Music of the past serving the needs of the present
Founded and directed by early keyboardist Vivian Montgomery and violinist Julia McKenzie, Eudaimonia brings together some of the Boston area’s most creative performers in the historical performance field. As an artistic collective, we build upon shared ideals, ignited spirits, and a desire for healthy collaboration.
Eudaimonia’s repertoire spans the early Renaissance through contemporary times and our programs center around vocal, chamber, and orchestral works that speak to the mission of our partner organizations. The works of women composers are seamlessly blended into our programming.
Founded and directed by early keyboardist Vivian Montgomery and violinist Julia McKenzie, Eudaimonia brings together some of the Boston area’s most creative performers in the historical performance field. As an artistic collective, we build upon shared ideals, ignited spirits, and a desire for healthy collaboration.
Eudaimonia’s repertoire spans the early Renaissance through contemporary times and our programs center around vocal, chamber, and orchestral works that speak to the mission of our partner organizations. The works of women composers are seamlessly blended into our programming.
OUR NEXT CONCERT!
Gates of Justice:
A Four-Century Musical March
Toward Equality and Understanding
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 7:30pm
First Parish in Cambridge, 3 Church Street in Harvard Square
Join Eudaimonia for a concert capturing parallels between the Black and Jewish experience from 1624 to 2024, lifting up Social Action Partners who pursue justice within these two communities.
Connecting contemporary choral works with earlier musical portraits of oppression and redemption, the program includes Dave Brubeck's jazz-infused Gates of Justice, Salamone Rossi’s prayer of remembrance (Kaddish), Horace Silver’s Peace, instrumental works by Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges (Mozart’s Black contemporary), as well as choral and solo movements from Baroque works portraying Old Testament heroines Esther and Judith.
The ensemble is excited to introduce Eudaimonia Voices, a new vocal group project.
Soloists for this program are Monty Hill, Maverick, Molly McGuire, Laura Thomas, and David Smyth. Other ensemble vocalists include Cameron Dobson, Nathan Halbur, Jocelyn Limmer, Eva Montgomery-Morrison, Iris Pfrommer, joined by singers from across the Boston community.
And, as always, the concert will be enriched by a stellar core of Eudaimonia instrumentalists, featuring Diane Heffner as clarinet soloist and on chalumeau, Na’ama Lion on baroque flute, Sylvia Schwartz and Nelli Jabotinsky on violin, Elisabeth Westner on viola, Rebecca Shaw on cello, and Vivian Montgomery director and keyboardist.
Social Action Partners for this concert are The Slave Legacy History Coalition and Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective. SLHC is a consortium engaged in preservation of the history of enslaved people in the Cambridge & Boston communities, and beyond. Kavod is an organization creating and funding programs that help Jews and non-Jews living in the United States, Israel, and around the world to live in dignity and honor.
Dave Brubeck’s Gates of Justice is a cantata composed as an attempt to heal the rift between the Jewish and American Black people that emerged after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. This choral work focuses on the spiritual and cultural parallels between Jewish and Black people, highlighting commonalities through histories of enslavement and migration, similarities in musical texts and heritage, and an ongoing pursuit of social justice.
This concert is funded by a generous grant from
the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective.
Admission is Pay What You Decide, no reserved tickets necessary.
Connecting contemporary choral works with earlier musical portraits of oppression and redemption, the program includes Dave Brubeck's jazz-infused Gates of Justice, Salamone Rossi’s prayer of remembrance (Kaddish), Horace Silver’s Peace, instrumental works by Joseph Bologne Saint-Georges (Mozart’s Black contemporary), as well as choral and solo movements from Baroque works portraying Old Testament heroines Esther and Judith.
The ensemble is excited to introduce Eudaimonia Voices, a new vocal group project.
Soloists for this program are Monty Hill, Maverick, Molly McGuire, Laura Thomas, and David Smyth. Other ensemble vocalists include Cameron Dobson, Nathan Halbur, Jocelyn Limmer, Eva Montgomery-Morrison, Iris Pfrommer, joined by singers from across the Boston community.
And, as always, the concert will be enriched by a stellar core of Eudaimonia instrumentalists, featuring Diane Heffner as clarinet soloist and on chalumeau, Na’ama Lion on baroque flute, Sylvia Schwartz and Nelli Jabotinsky on violin, Elisabeth Westner on viola, Rebecca Shaw on cello, and Vivian Montgomery director and keyboardist.
Social Action Partners for this concert are The Slave Legacy History Coalition and Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective. SLHC is a consortium engaged in preservation of the history of enslaved people in the Cambridge & Boston communities, and beyond. Kavod is an organization creating and funding programs that help Jews and non-Jews living in the United States, Israel, and around the world to live in dignity and honor.
Dave Brubeck’s Gates of Justice is a cantata composed as an attempt to heal the rift between the Jewish and American Black people that emerged after the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. in 1968. This choral work focuses on the spiritual and cultural parallels between Jewish and Black people, highlighting commonalities through histories of enslavement and migration, similarities in musical texts and heritage, and an ongoing pursuit of social justice.
This concert is funded by a generous grant from
the Massachusetts Cultural Council as well as Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective.
Admission is Pay What You Decide, no reserved tickets necessary.
And please make a separate donation to this concerts Social Action Partner Slave Legacy History Coalition here and to Kavod, A Tzedakah Collective here. Thank you!