Overture to Spring: A Black History Month Family Concert”

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Dates:	Sunday, February 15, 2026 - Sunday, February 15, 2026
Hours:	3:00pm
Ages:	Kids, Teens, Adults
In/Outdoor:	Indoor
Cost:	Free see below
Category:	Music & Concerts

Overture to Spring: A Black History Month Family Concert” combines two community-rooted Boston music ensembles for a free, joyful and kid-friendly celebration of Black artistry and collaboration on Feb.

15 @ 3 pm at The Strand Theater, 543 Columbia Rd.

in Dorchester.

The concert will open with the CSU students presenting selections from their current work And will lead into a set from SCP, featuring accessible and family-friendly selections by black composers throughout western history, including Joseph de Bologne, Margaret Bonds, Hawa Diabaté, Jessie Montgomery, and Daniel Bernard Roumain.

The concert will also include a joint performance from SCP and CSU of Overture to Springtime by renowned composer Kevin Day, written specifically for this collaboration.

Presented by Jamaica Plain-based Sheffield Chamber Players in collaboration with Roxbury-based City Strings United, the show opens with performances by CSU’s young musicians and expands into an accessible, family-focused program by Sheffield of works by Black composers.

The performance culminates in a special joint performance of rising Texas-born composer Kevin Day’s “Overture to Springtime,” a Sheffield commission created expressly for their City Strings United partnership that incorporates short musical ideas drafted by City Strings students.

COST

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Overture to Spring” performance is free. Reserve Tickets

WEBSITE

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www.sheffieldchamberplayers.org/city-strings

LOCATION

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543 Columbia Rd., Dorchester, MA, 02125 map
Phone: (617) 635-1403

The Strand Theater
543 Columbia Rd.
Dorchester, MA