Choral Calendar
Listing of events related to choruses and choral singers in New England
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Ipswich River Community Chorus: 40th Anniversary Concert
05/18/2025 in Wilmington MA: Over 80 singers from 29 towns across the North Shore and Merrimack Valley perform songs that celebrate our past, present, and future, including "Another Op’nin, Another Show," "Danny Boy," "No One is Alone," "Puttin’ on the Ritz," "What a Wonderful World," a medley from West Side Story, and more! Tickets: $20 adults, $15 age 6-18, free for children 5 and under. CONTACT: IpswichRiverCommunityChorus@gmail.com. Metropolitan Chorale: April Fools: Music and Humor
04/26/2025 in Boston MA: P.D.Q. Bach: The Seasonings, "My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth"; Anders Edenroth: "Words"; Nathan Howe: "I Want to Stare at My Phone with You"; Tom Lehrer: "Pollution"; "Chanukah in Santa Monica"; Nathan Howe: "All Star" (an English Madrigal); Jaakko Mäntyjärvi: "Announcements"; Henry Mollicone: "National Weather Forecast". CONTACT: admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Pioneer Valley Cappella: Last Words of the Unarmed, and Heavenly Hurt
05/02/2025 in Northampton MA: Joel Thompson: "Last Words of the Unarmed" Black Men before they were killed by police officers; Alice Parker: "Heavenly Hurt: Songs of Love and Loss", a setting of 7 poems of Emily Dickinson. Hanif Lawrence, tenor; Gregory Hayes, piano; Karl Knapp, cello. CONTACT: pioneervalleycappella@gmail.com, 413-341-0214. Spectrum Singers: See, Hear, Speak [No Evil]
05/17/2025 in Cambridge MA: Adolphus Hailstork: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes (Terrence Chin-Loy, tenor); Chiara Margarita Cozzolani: Psalmus 121; Johannes Brahms: Psalm 13; Bobby McFerrin: Psalm 21; Jean Belmont Ford: The Passionate Shepherd To His Love; Sydney Guillaume: Renmen, Renmen; Alice Parker: Hear Me, O God, nor Hide Thy Face; To God in Whom I Trust; Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal; Edward Elgar: Nimrod, from Enigma Variations. Max Holman, conductor. CONTACT: info@spectrumsingers.org, 617-492-8902. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Civic Symphony: Beethoven's 9th Symphony
04/27/2025 in Boston MA: Patrice Tiedemann, soprano; Emily Harmon, alto; Neal Ferreira, tenor; Paul LaRosa, bass; Francisco Noya, conductor. CONTACT: manager@choruspromusica.org, 617-923-6333. Ensemble Companio: (Un)Common Ground
04/26/2025 in Roslindale MA: Forrest Pierce: Fire in the Meadow (premiere, commissioned; fuses mystical texts by Hildegard von Bingen with the 20th-century Sufi poetry of Inayat Khan); with choral works by Reena Esmail, Kerry Andrew, Andrew Balfour, Laura Jēkabsone, Russell Wallace, and others. CONTACT: treasurer@ensemblecompanio.org. Vox Lucens: Rediscovering Appenzeller's Requiem
06/13/2025 in Boston MA: The first known modern performance of the requiem mass by Benedictus Appenzeller, in a newly transcribed edition by Vox Lucens’ director, Holly Druckman. CONTACT: voxlucens.info@gmail.com. Vox Lucens: Rediscovering Appenzeller's Requiem
05/09/2025 in Cambridge MA, 05/10/2025 in Lincoln MA, 06/13/2025 in Boston MA: The first known modern performance of the requiem mass by Benedictus Appenzeller, in a newly transcribed edition by Vox Lucens’ director, Holly Druckman. CONTACT: voxlucens.info@gmail.com. Musica Sacra: From Screen to Stage: Settings of Movie and Video Game Music
05/10/2025 in Cambridge MA: Music from movies, TV, and video games, both previously composed and original to the medium, including movie music from Lord of the Rings and La Grande Bellezza; TV title themes from Game of Thrones and Outlander; and video game music from Civilization and Halo. Following the concert, there will be a reception in Margaret Jewett Hall celebrating Mary Beekman’s 45th year with Musica Sacra. CONTACT: info@musicasacra.org, 617-349-3400. Charles River Wind Ensemble / Andover Choral Society: The Ambiguity of Love
06/08/2025 in Chestnut Hill MA: Christopher Marshall: Glimpses of Love (with chorus); Alexandre Kosmicki: Nitescence crépusculaire; Frank Ticheli: Concerto for Trumpet and Wind Ensemble (Jason Huffman, trumpet). Free admission, free parking. CONTACT: info@crwe.org.
