Past Award Recipients (by year granted)
See below for alphabetical list. Click for a detailed list of past awards
2024
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (West Newton MA) * Cantata Singers (Boston MA) * Cantilena Chamber Choir (Lenox MA) * The Choral Art Society (ChoralArt) (Portland ME) * Classical Uprising (Portland ME) * Coro Allegro (Boston MA) * Hampshire Young People's Chorus (Northampton MA) * Hartford Chorale (Hartford CT) * Lorelei Ensemble (Cambridge MA) * Manchester Choral Society (Manchester NH) * Milford Middle School Chorus (Milford NH) * Northampton Community Music Center (Northampton MA) * Special Needs Arts Programs, Inc. (Lexington MA) * Vermont Symphony Orchestra (Burlington VT) * Worcester Children's Chorus (Worcester MA)
2023
Boston Choral Ensemble (Boston MA) • Commonwealth Chorale, Inc. (Newtonville MA) • Ensemble Altera (Johnston RI) • Friends of The Music Hall (Portsmouth NH) • Kent Singers Inc. (Kent CT) • Metropolitan Chorale (Brookline MA) • New England Classical Singers (Andover MA) • New Hampshire Chapter of the American Choral Director's Association (NHACDA) (Westmoreland NH) • Nightingale Vocal Ensemble (Dorchester MA) • Providence Singers (East Providence RI) • South Shore Children's Chorus (Quincy MA) • VOICES 21C (Boston MA) • Worcester County Mechanics Association (Worcester MA)
2022
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (Blue Hill ME) • Boston Children's Chorus (Boston MA) • Brattleboro Music Center (Brattleboro VT) • Chorus of Westerly (Westerly RI) • GMChorale (Greater Middletown Chorale) (Middletown CT) • Lorelei Ensemble (Cambridge MA) • Manchester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale (Manchester CT) • Middlebury Community Music Center (Middlebury VT) • Ogontz Arts Foundation (Temple NH) • Providence Singers (East Providence RI) • The Seraphim Singers (Watertown MA) • Vermont Symphony Orchestra (Burlington VT) • West Hartford Women's Chorale (West Hartford CT)
2021
Classical Uprising (Portland ME) • Coro Allegro (Boston MA) • Ensemble Altera (Johnston RI) • The Keene Chorale (Keene NH) • The Main Street Children's Choir (New Britain CT) • Metropolitan Chorale (Brookline MA) • Renaissance Men (Westwood MA) • Schoodic Arts for All / Schoodic Summer Chorus (Winter Harbor ME) • Solaris Vocal Ensemble (Essex Junction VT) • Worcester Children's Chorus (Worcester MA)
2020
Cappella Clausura (Newtonville, MA) • CONCORA (Hartford, CT) • Concord Chorus (Concord, MA) • Counterpoint (Montpelier , VT) • Emmanuel Music (Boston, MA) • Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs (Peterborough, NH) • Handel and Haydn Society (Boston, MA) • Hartford Chorale (Hartford, CT) • Music on the Hill (Wilton, CT) • Providence Singers, Inc. (Providence, RI) • Una Voce Chamber Choir (Bath, ME) • Voices of Concinnity (Mansfield Center, CT) • Wescustago Youth Chorale (Yarmouth, ME)
2019
Burlington Choral Society, Burlington VT • Cantilena, Arlington MA • ChoralArt (Choral Art Society), Portland ME • Chorus Angelicus c/o Joyful Noise Inc., Torrington CT • Commonwealth Chorale, Newtonville MA • Coro Allegro, Boston MA • Fairfield County Children's Choir, Trumbull CT • Greater Boston Choral Consortium, Boston MA • Lorelei Ensemble, Cambridge MA • Montpelier Community Gospel Choir, Montpelier VT • New Hampshire Master Chorale, Plymouth NH • Outer Cape Chorale, So. Wellfleet MA • Somerville Community Chorus, Somerville MA • South Shore Children's Chorus, Quincy MA • St Mary Schola, Falmouth ME
