About the Program

This powerful concert explores themes of home, identity, and human dignity through the lens of music and lived experience. Designed in partnership with BHCHP, the program highlights the realities of homelessness in Boston and beyond — not only as a housing crisis, but as a crisis of belonging, narrative, and public health. Through music, story, and community, Symphony for Science invites audiences to listen differently — and to act with empathy, urgency, and purpose.

Reena Esmail – RE|Member

Franz Schubert – Death and the Maiden, Mvt. I

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3, Mvt. I

Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 “From the New World”

A set of songs performed by The Women’s Chorus — a musical community of women who have experienced homelessness, founded in 2018 by Kristo Kondakçi and David McCue in partnership with Eureka Ensemble and Women’s Lunch Place

• Kevin F. Adler, Founder, Miracle Messages

• Julie Leven, Founder, Shelter Music Boston

• Dr. Howard Koh, Former U.S. Assistant Secretary for Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health