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  • What we do
    • Who We Serve
    • Children's Program
    • SMB During COVID
    • Artistic Innovation >
      • 2022 Julie Leven Artist Project: Voices of Hope
      • Voices From The Land
      • Florence Comes Home
      • Water for My Soul
      • Women Composers Project
    • Concert Experience
    • Impact
    • Concert Calendar & Programs
  • Who we are
    • Our Story
    • Mission, Vision, Values, and Cultural Equity Statement
    • Artists
    • Administrative Staff
    • Board of Directors
    • Internship Program
  • Donate
    • Donate to the Mission of SMB
    • Donate when you shop online
    • In-Kind Donations & Community Partnerships
    • Foundation, Corporate, and Individual Donors
  • Get Involved
    • Events >
      • 2023 Eudaimonia Social Action Partnership
      • Past Events
    • Host a House Concert
    • Stay In Touch
    • Volunteer Opportunities
    • Employment/Musician Opportunities
  • Press & Awards
    • Press
    • Awards
    • Social Innovation Forum
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    • Videos about SMB
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  • Links
    • Citizen Artists Working for Social Change
    • Transformational Power of Music
    • Anti-Racism Resources
  • SMB Blog

2019 Music & Meaning Benefit Concert - October 17, 2019

Join us for a historic evening of music by and about Florence Price (1887-1953), including the first ever chamber opera about this early 20th century African American composer. Florence Comes Home was commissioned by Shelter Music Boston and written by local composer Francine Trester to tell the story of Florence Price, an alumna of New England Conservatory, and the 2009 discovery of her lost papers and music that catapulted Price to international recognition.
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Like so many of Shelter Music Boston’s audience members, Florence Price faced overwhelming obstacles - racism, sexism, financial stress, single motherhood, and more. Despite these challenges, Florence Price was the first African American woman to have a composition performed by a major symphony orchestra. The SMB ensemble will also perform Price’s own Folksongs in Counterpoint and share inspiring stories of Shelter Music Boston’s work in area homeless shelters and recovery programs. 

Shelter Music Boston will be honoring Laura McTaggart, U.S. Navy veteran and management consultant specializing in nonprofits, for her numerous contributions to our mission.

Featuring SMB Musicians:
Julie Leven, violin      Adrian Anantawan, violin
Ashe Gordon, viola        Javier Caballero, cello
Carrie Cheron, mezzo soprano   Brianna J. Robinson, soprano

RaShaun Campbell, baritone


Concert Program:
Florence Comes Home by Francine Trester
Folksongs in Counterpoint by Florence Price

The Dane Estate at Pine Manor College

400 Heath Street
Chestnut Hill, MA  02467

Thursday, October 17, 2019
6:00 PM - Reception
6:30 PM Program
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Sponsors

Shelter Music Boston is grateful to our sponsors for their generous commitment to our program and our audiences.
  • Music That Heals Sponsors: Laura McTaggart and Tom Nolan
  • Access to Art Sponsors: Betty and Michael Bradley, John and Myra Anderson, and Johnson String Instrument
  • Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare
Interested in making a deeply positive impact on the well-being of men, women, and children who are homeless and
struggling in our community? Please consider becoming a 2019 Music & Meaning Benefit Concert sponsor.
​Click here for more info.
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Host Committee

Special thanks to our Host Committee for their support!
Anonymous Board Member, Julian Bullitt, Patricia Byrne, Dr. Mark Finklestein, Marc & Deborah Fogel, Zelda & Elkan Gamzu,
John Horst & Barbara Wallace, Tad Jankowski & Claudyne Wilder, Steve Levine, Mark Lippolt, Anmol Mehra, Lia & William Poorvu,
Sue & Bernie Pucker, Wendy Swart Grossman & Evan Grossman, Laurie Swett, Ann Teixeira, ​Ellen Wineberg, Lisa Wong

Silent Auction

We are grateful to all of our Silent Auction contributors - all proceeds benefit our concert programming.
Celebrity Series of Boston, Clayroom, Coolidge Corner Theatre, Down Under School of Yoga, Lamplighter Brewing Company, Julie Leven,
​Steven Levine, Milton Community Concerts, New England Aquarium, New Repertory Theatre, Allen Spivack, Virginia Sapiro & Graham Wilson, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, When Pigs Fly Bread

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1337 Massachusetts Ave #116
Arlington, MA 02476
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