Juventas New Music Ensemble

Juventas New Music Ensemble Juventas serves as an incubator for the most promising emerging composers by showcasing their music

Over the past 15 years, Juventas New Music Ensemble has made a mark on the world of contemporary classical music through its unique focus on showcasing and developing the music-making of today's most brilliant emerging composers. Our performances cross disciplinary boundaries and have included collaborations with robots, puppets, poets, scientists, dancers, and aerial artists. Our annual opera pro

ject has received numerous awards (National Opera Association, The American Prize) and we have been awarded grants from the NEA, Cambridge Arts Council, Boston Arts Council and others. Our core musicians are some of the top new music specialists in the world, working with young composers in an incubator that aims to spearhead their careers.

Music in Bloom is just a few weeks away! To celebrate our most anticipated concert of the season, we’re highlighting eac...
06/03/2026

Music in Bloom is just a few weeks away! To celebrate our most anticipated concert of the season, we’re highlighting each station you’ll encounter at Music in Bloom, starting with The Ramble. This station is set under a wooden pavilion and surrounded by a forage garden and countless perennials, shrubs, and trees, secluded from the rest of the music. Visitors will experience pieces for percussion and cello that are inspired by themes such as playfulness, strength, and separation.

Don’t have your tickets for Music in Bloom yet? It’s not too late! For more information, visit https://www.juventasmusic.org/music-in-bloom-2026 . Tickets can be purchased directly through NEBG at https://nebg.org/music-in-bloom/ .

With the beautiful summer weather coming back, what better way to celebrate than with an evening of music al fresco at t...
06/02/2026

With the beautiful summer weather coming back, what better way to celebrate than with an evening of music al fresco at the New England Botanic Garden! Join Juventas for our most exciting event of the year, Music in Bloom.

What began as an imaginative response to the challenges of the COVID era has blossomed into a beloved annual tradition. Featuring the works of 17 living composers, this event unites new music, nature, and community for an unforgettable, magical evening that you don’t want to miss!

Tickets must be reserved in advance at nebg.org/music-in-bloom.

06/01/2026

From all of us at Juventas, we wish you a joyous pride month! Now and always, we celebrate the stories and voices of our LGBTQIA+ identifying folks and pledge to uplift this beautiful community. Let us spread our love through music! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Enjoy this recording of Juventas soprano Kelley Hollis performing "Somewhere Over the Rainbow" from The Wizard of Oz at our 2019 Pride: Hand in Hand concert.

Happy Saturday! For our next installment in our On This Day series, we’re going back to 2013 to look at Juventas’ premie...
05/30/2026

Happy Saturday! For our next installment in our On This Day series, we’re going back to 2013 to look at Juventas’ premiere of Polina Nazaykinskaya’s chamber opera, The Magic Mirror. This piece is a reimagined setting of the classic Snow White tale, taking on a number of differences from the version most people are familiar with to create a darker and immersive experience, all sung in Russian. This production was also performed at the NY International Fringe Festival the same year!

We have lots of exciting performances happening this summer, starting with Music in Bloom next month! For more information, visit https://www.juventasmusic.org/music-in-bloom-2026

Happy last week of May! Our biggest concert series of the year, Music in Bloom, is right around the corner! To celebrate...
05/29/2026

Happy last week of May! Our biggest concert series of the year, Music in Bloom, is right around the corner! To celebrate, we are featuring one of the composers on the program: Reena Esmail!

Grammy-nominated composer Reena Esmail’s music “weaves together the traditions of Hindustani and Western classical music.” She is a widely sought-after composer for orchestral, chamber, and choral works. She has been commissioned by notable ensembles such as the Philadelphia Orchestra, San Francisco Imani Winds, and many others.

As a result of her compositional success, Reena has held residencies at prestigious institutions, including Tanglewood, Spoleto, and Marlboro. She has made appearances on the PBS series “Now Hear This” and the Metropolitan Museum of Art's “Frame of Mind” podcast.

Learn more about Reena Esmail at reenaesmail.com

Juventas is excited to perform Reena Esmail’s piece, “Who Makes a Clearing” at Music in Bloom, our annual showcase at !

Happy Friday! Can you believe we are almost done with the month of May? This week, we are spotlighting British Composer ...
05/22/2026

Happy Friday! Can you believe we are almost done with the month of May? This week, we are spotlighting British Composer Jonathan Dove, who is featured on our upcoming Music in Bloom Program!

Jonathan Dove is a forced to be reckoned with in the modern opera world. He is one of the most performed living opera composers to this date. Dove has written more than thirty operatic works, including his breakout work, "Flight", which has enjoyed over thirty productions in Europe, the US and Australia

In addition to his extensive operatic catalog, Dove's orchestral works have been performed by the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Philharmonia Orchestra, and the Royal Scottish National Orchestra, among others.

Juventas last performed one of Dove's works back in April of 2020, when soprano Kelley Hollis virtually performed his mini-opera "Ariel," which explores the character of the enslaved spirit from Shakespeare's "The Tempest." We've included a clip of Kelley singing the beginning of the first song!

Can't get enough Jonathan Dove? Juventas is excited to perform "The Tree of Many Names" for soprano, violin and cello from Dove's opera "Minterne" on our annual showcase at New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill: Music in Bloom!

Designed as a roving concert experience, guests are invited to wander the gardens of New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill, discovering a series of chamber ensembles nestled into gorgeous garden scenes along the way.

Tickets are moving fast! Grab them at: https://nebg.org/music-in-bloom/

05/18/2026

We had such an amazing time this weekend at the New England Botanic Garden at Tower Hill for Around the World in 80 Minutes! Julia’s incredible talent mixed with the ambient nature views and sounds made for an evening to remember. Thank you to all who could make it— and a special thank you to composer Adrian Wong for attending and introducing “Childhood Sweet”!

Want to catch Juventas at the Garden? Join us next month for Music in Bloom, two concerts where guests can wander the grounds and encounter five different concerts in one night. For more information, visit https://www.juventasmusic.org/music-in-bloom-2026

05/15/2026

Here are a few words from our Artistic Director Oliver Caplan on this weekend’s concert!

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