SAFE IN A CROWD is the best source for Mass punk shows; BOSTON EARLY MUSIC CALENDAR is great for catching all the med-ren-baroque stuff happening. Inspired by those resources, this is to help keep track of 20th-21st century classical performances. I will add more as I find new stuff; feel free to contact if you have anything upcoming.

FOR 2024 – See below for abbrev.

11 Jan 10:30AM OPEN REHEARSAL;
11 Jan 7:30PM / 12 Jan 1:30PM / 13 Jan 8:00PM
BSO @ SymHall
Tania León___Stride
Maurice Ravel___Pf Concerto for left hand
Igor Stravinsky___Rite of Spring
[Seong-Jin Cho-pf]
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13 Jan 8:00PM 
Stella Chen, Matt Lipman, Brannon Cho @ Jordan
Leo Weiner___String Trio in g op. 6
Emmy Frensel Wegener___Suite for vn va vc
Gideon Klein___String Trio
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14 Jan 4:30PM 
Russell-Gordon Duo @ Lilypad
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor___Sorrow Songs
Francis Poulenc___Sonata for cl & pf
Jonathan Russell___Still Here for cl & pf; Sonata No. 2 for bcl & pf
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19 Jan 7:30PM
Rafael Popper-Keizer-vc @ FCB
Ernst Bloch___Suite #3 for unaccompanied vc
Pablo Casals___El cant dels ocells
Ralf Gawlick___Liebeslied
Léon Mouravieff___Ballade
Hilary Tann___The Cresset Stone
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21 Jan 3:00PM
BCMS @ Jordan
Grażyna Bacewicz___Oboe Sonata
Frank Bridge___Pf Quintet in d H. 49
Gabriel Fauré___Pf Trio in d op. 120
George Tsontakis____ Portraits by El Greco Bk1: Quintet for cl vn va vc & pf
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24 Jan 7:30PM
Stephen Drury-pf @ Jordan
Charles Ives___Piano Sonata 1; Piano Sonata 2'Concord'
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26 Jan 8:00PM / 27 Jan 8PM
Concord Symphony @ PAC-Concord
Édouard Lalo___Symphonie Espagnole
Jean Sibelius___Symphony No. 3

26 Jan 6:00PM @ Brattle Theater
27 Jan 7:30PM @ Lilypad
Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
>PHOTOPLAY: Short silent films with improvised vocal soundtrack<
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28 Jan 1:30PM 
Charlotte Saluste-Bridoux-vn Evren Ozel-pf @ ISGM
Grażyna Bacewicz___Solo Sonata No. 2
Béla Bartók___Rhapsody No. 2
Maurice Ravel___Sonata in G Major
Karol Szymanowski___Mythes Op. 30
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28 Jan 3:00PM
Chaeyoung Park-pf @ Shalin Liu Center (Rockport)
George Crumb___Little Christmas Suite
Claude Debussy___12 Études
LvB: op. 106
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28 Jan 8:00PM
Rhonda Rider-vc @ Seully
Raven Chacon
Eric Moe
Kurt Rohde
Mischa Salkind-Pearl
Laurie San Martin

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29 Jan 12:00PM
HGNM @ Davison
Hans Tutschku COLLOQUIUM
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30 Jan 7:30 PM
NEC Philharmonia @ Jordan
Lotta Wennäkoski___Of Footprints and Light from “Helsinki Variations”
F. Mendelssohn: Sym. 3
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1 Feb 5:00PM @ BU Electronic Music Studio (COMPOSER DISCUSSION)
3 Feb 8:00PM @ BU CFA (CONCERT)
Featured Composer Ming Tsao
Ming Tsao___Pathology of Syntax
Hans Thomalla___Albumblatt
Raven Chacon___The Journey of the Horizontal People
Chikako Morishita___Doll Time
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2 Feb 8:00PM
Broken Frames Syndicate @ Paine
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5 Feb 7:00PM
Larry Bell-pf et al. @ Berk
Larry Thomas Bell___Pf Sonatas 2, 4, 6, 7; Pf Etudes Book II
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8 Feb 7:30PM / 9 Feb 7:30PM / 10 Feb 7:30PM / 11 Feb 2:00PM
Opera @ BCB Theater
Matthew Peterson___Voir Dire
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10 Feb 8:00PM
DuBois Orchestra @ FCC
Jessie Montgomery___Starburst
William Grant Still___Symphony No. 1 “Afro-American”
Saint-Georges Vn Concerto op.5/2
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11 Feb 7:30 @ Lilypad
Benedict Koh___selected works
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16 Feb 8:00PM
BCB Orch @ SymHall
>Black History Month Concert<
Margaret Bonds___The Montgomery Variations
Valerie Coleman___Seven O'Clock Shout
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor___Toussaint l'Overture
William Grant Still___Festive Overture
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16 Feb 8:00PM
Parker Quartet @ Paine
Victor Arul___The Total Institution
Amy Beach___Pf Quintet in f# Op. 67
WAM K.465
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17 Feb 4:00PM @ SJJP /
18 Feb 3:00PM @ Longy
A Far Cry
Anna Þorvaldsdóttir___Illumine
Paul Wianko___Vox petra
LvB op. 68
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18 Feb 3:00PM
Well-Tempered Pianists [4 hands] @ Houston Hall BCB
Samuel Barber
Thomas Cabaniss
Connor Chee
Sergei Rachmaninoff

