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Stave Sessions 2017

March 21-25
160 Mass Ave., Boston

Stave Sessions delivers five nights of cross-polinated music by brilliant contemporary musicians with little use for labels or rules; an uptown home for the emerging, the experimental, and the collaborative.

As a subscriber, you have exclusive early access to purchasing $25 tickets (per each event), or you can secure your spot at all five events with a Stave Sessions Festival Pass.

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Sponsored by:
Susan and Michael Thonis
Margaret Eagle and Eli Rapoport

With additional support provided by:
Carliss Baldwin and Randolph Hawthorne, Yukiko Ueno and Eran Egozy, Debra and Michael Raizman, Marylen Sternweiler

yMusic
Tuesday, March 21

Six musicians (string trio, flute, clarinet, and trumpet) forge partnerships with some of today’s most compelling pop and classical creators and help “shape the future of classical music”(NPR).

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Melissa Aldana Trio
Wednesday, March 22

This pianoless trio is led by a red-hot young tenor star, the first woman to win the Thelonious Monk competition; Jazz Times hailed Melissa Aldana as "an influential tenor saxophonist in jazz for decades to come."

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Darcy James Argue’s Secret Society
Thursday, March 23

Leader and composer Darcy James Argue and his 18-member Society draw inspiration from diverse musical idioms and modern life to define a contemporary big band sound.

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TIGUE and Innov Gnawa
Friday, March 24

A percussion trio and a traditional-with-a-twist Moroccan gnawa ensemble join forces to explore cross-cultural approaches to trance.

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Blonde Redhead featuring ACME
Saturday, March 25

Blonde Redhead revisit their seminal 2004 album Misery is a Butterfly featuring the “contemporary music dynamos” (NPR) of American Contemporary Music Ensemble (ACME).

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About the Venue
160 Mass Ave

The five-night festival takes place at 160 Mass Ave., an intimate club venue with floor-to-ceiling glass windows located on the Berklee College of Music campus. Stave Sessions 2017 marks our third year in this exciting venue.

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