Choral Calendar
Listing of events related to choruses and choral singers in New England
Updated: 11 hours 21 min ago
Boston Universirty Symphony Orchestra and Chorus: BU at Symphony Hall
04/27/2024 in Boston MA: Ēriks Ešenvalds: War–A Soldier’s Grave; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem (Madeleine Lew, soprano; Libang Wang, baritone); Benjamin Britten: Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes; Edward Elgar: Enigma Variations. Conducted by Daniel Parsley and James Burton. CONTACT: visitsom@bu.edu, 617-353-3350.
Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus: Roméo and Juliette
05/02/2024 in Boston MA, 05/03/2024 in Boston MA, 05/04/2024 in Boston MA: Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette. Andris Nelsons, conductor; J’Nai Bridges, mezzo-soprano; Lawrence Brownlee, tenor; John Relyea, bass-baritone. CONTACT: tfc@bso.org, 617-638-9311.
The Harvard Choruses: A Light in April
04/26/2024 in Cambridge MA: Combined concert of the Harvard Choruses featuring guest conductor Sydney Guillaume, who will lead performances of his works and of others. His intricate and spirited musical language, often calling on his roots in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, inspires the rest of the program, and calls us to celebrate our human connection and capacity for joy. Part of Harvard’s annual ARTS FIRST Festival. CONTACT: tickets@fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2222. Nightingale Vocal Esemble: Ecliptic
05/01/2024 in Boston MA: Aaron Copland: In The Beginning; music by Nightingale composers Laura Nevitt, Michal Nissimoff, Nicholas Ford, and Nathan Halbur. Felicia Gavilanes, mezzo-soprano. With string quartet and electronics. Chad Dorsey, visual collaborator. With Juventas New Music Ensemble. CONTACT: nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Choral Art Society of the South Shore: I Hear America Singing: Songs for the People & the American Songbook
04/27/2024 in Scituate MA, 04/28/2024 in Scituate MA: Works from American composers, poets, and lyricists, accompanied by piano, bass, guitar, and drums. Tickets: $25, $23 senior, $10 Card to Culture, free for students 18 & under. CONTACT: choralartsociety@yahoo.com, 781-925-6095. A Cappella Singers: A Diamond Jubilee
04/27/2024 in Norwood MA: The program celebrates new music director Dr. Randy McGee, and includes some of our greatest hits, new selections, and our sing-a-long. Tickets: $20, $15 seniors/students. CONTACT: info@theacappellasingers.org, 774-231-1963. Camberville Somerchoir: Rachmaninoff Vespers
08/21/2024 in Boston MA, 08/23/2024 in Cambridge MA: Sergei Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil. Lorraine Fitzmaurice and Holly Druckman, conductors. CONTACT: cambervillesomerchoir@gmail.com.
Cape Cod Chorale: What a Wonderful World: Songs of Earth, Sea, and Sky
05/04/2024 in Sandwich MA, 05/05/2024 in Sandwich MA: Amelia LeClair: Anthem for Truro (premiere); Audrey Snyder: Sunrise at Yellowstone; Oceanus; Brent Michael Davids: Singing for Water, Alan Menken/Howard Ashman: "Under the Sea"; with "The Lark in the Air", "What a Wonderful World", and more. Ej Mills Brennan, of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe, accompanying on silver flute and performing solo on native flute. We will sing of the ocean and its creatures; the birds, the bees, barnyard animals, and more; water, of lakes, streams, and rivers; the land, with its mountains, canyons, and meadows. and the beach, especially in Truro. With guests from partner organizations: Association to Preserve Cape Cod, Barnstable Clean Water Coalition, Wild Care Cape Cod, and Native Land Conservancy. CONTACT: capecodchoralema@gmail.com, 508-648-8224. Hampshire Young People's Chorus: 25th Anniversary Concert
05/11/2024 in Hadley MA: Music by Vaughan Williams, Randall Thompson, William Boyce, Reena Esmail, Rollo Dilworth and others, also song in Swedish and French. CONTACT: hampshireypc@gmail.com, 413-530-9337. Heritage Chorale: Hold Fast to Dreams
05/19/2024 in Framingham MA: Roland Carter: Hold Fast to Dreams (poem by Langston Hughes); Florence Price: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight (poem by Vachel Lindsay); Margaret Bonds: Simon Bore the Cross (poem by Langston Hughes). Philip Lima, baritone. Advance tickets online, saving $5 per ticket versus the price at the door. Tickets: $25 advance/$30 at the door; $15 students under 18. CONTACT: marketing@heritagechorale.org, 978-590-2747. Lexington Pops Chorus: Lexington Pops Chorus In Full Bloom!
