Auditions

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

May 10, 2025 (Saturday)

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 ⓘ 🔗

March 8, 2025 (Saturday)

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 ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2024 (Saturday)

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 ⓘ 🔗

October 26, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Expressions of Faith: Choral Music Worshipping the Divine. Choral works of John Tavener, Bobby McFerrin, Margaret Bonds, James Macmillan, Salamone Rossi, Samih Choukeir and others expressing faith in a higher power. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 11, 2024 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: In Music is Such Art: Choral Music set to texts of Shakespeare. Brush up your Shakespeare! From the time of his contemporary, Thomas Morley, to the present day, composers have turned to his expressive poetry to further explore his keen observations of the human condition. Modern composers such as Mäntyjärvi, Diemer, Komulainen, Harris, Helldén, Johanson, and Hamilton, as well as 19th century ones such as Macfarren, Pearsall and Amy Beach have all set his texts, be they poetry or songs or famous soliloquies from his plays. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA ⓘ 🔗

March 9, 2024 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Less is More: Minimalism in Choral Music. This program begins where last season’s March program left off—this year we are taking the old shape note tunes in a minimalist direction, inspired by William Duckworth’s monumental collection Southern Harmony. We will also explore what happens when you deconstruct music in a wider sense, so you will hear music with the use of a limited scale, music without pitch, music without rhythmic coordination, and so forth. William Walker/William Duckworth: Holy Manna; William Duckworth: Turtle Dove; The Mouldering Vine; Arvo Pärt: Solfeggio; Ernst Toch: Geographical Fugue; Scott Anthony Shell: I Am the Dance; Knut Nystedt: Immortal Bach; Alice Parker: Wondrous Love; William Duckworth: Wondrous Love; Philip Glass: Three Songs (settings of texts by Leonard Cohen, Dorothy Parker, and George Herbert, among others); Hilary Tann: Paradise; Heinrich Christensen: Very Short Songs. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. 11 Garden Street Cambridge, MA, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2023 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: The Christmas Story in Carols: Four centuries of European choral music celebrating the season. Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; Francisco Guerrero: Villancico Los Reyes; Guillaume Costeley: Sus debout, gentilz pasteurs; Adolphe Adam: "O Holy Night"; Heinrich Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 426; Franz Gruber: "Silent Night"; Robert Parsons: Ave Maria; with the Gaelic carol Tàladh Chrìosda, carols from the Czech Republic, Poland, Latvia, and Sweden, as well as the Ukrainian "Carol of the Bells". The 7:00 PM start time allows families to attend with their children, and you can catch it live in the concert hall or streaming in your living room. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA ⓘ 🔗

October 21, 2023 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: From the Old World to the New World. Tomás Luis de Victoria: Requiem Mass for Six Voices; Juan de Lienas: Salve Regina; Lamentatio. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

May 13, 2023 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Double Takes: One Text, Two Perspectives. Different settings of the same text by two composers, from the Renaissance to this century and from Finland to America. Works include Ave Maria by Josquin de Prez and Ludwig Senfl; Sure on this Shining Night by Samuel Barber and Morten Lauridsen; William Blake’s "The Lamb" by John Tavener and Adolphus Hailstork; Sommarnatten by Einojuhani Rautavaar and Nocturne by Adolphus Hailstork; Set Me As a Seal by William Walton and Daniel Pinkham; Full Fathom Five by Charles Wood and Matthew Harris. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2022 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: An American Christmas. Live stream tickets avaiable. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

October 22, 2022 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Music of Today for Chorus and Strings. Arvo Pärt: Berliner Messe; Pēteris Vasks: The fruit of silence; Anna Thorvaldsdottir: Ad genua; Ola Gjeilo: Dark night of the soul. Live stream tickets avaiable. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

October 23, 2021 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Reflections on the Present. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem (Heinrich Christensen, organ); James Furman: Hehlehlooyuh; Jake Runestad: Let my love be heard; Frank Ticheli: Earth song. This concert will be live-streamed from the First Church Congregational. All in-person tickets can her converted to a streaming ticket. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

May 22, 2021 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [online]: Songs of Renewal: Music for a May Evening. A virtual performance of music by Duke Ellington, Samuel Barber, Maurice Duruflé, Dolly Parton, and arranger Robert Shaw, plus pieces from our performance archive by Yehudi Wyner, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Norman Dinerstein. Free performance. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. Online ⓘ 🔗

May 9, 2020 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Blissed Out Baroque. Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere; Maurice Greene: Lord, let me know mine end; Jean-Baptisate Lully: O dulcissime Domine. Tickets: $30, $50. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2019 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Welcome Yule! British carols, from the Medieval era to the Tudor era of Byrd, the Baroque era of Phillips, the Victorian era of Parry, and the modern era of Britten and beyond. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

October 26, 2019 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: The Vespers of 1610. Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610. Janet Ross and Agnes Coakley Cox, soprano; Jason Sabol and Max Blum-Campo, tenor; Tevan Goldberg and Ulysses Thomas, bass. Tickets: $30, $50. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

May 11, 2019 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Voices from the Village: Folksongs from Around the World. Guillaume Dufay: L'Homme Armé; Christian Hollander: Innsbruch, ich muss dich lassen; Arnold Schönberg: settings of German folk songs; and other composers' settings of Irish, British, American, Slavic, and Indonesian songs. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

March 16, 2019 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Stories in Song: Choral Settings of Tales Familiar and New. Aaron Copland: In the Beginning; Benjamin Britten: The Ballad of Lady Barnard and Little Musgrove; and everything in between! For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2018 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: A Baroque Christmas. Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de Minuit; Francesco Durante: Magnificat; and motets by Heinrich Schütz. With singing of carols and a reception for all following the concert. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

