Auditions

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

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 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. The Spectrum Singers [MA]: Requiem for the Living. Dan Forrest: "Requiem for the Living"; with works by Wood, Elgar, Reger, Boulanger, Hagenberg and Cho, all focusing on the theme of light as a symbol of hope, both a cappella and accompanied by piano or instrumental ensemble. Katherine Chan, Guest Conductor. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

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) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Dedham Choral Society [MA]: Our Light is a Voice. James Eakin III: "Stargazing" (set to Ancient Greek and Native American texts); Ola Gjeilo: "Dark Night of the Soul"; "Luminous Night of the Soul"; Elaine Hagenberg: "Deep Peace"; "As the Rain Hides the Stars"; "Measure Me, Sky"; "You Do Not Walk Alone!" With string orchestra and piano. Tickets: $35, $30 seniors, $20 students $20, $5 children age 5-12 For more information, call 781-326-1520 or email info@dedhamchoral.org. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (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 ⓘ 🔗

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) ⓘ 🔗

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)

2:00 PM. Boston Lyric Opera / Boston Children's Chorus [MA]: Noah’s Flood. Benjamin Britten: Noah’s Flood. Based on a 15th-century play recounting the story of one family’s resilience in the face of an earth-shattering storm; now, climate resilience has taken an even greater importance. David Angus, conductor. With Boston Children’s Chorus, Boston String Academy, Back Bay Ringers, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and others. For more information, call 617-542-4912 or email boxoffice@blo.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

May 10, 2025 (Saturday)

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. 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 ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

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