🔆 The summer programs page lists 9 programs (last change 3/31/25).

Auditions

Auditions are open for Boston Jazz Voices and Gloriae Dei Cantores. See the auditions page for more information.

September 3, 2024 (Tuesday)

7:30 PM. Heritage Chorale [MA]: Heritage Chorale Open Rehearsals and Auditions. Open Rehearsals on Tuesday, September 3rd and 10th give potential new members a chance to sing with us and audition after the rehearsal if they are interested in chorale membership. You can experience the energy, talent and dedication of Heritage Chorale singers, our inspired music director Steve Lipsitt, and expert accompanist Kevin Neel. Performing three concerts a season (September through May), we often include professional orchestras and soloists. For more information, call 978-590-2747 or email marketing@heritagechorale.org. Scott Hall, First Parish in Framingham, 24 Vernon Street, Framingham MA 01701 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Lexington Pops Chorus [MA]: Open rehearsals: Sing with Lexington Pops Chorus in its 43rd Season. Lexington Pops Chorus welcomes new singers in September and January each year. We will hold two free, open rehearsals at 7:30 pm on September 3rd and 10th in Clark Hall of Hancock Church, 1912 Mass Ave, Lexington (on the Green). Auditions are not required, but singers must be able to read music. We sing a wide variety of music, including classical, jazz, blues, folk, gospel, Broadway and more. If you love to sing, join us! For more information, call 781-365-0576 or email info@LexPops.org. Hancock Church, 1912 Mass Ave., Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Masterworks Chorale open rehearsal and audition appointments. Masterworks Chorale invites you to join us! We are eager learners who delight in what feels like a voice lesson each and every week. We rehearse Tuesday evenings in Belmont and welcome you to attend our open rehearsal on September 3. Interested singers may audition on the afternoon of Saturday, September 7. For more information, call 617-858-6782 or email membership@masterworkschorale.org. Beth El Temple Center, 2 Concord Ave, Belmont MA 02478 ⓘ 🔗

September 10, 2024 (Tuesday)

7:00 PM. Norwalk Community Chorale [CT]: Call for new members. Join the Norwalk Community Chorale! No auditions, no residency requirements. Registration begins at 7:00 p.m. on September 10th for our December concerts. Stop by and check us out during the first four weeks of September. Rehearsals are held at Norwalk City Hall on Tuesdays at 7:30 p.m. For more information, call 203-853-9842 or email norwalkcc@gmail.com. 125 East Avenue, Norwalk CT 06851 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Heritage Chorale [MA]: Heritage Chorale Open Rehearsals and Auditions. Open Rehearsals on Tuesday, September 3rd and 10th give potential new members a chance to sing with us and audition after the rehearsal if they are interested in chorale membership. You can experience the energy, talent and dedication of Heritage Chorale singers, our inspired music director Steve Lipsitt, and expert accompanist Kevin Neel. Performing three concerts a season (September through May), we often include professional orchestras and soloists. For more information, call 978-590-2747 or email marketing@heritagechorale.org. Scott Hall, First Parish in Framingham, 24 Vernon Street, Framingham MA 01701 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Lexington Pops Chorus [MA]: Open rehearsals: Sing with Lexington Pops Chorus in its 43rd Season. Lexington Pops Chorus welcomes new singers in September and January each year. We will hold two free, open rehearsals at 7:30 pm on September 3rd and 10th in Clark Hall of Hancock Church, 1912 Mass Ave, Lexington (on the Green). Auditions are not required, but singers must be able to read music. We sing a wide variety of music, including classical, jazz, blues, folk, gospel, Broadway and more. If you love to sing, join us! For more information, call 781-365-0576 or email info@LexPops.org. Hancock Church, 1912 Mass Ave., Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 12, 2024 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Pioneer Valley Cappella [MA]: Fall Semester Auditions. Pioneer Valley Cappella (PVC) is a Northampton-based auditioned ensemble that has been performing unaccompanied choral music for over thirty years. Our fall concert pairs Pēteris Vasks's haunting Dona nobis pacem with songs, service music, and spirituals on the theme of peace by Aluoch & Anyango, Burleigh, Byrd, Gibbons, Gibbs, Johnson, Morely, Tallis, & Weelkes. Experienced singers are invited to join us for a rehearsal and audition on September 12. Auditions are friendly. Singers should have a short piece prepared, and be ready for simple exercises to determine voice part. For more information, email pioneervalleycappella@gmail.com. Northampton Community Music Center, 139 South St, Northampton MA 01060 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 13, 2024 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [CT]: A New Song: Psalms for the Soul. A concert exploring the psalm texts set in many musical styles and periods, including Gregorio Allegri's Miserere, selections by Bruckner, Parry, MacMillan, and Rutter, world premieres by Michael Garrepy, and 4th annual Composition Competition winner Ian Gabriel Corpuz's setting of Psalm 117, "Laudate Dominum". For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 2 Ferry Road, Old Lyme CT 06371 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 14, 2024 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [MA]: A New Song: Psalms for the Soul. A concert exploring the psalm texts set in many musical styles and periods, including Gregorio Allegri's Miserere, selections by Bruckner, Parry, MacMillan, and Rutter, world premieres by Michael Garrepy, and 4th annual Composition Competition winner Ian Gabriel Corpuz's setting of Psalm 117, "Laudate Dominum". For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 15, 2024 (Sunday)

7:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [RI]: A New Song: Psalms for the Soul. A concert exploring the psalm texts set in many musical styles and periods, including Gregorio Allegri's Miserere, selections by Bruckner, Parry, MacMillan, and Rutter, world premieres by Michael Garrepy, and 4th annual Composition Competition winner Ian Gabriel Corpuz's setting of Psalm 117, "Laudate Dominum". For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Grace Episcopal Church, 300 Westminster Street, Providence RI 02903 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 21, 2024 (Saturday)

3:30 PM. Gloriae Dei Cantores [MA]: Encore, Encore: Giving Voice to People Living with Dementia. A lecture by Michael Anderson, PhD, founder of the ENCORE Chorus, which serves people living with early- to middle-stage Alzheimer’s disease and their care partners. The chorus is modeled on the Giving Voice Initiative, which fosters independent choruses that bring joy, well-being, purpose, and community understanding to people with Alzheimer’s Disease and their care partners. In Person & Livestreamed For more information, call 508-255-3999 or email info@artsempoweringlife.org. Performing Arts Center, 95 Southern Eagle Cartway, Brewster MA 02631 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Songs That Enchant. Music by Clara Faisst, Alma Mahler, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Julia Schwartz, with music that transports the listener to a world that blurs the line between dreams and reality. In this magic world, mermaids lure innocent people to their deaths, people are haunted by the ghosts of their dead lovers, the wind carries countless messages, and the most interesting things happen at night. Lois Shapiro, piano. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 22, 2024 (Sunday)

2:30 PM. ChoralArt / Portland Symphony Orchestra [ME]: Beethoven's 9th. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Anna Clyne: Quarter Days (premiere). Bruce Hangen, Toshiyuki Shimada, Robert Moody, and Eckart Preu, conductors. Also see the sing-along to Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” on Monday, September 23. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. New Haven Chorale / New Haven Symphony Orchestra [CT]: Beethoven’s Ninth | Ode to Joy! Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Courtney Bryan: Gathering Song (libretto by Tazewell Thompson). Lisa Williamson, soprano; Annie Rosen, alto; Chad Kranak, tenor; Eric Greene, baritone; Perry So, conductor. With Heritage Chorale of New Haven and Yale Glee Club. For more information, call 203-865-0831 or email Administration@NewHavenSymphony.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Songs That Enchant. Music by Clara Faisst, Alma Mahler, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Clara Schumann, and Julia Schwartz, with music that transports the listener to a world that blurs the line between dreams and reality. In this magic world, mermaids lure innocent people to their deaths, people are haunted by the ghosts of their dead lovers, the wind carries countless messages, and the most interesting things happen at night. Lois Shapiro, piano. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 23, 2024 (Monday)

6:00 PM. ChoralArt / Portland Symphony Orchestra [ME]: Community Sing-A-Long. Join the PSO for the opening weekend of our 100th anniversary season with our Community Sing-A-Long! Michael Cooper (arr.): “Lift Every Voice and Sing”; Ludwig van Beethoven: “Ode to Joy” from Symphony No. 9. Free & open to all, but pre-registration is required​. Sheet music will be provided via email to the registrant. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland ME 04101 ⓘ 🔗

September 24, 2024 (Tuesday)

7:00 PM. ChoralArt / Portland Symphony Orchestra [ME]: Beethoven's 9th. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Anna Clyne: Quarter Days (premiere). Bruce Hangen, Toshiyuki Shimada, Robert Moody, and Eckart Preu, conductors. Also see the sing-along to Beethoven’s “Ode to Joy” on Monday, September 23. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 27, 2024 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Mozart Requiem. Michael Haydn: Requiem MH 155; W.A. Mozart: Requiem K. 626. Lucy Crowe, soprano; Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano; Duke Kim, tenor; Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 29, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Mozart Requiem. Michael Haydn: Requiem MH 155; W.A. Mozart: Requiem K. 626. Lucy Crowe, soprano; Beth Taylor, mezzo-soprano; Duke Kim, tenor; Brandon Cedel, bass-baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

October 4, 2024 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: The Creation. F.J. Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation). Hera Hyesang Park, soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Mahler 8th Symphony. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand". Latonia Moore, soprano 1; Christine Goerke, soprano 2; Ying Fang, soprano 3; Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano 1; Gerhild Romberger, mezzo-soprano 2; Andreas Schager, tenor; Michael Nagy, baritone; Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone; Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boys of the St. Paul’s Choir School. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

October 5, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Voce [CT]: Awakenings. Powerful performances that will stir your soul and ignite your spirit. For more information, email info@voceinc.org. Congregational Church in South Glastonbury, 949 Main Street, South Glastonbury CT 06073 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: The Creation. F.J. Haydn: Die Schöpfung (The Creation). Hera Hyesang Park, soprano; Paul Appleby, tenor; Nicholas Newton, bass-baritone. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest Street, Boston MA 02135 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Mahler 8th Symphony. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand". Latonia Moore, soprano 1; Christine Goerke, soprano 2; Ying Fang, soprano 3; Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano 1; Gerhild Romberger, mezzo-soprano 2; Andreas Schager, tenor; Michael Nagy, baritone; Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone; Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boys of the St. Paul’s Choir School. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

October 6, 2024 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Mahler 8th Symphony. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 8, "Symphony of a Thousand". Latonia Moore, soprano 1; Christine Goerke, soprano 2; Ying Fang, soprano 3; Mihoko Fujimura, mezzo-soprano 1; Gerhild Romberger, mezzo-soprano 2; Andreas Schager, tenor; Michael Nagy, baritone; Ryan Speedo Green, bass-baritone; Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boys of the St. Paul’s Choir School. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Voce [CT]: Awakenings. Powerful performances that will stir your soul and ignite your spirit. For more information, email info@voceinc.org. Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland Street, Hartford CT 06105 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

October 12, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Boston Modern Orchestra Project [MA]: Gershwin Double Bill. George and Ira Gershwin: Of Thee I Sing; Let 'em Eat Cake. Heather Buck, Mary Turner; Aaron Engebreth, President, John P. Wintergreen; Abigail Paschke, Diana Devereaux/Trixie Flynn; Neal Ferreira, French Ambassador/Kruger; Steven Goldstein, Vice President, Alexander Throttlebottom. Gil Rose, conductor. With Odyssey Opera. For more information, call 781-324-0396 or email bmop@bmop.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) 🔗

October 19, 2024 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: 25th Birthday Concert: something old, something new. 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! For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Blue Sun. 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. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier) 🔗

October 20, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantilena Chamber Choir [MA]: Coronation Music for Chorus and Brass. John Rutter: Winchester Te Deum; G.F. Handel: Coronation Anthem, "Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened"; Gustav Holst: "O God Beyond All Praising"; Andrew Lloyd Weber: "Make a Joyful Noise"; Tarik O’Regan: Coronation Agnus Dei; Henry Purcell: "I was Glad"; Anton Bruckner: three motets. Tim Pyper, organ; brass players Peter Bellino, Karen LaVoie, Ronald Barron, David Wampler; Bob Vacca, tympani. Tickets: $35, $25 for seniors, free for students. For more information, call 518-791-0185 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. Trinity Church, 88 Walker Street, Lenox MA 01240 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Hartford Chorale / Wallingford Symphony Orchestra [CT]: Beethoven and Vaughan Williams! Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Phillip Ventre, conductor. For more information, call 860-547-1982 or email contact@hartfordchorale.org. The Morgan School, 71 Killingworth Turnpike, Clinton CT 06413 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. CONCORA [CT]: Bach Cantatas: Town Council Elections. J.S. Bach: Cantatas BWV71, 119, and 120. All were written in celebration of local elections during Bach’s lifetime. This concert marks the official start of CONCORA’s partnership with THE COMPLETE BACH, an ambitious project that will present all of the music Bach ever wrote in America for the first time. Tickets $30/40. For more information, call 860-293-0567 or email contact@concora.org. St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford CT 06107 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Blue Sun. 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. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst MA 01002 (View flier) 🔗

October 25, 2024 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Boston Choral Festival: Monteverdi Vespers. Claudio Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610. With performances by select area high school choral programs who will have spent the day in immersive workshops, learning and perfecting several choral movements. This concert is a rare opportunity to witness the future of choral music alongside seasoned professionals. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Cyclorama Boston, 539 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: The Sceptered Isle. Sacred and secular works from the Tudor period and music of the English Choral Tradition from the early 20th century. For more information, call 802-540-1784 or email contact@counterpointchorus.org. United Methodist Church, 30 Church Street, Shelburne VT 05482 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. CONCORA [MA]: CONCORA: Bach Cantatas BWV 71, 119, 120. 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. For more information, call 508-799-1463 or email contact@concora.org. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

October 26, 2024 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Highland Glee Club [MA]: Oktoberfest. German and English drinking songs: Trinklieder from Mendelssohn and Schubert, the rousing drinking song from The Student Prince, and everyone's favorite pirate song, "Yo-Ho-Ho and a Bottle of Rum." Junhan Choi, baritone. Beer garden reception follows the concert (one beer included with ticket). Tickets: $25. For more information, call 508-641-9985 or email highlandgleeclub@gmail.com. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Halloween Concert. The choristers will be wearing their Halloween costumes and children of all ages are encouraged to come in costume as well. This concert will include rounds to be sung with the choir, madrigals, several engaging classical pieces including Handel’s Hallelujah Chorus, a spiritual arrangement, and a gospel piece performed by the gospel choir "New Praise". There will also be an opportunity for the children to come up and conduct the Chorale! This will be a fun and educational concert tailored for you, your children, and grandchildren. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Trinity on the Green, 230 Temple Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Danbury Concert Chorus [CT]: America Sings! Charles Ives: “I Come to Thee”; Randall Thompson: Frostiana,; Emma Lou Diemer: Three Madrigals; Florence Price: “Praise the Lord”; “Resignation”; Ola Gjeilo: Ubi Caritas; Morten Lauridsen: “Sure on this Shining Night”; “Dirait-on!” Free admission (donations welcome). For more information, call 203-748-1716 or email dmc@danburymusiccentre.org. First Congregational Church, 164 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury CT 06810 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Counterpoint [NH]: The Sceptered Isle. Sacred and secular works from the Tudor period and music of the English Choral Tradition from the early 20th century. For more information, call 802-540-1784 or email contact@counterpointchorus.org. St Thomas Church, 9 W Wheelock Street, Hanover NH 03755 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Expressions of Faith: Choral Music Worshipping the Divine. Choral works of John Tavener, Bobby McFerrin, Margaret Bonds, James Macmillan, Salamone Rossi, Samih Choukeir and others expressing faith in a higher power. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Vox Luminis [MA]: Ein Deutsches Barockrequiem: Texts from the Brahms Requiem set by German Baroque masters. 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. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email bemf@bemf.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 🔗

October 27, 2024 (Sunday)

1:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: Tenor and Bass Workshop. An afternoon of choral singing, including practice exercises building vocal technique, introduction to new TTBB repertoire, and vocal seminars with experts. Led by Sangerfest director Max Holman. Admission $10, free for students. For more information, call 781-269-1133 or email info@saengerfest.org. Brimmer and May School, 69 Middlesex Rd, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

2:00 PM. Hartford Chorale / Wallingford Symphony Orchestra [CT]: Beethoven and Vaughan Williams! Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music. Phillip Ventre, conductor. For more information, call 860-547-1982 or email contact@hartfordchorale.org. Choate Rosemary Hall School, 333 Christian Street, Wallingford CT 06492 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: The Sceptered Isle. Sacred and secular works from the Tudor period and music of the English Choral Tradition from the early 20th century. For more information, call 802-540-1784 or email contact@counterpointchorus.org. Christ Church, 64 State Street, Montpelier VT 05602 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Viva Bach Peterborough [NH]: JS Bach, Cantatas & Motets. J.S. Bach: Motet, “Jesu Meine Freude” BWV 227; Cantata, “Aus der Tiefen rufe ich, Herr, zu dir” BWV 131; Cantata, “Brich dem Hungrigen dein Brot” BWV 39. Mary Bonhag, soprano; Wee Kiat Chia, countertenor; Matthew Newhouse, tenor; Alan Cline, baritone; Colin Mann, conductor. With professional orchestra. This is Viva Bach's third annual festival. For more information, call 603-513-8818 or email vivabachpbro@gmail.com. Peterborough Town Hall, 1 Grove Street, Peterborough NH 03458 (View flier) 🔗

4:00 PM. BACHtoberfest Choir / Worcester Children's Chorus [MA]: BACHtoberfest Choir: Bach Cantatas BWV 50, 62, 122. 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. For more information, call 508-799-1463. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: Beyond Bach. Music by Heinrich Schütz, Dietrich Buxtehude, Johann Schelle, and others. Reginald Mobley, counter tenor; Anna O'Connell, baroque triple harp; Stephen Spinelli, conductor. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont St., Boston MA 02111 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. The Ridgefield Chorale [CT]: What Dreams We Have. A concert of contemporary choral music including the works of Andre Thomas, Craig Carnelia, Susan Brumfield, T Bone Burnett, Ola Gjielo and others. For more information, call 877-815-5635 or email info@ridgefieldchorale.org. The Veronica Hagman Concert Hall, Western Connecticut State University, 43 Lake Ave Ext, Danbury CT 06811 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 1, 2024 (Friday)

7:00 PM. The Valley Chordsmen [CT]: Goodnight Sweetheart. The all-male Valley Chordsmen have been entertaining since 1947. For more information, call 203-233-0269 or email jwick251@gmail.com. The Elks Lodge, 283 W Main Street, Waterbury CT 06702 ⓘ 🔗

November 2, 2024 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Pioneer Valley Symphony Chorus [MA]: Visions of Utopia. Older works by Rheinberger, Bainton, and Schütz, and more recent works by Gwyneth Walker, Alice Parker, Emma Lou Diemer, Dolly Parton, and the young Boston composer Grace Coberly. Memories of beloved places from our past and visions of ideal futures blend together in this nostalgic and uplifting program. Tickets $15-$35 (sliding scale), $5 for college students and those 18 and younger; free for WIC and EBT cardholders. For more information, call 413-773-3664 or email boxoffice@pvso.org. Episcopal Church Of Saints James & Andrew, 8 Church Street, Greenfield MA 01301 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Maine Music Society [ME]: Battle of the Blends XXIX: A Cappella Extravaganza Returns to Lewiston! Five outstanding vocal groups combine for an evening of a cappella performances from jazz and barbershop to rock ‘n’ roll and Renaissance music. With the Maine Music Society Chamber Singers, None of the Above, the Lewiston High School Blue Notes and the LHS Chamber Choir, The Afternotes, and the Downeasters Chorus. Tickets: $30, $6 for students, free for youth age 12 and under when accompanied by an adult. For more information, call 207-333-3386 or email info@mainemusicsociety.org. Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston ME 04240 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Voices of Concinnity [CT]: Thinning of the Veil. Works by William Byrd, Caroline Shaw, Florence Price, Eric Whitacre, Ethel Smyth, the Beatles, and others. With Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet. During this time of the year, many cultures believe the veil between the living and the dead is thin (commemorations such as Halloween, Samhain, Dia de los Muertos, and All Souls Day). This concert that explores stories and harmonies that allow space to process loss, feel comfort, and find connection. Tickets: $20, free for students. For more information, email consonare.sing@gmail.com. United Congregational Church Of Tolland, 45 Tolland Green, Tolland CT 06084 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 3, 2024 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Master Singers of Lexington [MA]: Flute & Chorus. Clsaude Debussy: Trois chansons de Charles d'Orleans; Arthur Foote: Three Pieces for Flute and Piano; "Too Soon So Fair, Fair Lillies"; Edward MacDowell: "Slumber Song"; George Chadwick: "The Stormy Evening"; Orlando di Lasso: Musica Dei donum; John Rutter: Musica Dei donum. Meghan Miller, flute. Free admission. For more information, call 781-729-7975 or email msingers@themastersingers.org. Pilgrim Congregational Church, 55 Coolidge Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

