Departure Arts builds community through facilitating creative collaborations, amplifying historically underrepresented artistic voices, and supporting artistic risk-taking for Boston area artists, organizations, and audiences.
Raised with devotion for music, Gregory George Groover Jr is a twenty-nine year old tenor saxophonist and educator from Roxbury, Massachusetts. His love and pursuit of music directed him to the Boston Arts Academy where he graduated in 2011 as both the Elma Lewis Graduate with distinction and the Louis Armstrong Jazz award. His effort...
Catherine Bent and Ian Coury UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 Local multi-style cellist Catherine Bent and Brazilian mandolin prodigy Ian Coury dazzle and charm listeners with their unique take on Brazilian instrumental music. The duo will play a set before inviting other musicians to join for a “roda de choro”....
Devon Gates UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 Devon Gates is a bassist, vocalist, and composer from Atlanta, Georgia, now based in Brooklyn, NY. After studying anthropology and jazz performance at Harvard University, Berklee College of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music (London, UK) she has emerged in the contemporary...
Devon Gates UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 Devon Gates is a bassist, vocalist, and composer from Atlanta, Georgia, now based in Brooklyn, NY. After studying anthropology and jazz performance at Harvard University, Berklee College of Music, and the Royal Academy of Music (London, UK) she has emerged in the contemporary...
Farayi Malek UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 With her warm, soulful voice, Farayi Malek has captivated audiences around the globe as a Grammy-nominated vocalist with Danilo Pérez’s Global Messengers. Now, she’s returning to her musical roots, embarking on a new chapter of her journey. The child of a Zimbabwean immigrant...
Sheryl Bailey Trio UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 Jazz guitarist, Sheryl Bailey brings her “Three-0” to UnCommon Corner, featuring drummer Neal Smith and bassist Ian Ashby. Sheryl is the Assistant Chair of Guitar at Berklee, and has toured world wide with her own duo, trio and quartet projects and as...
Catherine Bent UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 Local multi-style cellist Catherine Bent will return to the UnCmmon Corner with her trio. Catherine Bent, an alumna of Cirque du Soleil, has performed and recorded with Joe Jackson, Lee Konitz, Donna Summer, and many others. She is regarded in Brazil as the...
UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 The Clements Brothers are George and Charles Clements, identical twins from New England. They’ve been playing and writing music together for as long as they can remember and ‘The Clements Brothers’ marks their first project together since playing in the internationally touring grass-roots band, ‘The...
Farayi Malek UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 With her warm, soulful voice, Farayi Malek has captivated audiences around the globe as a Grammy-nominated vocalist with Danilo Pérez’s Global Messengers. Now, she’s returning to her musical roots, embarking on a new chapter of her journey. The child of a Zimbabwean immigrant...
CALO UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 CALO brings an eclectic mix of 90's hip-hop classics, remixes, and instrumentals to the UnCommon Stage, accompanied with solo saxophone and electronica. CALO is the DJ and producer alias for composer, multi-instrumentalist, and educator Joseph "Calogero" Borsellino III. Calo is known best for his...
Sheryl Bailey Trio UnCommon Corner, Boylston St &, Tremont St, Boston, MA 02116 Jazz guitarist, Sheryl Bailey brings her “Three-0” to UnCommon Corner, featuring drummer Neal Smith and bassist Ian Ashby. Sheryl is the Assistant Chair of Guitar at Berklee, and has toured world wide with her own duo, trio and quartet projects and as...
Klara Poznachowska is a versatile harpist and composer from Poland, celebrated for her broadstylistic range spanning classical, contemporary, and jazz music. She began her musicaleducation under the guidance of Professor Alina Baranowska, who mentored her throughnumerous classical and contemporary competitions and festivals across Europe.In 2020, Klara was awarded a full-tuition scholarship to attend Berklee College...