FAMILY PHOTOS
Reflections of our multicultural nation
JAN 17 | 7 PM BRATTLEBORO MUSIC CENTER
BRATTLEBORO, VT
JAN 30–FEB 1 | 7 PM
GARDEN AT TOWER HILL
BOYLSTON, MA
BLOOM, BLAZE, FALL, FROST
SEP 27 & 28
CHASING DREAMS FOR LATER LIGHT NOV 15 & 16
JUVENTAS X NAVONA RECORDS MAY 2
AROUND THE WORLD IN 80 MINUTES MAY 16 & 17 MUSIC IN BLOOM JUNE 14 & 21 UP NEXT
FAMILY PHOTOS JAN 17 JAN 30–FEB 1 LU YU: CENTER STAGE MARCH 14 & 15
FAMILY PHOTOS
Reflections of our multicultural nation
JAN 17 | 7 PM | BRATTLEBORO MUSIC CENTER
JAN 30–FEB 1 | 7 PM | NEW ENGLAND BOTANIC GARDEN AT TOWER HILL
Pisachi (Reveal) (2013)
Canções da America (2022)
I. Dança
II. Choro-Canção
III. Tango
IV. Intermezzo
V. Melodia Andina
VI. Purahéi
Family Photos (2021)
I. At the Carnival
II. On the Tehran Tower
III. In Arcadia
Green Mountain Fugue (2025)
American Mirror (2018)
Part I
Part II
Ryan Shannon, violin; Mina Lavcheva, violin; Lu Yu, viola; Matthew Smith, cello
Tate
Clarice Assad
Kian Ravaei
Oliver Caplan
Derrick Skye
This program is funded in part by an Operating Support Grant from the Mass Cultural Council’s Portfolio Program; and by a grant from the Boylston Cultural Council, a local agency that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council, a state agency.
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JUVENTAS NEW MUSIC ENSEMBLE
Juventas New Music Ensemble is a dynamic contemporary chamber group with a special focus on emerging voices.
We reimagine classical music as a vibrant living art form, uplifting rising voices and bringing audiences music from a diverse array of composers that live in today’s world and respond to our time.
Juventas has earned a reputation as a curator, with a keen eye for new talent. Since our founding in 2005, we have performed the music of over 300 living composers. Our musicians champion these artists with exceptional professional performances that open doors.
From climate change to mental health, our programs speak to the most critical topics of the 21st century. Our concerts center on the human experience, featuring deeply personal music that fosters conversation and reflection.
Our work has been recognized with multiple American Prize wins and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Massachusetts Cultural Council, New Music USA and Boston Foundation. Juventas has been featured on over a dozen recording projects, including albums from Albany Records, Navona, New Dynamic and RMN Classical.
John A. Carey has generously sponsored Juventas New Music Ensemble’s 2025-26 Mainstage Season.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
John Carey
President
Andrew Wilkins
Treasurer
Meghan Guidry
Clerk
Lynn Eustis
Meg Fuchs
Carson Cooman
Leslie Jacobson Kaye
Karen Ruymann
Oliver Caplan
ex officio
STAFF
Oliver Caplan
Artistic Director
Andrew Wilkins has generously sponsored Oliver Caplan’s position for the 2025-26 concert season.
Kyla Blocker
General Manager
Meg Fuchs has generously sponsored Kyla Blocker’s position for the 2025-26 concert season.
Saskia den Boon
Grants Coordinator
Graphic Designer
Molly Breen-Aronson
Development Coordinator
J Lamoureux
Social Media Coordinator
Aimee Lents
Arts Administration Intern
FROM THE ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
The 2026 Semiquincentennial of the United States offers an opportunity to consider who we are as a nation, where we’ve come from and who we want to be. There will be much talk of the founding of our nation in 1776, but there were, of course, indigenous people living here long before. Our nation of immigrants has included citizens from nearly every country in the world. Most have come here by choice, seeking a better life; and yet, many were brought against their will, forced into slavery. As a nation, we have committed both moral atrocities to grieve, and heroic feats to be proud of.
This program celebrates what has always been America’s greatest strength: our multiculturalism. We may come from different places, with different identities, ethnicities and religions. And yet, the American “melting pot” remains unique. We have woven together to form something greater than the sum of its parts.
Through their music, the composers on this program offer deeply personal journeys, exploring heritage, identity and family. In these dark days of winter, we hope to fill your hearts with warmth and light.
Sincerely,
Oliver Caplan Artistic and Executive Director
PROGRAM NOTES
Jerod Tate | Pisachi (Reveal) (2013)
Pisachi (Reveal) is composed in six epitomes (sections) and was originally commissioned to be performed within a slide show exhibit for ETHEL’s touring project entitled “Documerica.” For this project, Pisachi was assigned to accompany images of the American Indian Southwest. In doing so, the work draws specifically from Hopi and Pueblo Indian music, rhythms, and form.
