May 16, 2024 7:00 PM EST

This is a free concert with a suggested donation of $25 per ticket. Proceeds go towards the continued sharing of music and story outside the concert hall and in places of shelter.

Co-sponsored by Shelter Music Boston and Community Church of Boston, a concert of powerful, aching, ageless, and ever-charged folk songs

May 16, 2024 7:00 PM EST

This is a free concert with a suggested donation of $25 per ticket. Proceeds go towards the continued sharing of music and story outside the concert hall and in places of shelter.

Co-sponsored by Shelter Music Boston and Community Church of Boston, a concert of powerful, aching, ageless, and ever-charged folk songs performed by voice and string quartet. We celebrate and raise awareness of the great work Shelter Music Boston does to bring music, conversation and joy to people experiencing housing insecurity and substance use disorder.

This Thursday evening concert is anchored by powerhouse vocalist / composer / arranger, Moira Smiley and her dazzling arrangements for voice (and sometimes banjo, piano or accordion) plus string quartet that comprise her new album, The Rhizome Project. The quartet brings together four of Boston’s most innovative and respected string players; Lysander Jaffe, Lizzy Cook, Annegret Klaua, and Yonah Zur.

Go to Moira Smiley’s YouTube Rhizome Project Playlist to see and hear excerpts of this music live! https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLoSUi6oginMof5ELQBOfczCrENvMwKo5S&si=Npuan5PbmBiLDzIb

Shelter Music Boston delivers monthly chamber music concerts to Greater Boston homeless shelters and substance misuse recovery centers, providing classical music as a social service. Every note invests in the capacity of classical music to create social change in environments of great need. We believe all people deserve access to the dignity, creativity, and passion of classical music.

Location: Community Church of Boston, 565 Boylston St., Boston, MA, 02116, United States

Phone: 617 266-6710 Email: info@communitychurchofboston.org

Online Access Information: You are free to view this concert online, but encourage you to buy a ticket / make a donation. Here are the links to online viewing: Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81351813462 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxzqBfbtvnhNKWmzpCm0lIA/videos

Accessibility: CCB has a small elevator for a small wheelchair. Accessible bathrooms. Adult amenities. Adult beverages. Welcome!