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03/23/2025 in New Britain CT: Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, featuring Farmington Valley Chorale singing the "Ode To Joy" chorus. CONTACT: newbritainsymphony@gmail.com, 860-826-6344.

03/02/2025 in Cambridge MA: Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Gerald Finzi: God Is Gone Up, Op. 27/2; Herbert Howells: "O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem"; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat (from Service in B-flat, Op. 10); John Rutter: "I Will Lift up Mine Eyes". Heinrich Christensen, organ. CONTACT: info@masterworkschorale.org, 617-858-6782.

03/16/2025 in Shrewsbury MA: Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. Philip Lima, baritone (Elijah); Chelsea Basler, soprano; Kathleen Flynn, mezzo-soprano; Neal Ferreira, tenor; Timothy Weir, Youth; Dr. Robert P. Eaton, conductor. With orchestra. Tickets: $25 general admission, $20 senior/student; free for children under 12 with an accompanying adult. Also live-streamed. Elijah is a monumental work of art, known for its grandeur, emotional depth, and captivating storytelling. AVM will present an abridged version, 2 hours in length. There will be one, 15 minute intermission. CONTACT: manager@avmsingers.org, 314-495-2258.

03/23/2025 in Kent CT: Jonathan Woody: "The Gift to Sing" (poem by James Weldon Johnson; newly commissioned); Stephen Paulus: "The Road Home" (poem by Michael Dennis Browne), which was performed in January at the funeral service for President Jimmy Carter. CONTACT: info@kentsingers.org.

05/03/2025 in East Hartford CT, 05/04/2025 in West Hartford CT: Celebrating Connecticut Choral composers. Tickets: $20. CONTACT: info@citysingers.org, 860-989-3600.

04/27/2025 in TBD CT: W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Regina Coeli, KV 276. With orchestra. CONTACT: Contact@CappellaCantorum.org, 860-526-1038.

05/18/2025 in Ridgefield CT: CONTACT: info@cameratadamici.org.

03/02/2025 in Ridgefield CT: Alma Bazel Androzzo: "If I Can Help Somebody"; Andrea Ramsey (arr.): "Travlin’ Home"; Andrè Thomas (arr.): "My Good Lord’s Done Been Here"; Benjamin David Knoedler (arr.): "Be Thou My Vision"; Harry Thacker Burleigh (arr.): "I’ve Been in the Storm So Long"; Jack Klebanow (arr.): "Erev Shel Shoshanim"; Joseph Flummerfelt (arr.): "O Danny Boy"; B.E. Boykin: "Holding the Light"; Marques Garrett: "My Heart Be Brave"; Jocelyn Hagen: "Song in My Heart"; Billy Joel: Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel); Jacob Narverud: "The Weaver"; Eric Whitacre: "This Marriage"; "Goodnight Moon". CONTACT: info@cameratadamici.org.

05/10/2025 in Hamden CT: CONTACT: women@anotheroctave.org, 203-645-7022.

03/02/2025 in Andover MA: Margaret Bonds: Credo; William Grant Still: A Psalm for the Living; with works by William Dawson, Thomas. A. Dorsey, Horace Clarence Boyer, M. Roger Holland, and Florence Price. Pre-concert lecture by Andrew Shryock at 2 pm. CONTACT: info@newenglandclassical.org, 978-474-6090.

03/09/2025 in Boston MA: Kareem Roustom: There Will Come Soft Rains (World Premiere ); Greg Bullen: "The Orchard"; Shawn Kirchner: "Heavenly Home" (selections). Michael Bellofatto, french horn. CONTACT: executivedirector@coroallegro.org, 617-236-4011.

05/17/2025 in Portland ME, 05/18/2025 in Brunswick ME: What is home? Mainers ages 8 to 85 explore place, identity, and what it means to be from Maine in this collaborative project between the 4th- and 5th-graders at Portland’s Reiche Community School, composer Judd Greenstein, and Classical Uprising. CONTACT: music@classicaluprising.org, 207-200-7933.

