Auditions

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

June 8, 2025 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: 75th Anniversary Gala Concert. Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare (excerpts, Carolina Flores, conductor); Jake Runestad: Wild Forces; Flower into Kindness (Blake Hansen, conductor); Jake Runestad: Proud Music of the Storm; Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms (Ed Bolkovac, conductor; Benjamin Rauch, countertenor); Nathan Scalise: new work (premiere). For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

February 9, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. New Haven Chorale / Fairfield County Chorale / New Haven Symphony Orchestra [CT]: The Ordering of Moses. Nathaniel Dett: The Ordering of Moses; Fela Sowande: "Go Down Moses"; Florence Price: Finale from Sonata No. 1; Carl Haywood: "We Shall Overcome". Albert Lee, tenor; Kenneth Overton, baritone; Nathaniel Gumbs, organ; Perry So, conductor. With the Heritage Chorale of New Haven. For more information, call 203-865-0831 or email Administration@NewHavenSymphony.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2024 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Holiday Concert: Music for the Soul. Ola Gjeilo: A Spotless Rose; The Ground (Pleni sunt caeli); Elaine Hagenberg: The Wexford Carol; Christopher Theofanidis: November Song; Kim Arnesen: Flight Song; Adam Paltrowitz: Peace Flows into Me; Rosephanye Powell: I Dream a World; Noah Stein: Yo Lisa Goy; and choruses by Handel, Haydn, and Mozart. With orchestra, and the Gospel choir "New Praise". Audience sing-along as well. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. East Haven High School, 35 Wheelbarrow Lane, East Haven CT 06513 ⓘ 🔗

October 26, 2024 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Halloween Concert. The choristers will be wearing their Halloween costumes and children of all ages are encouraged to come in costume as well. This concert will include rounds to be sung with the choir, madrigals, several engaging classical pieces including Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus, a spiritual arrangement, and a gospel piece performed by the gospel choir "New Praise". There will also be an opportunity for the children to come up and conduct the Chorale! This will be a fun and educational concert tailored for you, your children, and grandchildren. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Trinity on the Green, 230 Temple Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

September 22, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. New Haven Chorale / New Haven Symphony Orchestra [CT]: Beethoven’s Ninth | Ode to Joy! Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Courtney Bryan: Gathering Song (libretto by Tazewell Thompson). Lisa Williamson, soprano; Annie Rosen, alto; Chad Kranak, tenor; Eric Greene, baritone; Perry So, conductor. With Heritage Chorale of New Haven and Yale Glee Club. For more information, call 203-865-0831 or email Administration@NewHavenSymphony.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

June 9, 2024 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Music of Remembrance and Gratitude. Dan Forrest: Requiem for the Living; with works by J.S. Bach, Eriks Esenwalds, Craig Hella Johnson, Christopher Theophanidis, and Gwyneth Walker. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

February 17, 2024 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Black History Month: Voices of Prayer and Power. A cappella spirituals, rousing and moving gospel selections, and music by contemporary African American composers such as Moses Hogan, Undine Smith Moore, and Rosephanye Powell. A family friendly concert that will include an audience sing-along. With Jeremiah Paul and friends. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Battell Chapel, 400 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

December 3, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Season of Peace and Joy. An annual, family-friendly holiday concert featuring choruses for choir and orchestra from masterworks by Bach, Haydn, and Vivaldi, a cappella works by works by Kim Arnesen, Anton Bruckner, Eleanor Daley, Eriks Esenvalds, Mark Miller, and Undine Smith Moore, and seasonal works and carols—with audience participation, of course! For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. St. Joseph's Church, 129 Edwards Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

May 7, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Music of Remembrance and Resilience. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem (Rebecca de Almeida, mezzo-soprano; Greg Flower, tenor); Sarah Quartel: Sing My Child; Jake Runestad: A Silence Haunts Me; Rollo Dilworth: I Sing Because I’m Happy; His Eye is on the Sparrow; Sam Cooke: "A Change is Gonna Come"; Lili Boulanger: Hymn to the Sun; Elaine Hagenberg: "The Music of Stillness" For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

