New Philharmonia Orchestra

We are so pleased to announce that New Phil Conductor Jorge Arturo Soto Mujica was recently named as our next Music Director! Here he is with New Phil Board President John M. Tarrh, posing in front of the colorful selfie station on the Newton Cultural Alliance patio 🌷🌞🌷Thank you Newton Community Pride for the lively photo op!
Read more on our blog: http://newphil.org/category/blog/

Happening TODAY & TOMORROW! Don't miss you chance to see New Philharmonia live during our last concert of the season. FEATURING young soloist & cellist Hayden Ren & world premiere of new work, "Ramblings" by violist Bernhard Metzger. It's not too late to buy tickets here--->> newphil.org/concerts/tickets

✨ If you've ever been to a New Phil concert, then you've likely heard our faithful viola section member, Bernhard Metzger, who's also a founding member of the orchestra. This Newton local has been making beautiful music since 1971, recently transitioning from crunching codes to crafting compositions full time. His new work "Ramblings" will premiere during our upcoming concerts THIS WEEKEND!

🔥Hurry, tix are selling fast-->> www.newphil.org/concerts/tickets

✨Bernhard Metzger has been a computer programmer since 1972 working in that industry for 40 years. He started violin in 1971 and took up the viola in 1974 with Jerome Lipson of the Boston Symphony and has played in community orchestras since 1975 including the NPO since its inception. A harmonization exercise led to "Ramblings" for piano which was recorded and performed by Jonathan Bass, Professor of Piano at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and used for a fundraiser for the MGH FTD research unit.

✨"Ramblings", a four-movement piece, is a heartfelt expression of the "Feelings and Emotions" experienced during the FTD (Frontotemporal Dementia) journey, and it was created by Metzger in memory of his wife, Karen Zander. It's a rollercoaster of emotions - confusion, anger, frustration, and sadness. Despite the pain and suffering, the music uncovers moments of humor, joy, and calm. Listen to the first notes of "Karen’s Theme" and sense the depth of love and care infused into this moving composition.

Thank you Newton Patch!! Looking forward to providing a "unique concert experience" this weekend!

New Philharmonia Orchestra presents Feelings and Expression May 4th One of your neighbors posted in Arts & Entertainment. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

A big Thank You🎉to The Newton Beacon for yesterday's article! We're getting excited for this weekend's performances, on Saturday at 7:30pm and Sunday at 3pm, both at Grace Episcopal Church Newton. Both concerts will feature a world-premiere of Bernhard Metzger's "Ramblings"!
Get your tickets before they sell out--> http://newphil.org/concerts/tickets/

https://www.newtonbeacon.org/new-philharmonia-concert-to-bring-two-newton-talents-together/

New Philharmonia concert to bring two Newton talents together - Newton Beacon The New Philharmonia Ocrhestra is set to deliver a performance this weekend bringing two Newtonians’ talents together. The concert, titled “Feelings and Expressions,” will be held at Grace Church in...

✨ Rising cello star and Newtonian, Hayden Ren, will be featured next weekend in both concerts (2 chances to attend 😍!) at Grace Episcopal Church Newton. A sophomore at Newton North High School, Hayden has already received a number of awards, including recent first-place wins at the New England Conservatory (NEC) Preparatory School Concerto Competition and the NEC Prep Solo String Competition.
✨ Get your tickets for your preferred time before they sell out---> www.newphil.org

Thanks for the shoutout, Newton Patch!✨

New Philharmonia Orchestra presents Feelings and Expression May 4th One of your neighbors posted in Arts & Entertainment. Click through to read what they have to say. (The views expressed in this post are the author’s own.)

🎵 Happening in less than 2 weeks- on May 4th & 5th- we will present "Feelings and Expression" at Grace Episcopal Church Newton. The program will feature a new work by Bernhard Metzger: Ramblings - a FTD ‘Frontotemporal Degeneration’ Journey. Led by Principal Conductor Jorge Arturo Soto Mujica, the concert will also showcase young award winning Newton cellist Hayden Ren as the soloist for Dvořák’s Cello Concerto/Allegro in B and feature the deeply expressive Brahms’ Symphony No. 3.