2018
Andover Choral Society, Andover MA • Cappella Clausura, Newtonville MA • Collegium Ancora, Providence RI • CONCORA, Hartford CT • Da Camera Singers, Amherst MA • Hampshire Young People’s Chorus, Amherst MA • Island Community Chorus, Vineyard Haven MA • Labyrinth Choir, Southboro MA • Manchester Choral Society, Manchester NH • Metropolitan Chorale, Brookline MA • Rhode Island Civic Chorale, Cranston RI • Voce, Inc., Mystic CT • Zamir Chorale of Boston, Newton MA
2017
Alzheimer's Family Caregiver Support Center, Inc: Re-Memorable Multigenerational Chorus of Cape Cod, Brewster MA • Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Northborough MA • Back Bay Chorale, Boston MA • Boston City Singers, Dorchester MA • The Chorus of Westerly, Westerly RI • Community Chorus of South Berwick, South Berwick ME • Coro Allegro, Boston MA • Counterpoint, Montpelier VT • Granite State Choral Society, Rochester NH • Greater Newburyport Children’s Chorus, Newburyport MA • Sharing a New Song, Inc., Arlington MA
2016
Berkshire Lyric Theater, Pittsfield MA • Cantata Singers, Boston MA • Cantemus Chamber Chorus, Ipswich MA • Choral Art Society, Portland ME • Concord Women's Chorus, Concord MA • Genesis Chamber Singers, Quincy MA • Massachusetts ACDA, Amherst MA • New Hampshire Music Festival, Plymouth NH • Providence Singers, Providence RI • The Vermont Choral Union, Essex Junction VT
2015
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, Auburndale MA • Cantilena Chamber Choir, Lenox MA • Chorus pro Musica, Boston MA • CONCORA (Connecticut Choral Artists), Hartford CT • Coro Allegro, Boston MA • Emmanuel Music, Boston MA • Journey Song Charitable Trust, Kensington NH • Lorelei Ensemble, Cambridge MA • Master Singers, Worcester of Worcester MA • Vermont Chapter, the American Choral Directors Association of Burlington, Vermont • Wescustago Youth Chorale, Yarmouth ME • Women in Harmony, Portland, ME
2014
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, Auburndale MA • Boston City Singers, Boston MA • Cantata Singers, Boston MA • Choral Art Society, Portland ME • The Concord Chorus, Concord ME • Crescendo, Lakeville CT • Greater Middletown Chorale, Middletown CT • Joyful Noise, Torrington CT • MassACDA, Quincy MA • The Master Singers, Lexington of Lexington MA • Music Worcester, Worcester MA • New Haven Oratorio Choir, Hamden CT • RPM Voices, Providence RI
2013
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, Auburndale MA • Cantemus Chamber Chorus, Ipswich MA • Concord Women's Chorus, Concord MA • Danbury Music Centre, Danbury CT • Manchester Choral Society, Manchester NH • Master Singers of Worcester, Worcester MA • Mount Desert Summer Chorale, Mount Desert ME • Mystic River Chorale, Mystic CT • The Spectrum Singers, Cambridge, MA
2012
Back Bay Chorale, Boston MA • Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont, Essex Junction VT • Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, Inc., Auburndale MA • Choral Art Society, Portland ME • Counterpoint, Montpelier VT • Greater Middletown Chorale, Middletown CT • Greater New Haven Community Chorus, New Haven CT • Lorelei Ensemble, Cambridge MA • New Hampshire Master Chorale, Plymouth NH •Treble Chorus of New England, North Andover MA • The Vermont Choral Union, Inc., Essex Junction VT • Boston City Singers, Boston, MA
