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26-468: Aucoin was born and raised in the Boston area. While attending Medfield High School, Aucoin was the keyboardist in an indie rock band, Elephantom. He attended Harvard College , where he studied poetry, graduating summa cum laude in 2012. His mentors at Harvard included Jorie Graham and Helen Vendler. While an undergraduate, Aucoin conducted productions of Die Fledermaus and Le Nozze di Figaro with

52-556: A maximum of 147 patients. The cost to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts was $ 21.5 million. On April 3, 2003, the doors were closed. Although the buildings are not open to the public (they have been boarded up), the grounds may be visited during daylight hours. Medfield Rail Trail- Opened October 1, 2022, is 1.7 miles long and runs through most of the town of Medfield. Chickatabot Chickatawbut (died 1633; also known as Cicatabut and possibly as Oktabiest before 1622)

78-413: A separate village there within one year. Medfield (New Dedham) was first settled in 1649, principally by people who relocated from the former town. The first 13 house lots were laid out on June 19, 1650. Dedham sent Eleazer Lusher , Joshua Fisher , Henry Phillips , John Dwight , and Daniel Fisher to map out an area three miles by four miles and the colony sent representatives to set the boundaries on

104-479: A straight linne to Wanamampuke, which is the head of Charles Riuer ; this they doe all solomly afferme, saing, God knoweth it to bee true, and knoweth theire harts. Dated the first of the fourth month, 1650. Wittnes : Encrease Nowell, John Eliot, John Hoare. In early 1684 the city fathers of Boston sought to secure legal ownership of the Shawmut Peninsula from the descendents of Chickatawbut,

130-528: Is also possible that those who left Dedham for Medfield were those most disaffected by the political or social climate within the town. Town Meeting voted to release Medfield on January 11, 1651, and the General Court agreed the following May. Medfield became the 43rd town in Massachusetts. The Rev. Ralph Wheelock is credited with the founding of Medfield. He was the first schoolmaster of

156-673: The Alabama Symphony ; the song cycle Merrill Songs , premiered by tenor Paul Appleby at Carnegie Hall with the composer at the piano; and the violin sonata Its Own Accord , premiered by violinist Keir GoGwilt. In 2016, Aucoin was appointed Artist-in-Residence at Los Angeles Opera. Between 2016 and 2020, Aucoin conducted a number of productions in Los Angeles, including Verdi's Rigoletto , Philip Glass's Akhnaten , and his own operas Crossing and Eurydice . Co-written with librettist Sarah Ruhl , Aucoin's opera Eurydice

182-524: The Massachusett sachem at the time William Blaxton first settled on the peninsula, fifty years prior. Such a descendent was located, a sachem named Josias Wampatuck. There is little evidence that this sachem, his grandfather Chickatawbut or any of their people ever inhabited the peninsula, however the lack of formal legal documents involving Indians during the Blaxton sale encouraged the creation of

208-549: The Massachusetts General Court ordered "those Indians who were present when Chickatabot sold lands to Mr. Pynchon, or who know where they were, to set out the bounds thereof". Fifty years later, Chickatabot's grandson Josias Wampatuck brought a land claim against Medfield and the other towns created within the borders of the Chickatabot purchase, for which he received payment. Of those lands, Dedham

234-588: The American Repertory Theater for the opera Crossing , based on Walt Whitman's Civil War diaries, and from Lyric Opera of Chicago for the children's opera Second Nature . Both operas had their premieres in 2015. In 2015 and 2016, a number of Aucoin's chamber and orchestral works had their premieres, including Evidence at the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra ; his Piano Concerto , featuring pianist Conor Hanick and

260-755: The Dunster House Opera Society, now known as Harvard College Opera . Aucoin then received a graduate diploma from The Juilliard School , where he studied with composer Robert Beaser . Concurrently, he served as an assistant conductor at the Metropolitan Opera . Between 2013 and 2015, Aucoin was the Solti Conducting Apprentice at the Chicago Symphony Orchestra , where he studied with Riccardo Muti. In 2013, he received commissions from

286-600: The Peak House. The territory that Medfield now occupies was, at the time of colonization, Neponset land. As part of the English settlement of the area, it was sold by the Neponset leader Chickatabot to William Pynchon in the late 1620s. In 1633, Chickatabot died in a smallpox epidemic that decimated nearby Neponset, Narragansett and Pequot communities. Because Chickatabot and Pynchon's deal left no written deed,

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312-598: The SAT Math Section, and 598 on the SAT Writing Section. In 2005, Medfield High School and T.A. Blake Middle School switched buildings as a result of a massive construction project updating the current Medfield High School (formally Amos Clark Kingsbury High School). Public schools: Private schools: Medfield's Free Public Library began in 1873. The public library is located on Main Street. In

338-530: The late 18th century some of the residents of Medfield and surrounding towns formed a subscription library, called the Medfield Social Library . Medfield State Hospital , located at 45 Hospital Road, opened in 1896 and originally operated on 685 acres (2.77 km ) of pasture. At its peak in 1952, it housed 1,500 patients. By 2001, it was down to about 300 acres (1.2 km ) and employed 450 people (including four psychologists) to care for