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18 Feb 7:00PM
Cuarteto Latinamericano @ Seully
Samuel Barber
George Gershwin
Alberto Ginastera
Astor Piazzolla
Heitor Villa-Lobos

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18 Feb 8:00PM
Collage New Music @ Killian
Ann Callaway___Devachan
Dorothy Chang___Of All Things Elusive (premier)
Jonathan Bailey Holland___Mobius
Texu Kim___Ominous Omnibus (premier)
Fred Lerdahl___Time after Time
David Sanford___Seventh Avenue Kaddish
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24 Feb 8:00PM
BPHIL @ SymHall
Alban Berg___Vn Concerto
Gustav Mahler___Symphony No. 1
Maurice Ravel___Pavane for a Dead Princess
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24 Feb 8:00PM
BoCoCelli [Vc octet] @ Seully Hall BCB
Michael Begay
Marti Epstein
Nicholas Politi

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25 Feb 7:00PM
BCB Faculty Quartet @ Seully
Che Buford
Raven Chacon

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28 Feb 8:00PM
Black Book Cypher @ BPC
Queen D Scott___The Black Book Cypher: An Invitation / To Talk Back / To The Screen
>Multimedia hip-hop composition in 3 movements<
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29 Feb 7:30PM / 29 Mar 10:00PM
Alexander Crosett-pf @ Lilypad
Samuel Barber
Mary Ellen Childs
Gabriela Lena Frank
Fred Hersch
Betty Jackson King
Dana Suesse
Karen Tanaka

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29 Feb 8:00PM
Radius Ensemble @ Pickman Hall (Longy)
Hilary Tann___LLEFF for fl & vc
Samuel-Coleridge Taylor___Quintet for cl & strings Op. 10
Jennifer Higdon___Summer Shimmers for winds & pf
+New Work by Pappalardo Comp. Award winner
//

