Explore Juventas' history 6 years in the making with highlights from previous seasons and a special interview with Executive Director Erin Huelskamp on the future of Juventas.

This episode contains Phivos Kollias' "Breath" from the Juventas 2010-2011 season opening concert series entitled "The Exquisite Corpse."  Also in the audio mix is Peter Lang's "Transverse Flute" featuring flutist Zach Jay and pianist Julia Scott Carey.  Along with music, you will also hear interviews with composer and Chair of The Boston Conservatory Composition Department, Andy Vores, as well as Music Director, Lidiya Yankovskaya.

In Episode 5,  you will hear a recording of last spring’s production of Matthew Vest’s opera The Hourglass. In addition, I will introduce you to Lorelei Ensemble, a group of women’s voices dedicated to promoting little-known repertoire of yesterday and today.  Juventas will be collaborating with Lorelei in an upcoming concert series entitled One Light: New Holiday Music with Women’s Choir.

Lidiya Yankovskaya, Associate Conductor

This podcast features a variety of music including a preview of the upcoming Fierce concert series, September 12-14th in Boston.  Composers featured in this episode are Isaac Schankler, Quentin Kim, Dante De Silva, Joni Greene, and Yoomi Paick.  Enjoy!

This episode features Peter McMurray’s A Rooster for Asclepius which was premiered in March as part of the Juventas Chamber Opera Project. The opera recounts the last days of the Greek philosopher Socrates.  Stay tuned for the other two operas in the coming months.

This episode features music by Stephen Yip, Anthony Joseph Lanman, Paul Dooley, and Julia Scott Carey, and an interview with Dooley and newly appointed Juventas music director Michael Sakir.  Performers include the USC Thornton Symphony, Alexa Schmitz, Brandon Brooks, Heather Ash, and other members of the Juventas ensemble. 

Our first episode features music and interviews with composers from the upcoming Chamber Opera Project. Marcus Maroney, Christine McClintock, and Peter McMurray were each commissioned by Juventas to write one-act operas.  In this episode we’ll hear other compositions by these composers as well as works by Chris Brubaker and Sungji Hong.  Performers on this podcast include Emily Culler (soprano), Gabe Merton (clarinet), Derek Beckvold (saxophone), Alexa Schmitz (violin), and Julia Scott Carey (piano)