Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra Presents: Orchestral Reflections on Freedom

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Boston, MA
United States

Join the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra (BCSO), conducted by Julius P. Williams, for an in-person concert featuring contemporary and traditional repertoire focused on freedom over the centuries. 

About the Berklee Contemporary Symphony Orchestra

The BCSO is the premiere symphony at Berklee College of Music, offering students, faculty, and guest artists the opportunity to come together and perform some of the most influential music ever written. Focused on the regular and intentional inclusion of composers who represent the broad spectrum of our humanity, the BCSO performs both traditional and contemporary genres side-by-side, because all orchestral music was once contemporary. The ensemble is dedicated to creating the musical change we seek to see in professional orchestral music, with a commitment to including compositions by women and people of color on every concert. The BCSO is led by Artistic Director Julius P. Williams and Managing Director Jamie Davis-Ponce.

For more information about the orchestra visit www.berklee.edu/bcso

  1. Ludwig van Beethoven: Leonore Overture No. 3

  2. Edmund Jenkins: A Prayer

    Edited by Berklee alum Tuffus Zimbabwe

  3. Ethel Smyth: Excerpts from The Prison

    Guest soloists: Philip Lima, Nichelle Mungo, and the Berklee Concert Choir 

  4. Julius P. Williams: Those Heroes Who Healed the Nation

    As premiered by the Boston Pops during the 2022 Fireworks Spectacular 

  5. John Williams: Suite from Amistad

  6. Vince Mendoza: Concerto for Orchestra

    Tim Hall, special guest performance poet