Auditions

Auditions are open for Metropolitan Chorale, Music on the Hill and Providence Singers. See the auditions page for more information.

June 25, 2019 (Tuesday)

8:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Summer Sing: Mendelssohn Elijah (abridged). Conducted by Pamela Mindell. “Sings” include accomplished soloists and expert piano accompaniment. Bring your own score or borrow one from us! General Admission: $10.00; $9.00 for Seniors; $5 Student Rush with valid high school or fulltime college ID. Discounted admission packages available. Grace Chapel, 59 Worthen Road, Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ

June 29, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Berkshire Choral International [MA]: Elijah. Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. >Laura Strickling, soprano; Heather Johnson, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Anderson, tenor; Trevor Scheunemann, baritone (Elijah); Erin Freeman, conductor. The 140-voice BCI chorus with the Berkshire Festival Orchestra. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier)

7:30 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: America Sings! Love songs, songs of war, spirituals and gospel songs, selections from Broadway musicals, and a patriotic finale, all celebrating some of the amazing musical diversity our country offers, including “Bright Morning Stars”, “Tell My Father”, and “The Road Not Taken.” Four performances, on June 21, 22, 29 and 30. Tickets: $15, children under 14 free. Saint Bonaventure Church, 803 State Road, Plymouth MA 02360 (View flier) ⓘ

8:00 PM. Roomful of Teeth [CT]: Norfolk Chamber Music Festival Opening Night. Caroline Shaw: Partita for 8 Voices; Rinde Eckert: Cesca’s View; William Brittelle: High Done No Why To; Missy Mazzoli: Vesper Sparrow; Merrill Garbus: There Will Be; Ansa Ya; Dashon Burton: Otherwise. The Grammy®-winning, classically trained ensemble Roomful of Teeth incorporates singing techniques from around the world, including Tuvan throat-singing, yodeling, classical, and Broadway. Featuring Norfolk alumnus Dashon Burton. Tickets: $30-75, $15 for young adult 19-35 (excludes Gala seating), kids free (excludes Gala seating). Gala Tickets including Post-Concert Reception or Pre-Concert Dinner start at $200. Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, 20 Litchfield Rd, Norfolk CT 06058 (View flier)

June 30, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Providence Singers [RI]: Community Hymn Sing. Join Providence Singers assistant conductor Michael Galib for an old-fashioned hymn sing. There will be old favorites, new arrangements, and descants. A $5 donation is suggested, and a light reception follows the singing. Greenwood Community Church, 805 Main Avenue, Warwick RI 02886 (View flier) ⓘ

7:30 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: America Sings! Love songs, songs of war, spirituals and gospel songs, selections from Broadway musicals, and a patriotic finale, all celebrating some of the amazing musical diversity our country offers, including “Bright Morning Stars”, “Tell My Father”, and “The Road Not Taken.” Four performances, on June 21, 22, 29 and 30. Tickets: $15, children under 14 free. First Congregational Church, 254 Main Street, Plympton MA 02367 (View flier) ⓘ

July 9, 2019 (Tuesday)

8:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Summer Sing: Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem. Conducted by Anne Watson Born. “Sings” include accomplished soloists and expert piano accompaniment. Bring your own score or borrow one from us! General Admission: $10.00; $9.00 for Seniors; $5 Student Rush with valid high school or fulltime college ID. Discounted admission packages available. Grace Chapel, 59 Worthen Road, Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ

July 15, 2019 (Monday)

7:00 PM. Cambridge Community Chorus [MA]: Summer Sings: A Night at the Opera. Join us to sing a collection of fun opera choruses. We will use the Oxford Collection of Opera Choruses (edited by John Rutter, red cover). Session goes from 7:00–9:30 p.m. If you have your own score, please bring it with you; If not, we will have one for you to borrow for the evening. St. Bart's Church, 239 Harvard Street, Cambridge MA 02139 ⓘ

July 16, 2019 (Tuesday)

8:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Summer Sing: Fauré Requiem. Conducted by Kevin Leong. “Sings” include accomplished soloists and expert piano accompaniment. Bring your own score or borrow one from us! General Admission: $10.00; $9.00 for Seniors; $5 Student Rush with valid high school or fulltime college ID. Discounted admission packages available. Grace Chapel, 59 Worthen Road, Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ

July 23, 2019 (Tuesday)

8:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Summer Sing: Mozart Requiem. Conducted by David Potts. “Sings” include accomplished soloists and expert piano accompaniment. Bring your own score or borrow one from us! General Admission: $10.00; $9.00 for Seniors; $5 Student Rush with valid high school or fulltime college ID. Discounted admission packages available. Grace Chapel, 59 Worthen Road, Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ

