Auditions

Auditions are open for Assabet Valley Mastersingers. See the auditions page for more information.

November 24, 2024 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Sounds of Stow Chorus and Orchestra [MA]: Baroque Brilliance. Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo for double chorus accompanied by brass ensemble; Domenico Scarlatti: Iste confessor; Cibavit eos; G.F. Handel: selections from Solomon; J.S. Bach: Der Gerechte kommt um; “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring”. Barbara Jones, director. With brass, winds and strings. For more information, call 978-562-2620 or email barbjonz@me.com. Maynard High School, 1 Tiger Dive, Maynard MA (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Commonwealth Chorale Presents "Reverent Praise". Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; Jonathan Dove: Köthener Messe; Cecilia McDowall: Laudate. Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano; Maria Whitcomb, soprano; Laura Beth Couch, mezzo-soprano; Leo Balkovetz, tenor; Matthew McGinnis, tenor; William Farrell, baritone; Alexander Cook, bass. With professional orchestra. Dove and McDowall’s compositions both pay tribute to Bach and, with the Magnificat, provide respite for uncertain times. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email marketing@CommonwealthChorale.com. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Heritage Chorale [MA]: A Glorious Journey: Vienna & Paris. Music that takes us from classical to modern periods, from two style-defining cities. With professional instrumentalists and vocal soloists. For more information, call 978-590-2747 or email marketing@heritagechorale.org. St. Mark's School, 25 Marlboro Road, Southboro MA 01772 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 6, 2024 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Westborough Community Chorus [MA]: Winter Festival. An array of wintertime and holiday favorites, past and present, including classic arrangements of “Sleigh Ride,” “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” and “Grown-Up Christmas List,” newer songs such as Pentatonix’s “That’s Christmas to Me,” Megan Trainor’s “Kid on Christmas,” and “A Marshmallow World”, as well as a medley of songs from A Muppet Christmas Carol and "Sparklejollytwinklejingley" from Elf, the Musical. Tickets: $15, $10 for seniors/children/students. For more information, call 508-485-4469 or email tickets@westborocommunitychorus.com. Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, 20 Fisher Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. The Tallis Scholars [MA]: In dulci Jubilo: Music of Praetorius, von Bingen, Lassus, Victoria, and others. Chant music and the polyphony constructed from it, from boundary-pushing chants composed by 12th-century abbess Hildegard von Bingen, to Renaissance works including chant-based motets such as Nunc dimittus by Lassus and Salve regina by Obrecht, Victoria, and Franco, to the medieval In dulci jubilo melody set by Praetorius and Pearsall, and to Arvo Pärt’s reconceptualizing of the chant tradition, inspired in part by Eastern Orthodox practices. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email bemf@bemf.org. St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) 🔗

December 7, 2024 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: A Christmas Spectacular. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria (selections); G.F. Handel's "Hallelujah" from Messiah; other holiday music. With the Northern Worcester County Symphony Orchestra, Jared Bloch, Conductor, and the Fitchburg State Choirs, Jonathan Harvey, Conductor. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Weston Auditorium, 353 North Street, Fitchburg MA 01420 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

