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2024 Articles and Interviews
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In August 2024, Shelter Music Boston's Artistic Director Adrian Anantawan was featured in an article in the Boston Globe and on Good Morning America. Click either link to learn more about his artistry, his work at Shelter Music Boston, and his work leading the Music Inclusion Ensemble at the Berklee College of Music.
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Christopher Wilkins, conductor of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra and writer in the Boston Music Intelligencer, interviewed SMB's Artistic Director Adrian Anantawan prior to Adrian's performance as a soloist with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra in August 2024. Read the article to learn about Adrian Anantawan's musical background and inspirations, his work at Shelter Music Boston, and his 2024 collaboration with the Boston Landmarks Orchestra.
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2023 Articles and Interviews
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In September 2023, the Harvard Crimson reviewed our Songs of Life concert as well as interviewed SMB founder Julie Leven, artistic director Adrian Anantawan, and musicians Amy Sims and Rebecca Strauss. Click here for the article.
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Links to The Boston Sun, the Boston Globe, and Boston.com previews of the Songs of Life public concert:
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WGBH interviewed SMB's artistic director Adrian Anantawan, SMB board member Jesse Edsell-Vetter, and composer Francine Trester about Shelter Music Boston and the Songs of Life public performance. The interview and a live performance by the SMB string quartet are here (the segment starts at 37:55) Or WGBH's article is here.
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Prior to the 2023 Songs of Life concert, WBZ News Radio interviewed SMB's artistic director Adrian Anantawan for "New England Weekend." Hear about inspiration for Shelter Music Boston's Songs of Life project in this segment.
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In the news 2021!
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In November, SMB Managing Director Carrie Eldridge-Dickson and SMB Artistic Director Adrian Anantawan joined Radio Boston host Tiziana Dearing to discuss how SMB reached individuals experiencing homelessness and in recovery during the COVID-19 lockdown. Click here to listen. Broadway World published a feature on Shelter Music Boston's Voices From the Land project.
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Shelter Music Boston’s Voices From The Land project was featured on WGBH’s Open Studio. Jared Bowen interviewed
SMB Founder Julie Leven and Native American Composers Apprentice Project’s Sage Bond. The SMB segment starts at 6:05. 
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In an interview for BNN News, Indigenous composer Christina Shupla and SMB Founder Julie Leven speak about Voices From The Land online performances.
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2020 Interview
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Julie Leven is interviewed about SMB mission to provide live music to guests at homeless shelters and
clients in recovery centers across the state. Listen to the podcast here. |
2019 Articles and Interviews
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Anne Davenport, of the Boston Musical Intelligencer, discusses the character and importance of Florence Comes Home, a chamber opera commissioned by Shelter Music Boston. Read the article here. |
SMB Founder & Artistic Director Julie Leven and "Higher Ground" host Carmen Fields discuss the ethical and moral aspects of Shelter Music Boston mission delivery. The WHDH-TV Boston Channel 7 interview is here. |
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Julie articulated her vision for Shelter Music Boston during an interview at the Foxboro community cable TV network. Follow this link for the interview and videos from the 2018 world premiere of SMB's collaborative composition project, Water for My Soul. Aaron Keebaugh of the Boston Classical Review attended the premiere of "Florence Comes Home" at Pine Street Women's Inn. Click on the Boston Classical Review logo to read the review.
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During a visit to her alma mater, Oberlin College and Conservatory, SMB Founder & Artistic Director Julie Leven spoke to students about Shelter Music Boston. Here is the interview by an Oberlin student. 
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2018 Articles and Interviews
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Thank you to the Ilene Beal Charitable Foundation for our most significant grant to date.
Read about it by clicking the press logos below.
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CBS-WBZ News December 2017 below:
A 2016 highlight:
SMB Founder and Artistic Director Julie Leven was profiled in
Thank you to the Massachusetts Cultural Council for featuring
Shelter Music Boston in the 2016 premiere season of "Creative Minds Out Loud."
Click left for the Shelter Music Boston MCC Podcast
Forbes Magazine published a profile of Shelter Music Boston and founder Julie Leven,
"Music Heals: Shelter Music Brings Classical Music To Homeless Shelters."
Click on the Forbes logo to read the article.
"Music Heals: Shelter Music Brings Classical Music To Homeless Shelters."
Click on the Forbes logo to read the article.
