Auditions

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

March 2, 2024 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: The Passing of the Year. Jonathan Dove: The Passing of the Year. Alan C. Murchie, piano; Arianne Abela, conductor. With the Mount Holyoke Glee Club. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

October 29, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Martin Mass. Frank Martin: Mass; J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225; works by Alice Parker. E. Wayne Abercrombie, guest conductor. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst MA 01002 ⓘ 🔗

May 20, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: The Scythe and the Fountain. Herbert Howells: Requiem; John Tavener: Song for Athene; O do not move; Randall Thompson: Odes of Horace; Eric Whitacre: 5 Hebrew Love Songs; Ola Gjeilo: Ave Generosa; Gustav Holst: I Love My Love. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Buckley Recital Hall, Amherst College, 53 College Street, Amherst MA 01002 ⓘ 🔗

April 2, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Arcadia Players / Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: St. Matthew Passion. Johann Theile: St. Matthew Passion. Theile’s elegant setting of the Passion text predates that of Johann Sebastian Bach and is a hidden masterpiece of the German Baroque. For more information, call 413-586-8742 or email info@arcadiaplayers.org. Bombyx Center, 130 Pine St, Northampton MA 01062 ⓘ 🔗

February 11, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Mercy: Music of Lang, Waddles and Schütz. David Lang: The little match girl passion (regional premiere); Heinrich Schütz, Musikalische Exequien; Brandon Waddles: Commission (world premiere), dedicated to David Ruggles, with elements from William Cowper's "The Negro's Complaint", which was performed by the Hutchinson Family Singers when Frederick Douglass first visited our area. Nathaniel Cox, theorbo; Robert Eisenstein viola da gamba; Gregory Hayes, organ. With the Hampshire Young People's Chorus. (Note: face masks are required in the venue.) For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2022 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Arcadia Players / Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Messiah. George Frideric Handel: Messiah. Andrew Arceci, conductor. For more information, call 413-586-8742 or email info@arcadiaplayers.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

October 15, 2022 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: In Illo Tempore (All That Time). J.S. Bach, ‘Komm, Jesu, komm,’ BWV 229; ‘Jesu, meine Freude,’ BWV 227; Claudio Monteverdi, Missa ‘In illo tempore’; Tomas Luis de Victoria, Missa ‘O quam gloriosum’. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Our Lady Of The Valley Parish, 33 Adams Street, Easthampton MA 06905 ⓘ 🔗

October 4, 2020 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [online]: Virtual community sing: Cherubini Requiem. Dr. Tony Thornton will lead a virtual community sing of the Requiem in C minor by Luigi Cherubini. If you are a singer, we invite you to join us. Space is limited: Please reserve in advance at the link. We will email you the zoom link the day of the event. To look at the music in advance or download it for free, visit http://imslp.org/wiki/Requiem_in_C_minor_(Cherubini%2C_Luigi) For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Online ⓘ 🔗

February 29, 2020 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Lamentations and Exultation. Robert White: Lamentations; Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Center Church, 1 Church St, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

October 20, 2019 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: James Whitbourn: Annelies. A full-length choral work based on the Diary of Anne Frank. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College, 123 Elm Street, Northampton MA 01063 ⓘ 🔗

October 27, 2018 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Mass. Franz Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G major; Josef Gabriel Rheinberger Mass in E-Flat Major; W.A. Mozart: Ave verum corpus, K. 618. Tickets: $21.50 general admission, $16.50 senior (65+), $11.50 student. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Edwards Church, 297 Main St, Northampton MA 01060 ⓘ 🔗

October 22, 2017 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Viva Vivaldi! Antionio Vivaldi: Gloria; The Four Seasons (Susanna Ogata, violin). With the Arcadia Players, conducted by Ian Watson. Tickets available at http://www.arcadiaplayers.org/tickets.html. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst MA 01002 ⓘ 🔗

October 14, 2017 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Brahms Requiem Sing with Joseph Flummerfelt. Join a community sing of the four hands "London" version of the Brahms Requiem led by Joseph Flummerfelt, founder and musical director of the New York Choral Artists, an artistic director of Spoleto Festival USA, and for 33 years conductor of the Westminster Choir. Jamie-Rose Guarrine, soprano; David Tinervia, baritone; Grant Moss and Larry Schipull, piano. Space is limited, so advance tickets are recommended. Tickets: $10 general admission, $5 students. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Edwards Church, 297 Main St, Northampton MA 01060 ⓘ 🔗

June 17, 2017 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Modern to Baroque. Arvo Pärt: Adam's Lament; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D. “Performances at the level of Illuminati's give the listener a clear window into the composer's soul.” - Clifton Noble Jr, The Springfield Republican, Oct. 15, 2016. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Phillips Stevens Chapel, Williston Northampton School, 45 Park St, Easthampton MA 01027 ⓘ 🔗

October 15, 2016 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: To Love, Music and Rest: Celebrating Shakespeare. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; Emma Lou Diemer: Three Madrigals; Herbert Howells: Requiem. Tickets: $20 general, $15 senior, $10 student. For more information, call 413-570-3275 or email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. St. John’s Episcopal Church, 48 Elm St, Northampton MA 01060 ⓘ 🔗

February 6, 2016 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: The Red Concert. A cabaret-style fundraiser featuring soloists & small ensembles. Songs of love and loss from Bach and Monteverdi to Sondheim and Spamalot. Light refreshments will be served. Please wear something red. Admission $25. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Unitarian Universalist Society of Amherst, 121 N Pleasant St, Amherst MA 01004 ⓘ

November 8, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Rest Eternal. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble and the UMass Chamber Choir; Larry Schipull, organist. For more information, call 413-570-3275 or email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, 47 Morgan St, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ

October 25, 2014 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA]: Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir. With the UMass Chamber Choir. For more information, email illuminatiensemble@gmail.com. The Newman Center, 472 North Pleasant St, Amherst MA 01002 ⓘ

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