🔆 The summer programs page lists 24 programs (last change 7/23/24).

Auditions

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

June 29, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Berkshire Choral International [MA]: The choral beauty and majesty of Vaughan Williams. Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony; Five Mystical Songs. Joe Miller, conductor. Culmination of a week-long choral workshop. Laura Strickling, soprano; Emmett O’Hanlon, baritone. Tickets: $20, $10 youth and UMass staff/students. For more information, call 413-229-8526 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. UMass Amherst Fine Arts Center, Tillis Performance Hall, 151 Presidents Drive, Amherst MA 01003 ⓘ

May 26, 2024 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Berkshire Choral International [MA]: Of Words and Music. Pairings of works with the same text settings by Tallis, Haydn, Biebl, Lauridsen, Barber, Bloch, and Burleigh, among others. Frank Nemhauser, conductor. Tickets: $27 general admission. For more information, call 888-266-1200 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Seiji Ozawa Hall at Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox MA 01240 ⓘ

May 28, 2023 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Berkshire Choral International [MA]: Choral Music at Ozawa Hall. Traditional: "I’m Building Me A Home"; W.A. Mozart: "God is our refuge", K.20; Johannes Brahms: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place); Stephen Feigenbaum: Home; Eric Whitacre: "Home", from The Sacred Veil; Elaine Hagenberg: "Refuge"; Pepper Choplin: "I’m Going Home". Anthony Trecek-King, conductor, with the 125-voice BCI Chorus. Tickets: $15, $5 for youth under 18, available at https://www.bso.org/events/2023-berkshire-choral-int. For more information, call 413-229-8526 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Seiji Ozawa Hall At Tanglewood, 297 West Street, Lenox MA 01240 ⓘ

July 15, 2020 (Wednesday)

8:00 PM. Berkshire Choral International [online]: Conductor Chat with Gary Wedow. A new interview will be broadcast “live” each Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time via YouTube Premiere, followed by an invitation to join via Zoom for a live Q&A session with the guest of the week. Following each Premiere, interviews will also be available to watch at any time on YouTube. If you’re unfamiliar with watching a YouTube premiere, don’t worry! You can watch even without signing in. But, if you want to chat live, you’ll need to have a Google account or create one (the video at http://youtu.be/l0eM1_JVqHE shows you how). For more information, call 413-229-8526 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Online

July 8, 2020 (Wednesday)

8:00 PM. Berkshire Choral International [online]: Conductor Chat with Katherine FitzGibbon. A new interview will be broadcast “live” each Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time via YouTube Premiere, followed by an invitation to join via Zoom for a live Q&A session with the guest of the week. Following each Premiere, interviews will also be available to watch at any time on YouTube. If you’re unfamiliar with watching a YouTube premiere, don’t worry! You can watch even without signing in. But, if you want to chat live, you’ll need to have a Google account or create one (the video at http://youtu.be/l0eM1_JVqHE shows you how). For more information, call 413-229-8526 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Online

July 1, 2020 (Wednesday)

8:00 PM. Berkshire Choral International [online]: Conductor Chat with Rob Istad. A new interview will be broadcast “live” each Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time via YouTube Premiere, followed by an invitation to join via Zoom for a live Q&A session with the guest of the week. Following each Premiere, interviews will also be available to watch at any time on YouTube. If you’re unfamiliar with watching a YouTube premiere, don’t worry! You can watch even without signing in. But, if you want to chat live, you’ll need to have a Google account or create one (the video at http://youtu.be/l0eM1_JVqHE shows you how). For more information, call 413-229-8526 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Online

June 27, 2020 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Berkshire Choral International [online]: Conductor Chat with Colin Baldy. A new interview will be broadcast “live” each Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time via YouTube Premiere, followed by an invitation to join via Zoom for a live Q&A session with the guest of the week. Following each Premiere, interviews will also be available to watch at any time on YouTube. If you’re unfamiliar with watching a YouTube premiere, don’t worry! You can watch even without signing in. But, if you want to chat live, you’ll need to have a Google account or create one (the video at http://youtu.be/l0eM1_JVqHE shows you how). For more information, call 413-229-8526 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Online

June 24, 2020 (Wednesday)

8:00 PM. Berkshire Choral International [online]: Conductor Chat with Kathy Saltzman Romey. A new interview will be broadcast “live” each Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time via YouTube Premiere, followed by an invitation to join via Zoom for a live Q&A session with the guest of the week. Following each Premiere, interviews will also be available to watch at any time on YouTube. If you’re unfamiliar with watching a YouTube premiere, don’t worry! You can watch even without signing in. But, if you want to chat live, you’ll need to have a Google account or create one (the video at http://youtu.be/l0eM1_JVqHE shows you how). For more information, call 413-229-8526 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Online

June 17, 2020 (Wednesday)

8:00 PM. Berkshire Choral International [online]: Conductor Chat with Tom Hall. A new interview will be broadcast “live” each Wednesday at 8 p.m. Eastern time via YouTube Premiere, followed by an invitation to join via Zoom for a live Q&A session with the guest of the week. Following each Premiere, interviews will also be available to watch at any time on YouTube. If you’re unfamiliar with watching a YouTube premiere, don’t worry! You can watch even without signing in. But, if you want to chat live, you’ll need to have a Google account or create one (the video at http://youtu.be/l0eM1_JVqHE shows you how). For more information, call 413-229-8526 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Online

June 29, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Berkshire Choral International [MA]: Elijah. Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. >Laura Strickling, soprano; Heather Johnson, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Anderson, tenor; Trevor Scheunemann, baritone (Elijah); Erin Freeman, conductor. The 140-voice BCI chorus with the Berkshire Festival Orchestra. For more information, call 888-266-1200 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115

July 22, 2017 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Berkshire Choral International [MA]: Verdi Requiem. With the Springfield Symphony Orchestra; Tom Hall, conductor. Summer program open to all choral singers by advance registration. Residency July 16 – July 23. Preconcert lecture at 6:15 pm. Open dress rehearsal on Saturday from 10 am to 1 pm (donation requested). For more information, call 413-229-1999 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Berkshire Choral Festival, 245 North Undermountain Road, Sheffield MA 01257 ⓘ

July 15, 2017 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Berkshire Choral International [MA]: Mahler Symphony #8. With the Springfield Symphony Orchestra; Kent Tritle, conductor. Summer program open to all choral singers by advance registration. Residency July 9 – July 16. Preconcert lecture at 6:15 pm. Open dress rehearsal on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m (donation requested). For more information, call 413-229-1999 or email info@berkshirechoral.org. Berkshire Choral Festival, 245 North Undermountain Road, Sheffield MA 01257 ⓘ

July 2, 2016 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Berkshire Choral International [RI]: Bach and Mendelssohn. J.S. Bach: Lobet den Herrn; Jesu meine Freude; Felix Mendelssohn: Hör mein Bitten; Ave Marie. David Hayes, conductor. For more information, call 413-229-8526 or email bcf@choralfest.org. Trinity Church, 141 Spring Street, Newport RI 02840

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