NEMPAC is working towards ensuring all members of our communities are included and have equal access. We pledge to ensure all have access to our facilities and programs.

The NEMPAC Winter Concert Series (what has been replaced by our current Artist Sries) began in 2015 with a special Italian Heritage Month concert featuring Italian cellist Francesco Mastromatteo and Pianist, Dr. Christina Wright-Ivanova that was hosted at St. Stephen’s Church in the North End. After receiving a strong feedback and interest from the community and Ms. Ivanova’s expertise in classical music, this first concert sprung into a regular music series featuring some of Boston’s most highly prestigious classical musicians. With a goal to eliminate barriers between audience members and the artists, and to make classical music more approachable, the programs were brought to comfortable, intimate venues seating between 30 to 60 guests. These venue locations in Boston have included Bijou de la Vida private art gallery; North Bennet Street School, Steinert Hall on the Steinway Building; Tresca; Lucia Ristorante; La Galleria 33 Ristorante.

Two Homes, One Heart: A Chinese New Year Celebration     2022

This evening provided an immersion into Chinese heritage and classical music with Zhantao Lin, an erhu (Chinese violin) performer, a Boston-based piano trio (Ariel Mo, Yiliang Jiang and Yunwen Chen), and an on-site Calligraphy demonstration with Liz Roessler and North End’s own ‘Lettering by Liz’. 

Voices of the Resilient: The Kurganov-Finehouse Duo     2021

‘New Music from New England’ with HUB New Music     2021

Virtual Performance, recorded in Boston’s Athenaeum

Michael Avitabile, flute; Alyssa Wang, violin; Nicholas Brown, clarinet; Jesse Christeson, cello

‘Amore’ Valentine’s Day Concert & Dinner – Lucia’s Restaurant                 2020

Standard and New vocal and operatic works with a soprano, mezzo-soprano Heather Gallagher, and Fran Rogers. 

Seeking Sanctuary: A Viola and Piano Recital celebrating Black Artistry through Music  2020

At North Bennet Street School, a program devoted to diversity in music showcases works by Hailstork, Florence Price and more, with celebrated artists Ashleigh Gordon and Joy Cline Phinney. 

Through the Lens: Jewish Classics, Unknown and Celebrated                 2019

With cellist Aron Zelkowicz and mezzo-soprano Lynn Torgove:- performance of important Jewish works by Stutschewsky, Joan Szymko, Gerald Cohen and Julius Chajes.

‘Amore’ Valentine’s Day Concert & Dinner – Lucia’s Restaurant                 2019

Standard Operatic works with Jessica Toupin, soprano, Fran Rogers, tenor and Junhan Choi, baritone

Bijou presents the ‘Neave Piano Trio’                   2019

The Longy School of Music’s Faculty Trio-in-Residence performed as guest artists, with a program featuring Debussy, Roussel and Fauré Piano Trios.

‘Boston Composers: Then and Now, Number Two!’ Recital                   2018

Following a highly successful Boston Composers Feature concert last season, music includes works by Tom Cipullo, Irving Fine, David Sisco, Leonard Bernstein, Gabriel Kahane and more.

Italian-Spanish Cello & Piano Fundraising Concert             2018

Works including Piazzola’s Grand Tango, Piatti’s Rimembranze del Trovatore di Verdi and Chopin’s passionate Sonata for Piano and Cello with Guest Cellist Francesco Mastromatteo

Cabaret & Jazz-Inspired Evening                         2018

Paul Schoenfield’s Trio, Bolcom’s Cabaret Song selections, works by Kenji Bunch, Kurt Weill and more: clarinetist Ryan Yuré, mezzo-soprano Alexandra Dietrich, flutist Dominique Kim, violinist Aija Reke & soprano Kathryn McKellar

‘100 Years After the War’ Recital                         2018

Janáçek’s Violin Sonata, Stravinsky L’histoire du soldat, Messiaen selections from Quartour pour la fin du temps and de Falla’s Siete Canciones Populaires: soprano Katrina Holden, violinist Klaudia Szlachta, & Ryan Yuré

‘Boston Composers: Then and Now’ Recital             2017

Bernstein’s I Hate Music!, Horatio Parker’s Suite for Piano Trio, Amy Beach’s Dreaming, Arthur Foote’s Ballade, Vartan Aghababian’s If, Matthewn Aucoin’s The Sleepers, and Heather Gilligan’s Living in Light. 

Portrait of a Power Couple Recital 2017

Select Schubert songs & Fantasy for four hands; select Beethoven songs & An die Ferne Geliebte with John Nevergall, tenor and Andrei Baumann, piano

Music, Food & Dance: Steinert Hall at Steinway & Sons 2016

With guest artists Ines Andrade and Edoardo Campenedo, pianists, and Karen Luttik, clarinet – works by Portuguese, Spanish & Italian composers

Love, Loss & Transformation: Steinert Hall at Steinway & Sons 2015

Musical Reflections on Czech and Russian Masters: Smetana’s Trio in g minor, Janacek’s Violin Sonata and Shostakovich’s Cello Sonata with Andrea Segar, violin & Francesco Mastromatteo, cello

Celebration of Martin Luther King Day 2015

Barber’s Cello Sonata, Carter’s Cello Sonata, R. Pearson Thomas’ Race to the Sky, Leslie Adams songs and Jean Berger songs: Kristin Young, soprano, Jessica Nicolet, soprano, and Stephen Marotto, cello

Italian Heritage Month Recital, St. Stephen’s Church             2014

Stravinsky’s Suite Italienne & Prokofiev’s Sonata for cello & piano with Francesco Mastromatteo, cello