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Due encouragement of Brookline town to avoid social gatherings during this time, when people are careful about COVID-19 , we are postponing our next three High Street concert series concerts: March 20 , April 3 and May 8.
We will reschedule those concerts as soon as the situation with COVID-19 resolves. Upcoming Friday Night ConcertsFEBRUARY 21, 7:30 PM
"Pergolesi & Friends" with Nelli Jabotinsky (violin), Julia Connor (violin), Emily Hale (viola), Ben Swartz (cello), Adriana Nieves (soprano), Wee Kiat Chia (countertenor) MARCH 20, 7:30 PM Meghan Jacoby (flute) & Daniel Acsadi (guitar) APRIL 3, 7:30 PM Ketty Nez (piano), Hyun-Ji Kwon (cello), Aija Reke (violin), Agita Arista (flute) MAY 8, 7:30 PM Semiosis Quartet Learn more about our Winter 2020 Season performers below. Ticket InformationTickets available at the door and through Eventbrite.
HSCS accepts cash, checks and Venmo on site. General Admission: $30 Seniors & students age 13+: $20 Children age 12 and under: free admission |
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Concerts are hosted at the Latvian Lutheran Church: 58 Irving Street, Brookline, MA
Both the sanctuary and the concert hall are wheelchair accessible, but please note that there is not a fully accessible restroom in the building.
Both the sanctuary and the concert hall are wheelchair accessible, but please note that there is not a fully accessible restroom in the building.
Winter 2020 Season Performer Spotlight
MARCH 20, 7:30 PM
Meghan Jacoby (flute) & Daniel Acsadi (guitar)
Meghan Jacoby (flute) & Daniel Acsadi (guitar)
Flutist MEGHAN JACOBY has performed as a chamber and orchestral musician throughout the United States, England, Italy, Mexico, Costa Rica, Peru, and Cuba. She is principal Blute of Symphony by the Sea and piccolo player with the Cape Ann Symphony. As a freelance musician, she has also performed with Boston Lyric Opera, Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), Emmanuel Music, and with the Portland, Indian Hill, and Cape Cod Symphonies. Recent international travels have taken her to Lima, Peru, where she was a guest artist at the International Festival of Flutists, and to Cremona, Italy, where she is on faculty in the summers at the Cremona International Music Academy. During the academic year, Meghan is on faculty at Saint Anselm College, Phillips Academy Andover, Powers Music School, and Concord Academy, where she also serves as the Director of Chamber Music.
Teaching is vital to Meghan’s identity as a musician, a trait which has been instilled in her by her own teachers, Trevor Wye, Robert Willoughby, Linda Toote, and Michelle Caimotto. Her students consistently earn spots in the MMEA district and all-state ensembles and the many youth orchestras in the Boston area, including every level of orchestra/wind ensemble at New England Conservatory Preparatory School. Many of them have gone on to study at music schools throughout the US and Europe.
Meghan’s students have also been prizewinners at numerous competitions, including: YoungArts, American Protege Series at Carnegie Hall, International Shenzen (China) Woodwind Competition, Southwestern Youth Music Festival, Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall, Great Composers Competition Series, as well as Concerto Competition Winners with the Waltham Philharmonic, Belmont High School Orchestra, Seven Hills Symphony, and the Phillips Academy Andover Orchestra.
Meghan holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Boston University.
As an acclaimed performer, educator, and arts administrator, Dr. DANIEL ACSADI is creating exciting new directions for the classical guitar. Guided by his wide-ranging interests and Hungarian-American heritage, Dan’s musical projects and teaching link the great musical traditions of Europe and the Americas.
Since winning his first guitar competition at the age of fifteen, Dan has performed extensively throughout the United States both as soloist and chamber musician. He has created arrangements of 19th-century art songs, Portuguese fado, Brazilian bossa nova, Hungarian classical and folk music, and American traditional songs.
Serving as the Director of the Boston Classical Guitar Society for seven years, Dan was instrumental in the revitalization of New England’s most prominent international guitar concert series while connecting the region’s professionals, students, aficionados, and audiences through innovative programming and projects. For the annual BCGS New England Guitar Ensembles Festival, he has commissioned new works from Clarice Assad, Robert Beaser, Dusan Bogdanovic, Carlo Domeniconi, Roland Dyens, Nikita Koshkin, Pavel Steidl, and Andrew York.