2011
Boston City Singers, Boston MA • Cantilena Chamber Choir, Lenox MA • Da Camera Singers, Amherst MA • The Main Street Singers, New Britain CT • Master Singers of Worcester, Worcester MA • The Monadnock Chorus, Peterborough NH • Mystic River Chorale, Mystic CT •Oratorio Chorale, Brunswick, Maine • Rhode Island Civic Chorale & Orchestra, Cranston RI • RPM Voices of Rhode Island, Providence, RI
2010
Cappella Clausura, Newtonville MA • Con Brio Choral Society, Centerbrook CT • Exsultemus, Cambridge MA • Nashua Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Nashua NH • New Hampshire Master Chorale, Meredith NH • The Providence Singers, Providence RI • Rhode Island Children's Chorus, Harrisville RI • Women in Harmony, Portland ME • Youth Pro Musica, West Newton, MA
2009
Blue Heron Renaissance Choir, Auburndale MA • Concord Women's Chorus, Concord MA • Connecticut Early Music Society, New London CT • The Da Camera Singers, Amherst MA • Counterpoint, Montpelier VT • Crescendo Inc, Lakeville CT • New Haven Chorale, New Haven CT • New Haven Oratorio Choir and Orchestra, New Haven CT • Pro Arte Singers, Stamford CT • Zamir Chorale, Boston, MA
2008
Amare Cantare, Durham NH • Cappella Clausura, Newtonville MA • The Chorus of Westerly, Westerly RI • The Da Camera Singers, Amherst MA • Emmanuel Music, Boston MA • The Main Street Singers, New Britain CT • The Master Singers, Lexington MA • The New Haven Oratorio Choir, New Haven CT • The Providence Singers, Providence RI • The Spectrum Singers, Cambridge, MA
2007
Bella Voce Womens Chorus of Vermont, Essex Junction VT • Brookline Chorus, Brookline MA • Cantemus, Lynnfield MA • Chatham Chorale, West Dennis MA • King's Chapel Concert Series, Boston MA • New England Classical Singers, Andover MA • Oratorio Chorale, Brunswick ME
2006
Bella Voce Womens Chorus of Vermont, Essex Junction VT • Capella Clausura, Newton MA • Coro Allegro, Boston MA • Counterpoint, Belmont VT • Nashua Symphony Orchestra and Choral Society, Nashua NH • The New Hampshire Master Chorale, Meredith NH • The New Haven Chorale, New Haven CT • Winchester Community Music School, Winchester, MA
2005
Back Bay Chorale, Boston MA • Boston Cecilia, Boston MA • Boston City Singers, Dorchester MA • Cambridge Community Chorus, Cambridge MA • Community Chorus at South Berwick, South Berwick ME • Souhegan Valley Chorus, Amherst NH • Westford Chorus, Westford MA • Grants for 2005–2006 carried over from 2004–2005 season: The Boston Secession, Boston MA • Newburyport Choral Society, Newburyport, MA
2004
Concora, New Britain CT • Concord Chorale, Concord NH • Coro Allegro, Boston MA • Danbury Music Centre, Danbury CT • PALS Childrens Chorus, Brookline MA • Portland Concert Association, Portland, ME
2003
Amare Cantare, Durham NH • Boston Cecilia and Coro Allegro, Boston MA • Cambridge Madrigal Singers, Cambridge MA • Cantemus, Ipswich MA • Greenwich Choral Society, Greenwich CT • The Providence Singers, Providence RI • The Seraphim Singers, Malden MA • Women in Harmony, Portland, ME
2002
Mad River Chorale for Counterpoint (VT) • New England Classical Singers (MA) • Newton Choral Society (MA) • Youth pro Musica (MA)
2001
Brattleboro Music Center Community Chorus (VT) • Cantilena (MA) • The Heritage Chorale (MA) • The Master Singers (MA) • PALS Children's Chorus (MA)
