Auditions

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

April 26, 2025 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale / Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Silver Anniversary Triumph. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. For more information, call 508-478-5924 or email boxoffice@claflinhill.org. Milford Town Hall, 52 Main Street, Milford MA 01757 ⓘ 🔗

April 6, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. New World Chorale / Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society [MA]: German Glow: Brahms’ Serenade & Mendelssohn’s Psalm. Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 42; Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D major; Emilie Mayer: Overture in D minor. Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano; Steven Lipsitt, conductor. For more information, call 617-991-8721 or email bbbsocietyinfo@gmail.com. Faneuil Hall, 1 Faneuil Hall, Boston MA 02109 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 13, 2025 (Thursday)

8:00 PM. New World Chorale / Boston Conservatory Brass Ensemble [MA]: The Fight For Freedom. Frank Martin: Ode à la Musique; John Williams: Hymn to the Fallen. Larry Isaacson, conductor. Free admission. For more information, call 781-523-9009 or email info@lexingtonsymphony.org. First Church In Boston, 66 Marlborough Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

February 15, 2025 (Saturday)

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) ⓘ 🔗

November 16, 2024 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: 25th Anniversary concert. Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasia in C minor (Choral Fantasy), Mark Bartlett, piano; John Cavallaro: Vanishing Treasure (premiere, new comission); Samuel Barber: A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map; "Under the Willow Tree" from Vanessa; Johannes Brahms: Gesänge für Frauenchor, Op. 17; Geistliches Lied, Op. 30; Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria; F.J. Haydn: Te Deum; Pietro Mascagni: "Easter Hymn" from Cavalleria Rusticana. Free admission. Celebratory reception following the concert. Holly MacEwan Krafka, conductor. For more information, call 617-544-7464 or email contact.nwc@newworldchorale.org. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley Hills MA 02481 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 27, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra / New World Chorale [MA]: Concert Opera Heritage. Ruggero Leoncavallo: Pagliacci; Pietro Mascagni: Cavalieria Rusticana. In Italian with English supertitles. Celebrating the 25th Anniversary year of the New World Chorale. For more information, call 508-478-5924 or email boxoffice@claflinhill.org. Grand Ballroom, Milford Town Hall, 52 Main St, Milford MA 01757 ⓘ 🔗

March 16, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Lexington Symphony / New World Chorale [MA]: Joyous Trilogy. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes; Edward Elgar: Falstaff, Op. 68; Quinn Mason: A Joyous Trilogy. Jonathan McPhee, conductor. For more information, call 781-523-9009 or email info@lexingtonsymphony.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

March 2, 2024 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Melrose Symphony Orchestra / New World Chorale [MA]: French Masterworks. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes; Maurice Durufle: Requiem; Lili Boulanger: D’un matin printemps (Of a Spring Morning). Yoichi Udagawa, conductor. For more information, call 781-662-0641 or email info@melrosesymphony.org. Melrose Memorial Hall, 590 Main Street, Melrose MA 02176 ⓘ 🔗

October 1, 2023 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Cape Ann Symphony / New World Chorale [MA]: French Spectacular Concert. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes; Lili Boulanger: D’un matin printemps (Of a Spring Morning). Maurice Ravel: Mother Goose Suite; Bolero. Yoichi Udagawa, conductor. For more information, call 978-281-0543 or email info@capeannsymphony.org. Manchester Essex RHS, 36 Lincoln Street, Manchester-by-the-Sea MA 01944 ⓘ 🔗

April 15, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Lexington Symphony / New World Chorale [MA]: Speak to Me. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3. Emily Marvosh, contralto. Tickets $15-$65. For more information, call 781-523-9009 or email info@lexingtonsymphony.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

March 31, 2023 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Conservatory Brass Ensemble / New World Chorale [MA]: Hindemith in Brass. Paul Hindemith: Apparebit repentina dies. With the Boston Conservatory Brass Ensemble, Larry Isaacson, director. This work, for mixed chorus and brass instruments, was written for the Symposium on Music Criticism at Harvard University in May 1947. For more information, call 617-544-7464. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