Beginning his musical studies at six, Dan holds doctoral and master’s degrees from New England Conservatory and a BA from Cornell University, where he double majored in music and economics. His principal teachers have included Eliot Fisk, Pablo Cohen, John Hall, and Alexandre Pier Federici. He has performed in masterclasses with Leo Brouwer, Manuel Barrueco, Eduardo Fernandez, Adam Holzman, Bruce Holzman, and Renato Butturi. Dan is a former Associate Director of Boston GuitarFest, co-founder of its Youth Guitar Workshop, and former faculty at Bridgewater State University and Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Dan is currently faculty at Tufts University and Director of Education and Community Programs at Powers Music School in Belmont, MA. He is president of the board of directors of the Boston Classical Guitar Society.
Teaching is vital to Meghan’s identity as a musician, a trait which has been instilled in her by her own teachers, Trevor Wye, Robert Willoughby, Linda Toote, and Michelle Caimotto. Her students consistently earn spots in the MMEA district and all-state ensembles and the many youth orchestras in the Boston area, including every level of orchestra/wind ensemble at New England Conservatory Preparatory School. Many of them have gone on to study at music schools throughout the US and Europe.
Meghan’s students have also been prizewinners at numerous competitions, including: YoungArts, American Protege Series at Carnegie Hall, International Shenzen (China) Woodwind Competition, Southwestern Youth Music Festival, Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall, Great Composers Competition Series, as well as Concerto Competition Winners with the Waltham Philharmonic, Belmont High School Orchestra, Seven Hills Symphony, and the Phillips Academy Andover Orchestra.
Meghan holds a Doctorate of Musical Arts degree from Boston University.
As an acclaimed performer, educator, and arts administrator, Dr. DANIEL ACSADI is creating exciting new directions for the classical guitar. Guided by his wide-ranging interests and Hungarian-American heritage, Dan’s musical projects and teaching link the great musical traditions of Europe and the Americas.
Since winning his first guitar competition at the age of fifteen, Dan has performed extensively throughout the United States both as soloist and chamber musician. He has created arrangements of 19th-century art songs, Portuguese fado, Brazilian bossa nova, Hungarian classical and folk music, and American traditional songs.
Serving as the Director of the Boston Classical Guitar Society for seven years, Dan was instrumental in the revitalization of New England’s most prominent international guitar concert series while connecting the region’s professionals, students, aficionados, and audiences through innovative programming and projects. For the annual BCGS New England Guitar Ensembles Festival, he has commissioned new works from Clarice Assad, Robert Beaser, Dusan Bogdanovic, Carlo Domeniconi, Roland Dyens, Nikita Koshkin, Pavel Steidl, and Andrew York.
Beginning his musical studies at six, Dan holds doctoral and master’s degrees from New England Conservatory and a BA from Cornell University, where he double majored in music and economics. His principal teachers have included Eliot Fisk, Pablo Cohen, John Hall, and Alexandre Pier Federici. He has performed in masterclasses with Leo Brouwer, Manuel Barrueco, Eduardo Fernandez, Adam Holzman, Bruce Holzman, and Renato Butturi. Dan is a former Associate Director of Boston GuitarFest, co-founder of its Youth Guitar Workshop, and former faculty at Bridgewater State University and Longy School of Music of Bard College.
Dan is currently faculty at Tufts University and Director of Education and Community Programs at Powers Music School in Belmont, MA. He is president of the board of directors of the Boston Classical Guitar Society.
APRIL 3, 7:30 PM
Ketty Nez (piano), Hyun-Ji Kwon (cello), Aija Reke (violin), Agita Arista (flute)
Ketty Nez (piano), Hyun-Ji Kwon (cello), Aija Reke (violin), Agita Arista (flute)
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Cellist HYUN-JI KWON, violinst AIJA REKE, flutist AGITA ARISTA, and composer/pianist KETTY NEZ present a concert
featuring chamber works by Latvian composer Marite Dombrovska, Balkan folk-inspired duos by Ketty Nez, and Claude Debussy's late masterpiece, his Cello Sonata. Dombrovska: "Latvian in New York" (flute, violin) Nez: "double images" (violin and piano) Debussy: Cello Sonata Nez: "sea-changes" (cello and piano) Dombrovska: "Moon Girl" (premiere, flute, violin, cello, piano) |
MAY 8, 7:30 PM
Semiosis Quartet
Semiosis Quartet
Concert program:
Marti Epstein - Hidden Flowers
Jessie Montgomery - Strum
Reena Esmail - String Quartet
Stefanie Lubkowski - "This Is The Light Of Autumn"
http://www.semiosisquartet.com/
Described by the Boston Musical Intelligencer as “astonishing,” Boston-based Semiosis Quartet is quickly gaining a reputation as a dynamic ensemble dedicated to presenting the string quartet repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries.
