As of late September, about 435 performances are listed on the Choral Arts New England events calendar for September 2017 through June 2018. Here are just a few season highlights. See the the online calendar for the complete and up-to-date set of events.

Premieres and choral commissions (by composer)

• Colin Britt: Light Upon Light. Greenwich Choral Society [CT], 12/2/17, 12/3/17.
• Peter Child: Lamentations. Cantata Singers [MA], 1/20/18.
• Eriks Esenvalds: Whispers on the Prairie Wind. Labyrinth Choir [MA], 11/3/17, 11/5/17.
• Geoffrey Gibbs: Until Forever Ends. Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra [RI], 6/2/18.
• Scott Ordway: Baltic Trees. Oratorio Chorale [ME], 4/21/18, 4/22/18.
• Kareem Roustom: Rage against the Tyrant. Coro Allegro [MA], 3/11/18.
• Kile Smith: Canticle (Boston Premiere). Boston Cecilia [MA], 3/11/18.
• Lewis Spratlan: New England Concordance. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA], 6/3/18.
• Christina Whitten Thomas: The Deceiver. Seraphim Singers [MA], 2/9/18, 2/11/18.
• Patricia Van Ness: Psalms of deliverance. Coro Allegro [MA], 5/20/18.
• Andy Vores: In Childhood's Thicket. Chorus pro Musica, 11/5/17.
• Michael Weinstein: new work. Master Singers of Lexington [MA], 5/6/18.
• Edward Whalen: new work. Wellesley Choral Society [MA], 5/13/18.
• J.D. Zelenka: Missa Divi Xaverii, ZWV 12 (U.S. Premiere). Cantata Singers [MA], 11/3/17.

