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Music & Culture Events
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In Person
GBH Jazz Nights Featuring Jesse Taitt
GBH Music and JazzBoston are co-hosting a new series to showcase the breadth of incredible jazz talent of pianist and composer Jesse Taitt shares music that celebrates resilience, ancestry, and community. Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH Music. GBH Jazz Nights are made possible by the Goldstein Family Fund. -
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The Ulysses Quartet at Boston Public Library (February 2025)
Join GBH Music's quartet in residence, the Ulysses Quartet, for a performance at the Boston Public Library!
Tickets are free, but registration is encouraged. Please note that by registering for this event you agree to receive email communications from GBH and CRB Classical.
About the Ulysses Quartet:
The Ulysses Quartet has been praised for their “textural versatility,” “grave beauty” and “the kind of chemistry many quartets long for, but rarely achieve” (The Strad). Founded in 2015, the group won the grand prize and gold medal in the senior string division of the 2016 Fischoff National Chamber Music Competition and first prize in the 2018 Schoenfeld International String Competition. The quartet’s members hail from Canada, the United States and Taiwan. They have performed in such prestigious halls as Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Jordan Hall, the Picasso Museum in Málaga and Washington’s National Gallery of Art among many others. At Juilliard from 2019 to 2022, they were the Lisa Arnhold Fellows, serving as the School’s Graduate Resident String Quartet for 3 years. The group’s name pays homage to Homer’s hero Odysseus and his 10-year voyage home. The members of Ulysses perform on instruments and bows on loan from the Maestro Foundation and private donors. -
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March 2025 Outspoken Saturdays
The GBH BPL studio will host Outspoken Saturdays, a spoken word poetry event for emerging artists. Every first Saturday of the month, the series will be created in collaboration with spoken word artist Amanda Shea . Join us!
Registration is encouraged for this free event.
Concerts to Watch
GBH Music Holiday Spectacular 2024
Celebrate the season with the GBH Music Holiday Spectacular, a family-friendly concert and an opportunity for music lovers to be part of a live television production at GBH’s headquarters in Brighton.
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Culture in the News
The Brian O'Donovan Legacy Artist Grant will be awarded for the first time at BCMFest
The 22nd Annual Boston Celtic Music Festival is set to take place from Jan. 16-19 with performances across various venues in Cambridge and Somerville.
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Daniel Mason's 'North Woods' explores a vibrant history of New England
In the middle of a New England forest, a yellow house and the land on which it sits holds 200 years of personal and political history. This sweeping saga is author Daniel Mason’s latest novel, “North Woods,” the December selection for “Bookmarked: The Under the Radar Book Club.” -
Two New England Scrooges break down 'A Christmas Carol'
Actors Karen MacDonald and David Coffee join GBH News Executive Arts Editor Jared Bowen to talk about their experiences playing the lead in the Charles Dickens classic -
Forty years after 'The Day After,' rethinking war and nuclear weapons through film
'The Day After' focused on the city of Lawrence, Kansas. A record audience estimated at more than 100 million Americans tuned in, including then-President Ronald Reagan.
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More Culture Programs
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Episode 7, Season 5<br> How Did the Theremin Influence Electronic Music?
Explore how the theremin works and how it's being utilized today.| 10:04 -
Angel Blue Performs "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta"
Angel Blue sings an excerpt of Magda's Act I aria, "Chi il bel sogno di Doretta."| 1:29 -
Extended Readers Club | Tana French
Dive deeper into the mind of Tana French with an extended interview on the PBS Books Readers Club.| 1:14:17 -
“The Ride of the Valkyries” by the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra
The Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra plays “The Ride of the Valkyries.”| 3:28