BU Center for New Music: Sound Icon Ensemble

Boston University College of Fine Arts School of Music's Center for New Music presents Sound Icon. Boston’s own Sound Icon Ensemble will work with BU student composers throughout the season, leading to a concert, conducted by Jeffrey Means, on February 14, 2026.

Sound Icon is a sinfonietta committed to performing the most significant progressive works of the past few decades. As a sinfonietta, Sound Icon offers the color palette of a full orchestra with the precision and flexibility of a chamber ensemble. The technical and logistical challenges of contemporary repertoire for sinfonietta often discourage live performance in the United States, however, Sound Icon embraces this music and aims to bring this repertoire to Boston and beyond.

Through ambitious programming performed to the highest standards, Sound Icon engages audiences in dialogues about what progressive music is and can be: music that redefines rules, experiences, and expectations.

This event is free and open to the public.