October 25, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: A Celebration of German Poetry & Song, c. 1150-1450. Poetry and music by Walther von der Vogelweide, Neidhart, the Monk of Salzburg, and Oswald von Wolkenstein, as well as anonymous works from the Glogauer and Lochamer songbooks and the Buxheimer organ book. Priscilla Herreid, director. With winds, brass, and strings from the Philadelphia ensemble Piffaro. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

October 29, 2025 (Wednesday)

7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Outside the Box: weekly sing-alongs this fall. Each week from September 9 - November 11, a different dynamic leader will lead a Sing with a unique theme, including Broadway, Gospel, Africa, Pop, Songs of Justice, Folk, Beatles and Paul Simon, and more. Guest leaders include Nick Page, Mike Pfitzer, Jonathan Singleton, Donnell Patterson, Mary Cunningham, Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker, Linda Brown-San Martin, Gary Backstrom, and Quinn Eastburn and Arlea Forbes-Prater. Singers are invited to attend one, a few, or all events in the series. A discounted pass to the full series is $115. Tickets for individual Sings in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 1, 2025 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Danse Macabre. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9 (1948 version); with similar works by 20th and 21st century French composers that connect Charles Baudelaire's Danse macabre to music’s own dance between life and death. Heinrich Christensen, organ; Paul Mattal, cello; Eric Christopher Perry, Music Director. Sunday performance available online. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For those who grieve and long for loved ones at this time of the year, we hope this commemoration of the departed will bring comfort. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 2, 2025 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Zamir Chorale of Boston / Nashirah [MA]: Two choirs together in a musical immersion. A collaboration with Nashirah, The Jewish Chorale of Philadelphia, featuring music from a variety of traditions, including Hebrew, Yiddish, and Ladino songs, as well as tributes to America’s semiquincentennial and an ode to Kyiv, the birthplace of Nashirah’s conductor, Julia Zavadsky. Tickets: $20 advance, $30 at the door. For more information, call 617-916-9469 or email manager@zamir.org. Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington Street, Auburndale MA 02466 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Danse Macabre. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9 (1948 version); with similar works by 20th and 21st century French composers that connect Charles Baudelaire's Danse macabre to music’s own dance between life and death. Heinrich Christensen, organ; Paul Mattal, cello; Eric Christopher Perry, Music Director. Sunday performance available online. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For those who grieve and long for loved ones at this time of the year, we hope this commemoration of the departed will bring comfort. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 4, 2025 (Tuesday)

7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Outside the Box: weekly sing-alongs this fall. Each week from September 9 - November 11, a different dynamic leader will lead a Sing with a unique theme, including Broadway, Gospel, Africa, Pop, Songs of Justice, Folk, Beatles and Paul Simon, and more. Guest leaders include Nick Page, Mike Pfitzer, Jonathan Singleton, Donnell Patterson, Mary Cunningham, Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker, Linda Brown-San Martin, Gary Backstrom, and Quinn Eastburn and Arlea Forbes-Prater. Singers are invited to attend one, a few, or all events in the series. A discounted pass to the full series is $115. Tickets for individual Sings in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 7, 2025 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series — Zemlinsky’s World: Brahms, Berg, Schoenberg, and Korngold. Works illustrating the influence and legacy of Alexander Zemlinsky, with music by his mentors, contemporaries, and protégés—Johannes Brahms, Alban Berg, Arnold Schoenberg, and Erich Korngold. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Ave, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Stile Antico [MA]: The Prince of Music: Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Motets by Palestrina and other leading composers active in Rome, and a new work by Cheryl Frances-Hoad written especially for Stile Antico and this program. Part of the Boston Early Music Festival. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email bemf@bemf.org. St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) 🔗

November 11, 2025 (Tuesday)

7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Outside the Box: weekly sing-alongs this fall. Each week from September 9 - November 11, a different dynamic leader will lead a Sing with a unique theme, including Broadway, Gospel, Africa, Pop, Songs of Justice, Folk, Beatles and Paul Simon, and more. Guest leaders include Nick Page, Mike Pfitzer, Jonathan Singleton, Donnell Patterson, Mary Cunningham, Louise Grasmere and Linda Shoemaker, Linda Brown-San Martin, Gary Backstrom, and Quinn Eastburn and Arlea Forbes-Prater. Singers are invited to attend one, a few, or all events in the series. A discounted pass to the full series is $115. Tickets for individual Sings in advance are $15 or $20 at the door. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 15, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: The Fall of a Sparrow: Contemporary Classics. Music by Caroline Shaw, Evelin Seppar, Melinda Wagner, Patricia Van Ness, and others. What is it about the natural world that makes us reflect on our humanity? This program features music about nature, identity, and grief—and how these three themes seem to go together naturally in music and art. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 ⓘ 🔗