March 4, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra / New World Chorale [MA]: Amadeus. W.A. Mozart: Sinfonia Concertante for Winds; Concerto for Clarinet; Ave Verum; Requiem. Michelle Trainor, soprano; Cindy Vredeveld, mezzo-soprano; Neal Ferreira, tenor; Michael Prichard, bass. For more information, call 508-478-5924 or email boxoffice@claflinhill.org. Claflin Hill, 208 Main Street, 2nd floor, Milford MA 01757 ⓘ 🔗

November 19, 2022 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Lexington Symphony / New World Chorale [MA]: The Inextinguishable Voice. Ray Angry: BLACK ATHENA~POWER (World Premiere); W.A. Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni (version by Busoni); Pyotr Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 5. For more information, call 781-523-9009 or email info@lexingtonsymphony.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

June 5, 2022 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Afternoon of Brass. Gustav Mahler: Finale from Symphony No. 2; John Williams: "Hymn to the Fallen"; works by Elgar, Copland, Mason, Sibelius, R. Strauss, G. Gabrieli, Dukas, Crespo, Brhams, Byrd, Susato, Karg-Elert, Grieg, and Wagner. With Bay Colony Brass and Pitzen Brass Resurrection. For more information, call 617-544-7464. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608 ⓘ 🔗

April 2, 2022 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Lexington Symphony / New World Chorale [MA]: Love and Life! W.A. Mozart: Requiem. Lucy Fitz Gibbon, soprano; Emily Marvosh, contralto; Charles Blandy, tenor; David Kravitz, baritone; Frederick Delius: The Walk to the Paradise Garden; Camille Saint-Saëns: Le rouet d’Omphale, Op. 31. On-demand online tickets available. For more information, call 781-523-9009 or email info@lexingtonsymphony.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Bach, Beethoven and Brahms Society / New World Chorale [MA]: A Brandenburg Christmas. J.S. Bach: Brandenburg Concertos 2 and 4; Seasonal songs & carols with VOICES Boston and The Apollo Club. Steven Lipsitt, conductor. Tickets: $45-80. For more information, call 617-991-8721 or email inquiries@bbbsociety.org. Faneuil Hall, 1 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston MA 02109 🔗

November 9, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra / New World Chorale [MA]: Celestial Aspirations. Gustav Holst: The Planets; Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloe. Tickets: $42 reserved, $27 student/senior/veteran. For more information, call 508-478-5924 or email boxoffice@claflinhill.org. Milford Town Hall, 52 Main Street, Milford MA 01757 ⓘ 🔗

August 7, 2019 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. New World Chorale and Mercury Orchestra [MA]: Celtic and Gaelic Story and Song at the Hatch Shell. Sir Charles Villiers Stanford: Phaudrig Crohoore (a popular ballad by the Irish novelist J. Sheridan Le Fanu); Amy Beach: Symphony in E minor (“Gaelic”). Channing Yu, conductor. Concert hosted by the Boston Landmarks Orchestra. For more information, call 617-544-7464 or email contact.nwc@newworldchorale.org. Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade, 47 David G Mugar Way, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

May 5, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Wellesley Symphony Orchestra / New World Chorale [MA]: Beethoven: Symphony no. 9 in D minor, op.125, ‘Choral’. Dana Varga, soprano; Rebecca Krouner, mezzo-soprano; Neal Ferreira, tenor; Ronald Williams, bass; Max Hobart, conductor. Tickets: $25 adult, $20 senior/student, children 12 and Under free; MassBay students, staff & faculty free with ID. For more information, call 781-235-0515 or email info@wellesleysymphony.org. Mass Bay Community College, 50 Oakland Street, Wellesley Hills MA 02481 🔗