The opening viola solo is a paraphrase of a Pueblo Buffalo Dance and becomes material throughout the work. Later, the work refers to Hopi Buffalo Dance and Hopi Elk Dance music. It is the composer’s intent to honor his Southwest Indian cousins through classical repertoire.
“Pisachi” is the Chickasaw word for reveal and is pronounced pee-sah-chee.
Clarice Assad | Canções da America (2022)
Canções da America is a collection of song-like movements inspired by chants, dances, and rhythms associated with South American music, which is a melting pot of cultures consisting of Europeans, immigrants, natives, and people from Africa. This six-movement work embraces fragments of the Milonga dance, related to the tune of Uruguay, the choro from Brazil, the music of Paraguay, and a movement dedicated to the Argentinian Tango, born in its modern version in Buenos Aires in the early 19th century. Also in the suite is an homage to Andean music, chant-like melodies associated with the regions of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador, and other peoples who lived approximately in the area of the Inca Empire before the Europeans arrived.
For the first time as a composer, I explore the music of countries neighboring Brazil—my original homeland—including Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia, and Argentina. The latter was the homeland of composer Claudia Montero, whose passing in early 2021 inspired me to write this work. Montero was an accomplished musician who dedicated her life to creating beautiful pieces of music sparked by Latin American themes. She supported numerous projects to amplify women’s voices in music, and her body of works reinforces the importance of female composers’ voices in today’s world. Canções da America is dedicated to her legacy and Fry Street Quartet.
Kian Ravaei | Family Photos (2021)
Family Photos is a musical collage of personally significant places from my childhood. The first movement, “At the Carnival,” takes inspiration from the whimsy and spectacle of my neighborhood carnival. “On the Tehran Tower,” the second movement,
incorporates elements of Iranian classical music, inspired by my childhood trips to visit family in Tehran. The third and final movement, “In Arcadia,” represents not only my hometown in the suburbs of Los Angeles, but also the Arcadia of Ancient Greek mythology, a heaven on Earth.
Oliver Caplan | Green Mountain Fugue (2025)
Green Mountain Fugue was commissioned by Julia, Heidi and Laurel Copeland in loving memory of their mother, Lynda Copeland.
I met the Copelands in 2022, when my husband Chris and I purchased a house in the town of Halifax, Vermont, population 759. I reached out to Laurel to join the Halifax Newsletter email list, and within two weeks, she and her husband John were having us over for dinner and introducing us to a spirited band of neighbors. This is, in some respects, the nature of small-town life, but it also deeply reflects the warm ethos of the Copelands. They say the apple does not fall far from the tree, and I have learned through countless stories that Lynda, who was 96 when I first walked into Halifax, was very much the same, bringing people together, building community, and touching the hearts of everyone she met. She was a civil rights activist, regular contributor to the Brattleboro Reformer, and passionate supporter of the local music scene. If you haven’t been to Southern Vermont, “local music scene” might not conjure quite the right impression. I once spotted a signed photo of Isaac Stern in Lynda’s farmhouse, personally dedicated to her.
Lynda navigated the winding dirt roads of the green mountains in cars that sported what, to this music nerd, have to be two of the most badass license plates of all time. One read “JS BACH” and the other “FUGA.” With that in mind, I could think of no more fitting musical tribute for Lynda than a fugue. A fugue is a musical form that begins with the first “voice” (represented by one or more instruments) introducing a melody, known as the “subject.” A second voice enters and picks up the subject, while the first proceeds to a musical “answer.” A third voice then enters and we’re off! I crafted this four-voice fugue to represent Lynda and her three daughters. Lynda lives on through these three incredible women, community pillars and music lovers in their own right.
Above all, Green Mountain Fugue is a piece about family, love, and a tight-knit community in the rolling mountains of Southern Vermont.
Derrick Skye | American Mirror (2018)
American Mirror reflects on the coming together of cultures in our society, which consists of many generations and descendants of refugees, immigrants, and enslaved people, and how intercultural collaborations are essential to the well-being of American society. Melodically, the piece draws from West African, North African, and Eastern European vocal techniques and ornamentations, in addition to modal scales. Underneath these melodies, American Mirror uses open harmonies commonly found in Appalachian folk music and also includes drones, an accompaniment practice found in many musical cultures. American Mirror is written in two parts.