4:30 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: Common Voice Community Choir Festival. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Moloney Performing Arts Center at UMass Lowell, 35 Wilder Street, Lowell MA 01854 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Sacred Place. Alex Berko: Sacred Place; Felix Mendelssohn: Selections from Sechs Lieder, op. 59; works by Alberto Grau, Elaine Hagenberg, Benjamin Britten, Keith Hampton, Anton Bruckner. Hana Cai, Guest Director. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

November 16, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Lord Nelson Mass. F.J. Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass (Missa in angustiis), Hob. XXII:11; Franz Schubert: Mass No. 2 in G, D 167. Deborah Selig, soprano; Deborah Rentz-Moore, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor; David McFerrin, baritone. For more information, call 617-858-6785 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: Spirit of the Heart. Works that celebrate the strength of the human spirit. Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C; Maurice Duruflé: Requiem. Malinda Haslett, soprano; Catherine Hedberg, mezzo-soprano. With organ. Tickets: $25 general admission, $20 senior/student, free for children under 12 are free with an accompanying adult. For more information, call 314-495-2258 or email manager@avmsingers.org. Pilgrim Church Congregational UCC, 15 Common St., Southborough MA 01772 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Koleinu / A Besere Velt [MA]: Tikkun Olam ~ Together in Song. A collaborative concert offering healing and hope to the Jewish Community during these challenging times. With multi-instrumentalist Yoni Avi Battat. For more information, email info@koleinu.org. Congregation Kehilath Israel, 384 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘⓘ 🔗

November 22, 2025 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Convivium Musicum [MA]: Mysteries and Deceit: Misattributed Masterpieces. Repertoire that has been credited, either through accident or deception, to the wrong composer. The centerpiece will be Bauldeweyn’s Missa da Pacem, formerly attributed to Josquin; and we will share other works misattributed to Obrecht, Isaac, Victoria, and Palestrina. For more information, call 617-720-3445 or email mdettelb@gmail.com. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Spectrum Singers [MA]: To Saint Cecilia. A celebration of St. Cecilia on her feast day with music by composers who epitomized her spirit. Lili Boulanger: Prélude en Ré b; Soir sur la plaine; Herbert Howells: A Hymn for St Cecilia; Johannes Brahms: Drei Quartette, Op. 64; Maria Bach: Streichquintett, II. Thème e variations; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Cantantibus organis; Henry Purcell: "Hail! Bright Cecilia", Z. 328 (Selections). Carley DeFranco, soprano; Krista River, mezzo-soprano; Connor Vigeant, tenor; Jonas Budris, tenor; Daniel Fridley, bass; Susan Jensen and Amy Simms, violin; Mark Berger, viola; Kett Lee and Carol Ou, cello; Max Holman, music director (debut concert). For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 23, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Handel’s Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Celebration – Fanfares, Awe, and Passion. Flor Peeters: Entrata Festiva, Op. 93; Magnificat; Lili Boulanger: Psalm 24; Vieille prière bouddhique (“Old Buddhist Prayer”); Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; Max Janowski: Sim Shalom (“Grant Us Peace”). Omar Naji, tenor; Susan DeSelms, organ. With organ, brass quintet, and timpani. Tickets: $40, students $10. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email info@commonwealthchorale.com. St. John’s Church, 9 Ledyard Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

