EVENT
Shelter Music Boston at the Waterworks Museum
Two great nonprofits join forces to celebrate the arts!
May 4, 2017
6:30pm–8:30pm
Shelter Music Boston brings the healing power of live classical music to the Metropolitan Wateworks Museum. Come see the magnificent Gilded Age Waterworks building opposite the Chestnut Hill Reservoir and hear the music of the era. Through their works, SMB and the Waterworks share a mission of improving the lives of Boston area residents by providing access to innovative arts and culture experiences.
Julie Leven and Shelter Music Boston musicians will perform an interactive concert based on the model SMB presents monthly in Greater Boston homeless shelters. The audience will be encouraged to ask questions and interact with the musicians during this concert and will gain an understanding of the dramatic ways in which classical chamber music concerts change the lives of homeless individuals. Tickets are $20 and benefit both organizations.
Great Engines Hall
The centerpiece of the Waterworks Museum is its collection of steam engines. Three original coal-powered, steam-driven water pumps are preserved at the Museum and are monuments to 19th century technology and innovation. Leavitt, Worthington, and Allis stand in the Great Engines Hall and reach more than 3 stories tall. Walk around each and see the multitude of perfectly engineered parts that pumped million gallons of freshwater a day into the City of Boston.