November 8, 2024 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Keep Marching: Women’S Music Through the Ages. Mystic Chorale celebrates women songwriters, singers, and composers with songs from 1000 years ago to the present with songs including "Love is Like a Butterfly" by Dolly Parton, W"ould You Harbor Me?" by Ysaye Barnwell, "Crowded Table" by The Highwomen (Brandi Carlile’s ensemble), "Closer to Fine" by Indigo Girls, Pata Pata by Miriam Makeba, along with suffragist anthems "Bread and Roses" and "Keep Marching" from the Broadway musical, Suffs. Mike Pfitzer, director. With Rosi Amador of Sol Y Canto. Tickets: $25 live; $15 live stream. For more information, call 781-316-2500 or email info@mysticchorale.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 9, 2024 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Providence Singers [RI]: Born of Light. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols (SATB arrangement); Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna. Hyungjung Choi, harp; Christine Noel, conductor. For more information, call 401-751-5700 or email executive@providencesingers.org. St. Mary Of The Bay Church, 645 Main Street, Warren RI 02903 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Eternal Voices and Sacred Landscapes. Works by James Macmillan, Imant Raminsh, Moses Hogan, Arvo Pärt, Kevin Siegfried, and others that reflect on the ways music has given voice to our deepest desires, dreams, hopes, and even fears. Daniel Parsley, Boston University's Director of Choral Activities, Guest Conductor. Tickets: $25, $20 senior, $10 student, $15+ virtual. 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 10, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Providence Singers [RI]: Born of Light. Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols (SATB arrangement); Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna. Hyungjung Choi, harp; Christine Noel, conductor. For more information, call 401-751-5700 or email executive@providencesingers.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 300 Westminster Street, Providence RI 02903 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Eternal Voices and Sacred Landscapes. Works by James Macmillan, Imant Raminsh, Moses Hogan, Arvo Pärt, Kevin Siegfried, and others that reflect on the ways music has given voice to our deepest desires, dreams, hopes, and even fears. Daniel Parsley, Boston University's Director of Choral Activities, Guest Conductor. Tickets: $25, $20 senior, $10 student, $15+ virtual. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: Andiamo: Great Opera Choruses and Arias. Giuseppe Verdi: “Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” from Nabucco; “Anvil Chorus” from Il Trovatore; Giacomo Puccini: “Humming Chorus” from Madama Butterfly; the drinking song from La Traviata, the wedding march from Lohengrin, the Habanera from Carmen, and many more opera classics. Erin Smith, soprano; Michael Gonzalez, tenor. For more information, call 314-495-2258 or email manager@avmsingers.org. Trottier Middle School, 49 Parkerville Rd, Southborough MA 01772 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. GMChorale [CT]: Fall Concert, including Handel's Dettingen Te Deum. G.F. Handel: Dettingen Te Deum; J.S. Bach: Gloria in Excelsis Deo (Cantata BWV 191); Dona Nobis Pacem from the Mass in B Minor; Heinrich Schütz: motets. With Orchestra New England and the Elm City Girls’ Choir. Pre-concert lecture with Neely Bruce at 3 pm. For more information, call 860-316-4854 or email info@gmchorale.org. Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School, 200 LaRosa Lane, Middletown CT 06457 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 15, 2024 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale / Cambridge Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Reflection. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Gustav Holst: The Planets. Cynthia Woods, conductor. With the Choirs of U-MASS Lowell. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@cambridgesymphony.org. Maloney Performing Arts Center, 35 Wilder Street, Lowell MA 01854 ⓘ 🔗

November 16, 2024 (Saturday)

10:00 AM. Greater Boston Choral Consortium [MA]: Open Sing with Anthony Trecek-King. Join us for a community open sing on a range of repertoire, including arrangements of his own, led by Berkshire Choral International Artistic Director and Handel and Haydn Society Resident Conductor Anthony Trecek-King. Open to all singers. Tickets: $10 for members of a GBCC member choir, $15 for others. Preceded by the GBCC annual meeting. Doors open 9:45 am. For more information, email info@bostonsings.org. Church of Our Savior, 25 Monmouth Street, Brookline MA 02446 (View flier) 🔗

2:30 PM. Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra [RI]: Handel’s Messiah. With orchestra. For more information, call 401-521-5670 or email info@ricco.org. Block Island School, 15 High Street, New Shoreham RI 02807 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. New World Chorale [MA]: 25th Anniversary concert. Ludwig van Beethoven: Fantasia in C minor (Choral Fantasy), Mark Bartlett, piano; John Cavallaro: Vanishing Treasure (premiere, new comission); Samuel Barber: A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map; "Under the Willow Tree" from Vanessa; Johannes Brahms: Gesänge für Frauenchor, Op. 17; Geistliches Lied, Op. 30; Anton Bruckner: Ave Maria; F.J. Haydn: Te Deum; Pietro Mascagni: "Easter Hymn" from Cavalleria Rusticana. Free admission. Celebratory reception following the concert. Holly MacEwan Krafka, conductor. For more information, call 617-544-7464 or email contact.nwc@newworldchorale.org. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley Hills MA 02481 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Music to Lighten the Darkness. Music by Anna Clyne, Alma Mahler and others; Francis Poulenc: Soir de Neige.. Music to reflect on light and darkness - physical and emotional - and the challenges that we all face during this cold and lonely time. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

6:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Vivaldi, Rutter & Finzi. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; John Rutter: When Icicles Hang; Gerald Finzi: In Terra Pax. Tickets: $15–60. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Choir Matrix [CT]: Mind the Gap. A music tapestry that explores and celebrates our common experiences to bridge the gap that can divide generations. For more information, email consonare.sing@gmail.com. St. Mary's Church, 46 Valley Street, Willimantic CT 06226 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [MA]: Feminine Voices. Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols (Li Shan Tan, harp); music by Hildegard von Bingen, Imogen Holst, Germaine Tailleferre, Cecilia McDowall, Joanna Marsh, Barbara Strozzi, and Elizabeth Poston, as well as a new commission by Kerensa Briggs. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. St. Paul's Parish, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Four Funerals and a Wedding. Henry Purcell: Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary; Herbert Howells: Take Him Earth, For Cherishing; John Tavener: Song for Athene; Howard Goodall: "Lacrymosa: Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep" from Eternal Light: A Requiem; Daniel Pinkham: "Wedding Cantata". For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

2:30 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: Grand Opera meets the Mighty Kotzschmar. Opera choruses, from Verdi to Gershwin, accompanied by the Mighty Kotzschmar organ. Philip Lima, baritone. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

2:30 PM. Friends of the Kotzschmar Organ [ME]: Grand Opera Meets the Mighty Kotzschmar. ChoralArt Masterworks performs opera transcriptions with the Mighty Kotzschmar organ in an evening of musical splendor! James Kennerley, Portland Municipal Organist; Robert Russell, ChoralArt Director; Philip Lima, Baritone. For more information, call 207-553-4363 or email assistant@foko.org. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) 🔗

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Our Neighbors North and South. A showcase for the works of esteemed Canadian and Mexican composers. John Greer: "A Prairie Boy’s Life" for four hands and quartet; songs by Greer and by John Estacio; music by Daniel Catán, Carlos Chávez, and Arturo Márquez. Allison Voth, Music Director. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Vivaldi, Rutter & Finzi. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; John Rutter: When Icicles Hang; Gerald Finzi: In Terra Pax. Tickets: $15–60. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Coro Allegro [MA]: Forged in Fire. Zoltán Kodály: Missa Brevis; Bosba: i see others like me; Anton Bruckner: Three Motets. 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 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [RI]: Feminine Voices. Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols (Li Shan Tan, harp); music by Hildegard von Bingen, Imogen Holst, Germaine Tailleferre, Cecilia McDowall, Joanna Marsh, Barbara Strozzi, and Elizabeth Poston, as well as a new commission by Kerensa Briggs. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Blessed Sacrament Church, 239 Regent Avenue, Providence RI 02908 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Coronation Anthems. G.F. Handel: Coronation Anthems (Zadok the Priest, HWV 258; Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened, HWV 259; The King Shall Rejoice, HWV 260; My Heart Is Inditing, HWV 261); Georg Philipp Telemann: Hamburger Trauermusik, TWV 50:A5. For more information, call 617-858-6782 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Music to Lighten the Darkness. Music by Anna Clyne, Alma Mahler and others; Francis Poulenc: Soir de Neige.. Music to reflect on light and darkness - physical and emotional - and the challenges that we all face during this cold and lonely time. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale / Cambridge Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Reflection. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Gustav Holst: The Planets. Cynthia Woods, conductor. With the Choirs of U-MASS Lowell. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@cambridgesymphony.org. Kresge Auditorium at MIT, 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 ⓘ 🔗

November 18, 2024 (Monday)

7:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: Open Choral Rehearsal for "Elijah". Are you looking for choral experience in a community of welcoming, inclusive, respectful, collegial, and talented vocalists? Interested vocalists (18+) are invited to attend an Open Rehearsal for our Elijah concert in March. to get a sense of how regular rehearsals are run and of the group itself. For more details, see the audition announcement at https://www.choralarts-newengland.org/auditions/2024/assabet-valley-mastersingers. For more information, call 314-495-2258 or email manager@avmsingers.org. First Congregational Church, 19 Church Rd., Shrewsbury MA 01545 ⓘ 🔗

November 23, 2024 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Another Octave [CT]: Here's to the Women! Tickets: $25 general, $18 senior/student/child ($2 more at the door). For more information, call 203-645-7022 or email women@anotheroctave.org. Unitarian Society Of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden CT 06517 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Burlington Choral Society [VT]: Birds, Byrd, and Birding to Change the World. Antonio Vivaldi: “Spring” from The Four Seasons (with chorus singing Vivaldi’s own words); Ralph Vaughn-Williams: The Lark Ascending (with chorus singing words that Vaughan-Williams cited as his inspiration); William Byrd: two works arranged for chorus with strings; Pēteris Vasks: “Plainscapes” (including improvised birdsongs from the chorus); Eric Nelson: “Birdsong” (text by Rumi). Also UVM Professor Trish O’Kane will share excerpts from her memoir Birding to Change the World. Kathy Andrew and Laura Markowitz, violin; John Dunlop, cello. Tickets: $30. For more information, call 802-461-6626 or email bcssingerz@gmail.com. Elley-long Music Center At St. Michael's College, 223 Ethan Allen Avenue, Colchester VT 05446 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 24, 2024 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Sounds of Stow Chorus and Orchestra [MA]: Baroque Brilliance. Giovanni Gabrieli: Jubilate Deo for double chorus accompanied by brass ensemble; Domenico Scarlatti: Iste confessor; Cibavit eos; G.F. Handel: selections from Solomon; J.S. Bach: Der Gerechte kommt um; “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring”. Barbara Jones, director. With brass, winds and strings. For more information, call 978-562-2620 or email barbjonz@me.com. Maynard High School, 1 Tiger Dive, Maynard MA (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Connecticut Master Chorale [CT]: CT Master Chorale Holiday Prelude Concert. Music for Winter, Advent and Hanukkah, festive, joyous carols, big band, spirituals, gospel and more! A special segment will be "Christmas in South America", with selections from Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela. Tina Johns Heidrich, conductor. With the CT Master Chorale Holiday Brass and Joseph Jacovino, keyboards. For more information, call 203-740-9533 or email info@cmchorale.org. First Congregational Church, 164 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury CT 06810 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Commonwealth Chorale Presents "Reverent Praise". Johann Sebastian Bach: Magnificat; Jonathan Dove: Köthener Messe; Cecilia McDowall: Laudate. Julia Soojin Cavallaro, mezzo-soprano; Maria Whitcomb, soprano; Laura Beth Couch, mezzo-soprano; Leo Balkovetz, tenor; Matthew McGinnis, tenor; William Farrell, baritone; Alexander Cook, bass. With professional orchestra. Dove and McDowall’s compositions both pay tribute to Bach and, with the Magnificat, provide respite for uncertain times. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email marketing@CommonwealthChorale.com. Church of the Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Pedal Points: Haydn's Great Organ Mass with contemporary Mass Settings. Performance is postponed to January 4, 2025! Music of Haydn, Bernstein and McClure in the beautiful acoustics of St. James's Church in West Hartford. Mary Hubbell, soprano; Meredith Ziegler, mezzo-soprano; Connor Vigeant, tenor; Greg Rizzo-Flower, bass-baritone; Nathaniel Gumbs, organ; Ellen Gilson Voth, director. Tickets: $25, free for students. For more information, call 860-729-9784 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford CT 06107 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Heritage Chorale [MA]: A Glorious Journey: Vienna & Paris. Music that takes us from classical to modern periods, from two style-defining cities. With professional instrumentalists and vocal soloists. For more information, call 978-590-2747 or email marketing@heritagechorale.org. St. Mark's School, 25 Marlboro Road, Southboro MA 01772 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 29, 2024 (Friday)

4:30 PM. Gloriae Dei Cantores [MA]: Services of Advent Lessons & Carols. Candlelit services with uplifting readings, prayers, and carols—a cherished tradition for over thirty years. Doors will open one hour before the service; no tickets required. For more information, call 774-722-2443 or email pamj@artsempoweringlife.org. Church Of The Transfiguration, 5 Bay View Dr., Orleans MA 02653 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Jeanine De Bique, soprano; Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Sumner Thompson, baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 30, 2024 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Jeanine De Bique, soprano; Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Sumner Thompson, baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:30 PM. Gloriae Dei Cantores [MA]: Services of Advent Lessons & Carols. Candlelit services with uplifting readings, prayers, and carols—a cherished tradition for over thirty years. Doors will open one hour before the service; no tickets required. For more information, call 774-722-2443 or email pamj@artsempoweringlife.org. Church Of The Transfiguration, 5 Bay View Dr., Orleans MA 02653 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Early Music Festival [MA]: Telemann’s Don Quichotte. 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. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email bemf@bemf.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) 🔗

December 1, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Boston Early Music Festival [MA]: Telemann’s Don Quichotte. 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. For more information, call 617-661-1812 or email bemf@bemf.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) 🔗

3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Jeanine De Bique, soprano; Reginald Mobley, countertenor; Nicholas Phan, tenor; Sumner Thompson, baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Sheepscot Chorus [ME]: Vaughan Williams and Other Holiday Favorites. Ralph Vaughan Williams (arr.): "The First Nowell;" Gustav Holst: "Christmas Day"; Franz Biebl: "Ave Maria"; John Rutter: "The Twelve Days of Christmas"; and more; with an audience sing-along. Linda Blanchard, artistic director; Sean Fleming, organist. With professional string quartet. For more information, call 207-380-2769 or email info@sheepscotvalleychorus.org. Congregational Church of Boothbay Harbor, 125 Townsend Ave, Boothbay Harbor ME 04538 (View flier) 🔗

4:00 PM. CONCORA [CT]: Handel's Messiah & Carol Sing. George Friderich Handel: Messiah, Christmas portion and “Hallelujah” Chorus; and a carol sing. With chamber orchestra. Tickets $30/40. For more information, call 860-293-0567 or email contact@concora.org. Church of St. Peter Claver, 47 Pleasant Street, ​, West Hartford CT 06107 ⓘ 🔗

December 5, 2024 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Vienna Boys Choir [MA]: Christmas in Vienna. Austrian folk songs, classical masterpieces, popular songs and, of course, holiday favorites. Tickets:$69-99. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 (View flier) 🔗

December 6, 2024 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Connecticut Yankee Chorale [CT]: Rejoice & Be Merry! A holiday celebration, including a specially commissioned piece in honor of the 40th anniversary year. Dr. William Atwood, conductor. Tickets: $15, $5 for children 12 and under. For more information, call 860-482-5743 or email connecticutyankeechorale@gmail.com. Terryville Congregational Church, 233 Main Street, Terryville CT 06786 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Cantemus Chamber Chorus [MA]: The Peace of Wild Things. Music by Josquin des Prez, Felix Mendelssohn, Joan Szymko, Abbie Betines and Eric Whitacre. The program reveals the beauty, resilience and humor to be found within the animal kingdom. For more information, email Info@cantemus.org. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 4 Ocean Street, Beverly MA 01985 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: Christmas at the Cathedral. A cappella motets, vibrant brass melodies, and familiar songs of the season by Choral Art Singers, Portland Brass Quintet, organist Bridgette Wargovitch and keyboardist Kellie Moody. Friday performance is a Preview. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Multi-Media Concert. Gustav Holst: On this Day Earth Shall Ring; Sergei Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (excerpts); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols. With Halcyon String Quartet. Tickets: $25, free for students 18 and younger, but ticket required. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Watts Hall, 174 Main Street, Thomaston ME 04861 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Carols & Lullabies. Conrad Susa: Carols & Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest; other holiday music. Festival Chorus & Children’s Chorus with guitar, harp, & percussion. For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Unitarian Universalist Congregation In Westport, 10 Lyons Plain Road, Westport CT 06880 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: A Basically British Christmas - Seasonal Favorites From Across The Pond. PFC is celebrating with four works by giants Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, John Rutter, and the late James Whitbourn. With the added drama of brass, timpani, cello, and flute, this will be a magnificent concert ushering in the holiday season. For more information, email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org. St. Bonaventure Parish, 803 State Road, Plymouth MA 02360 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Westborough Community Chorus [MA]: Winter Festival. An array of wintertime and holiday favorites, past and present, including classic arrangements of “Sleigh Ride,” “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” and “Grown-Up Christmas List,” newer songs such as Pentatonix’s “That’s Christmas to Me,” Megan Trainor’s “Kid on Christmas,” and “A Marshmallow World”, as well as a medley of songs from A Muppet Christmas Carol and "Sparklejollytwinklejingley" from Elf, the Musical. Tickets: $15, $10 for seniors/children/students. For more information, call 508-485-4469 or email tickets@westborocommunitychorus.com. Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, 20 Fisher Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Comfort & Joy. Finding joy and solace in the face of life's challenges with music of Johannes Brahms, William Byrd, Isabella Leonarda, Salamone Rossi and others. Eduardo Betancourt, harp. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. Church Of The Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. The Tallis Scholars [MA]: In dulci Jubilo: Music of Praetorius, von Bingen, Lassus, Victoria, and others. 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. 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) 🔗

December 7, 2024 (Saturday)

12:00 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: Christmas at the Cathedral. A cappella motets, vibrant brass melodies, and familiar songs of the season by Choral Art Singers, Portland Brass Quintet, organist Bridgette Wargovitch and keyboardist Kellie Moody. Friday performance is a Preview. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

2:00 PM. Hartford Gay Men's Chorus [CT]: Snowbound Serenade: Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus 2024 Holiday Show. What happens when three people get caught in a blizzard without cell service on their way to the Snowball Festival? Come see the Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus annual holiday show “Snowbound Serenade” and find out! A concert filled with holiday songs and laughs to put everyone in the spirit of the season! For more information, email info@hgmc.org. Aetna Theatre at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street, Hartford CT 06103 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

2:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: A Christmas Spectacular. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria (selections); G.F. Handel's "Hallelujah" from Messiah; other holiday music. With the Northern Worcester County Symphony Orchestra, Jared Bloch, Conductor, and the Fitchburg State Choirs, Jonathan Harvey, Conductor. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Weston Auditorium, 353 North Street, Fitchburg MA 01420 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

2:00 PM. Westborough Community Chorus [MA]: Winter Festival. An array of wintertime and holiday favorites, past and present, including classic arrangements of “Sleigh Ride,” “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” and “Grown-Up Christmas List,” newer songs such as Pentatonix’s “That’s Christmas to Me,” Megan Trainor’s “Kid on Christmas,” and “A Marshmallow World”, as well as a medley of songs from A Muppet Christmas Carol and "Sparklejollytwinklejingley" from Elf, the Musical. Tickets: $15, $10 for seniors/children/students. For more information, call 508-485-4469 or email tickets@westborocommunitychorus.com. Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, 20 Fisher Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: A Holiday Concert. The Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, Stephanie Beatrice, Music Director. Benjamin Britten: "A Ceremony of Carols" (SSA); Dan Forrest: "The Work of Christmas"; John Gardner: "Tomorrow Will Be My Dancing Day"; Mack Wilberg: "Dong, Dong, Merrily On High"; Henry Percell: "Soul of the World"; Mark Sirett: "Thou Shalt Know Him"; Sarah Quartel: "Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind"; Austin Schend: "The Great Clear Twilight"; William Walton: "What Cheer"; Terre Johnson: "Of the Father’s Love Begotten". For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. 20 Payson Park Church, 365 Belmont Street, Belmont MA 02478 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Braintree Choral Society [MA]: Sing Us a Holiday. Daniel Forrest: Te Deum; plus a variety of sacred and secular holiday songs, many in exciting untraditional settings. Susan Gilleece-Reilley, conductor; Daniel Padgett, piano. With percussion and bass, and the Union Ringers. A light reception will follow. Tckets: $20. For more information, call 774-200-0056 or email braintreechoralsociety@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 12 Elm Street, Braintree MA 02184 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Hartford Gay Men's Chorus [CT]: Snowbound Serenade: Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus 2024 Holiday Show. What happens when three people get caught in a blizzard without cell service on their way to the Snowball Festival? Come see the Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus annual holiday show “Snowbound Serenade” and find out! A concert filled with holiday songs and laughs to put everyone in the spirit of the season! For more information, email info@hgmc.org. Aetna Theatre at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street, Hartford CT 06103 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Highland Glee Club [MA]: A Holiday Feast of Song! Songs for Christmas and Hanukkah, rousing singalong, and complimentary reception. Featuring a performance by our 2024 Music Award Winner, violinist Keila Wakao. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door. For more information, call 508-641-9985 or email highlandgleeclub@gmail.com. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Paul Madore Chorale [MA]: Carols & Cocoa. Come to sing or to listen to your favorite holiday carols, together with hot cocoa. Free entry, but $10 suggested donation. For more information, email paulmadoresalem@gmail.com. First Parish Church, 225 Cabot Street, Beverly MA 01945 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. St. Cecilia Chamber Choir [ME]: Lessons and Carols for the Christmas Season. Work by Byrd, Chilcott, Francis, Rutter, Whitacre, and Willcocks, as well as audience sing-alongs. Linda Blanchard, artistic director; Sean Fleming, organist. With professional string quartet. For more information, call 207-544-0614 or email info@ceciliachoir.org. Damariscotta Baptist Church, 4 Bristol Rd, Damariscotta ME 04543 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. CitySingers of Hartford [CT]: Hearth and Tapestry. A concert that binds the musical fabric of cultures from around the globe to remind us of our shared human experience. It sews together vibrant pieces of patchwork, hailing from the isles of Indonesia to the foothills of France, into one festive wintry quilt. For more information, email cregeurstudio@gmail.com. South Congregational Church, 1301 Forbes Street, East Hartford CT 06118 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Concord Women's Chorus [MA]: The Harper’s Song: A Ceremony of Carols. Benjamin Britten: A Ceremony of Carols; David Conte: The Harper’s Song; Elaine Hagenberg: O Come, Emmanuel; Ed Henderson: The Huron Carol. Carrie Kourkoumelis, harp; Jane Ring Frank, Artistic Director. Tickets: $30 adults, $25 seniors/students, $10 children age 12 and under. For more information, call 978-369-6341 or email contact@concordwomenschorus.org. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA 01742 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

6:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Northern Light. Part Uusberg: Valgusele (For light); Ola Gjelio: “Northern Light”; Eric Barnum: “Sweeter Still”; and other Nordic-inspired works. With traditional holiday carols as well. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. The A Cappella Singers [MA]: Holiday Concert. Holiday and winter music for accompanied chorus of high voices, plus a sing-a-long. Randy McGee, A.D., director; Simonida Spasojevic, accompanist. Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students/seniors. For more information, call 774-231-8508 or email info@theacappellasingers.org. Fisk Memorial United Methodist Church, 106 Walnut Street, Natick MA 01760 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. The Area Choir [NH]: Christmas Concerts. A variety of traditional and contemporary Christmas music with the opportunity for the audience to sing Christmas carols with the choir and organ. The 50-voice community choir will be accompanied by piano and flute. The handbell choir will play several selections. No admission charge, a freewill donation will be accepted. For more information, call 603-863-4007 or email TheAreaChoir@gmail.com. South Congregational Church, 20 Church St., Newport NH 03773 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Choral Art Society of the South Shore [MA]: Magnificat! a Celtic Christmas. For more information, call 781-925-6095 or email choralartsociety@yahoo.com. Hingham House of Prayer, 916 Main Street, Hingham MA 02043 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra [RI]: Handel’s Messiah. With orchestra. For more information, call 401-521-5670 or email info@ricco.org. Church Of St. Sebastian, 67 Cole Avenue, Providence RI 02906 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont [VT]: Glorious Season. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria for women’s voices with trumpet, oboe, strings and continuo; and jubilant songs of the season by Robert De Cormier, Dan Forrest, Randol Bass and others. With the University of Vermont String Ensemble. For more information, call 802-879-1218 or email willisdawn@aol.com. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael's College, 18 Campus Road, Colchester VT 05439 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Maya Kherani, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; Jesse Blumberg, baritone. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest Street, Boston MA 02135 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. The Branford Chorale [CT]: Winter Notes. A night of winter and Christmas music under the direction of new maestro Jaci Giammettei. The will also be a raffle table with a scratch ticket wreath, voice lessons, hand made hats, scarves, and towels, theme baskets, and more. Tickets: $18 general admission, $15 seniors/students. For more information, call 860-406-4056 or email BranfordChorale@gmail.com. Walsh Intermediate School, 185 Damascus Road, Branford CT 06405 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: Christmas at the Cathedral. A cappella motets, vibrant brass melodies, and familiar songs of the season by Choral Art Singers, Portland Brass Quintet, organist Bridgette Wargovitch and keyboardist Kellie Moody. Friday performance is a Preview. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Norwalk Community Chorale [CT]: Snowflakes in the Air, a free Christmas concert. The seventy-member mixed chorus is led by Conductor and Artistic Director Brian Muller. Will Duchon, piano. For more information, call 203-853-9842 or email norwalkcc3@gmail.com. 125 East Avenue, Norwalk CT 06851 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: A Basically British Christmas - Seasonal Favorites From Across The Pond. PFC is celebrating with four works by giants Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, John Rutter, and the late James Whitbourn. With the added drama of brass, timpani, cello, and flute, this will be a magnificent concert ushering in the holiday season. For more information, email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org. St. Bonaventure Parish, 803 State Road, Plymouth MA 02360 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Westborough Community Chorus [MA]: Winter Festival. An array of wintertime and holiday favorites, past and present, including classic arrangements of “Sleigh Ride,” “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,” and “Grown-Up Christmas List,” newer songs such as Pentatonix’s “That’s Christmas to Me,” Megan Trainor’s “Kid on Christmas,” and “A Marshmallow World”, as well as a medley of songs from A Muppet Christmas Carol and "Sparklejollytwinklejingley" from Elf, the Musical. Tickets: $15, $10 for seniors/children/students. For more information, call 508-485-4469 or email tickets@westborocommunitychorus.com. Sarah W. Gibbons Middle School, 20 Fisher Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Cambridge Chamber Singers [MA]: A Glorious Sight: Four Centuries of Music by Italian Women. Discover the beautiful, yet little known, music of Renaissance, Baroque, and contemporary Italian women! Overlooked for the last 400 years, this music has come to light due to the recent scholarship of a few dedicated musicologists. Composers include Sulpitia Cesis, Raphaella Aleotti, Maddalena Casulana, Chiara Cozzolani, Leonora D’Este, Isabella Leonarda, and the contemporary Biancamaria Furgeri. With Alleluia (The Rose), by Cole Reyes, winner of the 2024 international composition competition. Special early bird offer, Saturday 12/7 only: Priority Seating and an exclusive Wine & Cheese Reception with a talk from the conductor for just $25! Use code EARLYBIRD before November 15. Regular tickets: $40 priority seating, $25 general admission, $20 student/Senior. For more information, call 617-504-8155 or email Cambridgechambersingers@gmail.com. Lindsey Chapel At Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Hartford Gay Men's Chorus [CT]: Snowbound Serenade: Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus 2024 Holiday Show. What happens when three people get caught in a blizzard without cell service on their way to the Snowball Festival? Come see the Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus annual holiday show “Snowbound Serenade” and find out! A concert filled with holiday songs and laughs to put everyone in the spirit of the season! For more information, email info@hgmc.org. Aetna Theatre at the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, 600 Main Street, Hartford CT 06103 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. The Jameson Singers [MA]: Serenity & Splendor. 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. For more information, call 617-209-9290 or email info@jamesonsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2024 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Multi-Media Concert. Gustav Holst: On this Day Earth Shall Ring; Sergei Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (excerpts); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols. With Halcyon String Quartet. Tickets: $25, free for students 18 and younger, but ticket required. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport ME 04856 ⓘ 🔗

2:30 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: Christmas at the Cathedral. A cappella motets, vibrant brass melodies, and familiar songs of the season by Choral Art Singers, Portland Brass Quintet, organist Bridgette Wargovitch and keyboardist Kellie Moody. Friday performance is a Preview. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Cathedral Of The Immaculate Conception, 307 Congress Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The A Cappella Singers [MA]: Holiday Concert. Holiday and winter music for accompanied chorus of high voices, plus a sing-a-long. Randy McGee, A.D., director; Simonida Spasojevic, accompanist. Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students/seniors. For more information, call 774-231-8508 or email info@theacappellasingers.org. First Congregational Church, 100 Winter Street, Norwood MA 02062 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The Area Choir [NH]: Christmas Concerts. A variety of traditional and contemporary Christmas music with the opportunity for the audience to sing Christmas carols with the choir and organ. The 50-voice community choir will be accompanied by piano and flute. The handbell choir will play several selections. No admission charge, a freewill donation will be accepted. For more information, call 603-863-4007 or email TheAreaChoir@gmail.com. South Congregational Church, 20 Church St., Newport NH 03773 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont [VT]: Glorious Season. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria for women’s voices with trumpet, oboe, strings and continuo; and jubilant songs of the season by Robert De Cormier, Dan Forrest, Randol Bass and others. With the University of Vermont String Ensemble. For more information, call 802-879-1218 or email willisdawn@aol.com. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael's College, 18 Campus Road, Colchester VT 05439 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Bennington County Choral Society [VT]: Magnificat: A Celebration of Praise. Taylor Scott Davis: Magnificat; works by Gjeilo, Biebl, Whitacre and others. Dr. Brian Dukeshier, Artistic Durector; Benjamin April, Assistant Conductor. With the Mount Anthony Union High School Chamber Singers. For more information, call 802-733-7670 or email bccssingers@gmail.com. Sacred Heart Saint Francis de Sales Church, 238 Main Street, Bennington VT 05201 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Maya Kherani, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Omar Najmi, tenor; Jesse Blumberg, baritone. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Cantilena Chamber Choir [MA]: Christmas at Trinity. Traditional music for Christmas by Parsons, Bach, Kodaly, Bruckner and new carols by Ola Gjeilo. There will be an audience sing-along with your favorite must sing carols too! Tickets: $35 general admission, $25 seniors, free for students. For more information, call 518-791-0185 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. Trinity Church, 88 Walker Street, Lenox MA 01240 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Franklin County Community Chorus [MA]: Winter Concert. 60+ singers backed by local musicians perform a program of spiritual and seasonal favorites, from Gregorian chant to fresh takes on classic carols, plus holiday-themed pop and show tunes. Directed by Paul J. Calcari, founder, and retired Greenfield School District music director. For more information, call 503-780-6061 or email smfwrites@gmail.com. Greenfield H.S., 21 Barr Ave, Greenfield MA 01301 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Hartford Chorale / Waterbury Symphony Orchestra [CT]: Messiah and Magnificat. G.F. Handel: Messiah (part 1); J.S. Bach: Magnificat in D. Leif Bjaland & Jack Anthony Pott, conductors. For more information, call 860-547-1982 or email contact@hartfordchorale.org. Naugatuck Valley Community College, 750 Chase Pkwy, Waterbury CT 06708 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The Jameson Singers [MA]: Serenity & Splendor. 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. For more information, call 617-209-9290 or email info@jamesonsingers.org. Second Church In Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton MA 02465 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. New England Classical Singers [MA]: Joyeux Noël! Francis Poulenc: Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël; Marc-Antoine Charpentier: Messe de minuit pour Noël. Pre-concert lecture by Andrew Shryock at 2:00. For more information, call 978-474-6090 or email info@newenglandclassical.org. Christ Church Andover, 33 Central Street, Andover MA 01810 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra [RI]: Handel’s Messiah. With orchestra. For more information, call 401-521-5670 or email info@ricco.org. St. James Church, 33 Division Street, Manville RI 02838 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The Stamford Chorale [CT]: "Wolcum!" Winter Concert. Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols, with a selection of Stephen Paulus carols. Billy Janiszewski, Music Director; Eilidh McRae, harp; Melanie Feldman, oboe. Tickets: $25 at the door, $20 pre-sale, $10 student (18+), free for under age 18. For more information, call 203-359-0659 or email carol@thestamfordchorale.org. St. Leo Parish, 24 Roxbury Road, Stamford CT 06902 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Worcester Children's Chorus [MA]: A Worcester Holiday. 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. For more information, call 508-767-7077 or email info@worcesterchildrenschorus.org. TBD, Worcester MA 01608 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cambridge Chamber Singers [MA]: A Glorious Sight: Four Centuries of Music by Italian Women. Discover the beautiful, yet little known, music of Renaissance, Baroque, and contemporary Italian women! Overlooked for the last 400 years, this music has come to light due to the recent scholarship of a few dedicated musicologists. Composers include Sulpitia Cesis, Raphaella Aleotti, Maddalena Casulana, Chiara Cozzolani, Leonora D’Este, Isabella Leonarda, and the contemporary Biancamaria Furgeri. With Alleluia (The Rose), by Cole Reyes, winner of the 2024 international composition competition. Special early bird offer, Saturday 12/7 only: Priority Seating and an exclusive Wine & Cheese Reception with a talk from the conductor for just $25! Use code EARLYBIRD before November 15. Regular tickets: $40 priority seating, $25 general admission, $20 student/Senior. For more information, call 617-504-8155 or email Cambridgechambersingers@gmail.com. Parish of the Epiphany, 70 Church St, Winchester MA 01890 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cantemus Chamber Chorus [MA]: The Peace of Wild Things. Music by Josquin des Prez, Felix Mendelssohn, Joan Szymko, Abbie Betines and Eric Whitacre. The program reveals the beauty, resilience and humor to be found within the animal kingdom. For more information, email Info@cantemus.org. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 166 High Street, Newburyport MA 01950 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cantilena [MA]: Deeply Rooted. Kenneth Seitz: “Velvet Shoes”; “Silent Night”; “Dona Nobis Pacem”; and others; Margaret Bonds: “O Sing of a King Who Was Tall and Brown” from Ballad of the Brown King; Ellen Gilson Voth: “Longest Shadow of the Year”; Brian Holmes: “Let Evening Come”; Joan Szymko: “The Peace of Wild Things”; Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols (selections); and other seasonal favorites. A reception follows the performance. For more information, call 339-298-7730 or email info@cantilena.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Choral Art Society of the South Shore [MA]: Magnificat! a Celtic Christmas. For more information, call 781-925-6095 or email choralartsociety@yahoo.com. St. Luke's Episcopal Church, 465 First Parish Road, Scituate MA 02066 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Connecticut Yankee Chorale [CT]: Rejoice & Be Merry! A holiday celebration, including a specially commissioned piece in honor of the 40th anniversary year. Dr. William Atwood, conductor. Tickets: $15, $5 for children 12 and under. For more information, call 860-482-5743 or email connecticutyankeechorale@gmail.com. St. Paul's Lutheran Church, 837 Charles Street, Torrington CT 06790 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: Holiday Concert: Music for the Soul. Ola Gjeilo: A Spotless Rose; The Ground (Pleni sunt caeli); Elaine Hagenberg: The Wexford Carol; Christopher Theofanidis: November Song; Kim Arnesen: Flight Song; Adam Paltrowitz: Peace Flows into Me; Rosephanye Powell: I Dream a World; Noah Stein: Yo Lisa Goy; and choruses by Handel, Haydn, and Mozart. With orchestra, and the Gospel choir "New Praise". Audience sing-along as well. For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. East Haven High School, 35 Wheelbarrow Lane, East Haven CT 06513 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: A Basically British Christmas - Seasonal Favorites From Across The Pond. PFC is celebrating with four works by giants Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, John Rutter, and the late James Whitbourn. With the added drama of brass, timpani, cello, and flute, this will be a magnificent concert ushering in the holiday season. For more information, email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org. St. Bonaventure Parish, 803 State Road, Plymouth MA 02360 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. Coro Dante [MA]: Buon Natale - Seven centuries of choral celebration. Tickets: $20. Refreshments provided after the concert. For more information, call 617-876-5160 or email lisamicali@gmail.com. Dante Alighieri Society, 41 Hampshire Street, Cambridge MA 02139 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. The Area Choir [NH]: Christmas Concerts. A variety of traditional and contemporary Christmas music with the opportunity for the audience to sing Christmas carols with the choir and organ. The 50-voice community choir will be accompanied by piano and flute. The handbell choir will play several selections. No admission charge, a freewill donation will be accepted. For more information, call 603-863-4007 or email TheAreaChoir@gmail.com. South Congregational Church, 20 Church St., Newport NH 03773 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Comfort & Joy. Finding joy and solace in the face of life's challenges with music of Johannes Brahms, William Byrd, Isabella Leonarda, Salamone Rossi and others. Eduardo Betancourt, harp. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

December 11, 2024 (Wednesday)

7:30 PM. Dracut Community Chorus [MA]: Holiday Concert. Free admission! For more information, call 978-501-3016 or email Sing98@comcast.net. Dracut Senior High School, 1540 Lakeview Avenue, Dracut MA 01826 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 12, 2024 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: Christmas with Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. For more information, call 802-540-1784 or email contact@counterpointchorus.org. Warren United Church, 339 Main Street, Warren VT 05674 ⓘ 🔗

December 13, 2024 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Cathedral Concert Series [NH]: Handel's Messiah and Vivaldi's Gloria. G.F. Handel: Messiah (first part); Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria. The Cathedral of Saint Joseph Parish Choir, members of the Diocesan Festival Choir, Guest singers, and soloists, accompanied by professional chamber orchestra. For more information, call 603-622-6404 or email EBermani@stjosephcathedralnh.org. Cathedral Of St. Joseph, 145 Lowell Street, Manchester NH 03104 (View flier) 🔗

7:00 PM. Con Brio Choral Society [CT]: Christmas Concerts 2024. W.A. Mozart: Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K 339; J.S. Bach: Sanctus, from Mass in B minor; Hugo Distler: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; Felix Mendelssohn: "Then shall a Star from Jacob come forth" from Christus; Morten Lauridsen: "Sure on this shining night"; and other seasonal songs and carols. Louise Fauteux, soprano; Allison Messier, mezzo-soprano; Ransom Bruce, and Christopher Grundy, tenor; bass. With orchestra. Tickets: $40, $15 for students. For more information, call 860-526-5399 or email webmaster@conbrio.org. Christ The King Church, 1 Mccurdy Road, Old Lyme CT 06371 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Seaglass Performing Arts [ME]: Stella Natalis - Seaglass Chorale 2024 Winter Concert. Karl Jenkins: Stella Natalis, a work in twelve movements celebrating different aspects of Christmastide. The evening will end with a performance by the Seatones and a community holiday sing-a-long. Tickets: $20, $10 age 18 and under. For more information, email seaglasspa@gmail.com. St. David's Episcopal Church, 138 York Street, Kennebunk ME (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Vermont ACDA [VT]: Madrigal Festival. Carl Recchia, conductor. Tickets (cash/check only): $8 adult, $6 senior/student; $20 for a family of 3 or more. St. Joseph's Cathedral, 29 Allen Street, Burlington VT 05401 (View flier) 🔗

7:30 PM. Amare Cantare [NH]: Hodie. Unaccompanied choral music for the holidays, including settings by Sweelinck, Palestrina, Nanino, and LaCour of the Christmas text Hodie Christus natus est; Anton Bruckner: Christus factus est; Virga Jesse; Morten Lauridsen: O nata lux; Healey Willan: “The Three Kings”; Benjamin Britten (arr.): “The Holly and the Ivy”; Matthew Cullton: “Gabriel’s Message”; John Rutter (arr.): “Deck the Hall” for women’s voices. Tickets: $18. For more information, call 603-365-6727 or email info@amarecantare.org. Christ Church, 43 Pine Street, Exeter NH 03833 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: Christmas with Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. For more information, call 802-540-1784 or email contact@counterpointchorus.org. United Church Of Newport, 63 Third Street, Newport VT 05855 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Voce [CT]: Lumen. For more information, email info@voceinc.org. St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 197 Bushy Hill Road, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica [MA]: Holidays. Harmony. Hope. J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225; Sally Beamish: "In the stillness"; Reena Esmail: "The Unexpected Early Hour"; Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium; John Goss: "See amid the winter’s snow"; Elizabeth Alexander: "When the Song of the Angels is Stilled"; Marques L.A. Garrett: "Ring out, ye Bells!" For more information, call 617-267-7442 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Dedham Choral Society [MA]: A Tuscan Christmas. Giacomo Puccini: Messa di Gloria, for soloists, chorus, and orchestra; Giacomo Puccini, "Senior" (the younger composer's great-great-grandfather): Magnificat. As is tradition, our audience will have the opportunity to raise their voices in traditional carols, accompanied by full chorus and orchestra. 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 14, 2024 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Community Chorus at South Berwick [ME]: Snow Angel. Sarah Quartel: Snow Angel (accompanied by cello, djembe, and piano); John Rutter: “The Very Best Time of the Year”; holiday music by André Thomas, Randall Thompson, and others; G.F. Handel: “For Unto Us A Child is Born” from Messiah. Dr. Amy Kotsonis, director. Tickets: $17 advance, $20 at the door, $17 students & seniors; free for children 12 and under. For more information, email CCSB.Contacts@gmail.com. Living Water UMC, 238 Dow Hwy, Eliot ME 03903 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. St. Cecilia Chamber Choir [ME]: Lessons and Carols for the Christmas Season. Work by Byrd, Chilcott, Francis, Rutter, Whitacre, and Willcocks, as well as audience sing-alongs. Linda Blanchard, artistic director; Sean Fleming, organist. With professional string quartet. For more information, call 207-544-0614 or email info@ceciliachoir.org. Bowdoin Chapel, 14 North Campus Drive, Brunswick ME 04011 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: An Alice Parker Christmas. With Boston Low Brass. 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) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. CitySingers of Hartford [CT]: Hearth and Tapestry. A concert that binds the musical fabric of cultures from around the globe to remind us of our shared human experience. It sews together vibrant pieces of patchwork, hailing from the isles of Indonesia to the foothills of France, into one festive wintry quilt. For more information, email cregeurstudio@gmail.com. First Church West Hartford, 12 S. Main Street, West Hartford CT 06107 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Pioneer Valley Symphony [MA]: Home Alone! Annual Holiday Pops Concert. This family-friendly annual tradition unites the 150+ musicians of the PVS Orchestra, Chorus, and Youth Orchestra on stage for big holiday fun! This year features music from the movie Home Alone and new singalong arrangements by Anthony Ferreira of “Deck the Hall”, “Jingle Bells”, and others. Pre-show festivities begin at 3 pm. Tickets: $15-$35, $5 for students and youth. For more information, call 413-773-3664 or email boxoffice@pvso.org. Greenfield High School Auditorium, 21 Barr Avenue, Greenfield MA 01301 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Seaglass Performing Arts [ME]: Stella Natalis - Seaglass Chorale 2024 Winter Concert. Karl Jenkins: Stella Natalis, a work in twelve movements celebrating different aspects of Christmastide. The evening will end with a performance by the Seatones and a community holiday sing-a-long. Tickets: $20, $10 age 18 and under. For more information, email seaglasspa@gmail.com. St. David's Episcopal Church, 138 York Street, Kennebunk ME 04090 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. St. Mary Schola [ME]: Christmas by Candlelight. For more information, email contact@stmaryschola.org. Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford Street, Portland ME 04103 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: Christmas with Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. For more information, call 802-540-1784 or email contact@counterpointchorus.org. Grafton Community Church, 55 Main Street, Grafton VT 05146 ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. GMChorale [CT]: Festival of Carols. With the Chancel Choir of First Congregational Church. For more information, call 860-316-4854 or email gmcmedia@gmchorale.org. First Congregational Church, 111 Church Drive, Cheshire CT 06410 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

6:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Christmas Pops. A Christmas extravaganza, featuring old favorites, new arrangements, sing-alongs, and maybe even some surprise visitors. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. The Maine Music Society Chorale [ME]: A Season of Celebration. Francis Poulenc: Gloria; Dan Forrest: "Angels We Have Heard on High"; and timeless holiday music, including cherished carols and the traditional holiday sing-along. Dr. Richard Nickerson, director. Tickets (including fees): $27 adult, $25 senior, $6 student, free for children under 12. For more information, call 207-333-3386 or email info@mainemusicsociety.org. Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston ME 04240 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Tapestry Singers [ME]: 'Tis the Season. From classical choral music to popular holiday standards. With organist Sean Fleming, a full orchestra, bell choir, and an audience holiday sing-along. For more information, call 207-607-9269 or email info@tapestrysingersmaine.org. Damariscotta Baptist Church, 4 Bristol Road, Damariscotta ME 04543 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Voices of Concinnity [CT]: Candlelight Concinnity: illuminating the holidays. An evening of luminescent sound and atmosphere to help celebrate and reflect during the holiday season… together For more information, email consonare.sing@gmail.com. Emanuel Lutheran Church, 60 Church Street, Manchester CT 06040 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Cantata Christmas. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. St. Paul's Parish, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. In Choro Novo [MA]: This Shining Night. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door. For more information, call 617-469-3705 or email info@inchoronovo.org. Marsh Chapel, Boston University, 735 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston MA 02215 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: Christmas Double Takes. Settings of classic music for the Christmas season, including settings of Ave Maria, Magnificat, and The Lamb, by Purcell, Howells, and Tavener, as well as Medieval and modern settings of English texts. You can vote on your favorites at a reception will take place after the concert. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02238 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Newburyport Choral Society [MA]: Luminous Night. The program includes a contemporary Norwegian piece on the beauty and mystery of a winter night, Christmas carols arranged with rich textures by Alice Parker, Norman Dello Joio's "A Jubilant Song", and Latin American, Chanuka, and seasonal favorites. For more information, call 978-462-0650 or email info@newburyportchoralsociety.org. Rupert A. Nock Middle School, 70 Low Street, Newburyport MA 01950 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Portsmouth Pro Musica [NH]: A December Day: 40th anniversary celebration. Greg Brown: Where the Owl Lives (commission, world premiere); R.L. Pearsall: In Dulci Jubilo; John Rutter: Christmas Night; Renaissance works by Giovanni Palestrina and Hans Hassler; and several holiday works and carols. Adelyn Nelson, piano; Erin Dubois, flute; Priscilla Stevens French, director. With the PMAC Sandpipers Youth Chorus. Tickets: $20, or $15 students/seniors. For more information, call 603-436-8154 or email info@ppmnh.org. Phillips Church, 61 Front Street, Exeter NH 03833 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Renaissance Voices [ME]: Christmas with Renaissance Voices. 30th Anniversary Season! Music by Thomas Weelkes, Juan Esquivel, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Hugo Distler, Cecilia McDowall and more! For more information, email reaissancevoices@gmail.com. St. Luke's Cathedral, 143 State Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. South Coast Community Chorale [MA]: Twas the Night Before Christmas. G.F. Handel: Messiah, Part I; with holiday selections including "‘Twas the Night Before Christmas", "A Christmas Carol", "Sleigh Ride" and many others. Tickets: $18 in advance, $20 at the door ($3 discount for students and seniors). For more information, call 508-678-9649 or email fwmozart@aol.com. St. Thomas More Church, 386 Luther Avenue, Somerset MA 02726 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2024 (Sunday)

10:00 AM. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church [MA]: Benjamin Britten's SAINT NICOLAS. An enchanting cantata about the life and legends of Nicolas: patron saint of children, seafarers, and travelers. The Hills Church Chancel and Children's Choirs; Michael Calmés, tenor; Dr. William D. Cooper, conductor. With orchestra. The service will be live-streamed (and available later) at https://youtube.com/live/gqMB0TU4mlk. Free will offering. Ample adjacent parking. For more information, call 781-235-4424 or email office@hillschurch.org. 207 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 (View flier) 🔗

1:30 PM. Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills [MA]: Community Messiah Sing. Kay Patterson, soprano; Teri Kowiak, mezzo-soprano; Jason Wang, tenor; Mark Andrew Cleveland, bass; Suzie Cartreine, conductor and continuo. With chamber orchestra. People of all ages are invited to our sanctuary to enjoy this seasonal classic, whether singing along or listening. Scores available; bring one if you can. Free admission, donations welcome. For more information, email music@uuwellesley.org. Unitarian Universalist Society Of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 (View flier) 🔗

2:00 PM. The Maine Music Society Chorale [ME]: A Season of Celebration. Francis Poulenc: Gloria; Dan Forrest: "Angels We Have Heard on High"; and timeless holiday music, including cherished carols and the traditional holiday sing-along. Dr. Richard Nickerson, director. Tickets (including fees): $27 adult, $25 senior, $6 student, free for children under 12. For more information, call 207-333-3386 or email info@mainemusicsociety.org. Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston ME 04240 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

2:00 PM. Renaissance Voices [ME]: Christmas with Renaissance Voices. 30th Anniversary Season! Music by Thomas Weelkes, Juan Esquivel, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Hugo Distler, Cecilia McDowall and more! For more information, email reaissancevoices@gmail.com. St. Luke's Cathedral, 143 State Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

2:30 PM. Newburyport Choral Society [MA]: Luminous Night. The program includes a contemporary Norwegian piece on the beauty and mystery of a winter night, Christmas carols arranged with rich textures by Alice Parker, Norman Dello Joio's "A Jubilant Song", and Latin American, Chanuka, and seasonal favorites. For more information, call 978-462-0650 or email info@newburyportchoralsociety.org. Rupert A. Nock Middle School, 70 Low Street, Newburyport MA 01950 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Amare Cantare [NH]: Hodie. Unaccompanied choral music for the holidays, including settings by Sweelinck, Palestrina, Nanino, and LaCour of the Christmas text Hodie Christus natus est; Anton Bruckner: Christus factus est; Virga Jesse; Morten Lauridsen: O nata lux; Healey Willan: “The Three Kings”; Benjamin Britten (arr.): “The Holly and the Ivy”; Matthew Cullton: “Gabriel’s Message”; John Rutter (arr.): “Deck the Hall” for women’s voices. Tickets: $18. For more information, call 603-365-6727 or email info@amarecantare.org. Oyster River Middle School Concert Hall, 1 Coe Drive, Durham NH 03824 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: An Almost-Winter Concert. Ralph Vaughan William: Fantasia on Christmas Carols; John Rutter: Requiem; Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker. With The Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Christmas Pops. A Christmas extravaganza, featuring old favorites, new arrangements, sing-alongs, and maybe even some surprise visitors. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Community Chorus at South Berwick [NH]: Snow Angel. Sarah Quartel: Snow Angel (accompanied by cello, djembe, and piano); John Rutter: “The Very Best Time of the Year”; holiday music by André Thomas, Randall Thompson, and others; G.F. Handel: “For Unto Us A Child is Born” from Messiah. Dr. Amy Kotsonis, director. Tickets: $17 advance, $20 at the door, $17 students & seniors; free for children 12 and under. For more information, email CCSB.Contacts@gmail.com. Christ Church, 43 Pine Street, Exeter NH 03833 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Con Brio Choral Society [CT]: Christmas Concerts 2024. W.A. Mozart: Vesperae solennes de Confessore, K 339; J.S. Bach: Sanctus, from Mass in B minor; Hugo Distler: Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme; Felix Mendelssohn: "Then shall a Star from Jacob come forth" from Christus; Morten Lauridsen: "Sure on this shining night"; and other seasonal songs and carols. Louise Fauteux, soprano; Allison Messier, mezzo-soprano; Ransom Bruce, and Christopher Grundy, tenor; bass. With orchestra. Tickets: $40, $15 for students. For more information, call 860-526-5399 or email webmaster@conbrio.org. Christ The King Church, 1 Mccurdy Road, Old Lyme CT 06371 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Portsmouth Pro Musica [NH]: A December Day: 40th anniversary celebration. Greg Brown: Where the Owl Lives (commission, world premiere); R.L. Pearsall: In Dulci Jubilo; John Rutter: Christmas Night; Renaissance works by Giovanni Palestrina and Hans Hassler; and several holiday works and carols. Adelyn Nelson, piano; Erin Dubois, flute; Priscilla Stevens French, director. With the PMAC Sandpipers Youth Chorus. Tickets: $20, or $15 students/seniors. For more information, call 603-436-8154 or email info@ppmnh.org. South Church, 292 State Street, Portsmouth NH 03801 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Providence Singers / Rhode Island Philharmonic [RI]: Messiah. G.F. Handel: Messiah. Eleonore Cockerham, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Thomas Cooley, tenor; Douglas Williams, baritone; Christine Noel, conductor. For more information, call 401-248-7000 or email boxoffice@riphil.org. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1 Avenue Of The Arts, Providence RI 02903 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. South Coast Community Chorale [MA]: Twas the Night Before Christmas. G.F. Handel: Messiah, Part I; with holiday selections including "‘Twas the Night Before Christmas", "A Christmas Carol", "Sleigh Ride" and many others. Tickets: $18 in advance, $20 at the door ($3 discount for students and seniors). For more information, call 508-678-9649 or email fwmozart@aol.com. St Joseph’s Church, 1335 North Main Street, Fall River MA 02720 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: Messiah Sing. Singers of all levels and music enthusiasts are invited to join in a performance of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own scores. Dr. Malinda Haslett, soprano; Emily Harmon, mezzo-soprano; Jonathan Boyd, tenor; Nathan Savant, bass-baritone; William Ness, organ; Dr. Robert Eaton, Artistic Director. For more information, email manager@avmsingers.org. Congregational Church Of Westborough, 57 W Main Street, Westborough MA 01581 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Camerata [VT]: Seeing Double - Music for Two Choirs. William Byrd: "Great Service"; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G minor. As two choirs dialogue across the stage, two composers also dialogue across the centuries! For more information, email info@bmcvt.org. Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT 05301 (View flier) ⓘⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cambridge Community Chorus [MA]: Winter concert. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; W.A. Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Dominica, K. 321. With professional orchestra and soloists. Tickets: $35 general admission, $25 students/seniors, free with MIT ID and for children age 10 & under; pay-as-you-wish tickets available. For more information, call 617-517-3169 or email admin@cambridgechorus.org. Kresge Auditorium at MIT, 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cantemus Chamber Chorus [MA]: The Peace of Wild Things. Music by Josquin des Prez, Felix Mendelssohn, Joan Szymko, Abbie Betines and Eric Whitacre. The program reveals the beauty, resilience and humor to be found within the animal kingdom. For more information, email Info@cantemus.org. Gloucester Unitarian Universalist Church, 10 Church Street, Gloucester MA 01930 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Counterpoint [VT]: Christmas with Counterpoint and the Vermont Symphony Orchestra Brass Quintet. For more information, call 802-540-1784 or email contact@counterpointchorus.org. First Congregational Church, 3624 Main Street, Manchester VT 05254 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Emmanuel Music [MA]: Christmas at Emmanuel. J.S .Bach: Gelobet seist du, Jesu Christ, BWV 91; ‍Evan Williams: Little Mass for Christmas (New England premiere; Sam Higgins, countertenor); J.S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147. For more information, call 617-536-3356 or email music@emmanuelmusic.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Fairfield County Chorale [CT]: Yuletide Harmonies. Zoltán Kodály: Veni, Veni, Emmanuel; Benjamin Britten: Te Deum in C major; William Matthias: Sir Christemas; R.R. Terry: Myn Liking; Gustav Holst: Lullay my liking, Op 34; Christmas Day; J.DS. Bach: Magnificat. Samarie Alicea, soprano; Claire Coven, mezzo soprano; David Freides, tenor; Gustavo Feullien, baritone. With orchestra. For more information, call 203-254-1333 or email info@fairfieldcountychorale.org. Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Avenue, Norwalk CT 06851 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Master Singers of Lexington [MA]: A Master Singers Christmas. Dieterich Buxtehude: Magnificat; Francesco Durante:Magnificat; William Byrd: Ave Maria; Chris Majoros: Veni Redemptor/O Beautiful Child; and a selection of Christmas Carols. For more information, call 781-729-7975 or email msingers@themastersingers.org. First Parish Church in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington MA 02421 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. St. Mary Schola [ME]: Christmas by Candlelight. For more information, email contact@stmaryschola.org. St. Mary's Episcopal Church, 43 Foreside Road, Falmouth ME 04105 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Tapestry Singers [ME]: 'Tis the Season. From classical choral music to popular holiday standards. With organist Sean Fleming, a full orchestra, bell choir, and an audience holiday sing-along. For more information, call 207-607-9269 or email info@tapestrysingersmaine.org. Damariscotta Baptist Church, 4 Bristol Road, Damariscotta ME 04543 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Voce [CT]: Lumen. For more information, email info@voceinc.org. Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland Street, Hartford CT 06105 ⓘ 🔗

5:30 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Christmas Pops. A Christmas extravaganza, featuring old favorites, new arrangements, sing-alongs, and maybe even some surprise visitors. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

5:30 PM. Third Baptist Church [MA]: 11th Annual Christmas Concert. An evening of music, glad tidings and joy, as we celebrate the true meaning of Christmas! Featuring musical performances by The New England Tenors, TBC Community Chorale with Myran Parker Brass, The Higher Praise Gospel Choir, The Gospel Duet, The Choral Majority & many more! For more information, call 978-457-6939 or email floydaleah@gmail.com. Methuen Memorial Music Hall, 192 Broadway, Methuen MA 01844 (View flier) 🔗

December 16, 2024 (Monday)

7:00 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: Messiah Sing-along. Singers of all skill levels welcome. Robert Russell, conductor; Hentus van Rooyen, organ; Trevor Lavenbein, trumpet. With musicians from the Southern Maine Community Orchestra. Food and cash donations for Portland’s emergency food pantry, Project FEED, will be accepted at the door. Admission: $5 at Door, Students Free; net proceeds will be donated to Project FEED. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford Street, Portland ME 04103 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2024 (Tuesday)

7:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Community Messiah Sing. Tbe audience is the chorus! With guest conductors, soloists, & string quartet. Suggested donation: $15 For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. United Church Of Rowayton, 210 Rowayton Avenue, Norwalk CT 06853 ⓘ 🔗

December 18, 2024 (Wednesday)

7:30 PM. Amare Cantare [NH]: Hodie. Unaccompanied choral music for the holidays, including settings by Sweelinck, Palestrina, Nanino, and LaCour of the Christmas text Hodie Christus natus est; Anton Bruckner: Christus factus est; Virga Jesse; Morten Lauridsen: O nata lux; Healey Willan: “The Three Kings”; Benjamin Britten (arr.): “The Holly and the Ivy”; Matthew Cullton: “Gabriel’s Message”; John Rutter (arr.): “Deck the Hall” for women’s voices. Tickets: $18. For more information, call 603-365-6727 or email info@amarecantare.org. Middle Street Baptist Church, 18 Court Street, Portsmouth NH 03801 ⓘ 🔗

December 19, 2024 (Thursday)

12:15 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: Holiday Sing-along. Join members of ChoralArt as they lead you in singing your favorite holiday songs and carols. Admission is free, but please RSVP as seating is limited. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Portland Conservatory of Music, 28 Neal Street, Portland ME 04102 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Baroque Christmas. J.S. Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62; Christoph Graupner: Overture in F Major; Antonio de Salazar: Conceptio Gloriosae; Francisco Lopez Capillas: Cui Luna, Sol et omnia; Francisco Lopez Capillas: Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis: Magnificat a 8; Juan de Araujo: Ay andar, a tocar, a cantar, a baylar. Ruben Valenzuela, 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) ⓘ 🔗

December 20, 2024 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: Celebrate! Messiah and Carol Sing. Join us to sing (or listen to) G.F. Handel's Messiah, Part I (and the "Hallelujah" Chorus), in a collaborative undertaking of PFC singers, community members, and volunteer soloists & instrumentalists. The event includes a singalong of seasonal favorites. For more information, email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org. First Congregational Church at the Green, 6 Plympton Street, Middleborough MA 02346 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Boston Christmas. Featuring brass, organ, and Boston's favorite carol sing-along. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Bagaduce Chorale [ME]: Illuminare. Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare. Bronwyn Kortge, conductor. Tickets: $20 adult, free for students. For more information, call 207-667-3555 or email bagaducechorale@gmail.com. Ellsworth High School, 299 State Street, Ellsworth ME 04605 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy. 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 For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 21, 2024 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Jingle All The Way! Holiday Handbells & Children’s Chorus. With audience sing-a-long & Santa’s jingle bell bracelet craft! Free and open to all, with donations welcome. (Rain/snow date, Sunday, December 22.) For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Wilton Historical Society, 224 Danbury Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Bagaduce Chorale [ME]: Illuminare. Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare. Bronwyn Kortge, conductor. Tickets: $20 adult, free for students. For more information, call 207-667-3555 or email bagaducechorale@gmail.com. Ellsworth High School, 299 State Street, Ellsworth ME 04605 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy. 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 For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. White Mountain Voices / White Mountain Youth Voices [NH]: A Classical Christmas. Franz Schubert: Mass in G; Dietrich Buxtehude: Magnificat; John Rutter: "What Sweeter Music", Ola Gjeilo: Ecce Novum; Elaine Hagenburg: Wexford Carol; other seasonal music and audience sing-a-long. Hannah Murray, soprano; Andrew Hudson-Sabens, tenor; Lucas Weiss, baritone; Joseph Hansalik, piano and organ; Victoria Cole, director. With members of Plymouth (NH) Strings. Suggested donation at the door $15; under 18 free. For more information, call 603-728-7022 or email artisticdirector@whitemountainvoices.com. Lancaster Town Hall, 25 Main St, Lancaster NH 03584 ⓘⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: A Boston Christmas. Featuring brass, organ, and Boston's favorite carol sing-along. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale / Worcester Youth Orchestra [MA]: Annual Family Holiday Pops. Jonathan Colby, conductor. For more information, call 508-281-9976 or email info@worcesteryouthorchestras.org. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608 ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Solstice. 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. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier) 🔗

8:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: Christmas in 15th-Century France & Burgundy. 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 For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Solstice. 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. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier) 🔗

8:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Light from Deepest Heaven, Choral Concert and Winter Wear Clothing Drive. James Woodman: "The Midwife's Tale"; Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata (not performed at the Sunday 7:30 pm concert); works by Daryl Bichel, Graham Gordon Ramsay, Jason Robison, John Rutter, Timothy Takach, and Patricia Van Ness. Jennifer Lester, conductor; Heinrich Christensen, organ. With the Bitumen Brass Quartet (no brass Sunday 7:30 pm). Seraphim’s Winter Wear Drive: bring winter wear donations for those facing housing insecurity! The items will be distributed by The Friday Café at First Church in Cambridge. Donate new and gently used sturdy winter clothing, shoes, and boots. Tickets: $25, $20 senior, $10 students, $15 virtual (Sunday 3 pm concert). For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. Holy Name Parish, 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 22, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Baroque Christmas. J.S. Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 62; Christoph Graupner: Overture in F Major; Antonio de Salazar: Conceptio Gloriosae; Francisco Lopez Capillas: Cui Luna, Sol et omnia; Francisco Lopez Capillas: Canticum Beatae Mariae Virginis: Magnificat a 8; Juan de Araujo: Ay andar, a tocar, a cantar, a baylar. Ruben Valenzuela, 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) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Light from Deepest Heaven, Choral Concert and Winter Wear Clothing Drive. James Woodman: "The Midwife's Tale"; Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata (not performed at the Sunday 7:30 pm concert); works by Daryl Bichel, Graham Gordon Ramsay, Jason Robison, John Rutter, Timothy Takach, and Patricia Van Ness. Jennifer Lester, conductor; Heinrich Christensen, organ. With the Bitumen Brass Quartet (no brass Sunday 7:30 pm). Seraphim’s Winter Wear Drive: bring winter wear donations for those facing housing insecurity! The items will be distributed by The Friday Café at First Church in Cambridge. Donate new and gently used sturdy winter clothing, shoes, and boots. Tickets: $25, $20 senior, $10 students, $15 virtual (Sunday 3 pm concert). For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. Trinity Parish, 11 Homer St, Newton Centre MA 02459 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. White Mountain Voices / White Mountain Youth Voices [NH]: A Classical Christmas. Franz Schubert: Mass in G; Dietrich Buxtehude: Magnificat; John Rutter: "What Sweeter Music", Ola Gjeilo: Ecce Novum; Elaine Hagenburg: Wexford Carol; other seasonal music and audience sing-a-long. Hannah Murray, soprano; Andrew Hudson-Sabens, tenor; Lucas Weiss, baritone; Joseph Hansalik, piano and organ; Victoria Cole, director. With members of Plymouth (NH) Strings. Suggested donation at the door $15; under 18 free. For more information, call 603-728-7022 or email artisticdirector@whitemountainvoices.com. First Congregational Church, 189 Main Street, Littleton NH 03561 ⓘⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Light from Deepest Heaven, Choral Concert and Winter Wear Clothing Drive. James Woodman: "The Midwife's Tale"; Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata (not performed at the Sunday 7:30 pm concert); works by Daryl Bichel, Graham Gordon Ramsay, Jason Robison, John Rutter, Timothy Takach, and Patricia Van Ness. Jennifer Lester, conductor; Heinrich Christensen, organ. With the Bitumen Brass Quartet (no brass Sunday 7:30 pm). Seraphim’s Winter Wear Drive: bring winter wear donations for those facing housing insecurity! The items will be distributed by The Friday Café at First Church in Cambridge. Donate new and gently used sturdy winter clothing, shoes, and boots. Tickets: $25, $20 senior, $10 students, $15 virtual (Sunday 3 pm concert). For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 28, 2024 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Crescendo Music [CT]: Bach-Circle: Christmas Oratorios and Contemporary Female Voices. J.S. Bach: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (Let honor be sung to you, O God), the fifth cantata of his Christmas Oratorio; Dietrich Buxtehude: New Year’s cantata; Johann Schelle: Advent Cantata; Johann Rosenmüller: Magnificat; Philipp Erlebach: Christmas Cantata; Jeremias du Grain: Cantata. With a cappella choral works by Emily Drum, MaryAnne Muglia, and Christine Donkin. Paulina Francisco, soprano; Nicholas Tamagna, countertenor; Gene Stenger, tenor; Douglas Williams, bass-baritone. With Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra, led by Christine Gevert. For more information, call 860-435-4866 or email crescendo@crescendomusic.org. Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Rd., Lakeville CT 06039 (View flier) 🔗

December 29, 2024 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Crescendo Music [MA]: Bach-Circle: Christmas Oratorios and Contemporary Female Voices. J.S. Bach: Ehre sei dir, Gott, gesungen (Let honor be sung to you, O God), the fifth cantata of his Christmas Oratorio; Dietrich Buxtehude: New Year’s cantata; Johann Schelle: Advent Cantata; Johann Rosenmüller: Magnificat; Philipp Erlebach: Christmas Cantata; Jeremias du Grain: Cantata. With a cappella choral works by Emily Drum, MaryAnne Muglia, and Christine Donkin. Paulina Francisco, soprano; Nicholas Tamagna, countertenor; Gene Stenger, tenor; Douglas Williams, bass-baritone. With Crescendo Period Instrument Orchestra, led by Christine Gevert. For more information, call 860-435-4866 or email crescendo@crescendomusic.org. Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington MA 01230 (View flier) 🔗

January 4, 2025 (Saturday)

2:30 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: An Epiphany Celebration. An intimate celebration of the season with a cappella motets early and modern. Hentus van Rooyen, organ; J. Barrie Shepard, poet; Rachel Rivera, singing bowls; Rose Underkofler, violin, Chris Moore, mandolin. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 885 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth ME 04107 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: An Epiphany Celebration. An intimate celebration of the season with a cappella motets early and modern. Hentus van Rooyen, organ; J. Barrie Shepard, poet; Rachel Rivera, singing bowls; Rose Underkofler, violin, Chris Moore, mandolin. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 885 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth ME 04107 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

January 5, 2025 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. A Joyful Noyse [MA]: Messe de Minuit pour Noël by Charpentier. Midnight Mass for Christmas with motets written for the convents of Paris by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. Performed on period instruments by A Joyful Noyse. $15 donation to support the Hancock Music Program. For more information, call 781-326-7823 or email aldinsmartins@gmail.com. Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) 🔗

2:30 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: An Epiphany Celebration. An intimate celebration of the season with a cappella motets early and modern. Hentus van Rooyen, organ; J. Barrie Shepard, poet; Rachel Rivera, singing bowls; Rose Underkofler, violin, Chris Moore, mandolin. For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. St. Alban's Episcopal Church, 885 Shore Road, Cape Elizabeth ME 04107 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

January 6, 2025 (Monday)

7:00 PM. Sounds of Stow Chorus & Orchestra [MA]: Open rehearsals for Romantic Riches concert. Sounds of Stow Chorus welcomes all area singers to their Open Rehearsals on January 6, 13, and 20 from 7-9 pm. Come as early as 6:30 to meet and greet your fellow singers. The Sounds of Stow's “Romantic Riches” concert on April 13 features Mendelssohn's Psalm 42 and Brahms's Nanie, Schicksalslied, and Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp (Vier Gesange). For more information, email soundsofstow@gmail.com. First Parish of Stow/Acton, 353 Great Road, Stow, MA, Stow MA 01775 ⓘ 🔗

January 11, 2025 (Saturday)

1:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Twelfth Night. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Twelfth Night. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Twelfth Night. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 ⓘ 🔗

January 12, 2025 (Sunday)

1:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Twelfth Night. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Twelfth Night. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 ⓘ 🔗

January 13, 2025 (Monday)

7:00 PM. Sounds of Stow Chorus & Orchestra [MA]: Open rehearsals for Romantic Riches concert. Sounds of Stow Chorus welcomes all area singers to their Open Rehearsals on January 6, 13, and 20 from 7-9 pm. Come as early as 6:30 to meet and greet your fellow singers. The Sounds of Stow's “Romantic Riches” concert on April 13 features Mendelssohn's Psalm 42 and Brahms's Nanie, Schicksalslied, and Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp (Vier Gesange). For more information, email soundsofstow@gmail.com. First Parish of Stow/Acton, 353 Great Road, Stow, MA, Stow MA 01775 ⓘ 🔗

January 17, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Crossing the Deep. A concert that explores the resonances and juxtapositions between sacred music by Handel and Negro spirituals by enslaved Africans in America, written at the same time and often using the same Biblical texts. Reginald Mobley, countertenor and co-creator; Regie Gibson, spoken word artist; Brianna Robinson, soprano; Anthony Trecek-King, conductor and co-creator. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Lexington Pops Chorus [MA]: In Her Words: Songs of Courage, Unity, and Freedom. Gwyneth Walker, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (World premiere, commission); J. Rosamund Johnson/arr. Heather Sorenson: "Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing"; Alice Parker (arr.): “Goin’ To Boston”; Mark Burrows/words by Emma Lazarus: "Until All of Us Are Free"; Rosephanye Powell/words by Langston Hughes: "I Dream a World"; Mabel Daniels: "A Psalm of Praise"; Irving Berlin/words by Emma Lazarus: "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"; and more, in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord. Tickets: $20 adults, $5 for children 12 and under. For more information, call 781-365-0576 or email info@LexPops.org. Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

January 18, 2025 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Brattleboro Concert Choir [VT]: An Hour To Dance: dance-focused choral works. Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Wälzer; Charles Villiers Stanford: Six Elizabethan Pastorals, op. 67; Sydney Guillaume: Kalinda; Gwyneth Walker: "An Hour To Dance". For more information, call 802-257-4523 or email info@bmcvt.org. Latchis Theatre, 50 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

January 19, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantilena Chamber Choir [MA]: Annual Martin Luther King Celebration. Music by Aldophus Hailstork and others. With the Urban Choral Arts Society of Baltimore. For more information, call 518-791-0185 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. Trinity Church, 88 Walker Street, Lenox MA 01240 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Crossing the Deep. A concert that explores the resonances and juxtapositions between sacred music by Handel and Negro spirituals by enslaved Africans in America, written at the same time and often using the same Biblical texts. Reginald Mobley, countertenor and co-creator; Regie Gibson, spoken word artist; Brianna Robinson, soprano; Anthony Trecek-King, conductor and co-creator. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Lexington Pops Chorus [MA]: In Her Words: Songs of Courage, Unity, and Freedom. Gwyneth Walker, “The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere” (World premiere, commission); J. Rosamund Johnson/arr. Heather Sorenson: "Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing"; Alice Parker (arr.): “Goin’ To Boston”; Mark Burrows/words by Emma Lazarus: "Until All of Us Are Free"; Rosephanye Powell/words by Langston Hughes: "I Dream a World"; Mabel Daniels: "A Psalm of Praise"; Irving Berlin/words by Emma Lazarus: "Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor"; and more, in celebration of the 250th Anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord. Tickets: $20 adults, $5 for children 12 and under. For more information, call 781-365-0576 or email info@LexPops.org. Hancock Church, 1912 Mass. Ave., Lexington MA 02421 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Concert Choir [VT]: An Hour To Dance: dance-focused choral works. Johannes Brahms: Liebeslieder Wälzer; Charles Villiers Stanford: Six Elizabethan Pastorals, op. 67; Sydney Guillaume: Kalinda; Gwyneth Walker: "An Hour To Dance". For more information, call 802-257-4523 or email info@bmcvt.org. Latchis Theatre, 50 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

January 20, 2025 (Monday)

7:00 PM. Sounds of Stow Chorus & Orchestra [MA]: Open rehearsals for Romantic Riches concert. Sounds of Stow Chorus welcomes all area singers to their Open Rehearsals on January 6, 13, and 20 from 7-9 pm. Come as early as 6:30 to meet and greet your fellow singers. The Sounds of Stow's “Romantic Riches” concert on April 13 features Mendelssohn's Psalm 42 and Brahms's Nanie, Schicksalslied, and Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns and Harp (Vier Gesange). For more information, email soundsofstow@gmail.com. First Parish of Stow/Acton, 353 Great Road, Stow, MA, Stow MA 01775 ⓘ 🔗

January 23, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Beethoven Symphonies No. 8 & 9: Beethoven & Romanticism. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 9. Sara Jakubiak, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Pavel Černoch, tenor; Andrè Schuen, baritone; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 24, 2025 (Friday)

1:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Beethoven Symphonies No. 8 & 9: Beethoven & Romanticism. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 9. Sara Jakubiak, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Pavel Černoch, tenor; Andrè Schuen, baritone; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 25, 2025 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Beethoven Symphonies No. 8 & 9: Beethoven & Romanticism. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 8; Symphony No. 9. Sara Jakubiak, soprano; Tamara Mumford, mezzo-soprano; Pavel Černoch, tenor; Andrè Schuen, baritone; Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

January 30, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Die tote Stadt. Erich Korngold: Die tote Stadt. Christine Goerke, soprano (Marietta); Elisa Sunshine, soprano (Juliette); Amber Monroe, soprano (Lucienne); Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano (Brigitte); David Butt Philip, tenor (Paul); Joshua Sanders, tenor (Victorin); Neal Ferreira, tenor (Gaston); Terrence Chin-Loy, tenor (Graf Albert); Andrzej Filończyk, baritone (Frank); Elliot Madore, baritone (Fritz); Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boston Lyric Opera Chorus and Boys of the St. Paul’s Choir School. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

February 1, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: The Armed Archangel. Johannes Regis, Missa L’homme armé (Written for the celebration of the feast of St. Michael at Cambrai Cathedral in 1462). Tickets: $10–90. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: What Is This Thing Called Love? Morten Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses; compositions by Cole Porter, John Rutter, Duke Ellington, Bill Withers, and others. Shawn McCann, piano, with jazz trio. Featuring Sofia Santoro, 2025 Emerging Artist. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Road, Acton MA 01720 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Die tote Stadt. Erich Korngold: Die tote Stadt. Christine Goerke, soprano (Marietta); Elisa Sunshine, soprano (Juliette); Amber Monroe, soprano (Lucienne); Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano (Brigitte); David Butt Philip, tenor (Paul); Joshua Sanders, tenor (Victorin); Neal Ferreira, tenor (Gaston); Terrence Chin-Loy, tenor (Graf Albert); Andrzej Filończyk, baritone (Frank); Elliot Madore, baritone (Fritz); Andris Nelsons, conductor. With the Boston Lyric Opera Chorus and Boys of the St. Paul’s Choir School. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

February 2, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Andover Choral Society [MA]: Winter concert. F.J. Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli in C (Mass in Time of War); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem. For more information, call 603-893-5636 or email info@andoverchoralsociety.org. Universalist Unitarian Church, 15 Kenoza Avenue, Haverhill MA 01830 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: What Is This Thing Called Love? Morten Lauridsen: Les Chansons des Roses; compositions by Cole Porter, John Rutter, Duke Ellington, Bill Withers, and others. Shawn McCann, piano, with jazz trio. Featuring Sofia Santoro, 2025 Emerging Artist. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Groton-Dunstable Performing Arts, 344 Main Street, Groton MA 01450 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 4, 2025 (Tuesday)

7:30 PM. St. Olaf Choir [MA]: 2025 Winter Tour. 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. For more information, call 508-752-5608 or email info@mechanicshall.org. Mechanics Hall, 321 Main Street, Worcester MA 01608 (View flier) 🔗

February 8, 2025 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Chorus North Shore / The Orchestra On The HIll [MA]: The Voices of Our Town. Works by Abby Frost, Mary Koppel, G. Paul Naeger, Jerry Gates, Stephen Moore, Chris Florio, Thomas Palance and others, in an exploration of the unique qualities that distinguish Ipswich on the beautiful North Shore. Tickets: $25 advance, $30 at the door; $5 discount for students/seniors. For more information, email info@chorusnorthshore.org. Our Lady Of Hope Church, 1 Pineswamp Road, Ipswich MA 01938 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 9, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Chorus North Shore / The Orchestra On The HIll [MA]: The Voices of Our Town. Works by Abby Frost, Mary Koppel, G. Paul Naeger, Jerry Gates, Stephen Moore, Chris Florio, Thomas Palance and others, in an exploration of the unique qualities that distinguish Ipswich on the beautiful North Shore. Tickets: $25 advance, $30 at the door; $5 discount for students/seniors. For more information, email info@chorusnorthshore.org. Our Lady Of Hope Church, 1 Pineswamp Road, Ipswich MA 01938 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. New Haven Chorale / Fairfield County Chorale / New Haven Symphony Orchestra [CT]: The Ordering of Moses. Nathaniel Dett: The Ordering of Moses; Fela Sowande: "Go Down Moses"; Florence Price: Finale from Sonata No. 1; Carl Haywood: "We Shall Overcome". Albert Lee, tenor; Kenneth Overton, baritone; Nathaniel Gumbs, organ; Perry So, conductor. With the Heritage Chorale of New Haven. For more information, call 203-865-0831 or email Administration@NewHavenSymphony.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘⓘ 🔗

February 15, 2025 (Saturday)

3:30 PM. Eriks Ešenvalds [online]: Inside the Composing Process with Ēriks Ešenvalds. Livestream Only. Arts Empowering Life and renowned Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds present an intimate exploration of his creative journey. Known for his evocative choral works and lush harmonies, Ešenvalds will reveal the inspirations, techniques, and stories behind his music. For more information, call 508-240-2400 or email pamj@artsempoweringlife.org. Online (View flier) 🔗

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: All About Love. Music by Evelin Seppar, Modesta Bor, Rafaella Aleotti, Hildegard von Bingen, and others. A concert centering the voices of women and gender non-binary composers in this program on the topic of love in all its forms. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. New World Chorale / Lexington Symphony [MA]: The Fight For Freedom. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Sea Symphony; Paul Hindemith: Mathis der Maler. Michelle Trainor, soprano; Aaron Engebreth, baritone; Jonathan McPhee, conductor. For more information, call 781-523-9009 or email info@lexingtonsymphony.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 16, 2025 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: All About Love. Music by Evelin Seppar, Modesta Bor, Rafaella Aleotti, Hildegard von Bingen, and others. A concert centering the voices of women and gender non-binary composers in this program on the topic of love in all its forms. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 22, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Pioneer Valley Symphony [MA]: Alice Parker Festival. Over 300 singers from seven local choirs will fill Abbey Chapel at Mount Holyoke College for a two-hour concert celebrating Alice Parker’s prolific body of work and her dedication to music, language, and the singing voice. Alice Parker, a renowned figure in choral music, was a lifelong resident of Massachusetts with strong ties to the Valley, including being a Smith College alumna. Tickets: sliding scale of $15-$35, $5 for age 18 and younger and for college students. For more information, call 413-773-3664 or email boxoffice@pvso.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 (View flier) 🔗

February 23, 2025 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Heritage Chorale [MA]: Around the World--Heritage Chorale's 2025 Pops Concert. A musical adventure that will start in New York and end up in Africa. In between, we’ll travel from California to New Orleans and from Paris to Ipanema—all in the company of family, friends, and music lovers. For more information, call 978-590-2747 or email marketing@heritagechorale.org. Temple Shir Tikva, 141 Boston Post Road, Wayland MA 01778 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

February 28, 2025 (Friday)

6:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Community Sing. A unique experience of music, food, and community, where musicians and non-musicians of all ages to come together and make music. Enjoy delicious food and drinks, and take some time to mingle and share in the joy of singing together. Selections include "Be Like the Bird" by Abbie Betinis; "We Shall Not Be Moved" (Spiritual); "Across the Universe" by John Lennon & Paul McCartney; "For Good" by Stephen Schwartz; many more. Sophia Miller, Guest Artist. Admission is $25. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Somerville Armory, 191 Highland Avenue, Somerville MA 02143 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Music at the Crossroads / Blue Heron [MA]: A more subtle art - the late 14th-century Ars Subtilior. The complex yet ravishing lovely music of the generation following Guillaume de Machaut—stories of mythological characters, deities, and mortals, set to jazzy, intoxicating polyphony. Sophie Michaux, Jason McStoots and Aaron Sheehan, voices; Orí Harmelin, lute; Debra Nagy, douçaine and recorder; Scott Metcalfe, medieval fiddle & harp. Preconcert lecture by Anne Stone available online a week before the concert. Suggested donation $20: 100% of donations benefit Community Action Pioneer Valley. For more information, call 857-205-5266 or email sophie.p.michaux@gmail.com. Edwards Church, 297 Main Street, Conway MA 01341 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 1, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: A More Subtle Art: The Late 14th-Century Ars subtilior. Music of the generation after Machaut – stories of mythological characters and deities set to jazzy, intoxicating polyphony. Tickets: $10–90. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Stories in Song. Interactive music-making for kids of all ages and their families, in collaboration with members of the Boston City Singers, and featuring a newly commissioned piece by Ashi Day. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard St, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Crescendo [CT]: Revolutionary Renaissance. Vocal and instrumental works by six female Italian composers: Isabella de' Medici, Maddalena Casulana, Paola Massarenghi, Lucia Quinciani, Raffaella Aleotti, and Claudia Francesca Rusca; and motets and a madrigal by the Afro-Portuguese Renaissance composer Vicente Lusitano. Crescendo Vocal Ensemble of twenty-five singers is directed by Crescendo Founding Artistic Director Christine Gevert, with soloists Jennifer Tyo and Sarah Fay, sopranos, Laura Evans, alto, and Igor Ferreira, tenor, accompanied by Christa Patton, harp and recorder, and Juan Mesa, organ. For more information, call 860-435-4866. Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Rd., Lakeville CT 06039 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