🎟 tickets---> newphil.org
🌻 Tickets available for as little as $5 with New Phil’s new-this-year PAY AS YOU LIKE pricing.

Meet our soloist for our upcoming Classics II program: baritone Philip Lima!

Mr. Lima has regularly garnered critical acclaim for his performances on both concert and operatic stages: “His singing was glorious” (The Boston Globe) – “vibrant baritone and a commanding presence” (Cleveland The Plain Dealer) – “keen musicianship along with total dramatic intention.” (Opera News Online).

He has sung leading operatic roles for the international Kurt Weill Festival in Germany, numerous regional American opera companies, and the Handel & Haydn Society. Mr. Lima has appeared as soloist with the Boston Pops and over seventy orchestras, choral societies, and concert series across the United States and in Korea and Ukraine. He has been acclaimed for his performances with numerous orchestras—including the Boston Pops—of Lee Hoiby’s setting of the “I Have a Dream” speech of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., featured on our Classics II program; and is featured on the recording of pioneering African-American composer Florence Price’s Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight that won the 2020 American Prize for the Performance of American Music.

As a solo recitalist, Mr. Lima debuted in Rome with a concert of spirituals in 2000, and has performed frequently at Boston’s historic Jordan Hall. His performance of Schubert’s Winterreise with pianist Beverly Orlove was cited by The Boston Phoenix in an annual summary of Boston’s “Unforgettable Classical Events.”

A native of New Bedford, Massachusetts and an alumnus of Yale University, Mr. Lima studied at the Tanglewood Music Center and Boston University, and with Richard Conrad; and is the Assistant Chair of Berklee College of Music’s Voice Department.

Come hear Phil and the New Phil perform Hoiby's I Have a Dream and Copland's Old American Songs on February 24th and 25th! Tickets are available now! newphil.org/concerts/tickets

Are you coming to Equality & Triumph? Check out this article on Broadwayworld detailing our upcoming performance at the end of this month!

https://www.broadwayworld.com/boston/article/New-Philharmonia-Orchestra-Will-Honor-Black-History-Month-With-Equality-And-Triumph-Concert-20240111

Tickets are available now at http://newphil.org/concerts/tickets!

New Philharmonia Orchestra Will Honor Black History Month With Equality And Triumph Concert New Philharmonia Orchestra, led by Principal Conductor Jorge Soto, will honor Black History Month with Equality and Triumph, a concert that showcases Lee Hoiby's “I Have a Dream,” on February 24th and 25th at Newton's Grace Episcopal Church.

New Philharmonia Orchestra honors Black History Month and the 2024 theme, "African Americans and the Arts" by highlighting music and artists of Black heritage. Our upcoming concert, "Equality and Triumph" on FEBRUARY 24TH & 25TH at Grace Episcopal Church Newton will feature music of Florence Price and soloist, Philip Lima, performing Lee Hoiby's musical setting of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s famous speech, "I Have a Dream". Please enjoy this past performance by Philip Lima from 10.23.22 with Albany Pro Musica and Noah Palmer on piano at the Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

Philip Lima performs "I Have a Dream" “I Have a Dream” by Lee Hoiby (1926-2011), adapted from the speech by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.Featuring PHILIP LIMA, baritone, and NOAH PALMER, piano. Per...

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New Philharmonia Orchestra

Only 2 days left before concert #1! We can't wait to play Tarrh, Sibelius, and Beethoven for you all!

Did you know: Jean Sibelius was commissioned by the Finnish government to write Symphony No. 5 to commemorate his birthday, December 8th...which then also became the official Day of Finnish Music? What a gift 🥳

Come hear this incredibly masterful work on November 4th and 5th at Grace Episcobal Church in Newton Center! Tickets at newphil.org/concerts/tickets/

Our new ticketing system lets you PAY WHAT YOU CAN towards a New Philharmonia Orchestra performance. No one should be deterred from experiencing live classical music because of money.

