Auditions

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

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) ⓘ 🔗

March 9, 2025 (Sunday)

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) ⓘ 🔗

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) ⓘ 🔗

October 27, 2024 (Sunday)

1:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Tenor and Bass Workshop. An afternoon of choral singing, including practice exercises building vocal technique, introduction to new TTBB repertoire, and vocal seminars with experts. Led by Sangerfest director Max Holman. Admission $10, free for students. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Brimmer and May School, 69 Middlesex Rd, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 11, 2024 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus / Apollo Club of Boston / Highland Glee Club [MA]: Vive L’Amour! A festival of men's choral music. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘⓘⓘ 🔗

March 3, 2024 (Sunday)

5:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: The Hills That I Call Home: Songs of Abode. With Bluegrass band Southern Rail. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2023 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: A Choral Alleluia. With Boston Low Brass and organist Jay Lane. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2023 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: A Choral Alleluia. With Boston Low Brass and organist Jay Lane. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

April 1, 2023 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Saengerfest at 30 Years. The Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus celebrates 30 years by collaborating with the Harvard Glee Club! For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2022 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: In Darkness and Light: A Holiday Concert. A wintry mix of Eric Whitacre's Lux Aurumque, S'vivon and beloved brass selections and singalongs. With Boston Low Brass. Max Holman, director. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

June 4, 2022 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: A Whole New World. A joint concert with the Boston Skyline Chorus, a local women's chorus that specializes in barbershop and a cappella singing. We look forward to seeing you there for a wonderful evening of fun and harmony! Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 student, $5 children For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Hancock United Church of Christ, 1912 Massachusetts Ave., Lexington MA 02421 ⓘ 🔗

May 8, 2022 (Sunday)

3:30 PM. New England Federation of Men's Glee Clubs, Sponsor [MA]: Brothers Sing On! Celebrate the Apollo Club of Boston's 150th Anniversary with Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus, Highland Glee Club, Apollo Club of Boston, and Renaissance Men in a Festival of Men's Voices. For more information, call 508-613-5450 or email r-djantzen@comcast.net. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘⓘⓘⓘ 🔗

December 11, 2021 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: O Holy Night. Premieres of a cappella arrangements, captivating solo performances, carols from around the world, and beloved Christmas classics. Tickets: $25. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Casey Theatre, Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ 🔗

June 7, 2021 (Monday)

7:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus [MA]: Virtual Open Sing for Tenors, Baritones and Basses. Join us for an on-line hour of fun, uplifting harmony and sonority featuring classic, folk, pop, operatic and musical theatre music written and arranged for male singers, featuring Jerry Noble’s medley of African-American spirituals, "I’m Gonna Sing". For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email bsmcmanager@gmail.com. Wellesley MA 02482 Online ⓘ 🔗

March 8, 2020 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus. [MA]: Brothers, Sing On! Featuring The Harvard Glee Club. With the Harvard Glee Club, the Handel and Haydn Society Chorus of Tenors and Basses, the Wellesley High School Men’s Chorus and the Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus. Tickets (general admission): $25, students: $15. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email bsmcmanager@gmail.com. Wellesley High School, 50 Rice St, Wellesley MA ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2019 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Wassail: a Saengerfest Christmas Concert with Southern Rail. George Emlen: An Appalachian Noel (premiere); Clifton J. “Jerry” Noble: Gloucestershire Wassail (premiere). With the bluegrass band Southern Rail. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Casey Theatre, Regis College, 235 Wellesley St, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ 🔗

October 5, 2019 (Saturday)

9:00 AM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Sonorous Singing: A vocal workshop for basses and tenors. Tenors and basses are invited to build specific vocal skills in a training session with skilled voice teacher and tenor Charles Blandy. This workshop will reinforce good vocal habits at the beginning of the choral singing season. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. First Parish Church of Weston, 349 Boston Post Road, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ 🔗

March 16, 2019 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Brothers, Sing On! An afternoon of a cappella singing with the Morehouse College Glee Club, The Natick High School Men’s Chorus, The Wellesley High School Men’s Chorus and the Boston Saengerfest men’s Chorus. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Natick High School Auditorium, 15 West St, Natick MA 01760 ⓘ 🔗

January 5, 2019 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Joint Concert with the Cornell Glee Club and the Cornell Hangovers. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 16, 2018 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: A Boston Saengerfest Christmas. Annual Christmas concert. With Soprano Ute Gfrerer. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ 🔗