December 7, 2019 (Saturday)

2:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Annual Holiday concert: Joshua Sparkman: commissioned work for Chanukah; Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque; David von Kampen: Carol of the Lamb; Francis Poulenc: Hodie, Christus natus est!; F.J., Hadyn: Gloria from Mariazeller Mass; Agnus Dei/Dona nobis Pacem from Paukenmesse; W.A. Mozart: Gloria from Spatzenmass; F.H. Handel: "His Yoke is Easy" from Messiah; "How Excellent Thy Name, O Lord" from Saul; Franz Shubert: Deutsche Messe (excerpts); and other holiday works and sing-alongs. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. St. Joseph's Church, 129 Edwards St, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

October 26, 2019 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Annual Halloween concert. Children of all ages are invited to attend. The Chorale will be dressed in Halloween costumes and we invite our audience to do the same! For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Trinity Church on the Green, 230 Temple St, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

May 6, 2018 (Sunday)

3:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Let There Be Light! Gabriel Faure: Requiem; Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna. With the choruses of the Hartt School and Manchester Community College, and the Hartt Symphony Orchestra. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

February 25, 2018 (Sunday)

4:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: The Water is Wide. A family friendly concert including choral settings of folk songs, and an audience sing-along led by Edward Bolkovac and Brett Judson. Featuring baritone Gregory Flower. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Bethesda Lutheran Church, 450 Whitney Ave., New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

December 2, 2017 (Saturday)

2:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Holiday Collage Concert. Classical choruses with orchestra by Handel and Vivaldi intermixed with a cappella works, holiday favorites, and carol singing by the audience in a fast-paced, lively presentation led by Edward Bolkovac and Brett Judson. Featuring soprano Louise Fauteux. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. St. Mary's Church, 5 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

October 28, 2017 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Trick or Treat! Special Children's Concert. Children of all ages are invited to attend. The program includes rounds, Whitacre’s Animal Crackers Volume 1 and 2, madrigals, and choruses by Handel and Vivaldi. There will be music demonstrations and the chance for some lucky children to conduct the Chorale. Admission is free to all children with goodie bags and a party after the concert. A wholesome celebration of Halloween for the entire family led by Brett Judson and Edward Bolkovac! For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Trinity Church on the Green, 230 Temple St, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

May 7, 2017 (Sunday)

4:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Spring Choral Tapestry. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Claude Debussy: La damoiselle élue; Francis Poulenc: Gloria; others. With the Hartt Symphony Orchestra and Hartt School choruses. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

December 3, 2016 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Holiday Concert. Music for choir and orchestra by Bach, Handel, and Mozart, antiphonal works for choir and brass by Gabrieli and Praetorius, and seasonal a cappella choruses; with an audience sing-along. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. St. Mary's Church, 5 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

October 29, 2016 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Trick or Treat! Special Children's Concert. Annual Halloween performance especially designed for children, with music that entertains, educates, and inspires. Lively choruses by Copland and Handel, humorous madrigals, rounds for the entire audience to sing, and the chance for some lucky children to conduct the Chorale! The Chorale, under the direction of Ed Bolkovac, will be joined by the Girl’s Chorus from Trinity on the Green, under the direction of Walden Moore, student instrumental soloists, and Brett Judson on organ. Reception with goodie bags to follow. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Trinity Church on the Green, 230 Temple St, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

June 3, 2016 (Friday)

7:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: A Season of Love. Singers from the Chorale under the direction of Assistant Conductor Brett Judson present musical expressions of romantic love, including excerpts from Orff’s Carmina Burana, 16th-century madrigals, Elizabethan rounds, American musical theater repertoire, and an audience sing-along featuring popular music from the original "summer of love." For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Nelson Hall at Elim Park, 150 Cook Hill Rd, Cheshire CT 06410 ⓘ

April 24, 2016 (Sunday)

4:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: O Fortuna! Carl Orff: Carmina Burana, with piano and percussion. Amanda Hall, soprano; Christopher Sokolowski, tenor; Nicholas Janitzky, baritone; the Hartt School choruses; The Connecticut Children’s Chorus, Meredith Neumann, director; the Hartt Percussion Ensemble; Éric Trudel and Miguel Campinho, piano; Edward Bolkovac, conductor. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06510 ⓘ

