Boston BEAM Kicks Off With A Community Celebration
On Friday, May 10, nearly 150 young musicians, parents, teachers, and community members gathered to kick off the Boston Bridge to Equity and Achievement in Music (BEAM) initiative with a launch party celebration in NEC's Plimpton Shattuck Black Box Theatre.
The celebration featured performances by young musicians affiliated with the five partner organizations the BEAM consortium: NEC's Preparatory School, Project STEP, the Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras, the Community Music Center of Boston, and the Boston Symphony Orchestra.
![Naledi Masilo sings into a microphone](/sites/default/files/styles/large_landscape/public/2019-05/News_Naledi%20Masilo%20jazz%20vocalist%20voice%20BEAM_kick-off_DSC_9445.jpg?h=51a72048&itok=yyLRzA2U)
![Leslie Wu Foley with Rebecca Bogers](/sites/default/files/styles/large_landscape/public/2019-05/News_LeslieWuFoley%20RebeccaBogers%20BEAM_kick-off_DSC_9425.jpg?h=51a72048&itok=DaTKQFT1)
![Rebecca Bogers with partners from Community Music Center of Boston](/sites/default/files/styles/large_landscape/public/2019-05/News_CMCB%20with%20Rebecca%20Bogers%20BEAM_kick-off_DSC_9415.jpg?h=51a72048&itok=SU_DdRKS)
![Marshall Hughes](/sites/default/files/styles/large_landscape/public/2019-05/News_Marshall%20Hughes%20BEAM_kick-off_DSC_9477.jpg?h=6c7725d4&itok=K1pQlFPD)
![Daniel Garita-Chin, violin; Xavier Ip, cello](/sites/default/files/styles/large_landscape/public/2019-05/News_Daniel%20Garita-Chin%2C%20violin%3B%20Xavier%20Ip%2C%20%20cello%20BEAM_kick-off_DSC_9550.jpg?h=51a72048&itok=C05cFcsY)
![Robyn Smith speaks at a podium](/sites/default/files/styles/large_landscape/public/2019-05/News_Robyn%20Smith%20podium%20BEAM_kick-off_DSC_9554.jpg?h=de97de5b&itok=taefe6wQ)
![Robyn Smith plays trombone](/sites/default/files/styles/large_landscape/public/2019-05/News_Robyn%20Smith%20trombone%20BEAM_kick-off_DSC_9558.jpg?h=51a72048&itok=Vpiu4vyq)