6:00 PM. Vermont Symphony Orchestra [VT]: Flight Test. Erik Ensevalds: Stars; B.E. Boykin: Silver Rain; Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im spiegel; Frederic Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu; William Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus; Jennifer Higdon: Pale yellow; Elaine Hagenberg: By Night. An unforgettable concert of vocal and instrumental music in BETA’s original hangar. Mary Jane Austin, piano; Brooke Quiggins, violin; John Dunlop, cello; Matt LaRocca, soundscape designer. With video projections by Champlain College Emergent Media Center students and teachers. Program is one hour with no intermission; parking available at the Patrick Leahy Burlington Airport general parking garage. For more information, call 800-876-9293 or email vso.chorus@gmail.com. BETA Technologies, 1150 Airport Drive, South Burlington VT 05403 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Mystic Chorale [MA]: Mystic Chorale Gospel in Lexington! Led by award-winning director and composer Jonathan Singleton, "The Gospel of Jazz" is an eclectic mix of music rooted in the African-American gospel tradition. Songs include "Oh, Happy Day", "Run On", "Let’s Have Church", "Come Sunday", "Wade in the Water", "Take Me to the King", "I Go to the Rock", "Hold On", "With a Little Help from My Friends", and more. Renese King, vocalist. Tickets: $25 live; $15 live stream. For more information, email info@mysticchorale.org. Cary Memorial Hall, 1605 Massachusetts Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:30 PM. Vermont Symphony Orchestra [VT]: Flight Test. Erik Ensevalds: Stars; B.E. Boykin: Silver Rain; Arvo Pärt: Spiegel im spiegel; Frederic Chopin: Fantasie Impromptu; William Byrd: Ave Verum Corpus; Jennifer Higdon: Pale yellow; Elaine Hagenberg: By Night. An unforgettable concert of vocal and instrumental music in BETA’s original hangar. Mary Jane Austin, piano; Brooke Quiggins, violin; John Dunlop, cello; Matt LaRocca, soundscape designer. With video projections by Champlain College Emergent Media Center students and teachers. Program is one hour with no intermission; parking available at the Patrick Leahy Burlington Airport general parking garage. For more information, call 800-876-9293 or email vso.chorus@gmail.com. BETA Technologies, 1150 Airport Drive, South Burlington VT 05403 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 2, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna and British works for chorus and organ. Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Gerald Finzi: God Is Gone Up, Op. 27/2; Herbert Howells: "O Pray for the Peace of Jerusalem"; Charles Villiers Stanford: Magnificat (from Service in B-flat, Op. 10); John Rutter: "I Will Lift up Mine Eyes". Heinrich Christensen, organ. For more information, call 617-858-6782 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. New England Classical Singers [MA]: I Believe. Margaret Bonds: Credo; William Grant Still: A Psalm for the Living; with works by William Dawson, Thomas. A. Dorsey, Horace Clarence Boyer, M. Roger Holland, and Florence Price. Pre-concert lecture by Andrew Shryock at 2 pm. For more information, call 978-474-6090 or email info@newenglandclassical.org. Christ Church Andover, 33 Central Street, Andover MA 01810 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Camerata d'Amici [CT]: Be Thou My Vision. Alma Bazel Androzzo: "If I Can Help Somebody"; Andrea Ramsey (arr.): "Travlin’ Home"; Andrè Thomas (arr.): "My Good Lord’s Done Been Here"; Benjamin David Knoedler (arr.): "Be Thou My Vision"; Harry Thacker Burleigh (arr.): "I’ve Been in the Storm So Long"; Jack Klebanow (arr.): "Erev Shel Shoshanim"; Joseph Flummerfelt (arr.): "O Danny Boy"; B.E. Boykin: "Holding the Light"; Marques Garrett: "My Heart Be Brave"; Jocelyn Hagen: "Song in My Heart"; Billy Joel: Lullabye (Goodnight, My Angel); Jacob Narverud: "The Weaver"; Eric Whitacre: "This Marriage"; "Goodnight Moon". For more information, email info@cameratadamici.org. St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, 6 Ivy Hill Road, Ridgefield CT 06877 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Crescendo [MA]: Revolutionary Renaissance. Vocal and instrumental works by six female Italian composers: Isabella de' Medici, Maddalena Casulana, Paola Massarenghi, Lucia Quinciani, Raffaella Aleotti, and Claudia Francesca Rusca; and motets and a madrigal by the Afro-Portuguese Renaissance composer Vicente Lusitano. Crescendo Vocal Ensemble of twenty-five singers is directed by Crescendo Founding Artistic Director Christine Gevert, with soloists Jennifer Tyo and Sarah Fay, sopranos, Laura Evans, alto, and Igor Ferreira, tenor, accompanied by Christa Patton, harp and recorder, and Juan Mesa, organ. For more information, call 860-435-4866. Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington MA 01230 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Master Singers of Lexington [MA]: POPS! Yesterday, Today & Tomorrow. Works by Berlin, Bernstein, Elton John, Kern, Lennon & McCartney, Menken, Porter, Strouse and others. With the Community Children's Chorus. For more information, call 781-729-7975 or email msingers@themastersingers.org. First Parish Church in Lexington, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington MA 02421 ⓘ 🔗

March 8, 2025 (Saturday)

5:00 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: Of Hope and Destiny. Florence Price: Song of Hope; Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: Earth Have Voice. Alberto Grau: Kasar mie la gahie; Joe Twist: “How Shall We Sing In A Strange Land?” that underscore our global and timeless relationship with the Earth. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton MA 02459 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Fate and Earthly Pleasures. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. Alexandra Henderson, soprano; Morgan Mastrangelo, tenor; Nicholas Ottersberg, baritone. With Wellesley Middle School 6th Grade Treble Chorus, and Rivers Symphony Orchestra, Christopher Memoli, conductor. Will also include performances by Clara Min and Arlene Kim, winners of the 2024–2025 Rivers School Conservatory Concerto Competition. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email info@commonwealthchorale.com. Casey Theater, Regis College, Casey Theater, 235 Wellesley St, Weston MA 02493 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. With the Brookline Symphony. Andrew Altenbach, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Michael Driscoll School, Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: How To Go On. Dale Trumbore: How to Go On (texts by Barbara Crooker, Laura Foley, and Amy Fleury); Claudio Monteverdi: Lamento della Ninfa; Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied. Trumbore's work is a modern day secular requiem, an exploration of love and grief. Elizabeth Eschen Cacciola, guest conductor. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Voce [CT]: Neverland. For more information, email info@voceinc.org. Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland Street, Hartford CT 06105 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Aspects of Light. Simon Andrews: Fiat Lux (world premiere); Kerry Andrew: O nata lux de lumine; Johannes Brahms: Warum is das Licht gegeben den Mühseligen?; César Alejandro Carrillo: Videntes stellam Magi; Carson Cooman: Awake, Thou World-Filling Light!; William H. Harris: Bring Us, O Lord God; Herbert Howells: Master Tallis’s Testament; Deborah Mason: Strange Courage; Arvo Pärt: De Profundis; Henry Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord; Randall Thompson: Choose Something Like a Star; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque. Heinrich Christensen, organ; Simon Andrews, guest conductor. Tickets: $25 general, $20 senior: $20, $10 students, $15 virtual: $15 (Sunday 3 pm concert, view live or later at your convenience). See the website for a special offer for first-time ticket purchasers. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. Holy Name Parish, 1689 Centre St, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 9, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: An Almost Spring Concert. For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Coro Allegro [MA]: From Darkness to Light. Kareem Roustom: There Will Come Soft Rains (World Premiere ); Greg Bullen: "The Orchard"; Shawn Kirchner: "Heavenly Home" (selections). Michael Bellofatto, french horn. For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Highland Glee Club [MA]: Game of Tones. Songs of knighthood, valor, and derring-do by Grieg, Sibelius, Elgar, Romberg, and more! Jessica Toupin, soprano; Jonathan Reddix, piano. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door. For more information, call 508-641-9985 or email highlandgleeclub@gmail.com. War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton MA 02459 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. With the Brookline Symphony. Andrew Altenbach, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Michael Driscoll School, Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Aspects of Light. Simon Andrews: Fiat Lux (world premiere); Kerry Andrew: O nata lux de lumine; Johannes Brahms: Warum is das Licht gegeben den Mühseligen?; César Alejandro Carrillo: Videntes stellam Magi; Carson Cooman: Awake, Thou World-Filling Light!; William H. Harris: Bring Us, O Lord God; Herbert Howells: Master Tallis’s Testament; Deborah Mason: Strange Courage; Arvo Pärt: De Profundis; Henry Purcell: Hear My Prayer, O Lord; Randall Thompson: Choose Something Like a Star; Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque. Heinrich Christensen, organ; Simon Andrews, guest conductor. Tickets: $25 general, $20 senior: $20, $10 students, $15 virtual: $15 (Sunday 3 pm concert, view live or later at your convenience). See the website for a special offer for first-time ticket purchasers. For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: A little light within. With Southern Rail bluegrass band. 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 12, 2025 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Voices of Water. 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. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport MA 01966 (View flier) 🔗

March 14, 2025 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Voices of Water. 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. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02111 (View flier) 🔗

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: A Map to the Next World. Scott Perkins: A Map to the Next World (World premiere). Draws upon Indigenous American folklore and using words by seven celebrated poets, environmentalists, activists, and anthropologists—Tamiko Beyer, Rachel Carson, Harold Courlander, Joy Harjo, Rachel Morgan, Jay Parini, and Judith Wright. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Hartford Chorale / Hartford Symphony Orchestra [CT]: HSO Masterworks 6 – Mozart. W.A. Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626. Jack Anthony Pott, conductor. For more information, call 860-547-1982 or email contact@hartfordchorale.org. The Bushnell Belding Theater, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford CT 06106 ⓘ 🔗

March 15, 2025 (Saturday)

5:00 PM. Falmouth Chorale [MA]: Ravishing Beauty. Antonin Dvořák: Stabat Mater. Deborah Selig, soprano; Hannah Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; Charles Calotta, tenor; Weiyi Peng, baritone. Tickets: $25, $5 for students. For more information, call 774-392-2383 or email falmouthchoralemanager@gmail.com. Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth MA 02540 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Voices of Water. 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. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Cape Cod (TBD), Boston MA 02111 (View flier) 🔗

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. With the Brookline Symphony. Andrew Altenbach, conductor. For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Michael Driscoll School, Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. The Spectrum Singers [MA]: Requiem for the Living. Dan Forrest: "Requiem for the Living"; with works by Wood, Elgar, Reger, Boulanger, Hagenberg and Cho, all focusing on the theme of light as a symbol of hope, both a cappella and accompanied by piano or instrumental ensemble. Katherine Chan, Guest Conductor. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Hartford Chorale / Hartford Symphony Orchestra [CT]: HSO Masterworks 6 – Mozart. W.A. Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626. Jack Anthony Pott, conductor. For more information, call 860-547-1982 or email contact@hartfordchorale.org. The Bushnell Belding Theater, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford CT 06106 ⓘ 🔗

March 16, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Hartford Chorale / Hartford Symphony Orchestra [CT]: HSO Masterworks 6 – Mozart. W.A. Mozart: Requiem in D minor, K 626. Jack Anthony Pott, conductor. For more information, call 860-547-1982 or email contact@hartfordchorale.org. The Bushnell Belding Theater, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford CT 06106 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: South Hadley Chorale Concert. Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Magnificat; Randall Thompson: "Frostiana"; short works by J.S.Bach. Anita Anderson Cooper, conductor. With 70-voice chorus and strings For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

3:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: Elijah. Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. Philip Lima, baritone (Elijah); Chelsea Basler, soprano; Kathleen Flynn, mezzo-soprano; Neal Ferreira, tenor; Timothy Weir, Youth; Dr. Robert P. Eaton, conductor. With orchestra. Tickets: $25 general admission, $20 senior/student; free for children under 12 with an accompanying adult. Also live-streamed. Elijah is a monumental work of art, known for its grandeur, emotional depth, and captivating storytelling. AVM will present an abridged version, 2 hours in length. There will be one, 15 minute intermission. For more information, call 314-495-2258 or email manager@avmsingers.org. Saint John's High School, 378 Main Street, Shrewsbury MA 01545 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. CONCORA [CT]: Path of Miracles. Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles, an exploration of the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. Ellen Gilson Voth, conductor.Tickets $30/40. For more information, call 860-293-0567 or email contact@concora.org. Trinity Chapel At Trinity College, 300 Summit Street, Hartford CT 06106 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. New England Chamber Choir [CT]: Music for Winter's End. Music of Donohue, Lassus, Handel, Howells, Palestrina, Schubert and more. Richard Wm. Donohue, conductor. Preceded by thirty minutes of instrumental music. Free admission, donations appreciated. For more information, call 860-635-5414 or email NECC2000@aol.com. Bethany Lutheran Church, 50 Court Street, Cromwell CT 06416 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. Falmouth Chorale [MA]: Ravishing Beauty. Antonin Dvořák: Stabat Mater. Deborah Selig, soprano; Hannah Ludwig, mezzo-soprano; Charles Calotta, tenor; Weiyi Peng, baritone. Tickets: $25, $5 for students. For more information, call 774-392-2383 or email falmouthchoralemanager@gmail.com. Falmouth Academy, 7 Highfield Drive, Falmouth MA 02540 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 17, 2025 (Monday)

7:30 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: Open Rehearsal: Come Sing with the Assabet Valley Mastersingers. Vocalists (18+) are welcome to join this Open Rehearsal to experience a regular session and learn more about the group. Come early so that you can meet section leaders and borrow music for the rehearsal. The May concert features works by Ola Gjeilo, Elaine Hagenberg, Christopher Tin and Jake Runestad. Following the rehearsal, interested singers may schedule an audition to join the group. Further details are on the AVM website or the Choral Arts New England auditions page. For more information, call 314-495-2258 or email manager@avmsingers.org. First Congregational Church, 19 Church Road, Shrewsbury, MA 01545, Shrewsbury MA 01545 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 21, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Gloriae Dei Cantores [MA]: Bach Concert, with orchestra. J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn motet for double choir; Piano Concerto in D minor; Violin Concerto in A minor; Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Presented on the anniversary weekend of J. S. Bach’s 340th birthday. Richard K. Pugsley, conductor. For more information, call 508-240-2400 or email pamj@artsempoweringlife.org. Church Of The Transfiguration, 5 Bay View Dr., Orleans MA 02653 ⓘ 🔗

March 22, 2025 (Saturday)

2:30 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: Fire! Travis M. Ramsey: Fire! (premiere, based on Portland’s Great Fire of 1866); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Credomesse (Mass in C major, K. 257). (Concert poster is George Frederick Morse’s “Painting of Great Fire, Portland, 1866”. Used with permission; Collections of Maine Historical Society, MaineMemory.net, item 42791.) For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford Street, Portland ME 04103 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:30 PM. Gloriae Dei Cantores [MA]: Bach Concert, with orchestra. J.S. Bach: Singet dem Herrn motet for double choir; Piano Concerto in D minor; Violin Concerto in A minor; Brandenburg Concerto No. 3. Presented on the anniversary weekend of J. S. Bach’s 340th birthday. Richard K. Pugsley, conductor. For more information, call 508-240-2400 or email pamj@artsempoweringlife.org. Church Of The Transfiguration, 5 Bay View Dr., Orleans MA 02653 ⓘ 🔗

March 23, 2025 (Sunday)

2:30 PM. ChoralArt [ME]: Fire! Travis M. Ramsey: Fire! (premiere, based on Portland’s Great Fire of 1866); Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Credomesse (Mass in C major, K. 257). (Concert poster is George Frederick Morse’s “Painting of Great Fire, Portland, 1866”. Used with permission; Collections of Maine Historical Society, MaineMemory.net, item 42791.) For more information, call 207-828-0043 or email info@choralart.org. Woodfords Congregational Church, 202 Woodford Street, Portland ME 04103 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Choir Matrix [CT]: Crossing Over. Music composed by Giovanni B. Pergolesi, Barbara Strozzi, Diana Saez, Joanne Metcalf, Bob Dylan, and more. With Choir Matrix and Consonare Youth Choirs. Draw parallels in your own stories with the stories of others while enjoying the beautiful voices from our community. Suggested donation: $10; free for students and children; no one is ever turned away. For more information, email consonare.sing@gmail.com. Saint Mary's Church, 46 Valley Street, Willimantic CT 06226 Online (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Connecticut Master Chorale [CT]: Illuminare and Stabat Mater. Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare; Kim André Arnesen: Stabat Mater. With orchestra. For more information, call 203-775-2602 or email info@cmchorale.org. First Congregational Church, 164 Deer Hill Avenue, Danbury CT 06810 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The Kent Singers [CT]: Spring Concert 2025 – The Gift to Sing. Jonathan Woody: "The Gift to Sing" (poem by James Weldon Johnson; newly commissioned); Stephen Paulus: "The Road Home" (poem by Michael Dennis Browne), which was performed in January at the funeral service for President Jimmy Carter. For more information, email info@kentsingers.org. St. Andrew's Church, 1 N Main Street, Kent CT 06757 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. New Britain Symphony Orchestra / Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Main Stage Concert. Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, featuring Farmington Valley Chorale singing the "Ode To Joy" chorus. For more information, call 860-826-6344 or email newbritainsymphony@gmail.com. CCSU- Welte Hall, New Britain CT 06050 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. New England Chamber Choir [CT]: Music for Winter's End. Music of Donohue, Lassus, Handel, Howells, Palestrina, Schubert and more. Richard Wm. Donohue, conductor. Preceded by thirty minutes of instrumental music. Free admission, donations appreciated. For more information, call 860-635-5414 or email NECC2000@aol.com. Tolland Congregational Church, 43 Tolland Green, Tolland CT 06084 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

March 27, 2025 (Thursday)

7:00 PM. Boston Childrens Chorus [MA]: Stand The Storm. Rollo Dilworth: Weather: Stand the Storm (Massachusetts premiere). Premier Choir, Concert Choir, and Recital Choir. The performance will invite audiences to consider the journey we have made as a global community across the last few years and to ponder what it takes to move forward in greater harmony and resilience. For more information, call 617-778-2242 or email info@bostonchildrenschorus.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa. Erin Morley, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Jack Swanson, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 28, 2025 (Friday)

1:30 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa. Erin Morley, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Jack Swanson, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Amare Cantare [NH]: Tapestry of Sound. JS Bach: Jesu Meine Freude; Heinrich Schütz: vocal duets from Symphoniae Sacrae II; madrigals and part songs; Antonio Vivaldi: La Primavera (Spring) from The Four Seasons. Catherine Beller-McKenna, conductor (her farewell concert). Tickets: $18. For more information, call 603-365-6727 or email info@amarecantare.org. Christ Church, 43 Pine Street, Exeter NH 03833 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Haydn and Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C Major; F.J. Haydn: “Spring” from The Seasons. Emőke Baráth, soprano; Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Thomas Bauer, baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Stile Antico [MA]: The Golden Renaissance: A journey through Stile Antico’s favorite music. 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. 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) 🔗

March 29, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Boston Childrens Chorus [MA]: Stand The Storm. Training and Intermediate Choirs. From the courageous activism of Malala Yousafzai, to the impassioned climate advocacy of Greta Thunberg, and the inspiring literacy activism of Marley Dias, these stories serve as beacons of hope and inspiration. For more information, call 617-778-2242 or email info@bostonchildrenschorus.org. First Church In Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Voices of Concinnity [CT]: Thinning of the Veil. Works by Caroline Shaw, Florence Price, Eric Whitacre, Ethel Smyth, Heinrich Schütz, the Beatles, and more. With Ekklesia Contemporary Ballet. The concert is a moving experience that includes the beauty of dance; it explores the stories, lore, and experiences of the veil between the world of the living and dead to allow space to process loss, feel comfort, and find connection. Tickets: $20, free for students. For more information, email consonare.sing@gmail.com. St. Peter's Church, 30 Church Street, Hebron CT 06248 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Fairfield County Chorale [CT]: A Night at the Opera. Featuring Kathryn Lewek and Zach Borichewsky. For more information, call 203-254-1333 or email info@fairfieldcountychorale.org. Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Avenue, Norwalk CT 06851 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Manchester Symphony Orchestra and Chorale [CT]: Celebrating Spring. Lili Boulanger: D’un Matin de Printemps; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs; Johannes Brahms: Nänie, Op. 82; Rosephanye Powell: The Cry of Jeremiah. With guest choirs from CSCC-Manchester and The Hartt School. Dana Fripp, soprano; Ed Pena, baritone; NicDaniel Charles, baritone. For more information, call 860-559-2967 or email info@msoc.org. Bailey Auditorium, Manchester High School, 134 Middle Turnpike E, Manchester CT 06040 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Mozart Requiem. W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Arvo Pärt: Tabula Rasa. Erin Morley, soprano; Avery Amereau, mezzo-soprano; Jack Swanson, tenor; Morris Robinson, bass; Dima Slobodeniouk, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

March 30, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Amare Cantare [NH]: Tapestry of Sound. JS Bach: Jesu Meine Freude; Heinrich Schütz: vocal duets from Symphoniae Sacrae II; madrigals and part songs; Antonio Vivaldi: La Primavera (Spring) from The Four Seasons. Catherine Beller-McKenna, conductor (her farewell concert). Tickets: $18. For more information, call 603-365-6727 or email info@amarecantare.org. Oyster River Middle School Concert Hall, 1 Coe Drive, Durham NH 03824 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Chamber Series: Our Composers Close to Home. Music by Amy Beach, Arthur Foote, Leonard Bernstein, Peter Child, John Harbison, Marti Epstein, and Elena Ruhr, as well as young up-and-coming composer Omar Najmi. Allison Voth, Music Director. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. French Library, 53 Marlborough Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Handel and Haydn Society [MA]: Haydn and Beethoven. Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C Major; F.J. Haydn: “Spring” from The Seasons. Emőke Baráth, soprano; Jennifer Johnson Cano, mezzo-soprano; Andrew Haji, tenor; Thomas Bauer, baritone; Jonathan Cohen, conductor. For more information, call 617-262-1815 or email info@handelandhaydn.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Illuminare. Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region; Len Handler: Forgotten Faces: A Triptych of American Poets. With string quintet. For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Wilton Presbyterian Church, 48 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Rhode Island Civic Chorale and Orchestra [RI]: Essential Voices. Works by William Byrd, J.S. Bach, and Hildegard von Bingen, paired with those of Elaine Hagenberg, Dale Trumbore, and Caroline Shaw; with a world premiere by David Ibbett. The concert aims to highlight how essential voices from the past are still speaking to us today, and how today’s composers are adding their voices to that tradition. For more information, call 401-521-5670 or email info@ricco.org. Church Of St. Sebastian, 67 Cole Avenue, Providence RI 02906 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Burlington Baroque [VT]: Lenten Meditations: Bach & His Predecessors. Music written for the season of Lent by Johann Sebastian Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, and Johann Christoph Bach. Performed by vocal soloists and instrumentalists of L'Harmonie des saisons and the Burlington Baroque Festival Singers, directed by Eric Milnes. For more information, call 802-238-5434 or email bridgetz@gmail.com. Cathedral Church Of St. Paul, 2 Cherry Street, Burlington VT 05401 (View flier) 🔗

