Auditions

Auditions are open for The Seraphim Singers. See the auditions page for more information.

April 11, 2026 (Saturday)

11:00 AM. Spectrum Singers [MA]: Walk with Spectrum 2026 - William Billings. Annual community walk and group sing, 11 am to 1 pm. Meet at the Billings Commemorative Plaque, Central Burial Ground on Boylston St. between Charles and Tremont, then walk to King's Chapel. We will learn about William Billings, composer, singing master, and patriot, and also enjoy singing favorites from his 300+ compositions. A minimum donation of $25/person is requested. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. King's Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02108 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Boston Children’s Chorus / Boston City Singers / Handel and Haydn Chamber Choir [MA]: Langston Hughes and Phillis Wheatley: I Dream a World. A U.S. 250th anniversary concert sponsored by Celebrity Series of Boston. Each youth choir presents a unique musical setting of Langston Hughes’ poem “I Dream A World,” by composers Rollo Dilworth, Mike Block, Andre Thomas, Dan Welcher, and others. With the world premiere of a work by B.E. Boykin setting text by Phillis Wheatley, and an arrangement for two cellos of Wheatley’s “A Farewell to America.” Mike Block and Francesca McNeeley, cello. For more information, call 617-778-2242 or email info@bostonchildrenschorus.org. Roxbury Community College Media Arts Center, 1234 Columbus Avenue, Roxbury Crossing MA 02120 (View flier) ⓘⓘ 🔗

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 12, 2026 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Jordi Savall, with Hespèrion XXI, Tembembe Ensamble Continuo & La Capella Reial de Catalunya [MA]: Un mar de músicas (A sea of music): 1440 to 1880. An ensemble of more than 30 singers, dancers, and instrumentalists representing Cuba, Haiti, Brazil, Colombia, Venezuela, Mexico, Mali, and others, engage in a dialogue that honors the more than 25 million people from across the sea enslaved by European colonial powers over more than four centuries, celebrating their heritage with readings, traditional music from many countries, and works by Gaspar Fernandes and others. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email bemf@bemf.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 17, 2026 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Dedham Choral Society [MA]: I Dream a World. Works featuring the words of Walt Whitman and Langston Hughes, set to dramatic and lyrical music by American composers, including Howard Hanson, Ola Gjeilo, and John Michael Trotta, and accompanied by an ensemble of piano, strings and percussion. Tickets:s $35, $30 seniors $20, students, $5 5hildren (5-12). For more information, call 781-326-1520 or email info@dedhamchoral.org. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre St., West Roxbury MA (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) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Idomeneo. W.A. Mozart: Idomeneo. David Portillo, Idomeneo; Hera Hyesang Park, Ilia; Valerie Eickhoff, Idamante; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elettra; Omar Najmi, Arbace; Joel Clemens, Il Voce; David Bates, conductor. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 25, 2026 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica / New England Philharmonic / Voices Boston [MA]: Songs for Peace. Krzysztof Penderecki: Credo; Carlos Carrillo: Cantares. Mimi Hilaire, soprano; Mary Kray, mezzo-soprano; Lucia Bradford, alto; Spencer Hamlin, tenor; David McFerrin, bass For more information, call 855-463-7445 or email kwelter@nephilharmonic.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘⓘ 🔗

April 26, 2026 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Idomeneo. W.A. Mozart: Idomeneo. David Portillo, Idomeneo; Hera Hyesang Park, Ilia; Valerie Eickhoff, Idamante; Wendy Bryn Harmer, Elettra; Omar Najmi, Arbace; Joel Clemens, Il Voce; David Bates, conductor. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. Paramount Center, 559 Washington Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

6:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Nightingale Vocal Ensemble presents A New Way to Breathe. Juhi Bansal: A New Way to Breathe (premiere), a choral cycle for SATB chorus and cello, text by linguist, poet, aphasia, and stroke-survivor Farzana Marie; Andrew List: I Believe in the Sun (premiere); works by Melissa Dunphy, Katerina Gimon, and Joan Szymko. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Gordon Chapel, Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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)

