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Riverview Chamber Players to perform at the Wang Theatre winter gala.
Riverview Chamber Players will be performing at the Wang Theatre winter gala for the 90th anniversary celebration on December 12, 2015! Guests will enjoy: Music performed by Riverview Chamber...
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How to Use Live Classical Music for Your Wedding
Rebeccea Strauss, our music director and founder of RCP, recently shared her thoughts on classical music at weddings with Cheryl Fenton at Boston Magazine's Wedding Section. "Serene and...
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"Magnificent Melodies" Program to be Performed at the New Amazing Arts...
Come to the Amazing Things Arts Center to hear Riverview Chamber Players, pianist Esther Ning Yau and violist Rebecca Strauss, perform "Magnificent Melodies," a program filled with warm, beautiful...
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Wang Theatre 90th Anniversary Gala is SOLD OUT
Riverview Chamber Players will be performing to a full house for the Wang Theatre's 90th Anniversary Gala on Saturday December 12th, 2015. The event is sold out.
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For Your Listening Pleasure
Didn't make it to the concert last week? No problem, you can enjoy a couple of samples from Magnificent Melodies by clicking on the links below. Spanish Serenade by Fidelis Zitterbart "I'll Bid My...
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Riverview Chamber Players Takes Center Stage at the Wang Theatre's 90th...
The Waltham-based company, Riverview Chamber Players, performed for the Wang Theatre’s 90th Anniversary Gala Saturday, December 12, 2015. Riverview Chamber Players serenaded almost four hundred...
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RCP Delights Guests with Music at Mass General Hospital
Photo © MGH Photograpy For the past eight years Riverview Chamber Players has performed string trio music for Mass...
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Beautiful Winter Wedding
The beauty of winter comes through in this gorgeous setting at the Willowdale Estate in Topsield, MA. Enjoy! https://www.facebook.com/RiverviewChamber/videos/10153334106418333/ The couple had...
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Harmony & Hope: Responding to Violence with Music
RIVERVIEW CHAMBER PLAYERS Presents HARMONY & HOPE Responding to Violence with Music Tuesday, May 3, 2016 Arlington Street Church, Boston 9:00 AM - 9:00 PM This ArtWeek Boston event...
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Responding to Violence with Music
Gun violence affects every sector of our society. Innocent people are being killed in our homes, on our streets, in our schools, theatres, places of worship, and at work. Just two blocks away from the...
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OneBoston Day: Music for Respite and Reflection
Old South Meeting House Riverview Chamber Players to perform for OneBoston Day at the Old South Meeting House Friday, April 15, 2016 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM Free Admission For the third consecutive...
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Music and Art together at Harmony & Hope, May 3, 2016
Sandy Hook 2012 Sculptor, Allen M. Spivack aka, The other man of Steel...
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Announcing the entire 12-hour music program for Harmony & Hope
HARMONY & HOPEResponding to Violence with Music Tuesday May 3, 20169:00 AM-9:00 PM Arlington Street Church, Boston, MA This day of 12 concerts is designed to help ease the pain in our hearts,to...
View ArticleShout-out about Harmony & Hope on Radio Boston 4.15.16
Arline Isaacson, the Co-Chair of the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Caucus and President of Isaacson Political Consultants, gave a wonderful shout-out about Harmony & Hope on Radio Boston, Week in...
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It Takes a Village
Harmony & Hope: Responding to Violence with Music Thank you to our collaborating partners: Thank you to Clarissa Turner, director of Legacy Lives On, and the Code Listen Project: BPD Victim and...
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Harmony & Hope: View excerpts from the 4th concert of the day with Triton Brass
"I designed this event as a massive response to a major crisis in our society. Like so many of us, I have been overwhelmed by the number of shootings in our country and have felt that I wanted to do...
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Harmony & Hope: Concert III Excerpts
Harmony & Hope was designed as a day of music to ease the pain in our hearts, to remember the love of those who were killed, and to give us hope for a future without violence. FROM CONCERT III: The...
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Harmony & Hope: Concert II Excerpts
May you remember those who have suffered the loss of loved ones killed by violence as you listen and watch the following excerpts. CONCERT II: The 2nd concert of the day started with a speech by...
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Harmony & Hope: Concert XI Excerpts
CONCERT XI: The 11th concert of the day started with a speech by Courtney Mark Grey, Director of Trauma Response and Recovery Boston Public Health Commission, and continued with music performed for...
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Harmony & Hope: Concert X Excerpts
CONCERT X: Isaura Mendes, the speaker before the 10th concert of the day,lost her sonBobby in 1995 when he was stabbed to death. Eleven years laterher son Matthew was shot and killed. Both were in...
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Harmony & Hope: Concert VI Excerpts
Healing is needed now more than ever...may the speeches and concerts from Harmony & Hope help to ease the pain in our hearts, remember the love of those who have been killed, and give us all hope...
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Harmony & Hope: Concert IX Excerpts
It is time to remember the loved ones in our community who have been killed and come together with love, music, and beauty.CONCERT IX: The 9th concert of the day started with a speech by C Turner in...
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Harmony & Hope: Concert VIII Excerpts
In late 2015 I started designing Harmony & Hope. Like so many of us, I had been overwhelmed by the number of shootings in our country and felt that I needed to do something about it. Little did I...
View ArticleArtWeek event host and musician speaks on gun violence and what can be done...
By: Emily EarleThese days, tumult and uncertainty increasingly take ownership of our daily lives. Issues of violence, specifically gun violence, are omnipresent and it’s often difficult to know how to...
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Music4Healing--Help Make it Happen!
