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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.

04/20/2024 in Colchester VT: Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem (“chamber oratorio” arrangement for piano, horn, double bass, marimba and percussion by Michael Betzner-Brandt). Helen Lyons, soprano; Amber Smoke, mezzo-soprano; Joshua Collier, tenor; Jeremiah Johnson, bass; Richard Riley, conductor. The concert commemorates the 150th anniversary year of its first performance on May 22, 1874. CONTACT: bcssingerz@gmail.com, 802-461-6626.

04/26/2024 in Chestnut Hill MA: Between the movements of Holst's The Planets choral pieces will illuminate a glorious journey through the heavens. Gustav Holst: The Planets, transcribed by Peter Sykes; Timothy Takach: Helios (selections); Jonathan Dove: Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars; Patricia Van Ness: Stars (premiere, commission, poetry by Sarah Teasdale); Robert Schumann: An die Sterne; Elliott Gyger: Wie schön leuchtet die Morgenstern. Peter Sykes (assisted by Victoria Wagner) organ. Jennifer Lester, director. With the Youth Choir, First Church in Belmont; in collaboration with the Boston Chapter of the American Guild of Organists. Tickets: $22 advance/$25 at the door; senior $17 in advance/$20 at the door; students: $10; virtual: $15. First-timers: purchase a $25 ticket and receive a gift ticket to a planetarium show at the Museum of Science. CONTACT: darylbichel@aol.com, 617-312-8328.

05/11/2024 in Arlington MA: A program interweaving a poetry readings with choral settings of poems about the natural world. Songs by Gwyneth Walker, Roger Bourland, Susan LaBarr, and Randall Thompson, settings of poems such as "Bird" by Francisco X. Alarcón; "This is the Garden" by e. e. cummings; "Cocoons" by Emily Dickinson; "A Girl's Garden" by Robert Frost; "In Autumn" by May Swenson; and "Dew" by Sara Teasdale. Poems selected by Arlington’s Poet Laureate, Jean Flanagan; meet her and other local poets at a post-concert reception. Tickets $25 or less; free for children 12 and under with an adult. CONTACT: info@cantilena.org, 339-298-7730.

04/14/2024 in Portsmouth NH: Hymn tunes, Shaker songs, spirituals and new American music. Neal Ferreira, tenor. Tickets: $15 advance ($13 senior/student), $20 at the door ($15 senior/student). CONTACT: info@ppmnh.org, 603-436-8154.

04/12/2024 in Exeter NH, 04/14/2024 in Portsmouth NH: Hymn tunes, Shaker songs, spirituals and new American music. Neal Ferreira, tenor. Tickets: $15 advance ($13 senior/student), $20 at the door ($15 senior/student). CONTACT: info@ppmnh.org, 603-436-8154.

04/21/2024 in New Bedford MA: With Francis Poulenc: Chansons françaises. CONTACT: info@sinenominechoir.org, 508-245-8476.

04/20/2024 in Bristol RI, 04/21/2024 in New Bedford MA: With Francis Poulenc: Chansons françaises. CONTACT: info@sinenominechoir.org, 508-245-8476.

04/14/2024 in Exeter NH: W.A. Mozart: Solemn Vespers; and works by Faure, Hagenberg, Hairston and more. Tickets: $14 advance, $17 at the door; $14 for students & seniors, free for children 12 and under. With chamber ensemble. Dr. Amy Kotsonis, director. CONTACT: CCSB.Contacts@gmail.com.

04/13/2024 in Eliot ME, 04/14/2024 in Exeter NH: W.A. Mozart: Solemn Vespers; and works by Faure, Hagenberg, Hairston and more. Tickets: $14 advance, $17 at the door; $14 for students & seniors, free for children 12 and under. With chamber ensemble. Dr. Amy Kotsonis, director. CONTACT: CCSB.Contacts@gmail.com.

04/10/2024 in Boston MA: Morton Feldman: Rothko Chapel; Tod Machover: Gammified, for string quartet and electronics; Marti Epstein: Troubled Queen; Olivier Messiaen: Catalogue d’oiseaux, No. 3: Le Merle Bleu. Samy Rachid and Stephen Drury, conductors. Preceded at 7 pm by a Panel Discussion on "Composing the Future of Health" with Tod Machover, Li-Huei Tsai, Ph.D., and Psyché Lou. CONTACT: carduuschoir@gmail.com.

03/23/2024 in Cambridge MA: Michael Marissen, renowned authority on the music and spiritual vision of J.S. Bach, explores the text, musical rhetoric, theological framework, liturgical context, historical setting, and spiritual vision of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. Lecture with recorded music, study of the text (to be handed out), and Q&A. Refreshments and lunch provided. CONTACT: music@emmanuelmusic.org, 617-536-3356.

04/06/2024 in Chestnut Hill MA: Ralf Yusuf Gawlick: O Lungo Drom (The Long Road) (U.S. premiere); an oratorio that tracks the history of the Roma and Sinti peoples through the words of Roma/Sinti poets and writers themselves. Clara Meloni, soprano; Christoph Filler, baritone; László Rácz, cimbalom. Concert details at https://www.holycross.edu/faith-service/mcfarland-center-religion-ethics-and-culture/events-mcfarland-center and https://events.bc.edu/event/ralf_yusuf_gawlick_-_o_lungo_drom_the_long_road_an_oratorio_on_the_sinti_and_roma_people. CONTACT: ralf.gawlick@bc.edu, 617-552-2514.

04/05/2024 in Worcester MA, 04/06/2024 in Chestnut Hill MA: Ralf Yusuf Gawlick: O Lungo Drom (The Long Road) (U.S. premiere); an oratorio that tracks the history of the Roma and Sinti peoples through the words of Roma/Sinti poets and writers themselves. Clara Meloni, soprano; Christoph Filler, baritone; László Rácz, cimbalom. Concert details at https://www.holycross.edu/faith-service/mcfarland-center-religion-ethics-and-culture/events-mcfarland-center and https://events.bc.edu/event/ralf_yusuf_gawlick_-_o_lungo_drom_the_long_road_an_oratorio_on_the_sinti_and_roma_people. CONTACT: ralf.gawlick@bc.edu, 617-552-2514.

TBD in Edgartown MA, TBD in Edgartown MA: Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; William Peek: new work, premiere. CONTACT: islandchorus@gmail.com, 508-693-6871.

03/23/2024 in Willimantic CT: Works by Rosephanye Powell, Francesca Caccini, Florence Price, Tracy Wong, Cyndi Lauper, and more, redirecting how we see ourselves through sharing music and exploring the mind-body connection through song, performed by Choir Matrix and Consonare Youth Choirs. Featuring m Free admissions, but donations are greatly welcomed. CONTACT: consonare.sing@gmail.com.

06/01/2024 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.

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.