Choral Calendar

11/02/2025 in Boston MA: New compositions based on early sources paired directly with the pieces that informed them. Inspired by Roderick Williams’ Ave Verum Corpus (Reimagined), the concert will feature pieces by Nightingale composers Nathan Halbur, Kelvyn Koning, and Ben Perry, as well as by Kerensa Briggs, Caroline Shaw, and Richard J Clark, together with the Renaissance originals. CONTACT: nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com.

11/02/2025 in Auburndale MA: A collaboration with Nashirah, The Jewish Chorale of Philadelphia, featuring music from a variety of traditions, including Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino songs, as well as tributes to America’s semiquincentennial and an ode to Kyiv, the birthplace of Nashirah’s conductor, Julia Zavadsky. Tickets: $20 advance, $30 at the door. CONTACT: manager@zamir.org, 617-916-9469.

10/10/2025 in Middletown CT: Neely Bruce's “The Bill of Rights: Ten Amendments in Eight Motets”, composed in the style of William Billings, is performed by GMChorale’s chamber ensemble, Alchemy, other community choral singers, Wesleyan students, and others. With harp, string quintet, flute and oboe. The performance is part of a project by Wesleyan's Center for the Study of Guns and Society that includes documentary filmmaker Karyl Evans, Harvard Professor Jill Lepore and Wesleyan Professor Jennifer Tucker, who are producing a documentary and performance video of the work for CPTV and national PBS broadcasts. Admission is free and open to the public. CONTACT: info@gmchorale.org, 860-316-4854.

05/16/2026 in Newton MA, 05/17/2026 in Boston MA: Antonia Bembo: Te Deum; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; with others. Bembo was nearly a contemporary of Vivaldi and also achieved renown as a composer, but is rarely performed today. This performance highlights two classical gems, one very well known and the other much less so. CONTACT: manager@clausura.org, 617-993-0013.

03/21/2026 in Newton MA, 03/22/2026 in Boston MA: Hildegard von Bingen: music for Saint Ursula; with micro-commissions from five emerging composers from the Boston area that comment on and take inspiration from the Hildegard chants. CONTACT: manager@clausura.org, 617-993-0013.

01/24/2026 in Newton MA, 01/25/2026 in Boston MA: Elena Ruehr" Cassandra; music by Julia Wolfe, Alissa Voth, and Isaac Roth Blumfield. Magic spells, prophecies, secrets, prayers; what happens when words mean more than what they say? Speech has the power to persuade, clarify, distort, and to move. In myth, Cassandra’s blessing is that she can see the future; her curse is that no one believes or understands her prophecies. CONTACT: manager@clausura.org, 617-993-0013.

11/15/2025 in Newton MA, 11/16/2025 in Boston MA: Music by Caroline Shaw, Evelin Seppar, Melinda Wagner, Patricia Van Ness, and others. What is it about the natural world that makes us reflect on our humanity? This program features music about nature, identity, and grief—and how these three themes seem to go together naturally in music and art. CONTACT: manager@clausura.org, 617-993-0013.

09/27/2025 in Boston MA: A free, public, outdoor arts event that celebrates the human voice and its ability to produce high-quality and genuine musical experiences. Genres include barbershop, madrigals, modern, jazz, oldies, and more. The festival showcases community ensembles from high schoolers to seniors, from Springfield to Providence to Boston Metro West. Festival date Sept. 27, rain date Sept. 28. CONTACT: festival@vocalrevolution.org, 339-970-8720.

11/16/2025 in Brookline MA: A collaborative concert offering healing and hope to the Jewish Community during these challenging times. With multi-instrumentalist Yoni Avi Battat. CONTACT: info@koleinu.org.

12/19/2025 in Bristol RI, 12/20/2025 in North Kingstown RI, 12/21/2025 in Newport RI, 12/21/2025 in Newport RI: CONTACT: ensemblealtera@gmail.com, 401-575-8504.

04/11/2026 in Roxbury Crossing MA: A U.S. 250th anniversary concert sponsored by Celebrity Series of Boston. Each youth choir presents a unique musical setting of Langston Hughes’ poem “I Dream A World,” by composers Rollo Dilworth, Mike Block, Andre Thomas, Dan Welcher, and others. With the world premiere of a work by B.E. Boykin setting text by Phillis Wheatley, and an arrangement for two cellos of Wheatley’s “A Farewell to America.” Mike Block and Francesca McNeeley, cello. CONTACT: info@bostonchildrenschorus.org, 617-778-2242.

11/16/2025 in Brookline MA: A collaborative concert offering healing and hope to the Jewish Community during these challenging times. With multi-instrumentalist Yoni Avi Battat. CONTACT: info@koleinu.org.

05/29/2026 in Boston MA, 05/31/2026 in Boston MA: Heinrich Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494; Johann Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea; J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das licht gegeben; Carlo Gesualdo: Miserere Mei; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater. James Burton, conductor. CONTACT: info@handelandhaydn.org, 617-262-1815.

05/15/2026 in Boston MA, 05/16/2026 in Cambridge MA: J.S. Bach: Cantata 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit; Cantata 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden; Brandenburg Concerto No. 6; Georg Philipp Telemann: Cantata, Du aber Daniel gehe hin. Robin Johannsen, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Guy Cutting, tenor; Dingle Yandell, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. CONTACT: info@handelandhaydn.org, 617-262-1815.

12/18/2025 in Boston MA, 12/21/2025 in Boston MA: Christoph Graupner: Magnificat in C Major; J.L. Bach: Uns ist ein Kind geboren; Sanctus in C Major, BWV 237; Cantata 63, Christen, ätzet diesen Tag. Scott Allen Jarrett, conductor. CONTACT: info@handelandhaydn.org, 617-262-1815.

11/28/2025 in Boston MA, 11/29/2025 in Boston MA, 11/30/2025 in Boston MA: G.F. Handel: Messiah. Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Ben Bliss, tenor; Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. CONTACT: info@handelandhaydn.org, 617-262-1815.

10/05/2025 in Boston MA: G.F. Handel: Saul. Neal Davies, bass-baritone (Saul); Christopher Lowrey, countertenor (David); Sarah Brady, soprano (Merab); Julie Roset, soprano (Michal); Linard Vrielink, tenor (Jonathan); Jonathan Cohen, conductor. With the H+H Youth Choruses and CitySing participants. CONTACT: info@handelandhaydn.org, 617-262-1815.

10/03/2025 in Boston MA, 10/05/2025 in Boston MA: G.F. Handel: Saul. Neal Davies, bass-baritone (Saul); Christopher Lowrey, countertenor (David); Sarah Brady, soprano (Merab); Julie Roset, soprano (Michal); Linard Vrielink, tenor (Jonathan); Jonathan Cohen, conductor. With the H+H Youth Choruses and CitySing participants. CONTACT: info@handelandhaydn.org, 617-262-1815.

04/24/2026 in Boston MA, 04/26/2026 in Boston MA: W.A. Mozart: Idomeneo. David Portillo, Idomeneo; Hera Hyesang Park, Ilia; Valerie Eickhoff, Idamante; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elettra; Omar Najmi, Arbace; Joel Clemens, Il Voce; David Bates, conductor. CONTACT: info@bostonbaroque.org, 617-987-8600.

03/06/2026 in Boston MA, 03/08/2026 in Boston MA: F.J. Haydn: Missa in Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass); W.A. Mozart: Symphony No. 40 in G minor. Lauren Snouffer, soprano; Alex Hetherington, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Philippe Sly, bass-baritone; Bernard Labadie, conductor. CONTACT: info@bostonbaroque.org, 617-987-8600.