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SEASON 6

  • MLK DAY OPEN HOUSE AT THE MFA
    MLK DAY OPEN HOUSE AT THE MFA
    MLK DAY OPEN HOUSE AT THE MFA
    Sun, Jan 21
    Jan 21, 2024, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
    Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Jan 21, 2024, 1:00 PM – 1:45 PM
    Museum of Fine Arts Boston, 465 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Join Castle of our Skins for this FREE, FAMILY-FRIENDLY event! Featuring a full day of activities including string quartet musical performances by COOS!
  • NIGRA SUM SED FORMOSA: I AM BLACK BUT BEAUTIFUL
    NIGRA SUM SED FORMOSA: I AM BLACK BUT BEAUTIFUL
    NIGRA SUM SED FORMOSA: I AM BLACK BUT BEAUTIFUL
    Tue, Aug 27
    Aug 27, 2019, 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM
    Roxbury Community College Media Arts Cen, 1234 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    Aug 27, 2019, 3:00 PM – 3:05 PM
    Roxbury Community College Media Arts Cen, 1234 Columbus Ave, Boston, MA 02120, USA
    A collaboration between Castle of Our Skins and the Handel and Haydn Society, this concert celebrates the breadth and depth of black artistry with powerful music from black composers across three centuries.
  • LEGACY
    LEGACY
    LEGACY
    Sun, Aug 11
    Aug 11, 2019, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Community Music Center of Boston, 34 Warren Ave, Boston, MA 02116, USA
    Aug 11, 2019, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Community Music Center of Boston, 34 Warren Ave, Boston, MA 02116, USA
    Castle of our Skins brings a program honoring legends – past and present – whose lives, work and artistry continue to influence.
  • CROSSING THE LINE TO FREEDOM
    CROSSING THE LINE TO FREEDOM
    CROSSING THE LINE TO FREEDOM
    Fri, Jun 14
    Jun 14, 2019, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Jun 14, 2019, 12:30 PM – 4:30 PM
    Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    The Boston Lyric Opera and Castle of our Skins join forces AGAIN to showcase the lives and stories of Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr., and more through the music of opera, art song, spirituals, history, and spoken word.
  • I AM A MAN
    I AM A MAN
    I AM A MAN
    Sun, Jun 02
    Jun 02, 2019, 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
    Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St #200, Boston, MA 02119, USA
    Jun 02, 2019, 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM
    Hibernian Hall, 184 Dudley St #200, Boston, MA 02119, USA
    Through film, spoken word, dance, history, community, and music, the “I AM A MAN 2019” project is an educational and artistic examination of this famous civil rights declaration.
  • CELEBRITY SERIES - NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS
    CELEBRITY SERIES - NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS
    CELEBRITY SERIES - NEIGHBORHOOD ARTS
    Thu, Feb 21
    Feb 21, 2019, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
    Hyde Park, 2 Main St, Hyde Park, NY 12538, USA
    Feb 21, 2019, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PM
    Hyde Park, 2 Main St, Hyde Park, NY 12538, USA
    Castle of our Skins presents our signature "edu-tainment" recital featuring string quartets by Black composers.
  • PLAY SONGS & GAMES
    PLAY SONGS & GAMES
    PLAY SONGS & GAMES
    Sun, Feb 10
    Feb 10, 2019, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
    Boston Children's Museum, 308 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210, USA
    Feb 10, 2019, 12:30 PM – 1:15 PM
    Boston Children's Museum, 308 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210, USA
    Participate in a workshop exploring African American and Caribbean play songs and games. The songs and games range from traditional call and response to hand clapping and ring circle songs designed to get your whole body moving. FREE & Family-Friendly! ​
  • FIDDLEFEST
    FIDDLEFEST
    FIDDLEFEST
    Sat, Feb 09
    Feb 09, 2019, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Community Music Center of Boston, 34 Warren Ave, Boston, MA 02116, USA
    Feb 09, 2019, 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
    Community Music Center of Boston, 34 Warren Ave, Boston, MA 02116, USA
    Castle of our Skins is excited to join in the Community Music Center of Boston's annual Fiddlefest.