Major or especially interesting works

• Kim André Arnesen: The Wound in the Water. Commonwealth Chorale [MA], 3/11/18.
• J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor. Handel and Haydn Society [MA], 3/23/18, 3/25/18.
• J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor. ChoralArt [ME], 3/25/18.
• J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor. Fairfield County Chorale [CT], 5/21/18.
• J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion. CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists) [CT], 3/25/18.
• J.S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion. Worcester Chorus [MA], 4/20/18.
• Amy Beach: Grand Mass in E-flat major. Commonwealth Chorale [MA], 11/11/17.
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Fidelio. Boston Baroque [MA], 4/13/18, 4/15/18.
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C. Masterworks Chorale [MA], 11/18/17.
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C Major; F.J. Haydn: Te Deum. Chorus of Westerly [RI], 5/19/18, 5/20/18.
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Handel and Haydn Society [MA], 10/6/17, 10/8/17.
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Hartford Chorale [CT], 10/13/17.
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied; Alto Rhapsody. New Haven Symphony Orchestra [CT], 11/9/17.
• Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms. New World Chorale/Symphony New Hampshire [NH], 4/7/18.
• Hector Berlioz: The Damnation of Faust. Boston Symphony Orchestra/Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA], 10/26/17, 10/27/17, 10/28/17.
• Leonard Bernstein: Candide. Eastern Connecticut Symphony and Chorus [CT], 4/28/18.
• Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; James Woodman: The Midwife’s Tale. Cantemus [MA]. 12/2/17, 12/3/17, 12/10/17.
• Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms. Fairfield County Chorale [CT]. 3/10/18.
• Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; J.S. Bach: Cantata 140, "Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme"; Arvo Pärt: L’Abbé Agathon. Chorus pro Musica [MA], 3/10/18.
• Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 3, "Kaddish". Boston Symphony Orchestra/Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA], 3/15/18, 3/16/18, 3/17/18.
• Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes. New England Classical Singers [MA], 3/4/18.
• Johannes Brahms: Requiem. CONCORA [CT], 10/15/17.
• Johannes Brahms: Requiem (four-hand piano); Nänie. CONCORA [CT], 11/4/17.
• Benjamin Britten: War Requiem. Worcester Chorus, Sounds of Stow Chorus, Salisbury Singers, Master Singers of Worcester, and Worcester Children's Chorus [MA], 11/12/17.
• Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte. GMChorale [CT], 4/29/18.
• Maurice Durufle: Requiem (with works from the Reformation and Counter-Reformation). Seraphim Singers [MA], 11/4/17.
• Maurice Durufle: Requiem. Masterworks Chorale [MA], 3/4/18.
• Edward Elgar: The Dream of Gerontius. Chorus pro Musica/Boston Philharmonic [MA], 4/20/18.
• Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Robert Kyr: The Cloud of Unknowing. Oratorio Chorale [ME]. 2/3/18, 2/4/18.
• Gabriel Fauré: Requiem. Counterpoint [VT]. 2/24/18, 2/25/18.
• Gabriel Fauré: Requiem. Mendelssohn Choir of Connecticut/Greater Bridgeport Symphony [CT], 3/3/18.
• Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine; Lili Boulanger: Psalm 129. Metropolitan Chorale [MA], 3/18/18.
• Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna. New Haven Chorale [CT], 5/6/18.
• Dan Forrest: Requiem for the Living. Monadnock Chorus [NH], 5/12/18.
• G.F. Handel: Alexander's Feast. Burlington Choral Society [VT], 11/18/17.
• G.F. Handel: Hercules. Handel and Haydn Society [MA], 5/4/18, 5/6/18.
• G.F. Handel: Judas Maccabeus. Cambridge Community Chorus [MA], 12/2/17.
• G.F. Handel: Zadok the Priest; Dettingen Te Deum; Jan Dismas Zelenka: Magnificat. Providence Singers [RI], 11/11/17, 11/12/17.
• F.J. Haydn: The Creation. Berkshire Lyric Chorus [MA], 5/27/18.
• F.J. Haydn: Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse); Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA], 1/27/18.
• F.J. Haydn: Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse); Franz Schubert: Magnificat in C. The Spectrum Singers [MA], 3/17/18.
• F.J. Haydn: Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse); Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA], 5/6/18.
• F.J. Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass). Con Brio [CT], 4/15/18.
• F.J. Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass); Ave Regina. Concord Chorus [MA], 5/19/18.
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2. Choral Art Society/Portland Symphony Orchestra [ME], 4/29/18, 5/1/18.
• Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3. Boston Symphony Orchestra/Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA], 1/18/18, 1/19/18, 1/20/18.
• Frank Martin: Mass for Double Choir; with other Mass settings (Missa Orbis factor, William Byrd). CONCORA [CT], 2/11/18.
• Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. Newton Community Chorus [MA]. 1/27/18.
• W.A. Mozart: Great Mass in C minor. Coro Allegro [MA], 11/19/17.
• W.A. Mozart: Great Mass in C minor. The Concord Chorale [NH], 3/3/18.
• W.A. Mozart: Mass in C Minor; Arvo Pärt: Da Pacem Domine. Greenwich Choral Society [CT], 3/17/18.
• W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Felix Mendelssohn: Christus. Back Bay Chorale [MA]. 10/28/17.
• W.A. Mozart: Requiem. The Maine Music Society Chorale [ME], 3/24/18, 3/25/18.
• Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT], 4/7/18.
• Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Hartford Chorale [CT], 6/8/18, 6/9/18, 6/10/18.
• Arvo Pärt: Berliner Messe; Tomás Luis de Victoria: Officium defunctorum; William Harris: Faire is the Heaven. Cantata Singers [MA], 5/11/18, 5/13/18.
• Francis Poulenc: Gloria; Karl Jenkins: Gloria, Bagaduce Chorale [ME], 12/8/17, 12/9/17, 12/17/17.
• Henry Purcell: The Fairy Queen. Handel and Haydn Society [MA], 4/8/18.
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil. Metropolitan Chorale [MA], 11/18/17.
• Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil. ChoralArt [ME], 5/5/18.
• Maurice Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé. Boston Symphony Orchestra/Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA], 2/15/18, 2/16/18, 2/17/18.
• John Rutter: Requiem. Andover Choral Society [MA], 1/28/18.
• Robert Schumann: Nachtlied and Neujahrslied. Boston Symphony Orchestra/Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA], 2/8/18, 2/10/18.
• Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex. Emmanuel Music [MA], 2/23/18.
• Georg Philipp Telemann: St. Luke Passion of 1744. Boston Baroque [MA], 2/2/18.
• Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem. Springfield Symphony Orchestra and Chorus [MA], 4/28/18.
• Gwyneth Walker: Three Days by the Sea. Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus [MA], 2/10/18.
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: The Pilgrim’s Progress (fully staged with orchestra). Gloriae Dei Cantores [MA], 10/27/17, 10/28/17, 11/3/17, 11/4/17.
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA], 4/21/18.
• Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region; Dona nobis pacem; Five Variants of "Dives and Lazarus". Back Bay Chorale [MA], 5/13/18.

Old Favorites

• J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio. Emmanuel Music [MA], 11/16/17.
• Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; W. A. Mozart: Coronation Mass; Gustav Holst: Four Hymns from the Rig Veda. Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra [RI], 3/24/18.
• Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Alberto Ginastera: Lamentations of Jeremiah; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O Vos Omnes; Alessandro Scarlatti: Exultate Deo. Master Singers of Lexington [MA], 5/6/18.
• G.F. Handel: Dixit Dominus; Claudio Monteverdi: Dixit Dominus. Musica Sacra [MA], 3/24/18.
• Randall Thompson: Testament of Freedom. Eastern Connecticut Symphony and Chorus [CT], 11/11/17.
• Giuseppe Verdi: Stabat Mater. Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus [MA], 3/24/18.
• Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria.  Illuminati Vocal Arts Ensemble [MA], 10/22/17.
• Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria. Fine Arts Chorale [MA], 11/19/17.
• Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria. Chorus of East Providence [RI], 12/2/17, 12/3/17.

