Auditions

Auditions are open for Tanglewood Festival Chorus. See the auditions page for more information.

December 29, 2024 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Crescendo Music [MA]: Bach-Circle: Christmas Oratorios and Contemporary Female Voices. J.S. Bach: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (Let honor be sung to you, O God), the fifth cantata of his Christmas Oratorio; Dietrich Buxtehude: New Year’s cantata; Johann Schelle: Advent Cantata; Johann Rosenmüller: Magnificat; Philipp Erlebach: Christmas Cantata; Jeremias du Grain: Cantata. With a cappella choral works by Emily Drum, MaryAnne Muglia, and Christine Donkin. Paulina Francisco, soprano; Nicholas Tamagna, countertenor; Gene Stenger, tenor; Douglas Williams, bass-baritone. With Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra, led by Christine Gevert. For more information, call 860-435-4866 or email crescendo@crescendomusic.org. Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington MA 01230 (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) 🔗

January 17, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Crossing the Deep. A concert that explores the resonances and juxtapositions between sacred music by Handel and Negro spirituals by enslaved Africans in America, written at the same time and often using the same Biblical texts. Reginald Mobley, countertenor and co-creator; Regie Gibson, spoken word artist; Brianna Robinson, soprano; Anthony Trecek-King, conductor and co-creator. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Lexington Pops Chorus [MA]: In Her Words: Songs of Courage, Unity, and Freedom. Gwyneth Walker, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (World premiere, commission); J. Rosamund Johnson/arr. Heather Sorenson: "Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing"; Alice Parker (arr.): “Goin’ To Boston”; Mark Burrows/words by Emma Lazarus: "Until All of Us Are Free"; Rosephanye Powell/words by Langston Hughes: "I Dream a World"; Mabel Daniels: "A Psalm of Praise"; Irving Berlin/words by Emma Lazarus: "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"; and more, in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord. Tickets: $20 adults, $5 for children 12 and under. For more information, call 781-365-0576 or email info@LexPops.org. Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

January 19, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantilena Chamber Choir [MA]: Annual Martin Luther King Celebration. Music by Aldophus Hailstork and others. With the Urban Choral Arts Society of Baltimore. For more information, call 518-791-0185 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. Trinity Church, 88 Walker Street, Lenox MA 01240 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Crossing the Deep. A concert that explores the resonances and juxtapositions between sacred music by Handel and Negro spirituals by enslaved Africans in America, written at the same time and often using the same Biblical texts. Reginald Mobley, countertenor and co-creator; Regie Gibson, spoken word artist; Brianna Robinson, soprano; Anthony Trecek-King, conductor and co-creator. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Lexington Pops Chorus [MA]: In Her Words: Songs of Courage, Unity, and Freedom. Gwyneth Walker, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (World premiere, commission); J. Rosamund Johnson/arr. Heather Sorenson: "Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing"; Alice Parker (arr.): “Goin’ To Boston”; Mark Burrows/words by Emma Lazarus: "Until All of Us Are Free"; Rosephanye Powell/words by Langston Hughes: "I Dream a World"; Mabel Daniels: "A Psalm of Praise"; Irving Berlin/words by Emma Lazarus: "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"; and more, in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord. Tickets: $20 adults, $5 for children 12 and under. For more information, call 781-365-0576 or email info@LexPops.org. Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

January 23, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Beethoven Symphonies No. 8 & 9: Beethoven & Romanticism. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 9. Amanda Majeski, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Pavel Černoch, tenor; Andrè Schuen, baritone; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 24, 2025 (Friday)

1:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Beethoven Symphonies No. 8 & 9: Beethoven & Romanticism. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 9. Amanda Majeski, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Pavel Černoch, tenor; Andrè Schuen, baritone; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 25, 2025 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Beethoven Symphonies No. 8 & 9: Beethoven & Romanticism. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 9. Amanda Majeski, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Pavel Černoch, tenor; Andrè Schuen, baritone; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 30, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Die tote Stadt. Erich Korngold: Die tote Stadt. Christine Goerke, soprano (Marietta); Elisa Sunshine, soprano (Juliette); Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano (Brigitte); Brandon Jovanovich, tenor (Paul); Joshua Sanders, tenor (Victorin); Neal Ferreira, tenor (Gaston); Terrence Chin-Loy, tenor (Graf Albert); Andrzej Filończyk, baritone (Frank); Elliot Madore, baritone (Fritz); Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boston Lyric Opera Chorus. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Die tote Stadt. Erich Korngold: Die tote Stadt. Christine Goerke, soprano (Marietta); Elisa Sunshine, soprano (Juliette); Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano (Brigitte); Brandon Jovanovich, tenor (Paul); Joshua Sanders, tenor (Victorin); Neal Ferreira, tenor (Gaston); Terrence Chin-Loy, tenor (Graf Albert); Andrzej Filończyk, baritone (Frank); Elliot Madore, baritone (Fritz); Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boston Lyric Opera Chorus. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

February 2, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Andover Choral Society [MA]: Winter concert. F.J. Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli in C (Mass in Time of War); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem. For more information, call 603-893-5636 or email info@andoverchoralsociety.org. Universalist Unitarian Church, 15 Kenoza Avenue, Haverhill MA 01830 ⓘ 🔗

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 4, 2025 (Tuesday)