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 (see https://www.blueheron.org/machaut-weekend/). 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 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Candlelight Concerts: Messe de Nostre Dame. Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame, in a chapel lit entirely by candles. Part of Machaut Weekend (May 1–3, 2026), a mini-festival of events (see https://www.blueheron.org/machaut-weekend/). For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. The Jameson Singers [MA]: Monteverdi and Schutz. Claudio Monteverdi: Lagrime d’amante al sepolcro dell’amata; Heinrich Schütz: Das ist mir lieb; Robert Lucas Pearsall: Lay A Garland; Steven Sametz: Munus (written for Dr. Jameson Marvin); and more. In celebration of the group's 15th anniversary. For more information, call 617-209-9290 or email info@jamesonsingers.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. The 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. As we all celebrate this monumental occasion in different ways, this concert will invite us to seek what we hold dear about this land together, from sea to shining sea. Eric Christopher Perry, director; Heinrich Christensen, organ. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email president@seraphimsingers.org. Trinity Church, 11 Homer St, Newton MA 02459 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

8:30 PM. Blue Heron [MA]: Candlelight Concerts: Messe de Nostre Dame. Guillaume de Machaut: Messe de Nostre Dame, in a chapel lit entirely by candles. Part of Machaut Weekend (May 1–3, 2026), a mini-festival of events (see https://www.blueheron.org/machaut-weekend/). For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

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. The 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. As we all celebrate this monumental occasion in different ways, this concert will invite us to seek what we hold dear about this land together, from sea to shining sea. Eric Christopher Perry, director; Heinrich Christensen, organ. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email president@seraphimsingers.org. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘⓘⓘ 🔗

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 / Worcester Chorus [MA]: I Rise: Women in Song. Reena Esmail: I Rise: Women in Song. With the Worcester Chorus Women’s Ensemble. Tickets: $30 adult, $20 student, $10 youth (18 & under). For more information, call 339-298-7730 or email info@cantilena.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘⓘ 🔗

May 15, 2026 (Friday)

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. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

May 16, 2026 (Saturday)

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 marketing@CommonwealthChorale.com. Michael Driscoll School Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. 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 ⓘ 🔗

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: Always Beginning, poem by Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah (commission, premiere performance); Johann Sebastian Bach: Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196; Edward Bairstow: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem; Samuel Barber: Heaven-Haven; Eleanor Daley: Come, Renew Us; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Song of Proserpine; Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54; Elaine Hagenberg: Measure Me, Sky!; Jessie Montgomery: Strum; Jan Van der Roost: Of Moon and Sun. Max Holman, Music Director; Karen Harvey, piano & organ. 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. 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) ⓘ 🔗

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. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

May 29, 2026 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Voices Carry. Heinrich Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494; Johann Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea; J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das licht gegeben; Carlo Gesualdo: Miserere Mei; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater. James Burton, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Vox Lucens [MA]: Diamonds in the Darkness. Spotlighting Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez with works both joyful and somber, sacred and secular. 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) ⓘ 🔗

May 31, 2026 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Voices Carry. Heinrich Schütz: Deutsches Magnificat, SWV 494; Johann Kuhnau: Tristis est anima mea; J.S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; Johannes Brahms: Warum ist das licht gegeben; Carlo Gesualdo: Miserere Mei; Alessandro Scarlatti: Stabat Mater. James Burton, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Convivium Musicum [MA]: Deep Cuts. Works by Gerarde, Lusitano, and Manchincourt, as well as lesser-known gems by Raphaella Aleotti and Crecquillon. For more information, call 617-320-7445 or email info@convivium.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

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 ⓘ 🔗

June 13, 2026 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Coolidge Corner Community Chorus [MA]: Community. Jackson Alfrey: "Awake! Take Flight!" (a commissioned work for cello, piano & chorus); Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied; with works by Byrd, Palestrina, Whitacre and Cook. Emma Campbell, piano; Celia Sieckert, cello; Anneliese Depenthal, conductor. For more information, call 617-905-2268 or email crispin@cccchorus.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

June 20, 2026 (Saturday)

TBD. Greater Boston Choral Consortium [MA]: GBCC Conference. A daylong administrative conference where choruses leaders can find practical, inspiring ideas to help in planning for the future. For more information, email info@bostonsings.org. Brimmer And May School, 69 Middlesex Road, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 (View flier) 🔗

June 27, 2026 (Saturday)

TBD. Ensemble Altera [MA]: Declarations. Piers Connor Kennedy: Declarations (world premiere), a choral work that reexamines the ideals of the U.S. Declaration of Independence 250 years after its creation, using historical texts, American poetry, and newly commissioned writings from diverse voices. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

July 11, 2026 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Festival Orchestra [MA]: The Drop That Contained The Sea. Christopher Tin: The Drop That Contained the Sea, a ten-movement song cycle exploring humanity’s relationship with water that incorporates sacred texts and folk songs from cultures around the world. For more information, call 617-267-7442 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

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