1 Mar 4:00PM @ SJJP /
2 Mar 7:30PM @ Merkin Hall (NYC)
A Far Cry
Ernest Bloch___Concerto Grosso No. 1 for string orch & pf
Jungyoon Wie___New Commission for A Far Cry
Errollyn Wallen___Concerto Grosso for pf vn db & strings
Vivaldi Concerto Grosso RV 156
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3 Mar 3:00PM 
BPHIL @ SymHall
Benjamin Britten___Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Charles Ives___Three Places in New England
Maurice Ravel___Daphné et chloé Suite No. 2
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4 Mar 12:00PM
HGNM @ Davison
Chaya Czernowin COLLOQUIUM
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4 Mar 7:30PM
Laura Choi Stuart-v Tanya Blaich-pf @ Jordan
Charles Ives___selected songs
Brahms op. 8
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11 Mar 7:30PM
Music of Beth Denisch @ DFRH
Beth Denisch___Star V for pf & perc; Factor Fiction for pf vn vc; Whenever is Now
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15 Mar 8:00PM @ Hamilton Hall (Salem)/
17 Mar 3:00PM @ St. Paul's (Brookline)
BAE
Gabriel Fauré___Piano Trio in d op. 120
Olivier Messiaen___Quartet for the End of Time
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17 Mar 4:00PM 
Chameleon Arts Ensemble @ Goethe
Joan Tower___Big Sky
C. Schumann op. 17; Schubert op.100
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17 Mar 7:00PM 
Orchestre de Paris @ SymHall
Claude Debussy___Prélude à l’après-midi d’un faune
Sergei Prokofiev___Pf Concerto No. 2
Igor Stravinsky___The Firebird
[Klaus Mäkëla-cond Yunchan Lim-pf]
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18 Mar 12:00PM
HGNM @ Davison
Ni Zheng COLLOQUIUM
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21 Mar 7:30PM / 22 Mar 8:00PM / 22 Mar 8:00PM
BSO @ SymHall
Wayne Shorter___Causeway; Midnight in Carlotta’s Hair; Orbits; Forbidden Plan-iT; excerpts from Iphigenia; Gaia for jazz quartet & orch
[Clark Rundell-cond]
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23 Mar 8:00PM / 24 Mar 2:30PM
Concord Symphony @ PAC-Concrd
Anna Clyne___This Midnight Hour
Samuel Barber___Vn Concerto
Paul Hindemith___Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
[Jiyu Oh-vn]
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27 Mar 8:00PM
zone expérimentale @ Paine
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2 Apr 7:00PM
Microtonal Music of Utar Artun @ DFRH
Utar Artun___string quartets; electro-acoustic works
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4 Apr 4:00PM / 7:00PM
Florence Price: An American Hero Parts I & II @ Berk
Florence Price___selected works
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7 Apr 3:00PM @ Sanders
Richard Strauss___Metamorphosen for String Septet
Igor Stravinsky___L’Histoire du Soldat suite
R. Schumann op. 44
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7 Apr 4:00PM  
Chameleon Arts Ensemble @ Goethe
Béla Bartók___Sonata No. 1 for vn & pf
Kaija Saariaho___Tocar for vn & pf
LvB op. 96
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8 Apr 12:00PM
HGNM @ Davison
Weilu Ge COLLOQUIUM
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9 Apr 8:00PM
Florence Price Birthday Concert @ Seully
Florence Price
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11 Apr 7:30PM / 12 Apr 1:30PM / 13 Apr 8:00PM 
BSO @ SymHall
Olivier Messiaen___Turangalia-Symphonie
[Yuja Wang-pf Cécile Lartigau-ondes martenot]
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12 Apr 8:00PM BAE @ Hamilton Hall (Salem)/
13 Apr 3:00PM @ St. Paul’s Church (Brookline)
Claude Debussy___Sonata for fl va hp
LvB op. 74; Saint-Saëns Fantasie for vn & hp
[Charles Overton-hp Rebecca Gitter-va Clint Foreman-fl]
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14 Apr 3:00PM
Parker Quartet @ Paine
Graźyna Bacewicz___String Quartet 4
Vijay Iyer___Dig the Say
Béla Bartók___String Quartet 4
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18 Apr 7:30PM / 19 Apr 7:30PM / 20 Apr 7:30PM / 21 Apr 2:00PM
BCB Opera @ Huntington
Benjamin Britten___A Midsummer Night's Dream
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20 Apr 4:00PM
A Far Cry @ SJJP
Eleanor Alberga___Animal Banter
Reena Esmail___Zeher (poison)
Gonzalo Grau___Five-legged Cat
Vijay Iyer___Dig the Say
Jessica Meyer___Slow Burn; Getting Home (I must be...)
Caroline Shaw___Punctum
Errollyn Wallen___Music for Tigers
Dinuk Wijeratne___Two Pop Songs on Antique Poems: A Letter from the After-life
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20 Apr 4:00PM / 21 Apr 8:00PM
Chameleon Arts Ensemble @ FCB
Thomas Adès___Les baricades mistérieuses for cl bcL va vc & db
Serge Arcuri___Les furieuses enluminures for fl cl pf & string quartet
Rebecca Clarke___Midsummer Moon for vn pf
Dmitri Shostakovich___Pf Quintet in g op. 57
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21 Apr 1:30PM
Castle of Our Skins @ ISGM
David Baker___Roots II pf trio
Hannah Kendall___Network Bed for pf quartet
Brian Raphael Nabors___New pf quintet
Shelley Washington___'Middleground' String Quartet
Trevor Weston___Eurythmy Variations for pf
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21 Apr 3:00PM
BCMS @ Jordan
Claude Debussy___En blanc et noir for 2 pf
Arnold Schoenberg___Pierrot Lunaire
Paul Schoenfield___Café Music
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21 Apr 4:00PM
Hub New Music & @ All Saints
Chad Cannon
Takuma Itoh
Angel Lam
Sun-Young Park
Umezaki

