Avant Gardner

Experience cutting-edge classical sounds on Thursday nights as part of Gardner After Hours. Featuring the Callithumpian Consort, “[a] courageous new music band” (The Boston Globe).

CALLITHUMPIAN CONSORT
STEPHEN DRURY, artistic director
Gabriela Diaz, violin • Ethan Wood, violin • Karina Fox, viola • Benjamin Schwartz, cello • Jessi Rosinski, flute • Rane Moore, clarinet • Yukiko Takagi, piano • Jeffrey Means, percussion • Nick Tolle, percussion
This Season's Avant Gardner

SEPTEMBER 17, 7:00
NEW JAPAN
Special guest Jo Kondo

Discover innovative works from 20th- and 21st-century Japanese composers including Kondo’s Aquarelle (1990) and Standing (1973), Hosokawa’s Vertical Time Study I (1992), and Takemitsu’s Toward the Sea (1981).

   

JANUARY 21, 7:00
HOT BUTTERKNIFE KNIGHT
Music from the new generation: Adam Roberts, Nicholas Vines, and Lei Liang

Hear music from some of today’s freshest creative voices including the premiere performance of a collaborative work created by all three composers.

   

MARCH 18, 7:00
CENTURY CLASSICS
Special guest Christian Wolff

Join us for a world premiere written for the Callithumpian Consort by Christian Wolff—Songs from Brecht: The Exception and the Rule—co-presented with the New England Conservatory Christian Wolff Festival (March 15-17, 2010), along with works by Ives, Cardew, and Cowell.

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Pictured above: Fra Angelico,
Death and Assumption of the Virgin (detail), ca. 1432

Ticket Prices

Adults $23
Seniors $18
Members $15
College Students $10
Children ages 5-17 $5
(Children under 5 not admitted to concerts)

Tickets include museum admission.
 
How to Purchase Tickets

Online:
 Tickets are available through MuseumTix.com.
$4 average ticketing fee applies

By Phone:
Call the Gardner Box Office at 617 278 5156.
Hours: Tues–Sun, 11am–4pm
$2 flat ticketing fee applies
At the Door:
 Tickets may be purchased at the front entrance of the museum, 280 The Fenway.
Hours: Tues–Sun, 11am–4pm


Along with free museum admission and other benefits, Gardner members receive ticket discounts for concerts, lectures, and other programs. Become a member today!

Please Note:
• Tickets purchased online or by phone within 10 days of the concert are held at the door.
• No refunds or exchanges will be made.
• Programs are subject to change.
• Please call 617 278 5156 to request accessible or wheelchair seating.

 
 
280 The Fenway, Boston MA 02115
Information 617 566 1401 Box Office 617 278 5156