Andover Choral Society: Songs of Love
05/04/2025 in Haverhill MA: Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $10 for students. CONTACT: info@andoverchoralsociety.org, 603-893-5636. The Maine Music Society Chorale: A Showcase of Americana
05/10/2025 in Lewiston ME, 05/11/2025 in Lewiston ME: Tim Sharp: Come Away to the Skies: A High Lonesome Bluegrass Mass; and other music reflecting the stories, landscapes, and spirit of American culture as it evolves over time. With bluegrass ensemble. Tickets: $27 adult, $25 senior, $6 student (age 13+), free for children 12 and under when accompanied by adult. A few free tickets are available for this concert; contact us! CONTACT: info@mainemusicsociety.org, 207-333-3386. CitySingers of Hartford: CitySingers of Hartford presents Songs! Visions of my homeland
05/10/2025 in West Hartford CT: Celebrating Connecticut composers from Charles Ives to today. Tickets: $20. CONTACT: cregeurstudio@gmail.com. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus: For Our Common Home: Resounding Ecojustice
05/10/2025 in Cambridge MA: Linda J. Chase: For Our Common Home: Resounding Ecojustice (premiere). Edward Elwyn Jones, director. Text by Pope Francis; the music blends classical, jazz, gospel, and klezmer idioms. Tickets: $25, $15 for seniors, students free. Free parking available at the 52 Oxford Street Garage. CONTACT: tickets@fas.harvard.edu, 617-496-2222. Lexington Pops Chorus: Songs of Liberty: Echoes of 1775
05/18/2025 in Lexington MA: Randall Thompson: Testament of Freedom; Mark Hayes (arr.): An American Trilogy; Joseph Haydn: Missa Brevis St.Joannis de Deo; Lin-Manuel Miranda: "Dear Theodosia” from Hamilton; Eric Whitacre: "Sleep"; Five Hebrew Love Songs; Ed Lojeski (arr.): Les Miserables. Tickets: $20 adults, $5 children 12 and under. CONTACT: info@LexPops.org, 781-365-0576. Lexington Pops Chorus: Songs of Liberty: Echoes of 1775
05/16/2025 in Lexington MA, 05/18/2025 in Lexington MA: Randall Thompson: Testament of Freedom; Mark Hayes (arr.): An American Trilogy; Joseph Haydn: Missa Brevis St.Joannis de Deo; Lin-Manuel Miranda: "Dear Theodosia” from Hamilton; Eric Whitacre: "Sleep"; Five Hebrew Love Songs; Ed Lojeski (arr.): Les Miserables. Tickets: $20 adults, $5 children 12 and under. CONTACT: info@LexPops.org, 781-365-0576. Skylark Vocal Ensemble: Rachmaninoff Vespers
05/04/2025 in Greenwich CT: Fotina Naumenko, soprano; Eric Alatorre, basso profundo; Matthew Guard, director. CONTACT: info@skylarkensemble.org, 918-688-2236. Skylark Vocal Ensemble: Rachmaninoff Vespers
05/02/2025 in Cambridge MA, 05/04/2025 in Greenwich CT: Fotina Naumenko, soprano; Eric Alatorre, basso profundo; Matthew Guard, director. CONTACT: info@skylarkensemble.org, 918-688-2236. Skylark Vocal Ensemble: Rachmaninoff Vespers
05/01/2025 in Newburyport MA, 05/02/2025 in Cambridge MA, 05/04/2025 in Greenwich CT: Fotina Naumenko, soprano; Eric Alatorre, basso profundo; Matthew Guard, director. CONTACT: info@skylarkensemble.org, 918-688-2236. CONCORA: An American Requiem
05/04/2025 in Hartford CT: Edward Tyler: An American Requiem (world premiere). A work that reflects on the school gun violence epidemic in America. Pre-concert talk with Edward Tyer at 3pm. Free admission, tickets required. Free-will donations collected at the door benefit Sandy Hook Promise Foundation. CONTACT: contact@concora.org, 860-293-0567.