[Kojiro Umezaki-shachuhachi]
//

21 Apr 8:00PM
Collage New Music @ Killian
Mark DeVoto___New England Verses
Donal Fox - new work (premier)
Michael Gandolfi - new work (premier)
Steven Mackey___Micro-Concerto
Len Tetta - new work (premier)
[Tony Arnold-v]
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22 Apr 12:00PM
HGNM @ Davison
Darcy Copeland COLLOQUIUM

22 Apr 7:00PM
Music of Julia Wentz & Students @ Berk
Julia Wentz___selected works
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24 Apr 8:00PM
BCB Choirs @ OSB
Maurice Duruflé___Requiem
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25 Apr 7:30PM / 26 Apr 1:30PM / 27 Apr 8:00PM
BSO @ SymHall
Detlev Glanert___Trumpet Concerto
Sofia Gubaidulina___Prologue for Orchestra
Sergei Prokofiev___Symphony No. 4
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28 Apr 2:30PM
Jonathan Biss-pf @ ISGM
Tyshawn Sorey - new work
Schubert Sonata D.960, Impromptu D.935/3
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10 May 8:00PM  
A Far Cry @ Jordan
Béla Bartók___Music for Strings, Percussion & Celesta
Sofia Gubaidulina___Meditation on a Bach Chorale
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6 May 7:30PM
Marc-André Hamelin-pf et al. @ Jordan
Ernest Chausson___Concerto for vn pf & string quartet op.21
Brahms op. 101
//

11 May 8:00PM
Longwood Symphony Orch @ Jordan
Nina Shekhar___Lumina
Brahms; R. Strauss; LvB
//

16 May 8:00 PM
Radius Ensemble @ Pickman Hall (Longy)
George Crumb___Vox balaenae for amplified fl vc pf
Steve Reich___New York Counterpoint for cl & tape
Elena Ruehr___Broadway Boogie Woogie (PREMIER)
Saint-Georges Sonata for vn & va in Bb
//

18 May 7:30PM
Orchestra Without Borders @ F.U.U. Society of Newton
>borderlines: east-west<
Arson Fahim
Odaline de la Martinez
Adolphus Hailstork
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19 May 4:00PM
Balourdet Quartet @ All Saints
Karim Al Zand___Strange Machines
LvB op.59/1; WAM K.421
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18 May 4:00PM / 19 May @ 8:00PM    
Chameleon Arts Ensemble @ FCB
David Bruce___The Consolation of Rain for ob vc perc hp
Hanns Eisler___Fourteen Ways to Describe the Rain
Guy Ropartz___Prélude, Marine et Chansons for fl vn va vc hp
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Instrumental abbreviations following IMSLP

All Saints = Peabody Hall, Parish of All Saints in Dorchester

BAE= Boston Artists Ensemble

BCB = Boston Conservatory at Berklee

Berk = Berk Recital Hall – Berklee Conservatory

BCMS = Boston Chamber Music Society

Booth = Booth Theater – Boston University

BPC = Berklee Performance Center

BPHIL = Boston Philharmonic

BU CFA = College of Fine Arts Concert Hall – Boston University

Davison = Davison Room, Harvard Music Building

DFRH = David Friend Recital Hall – Berklee Conservatory

FCB = First Church of Boston

FCC = First Church of Cambridge

Goethe = Goethe-Institut Boston

HGNM = Harvard Group for New Music

ISGM = Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

Jordan = Jordan Hall – New England Conservatory

Killian = Killian Hall – MIT

OSB = Old South Church – Boston

PAC-Concord = Performing Arts Center at 51 Walden, Concord

Paine = John Knowles Paine Concert Hall – Harvard University

Sanders = Sanders Theater – Harvard University

Seully = Seully Hall – Boston Conservatory at Berklee

SJJP = St. John’s Church, Jamaica Plain

SymHall = Symphony Hall, Boston