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Artists
Shelter Music Boston is proud to employ professional classical musicians and citizen artists to deliver high quality chamber music concerts to Boston area homeless shelters and substance misuse recovery centers. If you are a musician or composer interested in joining us in this important work, please fill out this form.
Ensemble Leaders
Adrian Anantawan is Shelter Music Boston's Artistic Director, as well as an Ensemble Leader and performing musician. Adrian holds degrees from the Curtis Institute of Music, Yale University and Harvard Graduate School of Education. As a violinist, he has studied with Itzhak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman, and Anne-Sophie Mutter; his academic work in education was supervised by Howard Gardner.
From 2012-2016, he was the co-Director of Music at the Conservatory Lab Charter School, serving students from the Boston area, kindergarten through grade eight—his work was recognized by Mayor Marty Walsh as a ONEin3 Impact Award in 2015. Adrian is also Juno Award nominee, a member of the Terry Fox Hall of Fame, and was awarded a Diamond Jubilee Medal from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to the Commonwealth. He is the current Chair of Music at Milton Academy and on faculty at Boston University Tanglewood Institute during the summer. Throughout the year, Adrian continues to perform, speak and teach around the world as an advocate for disability and the arts.
From 2012-2016, he was the co-Director of Music at the Conservatory Lab Charter School, serving students from the Boston area, kindergarten through grade eight—his work was recognized by Mayor Marty Walsh as a ONEin3 Impact Award in 2015. Adrian is also Juno Award nominee, a member of the Terry Fox Hall of Fame, and was awarded a Diamond Jubilee Medal from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for his contributions to the Commonwealth. He is the current Chair of Music at Milton Academy and on faculty at Boston University Tanglewood Institute during the summer. Throughout the year, Adrian continues to perform, speak and teach around the world as an advocate for disability and the arts.
Elizabeth Cook (cello) is a Boston based cellist who grew up in North Carolina where she
studied cello at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with cellist Zvi Plesser. She
went on to obtain degrees from Mannes College, SUNY Purchase, and The Jerusalem
Academy of Music and Dance where she studied with renowned cellists such as Marcy Rosen,
Brooks Whitehouse, Julia Lichten, and Michal Korman. Elizabeth has had the privilege of
participating in masterclasses with artists such as Gary Hoffman, Peter Wiley, Paul Watkins, Zuil
Bailley, 8th Blackbird, The Orion String Quartet, David Finckel and Wu Han.
In 2018 Elizabeth was awarded a Gloria Miner Fellow at the 2018 Sitka International Cello
Seminar and performed as soloist with the Western Piedmont Wind Symphony in the “Music
Beyond Borders” concert series which highlighted the stories of refugees.
Her passion for social change has driven her to serve in many different places all over the world
such as Sounds of Palestine, a music program for refugee youth, in Bethlehem and Children of
Cambodia, a sponsorship program for orphans in Phnom Penh Cambodia. Elizabeth has spent
a total of six years in Palestine and Israel where she both studied and taught cello to
marginalized youth, including those living in refugee camps. Elizabeth created and co-organized
the first Palestinian Cello Choir in 2021 that gathered 30 cellists from all over Palestine to
perform together in a concert tour.
studied cello at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts with cellist Zvi Plesser. She
went on to obtain degrees from Mannes College, SUNY Purchase, and The Jerusalem
Academy of Music and Dance where she studied with renowned cellists such as Marcy Rosen,
Brooks Whitehouse, Julia Lichten, and Michal Korman. Elizabeth has had the privilege of
participating in masterclasses with artists such as Gary Hoffman, Peter Wiley, Paul Watkins, Zuil
Bailley, 8th Blackbird, The Orion String Quartet, David Finckel and Wu Han.
In 2018 Elizabeth was awarded a Gloria Miner Fellow at the 2018 Sitka International Cello
Seminar and performed as soloist with the Western Piedmont Wind Symphony in the “Music
Beyond Borders” concert series which highlighted the stories of refugees.
Her passion for social change has driven her to serve in many different places all over the world
such as Sounds of Palestine, a music program for refugee youth, in Bethlehem and Children of
Cambodia, a sponsorship program for orphans in Phnom Penh Cambodia. Elizabeth has spent
a total of six years in Palestine and Israel where she both studied and taught cello to
marginalized youth, including those living in refugee camps. Elizabeth created and co-organized
the first Palestinian Cello Choir in 2021 that gathered 30 cellists from all over Palestine to
perform together in a concert tour.
