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BFO founders on a mission to make classical music accessible to all
Brown, 32, is BFO's executive director and principal clarinetist. Wang, 30, is artistic director and conductor. Alyssa Wang, artistic director and conductor of Boston Festival Orchestra, in the Boston Atheneaum. Wang is also a composer, and she will conduct the BFO performing one of her pieces in July. (Pat Greenhouse/ The Boston Globe Staff) Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff The BFO takes advantage of the city's summer classical music lull – that's when the Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up The programming syncs with the Athenaeum's ' Advertisement 'If we can open a door for them to be hearing what we hear,' she said, 'then their world expands.' Where to find them : Originally from : Brown grew up in Portland, Maine, and Wang in Danville, Calif. Boston Festival Orchestra artistic director Alyssa Wang, left, and executive director Nicholas Brown at the Boston Atheneaum's front door. (Pat Greenhouse/ The Boston Globe Staff) Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff Live in : Wang moves from Roslindale to Cambridge after the June 12 concert. Brown lives in Brockton. Making a living : They supplement their BFO work with freelance gigs. Advertisement Studio : 'There is a large space issue in Boston for orchestras,' said Brown. The BFO has rehearsed at How they started : Wang picked up the violin at six 'and never stopped,' she said. Becoming a conductor, she added, felt like a natural extension of playing violin. Brown's parents bought him a clarinet at BJ's Wholesale Club when he was 11. 'We opened it up– it's in this strange foam orange case – and I have never seen another one like it. It had two bottom joints,' Brown said. 'I was like, 'I don't know how to play the clarinet, but this doesn't feel right.'' It was a manufacturer's error. Boston Festival Orchestra executive director and principal clarinetist Nicholas Brown in the Boston Atheneaum. (Pat Greenhouse/ The Boston Globe Staff) Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff What they make : 'The BFO makes experiences,' Wang said, ' music experiences, rooted in the shared humanity we have when we allow art to bring us together.' How they work : 'Leading up to the summer concerts, I'm a ball of anxious energy,' Brown said. ''When is the stage crew going to be here? Wait, I have to go set up the box office table.' And every time, she reminds me, 'This is the easy part.'' The hard part is the rest of the year: quarterly reports, fundraising, finding venues, musicians, and contractors. 'We've spent months trying to sell tickets, literally standing on street corners passing out flyers, which we have done for years,' Wang said. 'It's as grassroots as it can possibly get.' 'I think if we didn't have a really efficient working partnership, it would make everything impossible,' she added. Advice for musicians : 'Artists can have very singular and solitary lives,' Brown said. 'Don't be afraid to ask for help in any and every capacity.' Advertisement Boston Festival Orchestra's Alyssa Wang and Nicholas Brown outside the Boston Atheneaum. The Boston Festival Orchestra will stages a chamber concert in the space in June. (Pat Greenhouse/ The Boston Globe Staff) Pat Greenhouse/Globe Staff
Boston Globe
2 days ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Justin Slaten goes on injured list with shoulder inflammation
Righthander Related : 'Just a matter of getting ahead of it and taking care of it before something major could happen,' Slaten said. During spring training, the Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up 'I told him [Saturday], I appreciate you being honest,' manager Alex Cora said. Advertisement Slaten has been the primary setup man for closer Greg Weissert and Justin Wilson will likely get much of the opportunity. So far, the Sox don't think Slaten needs an MRI. 'Just general fatigue, just get ahead of it,' he said. 'Give the shoulder a little time to calm down.' Slaten had a 3.47 earned run average over 24 appearances this season. He has allowed fewer hits per nine innings than last season but his walks are up and strikeouts down. Advertisement Change of plans The Sox were planning to give Abraham Toro for the third straight game. Toro was 2 for 4 with a run scored 'Toro's pushing the envelope,' Cora said. 