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02/04/2025 in Worcester MA: Composed of 75 mixed voices, the St. Olaf Choir is hailed as one of the nation’s premier a cappella ensembles, renowned for its artistry and beauty of sound. Tickets: $30-45, $10 students. CONTACT: info@mechanicshall.org, 508-752-5608.

12/07/2024 in Cambridge MA, 12/08/2024 in West Newton MA: Josquin des Prez: Benedicta es; Jennifer Higdon: A Quiet Moment; Anton Bruckner: Christus factus est; Joseph Rheinberger: Abendlied; and other delights by Mendelssohn, Busto, Schütz, and Bloch. CONTACT: info@jamesonsingers.org, 617-209-9290.

12/08/2024 in Worcester MA: A magical concert to celebrate the holidays and showcase the hard work of this year’s singers. Experience singers from 3rd grade to high school ushering in the season of giving. CONTACT: info@worcesterchildrenschorus.org, 508-767-7077.

10/25/2024 in Worcester MA: J.S. Bach: "Gott ist mein König", BWV 71; "Preise, Jerusalem, den Herrn", BWV 119; "Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille", BWV 120. BACHtoberfest marks the beginning of The Complete Bach Project of Music Worcester, where every single work of Bach will be performed over the next 11 years. Tickets: $55 adult, $17.50 student, $7.50 youth. Tickets include free parking. CONTACT: contact@concora.org, 508-799-1463.

10/27/2024 in Worcester MA: J.S. Bach: "Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland", BWV 62; "Das neugeborne Kindelein", BWV 122; "Nun ist das Heil und die Kraft", BWV 50. BACHtoberfest marks the beginning of The Complete Bach Project of Music Worcester, where every single work of Bach will be performed over the next 11 years. Tickets: $35 adult, $17.50 student, $7.50 youth. Tickets include free parking. CONTACT: 508-799-1463.

05/03/2025 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), an inventive reworking of the Byrd classic, the concert will feature premieres by Nightingale composers Nathan Halbur, Kelvyn Koning, and Ben Perry, as well as contemporary compositions by Kerensa Briggs, Caroline Shaw, and local composer Richard J Clark, alongside works of the Renaissance. A gala event with food, drink, a silent auction, and the performance. CONTACT: nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com.

03/12/2025 in Rockport MA, 03/14/2025 in Boston MA, 03/15/2025 in Boston MA: Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands as told by Massachusetts' indigenous communities, Nightingale also explores the geological formation before examining other important moments. The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future - all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our New England home. CONTACT: nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com.

12/21/2024 in Boston MA, 12/21/2024 in Boston MA: New music and sound installations by Angela Yam and Nicholas Ford that invite you to dissolve the boundaries between audience and performer and embrace a collective act of creation with the members of Nightingale. CONTACT: nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com.

10/20/2024 in Amherst MA: Gregory Brown: un/bodying/s (text by Todd Hearon); Land-locked; with historic and modern works from the shape-note tradition. The composition un/bodying/s explores the history and future of the four "drowned towns" that were "disincorporated" to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir and provide water for Greater Boston. CONTACT: nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com.

10/19/2024 in Boston MA, 10/20/2024 in Amherst MA: Gregory Brown: un/bodying/s (text by Todd Hearon); Land-locked; with historic and modern works from the shape-note tradition. The composition un/bodying/s explores the history and future of the four "drowned towns" that were "disincorporated" to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir and provide water for Greater Boston. CONTACT: nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com.

03/28/2025 in Cambridge MA: Works by Byrd, Gibbons, Tomkins, and Praetorius; motets by Taverner, Clemens non Papa, and Tallis; Huw Watkins: The Phoenix and the Turtle; Gregorio Allegri: Miserere. CONTACT: bemf@bemf.org, 617-661-1812.

12/06/2024 in Cambridge MA: Chant music and the polyphony constructed from it, from boundary-pushing chants composed by 12th-century abbess Hildegard von Bingen, to Renaissance works including chant-based motets such as Nunc dimittus by Lassus and Salve regina by Obrecht, Victoria, and Franco, to the medieval In dulci jubilo melody set by Praetorius and Pearsall, and to Arvo Pärt’s reconceptualizing of the chant tradition, inspired in part by Eastern Orthodox practices. CONTACT: bemf@bemf.org, 617-661-1812.

11/30/2024 in Boston MA, 12/01/2024 in Boston MA: Georg Philipp Telemann: Don Quichotte auf der Hochzeit des Comacho, staged performance; Burlesque de Don Quichotte orchestral suite. Paul O’Dette & Stephen Stubbs, Musical Directors; Gilbert Blin, Stage Director. Part of the BEMF Chamber Opera Series. CONTACT: bemf@bemf.org, 617-661-1812.

10/26/2024 in Boston MA: Scharmann: Trauer-Klag (Gedenke, Herr, wie es uns gehet); Selle: Und da der Sabbath vergangen war – Sinfonia; Schein: Selig sind, die da geistlich arm sind; Geist: Die mit Tränen säen; Michael: Die Erlöseten des Herren; Briegel: Ach Herr lehre doch mich; Hammerschmidt: Ach wie gar nichts; Schwemmer: Der Gerechten Seelen; Schein: Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen; Schein: Ich will schweigen; Hammerschmidt: Der Tod ist verschlungen in den Sieg; Förtsch: Selig sind die Toten. Part of the Boston ERarly Music Festival. Virtual tickets available. CONTACT: bemf@bemf.org, 617-661-1812.

04/05/2025 in Cambridge MA: Sacred polyphony setting texts from the Song of Songs, Spanish love songs, and poetry in Spanish and Hebrew. Ohad Ashkenazi and Bella Cadena, actors. Tickets: $10–90. CONTACT: office@blueheronchoir.org, 617-960-7956.

03/01/2025 in Cambridge MA: Music of the generation after Machaut – stories of mythological characters and deities set to jazzy, intoxicating polyphony. Tickets: $10–90. CONTACT: office@blueheronchoir.org, 617-960-7956.

02/01/2025 in Cambridge MA: Johannes Regis, Missa L’homme armé (Written for the celebration of the feast of St. Michael at Cambrai Cathedral in 1462). Tickets: $10–90. CONTACT: office@blueheronchoir.org, 617-960-7956.

12/20/2024 in Cambridge MA, 12/21/2024 in Cambridge MA, 12/21/2024 in Cambridge MA: Music for Christmas and New Year’s by Guillaume Du Fay, Nicolas Grenon, Johannes Ciconia, Johannes Regis, Jacob Obrecht, Antoine Brumel, Josquin Desprez, Adrian Willaert, and others. Featuring a chancel lit by candles. Tickets: $10-$90 CONTACT: office@blueheronchoir.org, 617-960-7956.

10/19/2024 in Cambridge MA: Music of Hugh Aston from the Peterhouse Partbooks; Mehmet Ali Sanlıkol: Devran; The Triumph, for choir, bowed tanbur, ney, and two percussionists (world premiere). Blue Heron’s 25th Birthday Party Reception to follow! CONTACT: office@blueheronchoir.org, 617-960-7956.

05/18/2025 in West Roxbury MA: Aaron Copland: Selections from Old American Songs; Nathaniel Dett: The Chariot Jubilee; Alice Parker: folk song and spiritual arrangements. CONTACT: info@commonwealthchorale.com, 617-527-7464.