The Boston New Music Initiative

Check out our totally AMAZING performers for our concert this weekend! New England Legacies: The Boston Six Reimagined, we explore the legacy of the Boston Six composers: John Knowles Paine, Arthur William Foote, George Whitefield Chadwick, Amy Marcy Cheney Beach, Edward Alexander MacDowell and Horatio Parker. Beginning with Amy Beach's "3 Browning Songs" and ending with Arthur Foote's "A Night Piece," the concert explores the legacies of these composers through contemporary works by both Boston based composers and international composers responding to the music of six of the first American composers!

Tickets at bostonnewmusic.org/tickets

Saturday, 30 May 2025, 8pm
Somerville Music Spaces
1060 Broadway Suite C101B, Somerville, MA 02144

General Admission $25
Student/Senior/Low-Income $10

The AMAZING Performers
John Masko – Principal Conductor
Regina Stroncek – Soprano
Anthea Kechley – Flute
Shannon Leigh - Clarinet
Ming-hang Tam – Violin
Marnen E. Laibow-Koser – Violin
Ken Allen – Viola
Stephen Marotto – Cello
Paul Jacobs – Piano

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Last day for donation matching!

To support our upcoming May concert, New England Legacies: The Boston Six Reimagined. Our goal is to raise $2,000 to support performer stipends and space rental for the concert. All donations up to $1,000 will be matched by a generous donor. So please give today to support the music of living composers in the Boston area.

Help us celebrate BNMI President Beth Ratay's Birthday with a donation to support New Music, and our May 30th concert "New England Legacies." All donations up to $1,000 are matched. Go to bostonnewmusic.org/donate

Congratulations to the winners and honorable mentions for our 3rd Annual Historically Excluded Composers Competition! See all of the winning works on May 30 at 8pm at Somerville Music Space.

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Please support BNMI through our spring donation drive! If every follower donates $1, we will reach our goal! All donations up to $1000 dollars are being matched by a generous donor. All money will be going to support the production of our May 30 concert, New England Legacies: The Boston Six Reimagined, which be at 8pm at the Sommerville Music Spaces. More details on the concert are available here: https://mailchi.mp/4338ca232892/support-bnmi-today

To donate, go to https://bostonnewmusic.org/donate/

Please note on the information from above, that Gregory Zavracky's piece 3 ee cummings songs is not listed, but is on the program!

Salon Series returns! Join Melika M. Fitzhugh at 1pm ET on March 15. Register at bostonnewmusic.org/tickets.

Congratulations to our four winning composers of our New England Legacies: The Boston Six Reimagined commissioning prize! These composers will each be writing a miniature work in response to music from the Boston Six composers, John Knowles Paine, Arthur Foote, George Chadwick, Amy Beach, Edward MacDowell, and Horatio Parker.

Martin Hebel Dr Kirsten Johnson, FRSA Ethan Resnik

BNMI is very excited to announce the winner of the 13th Annual Commissioning Competition. This year we had almost 50 applicants! Our judging panel included Evan Williams, Ingrid Stölzel and Charles Shadle.

This year's winner is Lingbo Ma! Ma will be commissioned to write a new work for BNMI’s ensemble to be performed in 2026.

We would also like to take the opportunity to recognize two honorable mentions:
XY Mike Zhou and Christopher Jessup

Congratulations to the winner and honorable mentions!

This Friday, May 30 at 7pm, join us at the Somerville Music Spaces for our 15th Anniversary Celebration Concerts. Get in-person or livestream tickets at bostonnewmusic.org

These four talented composers are also volunteer staff members of BNMI. We are proud to have such talented composers working with us, and are excited to present their music!

Beth Ratay - President
Leah Reid - Artistic Director
SJR Caldwell - Secretary
Melika M. Fitzhugh - Director of Concert Series
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May 30 at 7pm at the Somerville Music Spaces
In-person and livestream tickets available at bostonnewmusic.org/tickets

Artur Akshelyan is the winner of BNMI's 12th annual commissioning competition. His new work, NOTGRIR, was written for BNMI's ensemble. The world premiere will be conducted by John Masko.

Anuj Bhutani, composer of flightpath, and Stephen Mallon, composer of The House That Jack Built, had their works selected through one of BNMI's annual calls for scores.

See all these works this Friday!

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