'He's putting good at-bats.' As to when Campbell will play first, Cora said only that the coaches will keep working with him. Campbell started at second base and was 1 for 4. Shuffling the deck The Sox switched up utility players, calling up Nate Eaton and demoting Nick Sogard . Eaton, a righthanded hitter, hit .277 with an .810 OPS at Worcester and started games at every position except first base, catcher, and pitcher. Related : With lefthanders Tyler Anderson and Yusei Kikuchi scheduled to pitch for the Angels on Monday and Tuesday at Fenway Park, Eaton could be in the lineup. Eaton, who didn't play on Sunday, appeared in 72 games for the Royals from 2022-23 hitting .201 with a .549 OPS. He was signed as a minor league free agent in November. 'They just told me to be ready with the slate of guys we face coming up,' he said. 'Definitely nice being part of the Red Sox organization.' Sogard is a switch-hitter but the Sox wanted to get a look at Eaton. The graduate Richard Fitts graduated from Auburn recently, having completed his degree in business administration. He left school after three years to sign with the Yankees after being drafted in 2021 and finished up online. Fitts is scheduled to start Monday night in the first game of a three-game series against the Angels at Fenway Park. The Sox plan to use Hunter Dobbins for multiple innings in relief. Brayan Bello and Jarren Duran is hitless in his last 16 at-bats, dropping his OPS to .718 … The Sox are 11-6 at Truist Park since 2017, and again this weekend a good percentage of fans were rooting for the visiting team … To make room for Eaton on the 40-man roster, the Sox designated Triple A catcher Blake Sabol for assignment. He was 2 for 16 in eight games with the major league team earlier this season. Advertisement Peter Abraham can be reached at
Boston Globe
4 days ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Melding physical and mental readiness, Pembroke's Luke Lamar wins 400 hurdles at Division 4 track championship
Ludlow's Logan Walsh wins the boys' 800 in front of Melrose's Adam Caldwell. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff As soon as the gun went off, Lamar went all out. He barely broke stride as he raced toward the second-fastest time in Massachusetts this season. The No. 1 spot Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up '[Kyle] kind of whooped me by two seconds, and ever since then, I saw him run a 53 and I thought, why not me?' said Lamar. 'If there's any race I'm built for, it's this one.' Related : Advertisement Lamar's first-place finish, along with his brother, Gabe, finishing second and teammate Jayden Leonard taking fourth in the boys' 200, propelled the Titans (29 points) to a tie for first with Wakefield after the first day of competition. Ludlow (26) sits close behind in third place thanks to a first-place finish from senior Logan Walsh in the 800 with a season-best time of 1 minute, 55.62 seconds. Advertisement Chicopee's Sophia Guzman (center) won the 200 in 25.29 seconds. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Chicopee earned back-to-back wins in the 200 as senior Sophia Guzman (25.29 seconds) followed teammate Rayzaiah Ocasio's win (22.11) in the boys' race. 'Today we were doing a ceremony at our school gym and I saw that we had a banner,' Guzman said, referring to Chicopee's track records. 'I was like 'How do I get my name up there?' If you win today you get your name up there so that was great motivation.' Rayzaiah Ocasio (left) made it a Chicopee sweep in the 200, edging out Pembroke's Gabe Lamar (center) and Jayden Leonard I. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Guzman and Ocasio grew up together and are running buddies. 'It's crazy that now we've come here and finished first in our last year,' said Guzman, who is committed to run at Saint Anselm. 'It's nice to see how far we've come.' Related : Canton junior Chloe Dubuisson won the 400 hurdles in (1:02.95), the third-fastest time in the state this season. 'I wanted it more,' Dubuisson said. 'I've been working hard for this and this is where I can show I did that.' Chloe Dubiusson's win in the 400 hurdles helped the Canton girls finish the first day in fourth place. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Dubuisson's performance lifted the Canton girls to fourth place after day one of competition with 21 points. Amherst Pelham (26), Holliston (24), and Melrose (23) fill the top three spots. Related : Burlington swept the pentathlon with Ryan Brooks (3,223 points) winning on the boys' side and Leila Gilligan (2,562) taking the girls' competition. The Division 4 meet continues Sunday at Merrimack College. Bedford's Zadie Buckley strides to the finish line to win the 800. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Dracut's Zoe Clarke won the discus with a throw of 127 feet, 6 inches. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Holliston's Connor Teague won the boys' triple jump. Matthew J. Lee/Globe Staff Aiden Barker can be reached at