In August 2019, Semiosis appeared at Tanglewood with Bill Barclay and Concert Theatre Works in a production of The Black Mozart, featuring the music of the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. During the 2018-19 season, they also collaborated in performances with Ogni Suono, The Boston New Music Initiative, and Percussionisms; made their Southwest debut at the Oh My Ears! Festival in Phoenix; and appeared at the International Alliance for Women in Music Conference. As the recipient of a grant from the American Music Project, the quartet will present a program of American women composers including Florence Price, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Shelley Washington, and Caroline Shaw. Semiosis continually seeks to expand the quartet repertoire, and has commissioned and premiered works by composers including Curtis Hughes, Aaron Jay Myers, Camila Agosto, and Angela Elizabeth Slater.
The quartet has performed at festivals including New Music Gathering, the Re:Sound New Music Festival in Cleveland, the Cortona Sessions for New Music, and the Deer Valley Music Festival. Other highlights of past seasons include appearances as part of the Equilibrium Concert Series, the Church of the Advent Library Concert Series, and August Noise JP. Deeply committed to music education, Semiosis is on the faculty at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s High School Composition Intensive, and has worked closely with student composers, musicians, and faculty at Tufts University, MIT, and Bowling Green State University.
The quartet’s name refers to the process of using a message or symbol to communicate. The study of this process crosses the boundaries of linguistics, anthropology, and biological sciences. Likewise, Semiosis Quartet demonstrates how the contemporary string quartet repertoire is a vehicle for a diverse collection of narratives from around the world.
Marti Epstein - Hidden Flowers
Jessie Montgomery - Strum
Reena Esmail - String Quartet
Stefanie Lubkowski - "This Is The Light Of Autumn"
http://www.semiosisquartet.com/
Described by the Boston Musical Intelligencer as “astonishing,” Boston-based Semiosis Quartet is quickly gaining a reputation as a dynamic ensemble dedicated to presenting the string quartet repertoire of the 20th and 21st centuries.
In August 2019, Semiosis appeared at Tanglewood with Bill Barclay and Concert Theatre Works in a production of The Black Mozart, featuring the music of the Chevalier de Saint-Georges. During the 2018-19 season, they also collaborated in performances with Ogni Suono, The Boston New Music Initiative, and Percussionisms; made their Southwest debut at the Oh My Ears! Festival in Phoenix; and appeared at the International Alliance for Women in Music Conference. As the recipient of a grant from the American Music Project, the quartet will present a program of American women composers including Florence Price, Ruth Crawford Seeger, Ellen Taaffe Zwilich, Shelley Washington, and Caroline Shaw. Semiosis continually seeks to expand the quartet repertoire, and has commissioned and premiered works by composers including Curtis Hughes, Aaron Jay Myers, Camila Agosto, and Angela Elizabeth Slater.
The quartet has performed at festivals including New Music Gathering, the Re:Sound New Music Festival in Cleveland, the Cortona Sessions for New Music, and the Deer Valley Music Festival. Other highlights of past seasons include appearances as part of the Equilibrium Concert Series, the Church of the Advent Library Concert Series, and August Noise JP. Deeply committed to music education, Semiosis is on the faculty at The Boston Conservatory at Berklee’s High School Composition Intensive, and has worked closely with student composers, musicians, and faculty at Tufts University, MIT, and Bowling Green State University.
The quartet’s name refers to the process of using a message or symbol to communicate. The study of this process crosses the boundaries of linguistics, anthropology, and biological sciences. Likewise, Semiosis Quartet demonstrates how the contemporary string quartet repertoire is a vehicle for a diverse collection of narratives from around the world.
About High Street Concert Series
The High Street Concert Series is an exciting new endeavor in the High Street Hill (or "Pill Hill") area of Brookline Village. Hosted by the Latvian Lutheran Church of Boston, this concert series invites a hyper-local audience within the surrounding residential area to mingle with a broader audience of fans of the artists scheduled within the series.