7:30 PM. St. Olaf Choir [MA]: 2025 Winter Tour. Composed of 75 mixed voices, the St. Olaf Choir is hailed as one of the nation’s premier a cappella ensembles, renowned for its artistry and beauty of sound. Tickets: $30-45, $10 students. For more information, call 508-752-5608 or email info@mechanicshall.org. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608 (View flier) 🔗

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 16, 2025 (Sunday)

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. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (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)

5:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: Of Hope and Destiny. Florence Price: Song of Hope; Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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. Coro Allegro [MA]: From Darkness to Light. Kareem Roustom: There Will Come Soft Rains; Greg Bullen: "The Orchard"; Shawn Kirchner: "Heavenly Home". For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

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 12, 2025 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Voices of Water. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands as told by Massachusetts' indigenous communities, Nightingale also explores the geological formation before examining other important moments. The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future - all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our New England home. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport MA 01966 (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 ⓘ 🔗

March 14, 2025 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Voices of Water. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands as told by Massachusetts' indigenous communities, Nightingale also explores the geological formation before examining other important moments. The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future - all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our New England home. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier) 🔗

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)

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Voices of Water. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands as told by Massachusetts' indigenous communities, Nightingale also explores the geological formation before examining other important moments. The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future - all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our New England home. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Cape Cod (TBD), Boston MA 02111 (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 ⓘ 🔗

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 27, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa. Erin Morley, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Gregory, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 28, 2025 (Friday)

1:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa. Erin Morley, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Gregory, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

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) 🔗

March 29, 2025 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa. Erin Morley, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Anthony Gregory, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 30, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Our Composers Close to Home. Music by Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Leonard Bernstein, Peter Child, John Harbison, Marti Epstein, and Elena Ruhr, as well as young up-and-coming composer Omar Najmi. Allison Voth, Music Director. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston MA 02116 (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 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) ⓘ 🔗

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 18, 2025 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Mahler’s Second Symphony. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2. Miah Persson, soprano; Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano; Benjamin Zander, conductor. Concert will be live streamed. For more information, call 617-236-0999 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (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 26, 2025 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: April Fools: Music and Humor. Music by PDQ Bach, Tom Lehrer, Jaako Mäntyjärvi, and others. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Boston MA 02125 ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Decoding Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 & Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6; Aleksandra Vrebalov: New work for chorus and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission). Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

April 27, 2025 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Decoding Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 & Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6; Aleksandra Vrebalov: New work for chorus and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission). Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

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. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Civic Symphony [MA]: Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Francisco Noya, conductor. For more information, call 617-923-6333 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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 2, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Path of Miracles. Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles. A journey in sound along the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. St. Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Gala: Renaissance Reimagined. New compositions based on early sources paired directly with the pieces that informed them. Inspired by Roderick Williams’ Ave Verum Corpus (Reimagined), an inventive reworking of the Byrd classic, the concert will feature premieres by Nightingale composers Nathan Halbur, Kelvyn Koning, and Ben Perry, as well as contemporary compositions by Kerensa Briggs, Caroline Shaw, and local composer Richard J Clark, alongside works of the Renaissance. A gala event with food, drink, a silent auction, and the performance. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) 🔗

7:30 PM. Emmanuel Music [MA]: Mass in B Minor. J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor. For more information, call 617-536-3356 or email music@emmanuelmusic.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Cantilena Chamber Choir [MA]: Voices of Youth and Spirit. With the Boston Arts Academy Spirituals Ensemble. For more information, call 518-791-0185 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. Trinity Church, 88 Walker Street, Lenox MA 01240 ⓘ 🔗

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. Cantemus Chamber Chorus [MA]: I Hear America Singing. Aaron Copland: The Promise of Living; and other choral works by American composers based on words by America poets, including Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg. With guitar and oboe. For more information, email Info@cantemus.org. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 4 Ocean Street, Beverly MA 01985 ⓘ 🔗

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 11, 2025 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Cantemus Chamber Chorus [MA]: I Hear America Singing. Aaron Copland: The Promise of Living; and other choral works by American composers based on words by America poets, including Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg. With guitar and oboe. For more information, email Info@cantemus.org. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 166 High Street, Newburyport MA 01950 ⓘ 🔗

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. Coro Allegro [MA]: Hope and Prayers. W.A. Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore; Kenneth Fuchs: In the Clearing (text by Robert Frost). For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

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. Cambridge Community Chorus [MA]: Brahms Requiem. With professional orchestra and soloists. For more information, call 617-517-3169 or email admin@cambridgechorus.org. Kresge Auditorium at MIT, 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

June 14, 2025 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale / Cape Cod Symphony [MA]: To The Sea. Ralph Vaughn Williams: Sea Symphony; Maurice Ravel: Une Barque sur l’Ocean from Miroirs; Toru Takemitsu: Towards the Sea ll. Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Bradford Gleim, baritone; James Blachly, conductor. For more information, call 508-362-1111 or email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Branstable Performing Arts Center, 744 W Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601 ⓘ 🔗

June 15, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale / Cape Cod Symphony [MA]: To The Sea. Ralph Vaughn Williams: Sea Symphony; Maurice Ravel: Une Barque sur l’Ocean from Miroirs; Toru Takemitsu: Towards the Sea ll. Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Bradford Gleim, baritone; James Blachly, conductor. For more information, call 508-362-1111 or email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Branstable Performing Arts Center, 744 W Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601 ⓘ 🔗

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