Raspberry Man (2011)
Sculpting the Air (2011)
Spectres (2016) You Are Not Alone (2017)
Figments Vol. 3 (2022)
Brass Tacks 2 (2023)
To What Listens (2022)
Hackpolitik (2014)
Watershed (2021)
Voices of the Land (2023)
Sauntering Songs (2023)
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JUVENTAS IN THE STUDIO
OUR RECORDING LEGACY
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
JEROD TATE | b. 1968
Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate is a classical composer and citizen of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma, dedicated to the development of American Indian classical composition. He is a 2022 Chickasaw Hall of Fame inductee and a 2022 Distinguished Alumni Award recipient from The Cleveland Institute of Music. In 2021, he was appointed a Cultural Ambassador for the U.S. Department of State. In 2025, Tate won the Wise-Hinrichsen Award in Music from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Among many recent premieres, Tate’s highlights include commissions from the New York Philharmonic, American Composers Orchestra, Cantori NY, and Turtle Island Quartet. This season, Dover String Quartet tours Tate’s new quartet, Woodland Songs, Oklahoma’s Canterbury Voices premieres Tate’s first opera, Loksi’ Shaali’ (Shell Shaker), PostClassical Ensemble presents an all-American-Indian program curated by Tate in Washington D.C., and his popular work Chokfi’ has been programmed by the Austin, Eureka, and Ft. Collins symphonies. Tate is currently at work on a new violin concerto for acclaimed violinist Irina Muresanu, as well as new works for the Oklahoma City Philharmonic and North Carolina Symphony Orchestra.
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CLARICE ASSAD | b. 1978
A powerful communicator renowned for her musical scope and versatility, Brazilian-American Clarice Assad is a significant artistic voice in the classical, world music, pop, and jazz genres. The Grammy Award–nominated composer, celebrated pianist, inventive vocalist and educator is acclaimed for her evocative colors, rich textures, and diverse stylistic range.
What motivates Assad? What drives her passion and creativity? Writing and playing music that inspires and encourages audiences’ imaginations to break free of often self-imposed constraints is just the beginning. She endeavors to harness the incredible and intangible power of music to connect people and transform lives through original works, commissions, and education programs that give voice to everything from
the impact of climate change to issues of social justice, gender equity, and the empowerment of young voices.
With her talent sought-after by artists and organizations worldwide, the polyglot musician continues to attract new audiences both onstage and off. In the recording arena, Assad has released seven solo albums and appeared on or had her works performed on another 34. Her music is represented on Cedille Records, SONY Masterworks, Nonesuch, Adventure Music, Edge, Telarc, NSS Music, GHA, and CHANDOS. Her innovative and award-winning VOXploration education series on music creation, songwriting, and improvisation has been presented throughout the world.
The prolific composer has more than 70 works to her credit, including numerous commissions for Carnegie Hall, the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, the Boston Youth Orchestra, Chicago Sinfonietta, San Jose Chamber Orchestra, the Bravo! Vail Music Festival, and the La Jolla Music Festival, to name a few. Her compositions have been recorded by some of the most prominent names in classical music, including percussionist Dame Evelyn Glennie, cellist Yo-Yo Ma, violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg, and oboist Liang Wang. Assad’s music has been performed by the Philadelphia Orchestra, Tokyo Symphony, Queensland Symphony, and the Orquestra Sinfônica de São Paulo. She has served as a composer-in-residence for the Albany Symphony, the Cabrillo Festival of Contemporary Music, New Century Chamber Orchestra, and the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. Her works are published in France (Editions Lemoine), Germany (Trekel), Brazil (Criadores do Brasil), and in the U.S. by Virtual Artists Collective Publishing (VACP), a publishing company she co-founded with poet and philosopher Steve Schroeder. Assad recently wrote the soundtrack to Devoti Tutti, a documentary by Bernadette Wegenstein, and is composing the music for a ballet by award-winning choreographer Shannon Alvis.
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Clarice Assad is one of the most widely performed Brazilian concert music composers of her generation. The recipient of numerous honors and awards, amongst them an Aaron Copland Award and several ASCAP awards in composition, she holds a Bachelor of Music degree from the Roosevelt University in Chicago, and a Master of Music degree from The University of Michigan School of Music.
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Credit: James Jones Photography
KIAN RAVAEI | b. 1999
Composer Kian Ravaei takes tone painting to a new level, synthesizing diverse inspirations into evocative musical portraits. Whether he is composing a string quartet inspired by wonders of the natural world, electronic music that evokes the pulsating energy of late-night dance clubs, or a symphonic poem that draws from the Iranian music of his ancestral heritage, he takes listeners on a spellbinding tour of humanity’s most deeply felt emotions.
