Auditions

Auditions are open for Cantilena, Concord Women’s Chorus, Consonare Choral Community and Jubilate Chorale. See the auditions page for more information.

September 20, 2025 (Saturday)

12:00 PM. Vocal Revolution [MA]: Boston A Cappella Festival. A free, public, outdoor arts event from noon to 6 pm that celebrates the human voice and its ability to produce high-quality and genuine musical experiences. Participating community ensembles from high schoolers to seniors, from Springfield MA to Providence RI to Boston Metro West. Genres include barbershop, madrigals, modern, jazz, oldies, and more. For more information, call 339-970-8720 or email info@vocalrevolution.org. Herter Park Amphitheatre, 1175 Soldiers Field Road, Boston MA 02134 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Justicia y Paz. Latin American choral and folk music presented through the structure of a choral mass. Excerpts from Ariel Ramírez’s Misa por la paz y la justicia and Nico Gutierrez’s Requiem for the New World, with new arrangements of Latin American folk and popular repertoire to speak on themes of peace, justice, healing, and protest. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Veronica Robles Cultural Center, 282 Meridian Street, Boston MA 02128 (View flier) 🔗

September 27, 2025 (Saturday)

12:00 PM. Greater Boston Chapter, Barbershop Harmony Society [MA]: 2025 Boston A Cappella Festival. A free, public, outdoor arts event that celebrates the human voice and its ability to produce high-quality and genuine musical experiences. Genres include barbershop, madrigals, modern, jazz, oldies, and more. The festival showcases community ensembles from high schoolers to seniors, from Springfield to Providence to Boston Metro West. Festival date Sept. 27, rain date Sept. 28. For more information, call 339-970-8720 or email festival@vocalrevolution.org. Herter Park Amphitheatre, 1175 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston MA 02134 🔗

September 28, 2025 (Sunday)

12:00 PM. Greater Boston Chapter, Barbershop Harmony Society [MA]: 2025 Boston A Cappella Festival. A free, public, outdoor arts event that celebrates the human voice and its ability to produce high-quality and genuine musical experiences. Genres include barbershop, madrigals, modern, jazz, oldies, and more. The festival showcases community ensembles from high schoolers to seniors, from Springfield to Providence to Boston Metro West. Festival date Sept. 27, rain date Sept. 28. For more information, call 339-970-8720 or email festival@vocalrevolution.org. Herter Park Amphitheatre, 1175 Soldiers Field Rd, Boston MA 02134 🔗

October 2, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Debussy and Mahler. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes; Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Nikola Hillebrand, soprano; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

October 3, 2025 (Friday)

1:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Debussy and Mahler. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes; Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Nikola Hillebrand, soprano; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

October 4, 2025 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Lorelei Ensemble [MA]: Debussy and Mahler. Claude Debussy: Nocturnes; Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 4. Nikola Hillebrand, soprano; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

October 9, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Eleanor Lyons, soprano; Wiebeke Lehmkuhl, mezzo-soprano; Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor; Franz-Josef Selig, bass; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Opening of Symphony Hall. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

October 10, 2025 (Friday)

1:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Eleanor Lyons, soprano; Wiebeke Lehmkuhl, mezzo-soprano; Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor; Franz-Josef Selig, bass; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Opening of Symphony Hall. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

October 11, 2025 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Missa Solemnis. Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis. Eleanor Lyons, soprano; Wiebeke Lehmkuhl, mezzo-soprano; Klaus Florian Vogt, tenor; Franz-Josef Selig, bass; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Celebrating the 125th Anniversary of the Opening of Symphony Hall. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