2:00 PM. Westborough Community Chorus [MA]: Winter Festival. An array of wintertime and holiday favorites, past and present, including classic arrangements of “Sleigh Ride,” “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” and “Grown-Up Christmas List,” newer songs such as Pentatonix’s “That’s Christmas to Me,” Megan Trainor’s “Kid on Christmas,” and “A Marshmallow World”, as well as a medley of songs from A Muppet Christmas Carol and "Sparklejollytwinklejingley" from Elf, the Musical. Tickets: $15, $10 for seniors/children/students. For more information, call 508-485-4469 or email tickets@westborocommunitychorus.com. Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, 20 Fisher Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: A Holiday Concert. The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, Stephanie Beatrice, Music Director. Benjamin Britten: "A Ceremony of Carols" (SSA); Dan Forrest: "The Work of Christmas"; John Gardner: "Tomorrow Will Be My Dancing Day"; Mack Wilberg: "Dong, Dong, Merrily On High"; Henry Percell: "Soul of the World"; Mark Sirett: "Thou Shalt Know Him"; Sarah Quartel: "Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind"; Austin Schend: "The Great Clear Twilight"; William Walton: "What Cheer"; Terre Johnson: "Of the Father’s Love Begotten". For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. 20 Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont Street, Belmont MA 02478 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Highland Glee Club [MA]: A Holiday Feast of Song. Music for the holidays, featuring violinist Keila Wakao, 2024 Highland Glee Club Music Award Winner. For more information, call 508-641-9985 or email highlandgleeclub@gmail.com. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Concord Women's Chorus [MA]: The Harper’s Song: A Ceremony of Carols. Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; David Conte: The Harper’s Song; Elaine Hagenberg: O Come, Emmanuel; Ed Henderson: The Huron Carol. Carrie Kourkoumelis, harp. For more information, call 978-369-6341 or email contact@concordwomenschorus.org. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA 01742 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. The A Cappella Singers [MA]: Holiday Concert. Holiday and winter music for accompanied chorus of high voices, plus a sing-a-long. Randy McGee, A.D., director; Simonida Spasojevic, accompanist. Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students/seniors. For more information, call 774-231-8508 or email info@theacappellasingers.org. Fisk Memorial United Methodist Church, 106 Walnut Street, Natick MA 01760 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Maya Kherani, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; Jesse Blumberg, baritone. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest Street, Boston MA 02135 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Westborough Community Chorus [MA]: Winter Festival. An array of wintertime and holiday favorites, past and present, including classic arrangements of “Sleigh Ride,” “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” and “Grown-Up Christmas List,” newer songs such as Pentatonix’s “That’s Christmas to Me,” Megan Trainor’s “Kid on Christmas,” and “A Marshmallow World”, as well as a medley of songs from A Muppet Christmas Carol and "Sparklejollytwinklejingley" from Elf, the Musical. Tickets: $15, $10 for seniors/children/students. For more information, call 508-485-4469 or email tickets@westborocommunitychorus.com. Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, 20 Fisher Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. The Jameson Singers [MA]: Serenity & Splendor. Josquin des Prez: Benedicta es; Jennifer Higdon: A Quiet Moment; Anton Bruckner: Christus factus est; Joseph Rheinberger: Abendlied; and other delights by Mendelssohn, Busto, Schütz, and Bloch. For more information, call 617-209-9290 or email info@jamesonsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. The Jameson Singers [MA]: Serenity & Splendor. Josquin des Prez: Benedicta es; Jennifer Higdon: A Quiet Moment; Anton Bruckner: Christus factus est; Joseph Rheinberger: Abendlied; and other delights by Mendelssohn, Busto, Schütz, and Bloch. For more information, call 617-209-9290 or email info@jamesonsingers.org. Second Church In Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton MA 02465 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cambridge Chamber Singers [MA]: A Glorious Sight: Four Centuries of Music by Italian Women. Discover the beautiful, yet little known, music of Renaissance, Baroque, and contemporary Italian women! Overlooked for the last 400 years, this music has come to light due to the recent scholarship of a few dedicated musicologists. Composers include Sulpitia Cesis, Raphaella Aleotti, Maddalena Casulana, Chiara Cozzolani, Leonora D’Este, Isabella Leonarda, and the contemporary Biancamaria Furgeri. With Alleluia (The Rose), by Cole Reyes, winner of the 2024 international composition competition. Special early bird offer, Saturday 12/7 only: Priority Seating and an exclusive Wine & Cheese Reception with a talk from the conductor for just $25! Use code EARLYBIRD before November 15. Regular tickets: $40 priority seating, $25 general admission, $20 student/Senior. For more information, call 617-504-8155 or email Cambridgechambersingers@gmail.com. Parish of the Epiphany, 70 Church St, Winchester MA 01890 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cantilena [MA]: Deeply Rooted. Kenneth Seitz: “Velvet Shoes”; “Silent Night”; “Dona Nobis Pacem”; and others; Margaret Bonds: “O Sing of a King Who Was Tall and Brown” from Ballad of the Brown King; Ellen Gilson Voth: “Longest Shadow of the Year”; Brian Holmes: “Let Evening Come”; Joan Szymko: “The Peace of Wild Things”; Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols (selections); and other seasonal favorites. A reception follows the performance. For more information, call 339-298-7730 or email info@cantilena.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Comfort & Joy. Finding joy and solace in the face of life's challenges with music of Johannes Brahms, William Byrd, Isabella Leonarda, Salamone Rossi and others. Eduardo Betancourt, harp. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 13, 2024 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Dedham Choral Society [MA]: A Tuscan Christmas. Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra; Giacomo Puccini, "Senior" (the younger composer's great-great-grandfather): Magnificat. As is tradition, our audience will have the opportunity to raise their voices in traditional carols, accompanied by full chorus and orchestra. For more information, call 781-326-1520 or email info@dedhamchoral.org. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2024 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: An Alice Parker Christmas. With Boston Low Brass. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Unitarian Universalist Society Of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Cantata Christmas. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. St. Paul's Parish, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Christmas Double Takes: One Text, Two Choral Interpretations. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: An Almost-Winter Concert. Ralph Vaughan William: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; John Rutter: Requiem; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker. With The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

3:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: Messiah Sing. Singers of all levels and music enthusiasts are invited to join in a performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own scores. With organ and soloists. For more information, email manager@avmsingers.org. Congregational Church Of Westborough, 57 W Main Street, Westborough MA 01581 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Master Singers of Lexington [MA]: A Master Singers Christmas. Dieterich Buxtehude: Magnificat; Francesco Durante:Magnificat; William Byrd: Ave Maria; Chris Majoros: Veni Redemptor/O Beautiful Child; and a selection of Christmas Carols. For more information, call 781-729-7975 or email msingers@themastersingers.org. First Parish Church in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington MA 02421 ⓘ 🔗

December 20, 2024 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a chancel lit by candles. Tickets: $10-$90 For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 21, 2024 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a chancel lit by candles. Tickets: $10-$90 For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy. Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a chancel lit by candles. Tickets: $10-$90 For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

January 5, 2025 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. A Joyful Noyse [MA]: Messe de Minuit pour Noël by Charpentier. Midnight Mass for Christmas with motets written for the convents of Paris by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Performed on period instruments by A Joyful Noyse. $15 donation to support the Hancock Music Program. For more information, call 781-326-7823 or email aldinsmartins@gmail.com. Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) 🔗

February 1, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: The Armed Archangel. Johannes Regis, Missa L’homme armé (Written for the celebration of the feast of St. Michael at Cambrai Cathedral in 1462). Tickets: $10–90. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: What Is This Thing Called Love? Morten Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses; compositions by Cole Porter, John Rutter, Duke Ellington, Bill Withers, and others. Featuring Sofia Santoro, 2025 Emerging Artist. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Road, Acton MA 01720 ⓘ 🔗

February 2, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: What Is This Thing Called Love? Morten Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses; compositions by Cole Porter, John Rutter, Duke Ellington, Bill Withers, and others. Featuring Sofia Santoro, 2025 Emerging Artist. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Groton-Dunstable Performing Arts, 344 Main Street, Groton MA 01450 ⓘ 🔗

February 15, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: All About Love. Music by Evelin Seppar, Modesta Bor, Rafaella Aleotti, Hildegard von Bingen, and others. A concert centering the voices of women and gender non-binary composers in this program on the topic of love in all its forms. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. New World Chorale / Lexington Symphony [MA]: The Fight For Freedom. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony; Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler. Michelle Trainor, soprano; Aaron Engebreth, baritone; Jonathan McPhee, conductor. For more information, call 781-523-9009 or email info@lexingtonsymphony.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 28, 2025 (Friday)

6:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Community Sing. An opportunity for musicians and non-musicians of all ages to come together and make music. Whether you read music or just love to sing, you're welcome to join in the fun. Enjoy delicious food and drinks, and take some time to mingle and share in the joy of singing together. Sophia Miller, Guest Artist. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Somerville Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville MA 02143 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 1, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: A More Subtle Art: The Late 14th-Century Ars subtilior. Music of the generation after Machaut – stories of mythological characters and deities set to jazzy, intoxicating polyphony. Tickets: $10–90. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Stories in Song. Interactive music-making for kids of all ages and their families, in collaboration with members of the Boston City Singers, and featuring a newly commissioned piece by Ashi Day. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard St, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