2000
Burlington Choral Society (VT) • Coro Allegro (MA) • Keene Chorale (NH) • Masterworks Chorale (MA) • Pioneer Valley Symphony and Chorus (MA) Providence Singers (RI)
1999
The Cantata Singers (MA) • Manchester NH Choral Society (NH) • Elm City Girls' Choir (CT) • Newton Choral Society (MA) • Portland ME Community Chorus (ME) • Spectrum Singers, Inc (MA) • Vermont Symphony Chorus (VT)
1998
Chorus Pro Musica (MA) • CONCORA/Connecticut Choral Artists (CT) • Providence Singers (RI) • Portsmouth Women's Chorus (NH) •Northern Harmony (VT)• New Haven Chorale (CT)
1997
Boston Baroque (MA) • Chorus of Westerly (RI) • Convivium Musicum (MA) • Monadnock Chorus and Orchestra (NH) • P. A. L. S. (MA) •Zamir Chorale (MA)
1996
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Boston Cecilia (MA) • Boston Gay Men's Chorus (MA) • The Master Singers (MA) • Russian Chamber Chorus (MA)
1995
Blanche Moyse Chorale (VT) • Cambridge Madrigal Singers (MA) • Coro Allegro (MA) • Maine Gay Men's Chorus (ME)
1994
Boston Cecilia (MA) • Boston Gay Men's Chorus (MA) • CONCORA/Connecticut Choral Artists (CT) • Zamir Chorale (MA)
1993
A Capella Singers (MA) • American Choral Directors' Association (MA) • Blanche Moyse Chorale/New England Bach Festival (VT) •Cambridge Madrigal Singers (MA) • The Master Singers (MA) • The Chorus of Westerly (RI)
1992
Assabet Valley Mastersingers (MA) • Back Bay Chorale (MA) • Northeast Kingdom Chorus (VT) • Alice Parker Choral Festival (MA) •Portsmouth Women's Chorus (NH) • Old Stoughton Musical Society (MA) • Youth Pro Musica (MA)
1991
Boston Cecilia (MA) • Russian Chamber Chorus (MA) • Bagaduce Music Lending LIbrary (ME) • Jubilate Chorale (ME) • Rhode Island Civic Chorale (RI)
1990
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Chatham Chorale (MA) • CONCORA/Connecticut Choral Artists (CT) • Newton Choral Society (MA) • Rhode Island Civic Chorale (RI) • The Chorus of Westerly (RI)
1989
Acadia Choral Society (ME) • Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Chorus Pro Musica (MA) • Music Sacra (MA) • Portsmouth Women's Chorus (NH)
1988
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Cambridge Chorale (MA) • Guilford Chamber Singers (VT) • Lawrence Choral Arts (MA) • Onion River Chorus (VT)
1987
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Chorus Pro Musica (MA) • Concord Chorale (MA) • New Haven Chorale (CT) • Pro Arte Society(MA)
1986
Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • Cantata Singers (MA) • Guilford Chamber Singers (VT) • North Country Chorus (VT) • Spectrum Singers (MA) • Youth Pro Musica (MA)
1985/1986
Assabet Valley Singers (MA) • Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME) • The Greater Middletown Chorale (CT) John Oliver Chorale (MA) • Onion River Music Festival (VT)
Alphabetical list of Alfred Nash Patterson Grant recipients, 1985–2024
With year(s) when grant was received.
- A Cappella Singers (MA): 1993
- Acadia Choral Society (ME): 1989
- Alice Parker Choral Festival (MA): 1992
- Alzheimer's Family Caregiver Support Center (MA): 2017
- Amare Cantare (NH): 2003, 2008
- American Choral Directors' Association (MA): 1993, 2014, 2016
- American Choral Directors' Association (NH): 2023
- American Choral Directors' Association (VT): 2015
- Andover Choral Society (MA): 2018
- Assabet Valley Mastersingers (MA): 1985, 1992, 2017
