Jessica will be performing as part of a recital curated jointly by Harvard College Opera and the Radcliffe Institute, engaging with Tomashi Jackson’s exhibition Brown II.
The Harvard Music Department presents a portrait concert of George Lewis, the celebrated composer, electronic music pioneer, author and 2018 recipient of an honorary doctorate from Harvard University. The performance includes a rendition of Lewis’ 2007 Artificial Life for improvising orchestra by the Harvard New Music Ensemble and featured guests.
This performance is free and open to the public with Harvard ID or proof of vaccination against Covid-19.
Jessica will be performing as flute soloist with the Harvard Choruses.
Jessica will be performing as flute soloist with the Harvard Choruses.
Presentation as part of a panel hosted by the Committee on the Status of Women and the Queer Resources Group, for the 43rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Music Theory/American Musicological Society.
Jessica joins a panel of young professionals to chat with students in the Denver Young Artists Orchestra.
Jessica joins the Brattle Street Chamber Players in their spring concert for a performance of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concerto No. 5.
Jessica performs Davidovsky’s Synchronisms No. 1 at Harvard University’s Paine Hall, alongside performances of his other works.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Sung in German with projected English supertitles.
Precise showtimes are to be determined. Please check back in late October for more information and tickets.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Sung in German with projected English supertitles.
Precise showtimes are to be determined. Please check back in late October for more information and tickets.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Sung in German with projected English supertitles.
Precise showtimes are to be determined. Please check back in late October for more information and tickets.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Sung in German with projected English supertitles.
Precise showtimes are to be determined. Please check back in late October for more information and tickets.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Sung in German with projected English supertitles.
Precise showtimes are to be determined. Please check back in late October for more information and tickets.
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. Sung in German with projected English supertitles.
Precise showtimes are to be determined. Please check back in late October for more information and tickets.
Jessica joins cellist Noah Lee and pianist Clayton Stephenson in performances of Gaubert’s Piece Romantique, Crumb’s Vox Balaenae, and more.
Jessica joins the Brattle Street Chamber Players in a performance of David Froom’s Petali di Gelsomino for flute and strings. Program also includes the Bartok Divertimento and more.
Students offer musical contributions in memory of Harvard Professor Jene A. Golovchenko (1945-2018), who headed the Physics and Applied Physics Freshman Research Laboratory for many years.
By invitation only. Follows a public symposium at Harvard University dedicated to Golovchenko’s teachings and career.
Presentation and conversation with Liza Lim and the Composing Women Fellows from Sydney Conservatorium, featuring students of Professor Claire Chase. Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Photo: Klaus Rudolf.
In celebration of the official opening of Harvard’s brand-new ArtLab, a facility dedicated to artistic research and innovation, Claire Chase and students perform Vijay Iyer’s Five Empty Chambers. Photo: Kathryn S. Kuhar.
This performance will feature selections of vocal & instrumental works written by Jewish composers during the Holocaust. Accompanied by powerful footage from Terezín and beyond, From Behind Barbed Wire grapples with themes of alienation, horror, unity, love, and resistance in times of adversity. It is recommended, but not required, that tickets be reserved in advance through the Harvard Box Office.
Featuring student performers residing in Kirkland House at Harvard University.
Alongside collaborating composers, visual artists, and performers, Jessica presents a self-curated, self-produced, and self-directed recital of interdisciplinary and innovative music. Download the official poster here.
Come to The Heights, the newly-open restaurant on the 10th floor of the Harvard Smith Campus Center, to hear Bach Sonatas and other selections for flute and piano from 6-8 PM.
Jessica Shand joins the Harvard College Opera in its showcase of scenes & selections from the operatic repertoire, performing a transcription of Lenski’s Aria from Eugene Onegin.
Works by Liebermann, Tchaikovsky, Piazzolla, and Widor in Pierce Hall of the New England Conservatory of Music, with a light reception to follow.
Watch Jessica’s live performance of The Shape of Silence, an unrecorded piece for solo flute by the late Joyce Mekeel, in the Harvard Music Library.
Jessica is delighted to be taking on a new role as flutist-producer of Harvard College Opera's 2019 production of Cendrillon, the classic Cinderella story.
TICKETS: bit.ly/cendrillon2019
PERFORMANCES:
February 1st at 7:00 PM
February 2nd at 7:00 PM + Nuit Française Reception with the Harvard Francophone Society
February 3rd at 2:00 PM + Fairytale Matinée*
February 8th at 7:00 PM
February 9th at 6:00 PM + Third Annual Opera Gala**
February 10th at 12:00 PM
* Featuring a meet-and-greet with the cast for families and children.
** Tickets for the Third Annual Opera Gala are not yet on sale. For updates, please visit harvardcollegeopera.com or follow @harvardcollegeopera on Instagram.
Graphic design by Anne Carlstein.
