Roberta Kennedy
Director of Concert Operations
Roberta joined the NBSO administration in 2021 after a 35-year career with the Boston Symphony Orchestra, where she held a variety of rewarding and engaging management positions and enjoyed the great fortune of listening to world-class performers and concerts along the way. While her time at the BSO was deeply fulfilling, Roberta was drawn to artistic administration, a goal she is thrilled to have realized.
In her current role, Roberta oversees the planning and execution of all performance production details. She leads the Production team, working closely with the Personnel Manager and Orchestra Librarian, and supports the artistic needs of Maestro Dinur and NBSO musicians. During rehearsals and concerts, Roberta can be found in the wings with her team, thoughtfully supporting every detail while happily soaking in the music.
Roberta earned her Bachelor of Music in Performance from the Boston Conservatory of Music and enjoys playing the flute at home. She is the proud parent of two adult children and, with her husband, loves planning family excursions and shared experiences.
SING TO ME
October 12 &13, 2024, 3 PM
Special Additional Performance: Friday, October 11, 7 PM, New Bedford Whaling Museum
On October 11, join us in the Harbor View Gallery and stay for an after-concert reception to mingle with guests and musicians while enjoying hors D'oeuvres and spirits.
A dazzling vocal journey
Featuring Philip Lima, baritone
Many thanks to Patty Plum Wylde, whose generous Gift of Music has made this concert possible. She dedicates her gift to all teachers of music for their devotion to the art of making music eternal.
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Selections from Songs of Travel (arr. John Greer)
The Vagabond
Youth and Love
Whither Must I Wander?
Bright is the Ring of Words
I have Trod the Upward and the Downward Slope
Samuel Barber: Dover Beach, Op. 3
Charles Ives: Songs
The Children's Hour
Tom Sails Away
The Circus Band
Three Spirituals
Wade in the Water (arr. Anthony Green)
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (arr. H. T. Burleigh/Green)
Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho (arr. Cynthia Jackson/Green)
Joly Braga Santos: Piano Quartet in D Major, Op. 26
Joaquín Turina: The Toreador's Prayer, Op. 34
Jesse Holstein, violin
EmmaLee Holmes-Hicks, violin
Anna Griffis, viola
Leo Eguchi, cello
Janice Weber, piano
Lustrous baritone Philip Lima joins NBSO core musicians in an eclectic potpourri ranging from Ralph Vaughan Williams’s Songs of Travel and Samuel Barber’s Dover Beach to the earthy songs of Charles Ives and three spirituals. A piano quartet by Portuguese master Joly Braga Santos and The Toreador’s Prayer by Joaquín Turina offer interludes of instrumental poetry and brilliance.
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