“Lera Auerbach’s music possesses that rare quality of being both boldly of our time, wildly inventive, and incredibly expressive while at the same time extremely accessible to audiences everywhere,” said RSC Interim Director Lindsey Robb. As an internationally recognized composer, conductor, and pianist, Auerbach has collaborated with many world-renowned orchestras including the New York Philharmonic, Oslo Philharmonic, and the ORF …
At the start of 2024, four remarkable RSC students lit up the stage at Regis College’s Fine Arts Center with their sensational concerto performances. In February, winners of this year’s Rivers Youth Orchestra Competition, Joseph Juhasz (bassoon) and Max Wei (violin), soloed with Rivers Youth Symphony and Philharmonia. William J. Kim (cello) and Henry Tushman (piano), the winners of the …
Saturday, March 2, 20249:30 a.m.Bradley Hall, Rivera Recital Hall On Saturday, March 2, 2024 at 9:30 a.m., violinist, conductor, and composer Pekka Kuusisto will be giving a chamber music master class in Bradley Hall, Rivera Recital. This master class will feature two ChamberMusicLab groups. Pekka Kuusisto is renowned for his artistic freedom and fresh approach to repertoire. Kuusisto is Artistic …
Sunday, February 11, 202410:00 a.m.Bradley Hall, Rivera Recital Hall On Sunday, February 11, 2024 at 10:00 a.m., founding cellist of the world-renowned Muir String Quartet and professor of cello at Boston University Michael Reynolds will be giving a cello master class in Bradley Hall, Rivera Recital Hall. Mr. Reynolds has performed over 2,000 concerts worldwide and has performed with artists …
Tuesday, January 9, 2024 5:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.Bradley Hall, Rivera Recital Hall On Tuesday, January 9, 2024 from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., mezzo-soprano and contemporary vocalist Carrie Cheron will be giving a voice master class in Bradley Hall, Rivera Recital Hall. Praised as “consoling and soulful,” for her “mystifying simplicity,” Carrie has graced stages across New England and …
On Thursday evenings in the fall, as the sun sinks into the crisp autumn night sky, musicians in RSC’s Camerata Strings fill Rivera Recital Hall with vibrant music—but with a twist—no conductor. “Camerata Strings has really taught me how to lead and connect more with the other musicians in the ensemble,” says violinist Anna Kehayova. “Because we don’t have a …
During lessons and performances, students in RSC’s Suzuki Programs pluck, sing, and bow their way to developing self-confidence and a deeper appreciation of music through community and transformative mentorship that centers around the Suzuki Philosophy. This philosophy, which was developed by Japanese violinist and educator Dr. Shinichi Suzuki in the mid-twentieth century, reflects the process of learning a language through …
Listening to jazz musicians dance across new soundscapes through improvised notes and rhythms is so mesmerizing, you wonder how they do it. A lot of practice goes into improvising. The audience may not realize this but the musicians are well aware, after they take the first plunge into jazz improvisation and meticulously fine-tune their technique. Regardless of their prior experience …
“When I play the Shostakovich,” expressed Brian Lee, “it feels like I have a real purpose as a cellist.” Lee, who has been studying with RSC faculty member Eugene Kim since he was eight years old, won one of the five grand prize spots at the 2023 Fidelity Investments Young Artists Competition. With cello and bow in hand, he took …
“Great concerts change the lives of listeners,” says Jake Winneg ‘25, violinist in The Rivers School Conservatory’s ChamberMusicLab program. And changing lives is exactly what these students are doing. Through their devotion to teamwork, students in The Rivers School Conservatory’s (RSC) ChamberMusicLab program (CML) are proving themselves to be powerful catalysts for change. Dedicated middle and upper school musicians accepted …