From Carnegie Hall to Pierre Boulez Saal, musicians such as Grammy Award–winner Fleur Barron, Performance Today Classical Woman of the Year Lara Downes, and New York Philharmonic clarinetist Anthony McGill have brought Ravaei’s music to global stages. His works have been commissioned by prominent chamber music organizations—among them Seattle Chamber Music Society and Chamber Music Northwest—as well as the American Composers Orchestra, where he is currently a resident CoLABoratory Fellow. Notable honors include a Copland House CULTIVATE Fellowship, a Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra Composer Teaching Artist Fellowship, and commissioning grants from Chamber Music America, New Music USA, and the Barlow Endowment.
Born to Iranian immigrants, Ravaei maintains close ties to the Iranian community in his hometown of Los Angeles. He was a featured lecturer at the UCLA Iranian Music Lecture Series, where he discussed his multicultural upbringing and its deep-rooted influence on his music. With numerous commercial recordings, Ravaei has earned critical acclaim from outlets including Gramophone, Bandcamp Daily, and I CARE IF YOU LISTEN. Millions of classical radio listeners have heard his music on the airwaves, featured in award-winning programs such as APM’s Performance Today and WNYC’s New Sounds.
Ravaei counts celebrated composers Valerie Coleman, John Corigliano, and Richard Danielpour among his teachers, and holds degrees in composition from UCLA and Indiana University. He is currently a C.V. Starr Doctoral Fellow at The Juilliard School.
kianravaei.com
OLIVER CAPLAN | b. 1982
Andrew Wilkins has generously sponsored Oliver Caplan’s position as Artistic Director for the 2025–26 Season.
Award-winning American composer Oliver Caplan offers a voice of hope in an uncertain world. Inspired by the resiliency of the human spirit and beauty of the natural world, his music celebrates stories of social justice, conservation and community.
From Carnegie Hall to Kearney, Nebraska, Oliver’s music has been performed by over 75 ensembles in the United States and around the globe. He has been commissioned by the American Wild Ensemble, Atlanta Chamber Players, Bella Piano Trio, Bronx Arts Ensemble, Brookline Symphony Orchestra, Columbia University Wind Ensemble and New Hampshire Master Chorale, among others. Winner of a Special Citation for the American Prize in Orchestral Composition and the Oratorio Society of New York’s 150th Anniversary Competition, additional recognitions include two Veridian Symphony Competition Wins, the Fifth House Ensemble Competition Grand Prize and fellowships at Ragdale, Millay Arts and VCCA. His vocal works include settings of poetry by Maya Angelou, Richard Blanco, Hannah Fries and Meghan Guidry. Oliver’s music is featured on seven albums and has been streamed over a half million times.
A leader in the field of contemporary classical music, Oliver is the Artistic Director of the American Prize-winning Juventas New Music Ensemble, the only professional ensemble of its kind devoted specifically to the music of emerging composers. He also serves on the Ragdale Foundation’s Curatorial Board and is a voting member of the Recording Academy.
Oliver holds degrees from Dartmouth College and the Boston Conservatory. He splits time between Medford, Massachusetts and Halifax, Vermont with his husband Chris and corgi Simon.
olivercaplan.com
Credit: James Jones Photography
DERRICK SKYE | b. 1982
Derrick Skye is a Los Angeles-based composer, conductor and musician known for his transcultural approach to music, integrating various musical practices from different cultures around the world into his work. The Los Angeles Times has described his music as “something to savor” and “enormous fun to listen to,” while The Times (London) has praised Skye’s music as “deliciously head-spinning.” Skye is an American who has Ghanaian, Nigerian, British, and Irish ancestry.
Fascinated by the musical connections that can be found across cultures, Skye’s compositional process involves layers of problem solving to integrate seemingly disparate musical traditions in a way that is not so different from the scientific method. With degrees in composition from the University of California, Los Angeles and California Institute of the Arts, Skye is a student of West African drumming and dance with Kobla Ladzekpo, Beatrice Lawluvi, and Yeko Ladzekpo-Cole; Persian classical music theory with Pirayeh Pourafar; tala in Hindustani classical music with Swapan Chaudhuri and Aashish Khan; Balkan music theory with Tzvetanka Varimezova; and Balinese gamelan with I Nyoman Wenten.
Skye has written orchestral music commissioned and/or performed by prestigious ensembles such as the BBC National Orchestra of Wales, London Philharmonic Orchestra, Netherlands Philharmonic Orchestra, National Arts Centre Orchestra (Canada), Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, and The John F. Kennedy Center; a collaborative electro-acoustic artificial intelligence opera commissioned by The Lincoln Center (recently featured at TED 2023); choral works for Los Angeles Master Chorale, Conspirare, and EXIGENCE; and many chamber works. Rhythm and the embodiment of rhythm through movement and dance is an important theme in Skye’s works; he has often collaborated with choreographers such as Yeko Ladzepko-Cole, the Leela Dance Collective, Sheetal Gandhi, as well as synchronized swimming champion and international coach Sue Nesbitt.
