🔆 The summer programs page lists 22 programs (last change 7/9/24).

Auditions

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

April 27, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Halalisa Singers [MA]: Great American Songbook. A treasury of songs, including "Gershwin! A Concert Panorama" (including "Fascinating Rhythm"; "I’ve Got a Crush on You"; and "I Got Rhythm"); Duke Ellington’s "It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing)"; Harold Arlen’s "I’ve Got the World on a String"; Kirby Shaw’s "Beyond the Sea"; Sholom Secunda's (arr. Joshua Jacobson and Art Bailey), "Bai Mir Bisti Sheyn"; Russell Robinson (arr.)'s "Java Jive"; Irving Berlin's "God Bless America"; Woody Guthrie’s "This Land Is Your Land"; Harold Arlen and Yip Harburg's "Over the Rainbow"; Rodgers & Hammerstein’s "My Favorite Things" and "Quién Será?/Sway"; Norman Luboff’s lilting "Yellow Bird"; Kurt Weill’s "Mack the Knife"; and more. Trevor Berens, piano; Bertram Lehmann, percussion; Glenn Dickson, clarinet; Keala Kaumeheiwa, bass. Tickets: $25 For more information, email themilva@hotmail.com. 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ

January 27, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Halalisa Singers [MA]: Be the Change: Songs of Courage and Inspiration. Music exploring legacies of important change agents such as Mahatma Gandhi, Martin Luther King Jr., Bob Dylan, James Weldon Johnson, and Naomi Judd. Ken Steven, arr.: “Hela Rotan” (Indonesian folk song); Rollo Dilworth, arr.: “Let Me Fly”; Dr. Brandon A. Boyd, arr.: “Sign Me Up”; Reena Esmail: “TaReKita” (written for a choir comprised of homeless individuals); Sergio Ortega Alvarado, arr. Gene Glickman: “El Pueblo Unido (The People United)”; Marques L.A. Garrett: “My Heart Be Brave” (words by James Weldon Johnson); Bob Dylan: “The Times They Are A’Changin’”; the Judds: “Love Can Build a Bridge”; Nick Page: “Choose to Bless the World”; Shlomo Carlbach, arr. Elizabeth Norton: “Return Again / Hashivenu (Return Us)”; Troy Robertson: “In Meeting We Are Blessed”; Sten Kallman, arr.: “Wangol” (Haitian folk song); Laura Farnell: “Be the Change”, and more. Jessica Tunick Berens, soprano; Trevor Berens, pianist; Bertram Lehmann, percussion. Tickets: $25. For more information, call 781-648-5579 or email themilva@hotmail.com. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Medford MA 02155 ⓘ

October 15, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Halalisa Singers [MA]: Concert for the Earth. Paul Winter, Paul Halley, Jim Scott, Oscar Castro-Neves, and Kim Oler: Missa Gaia/Earth Mass; works by Arnesen, Hogan, Saez, and Walker. Jim Scott, saxophone; Stan Strickland, saxopohone. Tickets: $25 general admission. For more information, email info@halalisa.org. First Unitarian of Worcester, 90 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608 ⓘ

October 14, 2023 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Halalisa Singers [MA]: Concert for the Earth. Paul Winter, Paul Halley, Jim Scott, Oscar Castro-Neves, and Kim Oler: Missa Gaia/Earth Mass; works by Arnesen, Hogan, Saez, and Walker. Jim Scott, saxophone; Stan Strickland, saxopohone. Tickets: $25 general admission. For more information, email info@halalisa.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ

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