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Music & Culture Events
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Event
High School Quiz Show: Studio Audience Tickets - Feb. 2
Come join our studio audience!
Whether you are a fan of a student or school participating in GBH’s High School Quiz Show® this season, a HSQS Super Fan, or general trivia fan, the bracket is set for our 16th Season, and we want to mark the occasion with you!
Sunday, February 2, 2025
8:15 AM — Quarterfinal #3: Winners of Hopkinton/Mansfield vs. Acton-Boxborough VS. St. John’s Prep
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GBH2/PBS Passport/YouTube Premiere Date: April 26, 2025
10:00 AM — Quarterfinal #4: Winner of North Quincy/Saint John’s HS vs. Maimonides/Lexington
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GBH2/PBS Passport/YouTube Premiere Date: May 3, 2025
11:45 AM — Semifinal #1: TBD vs. TBD
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GBH2/PBS Passport/YouTube Premiere Date: May 10, 2025
2:30 PM — Semifinal #2: TBD vs. TBD
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GBH2/PBS Passport/YouTube Premiere Date: May 17, 2025
4:15 PM — Championship: TBD vs. TBD
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GBH2/PBS Passport/YouTube Premiere Date: May 17, 2025
Please note:- This event is free to the public.
- Seating is limited, please RSVP as soon as possible.
- Audience members must be at least 7 years old; all minors (under 18) must be accompanied by an adult.
- Registration does not guarantee seating in the studio audience (overflow will be seated in an adjacent theater featuring a live feed of the taping). Audiences are seated according to production needs.
- Please inform us in advance of any special accommodations by reaching out to Audience Member Services during regular business hours M-F, 9am-5pm at 617-300-3300 or via email: info@wgbh.org.
High School Quiz Show is endorsed by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary & Secondary Education and the Massachusetts PTA.
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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. -
In Person
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.
Program:
HAYDN String Quartet in E-flat Major, Op. 33, No. 2, “Joke”
DANISH TRADITIONAL (arr. Danish String Quartet): Drømte Mig En Drøm
DVORÁK String Quartet No. 14 in A-Flat Major, Op. 105
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.
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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