Festive Shopping for Good!
Join us at J.McLaughlin in Wellesley for a holiday shopping event that gives back! Enjoy seasonal styles, light refreshments, and the spirit of giving, all while supporting the New England Musicians Resource Fund.
✨ A portion of proceeds will benefit the New England Musicians Resource Fund, helping sustain the talented freelance musicians who make the music that we love.
UPDATED: Live and festive music from 2-4pm !
Come shop, sip, and celebrate the season, and know that a portion of your purchase will make a difference close to home.
Welcome David Rubin, Violinist and Nelli Herskovits, Violinist
Violinist David Rubin (Local 9-535 & 198-457) performs widely on modern and period instruments. David is a member of the New Bedford Symphony and frequent guest with Rhode Island Philharmonic, Providence Baroque, Upper Valley Baroque, BMOP, and others. Additional performance credits include the Peninsula, Lucerne, Spoleto, and Banff festivals. David maintains a teaching practice at Cambridge Music Consortium and previously held faculty positions with local non-profit organizations musiConnects and Community MusicWorks. He studied at Lawrence University, Boston Conservatory, CvA (Amsterdam), and the Lucerne Festival Academy.
As an orchestral freelancer in the Boston area, David is a member of the New Bedford Symphony and a frequent guest in the violin section of ensembles such as Rhode Island Philharmonic and Boston Pops Esplanade. Equally at home in leadership roles, David has appeared as guest concertmaster with Chamber Orchestra of Boston, Marsh Chapel Collegium, Schola Cantorum of Boston, and Cape Ann Symphony.
David frequently performs on gut strings and period instruments for projects with Upper Valley Baroque and Providence Baroque. Explore David’s full bio here.
Nelli Herskovits is an Israeli violinist based in Boston. Born in Belarus, her family immigrated to Israel in 1989. Raised in a musical family, Nelli began studying the violin at the age of six with her father. She continued her studies in Israel with Haim Taub, concertmaster of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, who had a profound inspiration on her career. A recipient of annual scholarships and prizes from the American-Israel Cultural Foundation, Nelli was fortunate to take part in prestigious festivals such as the Jerusalem Music Center, founded by Isaac Stern and Pablo Casals and Keshet Eilon Violin Master Courses, where she also studied with famed violinist Ida Haendel. As a young violinist, Nelli performed in solo and chamber music concerts throughout Israel. She is a winner of the Young Talent Competition in Israel and has been a soloist with the Haifa Symphony Orchestra. In the US, she appeared as a soloist with the Lynn
University Philharmonia in Florida, Columbus State University in Georgia and the Atlanta Community Symphony Orchestra as winner of their Concerto Competition. She earned her bachelor’s degree in Violin Performance at the Schwob School of Music, where she studied with Turner Distinguished violin professor Sergiu Schwartz. Later she received her master’s and DMA doctoral degree from Boston University, studying with Dana Mazurkevich.
Today, Nelli sees Boston as her home, and she performs for communities all over the Greater Boston area with local staples such as Emmanuel Church and Marsh Chapel. Equally adept at Baroque violin, Nelli performs with various New England early music organizations including Boston Baroque, Ashmont Bach Project, Silentwoods Collective and as a concertmistress of the Big Moose Bach Festival in NH. Nelli is also a devoted teacher and considers passing on her musical skills a vital and gratifying part of her connection with the community.