Boston Globe
4 days ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
Eight high school highlights from the first day with every MIAA spring tournament underway
Then we published five playoff primers dissecting the favorites, sleepers, players to watch, longest road trips, and best matchups in the In the afternoon, Globe correspondents Matty Wasserman and Aiden Barker were dispatched to the first day of the Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Advertisement As the evening rolled around, it was all about the playoff action. Now, onto the highlights. 1. Milestones Before we get to some highlights from the end of the regular season, on Thursday North Andover's Isa Robinson netted her 100th career goal in a 16-5 Division 1 first-round win over Barnstable. Earlier, Winchester junior Ryan Martin became the school's all-time leading goal scorer, surpassing Jake Mabardy's mark of 151 goals. Advertisement Congrats to Ryan Martin the new all time leading goals scorer at Winchester High School. — winchesterbvlax (@winchesterbvlax) Newburyport senior Reese Bromby became the program's all-time leading scorer with 263 goals, moving past Molly Rose Kearney's total of 261, set in 2018. Bromby is fourth in Clippers history with 324 points, six behind Lilly Pons ('24) for third. In boys' volleyball, Braintree senior Deon Li surpassed 1,000 career assists last week and Norton junior outside hitter Andrew Strojny was named American Volleyball Coaches Association Player of the Week for May 12-18 after posting 86 kills, 31 digs, 6 aces, and 3 blocks. Congrats to Andrew Strojny for being named AVCA Player of the Week 🎉🎉 Keep up the great work! — Meg Hardiman (@megmroo) Walkoff wins West Bridgewater's Allie Edgerly laid down a suicide squeeze bunt with two outs and the bases loaded in the bottom of the seventh and Haylee Krakowski raced home for a 6-5 win over Old Colony in the preliminary round of the Division 4 tournament. In the Division 5 baseball preliminary round, No. 29 Hull walked off Avon, 4-3, on Logan Griffin's RBI single in the bottom of the seventh. 2. Going, going, gone It wasn't a big day for offensive fireworks, and we already read about Nick Bonasera's would-be blast for Triton. Mohawk Trail got a trio of homers from Bella Brown Stratton , Sadie Wilcox , and Riley Dyer , Milton's Victoria Fish sent one out against Masconomet, and Will Ferguson launched one for Millis in a 2-1 win over Madison Park. 3. Daily lacrosse leaderboard Goals Julia Kipperman , Nauset, 12 Robbie DeGasperis , Milford, 6 Nick Emsing , BC High, 5 Murphy Belvin , BC High, 4 Meghan Daley , North Andover, 4 Ema Luczkow , Dover-Sherborn, 4 Allie Wile , Ipswich, 4 Points Kipperman, Nauset, 12 DeGasperis, Milford, 7 Emsing, BC High, 6 Isa Robinson , North Andover, 6 Luke Allen , BC High, 5 Advertisement Belvin, BC High, 5 Daley, North Andover, 5 Sophia Fina , North Andover, 5 Lyla Greenleaf , Ipswich, 4 Luczkow, Dover-Sherborn, 4 Wile, Ipswich, 4 4. Daily strikeout leaderboard Regan Bryant , West Bridgewater, 15 Charlie Mallett , West Bridgewater, 12 Grace Stevens , Mohawk Trail, 12 Zahria Daley , Milton, 11 Dani Jameson , Mansfield, 10 Ted Hipp , Hull, 10 Andrew Morse , Millis, 7 Josh Roberts , Amesbury, 7 5. Coaching carousel Millis named Connor Moroney as its boys' basketball coach. Moroney has served as an assistant at Franklin and is an assistant football coach at Norton. The New Hampshire graduate teaches physical education at Callahan Elementary in Norwood and has served as camp director of the Sarah Behn Basketball Camps since 2022 and has worked at the Dana Barros Basketball Club in Stoughton. — Millis Athletics (@MillisAthletics) Billerica football brought back 2009 Gatorade Player of the Year Nick LaSpada to coach its quarterbacks. The former Merrimack quarterback has served as an assistant at Phillips Exeter. Nick needs no Introduction to the Billerica community. Billerica High legend and Merrimack College grad will work with the quarterbacks. The 2009 Gatorade player of the year is one of the area's all time great players and leaders. — Shawn Theriault (@TheriaultShawn) Andover High is bringing back Matt Silva as its offensive coordinator. Silva was the Golden Warriors' OC from 2017-21 and has remained on staff coaching Andover's quarterbacks. The two-time Globe All-Scholastic enjoyed a record-setting career at Framingham State before returning to coach at Andover in 2016. Introducing Coach Matt Silva to the 2025 Andover High School Football staff. Coach Silva is no stranger to Andover and we are excited to bring him back. He knows how competitive the MVC is and he brings a lot of experience as both a collegiate player and a former OC and… — Pact Performance (@PactPerformance) 6. Commitment central Milton senior Ryan O'Donnell has committed to play men's soccer at Mass. Maritime. Congratulations to Ryan O'Donnell has he intends to play soccer at Massachusetts Maritime Academy. Well 'Cats! — Milton HS Athletics (@MHS_Wildcats_) Holland (formerly Burke) basketball star Yassine Amghar committed to play at Framingham State. The 6-foot point guard averaged 21 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds, and 3 steals after transferring from Excel Academy. Congrats to our guy — Burke Boys Basketball (@Burke_MBB) His Bulldogs teammate, senior Jayden White , a 6-4 wing, announced his commitment to Cerro Coso Community College. The hard work, the ups and downs, the sacrifices — it's all worth it. Blessed to commit to Cerro Coso Community College!!! — Jayden White (@jaydenxwhitee) The Greater Lawrence boys' basketball program enjoyed three college commitments in less than 24 hours, with Ebe Efosa and Ellis Macea committing to play at Southern Maine Community College and Darialdy 'Tahko' Lara announcing he will play at Plymouth State. Advertisement 7. College corner UConn women's lacrosse senior Riley Daly , an Ipswich graduate, was selected to play in the IWLCA Senior All-Star game on Saturday at the USA Lacrosse headquarters in Sparks, Md. Daly was a unanimous All-Big East first team selection after leading the Huskies with 103 draw controls and finishing her career fourth in program history with 151 draw controls. Congratulations to Riley Daly on being selected to play in the — UConn Lacrosse (@UConnWLAX) Joson Sanon , a Fall River native who played one season at Durfee before transferring to Vermont Academy, has withdrawn from the NBA Draft process, 8. Lastly... And here's your feel-good moment of the day: An unforgettable day. Our team headed in to Mass General to watch our team manager Brady Cullen 'Ring the Bell'. The strength and spirit he has show throughout this process has been absolutely remarkable -an inspiration to us all. — North Reading Baseball (@NRHSBaseball1) Brendan Kurie can be reached at
Boston Globe
7 days ago
- Sport
- Boston Globe
MIAA boys' volleyball tournament: Seedings and pairings, Divisions 1 and 2
The two frontrunners in D1 are a team that last won a championship in 1992 (Brookline) and another that has not won it all since 2007 (Natick). Brookline (18-1) held the top spot in the Globe rankings all season and earned the top tournament seed, but Natick (16-2) can arguably call itself the hottest team in the state after winning its last 16. The shock of losing three match points and the final two sets in Get Starting Point A guide through the most important stories of the morning, delivered Monday through Friday. Enter Email Sign Up Newton North, which won that semifinal and then the final in five sets each, is trending down due to injuries. When healthy, the fourth-seeded Tigers (13-7) took Natick and Brookline to five sets. No. 3 Needham (17-5) and No. 5 Lexington (18-2) are both strong contenders who can not be counted out either. Advertisement Division 2 is led by the same three top contenders (No. 1 Agawam, No. 2 Westfield, No. 3 Wayland) as last season. Only four teams have ever made the D2 finals: these three and North Quincy, which has since been moved to D1. Advertisement This trio made for quite the spectacle last season when Wayland reverse-swept Agawam in Now Agawam (19-1) is on the opposite side of the bracket — Westfield (17-4) and Wayland (12-8) on a possible semifinal collision course — but could meet the team that accounts for its only loss in the regular season, No. 5 Chicopee Comprehensive, in a semifinal. For Agawam, Chicopee Comp. (13-7), and No. 4 West Springfield (15-5), this is the best chance in the near future to claim a title. Each is slated to move up to Division 1 for the 2026 season. Who will seize the opportunity? AJ Traub can be reached at