- Back Bay Chorale (MA): 1992, 2005, 2012, 2017
- Bagaduce Music Lending Library (ME): 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1996, 2022
- Bella Voce Womens Chorus of Vermont (VT): 2006, 2007, 2012
- Berkshire Lyric Theater (MA): 2016
- Blanche Moyse Chorale (VT): 1993, 1995
- Blue Heron Renaissance Choir (MA): 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2024
- Boston Baroque (MA): 1997
- Boston Cecilia and Coro Allegro (MA): 2003
- Boston Cecilia (MA): 1991, 1994, 1996, 2005
- Boston Children's Chorus (MA): 2022
- Boston Choral Ensemble (MA): 2023
- Boston City Singers (MA): 2005, 2011, 2014, 2017
- Boston Gay Men's Chorus (MA): 1994, 1996
- The Boston Secession (MA): 2004
- Brattleboro Music Center (VT): 2022
- Brattleboro Music Center Community Chorus (VT): 2001
- Brattleboro Music Center’s Repertory Singers (VT): 2004
- Burlington Choral Society (VT): 2000, 2019
- Cambridge Chorale (MA): 1988
- Cambridge Community Chorus (MA): 2005
- Cambridge Madrigal Singers (MA): 1993, 1995, 2003
- Cantata Singers (MA): 1986, 1999, 2014, 2016, 2024
- Cantemus (MA): 2003, 2007, 2013, 2016
- Cantilena (MA): 2001, 2019
- Cantilena Chamber Choir (MA): 2011, 2015, 2024
- Cappella Clausura (MA): 2006, 2008, 2010, 2018, 2020
- Chatham Chorale (MA): 1990, 2007
- Chorus Angelicus c/o Joyful Noise Inc. (CT) 2014, 2019
- ChoralArt (ME): 2012, 2014, 2016, 2019, 2024
- Chorus of Westerly (RI): 1990, 1993, 1997, 2008, 2017, 2022
- Chorus Pro Musica (MA): 1987, 1989, 1998, 2015
- Classical Uprising (ME): 2021, 2024
- Collegium Ancora (RI): 2018
- Commonwealth Chorale/Newton Choral Society (MA): 1990, 1999, 2002, 2019, 2023
- Community Chorus at South Berwick (ME): 2005, 2017
- Con Brio Choral Society (CT): 2010, 2011
- CONCORA/Connecticut Choral Artists (CT): 1990, 1994, 1998, 2004, 2015, 2018, 2020
- Concord Chorale (MA): 1987
- Concord Chorale (NH): 2004
- Concord Chorus (MA): 2014, 2020
- Concord Women's Chorus (MA): 2009, 2013, 2016
- Connecticut Early Music Society (CT): 2009
- Convivium Musicum (MA): 1997, 2006
- Coro Allegro (MA): 1995, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2015, 2017, 2019, 2021, 2024
- Counterpoint (VT): 2006, 2009, 2012, 2017, 2020
- Crescendo (CT): 2009, 2014
- Da Camera Singers (MA): 2008, 2011, 2018
- Danbury Music Centre (CT): 2004, 2013
- Elm City Girls' Choir (CT): 1999
- Emmanuel Music (MA): 2008, 2015, 2020
- Ensemble Altera (RI): 2021, 2023
- Exsultemus (MA): 2010
- Fairfield County Children's Choir (CT): 2019
- Friends of the Music Hall (NH): 2023
- Genesis Chamber Singers (MA): 2016
- GMChorale/Greater Middletown Chorale (CT): 2012, 2014, 2022
- Grand Monadnock Youth Choirs (NH): 2020
- Granite State Choral Society (NH): 2017
- Greater Boston Choral Consortium (MA): 2019
- Greater Newburyport Children’s Chorus (MA): 2017
- Greater New Haven Community Chorus (CT): 2012
- Greenwich Choral Society (CT): 2003
- Guilford Chamber Singers (VT): 1986, 1988
- Hampshire Young People’s Chorus (MA): 2018, 2024
- Handel and Haydn Society (MA): 2020
- Hartford Chorale (CT): 2020, 2024
- The Heritage Chorale (MA): 2001
- Island Community Chorus (MA): 2018
- John Oliver Chorale (MA): 1985
- Journey Song Charitable Trust (NH): 2015
- Jubilate Chorale (ME): 1991
- Keene Chorale (NH): 2000, 2021
- Kent Singers (CT): 2023
- King’s Chapel Concert Series (MA): 2007
