2019-2020 season
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landmarks dance nightWe're teaming up with Boston Landmarks Orchestra, the Conservatory Lab Charter School and Jean Appolon Expressions to present a celebration of Haitian culture through music and dance! FREE and family-friendly.
***POSTPONED DUE TO WEATHER*** August 22, 2019: 7:00pm - Hatch Shell on the Esplanade |
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Creatives of color mixer + #HellablackCastle of our Skins makes its debut as the Boston Center for the Arts's Music Ensemble in Residence with a meet and mingle mixer for creatives of color and a performance art songs as part of the BCA'S second annual #HELLABLACK Mixtape event.
September 21, 2019 - Boston Center for the Arts Black Box 6:30-7:30pm (P)remix RSVP | 8:00pm #HELLABLACK RSVP |
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Rockport music festivalCastle of our Skins makes its debut in Rockport offering a "Meet the Composers" lecture, and lecture-demo performance of George Walker's gorgeous String Quartet No. 1.
September 24, 2019: Rockport Music Festival 4pm Meet the Composers lecture 7pm George Walker lecture-demo |
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BE THE ARTIST @ BARTLETT FestivalThe inaugural "Be the Artist @ Bartlett" Festival kicks off a reimagined arts park in Dudley Square. Located at Bartlett Station, the festival provides a taste of Roxbury's next arts park showcasing local artists and performers through music, dance, visual art, temporary installations and more.
September 28, 2019: 3:30pm - Bartlett Yard |
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secret desire to be blackWe're thrilled to welcome back cellist Seth Parker Woods for our Gardner debut in a program featuring Alvin Singleton, Florence Price, and Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson. With choreographer Kyle Marshall, we'll present Julius Eastman's ten cello work "The Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc" with new choreography.
October 27, 2019: 1:30pm - Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Purchase Tickets HERE |
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romantic by nature @ salem stateThis program includes a newly unearthed string quartet by Florence Price and the Neo-Romantic flare of Afro-British composer Samuel Coleridge-Taylor in his monstrous Clarinet Quintet.
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BY FIRE AND SWORD: TREVOR WESTON PORTRAIT
Castle of our Skins is excited to be an Ensemble in Residence at the Longy School of Music at Bard College! As part of our residency, we will feature an immersive three-day residency focused on the music of Dr. Trevor Weston complete with lectures, master classes, open rehearsals and concerts culminating in our portrait concert "By Fire and Sword." The residency features the vocal, solo and chamber works of Trevor.
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Composer and pianist Anthony R. Green
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Castle of our Skins' first live streamed concert, brought to you by co-founder Anthony R. Green and featuring 18th and 19th century piano works by Black composers.
April 12, 2020: 1:30pm |
Anthony r. green live |
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anthony r. green's catto's courage world premiereWith students from the Boston String Academy and Josiah Quincy Elementary School Orchestra Programs, and presented by The Celebrity Series of Boston Neighborhood Arts program, we gave the virtual world premiere of Anthony R. Green’s "Catto’s Courage," a work inspired by freedom fighter and educator Octavius Catto .
Premiered live on April 23rd |
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COOS co-founders Ashleigh Gordon & Anthony R. Green
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founder's chat |
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Julius Eastman "stay on it" virtual video premiereCastle of our Skins and a collective of arts organizations (Challenge the Stats, Contemporaneous, Kyle Marshall Choreography,The Dream Unfinished, and presented by Lincoln Center) have teamed up to create a diverse and inclusive online orchestra performing "Stay On It" by Julius Eastman. The performance is dedicated to blue-collar essential workers who overwhelmingly are people of color.
Premiered live on June 1st at 11am on the Lincoln Center's YouTube channel, Facebook page, and Lincoln Center at Home webpage. |
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kid's korner storytime readingsJune 1: Lola Loves Stories by Anna McQuinn & Giant Steps to Change the World by Spike Lee and Tonya Lewis Lee
June 8: Jacob Lawrence In The City by Susan Goldman Rubin & Old Mikamba Had a Farm by Rachel Isadora June 15: Dancing in the Wings by Debbie Allen & Firebird by Caldecott Honoree June 22 and June 29th: BONUS! African American Play Songs and Games |
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June 11th @8pm on Facebook Live: Charles Coe
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poetry nightcap series |
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June 18th @8pm on Facebook Live: Regie Gibson
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poetry nightcap series |
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Black composer miniature challengeComposers who identify as part of the African Diaspora were challenged to compose pieces for co-founders Ashleigh and Anthony! 18 composers rose to the occasion!
Catch all 18 virtual world premiere works for solo viola, solo piano, and viola-piano duo live every Friday at noon on Facebook/Instagram (@CastleSkins). |
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The Founder's ChatThis is a conversational series with the leaders of several outstanding music organizations representing Black artists. Co-founders Ashleigh Gordon and Anthony R. Green will hold discussions with an international roster of Black women - the leaders of these music organizations.
Tune in on our Facebook page (@CastleSkins) for these weekly interviews! |
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poetry nightcap seriesJoin us for an evening nightcap of original poetry and bubbly, all from the comfort of your own home. We'll supply the poets, you bring the rest.
Select Thursdays in June @ 8pm on Facebook Live June 25th @8pm on Facebook Live: Destiny Polk |
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Dances and DelightsWe're excited to join our friends at the Boston Landmarks Orchestra for their 2nd digital summer concert featuring works by Black and Latinx composers! With conductor Christopher Wilkins and violin soloist/COOS crew member Gabriela Díaz, you'll hear:
Aldemaro Romero's Fuga con Pajarillo David Baker's Roots II: Boogie Woogie Florence Price's Five Folksongs in Counterpoint (selections) Michael Abels' Delights and Dances Astor Piazzolla's The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (selections) July 29th @7pm: Tune in to the Boston Landmarks' website to catch the performance! |
