Auditions

Auditions are open for The A Cappella Singers, Cantemus Chamber Chorus, Cantilena, Concord Chorus, GMChorale, Halalisa Singers, New Haven Oratorio Choir, Pilgrim Festival Chorus, Sheepscot Chorus, Spectrum Singers and St. Cecilia Chamber Choir. See the auditions page for more information.

November 18, 2023 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Fire and Ice: Cool, Cool Jazz and Spiritual Fervor. Will Todd: Mass in Blue; Margaret Bonds: Credo; Melissa Dunphy: Canticle of Hannah. Sarah Joyce Cooper, soprano; Dana Whiteside, baritone; and John Sullivan, piano; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor. With jazz trio. Tickets: $25, $15 seniors, free for students. Free parking for concertgoers available in the Oxford St. Garage, 52 Oxford Street, and the Broadway Garage on Felton Street. For more information, call 617-496-2222 or email info@hrcsings.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

May 5, 2023 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Ludwig van Beethoven: Faith, Fantasy and a Fiercely Original Giant. Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C; Choral Fantasie; Elegischer Gesang. John Sullivan, piano. Tickets: $25 adult, $15 seniors (65+), free for students. Free parking for patrons at 52 Oxford Street Garage. For more information, call 617-710-8019 or email jmsulliv@post.harvard.edu. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

December 9, 2022 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Harvard Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Contemporary American Voices Raised in Hope. Gwyneth Walker: Sing Evermore!; Ronald Perera: Why I Wake Early. With string quartet, flute, and piano. John Sullivan, piano; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor. For more information, call 617-710-8019 or email info@hrcsings.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

November 23, 2019 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Handel and Vivaldi. G.F. Handel: Four Coronation Anthems; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria. With professional soloists and professional musicians on period instruments. Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor. Tickets: $25 for general admission, $15 seniors, students free. For more information, call 617-495-0692 or email mweckworth@fas.harvard.edu. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

May 11, 2019 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: The Seasons. Franz Joseph Hadyn: The Seasons (new English translation published by Novello in 2001). With professional orchestra on period instruments. Tickets: $25 adults, $15 seniors, free for students—but tickets required. For more information, call 617-710-8019 or email jmsulliv@post.harvard.edu. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

December 1, 2018 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: An Evening of French Music. Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Charles Gounod: St. Cecilia Mass. Fauré once commented, “It has been said that my Requiem does not express the fear of death and someone has called it a lullaby of death. But it is thus that I see death: as a happy deliverance, an aspiration towards happiness above, rather than as a painful experience. The music of Gounod has been criticised for its inclination towards human tenderness. But his nature predisposed him to feel this way: religious emotion took this form inside him. Is it not necessary to accept the artist's nature? As to my Requiem, perhaps I have also instinctively sought to escape from what is thought right and proper, after all the years of accompanying burial services on the organ! I know it all by heart. I wanted to write something different.” For more information, call 617-495-0692 or email mweckworth@fas.harvard.edu. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

May 11, 2018 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: A Parry Premiere and a Variety of Tidbits. C. Hubert H. Parry: Invocation to Music: In Honour of Henry Purcell (U.S. premiere); Blest Pair of Sirens; Jerusalem; Repton—and one of two which you will be invited to join us in singing. Deborah Selig, soprano; Gregory Zavracky, tenor; Sumner Thompson, baritone; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor. Parry was one of the leaders of the British choral music renaissance and influenced generations of British composer, including Elgar and Vaughan Williams. This is the centenary of his death. Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 seniors, students free. Free parking for concertgoers at the Broadway and Oxford Street Garages. For more information, call 617-496-2222. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138 ⓘ

November 17, 2017 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Johann Sebastian Bach: Music of the Reformation. J.S. Bach: Nun danket alle Gott, BWV 192; Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80; Missa in G, BWV 236. Cassandra Extavour, soprano; Mary Gerbi, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Anderson, tenor; David McFerrin, baritone; Edward Elwyn Jones, conductor. Accompanied by early music orchestra on period instruments. General Admission: $20, students free; available at https://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvard-radcliffe-chorus-presents-bach-and-reformation-three-sacred-works. Since October 31, 2017 is the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation it is fitting that we dedicate our Fall Concert to the celebration of one of Luther’s most ardent warriors, Johann Sebastian Bach. Indeed, it has been said that Bach’s works are “the Reformation set to music.” For more information, call 617-491-2900 or email catherinemelina@gmail.com. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

May 5, 2017 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Mendelssohn's Hymn of Praise and Psalm 13. Felix Mendelssohn: Symphony No. 2 in B-flat major, ("Hymn of Praise"); Psalm 13. Performed in English. With Grand Harmonie, performing on period instruments; Elisa Sunshine, soprano; Rebecca Krouner, mezzo-soprano; Steven Myles, tenor. For more information, call 617-495-0692 or email edward_jones@harvard.edu. Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

December 3, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Contemporary American Choral Works. John Corigliano: Fern Hill; Rick Sowash: The Harvest of a Quiet Eye; Gwyneth Walker: The Golden Harp. With a small instrumental ensemble, including harp, strings and woodwinds. Texts by Dylan Thomas, Odell Shepard,and Rabindranath Tagore. Gwyneth Walker and Rick Sowash will be present at the performance. Tickets: $20; students and seniors (65+) $10. For more information, call 617-495-0692 or email edward_jones@harvard.edu. Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

April 30, 2016 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Mozart and Schubert Masterworks. W.A. Mozart: Solemn Vespers of the Confessor; Regina Coeli ("Rejoice, Queen of Heaven"); Franz Schubert: Mass in G Major. Deborah Selig, soprano; Caitlin Felsman, mezzo soprano; Gregory Zavracky, tenor; Jacob Scharfman, baritone; professional orchestra; Edward Jones and Michael Pfitzer, conductors. According to Alfred Einstein, "anyone who does not know (the Solemn Vespers) does not know Mozart." Tickets: $20 general admission, $10 seniors and students, free under 12; available at the Harvard Box Office: http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/event/harvard-radcliffe-chorus-spring-concert-mozart-schubert-masterworks. Free parking for concertgoers at the Broadway and Oxford Street Garages. For more information, call 617-495-0692 or email mpfitzer@fas.harvard.edu. Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Harvard University, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

December 5, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Period-instrument Purcell. Henry Purcell: Hail! Bright Cecilia (Ode to St. Cecilia, 1692); Come Ye Sons of Art (Birthday Ode for Queen Mary, 1694). With Period Instruments. For more information, call 617-495-0692 or email edward_jones@harvard.edu. Sanders Theater at Harvard University, 45 Quincy St, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

May 3, 2015 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: A Heartrending Cry. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; William Schuman: A Free Song. With the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP). Deborah Selig, soprano; Paul Max Tipton, baritone. Part of a Harvard project to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the end of the Civil War (http://ofa.fas.harvard.edu/civilwar/). For more information, call 617-496-2222 or email edward_jones@harvard.edu. Sanders Theatre, 45 Quincy St., Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ

May 3, 2013 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: Orff: Carmina Burana. Performed with professional orchestra and soloists. Conducted by Edward Elwyn Jones, Director of HRC. For more information, call 617-495-0692 or email mpfitzer@fas.harvard.edu. 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138

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