The second season of the High Street Concert Series runs from October 2019 through May 2020. Concerts are on Friday evenings at 7:30 pm.
The High Street Concerts Series (HSCS) is hosted at the Latvian Lutheran Church of Boston at 58 Irving Street in Brookline Village. There is ample free on-street parking in the surrounding residential neighborhood of Pill Hill on Irving, Allerton, Acron, and Upland Roads. Please be mindful of signs indicating on which side of the street parking is allowed. The series is located in close proximity to the MBTA Brookline Village station (Green Line, D branch) and Riverway stop (Green Line, E branch) and is along Bus Route 60.
The second season of the High Street Concert Series runs from October 2019 through May 2020. Concerts are on Friday evenings at 7:30 pm.
The High Street Concerts Series (HSCS) is hosted at the Latvian Lutheran Church of Boston at 58 Irving Street in Brookline Village. There is ample free on-street parking in the surrounding residential neighborhood of Pill Hill on Irving, Allerton, Acron, and Upland Roads. Please be mindful of signs indicating on which side of the street parking is allowed. The series is located in close proximity to the MBTA Brookline Village station (Green Line, D branch) and Riverway stop (Green Line, E branch) and is along Bus Route 60.
About Our Artistic Director
Aija Reke is a violinist, chamber musician and pedagogue. She graduated Boston University (MM, 2015), USA with CFA Full Tuition Scholarship and Rotterdam Conservatory (BM, 2013) in the Netherlands. Winner of “Solo Bach Competition” at Boston University (2014), a member of Pi Kappa Lambda, American National Music Honor Society since 2015 and a recipient of the Boston Latvian Cultural Heritage award (2014). She has performed extensively in Europe and North America as a soloist, chamber musician and in numerous orchestras. Aija is a founding member of “Theia Piano Trio”, which toured in the USA. She is a violinist in “Baltic Duo”. The duo focuses on rare repertoire for flute and violin and popularises Latvian chamber music. She performs regularly with ALEA III – Contemporary Music Ensemble in Residence at Boston University, as a first violinist of the New Bedford Symphony Orchestra, Plymouth Philharmonic, Boston Modern Orchestra Project and is a Guest concertmaster of Wellesley Symphony Orchestra under direction of Max Hobart. Aija has played as a sectional violin with Latvian National Chamber Orchestra Sinfonietta Riga and Liepaja Symphony Orchestra. As a passionate pedagogue, she has taught in “El Sistema” program in the USA and other public and private schools. Her second instrument is baroque violin. Aija has performed with the baroque orchestra “Collegium Musicum” at the University of Toronto (Canada), “Collegium Musicum Riga” (Latvia) and Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra (USA) among others. Aija is the Artistic Director of High Street Concert Series that have monthly concerts at the Latvian Lutheran Church of Boston.
Her collaboration with several composers led to multiple world premieres, including microtonal “Musings” (2013) for violin solo by Lara Poe, “double images” (2017) by Ketty Nez, “Latvian in New York” (2017) by Marite Dombrovska (dedicated to “Baltic Duo”) and “Dawn” (2018) by Janis Porietis (dedicated to “Baltic Duo”). Composer Lara Poe wrote a Violin Concerto for Aija Reke. Composer John Manuel Pacheco dedicated his Second Violin Sonata to Aija Reke. Aija released the recording of her first original work "Meditation - Prayer" (Variations on the Latvian Folk Tune Dark Night, Green Grass) in July, 2019. Her second single "Dawn" by Janis Porietis was released in September 2019. Both singles are available on Spotify, Amazon, I Tunes, Apple Music and I Heart Radio.
Her collaboration with several composers led to multiple world premieres, including microtonal “Musings” (2013) for violin solo by Lara Poe, “double images” (2017) by Ketty Nez, “Latvian in New York” (2017) by Marite Dombrovska (dedicated to “Baltic Duo”) and “Dawn” (2018) by Janis Porietis (dedicated to “Baltic Duo”). Composer Lara Poe wrote a Violin Concerto for Aija Reke. Composer John Manuel Pacheco dedicated his Second Violin Sonata to Aija Reke. Aija released the recording of her first original work "Meditation - Prayer" (Variations on the Latvian Folk Tune Dark Night, Green Grass) in July, 2019. Her second single "Dawn" by Janis Porietis was released in September 2019. Both singles are available on Spotify, Amazon, I Tunes, Apple Music and I Heart Radio.