Highlights of Skye’s oeuvre include Prisms, Cycles, Leaps for orchestra, which weaves together Western classical music, music of the Balkans, music of the Volta Region of Ghana, and Hindustani classical music; and god of the gaps, a piece for solo violin, loop pedal, and electronics that features a quarter-tone flat found in the tonal systems Dastgâh-e Shur and Âvâz-e Esfahân from Persian classical music.
Skye is dedicated to promoting cross-cultural understanding through music. He is Artistic Director of Bridge to Everywhere, Board Member of American Composers Forum, and Member of the New Music USA Program Council. Through his work, Skye demonstrates his belief in the power of music to inspire, connect, and foster dialogue across cultures.
www.derrickskye.com
ABOUT THE MUSICIANS
RYAN SHANNON | violin
Oliver Caplan and Chris Beagan have generously sponsored Ryan Shannon for the 2025–26 season.
Ryan Shannon is a freelance violinist/violist based in Boston. He performs widely throughout the New England area, collaborating with ensembles of any size: from small quartets to 100-piece orchestras. He has shared the stage with A Far Cry, Celtic Woman and Johnny Mathis, as well as such masters as Yo-Yo Ma and Andrea Bocelli. Although he specializes in the newest music of the contemporary period, frequently performing such composers as Jessie Montgomery, Paul Wianko, and Anna Clyne, Ryan holds a deep fondness and love for the great masters, particularly Brahms, Haydn, and Beethoven. Ryan studied at the New England Conservatory under the tutelage of Lucy Chapman and Nicholas Kitchen. He is the Artistic Director of Heartspur Arts Festival in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as well as a core member of Juventas New Music Ensemble in Boston.
Ryan has over a decade of experience performing at Weddings with the Fensgate Chamber Players under the direction of Brian Clague.
MINA LAVCHEVA | violin (guest artist)
Mina Lavcheva, violinist, is a native of Sofia, Bulgaria, where she graduated from the National School of Music “L. Pipkov.” An active performer from an early age, Mina has appeared as a soloist, chamber and orchestra player throughout Europe and North America. She holds a bachelor’s and master’s degree in Music Performance from LSU School of Music and Boston University respectively.
Mina is a sought-after and frequently engaged artist by numerous chamber and orchestral ensembles in the New England area. Currently, she can be heard performing as a member of the Portland Symphony Orchestra (Maine) and Rhode Island Philharmonic, as well as Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Mina has also appeared in performances with Vermont Symphony Orchestra, Handel and Haydn Society, Castle of our Skins, Ensemble Parallax, Arcadia Players, and Odyssey Opera, to name a few.
Mina has been teaching violin in the Wellesley Public Schools since 2008, and is also on the faculty of 77 Arts Academy in Acton, MA.
LU YU | viola
Julia Scott Carey and Richard Mitrano have generously sponsored Lu Yu for the 2025–26 concert season.
Born in China, Lu Yu began her musical studies at the age of six on violin. She started to play viola as her principal instrument at age twelve at the Xinghai Conservatory of Music in Guangzhou, China. Her studies then took her to the Royal Academy of Music in London with a full scholarship where she learned under the tutelage of Matthew Souter for the Bachelor of Music degree. Ms. Yu then studied with Marcus Thompson at the New England Conservatory in Boston where she received her Master of Music degree. Among her numerous awards, she was granted “The Young Musician of 2008” in Hong Kong. Her performance career has led to being the founding violist of the Loki String Quartet which is in residence at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Ms. Yu is also principal violist of the Boston Civic Symphony and was recently co-principal viola of the Missouri Symphony. She frequently performs with the Boston Philharmonic Orchestra and many of the ensembles around the Boston area.
MATTHEW SMITH | cello
Leslie Jacobson Kaye and Richard Kaye have generously sponsored Matthew Smith for the 2025–26 concert season.
Matthew Smith is a passionate cellist celebrated for his engaging performances that resonate with audiences across the U.S. and Asia.
As Co-Artistic Director of Palaver Strings, a musician-led chamber orchestra, Matthew has achieved remarkable milestones. His ensemble has been invited to perform at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington D.C., served as the ensemble-in-residence at the Boston Center for the Arts, and at the Longy School of Music of Bard College. He has also collaborated with his duo partner, Peipei Song, in performances at the National Centre for the Performing Arts in Beijing, China and at the Tianjin Conservatory.