May 12, 2018 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Music for a May Evening. Morten Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses; Benjamin Britten: Choral dances from Gloriana. Tickets: $27 general admission, $45 reserved, $10 student/low income. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

March 24, 2018 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Double Takes: One Text, Two Perspectives. Revealing comparisons of Dixit Dominus by Handel and Monteverdi, Drop Down Ye Heavens by Judith Weir and Josef Rheinberger; Ubi Caritas by Maurice Duruflé and Ola Gjeilo; and Like as the Hart by Palestrina and Herbert Howells. Set for chorus, soloists, and strings. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 16, 2017 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Mother for the World: Songs of Mary. Works by Tavener, Clemens, Britten, Verdi, Morales, Rachmaninoff, and others. Tickets: $27 general admission, $45 reserved, $10 student/low income. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

October 28, 2017 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Shade and Light: Musical Expressions of Grief and Joy. Manuel Cardoso: Requiem Mass; J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied. Tickets: $27 general admission; $45 reserved; $10 student/low income. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

May 13, 2017 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: A Choral Bestiary. Manuel Oltra: Bestiari; Peter Willsher: Everyone Suddenly Burst out Singing; Charles Stanford: The Bluebird; Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb. Discounted parking available. Tickets: $50 reserved ($45 advance), $30 general ($27 advance), $15 senior/student, $15 each for groups of 5 or more. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

March 11, 2017 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: George Frideric Handel: Israel in Egypt. With professional soloists and orchestra. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

December 10, 2016 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Clear and Bright: Festive Sounds of Chorus and Brass. Baroque Christmas music by Gabrieli, Handel, Prætorius, Scheidt, and others; plus a modern take on the style with Gregg Smith’s A Mary Trilogy. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

October 22, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: In Music Is Such Art: Choral Music Celebrating Shakespeare. Works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frank Martin, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and Matthew Harris. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

May 14, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: The Joke’s On. . . Choral Music to Tickle Your Funny Bone! P.D.Q. Bach: The Seasonings, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: Pseudo Yolkand El Hambo, Charles-Valentin Alkan: Funeral March on the Death of a Parrot; Rossini: Duet for Two Cats; music by Pärt, Pinkham, Banchieri, and others. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138

March 12, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Strings and Voices: Music for Chorus and Quartet. Eric Whitacre: 5 Hebrew Love Songs, Arvo Pärt: Fratres, Thomas Oboe Lee: Minnelieder an Gott; and works by Charpentier, Gandolfi, Tarik O’Regan, and others. With members of the Alcyon Chamber Ensemble. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138

December 12, 2015 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Born Today! New Music for Christmastime. Arrangements of Christmas carols by Ola Gjeilo and music by Morten Lauridsen, John Tavener, Eric Whitacre, Judith Weir, Frank Ferko, and others (including Alexander Dmitriev: I Sing of a Maiden; Arvo Pärt: Magnificat). With carols for all to sing, followed by a free reception for all. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

October 24, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Dulce Dolor: Hauntingly Beautiful Renaissance Music from the Iberian Peninsula. Tomás Luis de Victoria: Requiem II for 6 voices (1605); Alonso Lobo: Lamentationes Jeremiae Prophetae; works by Morales, Peñalosa, Cardoso, and Correa. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138

May 9, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: The Song of Songs: Sensual texts from the Bible’s raciest Book. The texts of the Song of Songs, set by composers as ancient as Gombert and Palestrina and as modern as Daniel Pinkham, Pablo Casals, Ivo Antognini, René Clausen, and Wolfram Buchenberg. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email ariesenfeld@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

March 14, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor. Teresa Wakim, soprano; Douglas Dodson, countertenor; Sumner Thompson, tenor; Bradford Gleim, baritone. Celebrating Musica Sacra’s 55th Anniversary. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

December 13, 2014 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: An American Christmas. Spirituals, folk songs, and hymns from the American tradition; Daniel Pinkham: Nativity Madrigals; followed by carols for all to sing. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

October 25, 2014 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: From the Ardent Pen: Choral music of the Romantic Era. Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat in B-flat for Double Choir, Op. 164; Edward Elgar: Weary Wind of the West and Evening Scene; Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine; Camille Saint-Saëns: Calme des Nuits; Johannes Brahms: Five Lieder, Op. 105; others. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

May 10, 2014 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: The Course of True Love Never Did Run Smooth: Choral Music on Love and Marriage. Samuel Barber: Reincarnations; Benjamin Britten: Ballad of Little Musgrave; Lady Barnard; Maurice Ravel: Trois Chansons; Gabriel Fauré: Madrigal and Pavane; plus works of Schumann, Dallapiccola, Sjolund, and others. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138

March 8, 2014 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Bach and Martin: Passionate Expressions of Faith. J.S. Bach: Jesu, meine Freude; Frank Martin: Mass for Double Chorus. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138

December 14, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Felíz Navidad: A Spanish Christmas. Conrad Susa: Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest; plus villancicos, carols, and motets from the New World and the Old; followed by carols for all to sing. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138

October 26, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: A Tudor Legacy: The Heydey of English Sacred Music. William Byrd: Magnificat and Nunc Dimittis; Thomas Morley: First Service (selections); motets by Tallis, Weelkes, and Gibbons. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138

May 11, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: A New Birth of Freedom: Music celebrating the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the Gettysburg Address. With improvisational pianist Jacqueline Schwab. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA

March 9, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Baltic Inspirations: Choral music from Northern Europe. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA

December 15, 2012 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: G.F. Handel: Messiah (Part I). With soloists of Exsultemus: Brenna Wells, Thea Lobo, Matthew Anderson, and Ulysses Thomas. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA

October 27, 2012 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Victoria: Missa o magnum mysterium; du Caurroy: Missa pro defunctis.. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA

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