UPCOMING EVENTS
Photo: Lauren Miller
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​​​June 27; July 9, 24; August 6 - Boston, MA
Longwood Medical Area Outdoor Performance Series
Informal Lunch-Time Concerts
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August 11 - Boston, MA​​
Department of Public Imagination
Dream Portal: Rest Activation
More info here.
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August 11 - Virtual
The Network for Diversity in Concert Percussion
"Toward an African American Marimba Tradition: Queries, Positions, and Conceptual Schemes" | Lecture-Recital
6:30 PM - Livestream at NDCP Facebook Live
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August 26 - September 8 - Boston, MA
Goethe-Institute Boston Studio 170 Residency
"Every Tongue Confess: A Ritual On Remember" with Dzidzor, spoken word | Residency/Performance-Installation
Public events happening September 6-8. More info here.
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September 20 - Boston, MA
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
Faculty Recital with Matt Sharrock, marimba
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September 28 - Boston, MA
Project STEP with Castle of our Skins | Educational Residency
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October 6 - Dorchester, MA
Ashmont Hill Chamber Music
"memory & will" featuring Amy Advocat, bass clarinet and Brian Stuligross, violin
Tickets and more info here.​​​
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​​October 11 - Boston, MA
UnCommon Stage
Outdoor 4:00-6:00 PM performance with Jenny Oliver, choreographer/dancer, DeShaun Gordon-King, flutes, and Nicholas Johnson, cello.
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October 12 - Boston, MA
Project STEP with Castle of our Skins | Educational Residency​
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November 2 - Boston, MA
Project STEP with Castle of our Skins | Educational Residency
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November 2 - Cambridge, MA
New Gallery Concert Series - Pickman Hall
Davis performs solo works by Alvin Singleton and Steph Davis.
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November 11 - Boston, MA
The Commonwealth School
"Portraits of Spirituals"with Castle of our Skins
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December 6 - Boston, MA
Boston Children's Museum
"Portraits of Spirituals" with Castle of our Skins
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December 8 - Boston, MA
Boston Children's Museum
"Portraits of Spirituals" with Castle of our Skins
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January 21 - Dorchester, MA
justBook-ish
Freedom Sounds with music by Steph Davis from 6:30-8:00 PM
RSVP here.
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​​February 8 - Cambridge, MA
Celebrity Series of Boston - Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
'The Prayers of Black Folk' and 'Vessel of Voice' with Maria Finkelmeier, marimba with Angela Shankar
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February 22 - Cambridge, MA
Celebrity Series of Boston - Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center
"Gray Space/Blue Skies" with Jenny Oliver, choreographer/dancer, with music composed and performed by Davis
Tickets and more info here.
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​​February 27 - Cambridge, MA
Amigos School ​
Contextualizing the Gyil and Marimba | Educational Program​​
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March 30 - Cambridge, MA
St. Augustine's Black History in Action Concert Series
"The Prayers of Black Folk" marimba concert with Jenny Oliver, dancer
Free tickets and more info here.
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​​​April 6 - Dorchester, MA
Conservatory Lab Charter School with Castle of our Skins
"Sonic Journeys" flute and marimba concert
RSVP and more info here.
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April 10-18 - Ashfield, MA
Double Edge Theater
Residency with The Theater Offensive and playwright Cheyenne Wizzard Jones​, where Davis will be composing original music for Jones' play, The Messenger.
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​​​May 11 - Boston, MA (pending)
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June 3 - Boston, MA
Casual outdoor performance featuring the gyil
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June 14 - Boston, MA (pending)
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June 19 - Boston, MA (pending)
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June 27 - Boston, MA (pending) | Educational Program
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July 1 - Boston, MA (pending) | Educational Program
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July 10 - Boston, MA
Casual outdoor performance featuring the gyil
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July 20 - Boston, MA (pending) | Educational Program
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August 12 - Boston, MA (pending) | Educational Program
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August 21 - Boston, MA
Casual outdoor performance featuring the gyil
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October 4 - Boston, MA
MASSQ Ball 2025: Color
A large scale-celebration of ritual, performance, and cross-cultural arts, featuring the diverse artistry of Boston's communities of color, produced by Castle of our Skins. Davis will perform traditional Gyil songs.