Special programs (a few of many)—Chronological.

• Vermont Sings For Peace. Tenth annual concert joining area choruses in song to raise money for social justice. Counterpoint [VT], 9/23/17.
• Centennial Celebration of Leonard Bernstein. Leonard Bernstein: Symphony No. 1 “Jeremiah”; Mason Bates: Book of Matthew; Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man. ChoralArt [ME], 10/22/17.
• Stephen Paulus: The day is done; Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das Licht gegeben, Op. 74; Henry Purcell: O Lord our Governor, Z. 141; Ēriks Ešenvalds: Stars; Jonathan Dove: Seek him that maketh the seven stars; C. Hubert H. Parry: Blest pair of sirens; James Whitbourn: Luminosity. Boston Cecilia [MA], 10/22/17.
• Chanticleer—special appearance, part of the Kent Hall Masters Series. Chorus of Westerly [RI], 10/28/17.
• All Hallow's Eve. A dramatic evening of music for Halloween (with storyteller). Skylark Vocal Ensemble [MA], 10/28/17, 10/29/17, 10/30/17, 11/1/17,
• Through Truth We Triumph: Music by Bach, Telemann, Schütz, Luther and others on the Reformation’s 500th Anniversary. With natural trumpet and Baroque instruments. Crescendo [MA,CT], 10/28/17, 10/29/17.
• Bassoon and Chorus. Music by Paul Hindemith, Egil Hovland, Edvard Grieg. Master Singers of Lexington [MA], 10/29/17.
• Francis Poulenc: Mass in G; works by Maurice Duruflé and Olivier Messiaen and organ music by Jean Langlais. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA], 11/4/17.
• Edward Elgar: The Music Makers; Hubert Parry: I Was Glad; Jonathan Dove: Psalms for Leo. Chorus of Westerly [RI], 11/11/17, 11/12/17.
• Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame; Patricia Van Ness: Birds of the Psalms. Cappella Clausura [MA], 11/18/17, 11/19/17.
• Choral Music from the Spanish-Speaking World by Ernani Aguiar, Javier Busto, Lalo Schifrin, Tomás de la Victoria, Pablo Casals, Maria Guinand, and Ariel Ramirez. Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus [MA], 11/19/17.
• Winter Fantasy. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Morten Lauridsen: Mid-Winter Songs; Edward Elgar: The Snow. Harvard Pro Musica [MA], 12/9/17.
• A Bach Christmas. Handel and Haydn Society [MA], 12/14/17, 12/17/17.
• Martin Luther King in This Time: A Concert of Spirituals. With the Baltimore Urban Choral Arts Society. Cantilena Chamber Choir [MA], 1/14/18.
• Hugo Distler: Totentanz, Op. 12; Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien (Funeral music), Op. 7; with music by Anton Heiller and Hans Werner Henze juxtaposing death and dance. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA], 3/3/18.
• Josquin des Prez: Mass L’Homme Armeé; Leonhard Lechner: The Song of Solomon. With organ, dramatic recitation and dancers. Crescendo [MA,CT], 3/16/18, 3/18/18.
• Composers of the Baltic Nations, including Veljo Tormis (Estonia), Peter Vasks (Latvia), Jonas Govėdas (Lithuania), and others. Cantata Singers [MA], 4/6/18.
• Elena Ruehr: Eve; Arvo Pärt: Adam’s Lament. Cappella Clausura [MA], 4/28/18, 4/29/18.
• Lux Aeterna: Music by Maurice Duruflé, Jonathan Dove, Morten Lauridsen, Jocelyn Hagen, Matthew Culloton, and Shawn Kirchner. Connecticut Chamber Choir [CT], 5/6/18.
• Francis Poulenc: Gloria; Igor Stravinksy: Symphony of Psalms; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Towards the Unknown Region (text by Walt Whitman). Chorus North Shore Honors Youth Choir [MA], 6/2/18.
• Esa-Pekka Salonen: Dona nobis Pacem; Geoffrey Gibbs: Until Forever Ends; R. Vaughn Williams: Dona nobis Pacem. Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra [RI], 6/2/18.

Premium or “special” Messiahs (alphabetical)

• Arcadia Players [MA], 12/22/17.
• Boston Baroque [MA], 12/8/17, 12/9/17.
• Chorus North Shore [MA], 121/2/17, 121/3/17.
• Fairfield County Chorale [CT], 12/10/17.
• Handel and Haydn Society [MA], 12/1/17, 12/2/17, 12/3/17.
• Hartford Chorale [CT], 12/20/17.
• Kearsarge Chorale [NH], 11/18/17, 11/19/17.
• Nashua Choral Society [NH], 12/3/17.
• Oratorio Chorale [ME], 11/4/17, 11/5/17.
• Providence Singers [RI], 12/16/17.
• Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra [RI], 11/25/17, 11/26/17.
• Worcester Chorus [MA], 12/2/17.