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501(c)(3) nonprofit creating new music concerts, compositions, collaborations and commissions through an international network of composers and performers.

05/30/2026

Tonight! New England Legacies: The Boston Six Reimagined. 8pm at Somerville Music Spaces. Tickets available at the door or at bostonnewmusic.org/tickets.

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05/29/2026

Join us tomorrow night, Saturday May 30 at 8pm at Somerville Music Spaces, to hear these FIVE newly commissioned works celebrating Boston, New England and the legacy of the Boston Six composers. Tickets at bostonnewmusic.org/tickets

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05/28/2026

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

05/20/2026

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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04/30/2026

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.

04/24/2026

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

04/10/2026

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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04/04/2026

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!

02/28/2026

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

02/19/2026

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

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1060 Broadway, Unit C101B
Somerville, MA
02144

Website

https://www.bostonnewmusic.org/donate

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