December 5, 2025 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale / Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Holiday Concert. Margaret Bonds: The Ballad of the Brown King; George Frederick Handel: Concerto a Due Cori No. 2; Charles Ives: Three Places in New England. For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. The Tallis Scholars [MA]: Mother & Child: English music for the Virgin Mary. Music from the English repertoire about the Virgin Mary, including Thomas Tallis’s Missa Puer natus, Benjamin Britten’s A Hymn to the Virgin, and a newly commissioned piece by Matthew Martin. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Vox Lucens [MA]: Sing We Nowell. Large, late-Renaissance polyphonic motets and intimate Medieval carols that reflect the subtle mysteries and boisterous joys of the Christmas story. For more information, call 978-897-5372 or email voxlucens.info@gmail.com. St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 838 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 6, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Concord Women's Chorus [MA]: Radiant Light: A Celebration of the Season. Dan Forrest: Lux: The Dawn from on High; Siyahamba; Ruth Morris Gray: "What Child Is This"; Elaine Hagenberg: "O Come, Emmanuel". For more information, call 978-369-6341 or email contact@concordwomenschorus.org. Trinitarian Congregational Church, 54 Walden Street, Concord MA 01742 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Reading Community Singers [MA]: Hope for the Holidays. A family friendly concert of songs about light, hope and dreams as the days grow darker. Featuring "A Muppet Christmas Carol Medley", "What the World Needs Now is Love", "The Chanukah Song (We Are Lights)", the Hallelujah Chorus and much more. Joe Beninati, accompanist; Beth Mosier, Artistic Director & conductor. Tickets: $25/adult, $20/students/seniors, children 5 and under are free. For more information, email info@readingcommunitysingers.org. Reading High School, 62 Oakland Road, Reading MA 01867 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Vox Lucens [MA]: Sing We Nowell. Large, late-Renaissance polyphonic motets and intimate Medieval carols that reflect the subtle mysteries and boisterous joys of the Christmas story. For more information, call 978-897-5372 or email voxlucens.info@gmail.com. St. Anne's in-the-Fields, 147 Concord Road, Lincoln MA 01773 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 7, 2025 (Sunday)

TBD. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Blessed Cecilia. Benjamin Britten: Hymn to Saint Cecilia; Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata for chorus, brass ensemble, and organ. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:30 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: All is Bright. Celebrate the light and warmth of the holiday season with a program including holiday classics and soon-to-be favorites. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. United Parish In Brookline, 210 Harvard Street, Brookline MA 02446 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 11, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Frost and Fire. Themes of solstice and advent - seasons of stillness and waiting, including medieval chant, early-renaissance polyphony, and American folk tunes and hymnody. Scott Ordway: North Woods; Eliza Bagg: Whiteout (winner of our recent call for scores for women, trans, and nonbinary composers); contemporary works by Amy Beth Kirsten, Jessica Meyer, and Björk; arrangements by Laura Jobin-Acosta, Greg Brown, and Jocelyn Hagen. For more information, call 605-354-3723 or email lorelei.ensemble@gmail.com. The Memorial Church of Harvard University, 1 Harvard Yard, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 12, 2025 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Skylark Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Illuminations. A holiday program designed for and inspired by the medieval spaces of The Met Cloisters. Illuminations celebrates the interplay between light and sound—candlelight illuminating ancient stone, music illuminating sacred art, and artistic vision illuminating the human spirit. For more information, call 918-688-2236 or email info@skylarkensemble.org. Wellesley Village Church, 2 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02482 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Dedham Choral Society [MA]: Instruments of Peace: A Christmas Celebration. DCS commemorates the legacy of St. Francis of Assisi and honors the memory of his namesake, the late Pope Francis. Michael Haydn: Mass of St. Francis; Jakub Jan Ryba: choruses from the Czech Christmas Mass. With audience carol sing-alongs. Tickets: $35, $30 senior (65+), $20 student, $5 child (5-12). For more information, call 781-326-1520 or email info@dedhamchoral.org. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 13, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Christmas in the British Isles. With Fischer Biederman, violin; Laura Murray, voice; Jay Lane, organ. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Unitarian Universalist Society Of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: Not-Quite-Winter Concert. The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus. Johann Sebastian Bach – Cantata 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; Cantata 61, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland (first and last movements); Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring; Magnificat (last two movements). For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. Payson Park Congregational Church, 365 Belmont Street, Belmont MA 02478 ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2025 (Sunday)

3:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Inc [MA]: Messiah Sing. Open sing with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers. Emma Robertson, soprano; Katherine Lerner Lee, mezzosoprano; Brendan Buckley, tenor; Stephan Barnicle, Bass. For more information, email manager@avmsingers.org. Congregational Church Of Westborough, 57 W Main Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cantilena Women's Chorus [MA]: SHINE! Celebrating resilience through song. Rebecca Sacks: “Come, Ye Lovers of Art" (world premiere); Lea Morris: “Be the Light”; Ayrian Norman: “Keep Singing”; Daniel Gawthrop: “There Is Sweet Music”; Mari Esabel Valverde: “Cantares”. For more information, call 339-298-7730 or email info@cantilena.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2025 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Christmas in 16th-Century Spain concert and conversation with Meghna Chakrabarti. A celebration of Christmas in 16th-century Spain, featuring motets by Cristóbal de Morales, villancicos by Francisco Guerrero and Mateo Flecha’s “La Bomba.” Also, Artistic director Scott Metcalfe will discuss the music with On Point host Meghna Chakrabarti. Tickets: $20, $30 premiere, $10 student. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. WBUR CitySpace, 890 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215 ⓘ 🔗

December 19, 2025 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Christmas in 16th-Century Spain. mystical motets by Morales, vivacious villancicos by Guerrero, and a dash of comedy—Mateo Flecha’s rollicking tale of a shipwreck on Christmas Day, La Bomba. Tickets $11.50-$95.50. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

December 20, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Christmas in 16th-Century Spain. mystical motets by Morales, vivacious villancicos by Guerrero, and a dash of comedy—Mateo Flecha’s rollicking tale of a shipwreck on Christmas Day, La Bomba. Tickets $11.50-$95.50. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Christmas in 16th-Century Spain. mystical motets by Morales, vivacious villancicos by Guerrero, and a dash of comedy—Mateo Flecha’s rollicking tale of a shipwreck on Christmas Day, La Bomba. Tickets $11.50-$95.50. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: A Seraphim Christmas. With The Bitumen Brass Quartet. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 ⓘ 🔗

December 21, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: A Seraphim Christmas. With The Bitumen Brass Quartet. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. Trinity Parish, 11 Homer Street, Newton Centre MA 02459 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: A Seraphim Christmas. With The Bitumen Brass Quartet. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

January 18, 2026 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: Beethoven's Mass in C. 50th Anniversary Concert. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Groton-Dunstable Performing Arts, 344 Main Street, Groton MA 01450 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

January 24, 2026 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: In tongues: Ruehr’s “Cassandra”. Elena Ruehr" Cassandra; music by Julia Wolfe, Alissa Voth, and Isaac Roth Blumfield. Magic spells, prophecies, secrets, prayers; what happens when words mean more than what they say? Speech has the power to persuade, clarify, distort, and to move. In myth, Cassandra’s blessing is that she can see the future; her curse is that no one believes or understands her prophecies. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 ⓘ 🔗

February 7, 2026 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Les Noces. Igor Stravinsky: Les Noces; Garth Neustadter: Memory of Water, ft. the Percussion Collective. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Houghton Chapel, Wellesley College, 106 Central Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

February 14, 2026 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. ACRONYM [MA]: Seelenbräutigam: The Drese Effect. Nearly all of the extant works by Adam Drese and Johann Samuel Drese, with several of J.S. Bach’s arrangements of their music. Including Adam Drese’s funeral motet, Wie selig sind die Toten, the earliest-known work written for slide trumpet. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 21, 2026 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: In Praise of Laura Peverara: Madrigals for the Concerto delle donne. Madrigals from two anthologies compiled in the 1580s by Laura Peverara, including music by Wert, Marenzio, Luzzaschi, and others. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 28, 2026 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Schumann | Requiem. Heinrich von Herzogenberg: War’s dunkel, ich lage im Walde, Op. 22 No. 1; Nachtlied, Op. 73 No. 1; Johannes Brahms: Der Gang zum Liebchen, Op. 31 No. 3; Robert Schumann: Requiem, Op. 148. Susan Consoli, soprano; Roselin Osser, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; and Richard Giarusso, baritone. For more information, call 617-858-6785 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 6, 2026 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Il Nuovo Suono ("The New Sound"). A portrait of Claudio Monteverdi through performances of his madrigals and selections of his personal letters. With The Pandora Consort. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Museum of Modern Renaissance, 115 College Avenue, Somerville MA 02144 (View flier) 🔗