In addition to his performing career, Matthew is an accomplished educator. He currently
serves as the Managing Director of Education for Palaver Strings, where he has spearheaded the development and design of the Palaver Music Center in Portland, Maine. Matthew has also led the course “Music and Civic Engagement” at the Longy School of Music in Cambridge, MA for the past two years. His talents as a teaching artist have been recognized through his appointment as a Music Educator and Teaching Artist Fellow by the Massachusetts Cultural Council, as well as his role as a Graduate Assistant at The Boston Conservatory.
Matthew has been fortunate enough to learn from some of the most renowned cellists in the world, including Colin Carr, Gautier Capuçon, Bernard Greenhouse, and Emmanuel Feldman, and studied chamber music with members of the St. Lawrence String Quartet and Brentano String Quartet. He received his Master of Music degree from The Boston Conservatory at Berklee, where he studied with Andrew Mark, and his Bachelor of Music degree from Arizona State University, where he studied with Thomas Landschoot.
Credit: James Jones Photography
9/20/25 | 9/21/25
Premiere: Then Is Now
10/25/25 | 10/26/25
Coming to Boston: From Korea
11/22/25
Lineage
12/13/25 | 12/14/25
Schubert Octet
A FarCry
1/9/26 | 1/10/26
Yeemz × A Far Cry
1/31/26
Side by Side
2/14/26
Heart Strings: A Valentine from The Criers
3/14/26 | 3/18/26
Appalachian Spring A Far Cry on Tour!
4/25/26
In the Making: Land of the Northern Frog
5/9/26
Season Finale: The Strangers’ Case
Saul Oct 3 + 5
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Beethoven
Oct 24 + 25
Symphony No. 7
Oct 24 + 25
Handel’s Messiah
Nov 28 + 29 + 30
Handel’s Messiah
Nov 28 + 29 + 30
Baroque Christmas Dec 18 + 21
Mozart + Haydn
Jan 9 + 11
Mozart + Haydn
Bach + Telemann May 15 + 16
Voices Carry May 29 + 31
Jan 9 + 11
Handel’s Water Music
Apr 10 + 12
Apr 10 + 12
Handel’s Water Music
Apr 10 + 12
Voices Carry May 29 + 31
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SUPPORTERS
Juventas New Music Ensemble is deeply grateful to the incredibly generous community that supports our artistic programs. Juventas received the following individual gifts from January 1, 2025 through December 31, 2025. Please visit www.juventasmusic.org/donate-now to learn about making a tax-deductible gift.
$5,000 and Above
Anonymous
Oliver Caplan and Chris Beagan
John A. Carey
Massachusetts Cultural Council
Karen & Fred Ruymann
Andrew Wilkins
$2,000-$4,999
Anonymous
Cambridge Arts Council
Colleen Cavanaugh
Futura Productions
Medford Arts Council
The Ripley-Steinemann Family Fund
Bonnie Hirsch
Louise Scribner
PARMA Recordings
$1,000–$1,999
Brookline Commission for the Arts
Paula Luria and William Caplan
Julia Scott Carey and Richard Mitrano
Carson Cooman
Futura Productions
Meg Fuchs
Good Treble Fund
Christie Gibson and Michael Emmanuel
Meghan Guidry
Max Hobart
Leslie Jacobson Kaye and Richard
Kaye
Stella Lee
Emily Lyons and Ryan Snyder
Paul Monsky & Beverly Woodward
Wegmans Medford
$500–$999
Boylston Cultural Council
Brian Cron
April Durant
Jacob Hilley
Hank & Patricia Kucheman
Gloria Lee
Stella Lee
Nagesh Mahanthappa & Valentine Talland
Gregory Royer
Steven Sérpa
Sudbury Cultural Council
$250–$499
Alexandra Bowers and James Liu
Theo and Steve.Colburn
Sarah Cummer
Joanne Dreher
Yukiko Egozy
John Emler
Lynn Eustis
Ann Ferentz
Moriah Freeman
Lorna Gibson
Myra and Roy Gordon
Meghan S. Guidry
Beth D Jacob
Ian Lai
Bob Page and Dean Vassil
Jane Parkin Kullmann
Andrew and Laura Waldorf Reiss
Carol Richart
Lori K. Sanders & Jennifer A. Lewis
Lucy & Len Schmolka
