2022-2023 season
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upcoming
Portraits of Spirituals
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For children of all ages Portraits of Spirituals is a 60-minute performance that explores the world of Negro spirituals as arranged for marimba. Audiences will have the opportunity to engage in traditional songs, melodies, and the culture and communities from which they come. No registration required.
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Play Songs & Games
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The songs and games we played as children were where we learned cultural stories and understood the rhythms and textures of our world. Come join Castle of our Skin in play as we remember, celebrate, learn, and relearn Afro-American and Caribbean play songs and games!
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#BCMC 3.0
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Composers who identify as Black and part of the African diaspora were challenged to compose 30 to 60-second pieces for soprano and/or cello!
Tune in June 1-18 (Black Music Month!) on Instagram and Facebook for each of the 18 world premieres. |
The Wanderer's Tethering
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The Wanderer’s Tethering is a celebration of Black folk songs, Black women in America, and the layered and multifaceted experience of people belonging to the Black diaspora. The program features a Boston Lyric Opera commissioned work, "The Wanderer’s Tethering," alongside additional selections including Trevor Weston’s “Juba,” Jessie Montgomery’s “Source Code,” and Florence Price’s settings of familiar Negro folk songs for string quartet.
Together, they provide a rich tapestry linking the voices of Black creators from the past with those of the present.
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Rent Party
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Rent Parties (a.k.a. social whist parties, breakdowns, struggles, too-bad parties) were informal and semiprivate gatherings hosted in individual apartments, and made popular in Harlem following the Great Migration. During the 1920s Black families would charge a modest entry fee to their patrons and use the money to pay their rent for the month (which was often much higher than that charged to white families). The hosts also provided southern cooking, music, and space for dancing the night away!
Join Castle of our Skins and poet Angel C. Dye on Friday June 30th at 7 pm for a Harlem Renaissance-themed Social Whist Party at Black Market Nubain, to raise money for the League of Women for Community Service. There'll be food, music, poetry and more! 
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