October 18, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: The Back Bay Chorale at Fifty. Sergei Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Djevo; Maurice Duruflé: Tota Pulchra Es; Franz Biebl: Ave Maria; Alice Parker: "Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal"; Johannes Brahms: Geistliches Lied; Florence Price: "Desire / Winter Idyl"; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem, I. Introitus; Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem, IV & V; Guiseppe Verdi: Macbeth: Patria oppressa; Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Le nozze di Figaro: Dove sono; Guiseppe Verdi: La traviata: Brindisi; Nabucco: Va, pensiero; Giacomo Puccini: Madama Butterfly: Tu, tu; Margaret Bonds: "I Wish I Knew"; "Set Down, Servant". Karen Slack, soprano; Stephen Spinelli, conductor. With chamber orchestra. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

November 16, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Coro Allegro [MA]: Eternal Light. Louis Vierne: Messe solennelle; Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Ilyas Iliya: Avoonan Dbishmayy. Jerrick Cavangaro, organ; Jerrick Cavangaro, organ. For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 23, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Verdi Requiem. Giuseppe Verdi: Requiem. Ailyn Perez, soprano; Daniela Mack, mezzo-soprano; John Osborn, tenor; Maharram Huseynov, bass; Donald Palumbo, guest choral coach and artistic advisor; Benjamin Zander, conductor. For more information, call 617-236-0999 or email boxoffice@bostonphil.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

December 5, 2025 (Friday)

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. Church Of The Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 13, 2025 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica [MA]: Holiday Concert. For more information, call 617-267-7442 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

December 19, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Boston Christmas. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols. With beloved Carols for choir and audience. Justin T. Blackwell, organ. With brass and percussion. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

December 20, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Boston Christmas. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols. With beloved Carols for choir and audience. Justin T. Blackwell, organ. With brass and percussion. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

January 8, 2026 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Vanessa | E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One. Samuel Barber: Vanessa. Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano (Erika); Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano (The Old Baroness); Pavel Černoch, tenor (Anatol); Thomas Hampson, baritone (The Old Doctor); Wei Wu, bass (Major Domo/Footman); Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boston Lyric Opera Chorus. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 10, 2026 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Vanessa | E Pluribus Unum: From Many, One. Samuel Barber: Vanessa. Samantha Hankey, mezzo-soprano (Erika); Anne Sofie von Otter, mezzo-soprano (The Old Baroness); Pavel Černoch, tenor (Anatol); Thomas Hampson, baritone (The Old Doctor); Wei Wu, bass (Major Domo/Footman); Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boston Lyric Opera Chorus. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 15, 2026 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Chichester Psalms. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Allison Loggins-Hull: Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni, for flute and orchestra (BSO co-commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1. Seong-Jin Cho, piano; Lorna McGhee, flute; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Program repeats without Chichester Psalms on Friday 1/16 at 7:30 pm). For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 17, 2026 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Chichester Psalms. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Allison Loggins-Hull: Rhapsody on a Theme by Joni, for flute and orchestra (BSO co-commission); Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Piano Concerto No. 1. Seong-Jin Cho, piano; Lorna McGhee, flute; Andris Nelsons, conductor. Program repeats without Chichester Psalms on Friday 1/16 at 7:30 pm). For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 29, 2026 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / The Crossing [MA]: poor hymnal and Good News Mass. David Lang Selections from poor hymnal; Carlos Simon: Good News Mass (with video by Melina Matsoukas; BSO co-commission). Jekalyn Carr, soprano; Melvin Crispell III, alto; Zebulon Ellis, tenor; Marc Bamuthi Joseph, librettist and spoken word artist; Thomas Wilkins, conductor. With The Crossing, Donald Nally, Artistic Director, and gospel choruses. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 🔗

January 31, 2026 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / The Crossing [MA]: poor hymnal and Good News Mass. David Lang Selections from poor hymnal; Carlos Simon: Good News Mass (with video by Melina Matsoukas; BSO co-commission). Jekalyn Carr, soprano; Melvin Crispell III, alto; Zebulon Ellis, tenor; Marc Bamuthi Joseph, librettist and spoken word artist; Thomas Wilkins, conductor. With The Crossing, Donald Nally, Artistic Director, and gospel choruses. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 🔗

