A Musician-led Initiative to fight hunger in our local communities
Musicians volunteer their time & talent
All audience donations go to a local pantry

Read about our participating musicians. To see a list of pantries we have supported, click here.

Food Insecurity In the US

Food Insecurity in the US
  • MFF concerts have created over 450,000 meals
  • More than 50 hunger-relief organizations participate
  • 100% of audience donations from all concerts go to a local food pantry
Please read about MFF's impact here

Musicians Talk About Music for Food

We believe both music and food are essential to human life and growth. Music has the power to call forth the best in us, inspiring awareness and action when artists and audiences work together to transform the ineffable into tangible and needed food resources.

Upcoming Concerts

New York     Thursday . September 28 . 2017 . 7:30 pm
PERFORMERS

The Juilliard String Quartet

NYC Core Concert Series, 2017 -2018

J. S. Bach, Sonata for Solo Violin No.2 in a minor, BWV 1003 (Joseph Lin, violin)
Haydn, String Quartet Opus 76, no. 5
Bartók, String Quartet No. 5

Broadway Presbyterian Church . 601 West 114th Street . New York . NY 10025

Suggested Donation: $30+, $10+ students
All proceeds benefit Broadway Community

Boston     Sunday . October 8 . 2017 . 7:30 pm
PERFORMERS

Paul Biss, viola; Jamie Clark, cello; Kendra Colton, soprano; Gabriela Díaz, violin; Jonah Ellsworth, cello; Luke Fieweger, bassoon; Adam Floyd, clarinet; Miriam Fried, violin; YooJin Jang, violin; Janny Joo, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Kristo Kondakçi, conductor; Nicholas Miller, French horn; Peggy Pearson, oboe; Aidan Phipps, double bass; Xingyuan Weng, double bass

Schubert’s Vienna / Our Boston

J. S. Bach, Cantata 38, “Aus tiefer Not schrei ich zu dir” Chorale
John Harbison, Chorale Cantata
Franz Schubert, Octet in F Major, D.803

Brown Hall . New England Conservatory . Boston . MA

Suggested Donation: $25+, $10+ students
All proceeds benefit The Women’s Lunch Place

Boston     Sunday . November 12 . 2017 . 7:30 pm
PERFORMERS

Michael Bukhman, piano; Rainer Crosett, cello; Luke Hsu, violin; Kim Kashkashian, viola; Bayla Keyes, violin; Laurence Lesser, cello; Wenhong Luo, viola; Donald Weilerstein violin; Vivian Hornik Weilerstein, piano

Schubert’s Vienna / Our Boston

Piano Quartet
Yehudi Wyner, Day of Atonement
Franz Schubert, Quintet in C Major, Op. 163, D.956

Brown Hall . New England Conservatory . Boston . MA

Suggested Donation: $25+, $10+ students
All proceeds benefit The Women’s Lunch Place

New York     Thursday . November 16 . 2017 . 7:30 pm
PERFORMERS

Natasha Brofsky, cello; Renana Gutman, piano; Qing Jiang, piano; Alan Kay, clarinet; Daniel Phillips, violin; Marcy Rosen, cello; Jayn Rosenfeld, flute; Lucy Shelton, soprano

NYC Core Concert Series, 2017 -2018

J. S. Bach, Chaconne from Partita No. 2 in d minor for solo violin, BWV1004 (Phillips)
Susan Botti, Bird Songs
M. Ravel, Chansons Madécasses
J. Brahms, Clarinet Trio, Op. 114

Broadway Presbyterian Church . 601 West 114th Street . New York . NY 10025

Suggested Donation: $30+, $10+ students
All proceeds benefit Sylvia Center

Save the dates for next season!

BOSTON

  • 8 October 2017 – New England Conservatory, Brown Hall, 7:30pm
  • 12 November 2017 – New England Conservatory, Brown Hall, 7:30pm
  • 17 December 2017 – Northeastern University, Fenway Center, 7:30pm
  • 11 February 2018 – New England Conservatory, Brown Hall, 7:30pm
  • 18 March 2018 – MIT, Killian Hall (160 Memorial Drive, in the Hayden Library Building), 7:30pm
  • 29 April 2018 – New England Conservatory, Williams Hall, 7:30pm
NEW YORK

  • Thursday, September 28, 2017 – featuring the Juilliard String Quartet
  • Thursday, November 16, 2017
  • Thursday. February 15, 2018 – featuring Apollo Trio
  • Thursday, April 5, 2018

These four concerts will be at 7:30pm in Broadway Presbyterian Church, 601 W. 114th Street, NY, NY 10025