Ben Sweetser
$100–$249
Anonymous (2)
Hugh Russell and Kenneth Allen
Charlie & Lea Anderson
Scott and Tina Apelgren
James Aronson
Lee Binnig
Carol Bloom
Evelyn Bonander
Joannie Botkol
Mary Frances Breen
Camille Breen
Chris and Margie Brown
Gail Bucher
Judith Mitrano
David Chia
Larry Cohen and Susan Worst
Deanne Coolidge
Laurel Copeland & John Zeber
Eric & Margaret Darling
Sue Dickinson
Tracy Donsky
Diane Droste
Maggie Edinger
Andy Foery
David and Ellen Fries
In memory of Jean and Ken Royer
David E. Fuchs
John Garton
Patricia and Dr. Robert Gordon
Louise & Michael Grossman
Jan Hardenbergh
Heidi Hellring & Nathan Arnell
Patricia Henry
Maureen Hollis
David and Mary Howarth
Alyson Hudson
Catharine Hyson
Howard Jacobson
Ona Jonaityte
Jim Kane and Sharon Williams
Kenneth Krause and Maura McEnaney
W. Krein
Theodore Lanman
Kimberly and Chris Lehner
Ludmilla Leibman
Steven Levine and Laurie Jacobs
Joshua Levit
Harold Lichtin
Beth Manca
Robert Markelewicz MD
May Marquebreuck
Honor McClellan
Ralph and Sylvia Memolo
Reeva Meyer
Christine Mortensen
Susan Navarre and Tim Olevsky
Joe Sodroski & Alice Noble
Katie Parodi
Velura Perry
Maureen Peters
Webster Pilcher and Sheryl Koenigsberg
Brian Pingree and Alexis Dearborn
Mark and Jody Raider
Kathryn Ritcheske
Andrew Royer
Nate Ruegger
Mallory A Ruymann
Colin Ryan
Ellen Sarkisian
Isadel & EB Saunter
Elizabeth Saunter
Jon Saxton and Barbara Fox
In memory of Howard Schranz
Jonathan Simon
Sidney Slobotkin
Anders Soderquist
Ann B. Teixeira
Kelsey Thompson
Douglas Urban
Charlene and Stephen Valk
Dino J. Martins
Elaine Walsh
Theodor Weinberg & Eric Hyett
Vicki and Andy Wittenstein
$50–$99
Anonymous (2)
Downing Luvisi Family
Victoria Aparece
Young Yun Baek
Gail Barry
Laura Basford
Kenneth Bigley
Anne Bilder & Johan den Boon
Emily & Stuart Blitz
Stuart Blitz
Kyla Blocker
Mary Bragg
Mary Breen
Caitlin Breen
Thomas Breen
Margaret Cain
Susan Carlson
Minjin Chung
Cathy Chung
Rachel Ciprotti
Susan Dolan
Allison Donelan
Barry Duncan
Mary Eddy
David L. Eddy
Andrew Elliott and John Varone
Ellen Feingold
David Feltner and Robert Edward
Smith
Celine Ferro
Millan Galland
Molly Breen Aronson
James Gleason
Mara Goldberg
John H. Graves
Hans Heilman
Elizabeth Igleheart
Judith Insell
Tim Jarrett
Leonard and Terry Kahn
Bill and Carolyn Kane
Sho Kato
Richard Kaye
Susan Kendall
Matthew Kusulas & Jack Tamburri
Amy Lee
Steve Lewis
Nancy Lipsitt and Len Newman
George Lockhart
Kevin Mathieu
Tom McAuliffe
Carol McCarthy and Chris Stribakos
Mona McKindley
The Hollis-Goodwin Families
Jennifer Moore
Joleen & James
Jason Pavel and Marie Walcott
Ian Reiss
Janet Rothrock
Jonathan Royer
Christina Rusnak
Dewey Sasser
Tom Schmidt
Andrew & Margot Schmolka
Charles Shadle
Gordon and Shannon Shannon
Arlene Stevens
Meg Stone
Sharon Daniels Sullivan
Pinaud Publication
John Varone
Karen Walwyn
Lauri Wasson
Lynn Chang and Lisa Wong
Elton Wong
Sandy & Craig Blocker
Michael Zammito
Marc Zegans
Up to $49
Anonymous (8)
Andrew Adams
Steven Averett
Weronika Balewski
Skylar Lapin
John Beagan & Sarah Peck
J. L. Bell
Lauren Bernofsky
Lauren Bilello
Johanna Biviano
Kelsey Blocker
Betsy Bobo
Ed Bouchard
Molly Breen-Aronson
Eliza Brown
Monica Bruno
Erin Burke
Jennifer W Chan
Jenith Charpintier
Grace Chua
Jeanhee Chung
Linda Ciesielski
Andrea Clearfield
Chris Combest
Joey Marie Coughlin
Cheryl L Crider
BethAyn Curtis
James Curtis
Deepa Datta
Patrick Dawson
Jade Deatherage
Michael Delman
Saskia den Boon
Karin Denison
Bryce and Kathryn Denney
Ashley Dennis
Emily Eddy
Eric Eisenberg
Carl Ellenberger
John Eustis
Beth Eustis
Noam Faingold
Cynthia Farnsworth
Evan Fein
Anthony F.