05/17/2024 in Lexington MA, 05/18/2024 in Lexington MA: W.A Mozart: Missa brevis in F; selections from Beautiful: The Carole King Musical; Morten Lauridsen: "Sure On This Shining Night"; Kirby Shaw: "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"; Leonard Bernstein: "Almighty Father"; "Make Our Garden Grow"; and much more! Max Evrard, conductor. Tickets: $20 adults, $5 children 12 and under. CONTACT: info@LexPops.org, 781-365-0576. Woods Hole Cantata Consort: Dido and Aeneas
08/17/2024 in Woods Hole MA, 08/18/2024 in Woods Hole MA: Henry Purcell: Dido and Aeneas. Patrice Tiedemann, soprano (Dido); Craig Juricka, baritone (Aeneas); Heather Gallagher, mezzo-soprano (Sorceress); Joan Kirchner, soprano (Belinda); Margaret Bossi, director. A post-event celebration and reception will follow the Sunday concert. CONTACT: jstegeman@whoi.edu, 508-289-2320.
Mount Desert Summer Chorale: Fauré Requiem
08/02/2024 in Ellsworth ME, 08/03/2024 in Bar Harbor ME: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem in D minor, Op. 48; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs. Soloists are Josh Miller, baritone; Bronwyn Kortge, soprano. Admission: $20. Pre-concert talk by music director David Schildkret at 7 p.m.. CONTACT: summerchorale@gmail.com, 207-244-0042.
CONCORA: Glorious Bach Choruses
07/27/2024 in Berlin CT: J.S. Bach: Herr, unser Herrscher and Ruht wohl from St. John Passion; Kyrie eleison and Dona nobis pacem from B Minor Mass; choruses from Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft, BWV50; Nun komm der heiden HeilandM, BWV62; and Das neuegeborne Kindelein, BWV122. Final concert for the CONCORA Summer Festival. CONTACT: contact@concora.org, 860-293-0567. Pioneer Valley Symphony: Visions of Hope
05/11/2024 in Greenfield MA: Margaret Bonds: Credo; Mary D. Watkins: selections from Dark River: The Fannie Lou Hamer Story; William Grant Still Symphony No. 2, "Song of a New Race". Brianna J. Robinson, soprano; Nicholas Lagesse, baritone; Tianhui Ng and Dr. Allegra Martin, conductors. Pre-concert talk by Dr. David Schneider, Georges Lurcy Professor of Music & History at Amherst College at 6 p.m. CONTACT: pvsoffice@pvso.org, 413-773-3664. Lexington Symphony / Masterworks Chorale / Concord Chorus: Lift Up Your Voices
05/11/2024 in Lexington MA, 05/12/2024 in Lexington MA: Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54 (Dr. Kevin Leong, conductor); Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Carley DeFranco, soprano; Emily Marvosh, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor; Craig Juricka, bass; Jonathan McPhee, conductor. CONTACT: info@lexingtonsymphony.org, 781-523-9009. Musica Sacra: In Music Is Such Art
05/11/2024 in Cambridge MA: Choral music set to texts of Shakespeare. CONTACT: info@musicasacra.org, 617-349-3400. Cantata Singers / New England Philharmonic: Sändstrom: Messiah
04/28/2024 in Boston MA: Sven-David Sandström: Messiah (Boston premiere; commissioned by the Oregon Bach Festival and the Internationale Bachakademie Stuttgart). Maggie Finnegan, soprano; Maria Dominique Lopez, mezzo-soprano; Dylan Morrongiello, tenor; Leroy Davis, bass-baritone; Noah Horn and Tianhui Ng, co-conductors. CONTACT: hello@cantatasingers.org, 617-868-5885. Handel and Haydn Society: Brahms Requiem
04/21/2024 in Boston MA: Johannes Brahms: Begräbnisgesang (Funeral Song); Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem). Lucy Crowe, soprano; James Atkinson, baritone; James Burton, conductor (replacing Bernard Labadie). CONTACT: info@handelandhaydn.org, 617-262-1815. Handel and Haydn Society: Brahms Requiem
04/19/2024 in Boston MA, 04/21/2024 in Boston MA: Johannes Brahms: Begräbnisgesang (Funeral Song); Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem). Lucy Crowe, soprano; James Atkinson, baritone; James Burton, conductor (replacing Bernard Labadie). CONTACT: info@handelandhaydn.org, 617-262-1815.