September 15, 2018 (Saturday)

9:00 AM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Singing Men! Vocal Workshop with Renaissance Men. With Dr. William C. Cutter, director of choral programs at MIT. Open to all male choral singers, high-school age and up. Warm up your singing season with the opportunity to work with fine vocal artists. 9 am–noon. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. First Parish Church of Weston, 349 Boston Post Road, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ 🔗

June 11, 2018 (Monday)

7:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Open Sing. Classic, folk, pop, operatic and musical theatre music for male singers. Everything from sailors to soldiers to pilgrims. Randall Thompson to Cole Porter to Morten Lauridsen. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. First Parish Church in Weston, 349 Boston Post Rd, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ 🔗

June 3, 2018 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: America in Harmony. Lewis Spratlan: New England Concordance (premiere); Clifton J. Noble: A Cask of Porter: a Medley of Songs by Cole Porter; Randall Thompson: “The God Who Gave Us Life” from The Testament of Freedom; ”Choose Something Like A Star” from Frostiana. With Ute Gfrerer, soprano. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

February 11, 2018 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus [MA]: Brothers Sing on! An A Cappella Festival. An afternoon of sonorous a cappella singing with the Yale Whiffenpoofs, the Wellesley High School Men’s Chorus, and the Handel and Haydn Society Young Men’s Chorus. General Admission $25, students/seniors $15, under 6 years free. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email bsmcmanager@gmail.com. Wellesley High School, 50 Rice Street, Wellesley Hills MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Brothers, Sing On! An afternoon of a cappella singing with the Yale Whiffenpoofs, Wellesley High School Men’s Chorus and the Handel and Haydn Society Young Men’s Chorus. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Wellesley High School, 50 Rice Street, Wellesley Hills MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

December 16, 2017 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Choose Something Like A Star. Annual Christmas concert. Featuring the St. Paul’s Choir, from the St. Paul’s Choir School in Harvard Square, the only Catholic boys choir school in the United States. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ 🔗

September 16, 2017 (Saturday)

9:00 AM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Singing Men! Vocal Workshop with Renaissance Men. Open to all male choral singers, high-school age and up. Warm up your singing season with the opportunity to work with fine vocal artists. 9 am–noon. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. First Parish Church of Weston, 349 Boston Post Road, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ 🔗

April 30, 2017 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Benefit Concert for the Nahant Village Church. Audience favorites from the last 25 years, with soprano Ute Gfrerer. The Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus has recently returned from a concert tour in Wales and London’s Royal Albert Hall. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Nahant Village Church, 27 Cliff St, Nahant MA 01908 ⓘ 🔗

April 23, 2017 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus [MA]: 25th Anniversary Concert. With soprano Ute Gfrerrer, conductors Haydn James, Michael Driscoll, Ron Schiller, and Music Director Tom Berryman and Assistant Music Director Brendon Shapiro. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Carey Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington, MA 02420 ⓘ

December 18, 2016 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus [MA]: Go Tell It On The Mountain: Holiday concert with an Appalachian-American feel. With Boston’s bluegrass band Southern Rail. For more information, call 781-789-9054 or email info@saengerfest.org. Casey Theater, Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ

January 31, 2016 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Brothers, Sing On! An all a cappella men's concert with The Yale Whiffenpoofs, the Wellesley High School's Men's Chorus, and the Boston City Singers Fellas. For more information, call 508-846-8989 or email info@saengerfest.org. Wellesley High School, 50 Rice Street, Wellesley Hills MA 02481 ⓘ

December 20, 2015 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: "Deck The Hall!" A Concert of Celtic Music for Christmas. With Robbie O'Connell, guitar and voice; Rose Clancy, fiddle; Matt Heaton, bouzouki; and Shannon Heaton, Irish flutes and whistle. Choral works include new arrangements of “Deck the Hall” and “Auld Lang Syne” by Jerry Noble, recent arrangements of “Christmas in Carrick" and “The Wren’s Song” by Mark Sirett and recent settings of “Y Nefoedd” by Haydn James and “Gweddi’r Arglwydd” by Edward-Rhys Harry. For more information, call 508-846-8989 or email info@saengerfest.org. Casey Theatre, Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ

October 24, 2015 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Sing for Joy. For more information, call 508-846-8989 or email info@saengerfest.org. First Congregational Church, 1 Church St, Stoneham MA 02180 ⓘ