Miriam Fogel
Anna Fogel
Frederick Frank
Tobin Gedstad
Michael Gilbertson
Charlie Griffin
Andrew Haber
Hillary Hadley
Carrie Hammond
Amanda Harberg
Julia Harrod
Kiyoshi Hayashi
Robert Heaney
Cara Herbitter
Hannah Hickman
Anne Hoef
Susanna Hoglund
Kelley Hollis
Michaela Hollis
Grant Home
Stephanie Howard
Mary and David Howarth
Anne Howarth & Frederick Frank Jr.
Wolcott Humphrey
Michael Hustedde
Emanuella Janita
Kun Yong Jeoung
Cynthia Johnson
Jon Jones
James and Amy Jones
Jessica Kaplan
Jason Kaplan
Richard Kaye
Zachary Kaye
Louise Kelly
Bella Kelly
Noelle Kelly
Krista Killeen
Abby Krawson
Meg Krilov
Rainice Lai
Jessica Lamoureux
Katy LL
Marc, Skylar, Laura
Kathleen Larson Day
Mina Lavcheva
Vi Le
Jacqueline Lestina
Joshua Levit
Rose Lewis
Rozime Lindsey
Olga Lisovska
Shayna Liu
Gale Livingston
Gami Maislin
Seth Maislin
Linda Markarian
Pamela Marshall
Seth Mascolo
Pranav Mashankar
Patrick Mcallister
Mac McBurney
Kathryn McKellar
Kim McNamara
Taylor McNulty
Sarah McSweeney
Libby Meyer
Krystal Morin
Will Morningstar
B. Morrison
Mary Mulderig
Joseph Musser
Linda Ng
Kaitlin Nichols
Nick Norton
Jessica Oakhem
Luis Ochoa
Ayumi Okada
Justin Ouellet
Andrew Pease
John & Sarah Peck
Paula Petrella
Cassian Ramos
Daniel Ramos
Lianne Ratzersdorfer
Alexander and Sabrina Recendiz
Fern and Ginny Remedi-Brown
Remesch Family
Sarah Ries
Stephanie Riley
Bobbi Ritcheske
Gwyneth Rix
Nathan Roller
David Roth
Melissa Rubinsky
Erica Ryan
Elizabeth Ryan
Antonio Santos
Laura Schaefer
Joseph Sedarski
Daron Sharps
Aaron Sheehan
Amy Shuman
Kate Umble Smucker
Nicholas Southwick
Lauren Spavelko
Emily Spear
Beth Stotts
Chris Stribakos and Carol A McCarthy
Imogene & Bruce
Jenny Szabo
Barbara Tarrh
Maria Thompson Corely
Susannah Thornton
Evelyn Trier
Barbara Turen
Lisa Vaas
Katharine & Dave Velleman
Dan Vera
Rachel Veto
Jenna Wang
Beverly Waring
Christopher Wicks
Todd Wilson
Elaine Wu
Alison Yakabe
Lidiya Yankovskaya
Steven Yao
Haesoo Yoon
Lu Yu
We’re proud that our donor roster includes 100% of Juventas board, staff and ensemble members, plus 35 composer and musician collaborators.
We are also extremely thankful to the dedicated volunteers who gave their time and talents to Juventas in the past year:
Chris Beagan
Milan Galland
Elizabeth Igleheart
Ann MacDonald
Rachael McKenzie
Jonathon Sedarski
Elaine Walsh
UP NEXT AT BRATTLEBORO . . .
NORTHERN ROOTS FESTIVAL 2026
DAYTIME WORKSHOPS
Saturday, January 24 |12:00–5:30 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
EVENING CONCERT
Saturday, January 24 | 7:30 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
PUB SESSIONS
Sunday, January 25 | 1:00–5:30 pm
American Legion Hall
BRATTLEBORO CONCERT CHOIR:
THY COMING MORROW WILL BE CLEAR & BRIGHT
Saturday, January 31 | 2:00 pm
Sunday, February 1 | 4:00 pm
Latchis Theatre, Brattleboro VT
JUNO ORCHESTRA: THIS WORLD
Sunday, February 8 | 2:30 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
CHAMBER SERIES:
MUSICIANS FROM MARLBORO GROUP 2
Sunday, February 14 | 3:00 pm
Brattleboro Music Center
JUNE 14 & 21 | 6 PM
15 composers;
5 simultaneous concerts; one unforgettable evening of music al fresco