Get your tickets here: https://newphil.org/concerts/tickets/

We invite you to join the New Philharmonia Orchestra family! Fill out this season's audition form by scanning the QR code or by visiting www.newphil.org/auditions

Openings: french horn, violin, viola, double bass!!

If you have any questions, please write to us at [email protected]

New Philharmonia Orchestra “Music of, by and for the people”
- The Boston Globe

We invite you to join the New Philharmonia Orchestra family! Fill out this season's audition form by scanning the QR code or by visiting www.newphil.org/auditions

Openings: flute, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, and double bass, as well as rotating opportunities in all strings and winds!

If you have any questions, please write to us at [email protected]

New Philharmonia Orchestra “Music of, by and for the people”
- The Boston Globe

🎼 It's not too late to get your tickets to our last concert of the season! Today at Brown Middle School in Newton Centre ✨Follow the link below or meet us there- tickets also available at the door. http://newphil.org/concerts/season-at-a-glance/
🎵 Come hear a wonderful afternoon of music by William Grant Still, Mendelssohn, and Tchaikovsky- conducted by Jorge Soto with a violin solo by Julianne Lee.

Tomorrow! Sunday, May 21, 3pm at Brown Middle School: "May There Be Peace" 🎻🕊🎼 Program to include a world premiere by John Tarrh (piece TBA), Mendelssohn's Violin Concerto featuring Julianne Lee, soloist, & Tchaikovsky's Symphony #5. For Tickets: http://newphil.org/concerts/season-at-a-glance/

Meet Julianne Lee, violin soloist for our last concert of the season, "May There Be Peace", happening this Sunday, May 21st 🕊 This will also be one of Julianne's last solo performances in Boston before she heads to The Dover Quartet in September 🎻For tickets: http://newphil.org/concerts/season-at-a-glance/

Julianne Lee has a distinctive career as both a violinist and violist, appearing frequently as a soloist, chamber musician, and orchestral player. Currently she holds the position of assistant principal second violinist of the Boston Symphony Orchestra and has been a member of the BSO violin section since 2006. Additionally, she served for two years as the principal second violinist of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra from 2017-2019. Ms. Lee has toured nationally and internationally with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, the Marlboro Music Festival, and the Australian Chamber Orchestra, where she held the title of guest principal violist. She was the second violinist of the Johannes String Quartet, an ensemble that has performed commissioned works by Esa-Pekka Salonen, Derek Bermel, and William Bolcom. Throughout her career she has performed as a soloist with orchestras in Germany, the U.S., and South Korea and as a chamber musician at numerous music festivals including the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, Chamber Music at the Banff Centre, Aspen Music Festival, and the Marlboro Music Festival. Julianne Lee graduated with a unanimous first prize at the Conservatoire Supérieur de Paris in France. She holds a bachelor’s degree in both violin and viola performance from the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and a master’s degree from the New England Conservatory. In addition to her extensive performing career, she is a respected faculty member at both the New England Conservatory Preparatory School and the Berklee College of Music.

We're getting ready for our upcoming spring concert, "May There Be Peace"! On the program: W. Grant Still, Mendelssohn (featuring Julianne Lee, violin) & Tchaikovsky 🌸 Get your tickets soon: http://newphil.org/concerts/season-at-a-glance/

Thanks to all who came out to support us this past weekend! 🎵🎶 (PC: Noah Liebenow)

If you're looking for a wonderful musical community, you're in luck - we're hosting auditions! New Philharmonia - a rigorous regional orchestra based in Newton is holding auditions September 9-11 by appointment. Enjoy great works by Dvorak, Franck, Tchaikovsky, and more! See more information here: www.newphil.org/auditions.