🔆 The summer programs page lists 25 programs (last change 8/2/24).

Auditions

Auditions are open for Brattleboro Camerata, Brattleboro Concert Choir, Cantemus Chamber Chorus, Cantilena, Connecticut Choral Society, Metropolitan Chorale, Pilgrim Festival Chorus and Spectrum Singers. See the auditions page for more information.

June 1, 2024 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: The Boston Cecilia "History Walk". A 90-minute guided walk at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery through Boston’s music history, starting in the late 19th century, a time when Cecilia played an important role in Boston's emergence as an American center for classical music. The walk visits the gravesite of B.J. Lang, Cecilia’s first music director, along with other historic figures, including BSO founder Henry Lee Higginson, two of the “Boston Six” - Arthur Foote and George W. Chadwick — as well as Margret Ruthven Lang, the first American woman to have a piece performed by a major orchestra, and Mabel Wheeler Daniel, a conductor, composer, and educator. Marylène Altieri, Boston Cecilia alto, will be your tour guide. Space is limited! Rain date: Sunday, June 2. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

10:00 AM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: The Boston Cecilia "History Walk". A 90-minute guided walk at the Mt. Auburn Cemetery through Boston’s music history, starting in the late 19th century, a time when Cecilia played an important role in Boston's emergence as an American center for classical music. The walk visits the gravesite of B.J. Lang, Cecilia’s first music director, along with other historic figures, including BSO founder Henry Lee Higginson, two of the “Boston Six” - Arthur Foote and George W. Chadwick — as well as Margret Ruthven Lang, the first American woman to have a piece performed by a major orchestra, and Mabel Wheeler Daniel, a conductor, composer, and educator. Marylène Altieri, Boston Cecilia alto, will be your tour guide. Space is limited! Rain date: Sunday, June 2. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Mount Auburn Cemetery, 580 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

May 11, 2024 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem, Robert Levin completion. Michael Barrett, conductor (Lowell); Orlando Cela, conductor (Brookline). With the Lowell Chamber Orchestra. For more information, email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ

May 4, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem, Robert Levin completion. Michael Barrett, conductor (Lowell); Orlando Cela, conductor (Brookline). With the Lowell Chamber Orchestra. For more information, email info@bostoncecilia.org. Academic Arts Center, Middlesex Community College, 240 Central Street, Lowell MA 01852 ⓘ

March 16, 2024 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Les Bonnes Chansons. Music of the French cultural diaspora with works by French composers Lili Boulanger, Claude Debussy, Francis Poulenc, Maurice Ravel and Camille Saint-Saëns, Haitian-American composer Sydney Guillaume, Quebecois composer Lionel Dauner, and more! Michael Barrett, conductor. For more information, email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ

December 10, 2023 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Bach Illuminated. The J.S. Bach motet Jesu, Meine Freude, will be at the center of a concert presenting the music of composers who influenced Bach and those who were powerfully influenced by him. Those composers include Palestrina, Sweelinck, J.M. Bach, J.C. Bach, Buxtehude, Brahms, both Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Nystedt, Hailstork and Robles. Michael Barrett, conductor. Pre-concert talk by Michael Barrett at 2:30 on Dec. 10. That concert is available for live streaming and will be available online through December 30. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ

December 8, 2023 (Friday)

8:00 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Bach Illuminated. The J.S. Bach motet Jesu, Meine Freude, will be at the center of a concert presenting the music of composers who influenced Bach and those who were powerfully influenced by him. Those composers include Palestrina, Sweelinck, J.M. Bach, J.C. Bach, Buxtehude, Brahms, both Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn, Nystedt, Hailstork and Robles. Michael Barrett, conductor. Pre-concert talk by Michael Barrett at 2:30 on Dec. 10. That concert is available for live streaming and will be available online through December 30. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 ⓘ

November 19, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Prophecy. During his time here, Antonin Dvořák forecast that the US would produce a classical music tradition that was truly its own. This concert explores the complex history of how that prophecy came to be heeded by some and shunned by others. Works by Dvorak and his mentor Brahms form the backdrop, followed by music from Black and white composers, including Amy Beach, Aaron Copland, Nathaniel Dett, Charles Ives, Rosephayne Powell, Zanaida Robles, George Walker, and others. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. St. John's Episcopal Church, 705 Hale St, Beverly Farms MA 01915 ⓘ

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