05/04/2025 in Freeport ME: Join Classical Uprising’s youngest choral singers as they celebrate our home - the town, country, and planet where we live. CONTACT: music@classicaluprising.org, 207-200-7933.

02/28/2025 in Conway MA: The complex yet ravishing lovely music of the generation following Guillaume de Machaut—stories of mythological characters, deities, and mortals, set to jazzy, intoxicating polyphony. Sophie Michaux, Jason McStoots and Aaron Sheehan, voices; Orí Harmelin, lute; Debra Nagy, douçaine and recorder; Scott Metcalfe, medieval fiddle & harp. Preconcert lecture by Anne Stone available online a week before the concert. Suggested donation $20: 100% of donations benefit Community Action Pioneer Valley. CONTACT: sophie.p.michaux@gmail.com, 857-205-5266.

03/08/2025 in Weston MA: Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. Alexandra Henderson, soprano; Morgan Mastrangelo, tenor; Nicholas Ottersberg, baritone. With Wellesley Middle School 6th Grade Treble Chorus, and Rivers Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Memoli, conductor. Will also include performances by Clara Min and Arlene Kim, winners of the 2024–2025 Rivers School Conservatory Concerto Competition. CONTACT: info@commonwealthchorale.com, 617-527-7464.

03/01/2025 in Lakeville CT, 03/02/2025 in Great Barrington MA: Vocal and instrumental works by six female Italian composers: Isabella de' Medici, Maddalena Casulana, Paola Massarenghi, Lucia Quinciani, Raffaella Aleotti, and Claudia Francesca Rusca; and motets and a madrigal by the Afro-Portuguese Renaissance composer Vicente Lusitano. Crescendo Vocal Ensemble of twenty-five singers is directed by Crescendo Founding Artistic Director Christine Gevert, with soloists Jennifer Tyo and Sarah Fay, sopranos, Laura Evans, alto, and Igor Ferreira, tenor, accompanied by Christa Patton, harp and recorder, and Juan Mesa, organ. CONTACT: 860-435-4866.

03/16/2025 in South Hadley MA: Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Magnificat; Randall Thompson: "Frostiana"; short works by J.S.Bach. Anita Anderson Cooper, conductor. With 70-voice chorus and strings CONTACT: mail@southhadleychorale.org, 413-533-3833.

03/01/2025 in Lexington MA: Led by award-winning director and composer Jonathan Singleton, "The Gospel of Jazz" is an eclectic mix of music rooted in the African-American gospel tradition. Songs include "Oh, Happy Day", "Run On", "Let’s Have Church", "Come Sunday", "Wade in the Water", "Take Me to the King", "I Go to the Rock", "Hold On", "With a Little Help from My Friends", and more. Renese King, vocalist. Tickets: $25 live; $15 live stream. CONTACT: info@mysticchorale.org.

05/03/2025 in Boston MA: Benjamin Britten: Noah’s Flood. Based on a 15th-century play recounting the story of one family’s resilience in the face of an earth-shattering storm; now, climate resilience has taken an even greater importance. David Angus, conductor. With Boston Children’s Chorus, Boston String Academy, Back Bay Ringers, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and others. CONTACT: boxoffice@blo.org, 617-542-4912.

03/08/2025 in West Roxbury MA, 03/09/2025 in Cambridge MA: Simon Andrews: Fiat Lux (world premiere); Kerry Andrew: O nata lux de lumine; Johannes Brahms: Warum is das Licht gegeben den Mühseligen?; César Alejandro Carrillo: Videntes stellam Magi; Carson Cooman: Awake, Thou World-Filling Light!; William H. Harris: Bring Us, O Lord God; Herbert Howells: Master Tallis’s Testament; Deborah Mason: Strange Courage; Arvo Pärt: De Profundis; Henry Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord; Randall Thompson: Choose Something Like a Star; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque. Heinrich Christensen, organ; Simon Andrews, guest conductor. Tickets: $25 general, $20 senior: $20, $10 students, $15 virtual: $15 (Sunday 3 pm concert, view live or later at your convenience). See the website for a special offer for first-time ticket purchasers. CONTACT: darylbichel@aol.com, 617-312-8328.