April 27, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra / New World Chorale [MA]: Touchstone for Humanity. J.S. Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Lark Ascending; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. With the New World Chorale. For more information, call 508-478-5924 or email boxoffice@claflinhill.org. Milford Town Hall, 52 Main St, Milford MA 01757 🔗

March 17, 2019 (Sunday)

3:30 PM. Symphony pro Musica / New World Chorale [MA]: Carmina Burana. Antonin Dvořák: Te Deum; Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. Mark Churchill, conductor. Preconcert lecture 45 minutes before concert start. For more information, call 978-562-0939 or email SPMOffice@SymphonyProMusica.org. St. Mark's School, 25 Marlboro Road, Southborough MA 01772 🔗

March 16, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Symphony pro Musica / New World Chorale [MA]: Carmina Burana. Antonin Dvořák: Te Deum; Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. Mark Churchill, conductor. Preconcert lecture 45 minutes before concert start. For more information, call 978-562-0939 or email SPMOffice@SymphonyProMusica.org. Hudson High School, 69 Brigham St, Hudson MA 01749 🔗

December 9, 2018 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Holiday Pops! Join the Lexington Symphony, conducted by Jonathan McPhee, and the New World Chorale for this growing Lexington tradition! Every season, Jonathan McPhee finds a new twist on popular music from the Holiday Season, ensuring a fresh experience that brings family and community together in the spirit of celebration. For tickets, see https://lexingtonsymphony.secure.force.com/ticket . For more information, call 781-523-9009 or email info@lexingtonsymphony.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

December 7, 2018 (Friday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Holiday Pops! Join the Lexington Symphony, conducted by Jonathan McPhee, and the New World Chorale for this growing Lexington tradition! Every season, Jonathan McPhee finds a new twist on popular music from the Holiday Season, ensuring a fresh experience that brings family and community together in the spirit of celebration. For tickets, see https://lexingtonsymphony.secure.force.com/ticket . For more information, call 781-523-9009 or email info@lexingtonsymphony.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

November 18, 2018 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem (Robert D. Levin completion); J.S. Bach: Inventions; Felix Mendelssohn: Concert Piece for Clarinet & Basset horn. In collaboration with the Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society; Steven Lipsitt, conductor. For tickets, see http://bbbsociety.org/tickets/. For more information, call 617-991-8721 or email inquiries@bbbsociety.org. Faneuil Hall, 1 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston MA 02109 ⓘ 🔗

August 29, 2018 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Shostakovich, Borodin, and Tchaikovsky at the Hatch Shell. The New World Chorale and the Mercury Orchestra, conducted by Channing Yu, are performing a free outdoor concert featuring some of the most fervent music of several Russian composers. The New World Chorale joins the orchestra for “Polovtsian Dances” from Prince Igor by Alexander Borodin. Other works on the program include Festive Overture by Shostakovich and Tchaikovsky’s Symphony No. 5. Hatch Memorial Shell, Charles River Esplanade, 47 David G Mugar Way, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

April 7, 2018 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. New World Chorale/Symphony New Hampshire [NH]: Beethoven 9. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Sameer Patel, conductor. Michelle Trainor, soprano; Janna Baty, mezzo-soprano; Alan Schneider, tenor; Sam Handley, bass-baritone. Tickets $18-$49 adults, $10 student, youth free. For more information, call 617-544-7464 or email snh@symphonynh.org. Keefe Center For the Arts, 117 Elm Street, Nashua NH 03060 ⓘ 🔗

March 4, 2017 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale/Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra [MA]: A Sea Symphony. Ralph Vaughan-Williams: Symphony No. 1, "A Sea Symphony"; Claude Debussy: Nocturne-The Sunken Cathedral; James Horner: Music from The Perfect Storm. Tickets: $39 adults, $25 students/seniors/veterans. For more information, call 508-478-5924 or email boxoffice@claflinhill.org. Milford Town Hall Grand Ballroom, 52 Main St, Milford MA 01757 ⓘ 🔗

