Lydian String Quartet at The Allen Center

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

An Open Rehearsal  The Naumberg Award-winning Lydian String Quartet, recently named Ensemble in Residence at The Allen Center, will deliver the four open rehearsals with two Beethoven quartets framing contemporary works that demonstrate Beethoven’s lasting influence and providing new context for listening and understanding these canonical…

Blue Heron presents Machaut Weekend

The Allen Center 35 Webster St, WEST NEWTON, MA, United States

Machaut Weekend May 1-3, 2026 Join us for a three-day festival featuring the poetry and music of 14th-century Europe’s greatest poet and composer, Guillaume de Machaut (d. 1377). We’ll explore…