July 25, 2019 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. New Hampshire Music Festival [NH]: Bach, Strauss and Mozart. W.A. Mozart: Great Mass in C minor (Dan Perkins, guest conductor; Melissa Wimbish, soprano; Susan Consoli, soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor; Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone); J.S. Bach: Overture from Orchestral Suite No.4; Richard Strauss – Horn Concerto No. 1 (Molly Norcross, horn) Silver Center For The Arts, Hanaway Theatre, 114 Main Street, Plymouth NH 03264

8:00 PM. Music on the Hill [CT]: Dvorak's Te Deum and Mass in D. Connecticut's Music on the Hill's Summer Chorus, now in its 17th season, presents an evening of Dvorak in Wilton on Thursday, July 25. This 50+ person chorus of experienced singers from across the region will be accompanied by strings, brass and timpani. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 36 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 (View flier)

July 27, 2019 (Saturday)

11:00 AM. Vocal Revolution [MA]: Free Outdoor A Cappella Music Festival. Groups will perform from 11am-4pm, with Vocal Revolution performing short sets throughout the day. Musical styles range from traditional barbershop to contemporary a cappella. Performers include Vocal Revolution, SIN(G) ,Common Sound, Back In Time, Boston Skyline, Berklee Upper Structure, Pow! Arrangers, Bostonality, Treble Alliance, The 508s, Tonehenge, Sound Off, Drive A Cappella, The Kinsey Scales, Univoz Vocal Ensemble, None of The Above, Street Magic. Food vendor: The Little Blue Bakery. Attendance is free but donations will be accepted to cover costs. Herter Park Amphitheater, 1175 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston MA 02134 ⓘ

July 28, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Litchfield County Choral Union [CT]: Unintended Influences - Opera Choruses and Arias. Works of Bizet, Donizetti, Handel, Verdi, Weber, Puccini and Vaughan Williams, featuring Vaughan Williams' In Windsor Forest. Allison Messier, mezzo-soprano; the LCCU Festival Orchestra, Jonathan Babbitt, conductor. Ellen Battell Stoeckel Estate, 17 Stoeckel Road, Norfolk CT 06058 ⓘ

July 31, 2019 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. One City Choir / Coro Allegro / Boston Landmarks Orchestra [MA]: Deep River. William Grant Still: Festive Overture; Traditional, arr. Bonds: "Joshua Fit the Battle of Jericho"; Traditional, arr. Bonds: "He’s Got the Whole World in His Hand"; Fred Onovwerosuoke: We Need to Talk; Jerome Kern: Show Boat in Concert; Morton Gould: Sprituals for Strings (excerpts). Christopher Wilkins, conductor. With Coro Allegro, One City Choir, Members of New England Spiritual Ensemble, and Boston String Academy. Hatch Memorial Shell, Charles River Esplanade, 47 David G Mugar Way, Boston MA 02108

August 2, 2019 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Mount Desert Summer Chorale [ME]: Carmina Burana. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. Nathan De'shon Myers, baritone; Kyla Mccarrel, soprano; Eric Flyte, tenor; Clayton W. Smith and Colin Graebert, piano. Pre-concert talk at 7 pm. Admission by donation: pay what you can (reserved seats available in advance for $25 or $100 donation). St. Saviour's Church, 41 Mt Desert Street, Bar Harbor ME 04609 ⓘ

8:00 PM. Harvard Summer Chorus [MA]: The Spectre’s Bride. Antonín Dvořák: The Spectre’s Bride, op. 69 (in Czech). With professional orchestra and soloists. Andrew Clark, conductor. Free admission. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138

August 3, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Mount Desert Summer Chorale [ME]: Carmina Burana. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. Nathan De'shon Myers, baritone; Kyla Mccarrel, soprano; Eric Flyte, tenor; Clayton W. Smith and Colin Graebert, piano. Pre-concert talk at 7 pm. Admission by donation: pay what you can (reserved seats available in advance for $25 or $100 donation). St. Saviour's Church, 41 Mt Desert Street, Bar Harbor ME 04609 ⓘ

August 5, 2019 (Monday)

7:00 PM. Cambridge Community Chorus [MA]: Summer Sings: Carmina Burana. Join us to sing Carl Orff's Carmina Burana. Session goes from 7:00–9:30 p.m. If you have your own score, please bring it with you; If not, we will have one for you to borrow for the evening. St. Bart's Church, 239 Harvard Street, Cambridge MA 02139 ⓘ