January 21, 2017 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. New World Chorale/Symphony New Hampshire [NH]: Toward the Unknown Region. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region; W.A. Mozart: Overture to The Marriage of Figaro; Arnold Schoenberg: Verklärte Nacht (Transfigured Night); Ludwig van Beethoven: Piano Concerto No. 4 (Max Levinson, piano). Jonathan McPhee, conductor. Tickets $18-$49. Tickets and more information at http://symphonynh.org/site/events/january-21/. For more information, call 617-544-7464 or email snh@symphonynh.org. Keefe Center For the Arts, 117 Elm Street, Nashua NH 03060 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. New World Chorale [NH]: Holiday Pops. With Symphony New Hampshire. For more information, call 617-544-7464. Keefe Center for the Arts, 117 Elm Street, Nashua, NH 03060 ⓘ

May 15, 2016 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. New World Chorale/New Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Blockbuster Beethoven! Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage; Choral Fantasy (Jonathan Bass, piano). For more information, call 617-527-9717 or email info@newphil.org. First Baptist Church, 848 Beacon St., Newton Centre MA 02459

May 14, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. New World Chorale/New Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Blockbuster Beethoven! Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 6; Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage; Choral Fantasy (Jonathan Bass, piano). For more information, call 617-527-9717 or email info@newphil.org. First Baptist Church, 848 Beacon St., Newton Centre MA 02459

December 12, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. New World Chorale [NH]: Holiday Pops. With Symphony New Hampshire. Keefe Center for the Arts, 117 Elm Street, Nashua, NH 03060

May 9, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Beethoven, Choral Fantasy. Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasia in C Minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, Op. 80; Aaron Copland: Music for Movies; John Williams: Music from Lincoln (Motion Picture). With Longwood Symphony Orchestra, Ronald Feldman, Music Director; Gabriel Chodos, piano. NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ

March 7, 2015 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Opera to Broadway. Popular operatic choruses, including offerings of Verdi, Puccini, Delibes,Wagner, and more, as well as choral medleys from Phantom of the Opera and Les Miserables.With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. Milford Town Hall, 52 Main St, Milford, MA 01757 ⓘ

December 13, 2014 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Holiday Pops. With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. Milford Town Hall, 52 Main St, Milford, MA 01757 ⓘ

October 18, 2014 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius. With Lexington Symphony, Jonathan McPhee, Music Director. George Butterworth: A Shropshire Lad. Lexington High School Auditorium, 251 Waltham Street, Lexington, MA 02421 ⓘ

September 13, 2014 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Erich Wolfgang Korngold: Die Tote Stadt. With Odyssey Opera, Gil Rose, conductor. Jay Hunter Morris (Paul); Meagan Miller (Marietta). NEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ

April 26, 2014 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: J.S. Bach: Magnificat. With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. Milford Town Hall, 52 Main St, Milford MA 01757

March 8, 2014 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Quests and Legends. Julia Okrushka: new work for orchestra, chorus, and solo violin. With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. Milford Town Hall, 52 Main St, Milford MA 01757

December 14, 2013 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Holiday Pops. With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. Milford Town Hall, 52 Main St, Milford MA 01757

November 16, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Beethoven and Vaughan Williams with the Lexington Symphony. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9 (Michelle Trainor, soprano; Janna Baty, alto; Ray Bauwens, tenor; and Mark Risinger, bass); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem (Michelle Trainor, soprano; Michael Prichard, baritone). With the Lexington Symphony. Cary Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA 02420

December 8, 2012 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Holiday Pops. Milford Town Hall, Milford MA

November 10, 2012 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: Let Freedom Ring. Aaron Copland: A Lincoln Portrait; John Williams: Hymn to the Fallen; Howard Hanson: Song of Democracy; Randall Thompson: Testament of Freedom. With the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. Milford Town Hall, Milford MA

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