the Arts · 527 Tremont St · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Stravinsky's 1951 opera follows Tom Rakewell from an inheritance through a London of brothels, an auction and a madhouse, with a libretto by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman that took its shape from Hogarth's series of paintings. The score is deliberately eighteenth-century in manner. David Gately directs and Andrew Bisantz conducts.

Thu Apr 22 – Sun Apr 25

Spring Dance Concert: Limitless

Boston Conservatory at Berklee · Boston Conservatory Theater · 31 Hemenway St · Boston · MA · Fenway · Boston

Thu Apr 22 · 7:30pm / Fri Apr 23 · 7:30pm / Sat Apr 24 · 1pm & 7:30pm / Sun Apr 25 · 1pm

The Conservatory's contemporary dance majors take on a demanding bill: a world premiere by Aszure Barton, Bob Fosse's Crunchy Granola Suite, excerpts from Pina Bausch's Palermo, Palermo, Akram Khan's Vertical Road and José Limón's There Is A Time. Four of the five are repertory works by choreographers companies build whole seasons around.