by Abram Hill A play from the co-founder of the American Negro Theater. What’s worth fighting for? A bright young man with quick fists is given the shot to be a champion boxer… if he is willing to accept the racist rules that govern America of the 1930’s. Working as a bootblack in 1939, nineteen-year (more…)

by Abram Hill A play from the co-founder of the American Negro Theater. What’s worth fighting for? A bright young man with quick fists is given the shot to be a champion boxer… if he is willing to accept the racist rules that govern America of the 1930’s. Working as a bootblack in 1939, nineteen-year (more…)

Since its founding in 2007, the Apple Hill String Quartet has earned praise around the world for its concerts featuring traditional repertoire as well as new and commissioned works by outstanding composers. Central to the mission of Apple Hill is Playing for Peace, an innovative outreach program that focuses on social change and conflict resolution (more…)

The reputation of Max Reger today belies his dominant presence in music during his lifetime and the legacy he left. Here we celebrate two of his works, and one by his friend and contemporary, Adolf Busch. Leon Botstein shares the stories behind the music in a lively 30-minute Conductor’s Notes Q&A at 7 PM in (more…)

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