364-613: The new village came from the middle class of Dedham residents. Among the first 20 men to make the move were Ralph Wheelock , Thomas Mason, Thomas Wight, John Samuel Morse and his son Daniel, John Frary Sr., Joseph Clark Sr., John Ellis, Thomas Ellis, Henry Smith, Robert Hinsdale , Timothy Dwight , James Allen, Henry Glover, Isaac Genere, and Samuel Bullen. By 1664, several of their sons would join them, as would Joshua Fisher and his son John, and several other Dedhamites. Those who moved there often moved with family members, and many would move on from Medfield to other inland communities. It

390-409: The new village who wanted rights to the meadows while others thought that the land should be given freely to those who would settle them. A compromise was reached where those moving to the new village would pay £100 to those who remained in lieu of rights to the meadows. It was later reduced to £60, if paid over three years, or £50 if paid in one year. Tax records show that those who chose to move to

416-444: The opposite side of the river. The land that Dedham contributed to the new village became Medfield, and the land the colony contributed eventually broke away to become Medway in 1713. Millis would later break away from Medway. The separations were not without difficulty, however. When Medfield left there were disagreements about the responsibility for public debts and about land use. There were some residents who did not move to

442-988: The pianist Kirill Gerstein , the Brentano Quartet , the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra , tenor Paul Appleby, countertenor Anthony Roth Costanzo , Zurich's Tonhalle Orchestra , and Chanticleer . He has appeared as a conductor with the Los Angeles Opera, the Santa Fe Opera , the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, the San Diego Symphony , and many other ensembles. As a writer, Aucoin is a frequent contributor of musical criticism and other writings to The New York Review of Books , among other publications. His debut book, The Impossible Art

468-606: The population. Medfield Public Schools consistently ranks among the top ten school systems in Massachusetts by the Massachusetts Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS). As recently as 2017, Medfield was ranked by the U.S. News & World Report as the number 5 ranked school system in Massachusetts. As of 2013, Medfield High School Seniors scored an average of 591 on the SAT Critical Reading Section, 618 on

494-465: The town has a total area of 14.6 square miles (37.8 km ), of which 14.5 square miles (37.6 km ) is land and 0.1 square mile (0.2 km ) (0.62%) is water. The Charles River borders almost one-third of Medfield. Medfield is surrounded by the towns Dover, Norfolk, Walpole, Millis, and Sherborn. The Charles River marks the Millis border. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.90% of

520-537: The town's school established in 1655, and now has an elementary school named after him. Half the town (32 houses, two mills, many barns and other buildings) was destroyed by Native Americans during King Philip's War in 1675. One house, known as the Peak House , was burnt in the war but was rebuilt shortly thereafter near downtown Medfield. According to the United States Census Bureau ,

546-678: Was Wassapinewat. Chickatawbut maintained a base at a small hill known as Moswetuset Hummock , located on Quincy Bay in Boston Harbor . In 1621 he was met there by Plymouth Colony commander Myles Standish and Tisquantum , a Patuxet guide. According to colonist Thomas Morton , "Chickatawbut's mother was buried at Passonagessit , and that the Plymouth people, on one of their visits, incurred his enmity by despoiling her grave of its bear skins." Chickatawbut did not get caught by Standish and his forces, although his warrior, Pecksuot ,

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572-772: Was co-commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera and the Los Angeles Opera. It had its world premiere in Los Angeles in February 2020, conducted by the composer and starring Danielle de Niese . Eurydice had its Met premiere in November 2021, conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin and starring Erin Morley . In 2017, Aucoin co-founded the American Modern Opera Company (AMOC) together with the director Zack Winokur. Aucoin has also written instrumental music for such artists and ensembles as The Philadelphia Orchestra ,

598-980: Was killed in the hostilities at the Wessagusset Colony in March, 1623. Chickatawbut died of smallpox in 1633 and was succeeded as sachem by his brother, Cutshamekin . He was succeeded around 1655 by Chickatawbut's son, Wompatuck . As a leader of the Mattakeesett tribe, he became a friend of the English settlers. In 1650, five Massachusett Indians testified to the tribal bounds over which Chickatawbut had reigned: Pecunke, Ahivmpum, Catscimah, Webacowett, and Masbanomett doe all afferme, that Chickatawbutt his bounds did extend from Nishamagoquanett, near Duxbery mill [near present-day Cow Tent Hill Preserve off Tremont Street in Duxbury], to Teghtacutt, neare Taunton [Titicut], and to Nunckatatesett, and from thence in

624-534: Was published in 2021 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux . Medfield Medfield is a town in Norfolk County , Massachusetts , United States. The population was 12,799 according to the 2020 United States Census . It is a community about 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Boston, Massachusetts , which is a 40-minute drive to Boston's financial district. Attractions include the Hinkley Pond and

650-465: Was the sachem , or leader, of a large group of indigenous people known as the Massachusett tribe in what is now eastern Massachusetts , United States , during the initial period of English settlement in the region in the early seventeenth century. Chickatawbut's home base was Conihasset, near modern Scituate. The sachem's name had many variant spellings in early Massachusetts records. Some argue that he had an alternate name, Oktabiest His brother

676-537: Was the first town formed. The majority of present-day Medfield had been granted to Dedham in 1636, but the lands on the western bank of the Charles River had been meted out by the General Court to individuals. Edward Alleyn , for example, had been granted 300 acres in 1642. Dedham asked the General Court for some of those lands and, on October 23, 1649, the Court granted the request so long as they established

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