Longwood Symphony: Sounds of Our Spirit

Jotaro Nakano leads a captivating program of music celebrating resiliency, optimism and natural wonder including Aaron Copland’s soaring and uplifting Symphony No. 3, a one-movement masterwork by Jessie Montgomery infused with elements of big band, funk, hip-hop, and R&B, and a vivid aural tour of the Australian wilderness by Aussie Nigel Westlake featuring the award-winning principal oboe of the Nashville Symphony, Titus Underwood.

The Longwood Symphony is the orchestra of Boston’s medical, healthcare, and research community. We are not professional musicians; most of our players are physicians, nurses, researchers, physical therapists, psychologists, and medical/dental students who love playing orchestra music and the camaraderie of performing together. Our players represent most of the major medical institutions in the greater Boston area and beyond.