Choral Calendar

04/14/2024 in Westborough MA: The Assabet Valley Chambersingers performs music intended to awaken and refresh all our emotional senses, including madrigals, motets, Broadway show tunes, and vocal jazz as well as classic and contemporary choral works. Admission is Pay-What-You-Wish. CONTACT: info@avmsingers.org, 508-361-5484.

05/04/2024 in Westborough MA, 05/05/2024 in Westborough MA: A musical tribute to the last 100 years of Broadway musicals, featuring a wide-ranging medley of songs, including “Give My Regards to Broadway” (1904), “Friendship” (1939), “Hello, Dolly” (1963), and “Music of the Night” (1986), as well as selections from Hamilton (2015). Andrew Milne, director. Performances are family-friendly. Tickets: $15 adult, $10 seniors/children/students. Check out https://youtu.be/qajMsR5wsIY for more information. CONTACT: tickets@westborocommunitychorus.com, 508-485-4469.

05/11/2024 in West Roxbury MA: Told through the voices of a diverse selection of composers, this concert celebrates the ideals of the American Dream, and explores racial injustice, hope, human resilience, and the possibility of realizing a world where people are not enslaved and where people of all backgrounds can coexist harmoniously. Florence Price: Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight; My Dream; William Grant Still: Plain Chant for America; Margaret Bonds: The Negro Speaks of Rivers; I, Too; Randall Thompson: The Testament of Freedom; Irving Berlin: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor; André Thomas: I Dream a World; Dorothy Rudd Moore: Fourth of July Speech. Philip Lima, baritone; Valerie Becker, piano. Tickets: $40 general admission, $10 students, free with EBT/WIC cards. CONTACT: marketing@CommonwealthChorale.com, 617-527-7464.

05/11/2024 in Beverly MA, 05/12/2024 in Newburyport MA: Artistic Director Jason Iannuzzi directs the Cantemus Chamber Chorus in “songs of love” in all its forms: Love among friends, Romantic love, Love between parent and child, and Love for all humankind. From a new arrangement of “The Parting Glass”… to Leonard Bernstein’s “To What You Said” … to Linthicum-Blackhorse’s arrangement of the Lakota lullaby “Chante Waste Hoksila (My Kind-hearted Boy)” ... to Joan Szymko’s rousing “It Takes a Village”… plus some P.D.Q. Bach to really brighten and lighten things up! What the world needs now is love — and this concert is filled with it. CONTACT: press@comcast.net, 978-476-0325.

04/06/2024 in West Hartford CT: G.F. Handel: Joseph - the first time the oratorio has ever been performed in CT. With the UConn Collegium Musicum, professional orchestra and soloists. Tickets available online; limited tickets will also be available at the door. CONTACT: admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org, 860-543-1581.

04/07/2024 in Portsmouth NH: The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to preserve and continue the tradition of storytelling through the performance and preservation of the American negro spiritual. Many of its members have performed in such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Boston Opera and the Atlanta Civic Opera. Tickets: $30 suggested donation. CONTACT: administrator@stjohnsnh.org, 603-436-8283.

04/06/2024 in Worcester MA: The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to preserve and continue the tradition of storytelling through the performance and preservation of the American negro spiritual. Many of its members have performed in such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Boston Opera and the Atlanta Civic Opera. Tickets: $55 adult, $17.50 student: $7.50 youth 18 & under. CONTACT: 508-754-3231.

04/05/2024 in Concord NH: The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to preserve and continue the tradition of storytelling through the performance and preservation of the American negro spiritual. Tenor Dr. Everett McCorvey founded the group in 1995, and many of its members have performed in such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Boston Opera and the Atlanta Civic Opera. This performance is part of their New England tour. Tickets: $35 + fee.

04/03/2024 in Boston MA: The mission of the American Spiritual Ensemble is to preserve and continue the tradition of storytelling through the performance and preservation of the American negro spiritual. Tenor Dr. Everett McCorvey founded the group in 1995, and many of its members have performed in such venues as the Metropolitan Opera, New York City Opera, Houston Grand Opera, San Francisco Opera, Boston Opera and the Atlanta Civic Opera. This performance is part of their New England tour. Free admission; donations welcomed.

05/04/2024 in Cambridge MA, 05/05/2024 in West Newton MA: Frank Martin: Mass for double choir; J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied; Raffaella Aleotti: Surge, propera amica mea; J. Andrés Ballesteros: Ave Maria (World premiere). CONTACT: info@jamesonsingers.org, 617-209-9290.

05/18/2024 in Boston MA, 05/19/2024 in Lexington MA: Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb; Matthew Brown: A Red, Red Rose (winner of the Cambridge Chamber Singers International Composition Competition); works by Purcell, Ireland, Granger, Tippett, Bridge, and Delius. Chris Porter, organ. CONTACT: ctroosevelt@gmail.com, 617-953-1853.

05/18/2024 in Lancaster NH, 05/19/2024 in Littleton NH: Lighter classics, popular Italian songs, some “Great American Songbook” selections, and a selection from Gilbert and Sullivan. CONTACT: bodmarketing@whitemountainvoices.com, 978-697-2834.

04/28/2024 in Middletown CT: Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny); Franz Schubert: Mass in E-Flat, No. 6. Joseph D’Eugenio, director. With Alchemy, Saecula Singers and Alumnae of the Elm City Girls’ Choir, professional soloists and Orchestra New England. CONTACT: info@gmchorale.org, 860-316-4854.

04/28/2024 in Newcastle ME: W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Eric Whitacre; "Animal Crackers, Vol. 1"; "The Seal Lullaby." Mary Sullivan, soprano; Joëlle Morris, mezzo-soprano; David Myers-Wakeman, tenor; John David Adams, bass; Sean Fleming, organ; Linda Blanchard, director. With orchestra. Performances by the Chorus' 2024 student music award winners will also be featured. The concerts will close with the toe-tapping gospel-style number "Walk Him Up the Stairs" from the musical Purlie. CONTACT: info@sheepscotvalleychorus.org, 207-548-3632.

04/27/2024 in Newcastle ME, 04/28/2024 in Newcastle ME: W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Eric Whitacre; "Animal Crackers, Vol. 1"; "The Seal Lullaby." Mary Sullivan, soprano; Joëlle Morris, mezzo-soprano; David Myers-Wakeman, tenor; John David Adams, bass; Sean Fleming, organ; Linda Blanchard, director. With orchestra. Performances by the Chorus' 2024 student music award winners will also be featured. The concerts will close with the toe-tapping gospel-style number "Walk Him Up the Stairs" from the musical Purlie. CONTACT: info@sheepscotvalleychorus.org, 207-548-3632.

05/11/2024 in Fairfield CT: Randall Thompson: Frostiana. CONTACT: mccctwebmaster@gmail.com, 800-663-9018.

05/05/2024 in Rochester NH: Dan Forest: Requiem for the Living. With the Symphony New Hampshire Chamber Orchestra. CONTACT: nashuachoralsociety@gmail.com.

04/28/2024 in Nashua NH, 05/05/2024 in Rochester NH: Dan Forest: Requiem for the Living. With the Symphony New Hampshire Chamber Orchestra. CONTACT: nashuachoralsociety@gmail.com.

04/06/2024 in Edgartown MA: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; William Peek: new work, premiere. Suggested donation: $20, free for children and students. CONTACT: islandchorus@gmail.com, 508-693-6871.

04/05/2024 in Edgartown MA, 04/06/2024 in Edgartown MA: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; William Peek: new work, premiere. Suggested donation: $20, free for children and students. CONTACT: islandchorus@gmail.com, 508-693-6871.