Source Code at the Flutistry

BPQ, sponsored by MPTF, presents Source Code, a program celebrating the music of five landmark women composers to celebrate the beginning of Woman’s History Month. Jessie Montgomery’s quartet of the same name channels Alvin Ailey, Langston Hughes, and Ella Fitzgerald in a pensive dirge which showcases the core of her musical vernacular. Each following composer captures the essence of their voice within the sounds and rhythms of their piece, and the listener in turn is taken on a journey to decode the sources that are embedded within the experience. We explore French composer Melanie Bonis (who used the pen name “Mel” in order to be published), Boston’s own Amy Beach, Peruvian-American composer Gabriella Lena Frank, Jamaican-British composer Eleanor Alberga OBE and Grammy winner and close friend to the group, Jessie Montgomery. 

Free to the public!

"The instrumental music for this occasion is made possible in part by funds supplied by the Recording Companies of the United States and Canada through the Music Performance Trust Funds, a public service organization created under agreements with the American Federation of Musicians. The grant for this performance was obtained with the cooperation of AFM Local No.___, “ plus appropriate local co-sponsor(s).