Violinist Annegret Klaua is a performer and educator based in Cambridge, MA. Her many chamber music performances have brought her to venues ranging from Jordan Hall and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum to churches and homeless shelters, the latter as part of Shelter Music Boston. As an orchestral musician she plays with the Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society, Boston Modern Orchestra Project, Odyssey Opera, Boston Lyric Opera, the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and Portland Symphony Orchestra. Highlights from her early career include performances with the Kammerakademie Potsdam, Gardner Chamber Orchestra, at the Aspen and Sarasota Music Festivals and the International Academy for Early Music, Innsbruck, being a member of the Spoleto, Italy and Verbier Festival Orchestras, and faculty positions at the Governor's School of North Carolina, Brevard Music Center, Bridgewater State University, and Winchester Community Music School. She holds degrees in violin performance from Indiana University, Bloomington, and the Hochschule für Musik, Dresden, in musicology from Brandeis University, and in mental health from Queen Mary University of London. Interested in health and human rights, Annegret works at the Institute for Health and Recovery on addiction and public health. She previously managed programs for the mental health care of refugees and for a decade was a volunteer counselor and peer supervisor with the Boston Area Rape Crisis Center's Medical Advocacy program.
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Rebecca Strauss is a classical violist and violinist, a Certified Music Practitioner, and Music Director of Riverview Chamber Players. She is passionate about designing, producing and performing innovative classical chamber music programs that respond to social issues, promote healing, and invite community involvement. In May 2016, Rebecca conceived and created the first annual “Harmony & Hope: Responding to Violence with Music” concert, now an annual Boston event. In 2018, Rebecca performed at Buckingham Palace for an event hosted by Her Royal Highness, The Princess Royal (Princess Anne). The occasion was for the ASCENT Initiative, a combined partnership between the Acid Survivors Trust International and the Brigham and Women’s Hospital of Harvard Medical School, serving survivors of acid violence worldwide. She has collaborated with photographer/author Susan Wilson to create live multimedia performances and videos on contemporary social and cultural issues and world cultures. Rebecca, one of the original musicians of Shelter Music Boston, has been performing with SMB since 2010. In addition to playing for more than 350 shelter concerts, she has served as SMB’s Children’s Program Coordinator, creating innovative performances for children’s shelters. An alumna of Oberlin Conservatory of Music, she has performed with ensembles such as the Boston Pops Esplanade Orchestra, the Boston Ballet Orchestra, Opera Boston, Boston Lyric Opera, Chamber Music Foundation of New England, and the New England String Ensemble. Rebecca is also a Certified Life Coach, with musicians making up a large percentage of her client base.
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Ensemble Musicians
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Rami Abu Olaya, flute and ney Adrian Anantawan, violin Ines Andrade, piano Derek Beckvold, sax and tabla Aline Benoit, clarinet Sarah Bob, piano Andrea Bonsignore, oboe Krista Buckland Reisner, violin Javier Caballero, cello Sasha Callahan, violin RaShaun Campbell, baritone Camille Charlier, voice and accordion Carrie Cheron, mezzo soprano Elizabeth Cook, cello Susan Culpo, viola Steph Davis, marimba Sheila Del Bosque Fuentes, flute Jennie Dorris, marimba Rose Drucker, violin Deborah Emery, piano Leo Eguchi, cello Arson Fahim, piano Sarah Freiburg, cello Eric Goode, Tuba Ashleigh Gordon, viola DeShaun Gordon-King, flute Jan Halloran, clarinet Kiyoshi Hayaski, violin Diane Heffner, clarinet Reynaliz Herrera Martinez, percussion Jenny Herzog, voice and dance |
Jonathan Hess, percussion Betsy Hinkle, violin Jacob Hiser, piano Amelia Hollander Ames, viola Jennifer Hsiao, violin and piano Lysander Jaffe, violin and viola Elke Jahns-Harms, Native American flute Laura Jeppesen, viola da gamba Rich Kelley, trumpet Annegret Klaua, violin Ellyses Kuan, piano Julie Leven, SMB Founder, Executive and Artistic Director Emeritus, violin Matthew Liebendorfer, violin and viola Na'ama Lion, flute Julian Loida, percussion Naledi Masilo, voice Zach Mayer, saxophone Leigh McAllister, piano Julia McKenzie, violin Fabiola Mendez, cuatro Erin Merceruio Nelson, soprano Rebecca Miller, viola Aine Minogue, Celtic harp Jessica Petrus, soprano Margaret Phillips, bassoon Fabio Pirozzolo, percussion Abigale Reisman, violin Rhonda Rider, cello Eric Ritter, baritone Tim Roberts, cello |
Brianna Robinson, soprano Marcus Santos, percussion Nathaniel Seelen, clarinet Amy Sims, violin Jennifer Slowik, oboe and english horn Daniel Stepner, violin Rebecca Strauss, violin and viola April Sun, piano Asako Takeuchi, violin Nathaniel Taylor, cello Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano Josh Wareham, viola Yonah Zur, violin and viola These COMPOSERS have written for SMB: Michael Begay Xavier Ben Sage Bond Che Buford Raven Chacon Yu-Hui Chang Cina Curley Anthony Green John Morrison Mark Pevsner Shaw Pong Liu Francine Trester Danielle Williams |
Who are "citizen artists?"
The Aspen Institute Arts Program describes "Citizen Artists” as:
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Individuals who reimagine the traditional notions of art-making, and who contribute to society either through the transformative power of their artistic abilities, or through proactive social engagement with the arts in realms including education, community building, diplomacy, and healthcare.
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