Stave Sessions returns!

Our signature contemporary music series returns in a reimagined format April 21 - 24

This multi-day online music festival will unwind over four evenings and will feature three nights of premiere performances April 21-23, followed by a one-day culmination of encores on Saturday, April 24.

WHAT IS STAVE SESSIONS? Launched in 2015, Stave Sessions highlights musicians who take diverse approaches to their music: who deliver performances that defy standard labels, crossing national and stylistic borders. This season, we're presenting seven musicians and ensembles, all of whom wereoriginally scheduled to participate in Stave Sessions in the Spring of 2020 or 2021.

HOW MUCH ARE TICKETS? For this year’s virtual Stave Sessions festival, you choose your festival price! In addition to the fee each artist is paid for their participation, all ticket proceeds will be distributed equally to the artists performing in the festival. This will help us compensate them for their work while focusing on presenting more thrilling and path-breaking musicians!

WHO'S ON THE LINEUP? This digital music festival will feature performances from:
   Cristina Pato
   Kinan Azmeh CityBand
   Mark Lettieri Group
   Meklit
   Sid Sriram
   Spektral Quartet
   Sybarite5 with Special Guest Ehsan Matoori

Be on the lookout for our next email, where we will share more information about the artists performing at the festival!

Sponsors

Stave Sessions is sponsored by Susan & Michael Thonis and the Barr Foundation through its ArtsAmplified initiative

Additional support is provided by Kathleen & Chris Gaffney, Michael & Debra Raizman, Yukiko Ueno & Eran Egozy, Randolph Hawthorne & Carliss Baldwin, and Marylen Sternweiler.

Stave Sessions is made possible in part by support from Celebrity Series' LIVE PERFORMANCE! Arts for All Innovation Funds.

Explore past Stave performances

Composer, pianist, and singer Zahili Gonzalez Zamora of Mixcla Trio at Stave Sessions 2015

Composer, pianist, and singer Zahili Gonzalez Zamora of Mixcla Trio at Stave Sessions 2015

Maâlem Hassan Ben Jaafer on the Sintir, and Ahmed Jeriouda on the Qraqeb, both of Innov Gnawa at Stave Sessions 2016

Maâlem Hassan Ben Jaafer on the Sintir, and Ahmed Jeriouda on the Qraqeb, both of Innov Gnawa at Stave Sessions 2016

American flutist, arts entrepreneur, and 2012 MacArthur Fellow, Claire Chase playing the flute at Stave Sessions 2018

American flutist, arts entrepreneur, and 2012 MacArthur Fellow, Claire Chase playing the flute at Stave Sessions 2018

Third Coast Percussion playing Woodblocks at Stave Sessions 2015

Third Coast Percussion playing Woodblocks at Stave Sessions 2015

Tigue at Stave Sessions 2016

Tigue at Stave Sessions 2016

International music collection, Ladama, at Stave Sessions 2019

International music collection, Ladama, at Stave Sessions 2019

THANK YOU TO OUR SUPPORTERS

Celebrity Series of Boston is grateful to our 2020-21 season sponsors Amy & Joshua Boger, and to the many individuals, corporations, foundations, and government agencies whose support helps fulfill our mission to present performing artists who inspire and enrich our community and our vision of a community of Greater Boston where the performing arts are a valued, lifelong, shared experience - on stages, on streets, in neighborhoods - everywhere.