February 8, 2026 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Masterwork Sing-in Series: Fauré Requiem. Gabriel Fauré: Requiem. In collaboration with the Choir of Trinity Church, Copley, with organ and violin. Stephen Spinelli and Colin Lynch, conductors. Members of the public are welcome to join in rehearsing and performing (please bring a score). Free admission. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Trinity Church, Copley Square, 206 Clarendon Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 22, 2026 (Sunday)

TBD. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: Feast of Remembrance. JS Bach: Gloria, BWV 191; Cantata, Gott, man lobet dich in der Stille, BWV 120.1; and famous choruses from Handel’s oratorios. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 5, 2026 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Brahms with Herbert Blomstedt. Johannes Brahms: Nänie; Schicksalslied; Symphony No. 4. Herbert Blomstedt, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 6, 2026 (Friday)

1:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Brahms with Herbert Blomstedt. Johannes Brahms: Nänie; Schicksalslied; Symphony No. 4. Herbert Blomstedt, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 7, 2026 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Masterwork Sing-in Series: Mozart Requiem. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem. Henry Weinberger, piano; Stephen Spinelli, conductor. Members of the public are welcome to join in rehearsing and performing (please bring a score). Free admission. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Brahms with Herbert Blomstedt. Johannes Brahms: Nänie; Schicksalslied; Symphony No. 4. Herbert Blomstedt, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 26, 2026 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Dvořák Symphony No. 9 and Excerpts from Nixon in China. Renée Fleming, soprano (Pat Nixon); Thomas Hampson, baritone (Richard Nixon); Andris Nelsons, conductor. John Adams: The Chairman Dances (March 26 & 28 only); Excerpts from Nixon in China; Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 27, 2026 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Dvořák Symphony No. 9 and Excerpts from Nixon in China. Renée Fleming, soprano (Pat Nixon); Thomas Hampson, baritone (Richard Nixon); Andris Nelsons, conductor. John Adams: The Chairman Dances (March 26 & 28 only); Excerpts from Nixon in China; Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica [MA]: Haydn’s The Seasons. Joseph Haydn: The Seasons For more information, call 617-267-7442 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Dvořák Symphony No. 9 and Excerpts from Nixon in China. Renée Fleming, soprano (Pat Nixon); Thomas Hampson, baritone (Richard Nixon); Andris Nelsons, conductor. John Adams: The Chairman Dances (March 26 & 28 only); Excerpts from Nixon in China; Antonín Dvořák: Symphony No. 9, From the New World. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

April 11, 2026 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Mahler Symphony #3. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 3. Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano. With Radcliffe Choral Society and the Choristers of Saint Paul's Choir School. For more information, call 617-236-0999 or email boxoffice@bostonphil.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

April 30, 2026 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Adams Harmonium. John Adams: Harmonium; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Andrea Carroll, soprano; Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

May 1, 2026 (Friday)

1:30 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Adams Harmonium. John Adams: Harmonium; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Andrea Carroll, soprano; Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: O Fortuna: A Carmina Burana Spectacular. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. With Choirs of Boston Conservatory at Berklee; Boston Conservatory at Berklee Orchestra; the Dance Division at Boston Conservatory at Berklee. Stephen Spinelli, conductor. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

May 2, 2026 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Adams Harmonium. John Adams: Harmonium; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Andrea Carroll, soprano; Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

May 3, 2026 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Tanglewood Festival Chorus / Boston Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Beethoven Symphony No. 9, Adams Harmonium. John Adams: Harmonium; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9. Andrea Carroll, soprano; Zoie Reams, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1200 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

May 17, 2026 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Coro Allegro [MA]: Luminous Rescue: Psalms of Protest and Reconciliation. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Charles Ives: Psalm 90; Patricia Van Ness: Psalms of Luminous Rescue. Janet Stone, soprano; Jerrick Cavagnaro, organ. For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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