March 7, 2026 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Terra Nostra. Stacy Garrop: Terra Nostra: An Oratorio. Dan Ryan, Guest Director For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Seraphim Singers / Renaissance Men [MA]: All Night Vigil. Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 47; and Russian, Ukrainian, and other regional folk songs. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 ⓘⓘ 🔗

March 8, 2026 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: An Almost Spring Concert. With the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus. For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Seraphim Singers / Renaissance Men [MA]: All Night Vigil. Sergei Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil, Op. 47; and Russian, Ukrainian, and other regional folk songs. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘⓘ 🔗

3:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Inc [MA]: Lest We Forget. James Whitbourn: Annelies. Jess Huetteman, soprano. This concert will include a tribute to Holocaust survivors honoring voices of resilience, memory, and hope. For more information, email manager@avmsingers.org. Robert R. Jay Performing Arts Center, 378 Main Street, Shrewsbury MA 01545 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Comfort, Awe, and Hope. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem (new arrangement by Howard Arman); Jose Maricio Nunes Garcia: Two Psalm Settings. Maria Whitcomb, soprano; Laura Beth Couch, mezzo-soprano; Mathew McGinnis, tenor; William Farrell, baritone. With full orchestra. Tickets: $40, students $10. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email info@commonwealthchorale.com. Second Church In Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton MA 02465 ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Through Her Song: Music For International Women's Day. Works by Abbie Betinis, Reena Esmail, Dale Trumbore, Andrea Ramsay, and Elizabeth Alexander. Sharon Chen, percussion; Gaeun Ban, piano. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Unitarian Universalist Society Of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 13, 2026 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Skylark Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Seven Words From the Cross. An exploration of the scriptural seven last words of Christ in American choral works and music from around the globe, including William Billings and the Sacred Harp tradition and the modern compositions of Anna Thorvaldsdottir and Jaakko Mäntyjärvi. For more information, call 918-688-2236 or email info@skylarkensemble.org. Church Of The Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 14, 2026 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Boundless. A concert that crosses international, cultural, and linguistic boundaries in celebration of the vibrant and universal human spirit. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton MA 02459 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Bach: St. John Passion. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. Powers Hall at Needham Town Hall, 1471 Highland Avenue, Needham MA 02492 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Spectrum Singers [MA]: The Great Equalizer. Music that references natural equalizers such as love and death and man-made equalizers such as education and gun violence. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

March 15, 2026 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Coro Allegro [MA]: And Still They Vanish. James Whitbourn: Annelies. Sonja DuToit Tengblad, soprano. For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 21, 2026 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Blood and Honey: Modern Visions of Hildegard. Hildegard von Bingen: music for Saint Ursula; with micro-commissions from five emerging composers from the Boston area that comment on and take inspiration from the Hildegard chants. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 ⓘ 🔗

March 27, 2026 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series — The Russian-French Connection. A reciotal with works by Igor Stravinsky, Pyotr Illych Tchaikovsky, Hector Berlioz, Modest Mussorgsky, and Jacques Ibert. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. Follen Church, 755 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

March 28, 2026 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Johannes Okeghem: Missa Cuiusvis toni. This Mass “in whatsoever mode” can be sung three ways, each with its own distinct scale and harmonic palette. We will sing the complete Mass in all three modes, in a two-part concert interpolating an explanatory presentation by Peter Urquhart and Scott Metcalfe. Tickets $11.50-$95.50. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

April 12, 2026 (Sunday)

3:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Inc [MA]: Chambersingers: Sing into Spring. An eclectic program of short works, ranging from Renaissance madrigals to vibrant vocal jazz. For more information, email manager@avmsingers.org. First Church Marlborough, 37 High Street, Marlborough MA 01752 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 24, 2026 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Skylark Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Re-Imaginings. Works by Barber, Elgar, and Mahler alongside transformed songs from artists such as Joni Mitchell, Sarah Bareilles, and Jon Batiste. For more information, call 918-688-2236 or email info@skylarkensemble.org. Church Of The Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 2, 2026 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Le grant rhetorique: The Music & Poetry of Guillaume de Machaut. Songs and motets by the most famous poet and composer of the 14th century, part of Machaut Weekend (May 1–3, 2026), a mini-festival of events. Tickets $11.50-$95.50 For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: To Look for America. Traditional American sacred and secular tunes, protest songs, jazz standards, and contemporary choral works from diverse perspectives, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. Trinity Parish, 11 Homer Street, Newton Centre MA 02459 ⓘ 🔗

