Tanglewood Learning Institute

SHOSTAKOVICH String Quartet No. 2 in A, Op. 68
James LEE III A Double Standard
DVOŘÁK String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat, Op. 105

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

This performance is not part of the Open Workshops pass.

Boston Conservatory theater professor and Emmy winner Angela M. Farr Schiller delves into the themes and social politics of the hit class-bridging musical Ragtime ahead of its July 8 Boston Pops performance.

Internationally prominent composer/performer and media artist Pamela Z combines elements of voice, live electronics, sampled sound, and video utilizing the unique features of Studio E.

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Pulitzer Prize winner and National Humanities Medal recipient Isabel Wilkerson presents a talk on her New York Times bestseller and critically acclaimed book Caste.

Beyond race and class lies a powerful caste system influencing lives, behavior, and the nation’s fate. In a powerful talk, the award-winning author spotlights the insidious effects of caste across societies, before exploring how America can move away from its destructive power and toward hope in our common humanity.

A book signing will follow the presentation, with copies of Caste available for sale.

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Reena Esmail, Gabriela Lena Frank, Tebogo Monnakgotla, and Anna Thorvaldsdottir, the Merwin Geffen, M.D. and Norman Solomon, M.D., Festival of Contemporary Music Co-curators

Michael Gandolfi, Head of Composition Program, Tanglewood Music Center

The Head of the Tanglewood Music Center's Composition Program Michael Gandolfi interviews the four Festival of Contemporary Music Co-curators about how they curated the festival, with each program representative of their sound worlds. Learn more about these leading and pathbreaking composers.

Saili Oak, Indian classical vocalist
Tanglewood Music Center Fellows

ALL-REENA ESMAIL PROGRAM

Experience a silent film shown with a score composed by the Tanglewood Music Center's Composition Fellows and performed live by Tanglewood Music Center Fellows.

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Astrid Schween, cello
Shai Wosner, piano

DEBUSSY Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
BRITTEN Sonata for Cello and Piano in C, Op. 65
BRAHMS Sonata for Cello and Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 38

Award-winning scholar and Columbia University professor Saidiya Hartman discusses racial justice and equality, central topics from the newly expanded and revised 25th anniversary edition of her award-winning book Scenes of Subjection, described as a call for a reframing of US history that frames Black lives today.

Presented in collaboration with BRIDGE.

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Terezín Music Foundation director Mark Ludwig explores the Nazi "cultural cleansing” policy targeting jazz, modernist, and non-Aryan—including all Jewish—composers before and during World War II.

Presented in Collaboration with the Terezín Music Foundation

Terezín Music Foundation director and Fulbright scholar Mark Ludwig presents an artistic and musical journey into the astonishing cultural community of imprisoned musicians and artists in Terezín, a Nazi camp where 33,000 people died.

Presented in Collaboration with the Terezín Music Foundation

Open Workshops pull back the curtain on the pedagogical process, inviting the audience to a behind-the-scenes look at how the exceptional Tanglewood Music Center Fellows develop their skills under the guidance of acknowledged experts.

Candid, informal discussions on the careers, music, and future aspirations of the many wonderful artists Tanglewood has to offer.

Six-time GRAMMY-nominated pianist-composer and recent Blue Note Artist develops musical narratives that unfold as a result of both deliberate searching and chance uncovering.

Kim Weild, director
Keith Hamilton Cobb, writer/performer
Josh Tyson, performer
Christian Frederickson, sound designer
Alan Edwards, lighting designer

Keith Hamilton's award-winning 2-person play American Moor explores the American Black Male experience via Shakespeare’s Othello. The artists who originated the off-Broadway production created this version specially for Tanglewood's Studio E.