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Hannah Shanefield performs with the Vivaldi Orchestra for White Snake Projects’ Sing Out Strong concert March 14. The Sing Out Strong concert series features local community members performing pieces about activist topics. COURTESY OF WHITE SNAKE PROJECTS

White Snake Projects, Boston Music Project host concert bringing opera and activism into harmony

Mohan Zhang March 21, 2025
Music has become a powerful voice to express the fight for the environmental crisis. Local Boston music groups have combined performance with activism in an effort to empower younger generations.
Lila Baltaxe | Senior Graphic Artist

Reflecting on the Genshin Impact concert and my journey with video game soundtracks

Keke Gao November 8, 2023
With the release of Genshin Impact globally on Sept. 28, 2020, this wave of anime-style gaming finally hit the U.S., planting Hoyoverse’s lore deep within North America, sprouting and flourishing post-pandemic with a nationwide symphony tour.
The Boston University Symphony Orchestra performing at the Tsai Performance Center on Sept. 30. The concert was one of the first to be performed by a full capacity orchestra and without mask requirements since the pandemic. SHANNON RUSNAK/DFP STAFF

End of pandemic restrictions restores connections for BU Symphony Orchestra

Kajsa Kedefors October 5, 2022
The BU Symphony Orchestra unfolds their first performance of the semester without mask requirements
BU Orchestra concerts canceled, COVID-19

Orchestras, bands, ensembles cancel semester’s last performances, rehearsals due to COVID-19 surge

Xiaoya Shao May 3, 2022
Despite numerous cancellations in some groups, some Athletic Bands will nonetheless press on with performances.
student plays the piano in the college of fine arts

A note on the music performance major

Molly Farrar April 13, 2021
The rigorous courses and focused training at BU’s School of Music changed the way I saw music.
boston university pep band performs in front of the george sherman union

BU Bands discuss keeping up morale through changes, restrictions

Molly Farrar April 8, 2021
Students discussed adapting to keep playing their instruments and stay a part of the BU community.
boston symphony orchestra performance

Where are they now: Boston University alumni reflect on the Boston Symphony Orchestra

Colbi Edmonds April 7, 2021
BU School of Music alumni reflected on entering the highly-selective Boston Symphony Orchestra.
where's the orchestra ethnomusicology of latinidad virtual event hosted by the college of fine arts and graduate music society

The intersection of music, race: A discussion of musical history in CFA x Graduate Music Society colloquium

Ramsey Khalifeh March 17, 2021
Music scholar David Garcia of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill spoke about his research Thursday at the College of Fine Arts and Graduate Music Society event "Where’s the Orchestra?’: A Reckoning for a Nineteenth Century Musicology of Latinidad in the Age of Trump."
For its Alumni Weekend, Boston University’s College of Fine Arts showcased students whose performances at Carnegie Hall were postponed until next year. LAURYN ALLEN/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

College of Fine Arts brings Carnegie Hall performers to Alumni Weekend

Rachel Do October 8, 2020
After their performance at Carnegie Hall was delayed until next year, CFA instrumentalists and vocalists took to the stage in Boston for BU alums and the rest of the BU community.
In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, Boston University’s School of Music has adapted performances to suit both remote and in-person learning. HANNAH YOSHINAGA/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

School of Music adapts performances, auditions in accordance with pandemic

Anne Jonas September 30, 2020
The show must go on, according to faculty and students in the CFA School of Music, who are taking increased health and safety precautions to keep music alive this semester across remote and in-person classes.
73 student musicians and performers from the Berklee College of Music performed a rendition of “What the World Needs Now” in a collaborative video posted on social media platforms March 22. RYAN GREGORY/ DFP FILE

Boston students assemble to create viral musical collaboration

Mita Kataria March 29, 2020
To spread hope amid the uncertainty of the time, 74 student musicians from Boston came together to create an uplifting virtual song.
The 8-Bit Big Band jazz-pop ensemble performs music from video game soundtracks at the Berklee Performance Center Sunday. NANCY JIANG/ DAILY FREE PRESS STAFF

REVIEW: 8-Bit Big Band delivers nostalgia through video game-inspired jazz

Nancy Jiang March 3, 2020
The 8-Bit Big Band understands the nostalgic soundtrack behind every popular video game, performing their jazz take on the themes at the Berklee Performance Center on Sunday.
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