March 2, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: British works for Chorus and Organ. Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Gerald Finzi: God Is Gone Up, Op. 27/2; Herbert Howells: "O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem"; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat (from Service in B-flat, Op. 10); John Rutter: "I Will Lift up Mine Eyes". Heinrich Christensen, organ For more information, call 617-858-6782 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Master Singers of Lexington [MA]: POPS! Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. Works by Berlin, Bernstein, Elton John, Kern, Lennon & McCartney, Menken, Porter, Strouse and others. With the Community Children's Chorus. For more information, call 781-729-7975 or email msingers@themastersingers.org. First Parish Church in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington MA 02421 ⓘ 🔗

March 8, 2025 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Earth Have Voice. Alberto Grau: Kasar mie la gahie; Joe Twist: “How Shall We Sing In A Strange Land?” that underscore our global and timeless relationship with the Earth. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton MA 02459 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Fate and Earthly Pleasures. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. Alexandra Henderson, soprano; Morgan Mastrangelo, tenor; Nicholas Ottersberg, baritone. With Wellesley Middle School 6th Grade Treble Chorus, and Rivers Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Memoli, conductor. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email info@commonwealthchorale.com. Casey Theater, Regis College, Casey Theater, 235 Wellesley St, Weston MA 02493 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. With the Brookline Symphony. Andrew Altenbach, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Michael Driscoll School, Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Winter concert. Featuring a guest conductor. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

March 9, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: An Almost Spring Concert. For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Highland Glee Club [MA]: Game of Tones. Songs of knighthood, valor, and derring-do. For more information, call 508-641-9985 or email highlandgleeclub@gmail.com. War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton MA 02459 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. With the Brookline Symphony. Andrew Altenbach, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Michael Driscoll School, Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: A little light within. With Southern Rail bluegrass band. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Unitarian Universalist Society Of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 14, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Map to the Next World. Scott Perkins: A Map to the Next World (World premiere). Draws upon Indigenous American folklore and using words by seven celebrated poets, environmentalists, activists, and anthropologists—Tamiko Beyer, Rachel Carson, Harold Courlander, Joy Harjo, Rachel Morgan, Jay Parini, and Judith Wright. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 15, 2025 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. With the Brookline Symphony. Andrew Altenbach, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Michael Driscoll School, Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

March 16, 2025 (Sunday)

3:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: “Elijah”. Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. With orchestra and soloists. For more information, email manager@avmsingers.org. St. John’s High School, 378 Main Street, Shrewsbury MA 01545 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 28, 2025 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Stile Antico [MA]: The Golden Renaissance: A journey through Stile Antico’s favorite music. Works by Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins, and Praetorius; motets by Taverner, Clemens non Papa, and Tallis; Huw Watkins: The Phoenix and the Turtle; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email bemf@bemf.org. St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) 🔗

April 5, 2025 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: Song of Songs / Songs of Love. Sacred polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs, Spanish love songs, and poetry in Spanish and Hebrew. Ohad Ashkenazi and Bella Cadena, actors. Tickets: $10–90. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 12, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Visions for a Kinder World. Music by Mattia Maurée, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Linda Chase, and others, about the better angels of our nature and how we can manifest a kinder world together. The proceeds from this program will be split with a local Boston charity. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 24, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Ariodante. G.F. Handel: Ariodante. Megan Moore, Ariodante; Amanda Forsythe, Ginevra; Ann McMahon Quintero Polinesso. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest Street, Boston MA 02135 ⓘ 🔗

April 25, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Ariodante. G.F. Handel: Ariodante. Megan Moore, Ariodante; Amanda Forsythe, Ginevra; Ann McMahon Quintero Polinesso. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest Street, Boston MA 02135 ⓘ 🔗

April 27, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Ariodante. G.F. Handel: Ariodante. Megan Moore, Ariodante; Amanda Forsythe, Ginevra; Ann McMahon Quintero Polinesso. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest Street, Boston MA 02135 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. Wth two pianos. Deborah Selig, soprano; David McFerrin, baritone. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Groton-Dunstable Performing Arts, 344 Main Street, Groton MA 01450 ⓘ 🔗

