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May 30th concert in Roxbury offers Baroque bops, new jams, and celebrates queerness in classical music All tickets are “pay what you wish” BOSTON | The iconoclastic Brooklyn collective ChamberQUEER (CQ) teams up with Grammy-winning Boston institution the Handel and Haydn Society (H+H) for BaroQUEER: Historically Informed. Co-curated by H+H programming consultant and superstar countertenor …

H+H partners with the Massachusetts College of Art and Design to bring a juried exhibition of student artwork inspired by Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 4 to Symphony Hall, open during both concerts. BOSTON | Handel and Haydn Society Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen leads the H+H Orchestra in a showstopping season finale pairing works from the …

Highlights of third season under Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen include five soloist debuts, featured guests Raphaël Pichon and acclaimed soprano Carolyn Sampson, and the return of H+H CitySing, welcoming singers from throughout Greater Boston to perform with H+H. BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society is pleased to announce details of its 2025-26 Season, the …

Prestigious two-year Fellowship designed to foster the development of early-career musicians with ethnicities historically underrepresented in the field of period performance. BOSTON | The Handel and Haydn Society is now receiving applications from string instrumentalists for the 2025-2027 cohort of the H+H Stone Fellowship, a prestigious two-year fellowship for emerging musicians pursuing careers in period …

H+H Artistic Director Jonathan Cohen conducts two grand choral works: “Spring” from Haydn’s The Seasons and Beethoven’s Mass in C Major. Pride celebrations at the concerts in partnership with the Massachusetts LGBT Chamber of Commerce include a collaborative art activation with Artists for Humanity and a community sing. BOSTON | As longer days and budding …

BOSTON | The Handel + Haydn Society today announced that President & CEO David Snead will retire after nearly a decade at the helm of the performing arts organization. Under his leadership, H+H has recently been praised as “not just the oldest, but the finest historically informed orchestra in the nation” by the Boston Music …