Palaver Strings: Lover’s tears

St.John's Episocopal Church 1 Roanoke Avenue, Jamaica Plain, United States

Palaver Strings, a musician-led string orchestra, is dedicated to the collaborative interpretation of classical masterworks. We were formally founded in 2014 by a group of young musicians from the Boston area. Each member of Palaver Strings is passionate about taking classical music beyond the concert hall to engage with diverse and new audiences. It is […]

Free

Palaver Strings: Beautiful and Bizarre

St. John's Episcopal Church 1 Roanoke Ave., Jamaica Plain, MA, United States

Many of us are familiar with Baroque music as background music, something pleasant piped into public spaces to set the scene. What we hear at weddings, church services, and funerals often omits the more challenging pieces, leaving us with a stilted, limited view of what Baroque music is. yes, it is full of florid passages […]

$10 – $15

Recurring

Palaver Strings Presents Lifesongs

Boston Center for the Arts 539 Tremont St , boston, MA, United States

Lifesongs celebrates the stories of LGBTQ seniors in our community. Lifesongs was originally conceived by Palaver cellist Matthew Smith as a songwriting collaboration between Palaver musicians and elders from the community, who write original lyrics based on their lived experiences. Over the years, participants have created powerful stories of love, loss, courage, and affirmation that […]

$10 – $25

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