Help bring the Second Annual Harmony & Hope concert to fruition with your donation today. Amazing Grace, How Sweet the Sound... This song, along with classical string quartet music and other...
View ArticleHarmony & Hope in the News
Waltham News TribuneMarch 6, 2017 BUILDING COMMUNITY: Waltham resident’s concert series targets urban gun violenceBy Ignacio Laguarda
View ArticleConversations in America: Under the Gun
Harmony & Hope was one of 12 pieces chosen, out of a submission of over a hundred, for the Women in the Arts & Media Coalition's Conversations in America: Under the Gun series.Thisvideo from...
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America, The Beautiful: Take A Book; Leave A Book Take A Gun; Leave A Gun
America, The Beautiful: Take A Book; Leave A Book Take A Gun; Leave A GunI am particularly interested in the intersection between visual art and music. So I'm thrilled to announce that Allen Spivack...
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Gratitude for Harmony & Hope
Fay Rackley and friend at Harmony & Hope 2016.Fay Rackley is a member of Legacy Lives On, a non-profit organization/ministry that provides continuous ongoing support to families that have been...
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Riverview Chamber Players Receives Music Drives Us Grant
ArtWeek Partners With Music Drives Us to Offer Artist GrantsApr 5, 2017Boston, MA (April 5, 2017) – Produced by the Boch Center, ArtWeek today announced it has partnered with Music Drives Us to provide...
View ArticleAnnouncing Second Annual Harmony & Hope Program
PROGRAMPrelude Music:Elke Jans-Harms, Native American FluteWelcoming Remarks:Reve. Mary Margaret Earl, UU Urban MinistryMusic:Amy Beach Quartet for Strings, Op. 89Speakers:Courtney Mark Grey, Director...
View ArticleDirections and Parking to First Church
First Churchis located at 10 Putnam St., Roxbury, MA between Roxbury and Dudley Streets at the top of the hill. It is a few blocks from the T, Orange Line at Roxbury Crossing.Parking is available on...
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Videos from the Second Annual Harmony & Hope Concert
If you were unable to attend Harmony & Hope, here is your chance to get a feel for the Harmony & Hope concert on May 7, 2017. Check out the videos below.Native American FluteAmy Beach String...
View ArticleMore Videos from the Second Annual Harmony & Hope Concert
If you were unable to attend Harmony & Hope, here is your chance to get a feel for the Harmony & Hope concert on May 7, 2017. Check out more videos below.Tree Ceremony"We're Glad You're...
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Wedding Music Engages the Youngest in the Wedding Party
Before Riverview Chamber Players' trumpet player performed the wedding ceremony processional, he gave the flower girls and ring bearers a quick trumpet lesson.
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Out of This World
Photo by Johnson Photography "They were absolutely out of this world. We used Riverview Chamber Players' string quartet for our ceremony music. The bridal party was running a little late and their...
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Beautiful Nantucket Wedding
Riverview Chamber Players performs on Nantucket Island."I wanted to say thank you for a superb performance throughout the ceremony, reception and dinner. The musical selectionswere just right and made...
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Riverview Chamber Players really added that beautiful storybook magic to our...
"When I envisioned my wedding ceremony, one thing that kept coming to mind was a string quartet. I was so excited to hear Canon in D being played by a string quartet on my wedding day. Just ask my now...
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Riverview Chamber Players: Connecting with Las Vegas
Riverview Chamber Players recently played at a beautiful wedding on Nantucket. The wedding couple was from Las Vegas. Only two days after their wedding there was a mass shooting in their town killing...
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The Only Response to Violence is Art
"...This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." - Leonard BernsteinWith the release of the JFK-related FBI files and the...
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Death is Part of the Cycle of Life
Photo by Susan WilsonDay of the Dead is one of Mexico’s most important national holidays. Though often compared to our Halloween—a lighthearted night for kids, spooky costumes, and...
View ArticleMy Heart is Breaking
My heart is breaking for all those recently killed in the mass shooting in Texas. Mass shootings in a church in Texas, a concert in Las Vegas, a school in Connecticut, and a nightclub in Florida, just...
View ArticleMy Heart Breaks
I'm feeling angry, sad, frustrated, overwhelmed, and scared. Why? I just heard about another school shooting. My heart breaks for the mothers and fathers of the children that were hurt and killed. My...
View ArticleHigh School Students Are Guiding Us. Let's listen!
High school students are teaching us all. They are wise, compassionate, and articulate. Here is a segment from Here & Now interview with Alex King, a senior at Chicago's North Lawndale College Prep...
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Harmony & Hope on Boston Network News
Riverview Chamber Players and Legacy Lives On give a passionate introduction to Harmony & Hope on Boston Network NewsRebecca Strauss and Fay Rackley JoinRiverview Chamber Players, New England...
View ArticleHarmony, Hope, Peace, Trust, Courage...
Come and experience Harmony & Hope on Sunday, May 6th at 3pm at First Church in Roxbury.You will leave feeling uplifted and hopeful.View the full .See you on Sunday!Harmony & Hope is an...
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What do Buckingham Palace, Rebecca Strauss, and healing music have in common?
Rebecca Strauss, Music Director of Riverview Chamber Players, tests the acoustics in the Grand Entrance of Buckingham Palace prior to the arrival of guests.I had the great honor of performing at...
View ArticleFlash Mob Marriage Proposal: She said, "Yes!"
On March 29, 2019 Riverview Chamber Players performed this flash mob marriage proposal, in collaboration with Urbanity Dance, for Megan and her partner Caitlin. This is was a complete surprise to...
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