Artistic Collaborations
The CSO has pursued a number of artistic collaborations over the years in order to joyfully and equitably bring great classical music to Cambridge and beyond. We’ve been honored to join forces with these organizations:
Annual full-orchestra performance and side-by-side concert with Perkins School for the Blind (Watertown)
Concerts at Hebrew SeniorLife (Roslindale)
Chamber music performances at Cadbury Commons at Cambridge, Kickstand Cafe (Arlington), the Center for Arts at the Armory (Somerville), the Cambridge Public Library, and the Somerville Public Library
Ongoing efforts with choreographer Gianni Di Marco to bring ballet and live full-orchestra performance together: Stravinsky’s The Firebird, Mendelssohn’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream, and Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet (in progress)
Commissions by award-winning film composer Conrad Pope, a world premiere by composer Nan Schwartz, and commissions for children’s music by composer Allen Feinstein
Frequent vocal collaborators with world-renowned soloists and choral groups from the New England Conservatory Preparatory School, UMass Lowell’s University Choir and Chamber Singers, and the Nashoba Valley Chorale
The CSO makes a point to collaborate with a wide range of interdisciplinary nonprofits and artists including dancers, composers, actors, and soloists. Interested? Please contact music.director@cambridgesymphony.org.
CSO ARTISTIC COLLABORATIONS
Throughout the years, the CSO has been lucky to work with many diverse artists and performers. Find out more about them!
PERKINS SCHOOL FOR THE BLIND
Music students facing a wide range of developmental challenges from Perkins School for the Blind join the CSO for a side-by-side performance at our annual Holiday Pops concert.
CHAMBER MUSIC
Small chamber music groups team up with local nonprofits such as senior living facilities and after-school programs to provide on-site access to music.
DANCE
The CSO has been fortunate to pair up with some of New England's finest ballet dancers representing companies such as City Ballet of Boston, Urban Nutcracker, and Festival Ballet Providence to commission new choreography for some of classical music's greatest works.
COMPOSERS
The CSO is dedicated to perpetuating the legacy of classical music through ongoing commissions of new works representing composers of local, national, and international renown.
NEW ENGLAND CONSERVATORY
The CSO continues its commitment to music education by providing valuable performing opportunities to some of New England's finest young artists, including concertos, and choral performance opportunities.
CHORAL ORGANIZATIONS
The CSO has teamed up with choirs representing the New England Conservatory, the University of Massachusetts Lowell, multiple public school programs, and local community choirs to perform such masterworks as Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Mahler's Symphony No. 2 (Resurrection), and Tippett's A Child of Our Time.
If you’re interested in developing an artistic collaboration with the CSO, please contact music.director@cambridgesymphony.org or complete the form below. We would love to hear from you.