7:30 PM. Chorus pro Musica [MA]: Summer Sing: Vivaldi and Poulenc. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Francis Poulenc: Gloria. Come sing with Chorus pro Musica at our Summer Sings, held the first three Monday evenings in August! We welcome singers of all levels; no experience necessary to participate. You are also welcome to sit and listen if you prefer. With piano accompaniment. Doors open at 7:00pm. Space is air conditioned and handicap accessible. Scores and snack provided. Tickets: $5 to listen only, $10 to sing with chorus ($8 seniors and students); $24 to participate in all 3 summer sings. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ

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. Hatch Memorial Shell on the Esplanade, 47 David G Mugar Way, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ

August 12, 2019 (Monday)

7:30 PM. Chorus pro Musica [MA]: Summer Sing: Bruckner Motets. Anton Bruckner: Locus iste; Virga Jesse; Christus factus est. Come sing with Chorus pro Musica at our Summer Sings, held the first three Monday evenings in August! We welcome singers of all levels; no experience necessary to participate. You are also welcome to sit and listen if you prefer. With piano accompaniment. Doors open at 7:00pm. Space is air conditioned and handicap accessible. Scores and snack provided. Tickets: $5 to listen only, $10 to sing with chorus ($8 seniors and students); $24 to participate in all 3 summer sings. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ

August 17, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Woods Hole Cantata Consort [MA]: Summer Concert. "Pastoral” choruses by Handel and Purcell; a Handel Harp concerto; selections from Ralph Vaughan Williams's Songs of Travel; John Rutter: A Sprig of Thyme (folksongs from the British Isles for chorus, soprano, baritone, and chamber ensemble). Joan Kirchner, soprano; Phil Lima, baritone; Maggie Bossi, conductor. Church Of The Messiah, 22 Church Street, Woods Hole MA 02543 ⓘ

August 18, 2019 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Woods Hole Cantata Consort [MA]: Summer Concert. "Pastoral” choruses by Handel and Purcell; a Handel Harp concerto; selections from Ralph Vaughan Williams's Songs of Travel; John Rutter: A Sprig of Thyme (folksongs from the British Isles for chorus, soprano, baritone, and chamber ensemble). Joan Kirchner, soprano; Phil Lima, baritone; Maggie Bossi, conductor. Church Of The Messiah, 22 Church Street, Woods Hole MA 02543 ⓘ

August 19, 2019 (Monday)

7:30 PM. Chorus pro Musica [MA]: Summer Sing: Lord Nelson Mass. Joseph Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass. Come sing with Chorus pro Musica at our Summer Sings, held the first three Monday evenings in August! We welcome singers of all levels; no experience necessary to participate. You are also welcome to sit and listen if you prefer. With piano accompaniment. Doors open at 7:00pm. Space is air conditioned and handicap accessible. Scores and snack provided. Tickets: $5 to listen only, $10 to sing with chorus ($8 seniors and students); $24 to participate in all 3 summer sings. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ

September 21, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: Vermont Sings for Peace XII. An annual festival bringing together local choruses singing songs of peace and justice. Admission is free, but donation will be collected for a suitable cause. The Chapel of Saint Michael the Archangel, Saint Michael’s College, Colchester VT 05439 ⓘ

December 18, 2019 (Wednesday)

7:30 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: Christmas with Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. Classic Christmas carols arranged by Robert De Cormier and seasonal works for choir and brass. The Warren United Church, Warren VT 05674 (View flier) ⓘ

December 20, 2019 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: Christmas with Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. Classic Christmas carols arranged by Robert De Cormier and seasonal works for choir and brass. United Church of Newport, 63 Third St, Newport VT 05855 (View flier) ⓘ

December 21, 2019 (Saturday)

5:00 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: Christmas with Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. Classic Christmas carols arranged by Robert De Cormier and seasonal works for choir and brass. The White Church, 55 Main St, Grafton VT 05146 (View flier) ⓘ

December 22, 2019 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: Christmas with Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. Classic Christmas carols arranged by Robert De Cormier and seasonal works for choir and brass. First Congregational Church, 3624 Main St, Manchester VT 05254 (View flier) ⓘ

May 3, 2020 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cappella Cantorum MasterWorks Chorus [CT]: 50th Anniversary concert. Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe Solennelle. John Winthrop Middle School: Cafeteria, One Winthrop Road, Deep River CT 06417 ⓘ

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