- Labyrinth Choir (MA): 2018
- Lawrence Choral Arts (MA): 1988
- Lorelei Ensemble (MA): 2012, 2015, 2019, 2022, 2024
- Mad River Chorale for Counterpoint (VT): 2002
- The Main Street Singers (CT): 2008, 2011, 2021
- Maine Gay Men's Chorus (ME): 1995
- Manchester Choral Society (NH): 1999, 2013, 2018, 2024
- Manchester Symphony Orchestra & Chorale (CT): 2022
- Master Singers Of Lexington (MA): 1993, 1996, 2001, 2008, 2014
- Master Singers of Worcester (MA): 2011, 2013, 2015
- Masterworks Chorale (MA): 2000
- Metropolitan Chorale (MA): 2007, 2018, 2021, 2023
- Middlebury Community Music Center (VT): 2022
- Middletown Choral Society (CT): 1985
- Monadnock Chorus and Orchestra (NH): 1997, 2011
- Montpelier Community Gospel Choir (VT): 2019
- Mount Desert Summer Chorale (ME): 2013
- Music on the Hill (CT): 2020
- Music Worcester, Inc (MA): 2014
- Musica Sacra (MA): 1989
- Mystic River Chorale (CT): 2011, 2013
- Nashua Symphony Orchestra & Chorus (NH): 2006, 2010
- New England Classical Singers (MA): 2002, 2007, 2023
- New Hampshire Master Chorale (NH): 2006, 2010, 2012, 2019
- New Hampshire Music Festival (NH): 2016
- New Haven Chorale (CT): 1987, 1998, 2006, 2009
- New Haven Oratorio Choir (CT): 2008, 2009, 2014
- Newburyport Choral Society (MA): 2004
- Nightingale Vocal Ensemble (MA): 2023
- North Country Chorus (VT): 1986
- Northampton Community Music Center (MA): 2024
- Northeast Kingdom Chorus (VT): 1992
- Northern Harmony (VT): 1998
- Ogontz Arts Foundation (NH): 2022
- Old Stoughton Musical Society (MA): 1992
- Onion River Chorus (VT): 1988
- Onion River Music Festival (VT): 1985
- Oratorio Chorale (ME): 2007, 2011
- Outer Cape Chorale (MA): 2019
- PALS Children's Chorus (MA): 1997, 2001, 2004
- Pioneer Valley Symphony and Chorus (MA): 2000
- Portland Community Chorus (ME): 1999
- Portland Concert Association (ME): 2004
- Portsmouth Women's Chorus (NH): 1989, 1992, 1998
- Pro Arte Singers (CT): 2009
- Pro Arte Society (MA): 1987
- The Providence Singers (RI): 1998, 2000, 2003, 2008, 2010, 2016, 2020, 2022, 2023
- Renaissance Men (MA): 2021
- Rhode Island Children's Chorus (RI): 2010
- Rhode Island Civic Chorale (RI): 1990, 1991, 2011, 2018
- RPM Voices of Rhode Island (RI): 2011, 2014
- Russian Chamber Chorus (MA): 1991, 1996
- Special Needs Arts Programs, Inc. (MA): 2024
- St Mary Schola (ME): 2019
- Schoodic Arts for All / Schoodic Summer Chorus (ME): 2021
- The Seraphim Singers (MA): 2003, 2022
- Sharing a New Song (MA): 2017
- Solaris Vocal Ensemble (VT): 2021
- Somerville Community Chorus (MA): 2019
- Souhegan Valley Chorus (NH): 2005
- South Shore Children's Chorus (MA): 2019, 2023
- Spectrum Singers (MA): 1986, 1999, 2008, 2013
- Treble Chorus of New England (MA): 2012
- Una Voce Chamber Choir (ME): 2020
- The Vermont Choral Union (VT): 2012, 2016
- Vermont Symphony Chorus (VT): 1999
- Vermont Symphony Orchestra (VT): 2022, 2024
- Voce (CT): 2018
- VOICES21C (MA): 2023
- Voices of Concinnity (CT): 2020
- Wescustago Youth Chorale (ME): 2015, 2020
- Westford Chorus (MA): 2005
- West Hartford Women's Chorale (CT): 2022
- Winchester Community Music School (MA): 2006
- Women in Harmony (ME): 2003, 2010, 2015
- Worcester Children's Chorus (MA): 2021, 2024
- Worcester County Mechanics Association (MA): 2023
- Youth Pro Musica (MA): 1986, 1992, 2010
- Youth pro Musica (MA): 2002
- Zamir Chorale (MA): 1994, 1997, 2009, 2018