More info here.​​
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PAST EVENTS
Photo: Robert Torres, Celebrity Series
2024
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June 15 - Roxbury, MA
Castle of our Skins at Roxbury Public Library
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May 18 - Portland, ME
Mayo Street Arts
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May 17 - Portland, ME
Mayo Street Arts
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May 10 - Boston, MA
Roxbury Latin Academy
April 25 - Dorchester, MA
Conservatory Lab Charter School
April 13 - Hastings-On-Hudson, NY
River Arts Channels Series
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March 22 - St. Petersburg, FL
Ignite Music Invitational
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March 15 - Waltham, MA
Riverview Sound recording with Yasmin Williams
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March 8 - Sarasota, FL
Musica Sacra of Sarasota
March 6 - Sarasota, FL
Sarasota Concert Association Music Matinee Series​
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​February 23 - Roxbury, MA
Castle of our Skins
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2023
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​December 4 - Cambridge, MA
Arcade Radio Music Series
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November 29 - Boston, MA
Hurley K-8 School with Celebrity Series of Boston
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November 17 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
Fresh Blood Project 4
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November 10 - New York City, NY
Sound Off: Music for Bail at The People's Forum
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November 5 - Roxbury, MA
Castle of our Skins with Jenny Oliver at Hibernian Hall
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November 2 - Newark, NJ
The Newark Museum of Art with Adama Fawundu and Che Buford
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October 23 - Cambridge, MA
Arcade Radio Music Series
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September 22 - Orlando, FL
University of Central Florida
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September 16 - Amherst, MA
University of Massachusetts Amherst
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August 12-22 - Gill, MA
Antenna Cloud Farm Experimental Institute
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​July 29 - Gill, MA
Antenna Cloud Farm
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July 26-27 - Boston, MA
NAACP ACT-SO
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​July 14 - Boscawen, NH
Evenings at Avaloch
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July 10-15 - Boscawen, NH
Avaloch Farm Music Institute Residency
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June 24 - Portland, OR
New Music Gathering at Portland State University
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​June 17 - Dorchester, MA
Castle of our Skins at Boston Public Library
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​June 14 - Beverly, MA
Lecture-Recital at Waring School
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​May 6 - Weston, MA
The Rivers School Conservatory
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May 4 - Virtual on Facebook Live
Network for Diversity in Concert Percussion
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​May 1 - Natick, MA
Walnut Hill School for the Arts
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March 25 - Newton Upper Falls, MA
Carriage House
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​March 22 - New York City, NY
Ecstatic Music Festival with Yasmin Williams at Merkin Hall
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​March 2-6 - Gill, MA
Antenna Cloud Farm Residency
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March 2 - Beverly, MA
Waring School
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February 20 - Venice, FL
SILL Music Mondays Series
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​February 20 - Sarasota, FL
SILL Music Mondays Series
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February 7 - Watertown, MA
The Atrium School
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January 13-16 - Gill, MA
Antenna Cloud Farm Artist Retreat
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January 12 - Watertown, MA
The Atrium School
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2022
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December 10 - Kutztown, PA
The Center for Mallet Percussion Research at Kutztown University
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December 8 - Watertown, MA
The Atrium School
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November 18 - Watertown, MA
The Atrium School
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November 16 - Natick, MA
Walnut Hill School for the Arts
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November 13 - Lexington, MA
Brookhaven at Lexington
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November 6 - Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Broward Center for the Performing Arts
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October 21 - Boston, MA
Shelter Music Boston/Housing Families
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October 14 - Boston, MA
Boston Center for the Arts
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October 4-29 - Boston, MA
Castle of our Skins/Boston Children's Chorus Teaching Residency
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August 27 - Greenfield, MA
Harvest Supper Performance with ACF Ei
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August 20 - Gill, MA
Matsuri Performance with ACF Ei
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August 15-28 - Gill, MA
The ACF Experimental Institute (Ei)
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July 28 - Lincoln, MA
deCordova Summer Performance Series
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July 18 - Boston, MA
Fairmount Innovation Lab
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July 2 - Sherborn, MA
The Village Runs Wild Festival
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April, 30, 2022 - Cambridge, MA
New Gallery Concert Series
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April 20, 2022 - Boston, MA
Castle of our Skins with flutist Nathalie Joachim
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March 17, 2022 - Virtual
musiConnects X Castle of our Skins
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February 14, 2022 - Sarasota, FL
Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe
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February 2-6, 2022 - Boston, MA
Boston Center for the Arts
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2021
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December 5, 2021 - Dorchester, MA
Dorchester Brewing Company X Patrick McCaffrey
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November 13, 2021 - Winnipeg, Manitoba
The Fresh Blood Project
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July 7, 2021 - Virtual
Modern Marimba SummerFest
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May 20, 2021 - Virtual
Marimba Recital
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2020
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October 24, 2020 - Virtual
Southern California Marimba
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February 23, 2020 - Boston, MA
Boston Conservatory at Berklee
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