April 21, 2016 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: O Fortuna! Carl Orff: Carmina Burana, with piano and percussion. Amanda Hall, soprano; Christopher Sokolowski, tenor; Nicholas Janitzky, baritone; the Hartt School choruses; The Connecticut Children’s Chorus, Meredith Neumann, director; the Hartt Percussion Ensemble; Éric Trudel and Miguel Campinho, piano; Edward Bolkovac, conductor. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Lincoln Theater, the University of Hartford, 200 Bloomfield Avenue, West Hartford CT 06117 ⓘ

December 5, 2015 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Holiday Harmonics. Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; antiphonal choruses by Schütz and Gabrieli; a cappella choruses by Poulenc, Britt, Friedell, Rutter, and Vaughan Williams; with an audience sing-along. With organ, brass, and strings. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. St. Mary's Church, 5 Hillhouse Avenue, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ

October 31, 2015 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Trick or Treat! Special Children's Concert. Annual Halloween performance especially designed for children, with music that entertains, educates, and inspires. Lively choruses by Handel and Haydn, madrigals by Bennett and Morley, short exquisites by Palestrina and Victoria, scary organ music, humorous rounds, musical demonstrations, and even opportunities for young audience members to conduct the Chorale. Children should come in costume. Reception with goodie bags to follow. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Trinity Church on the Green, 230 Temple St, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ

May 16, 2015 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: G.F. Handel: Judas Maccabaeus. Julianne Baird, soprano; Judy Bowers,contralto; William Hite, tenor. Concert Tickets: $20 General, $15 Seniors, Children and Students Free with ID. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Saint Mary’s Church, 5 Hillhouse Ave, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ

February 28, 2015 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: A Night at the Opera. Arias, ensembles, and choruses by Gounod, Leoncavallo, Puccini, and Verdi. With Connecticut Concert Opera’s maestro Doris Kosloff and soloists. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Battell Chapel, Elm and College Streets, 200 Elm Street, New Haven CT 06520 ⓘ

December 13, 2014 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Home for the Holidays. Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Te Deum; J.C. Bach: Magnificat; with a cappella favorites, seasonal spirituals, and a sing-a-long of classic holiday favorites with orchestral accompaniment. Louise Fanteux, soprano. Tickets: $20 General, $15 Seniors, Children and Students Free with ID. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Trinity Lutheran Church, 292 Orange St, New Haven CT 06510 ⓘ

October 25, 2014 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Trick or Treat! A 45-minute concert of madrigals, hilarious music of P.D.Q. Bach, rousing rounds, and scary favorites to celebrate Halloween. Adults accompanying children in costume admitted free. Sing-along opportunities and a post-concert reception with goodie bags. With The Trinity Girls’ Choir. Concert Tickets: $10 General, $5 Seniors, Children and Students Free with ID. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Trinity Church on the Green, 950 Chapel St 2nd Floor, New Haven CT 06510 ⓘ

May 17, 2014 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Three Cheers for the Red, White, and Blue! Proudly singing the praises of music "born in the USA." Spiritual settings by Dawson and Hogan; folk-song settings; contemporary works by Samuel Barber, Randall Thompson, Frank Ticheli (Earth Song and There Will Be Rest), Eric Whitacre (With a Lily in Your Hand), and Christopher Theofanidis (God Picks Up the Reed-Flute World and Blows); jazz arrangements like "What a Wonderful World"; selections from Fiddler on the Roof; and a sing-along of popular American songs. For more information, call 203-776-7664. Battell Chapel, 400 College St, New Haven CT 06511

December 14, 2013 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Make a Joyful Noise! Holiday concert with chorus and orchestra. Te Deum settings by Charpentier, Handel, and Lully. Handel: Messiah (selected choruses), followed by holiday favorites and a rousing sing-along. Holiday reception with Chorale members afterwards. For more information, call 203-776-7664. East Haven High School, 35 Wheelbarrow Ln, New Haven CT

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