Choral Calendar

05/11/2024 in Providence RI: An evening of favorite opera choruses with guest soprano Chelsea Basler. Christine Noel conducts. Tickets $15–35. CONTACT: executive@providencesingers.org, 401-751-5700.

05/14/2024 in East Providence RI: Join the Providence Singers and guest conductor Dr. Anthony Trecek-King for an evening of singing and sociability. Dr. Trecek-King is an active guest conductor and serves as a Resident Conductor (chorus) with the Handel and Haydn Society. Space is limited, so please reserve your spot. Bring your own score of borrow one for the evening. There is no charge for this event, but donations are welcomed. CONTACT: executive@providencesingers.org, 401-751-5700.

05/21/2024 in Lexington MA: More than 150 Mystic Chorale singers explore the parallels between the cycle of seasons and the ebbs and flows of our lives with songs such as "Try to Remember" from The Fantasticks, Malvina Reynolds’s "Turn Around", Carole King’s "You’ve Got a Friend", Joni Mitchell’s "Circle Game", Pete Seeger’s "Turn, Turn, Turn", "Seasons of Love" from Rent, and more. The concert connects seasons of Mystic’s past and present, including Mystic favorite, "Every Day is a Day of Thanksgiving" and a surprise song led by Mystic Chorale Founder Nick Page. With Keith Murphy, guitar, and Becky Tracy, fiddle. Tickets: $25 live, $15 live stream. CONTACT: info@mysticchorale.org.

05/19/2024 in Cambridge MA: Ola Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass; Daniel Pinkham: Wedding Cantata; Z. Randall Stroupe: Omnia Sol. Pamela Mindell, director. With Cambridge Rindge and Latin School Traveling Chorus, and chamber orchestra. Tickets: $25. $15 students/seniors, or pay as you wish. CONTACT: admin@cambridgechorus.org, 617-517-3169.

05/10/2024 in Wilton CT: J.S. Bach Magnificat; Dona nobis pacem from Mass in B Minor; Dieterich Buxtehude: Benedicam Dominum; Georg Philipp Telemann: Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes. Tickets: $25 in advance/$30 at the door, free for children and students. CONTACT: info@musiconthehillct.org, 203-414-9037.

05/01/2024 in : The PVS Orchestra’s 30th annual Mary Stuart Rogers Education Concert was performed on April 11th for almost one thousand 3rd & 4th graders in Greenfield, MA. A video of the world premiere of Oliver Towne, a radio play-style composition from Andrés Martín and poet Roger Arvid Anderson will be available to stream free on our YouTube channel beginning May 1st. CONTACT: admin@pvso.org, 413-773-3664.

05/04/2024 in Damariscotta ME, 05/05/2024 in Damariscotta ME: Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Cantique de Jean Racine; Eric Whitacre: "Sing Gently"; Christopher Tin: "Hope is the thing with feathers"; Thomas Weelkes: Thule, the Period of Cosmography; Charles Wood (arr.): "High Barbary"; "Full Fathom Five"; "The Mermaid"; and more. Marybeth McCaffrey, soprano; Jonathan Scott, baritone; Sean Fleming, organ; Linda Blanchard, director. With professional chamber orchestra. Tickets: $20, free for students. CONTACT: info@ceciliachoir.org, 207-548-3632.

05/15/2024 in Medford MA: Alex Berko: Sacred Place; Sean Ivory (arr.): Carrickfergus; Josef Rheinberger: Mummelsee; Ysaye Barnwell: Nearly Insane; Rebecca Sacks (arr.): Yeke Omo Mi. Tickets: $55, $5 seniors, $10 student, free with Card to Culture. CONTACT: manager@choruspromusica.org, 617-267-7442.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.