October 18, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Brothers, Sing On! A celebration of men's voices sponsored by the New England Federation of Men's Glee Clubs. With the Apollo Club of Boston, the Highland Glee Club, and the Idlers from the Coast Guard Academy, New London, CT. Admission: $20 adults, $10 students, free to children under 12 and military in uniform. For more information, call 508-846-8989 or email info@saengerfest.org. Faneuil Hall, 1 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston MA 02109 ⓘ

May 8, 2015 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: A Place For Us. Music of Leonard Bernstein and Stephen Sondheim. With Boston City Singers. Led by choral directors Jane Money and Tom Berryman. For more information, call 508-846-8989 or email info@saengerfest.org. Faneuil Hall Marketplace, 1 Faneuil Hall Square, Boston MA 02109 ⓘ

February 8, 2015 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Brothers, Sing On. An all-a cappella program with the Dukes Men of Yale, the Handel and Haydn Society Young Men’s Chorus, and the Wellesley High School Men’s Chorus. This program gives new life to our former Boyz to Men series. For more information, call 508-846-8989 or email info@saengerfest.org. Wellesley High School Auditorium, 50 Rice Street, Wellesley Hills MA 02481 ⓘ

December 21, 2014 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Bright Stars, Shining Nights. Holiday concert with an Appalachian-American feel, showcasing the bluegrass band Southern Rail. For more information, call 508-846-8989 or email info@saengerfest.org. Regis College, 235 Wellesley Street, Weston MA 02493 ⓘ

June 1, 2013 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Simple Gifts: An American Musical Landscape. Come see the Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus for another outstanding musical performance. Enjoy the iconic American sound of Aaron Copland in his setting of ten Old American Songs sung by the chorus and baritone soloist, Andrew Garland, accompanied by a chamber orchestra arranged by BSMC director Michael Driscoll. Critics have described Andrew Garland’s voice as “…virile, luxuriantly warm and beautiful” and his performances as “expressive…with the occasional streak of theatricality.” BSMC will also be singing a selection of American songs from our past 20 years—songs that have been popular for the chorus and our audience alike. For more information, email tickets@saengerfest.org. 848 Beacon Street, Newton Centre MA 02459

April 7, 2013 (Sunday)

3:30 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Boyz to Men. As part of Saengerfest’s educational mission, we are once again hosting a festival of male voices featuring Saengerfest and the young male singers from local schools and organizations. Hear each choir perform alone and then enjoy the thrilling sound of over 150 men singing together on stage! This year’s guest groups are the Natick High School Men’s Choir directed by Tyler Turner, the Boston Children’s Chorus Young Men’s Ensemble directed by Anthony Trecek-King, the WPI Men’s Glee Club directed by John Delorey, and WPI’s Simple Harmonic Motion a cappella ensemble. For more information, email tickets@saengerfest.org. 2 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02482

January 21, 2013 (Monday)

7:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: January 2013 Open Rehearsals for Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus. One of the few male choruses in the greater Boston area, Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus is holding open rehearsals for tenors, baritones and basses. After attending one or both open rehearsals, interested singers may audition by appointment. Previous choral singing experience and an ability to read music is desired, but not required. We have the great male voice choral repertoire, the tradition of male voice performance, and the power of men’s massed voices at our disposal. All we’re missing is your voice! Rehearsals are on Monday evenings 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm, at First Parish Church (Unitarian), 349 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA. For more information, call 617-529-9599 or email membership@saengerfest.org. First Parish Church (Unitarian), 349 Boston Post Road, Weston MA 02493

January 14, 2013 (Monday)

7:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: January 2013 Open Rehearsals for Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus. One of the few male choruses in the greater Boston area, Boston Saengerfest Men’s Chorus is holding open rehearsals for tenors, baritones and basses. After attending one or both open rehearsals, interested singers may audition by appointment. Previous choral singing experience and an ability to read music is desired, but not required. We have the great male voice choral repertoire, the tradition of male voice performance, and the power of men’s massed voices at our disposal. All we’re missing is your voice! Rehearsals are on Monday evenings 7:00 pm to 9:30 pm, at First Parish Church (Unitarian), 349 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA. For more information, call 617-529-9599 or email membership@saengerfest.org. First Parish Church (Unitarian), 349 Boston Post Road, Weston MA 02493

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