May 3, 2026 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale / Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Sponsors’ Concert. Joaquin Rodrigo: La Azucena de Quito; Julius Eastman: Symphony No. 2. For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Seraphim Singers [MA]: To Look for America. Traditional American sacred and secular tunes, protest songs, jazz standards, and contemporary choral works from diverse perspectives, in commemoration of the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email info@seraphimsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

May 9, 2026 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus / Highland Glee Club / Apollo Club of Boston [MA]: Let Freedom Sing: Celebrating 250 Years of the American Spirit. Works by Abbie Betinis, Reena Esmail, Dale Trumbore, Andrea Ramsay, and Elizabeth Alexander. Sharon Chen, percussion; Gaeun Ban, piano. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 ⓘⓘⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Concord Women's Chorus [MA]: A Light Exists in Spring. Beth Denisch: The Tree House (commissioned in 20117 and set for chorus, oboe, cello, and piano); Melissa Dunphy: Grown Wild; Emma Lou Diemer: Hope is the Thing; Tara Traxler: Birds of Passage; and more. For more information, call 978-369-6341 or email contact@concordwomenschorus.org. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA 01742 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Inc [MA]: The Time Has Come. Ēriks Ešenvalds: The Time Has Come; Randall Thompson: Peaceable Kingdom; Margaret Bonds, text by W.E.B. Du Bois: Credo; Jake Runestad: The Hope of Loving. With string quartet. For more information, email manager@avmsingers.org. Algonquin Regional High Schoo, 79 Bartlett St, Northborough MA 01532 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Mass for the Endangered. Sara Kirkland Snider: Mass for the Endangered. Emily Howe, Guest Director For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Cantilena Women's Chorus [MA]: I Rise: Women in Song. Reena Esmail: I Rise: Women in Song. With the Worcester Chorus Women’s Ensemble. For more information, call 339-298-7730 or email info@cantilena.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

May 16, 2026 (Saturday)

TBD. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: A New Song. Featuring a commissioned premiere and premieres from Cecilia's past. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Worthy of the Highest Praise: Bembo and Vivaldi. Antonia Bembo: Te Deum; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; with others. Bembo was nearly a contemporary of Vivaldi and also achieved renown as a composer, but is rarely performed today. This performance highlights two classical gems, one very well known and the other much less so. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Da Vinci. Jocelyn Hagen: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci a multimedia concert experience for choir, chamber orchestra, and video projections, and other works inspired by scientific curiosity, ingenuity, and invention. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue #1c, Somerville MA 02143 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Spirit, Passion, Defiance – Let’s Tango! Alberto Ginastera: Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah; Various: Tango works with tango orchestra and dancers; Martín Palmeri: Misa a Buenos Aires (“Misatango”). With strings, piano, bandoneon, and tango dancers. Laura Beth Couch, mezzo-soprano; Alex Roitman, bandoneon. Tickets: $40, students $10. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email info@commonwealthchorale.com. Michael Driscoll School Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02466 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Bach and Telemann. J.S. Bach: Cantata 106, Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit; Cantata 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden; Brandenburg Concerto No. 6; Georg Philipp Telemann: Cantata, Du aber Daniel gehe hin. Robin Johannsen, soprano; Christopher Lowrey, countertenor; Guy Cutting, tenor; Dingle Yandell, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Spectrum Singers [MA]: A New Era. Michael Gilbertson: New work (commissioned) to text by Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

May 17, 2026 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers / Brockton Symphony [MA]: Beethoven 9. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale / Concord Chorus [MA]: Brahms Requiem. Jonathan Bailey Holland: The Nature of Lost Time (world premiere); Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem, Op. 45. Carley DeFranco, soprano; Dana Whiteside, baritone. With Pro Arte Chamber Orchestra. For more information, call 617-858-6785 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 (View flier) ⓘⓘ 🔗

May 22, 2026 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale / Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Music for a Spring Evening. The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

June 12, 2026 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale / Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Strawberry Festival and Pops! Concert. Strawberries and Ice Cream in the Public Gardens from 6:00–7:15 PM Pops Concert at 7:30 PM; concert follows. For more information, call 617-489-1231 or email chorale@psarlington.org. Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

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