May 3, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Concord Women's Chorus [MA]: Concord Fragments: A Celebration of Music Written by and for Women. Libby Larsen: Concord Fragments; Melissa Dunphy: Grown Wild (text by Concord poet Melissa Apperson); Rosephanye Powell: To Sit and Dream (text by Langston Hughes); Tara Traxler: Birds of Passage; Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Concord Hymn (new arrangement). With piano, oboe, clarinet, and violin. For more information, call 978-369-6341 or email contact@concordwomenschorus.org. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA 01742 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica/ New England Philharmonic [MA]: Paths of Peace. John Adams: Harmonium; Eric Nathan: Open again a turn of light (Boston Premiere); Roxanna Panufnik, Abraham(Boston Premiere, Dani Maddon, violin); Paul Hindemith, Mathis der Maler. For more information, call 855-463-7445 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. Tsai Performance Center, 685 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215 ⓘ 🔗

May 4, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: Sponsors’ Concert. With the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

May 10, 2025 (Saturday)

5:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: German Songs From the Heart. Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody; works by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel; Clara and Robert Schumann; Franz Schubert. Sylvia Leith, mezzo-soprano. With the Burbank String Quartet. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Unitarian Universalist Society Of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Cantilena [MA]: Maternal Figures: Reflections on Mothering and Being Mothered. Patricia van Ness, Lingbo Ma, and Laura Nevitt: a newly commissioned three-movement work for treble voices on the topic of motherhood. The composers will be invited to give either a pre-concert talk or a post-concert “talk-back” with audience members. With other musical works on mothering and mother/child relationships by Bobby McFerrin, Ysaye Barnwell, Zae Munn, and others. ​A reception follows the performance. For more information, call 339-298-7730 or email info@cantilena.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: If We Come Together (Songs of Hope and Aspiration). Olla Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass; Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare; Christopher Tin: Walayo Yamoni, (sung in Swahili); Jake Runestad: “We Can Mend the Sky”. With string orchestra. For more information, email manager@avmsingers.org. Algonquin Regional High School, 79 Bartlett Street, Northborough MA 01532 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Musica Sacra’s Got Game – and Popcorn! Settings of Movie & Video Console Music. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Master Singers of Lexington [MA]: 30th Anniversary Concert. Clement Janequin: Le chant des oiseaux; Felix Mendelssohn: Die Nachtigal; Lerchengesang; Benjamin Britten: Five Flower Songs; J.S. Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden; Adam Grossman: New Work. For more information, call 781-729-7975 or email msingers@themastersingers.org. Pilgrim Congregational Church, 55 Coolidge Ave, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

May 17, 2025 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: To the Hands. Tracy Wong: Antata (Between); Sarah Quartel: “I Will Be With You”; Caroline Shaw: “To Thy Hands”; and other works by predominantly women composers that celebrate strength, resilience, and grace through the powerful metaphor of human hands. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: The Waking Sun. Kile Smith: The Waking Sun; Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Tipping Point. Reena Esmail: Tipping Point for chorus and tabla; works of Texu Kim, Kenneth Tay and others celebrating the rich and varied traditions of Asian and Asian-American choral music. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

May 18, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Mozart Credo Mass. W.A. Mozart: Credo Mass, K. 257; Alma Dei creatoris, K. 277; Mozart: Regina coeli, K. 276/321; F.J. Haydn: Te Deum, Hob. XXIIIc:1; Ave regina, Hob. XXIIIb:3. Teresa Wakim, soprano; Emily Marvosh, contralto; Jason McStoots, tenor; Dana Whiteside, baritone. For more information, call 617-858-6782 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Community and Connection. Aaron Copland: Selections from Old American Songs; Nathaniel Dett: The Chariot Jubilee; Alice Parker: folk song and spiritual arrangements. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email info@commonwealthchorale.com. Church Of The Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

June 13, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: Strawberry Festival and Pops! Concert. With the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. Strawberries and Ice Cream from 6:00 pm, Pops concert at 7:30 pm. For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

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