4:00 PM. Waterbury Chorale [CT]: From Darkness Into Light, from “Fauré to Forrest”. In Commemoration of the Reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Dan Forrest: Songs of Faith, Charity, Hope, Love, & Resurrection; Organ Selections by Guest Organist Robert Havery. With the Waterbury Chorale Festival Orchestra. For more information, call 203-426-9106 or email info@waterburychorale.org. St. John's Episcopal Church, 16 Church Street, Waterbury CT 06702 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. King's Chapel Choir [MA]: Judas Maccabeus. G.F. Handel: Judas Maccabeus. Heinrich Christensen, director. With orchestra. Tickets: $25 ($20 advance), students/seniors $20 ($15 advance). For more information, call 617-227-2155 or email hchristensen@kings-chapel.org. Kings Chapel, 58 Tremont Street, Boston MA 02108 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 2, 2025 (Wednesday)

7:30 PM. Amare Cantare [NH]: Tapestry of Sound. JS Bach: Jesu Meine Freude; Heinrich Schütz: vocal duets from Symphoniae Sacrae II; madrigals and part songs; Antonio Vivaldi: La Primavera (Spring) from The Four Seasons. Catherine Beller-McKenna, conductor (her farewell concert). Tickets: $18. For more information, call 603-365-6727 or email info@amarecantare.org. Middle Street Baptist Church, 18 Court Street, Portsmouth NH 03801 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 5, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Upper Valley Baroque [VT]: Handel’S L’Allegro, Il Penseroso ed Il Moderato. Amanda Forsythe, soprano. In English, with orchestra on period instruments. For more information, call 203-240-1164 or email baroqueuv@gmail.com. Chandler Center For The Arts, 71 N Main Street, Randolph VT 05060 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: Old and New - PFC Celebrates 25 Years of Singing. C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat of 1749 (an “old” work); Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare,of 2022. Together, these pieces represent what PFC has been able to undertake: old works and new ones, with traditional texts and unexpectedly introspective ones, looking forward to a bright future even as we look back at a rich past. For more information, call 617-407-4414 or email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org. Scituate Center for the Performing Arts, 606 Chief Justice Cushing Highway, Scituate MA 02066 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Portsmouth Pro Musica [NH]: Carmina Burana. Carl Orf: Carmina Burana. Maggie Finnegan, soprano; Neal Ferreira, tenor; Will Prapestis, baritone. With Safe Haven Ballet. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 students/seniors. For more information, call 603-436-8154 or email info@ppmnh.org. Portsmouth High School Auditorium, 50 Andrew Jarvis Dr, Portsmouth NH 03801 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Sine Nomine [RI]: North German Choral Favorites. Music by Bach, Buxtehude, and more. Daniel Reid, conductor. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door, free students and under age 21. For more information, call 508-245-8476 or email info@sinenominechoir.org. St. Michael's Episcopal Church, 399 Hope Street, Bristol RI 02809 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Vernon Chorale [CT]: Eternity. Join us for an evening of music that will engage your curiosity and encourage us to ponder our relationship with the universe. For more information, call 860-375-0545 or email info@vernonchorale.org. United Congregational Church Of Tolland, 45 Tolland Green, Tolland CT 06084 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Blue Heron Renaissance Choir [MA]: Song of Songs / Songs of Love. 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. For more information, call 617-960-7956 or email office@blueheronchoir.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Con Brio Choral Society [CT]: Spring Concerts 2025. Puccini: Kyrie and Gloria from Messa di Gloria; Britten: Ordination in Myra (movement V) from St. Nicholas; Rheinberger: Kyrie from Mass in E flat, Op. 109; Biebl: Ave Maria, Brahms: Schaffe in mir Gott, ein rein Herz; Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Handel: "Worthy is the Lamb" and Amen from Messiah; Smith (arr.): "Ride the Chariot"; Hairston (arr.): "In that great"; Hampton (arr.): "Praise his Holy Name". Ransom Bruce, tenor. Tickets: $40 general, $15 students. For more information, call 860-526-5399 or email webmaster@conbrio.org. Christ The King Church, 1 Mccurdy Road, Old Lyme CT 06371 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Dedham Choral Society [MA]: Our Light is a Voice. James Eakin III: "Stargazing" (set to Ancient Greek and Native American texts); Ola Gjeilo: "Dark Night of the Soul"; "Luminous Night of the Soul"; Elaine Hagenberg: "Deep Peace"; "As the Rain Hides the Stars"; "Measure Me, Sky"; "You Do Not Walk Alone!" With string orchestra and piano. Tickets: $35, $30 seniors, $20 students $20, $5 children age 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) ⓘ 🔗

April 6, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Assabet Valley Chambersingers [MA]: Sing Into Spring: A Choral Perspective. An eclectic selection of choral works, including Renaissance madrigals that explore the lighter side of romance, traditional American folk songs arranged by Aaron Copland, settings of poetry by James Agee, Rudyard Kipling, and Mother Teresa, and vocal jazz selections. Robert Eaton, director. The Assabet Valley Chambersingers is a 20-voice ensemble drawn from the Assabet Valley Mastersingers that specializes in performing a diverse repertoire such as unaccompanied and accompanied madrigals, motets, Broadway show tunes, and vocal Jazz standards from various eras. Admission is “Pay What You Wish”. For more information, email manager@avmsingers.org. First Church in Marlborough Congregational, 37 High St., Marlborough MA 01752 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Boston Childrens Chorus [MA]: BCC at Rockport. Annual concert of the BCC Concert Choir. For more information, call 617-778-2242 or email info@bostonchildrenschorus.org. Shalin Liu Performance Center, 37 Main Street, Rockport MA 01966 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. New World Chorale / Bach, Beethoven, and Brahms Society [MA]: German Glow: Brahms’ Serenade & Mendelssohn’s Psalm. Felix Mendelssohn: Psalm 42; Brahms: Serenade No. 1 in D major; Emilie Mayer: Overture in D minor. Sonja Dutoit Tengblad, soprano; Steven Lipsitt, conductor. For more information, call 617-991-8721 or email bbbsocietyinfo@gmail.com. Faneuil Hall, 1 Faneuil Hall, Boston MA 02109 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Portsmouth Pro Musica [NH]: Carmina Burana. Carl Orf: Carmina Burana. Maggie Finnegan, soprano; Neal Ferreira, tenor; Will Prapestis, baritone. With Safe Haven Ballet. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 students/seniors. For more information, call 603-436-8154 or email info@ppmnh.org. Exeter High School Auditorium, 1 Blue Hawk Drive, Exeter NH 03833 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Sine Nomine [RI]: North German Choral Favorites. Music by Bach, Buxtehude, and more. Daniel Reid, conductor. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door, free students and under age 21. For more information, call 508-245-8476 or email info@sinenominechoir.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 300 Westminster Street, Providence RI 02903 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Con Brio Choral Society [CT]: Spring Concerts 2025. Puccini: Kyrie and Gloria from Messa di Gloria; Britten: Ordination in Myra (movement V) from St. Nicholas; Rheinberger: Kyrie from Mass in E flat, Op. 109; Biebl: Ave Maria, Brahms: Schaffe in mir Gott, ein rein Herz; Mozart: Ave verum corpus; Handel: "Worthy is the Lamb" and Amen from Messiah; Smith (arr.): "Ride the Chariot"; Hairston (arr.): "In that great"; Hampton (arr.): "Praise his Holy Name". Ransom Bruce, tenor. Tickets: $40 general, $15 students. For more information, call 860-526-5399 or email webmaster@conbrio.org. Christ The King Church, 1 Mccurdy Road, Old Lyme CT 06371 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: Old and New - PFC Celebrates 25 Years of Singing. C.P.E. Bach: Magnificat of 1749 (an “old” work); Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare,of 2022. Together, these pieces represent what PFC has been able to undertake: old works and new ones, with traditional texts and unexpectedly introspective ones, looking forward to a bright future even as we look back at a rich past. For more information, call 617-407-4414 or email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org. St. Bonaventure Parish, 803 State Road, Plymouth MA 02360 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Zamir Chorale [MA]: Spring concert. A selection of pieces resonating with Passover’s themes of liberation, faith, and hope, that reminds us of our shared journey from the narrow to the expansive, from darkness to light. With Cantor Shanna Zell and other community singers. Available in person and via live stream. For more information, call 617-244-6333 or email manager@zamir.org. Temple Beth Elohim, 10 Bethel Road, Wellesley MA 02481 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 12, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Community Chorus at South Berwick [ME]: Home. Grace Brigham: "Lonely Star" (commissioned, premiere); and music by André Thomas, Randall Thompson, Mari Valverde, Gwyneth Walker, Eric Whitacre, and others. With flute, percussion, and piano. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary, alumni members will join the chorus for three songs. For more information, email CCSB.Contacts@gmail.com. Hussey Theatre, Portsmouth High School Auditorium, 100 Noble Way, North Berwick ME 03906 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Sheepscot Chorus [ME]: "A Little Jazz Mass" and Folk Songs Through the Ages. Bob Chilcott: "A Little Jazz Mass"; and folk songs from the 1200s to the present, including "Sumer is icumen in," "Barbara Allen," "Wellerman," "The Agincourt Carol," and "Who’s the Fool Now". David Myers-Wakeman, tenor. With jazz combo and winners of this year's Sheepscot Chorus Student Music Award: Hannah Hills from Boothbay Region High School, Jayden Brown from Lincoln Academy, and Olivia Whittaker from Wiscasset Middle High School. Tickets: $20, free for children and students. For more information, email info@sheepscotvalleychorus.org. Damariscotta Baptist Church, 4 Bristol Rd, Damariscotta ME 04543 (View flier) 🔗

4:00 PM. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Visions for a Kinder World. Music by Mattia Maurée, Ursula Kwong-Brown, Linda Chase, and others, about the better angels of our nature and how we can manifest a kinder world together. The proceeds from this program will be split with a local Boston charity. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Grace Episcopal Church, 76 Eldredge Street, Newton MA 02458 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 13, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Community Chorus at South Berwick [NH]: Home. Grace Brigham: "Lonely Star" (commissioned, premiere); and music by André Thomas, Randall Thompson, Mari Valverde, Gwyneth Walker, Eric Whitacre, and others. With flute, percussion, and piano. To commemorate the 50th Anniversary, alumni members will join the chorus for three songs. For more information, email CCSB.Contacts@gmail.com. Portsmouth High School Auditorium, 50 Andrew Jarvis Dr, Portsmouth NH 03801 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Sheepscot Chorus [ME]: "A Little Jazz Mass" and Folk Songs Through the Ages. Bob Chilcott: "A Little Jazz Mass"; and folk songs from the 1200s to the present, including "Sumer is icumen in," "Barbara Allen," "Wellerman," "The Agincourt Carol," and "Who’s the Fool Now". David Myers-Wakeman, tenor. With jazz combo and winners of this year's Sheepscot Chorus Student Music Award: Hannah Hills from Boothbay Region High School, Jayden Brown from Lincoln Academy, and Olivia Whittaker from Wiscasset Middle High School. Tickets: $20, free for children and students. For more information, email info@sheepscotvalleychorus.org. Damariscotta Baptist Church, 4 Bristol Rd, Damariscotta ME 04543 (View flier) 🔗

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Camerata [VT]: The Unknown Master: Music of Adrian Willaert. As music director at St. Mark's in Venice for 35 years in the mid-16th century, Willaert was one of the leading musical voices of his era. But today, his name is known mostly by particularly enthusiastic early music lovers and scholars, and his work is rarely performed or recorded. Come hear why he was regarded in his day as the greatest composer of his time! For more information, call 802-257-4523 or email info@bmcvt.org. 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT 05301 (View flier) ⓘⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Eastern Connecticut Symphony Chorus [CT]: Palm Sunday Concert. Daniel McDavitt: The Prayer of St. Francis; Felix Mendelssohn: Hear My Prayer; Gabriel Fauré: Requiem. Sarah Yanovitch Vitale, soprano; Gregory Flower, baritone; Toshiyuki Shimada, director. Free admission, reservations required. For more information, call 860-443-2876 or email sheri@ectsymphony.org. Cathedral Of St. Patrick, 213 Broadway, Norwich CT 06360 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 18, 2025 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Mahler’s Second Symphony. Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2. Miah Persson, soprano; Dame Sarah Connolly, mezzo-soprano; Benjamin Zander, conductor. Concert will be live streamed. For more information, call 617-236-0999 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 24, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Ariodante. G.F. Handel: Ariodante. Megan Moore, Ariodante; Amanda Forsythe, Ginevra; Ann McMahon Quintero Polinesso. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest Street, Boston MA 02135 ⓘ 🔗

April 25, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Ariodante. G.F. Handel: Ariodante. Megan Moore, Ariodante; Amanda Forsythe, Ginevra; Ann McMahon Quintero Polinesso. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest Street, Boston MA 02135 ⓘ 🔗

April 26, 2025 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Pioneer Valley Symphony [MA]: Ancient Burlesque: 86th Season Finale. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; John Adams: Lollapalooza. Maggie Finnegan, soprano; Patrick Dailey, countertenor; Bradford Gleim, baritone. With Illumine Vocal Arts Ensemble and the Hampshire Young People’s Chorus. Pre-concert talk at 6 pm by Dr. David Schneider, Georges Lurcy Professor of Music & History at Amherst College. For more information, call 413-773-3664 or email boxoffice@pvso.org. Greenfield High School Auditorium, 21 Barr Avenue, Greenfield MA 01301 (View flier) 🔗

7:30 PM. Burlington Choral Society [VT]: Saul: The Rise and Fall of a Dangerous King. Georg Friedrich Handel: Saul. Brian Mextorf, Saul; Timothy Parsons, David; Madeline Healy, Merab; Olivia Greene, Michal; Oliver Mercer, Jonathan; Richard Riley, director. Tickets: $30, free for age 18 and under. For more information, call 802-461-6626 or email bcssingerz@gmail.com. Elley-long Music Center At St. Michael's College, 223 Ethan Allen Avenue, Colchester VT 05446 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Eastern Connecticut Symphony Orchestra [CT]: Love and Hope, Italian Style. Excerpts from operas by Giacomo Puccini and Giuseppe Verdi. Sarah Joyce Cooper, soprano; Jesús Daniel Hernández, tenor; Toshiyuki Shimada, director. For more information, call 860-443-2876 or email sheri@ectsymphony.org. Garde Arts Center, 325 State Street, New London CT 06320 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Ensemble Companio [MA]: (Un)Common Ground. 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. For more information, email treasurer@ensemblecompanio.org. The Substation, 4228 Washington Street, Roslindale MA 02131 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale [MA]: April Fools: Music and Humor. 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". For more information, email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Boston MA 02125 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. New World Chorale / Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra [MA]: Silver Anniversary Triumph. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana. For more information, call 508-478-5924 or email boxoffice@claflinhill.org. Milford Town Hall, 52 Main Street, Milford MA 01757 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Decoding Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 & Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6; Aleksandra Vrebalov: New work for chorus and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission). Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

April 27, 2025 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Boston Symphony Orchestra / Tanglewood Festival Chorus [MA]: Decoding Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6 & Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms. Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Dmitri Shostakovich: Symphony No. 6; Aleksandra Vrebalov: New work for chorus and orchestra (world premiere; BSO commission). Andris Nelsons, conductor. For more information, call 617-266-1492 or email customerservice@bso.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 ⓘ 🔗

2:30 PM. ChoralArt / Portland Symphony Orchestra [ME]: Carmina Burana. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; J.S. Bach: Concerto No. 2 in C major for Two Pianos and String Orchestra, BWV 1061; Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Conrad Pope): Concerto No. 6 for Two Pianos and Strings (PSO Commission & World Premiere). Silver-Garburg Piano Duo; Eckart Preu, conductor. With PSO Children’s Chorus. For more information, call 207-773-6128. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Boston Baroque [MA]: Ariodante. G.F. Handel: Ariodante. Megan Moore, Ariodante; Amanda Forsythe, Ginevra; Ann McMahon Quintero Polinesso. For more information, call 617-987-8600 or email info@bostonbaroque.org. GBH Calderwood Studio, 1 Guest Street, Boston MA 02135 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Cappella Cantorum Masterworks Chorus [CT]: Spring concert: Mozart. W.A. Mozart: Requiem; Regina Coeli, KV 276. With orchestra. For more information, call 860-526-1038 or email Contact@CappellaCantorum.org. TBD, TBD CT ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica / Boston Civic Symphony [MA]: Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Patrice Tiedemann, soprano; Emily Harmon, alto; Neal Ferreira, tenor; Paul LaRosa, bass; Francisco Noya, conductor. For more information, call 617-923-6333 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. NEC's Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Glastonbury Chorus [CT]: Glastonbury and the Connecticut River: A Surprising Shipbuilding Powerhouse. Narrative stories told by experts from the Historical Society of Glastonbury are paired with choral works and sea shanties highlighting the unexpected maritime history of an inland town. For more information, email netagain@gmail.com. Smith Middle School Auditorium, 216 Addison Road, Glastonbury CT 06033 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Nashoba Valley Chorale [MA]: Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. "London" version for piano four-hands. Deborah Selig, soprano; David McFerrin, baritone; Shawn McCann & Abigail Charbeneau, piano. For more information, call 978-540-5022 or email info@nashobachorale.org. Groton-Dunstable Performing Arts, 344 Main Street, Groton MA 01450 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Collegium Ancora [RI]: Let All the World: A Vaughan Williams Festival. Ralph Vaughan Williams: "Old Hundredth Psalm Tune"; "O How Amiable"; Five Mystical Songs; and others, including solo performances. For more information, email collegiumancora@gmail.com. Grace Episcopal Church, 300 Westminster Street, Providence RI 02903 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. The Common Voice: Community Chorus at UMass Lowell [MA]: UMass Lowell Spring Choral Concert. Kyle Pederson: A Vision Unfolding, a new extended work on a theme of social justice. With spoken word artist, solo trumpet, solo violin, and solo snare drum. Also on the program are UML's Chamber Singers, University Choir, and the Alumni Chorus. For more information, email owenkelly@alliesinmusicedu.org. Moloney Performing Arts Center, 35 Wilder St, Lowell MA 🔗

4:00 PM. GMChorale [CT]: Experience Mozart’s “Requiem” in Middletown! W.A. Mozart: Requiem; and short works by Mozart, Palestrina, Bach, Faure and Weelkes. With Orchestra New England and Saecula Singers. Pre-concert lecture at 3:00 p.m. with Wesleyan University’s Neely Bruce for ticket holders. For more information, call 860-316-4854 or email info@gmchorale.org. Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center At Middletown High School, 200 La Rosa Lane, Middletown CT 06457 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 29, 2025 (Tuesday)

7:00 PM. ChoralArt / Portland Symphony Orchestra [ME]: Carmina Burana. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana; J.S. Bach: Concerto No. 2 in C major for Two Pianos and String Orchestra, BWV 1061; Sergei Prokofiev (arr. Conrad Pope): Concerto No. 6 for Two Pianos and Strings (PSO Commission & World Premiere). Silver-Garburg Piano Duo; Eckart Preu, conductor. With PSO Children’s Chorus. For more information, call 207-773-6128. Merrill Auditorium, 20 Myrtle Street, Portland ME 04101 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 30, 2025 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. Skylark Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Rachmaninoff Vespers. Fotina Naumenko, soprano; Eric Alatorre, basso profundo;Matthew Guard, director. For more information, call 918-688-2236 or email info@skylarkensemble.org. Corpus Christi Parish, 324 Quaker Meetinghouse Road, East Sandwich MA 02537 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 1, 2025 (Thursday)

7:00 PM. Skylark Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Rachmaninoff Vespers. Fotina Naumenko, soprano; Eric Alatorre, basso profundo;Matthew Guard, director. For more information, call 918-688-2236 or email info@skylarkensemble.org. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 166 High Street, Newburyport MA 01950 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Pemigewasset Choral Society [NH]: Spring Concert. For more information, call 603-535-2366. Inter-Lakes Middle/High School, 1 Laker Ln, Meredith NH 03253 ⓘ 🔗