  • KEENE STATE COLLEGE RESIDENCY
    KEENE STATE COLLEGE RESIDENCY
    KEENE STATE COLLEGE RESIDENCY
    Wed, Feb 06
    Feb 06, 2019, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Redfern Arts Center, New Hampshire, 90 Wyman Way, Keene, NH 03431, USA
    Feb 06, 2019, 7:00 PM – 11:00 PM
    Redfern Arts Center, New Hampshire, 90 Wyman Way, Keene, NH 03431, USA
    Castle of our Skins is excited to work with students, faculty and community members at Keene State College, NH offering a lecture, panel discussion, master class, composition readings, and a culminating concert on February 8th.
  • CALL FOR PROPOSALS
    CALL FOR PROPOSALS
    CALL FOR PROPOSALS
    Sun, Dec 30
    Dec 30, 2018, 11:59 PM – Dec 31, 2018, 3:59 AM
    Virtual
    Dec 30, 2018, 11:59 PM – Dec 31, 2018, 3:59 AM
    Virtual
    Accepting proposals for new works inspired by the tradition of quilting within Black culture to receive world premieres in the Spring of 2020.
  • BREATH AND IMAGINATION
    BREATH AND IMAGINATION
    BREATH AND IMAGINATION
    Sun, Dec 09
    Dec 09, 2018, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Location is TBD
    Dec 09, 2018, 1:00 PM – 1:30 PM
    Location is TBD
    Castle of our Skins is excited to honor legendary singer Roland Hayes as part of the Front Porch Arts Collective and Lyric Stage Company of Boston's production of Daniel Beaty's "Breath and Imagination".
  • CELEBRITY SERIES - DORCHESTER STRINGFEST
    CELEBRITY SERIES - DORCHESTER STRINGFEST
    CELEBRITY SERIES - DORCHESTER STRINGFEST
    Sat, Dec 01
    Dec 01, 2018, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Kroc Center, Dorchester, 650 Dudley St, Boston, MA 02125, USA
    Dec 01, 2018, 3:00 PM – 7:00 PM
    Kroc Center, Dorchester, 650 Dudley St, Boston, MA 02125, USA
    Castle of our Skins joins the Conservatory Lab Charter School string students as part of Celebrity Series of Boston's Dorchester StringFest.
  • MEET & GREET
    MEET & GREET
    MEET & GREET
    Tue, Oct 30
    Oct 30, 2018, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Third Sector New England RSVP (Virtual)
    Oct 30, 2018, 5:30 PM – 7:30 PM
    Third Sector New England RSVP (Virtual)
    Meet, greet and connect with fellow musicians of color.
  • BLACK KALEIDOSCOPE: ​A FEMME JOURNEY OF BECOMING
    BLACK KALEIDOSCOPE: ​A FEMME JOURNEY OF BECOMING
    BLACK KALEIDOSCOPE: ​A FEMME JOURNEY OF BECOMING
    Sat, Oct 13
    Oct 13, 2018, 3:55 PM – 7:55 PM
    ​Fog x Canopy installation in Back Bay , 100 Park Dr, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Oct 13, 2018, 3:55 PM – 7:55 PM
    ​Fog x Canopy installation in Back Bay , 100 Park Dr, Boston, MA 02215, USA
    Castle of our Skins joins dancer Destiny Polk (Radical Black Girl) and the Emerald Necklace Conservancy in a journey of maturation through music and movement.
  • FREE FUN FRIDAYS - “I, TOO”
    FREE FUN FRIDAYS - “I, TOO”
    FREE FUN FRIDAYS - “I, TOO”
    Fri, Jul 27
    Jul 27, 2018, 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM
    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Jul 27, 2018, 12:00 PM – 1:45 PM
    Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, 25 Evans Way, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Castle of our Skins presents "I, Too," a celebration of art song, poetry and the music of Valerie Capers, H. Leslie Adams, Adolphus Hailstork, Howard Swanson, Florence Price, Margaret Bonds and Jonathan Bailey Holland.
  • MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS IN BOSTON BLACK
    MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS IN BOSTON BLACK
    MUSICAL EXPLORATIONS IN BOSTON BLACK
    Sun, Jul 08
    Jul 08, 2018, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Boston Children's Museum, 308 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210, USA
    Jul 08, 2018, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
    Boston Children's Museum, 308 Congress St, Boston, MA 02210, USA
    Musical Exploration in Boston Black allows YOU the audience to help create the musical landscape of the Boston Children's Museum "Boston Black" exhibit.
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