Start a little below your level: one piece, or even one movement, you can enjoy rather than survive.
Community orchestras that welcome adults, from the Belmont Community Orchestra and Brookline Music School’s community chamber orchestra to the Rivers Symphony Orchestra and the Harvard Musical Association Reading Orchestra, and two more for stronger players.
Coached chamber music at the Powers Music School, Brookline Music School and the Rivers School Conservatory.
Reading parties, where you sight-read with whoever turns up.
Finding partners yourself, through ACMP’s directory and requests on Rhapsodate.
A note for pianists, how to ask someone to play, and rooms you can rent by the hour.
First pieces to try once you have a group.