May 2, 2025 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Skylark Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Rachmaninoff Vespers. Fotina Naumenko, soprano; Eric Alatorre, basso profundo;Matthew Guard, director. For more information, call 918-688-2236 or email info@skylarkensemble.org. St. Paul's Parish, 29 Mount Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Cantata Singers [MA]: Path of Miracles. Joby Talbot: Path of Miracles. A journey in sound along the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email mrush@cantatasingers.org. St. Cecilia Parish, 18 Belvidere Street, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Pemigewasset Choral Society [NH]: Spring Concert. For more information, call 603-535-2366. Gilford Community Church, 19 Potter Hill Road, Gilford NH 03249 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Pioneer Valley Cappella [MA]: Last Words of the Unarmed, and Heavenly Hurt. 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. For more information, call 413-341-0214 or email pioneervalleycappella@gmail.com. Edwards Church, 297 Main Street, Northampton MA 01060 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Westborough Community Chorus [MA]: Be Our Guest. A selection of Disney favorites, from “When You Wish Upon a Star” to “Circle of Life,” with songs from Cinderella, Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Tangled, Encanto, Coco, Frozen I and II, and Wish, plus many more! Children of all ages are welcome, and costumes are encouraged! Tickets: $15, $10 seniors/children/students. For more information, call 508-614-8081 or email president@westborocommunitychorus.com. Gibbons Middle School, 20 Fisher Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Better Together. Music for choir and piano four-hands. Anna and Dmitri Shelest, piano. Featuring Plainville High School Chamber choir on May 2 and Canton High School Chamber Singers on May 3. Tickets: $25 adults, free for students and children. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Bethany Covenant Church, 785 Mill Street, Berlin CT 06037 ⓘ 🔗

May 3, 2025 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. Boston Lyric Opera / Boston Children's Chorus [MA]: Noah’s Flood. Benjamin Britten: Noah’s Flood. Based on a 15th-century play recounting the story of one family’s resilience in the face of an earth-shattering storm; now, climate resilience has taken an even greater importance. David Angus, conductor. With Boston Children’s Chorus, Boston String Academy, Back Bay Ringers, Boston Symphony Orchestra, New England Conservatory Preparatory School, and others. For more information, call 617-542-4912 or email boxoffice@blo.org. Symphony Hall, 301 Massachusetts Avenue, Boston MA 02115 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica/ New England Philharmonic [MA]: Paths of Peace. John Adams: Harmonium; Eric Nathan: Open again a turn of light (Boston Premiere); Roxanna Panufnik, Abraham(Boston Premiere, Dani Maddon, violin); Paul Hindemith, Mathis der Maler (7 pm concert only). For more information, call 855-463-7445 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard St, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Highland Glee Club [MA]: Cream of American Folk. A musical state-by-state tour of the USA, via gorgeous mid-century folk music for men's vocals. Brian Middleton, guitar; Bob Salitsky, upright bass; and Don Shulsinger, banjo. Attendees are invited to bring along a can of soup to help The Highland Glee Club support the Newton Food Pantry. Tickets: $20 advance, $25 at the door, free for children. For more information, call 508-641-9985 or email highlandgleeclub@gmail.com. War Memorial Auditorium, Newton City Hall, 1000 Commonwealth Avenue, Newton MA 02459 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Choral Art Society of the South Shore / Cape Cod Chorale [MA]: Harmony for Hope & Resilience. Johannes Brahms: Nanie; Florence Price “Song of Hope” (South Shore premiere); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem. Danica A. Buckley, conductor. All three pieces balance somber text with the eternal beauty of art and nature. The lush orchestration and flowing choral lines depart a sense of wonder. It’s a tribute not only to those who have passed but also to the enduring power of music and the hope for peace. For more information, call 781-925-6095 or email board@choralartsociety.org. Sandwich High School, 365 Quaker Meetinghouse Road, Sandwich MA 02537 (View flier) ⓘⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. CitySingers of Hartford [CT]: CitySingers of Hartford presents Songs! Visions of my homeland. Celebrating Connecticut composers from Charles Ives to today. Tickets: $20. For more information, email cregeurstudio@gmail.com. South Congregational Church, 1301 Forbes St East Hartford, CT 06118, East Hartford CT 06118 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Concord Women's Chorus [MA]: Concord Fragments: A Celebration of Music Written by and for Women. Libby Larsen: Concord Fragments; Melissa Dunphy: Grown Wild (text by Concord poet Melissa Apperson); Rosephanye Powell: To Sit and Dream (text by Langston Hughes); Tara Traxler: Birds of Passage; Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Concord Hymn (new arrangement). With piano, oboe, clarinet, and violin. For more information, call 978-369-6341 or email contact@concordwomenschorus.org. Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord MA 01742 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Souhegan Valley Chorus [NH]: Both Sides Now: Broadway and Beyond. Tickets: $18 adults, $15 students/seniors, free age 12 and under. For more information, email milfordchorus@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 Union Street, Milford NH 03055 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

6:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Ethel Smyth: Mass in D. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Acadia Choral Society [ME]: Music of the Heart. Inspired by Tiny Love Stories written by chorus members. Tickets: $20, or $45 family tickets are for 3 or more members of the same family. For more information, call 207-288-4884 or email info@acadiachoralsociety.org. St. Andrew Lutheran Church, 175 Douglas Hwy, Ellsworth ME 04605 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: On Beauty. Dan Forrest: “The Sun Never Says”; "i thank You God for most this amazing day”; songs including “Choose Something Like a Star”, “How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place”, “Beauty is Life”, “Shenandoah”, "Beautiful City” and “Lunar Lullaby”; and other music for choir, piano, strings and percussion on the beauty of nature and of the spirit, ranging from Classical to Contemporary to African American Spirituals, Folk and Shape Note, with compositions by J.F. Haydn, Brahms, Jake Runestad, Alice Parker, Jacob Narverud, and more. Texts include the poetry of Michelangelo, E. E. Cummings, Robert Frost, Daniel Ladinsky, Kahlil Gibran. Admission by Donation ($15 suggested). For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 South Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Chorus pro Musica/ New England Philharmonic [MA]: Paths of Peace. John Adams: Harmonium; Eric Nathan: Open again a turn of light (Boston Premiere); Roxanna Panufnik, Abraham(Boston Premiere, Dani Maddon, violin); Paul Hindemith, Mathis der Maler (7 pm concert only). For more information, call 855-463-7445 or email manager@choruspromusica.org. United Parish in Brookline, 210 Harvard St, Brookline MA 02446 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Concord Chorale [NH]: We Exist. Oliver Caplan: We Exist; Mark Hayes: Kindness; works by Joan Szymko, Nicky Manlove, Ysaye Bardwell, Kevin Siegfried, William Hawley, and The October Project that ask and answer questions about how to live together. Ren Wemhoener, soprano; Philippe L'Esperance, tenor. Free admission for students K-12. For more information, call 603-333-5211 or email info@concordchorale.org. St. Paul's Church, 21 Centre Street, Concord NH 03301 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Greater Freeport Community Chorus [ME]: Spring concert. For more information, call 207-751-6301 or email gfccsings@gmail.com. North Yarmouth Congregational Church, 3 Gray Road, North Yarmouth ME 04097 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Nightingale Vocal Ensemble [MA]: Gala: Renaissance Reimagined. 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. For more information, email nightingalevocalensemble@gmail.com. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) 🔗

7:00 PM. North Kingstown Community Chorus [RI]: Razzle Dazzle: 40 Years of the NKCC. Celebrating 40 years of music. Heather Skidds, director. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door. For more information, call 401-573-7564 or email hskidds@gmail.com. North Kingstown High School, 150 Fairway Drive, North Kingstown RI 02852 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Emmanuel Music [MA]: Mass in B Minor. J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor. For more information, call 617-536-3356 or email music@emmanuelmusic.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Halalisa Singers [MA]: Halalisa! Roots and Wings. A concert honoring artistic director Mary Cunningham’s 20 years as artistic director. Vocalist Nthabiseng Thakadu is featured in pieces reflecting a founding inspiration for Halalisa, the South African anti-apartheid movement. With Trevor Berens, piano; Bertram Lehmann, percussion; Benjamin Green, bass guitar. Tickets: $25, livestream $15. For more information, email themilva@hotmail.com. First Parish, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA, Lexington MA 02124 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Westborough Community Chorus [MA]: Be Our Guest. A selection of Disney favorites, from “When You Wish Upon a Star” to “Circle of Life,” with songs from Cinderella, Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Tangled, Encanto, Coco, Frozen I and II, and Wish, plus many more! Children of all ages are welcome, and costumes are encouraged! Tickets: $15, $10 seniors/children/students. For more information, call 508-614-8081 or email president@westborocommunitychorus.com. Gibbons Middle School, 20 Fisher Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Assabet Valley Mastersingers [MA]: Come Together: Songs of Hope and Inspiration. Olla Gjeilo: Sunrise Mass; Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare; Christopher Tin: Walayo Yamoni (sung in Swahili); Jake Runestad: “We Can Mend the Sky”. Caitlin Felsman, mezzo-soprano; Christon Carney, tenor. With string orchestra. Tickets: $25, $20 senior/students, free for children under 12 with accompanying adult. For more information, call 314-495-2258 or email manager@avmsingers.org. 1LT Charles W. Whitcomb Middle School, 25 Union Street, Marlborough MA 01752 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Better Together. Music for choir and piano four-hands. Anna and Dmitri Shelest, piano. Featuring Plainville High School Chamber choir on May 2 and Canton High School Chamber Singers on May 3. Tickets: $25 adults, free for students and children. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church of Christ. 689 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury CT ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Jameson Singers [MA]: Dona nobis pacem. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona nobis pacem; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Arvo Pärt: Da pacem Domine; Pēteris Vasks: Dona nobis pacem. Dana Lynne Varga, soprano; Paul Max Tipton, bass-baritone. With orchestra. For more information, email info@jamesonsingers.org. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Light in the Treasure Trove. Sacred masterpieces from the Middle Ages to today, including the ancient chants of Hildegard von Bingen and the intricate harmonies of Britten, Ducasse, and Boulanger, as well as music by Bach, Dickinson/Maiben, Gibson, Hagenberg, Henderson, and Lusitano. Joshua Lawton and Maria Gajraj, organ; Miranda Loud, piano; Jessie Pierpont, conductor. Tickets: $25, $20 senior, $10 student, $15 virtual (Sunday 3 pm concert, view live or later at your convenience). For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. Holy Name Church, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 4, 2025 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus [CT]: Legends. From unforgettable chart-toppers to hidden gems, this concert brings together a stunning array of songs from the most celebrated voices, songwriters, and performers of the past five decades and beyond. For more information, call 203-777-2923 or email info@ctgmc.org. Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main Street, Old Saybrook CT 06475 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

2:00 PM. Westborough Community Chorus [MA]: Be Our Guest. A selection of Disney favorites, from “When You Wish Upon a Star” to “Circle of Life,” with songs from Cinderella, Pinocchio, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules, Tangled, Encanto, Coco, Frozen I and II, and Wish, plus many more! Children of all ages are welcome, and costumes are encouraged! Tickets: $15, $10 seniors/children/students. For more information, call 508-614-8081 or email president@westborocommunitychorus.com. Gibbons Middle School, 20 Fisher Street, Westborough MA 01581 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Acadia Choral Society [ME]: Music of the Heart. Inspired by Tiny Love Stories written by chorus members. Tickets: $20, or $45 family tickets are for 3 or more members of the same family. For more information, call 207-288-4884 or email info@acadiachoralsociety.org. St. Saviour's Church, 41 Mt Desert Street, Bar Harbor ME 04609 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Andover Choral Society [MA]: Songs of Love. Tickets: $25 in advance, $30 at the door, $10 for students. For more information, call 603-893-5636 or email info@andoverchoralsociety.org. UU Church of Haverhill, 15 Kenoza Avenue, Haverhill MA 01830 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: Sponsors’ Concert. With the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Cantilena Chamber Choir [MA]: Voices of Youth and Spirit. Ronald Perra: Golden Door, based on Immigrant Diaries from Ellis Island. With the Boston Arts Academy Spirituals Ensemble, who will perform African American spirituals and join in a joint concluding performance. Tickets: $35, $25 seniors, free for children under 18 with ID. For more information, call 518-791-0185 or email satbchoir@yahoo.com. Trinity Church, 88 Walker Street, Lenox MA 01240 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Central Massachusetts Festival Chorus [MA]: Vivaldi's Gloria. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; and other songs to celebrate Spring. Sarah Callinan, soprano; Chihiro Asano, mezzo-soprano; Jane Shivick, director. With chamber ensemble. Tickets: $20. For more information, call 508-769-8116 or email jshivick@gmail.com. Bethel Lutheran Church, 90 Bryn Mawr Avenue, Auburn MA 01501 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Chorus of Westerly [RI]: Ethel Smyth: Mass in D. For more information, call 401-596-8663 or email jodie@chorusofwesterly.org. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Concord Chorale [NH]: We Exist. Oliver Caplan: We Exist; Mark Hayes: Kindness; works by Joan Szymko, Nicky Manlove, Ysaye Bardwell, Kevin Siegfried, William Hawley, and The October Project that ask and answer questions about how to live together. Ren Wemhoener, soprano; Philippe L'Esperance, tenor. Free admission for students K-12. For more information, call 603-333-5211 or email info@concordchorale.org. St. Paul's Church, 21 Centre Street, Concord NH 03301 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Greater Freeport Community Chorus [ME]: Spring concert. For more information, call 207-751-6301 or email gfccsings@gmail.com. Unitarian Universalist Church Brunswick, 1 Middle Street, Brunswick ME 04011 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Horizon Voices [ME]: Home. Join Classical Uprising’s youngest choral singers as they celebrate our home - the town, country, and planet where we live. Tickets: $10 advance, $15 at the door, students & under 18 $5 advance, $8 at the door. For more information, call 207-200-7933 or email music@classicaluprising.org. Freeport Performing Arts Center, 30 Holbrook Street, Freeport ME 04032 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. North Kingstown Community Chorus [RI]: Razzle Dazzle: 40 Years of the NKCC. Celebrating 40 years of music. Heather Skidds, director. Tickets: $15 advance, $20 at the door. For more information, call 401-573-7564 or email hskidds@gmail.com. North Kingstown High School, 150 Fairway Drive, North Kingstown RI 02852 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Pemigewasset Choral Society [NH]: Spring Concert. For more information, call 603-535-2366. Silver Center For The Arts, Hanaway Theatre, 114 Main Street, Plymouth NH 03264 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. The Seraphim Singers [MA]: Light in the Treasure Trove. Sacred masterpieces from the Middle Ages to today, including the ancient chants of Hildegard von Bingen and the intricate harmonies of Britten, Ducasse, and Boulanger, as well as music by Bach, Dickinson/Maiben, Gibson, Hagenberg, Henderson, and Lusitano. Joshua Lawton and Maria Gajraj, organ; Miranda Loud, piano; Jessie Pierpont, conductor. Tickets: $25, $20 senior, $10 student, $15 virtual (Sunday 3 pm concert, view live or later at your convenience). For more information, call 617-312-8328 or email darylbichel@aol.com. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Skylark Vocal Ensemble [CT]: Rachmaninoff Vespers. Fotina Naumenko, soprano; Eric Alatorre, basso profundo;Matthew Guard, director. For more information, call 918-688-2236 or email info@skylarkensemble.org. Christ Church Greenwich, 254 E. Putnam Avenue, Greenwich CT 06830 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Choral Art Society of the South Shore / Cape Cod Chorale [MA]: Harmony for Hope & Resilience. Johannes Brahms: Nanie; Florence Price “Song of Hope” (South Shore premiere); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem. Danica A. Buckley, conductor. All three pieces balance somber text with the eternal beauty of art and nature. The lush orchestration and flowing choral lines depart a sense of wonder. It’s a tribute not only to those who have passed but also to the enduring power of music and the hope for peace. For more information, call 781-925-6095 or email board@choralartsociety.org. Scituate Center for the Performing Arts, 606 Chief Justice Cushing Highway, Scituate MA 02066 (View flier) ⓘⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. CONCORA [CT]: An American Requiem. 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 3 pm. Free admission, tickets required. Free-will donations collected at the door benefit Sandy Hook Promise Foundation. For more information, call 860-293-0567 or email contact@concora.org. Asylum Hill Congregational Church, 814 Asylum Avenue, Hartford CT 06105 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Zamir Chorale [MA]: Voices of Humanity. An interfaith concert that celebrates music from Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions. For more information, call 617-244-6333 or email manager@zamir.org. Vilna Shul, 18 Phillips Street, Boston MA 02114 ⓘ 🔗

6:00 PM. Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus [CT]: Legends. From unforgettable chart-toppers to hidden gems, this concert brings together a stunning array of songs from the most celebrated voices, songwriters, and performers of the past five decades and beyond. For more information, call 203-777-2923 or email info@ctgmc.org. Katharine Hepburn Cultural Arts Center, 300 Main Street, Old Saybrook CT 06475 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 6, 2025 (Tuesday)

8:00 PM. Handel Society of Dartmouth College [NH]: Handel Society & Glee Club Spring Concert. Tickets: $20 For more information, call 603-646-2422 or email hop.box@dartmouth.edu. Rollins Chapel of Dartmouth College, 29 College Street, Hanover NH 03755 ⓘ 🔗

May 9, 2025 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Vox Lucens [MA]: Rediscovering Appenzeller's Requiem. The first known modern performance of the requiem mass by Benedictus Appenzeller, in a newly transcribed edition by Vox Lucens’ director, Holly Druckman. For more information, email voxlucens.info@gmail.com. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 838 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 10, 2025 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. CitySingers of Hartford [CT]: CitySingers of Hartford presents Songs! Visions of my homeland. Celebrating Connecticut composers from Charles Ives to today. Tickets: $20. For more information, email cregeurstudio@gmail.com. West Hartford United Methodist Church, 1358 New Britain Ave, West Hartford CT 06110 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Monadnock Chorus [NH]: Spring Concert. For more information, call 603-513-8818 or email monadnockchorus@gmail.com. Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove Street, Peterborough NH 03458 ⓘ 🔗

5:00 PM. Boston Saengerfest Men's Chorus [MA]: German Songs From the Heart. Johannes Brahms: Alto Rhapsody; works by Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel; Clara and Robert Schumann; Franz Schubert. Sylvia Leith, mezzo-soprano. With the Burbank String Quartet. 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) ⓘ 🔗

6:00 PM. Crescendo Music [CT]: Body & Soul: Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione – A Turning Point in Musical Drama. Emilio Cavalieri: Rappresentatione del alma e di corpo. An allegorical drama, the work is a lively debate over worldly vanities versus a spiritual life featuring six figures: the Soul, the Body, Good Counsel, Intellect, Time, Pleasure, and a chorus that comments on the action, accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Pre-concert talks by Christine Gevert on April 26 at 2:00 PM at Trinity Church in Lakeville, CT (also live-streamed via Zoom), and May 3 at 10:30 AM at Mason Library in Great Barrington, MA. For more information, call 860-435-4866 or email crescendo@crescendomusic.org. Trinity Church, 484 Lime Rock Rd., Lakeville CT 06039 (View flier) 🔗

7:00 PM. Another Octave [CT]: Yearbook: Class of 1990. For more information, call 203-645-7022 or email women@anotheroctave.org. Unitarian Society Of New Haven, 700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden CT 06517 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Cantilena [MA]: Maternal Figures: Reflections on Mothering and Being Mothered. Patricia van Ness, Lingbo Ma, and Laura Nevitt: a newly commissioned three-movement work for treble voices on the topic of motherhood. The composers will be invited to give either a pre-concert talk or a post-concert “talk-back” with audience members. With other musical works on mothering and mother/child relationships by Bobby McFerrin, Ysaye Barnwell, Zae Munn, and others. ​A reception follows the performance. For more information, call 339-298-7730 or email info@cantilena.org. First Parish Arlington, 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. The Maine Music Society Chorale [ME]: A Showcase of Americana. 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! For more information, call 207-333-3386 or email info@mainemusicsociety.org. Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston ME 04240 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Cantemus Chamber Chorus [MA]: I Hear America Singing. Aaron Copland: The Promise of Living; and other choral works by American composers based on words by America poets, including Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg. With guitar and oboe. For more information, email Info@cantemus.org. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 4 Ocean Street, Beverly MA 01985 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Musica Sacra [MA]: From Screen to Stage: Settings of Movie and Video Game Music. 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. For more information, call 617-349-3400 or email info@musicasacra.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Providence Singers / Rhode Island Philharmonic [RI]: Brahms Requiem. Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem; Ralph Vaughan Willams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Samuel Barber: Knoxville: Summer of 1915. Jessica Rivera, soprano; Will Liverman, baritone; Robert Spano, conductor. For more information, call 401-248-7000 or email boxoffice@riphil.org. Veterans Memorial Auditorium, 1 Avenue Of The Arts, Providence RI 02903 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Reading Community Singers [MA]: For the Beauty of the Earth. John Rutter: For the beauty of the earth; What Sweeter Music; Randall Thompson: Alleluia; Thomas Morley: "My bonny lass she smileth"; P.D.Q. Bach: "My Bonnie Lass She Smelleth"; Josef Zawinul: Birdland; Burton Lane: "On A Clear Day"; Kirby Shaw (arr): "Broadway Blast"; Len Thomas (arr): "Blowin' In the Wind/America"; Mark Hayes (arr): "Wade in the Water"; Roger Emerson (arr): "Forever Motown". Elijah Botkin, Music Director; Joe Beninati, accompanist. For more information, email info@readingcommunitysingers.org. Reading Memorial High School, 62 Oakland Road, Reading MA 01867 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Harvard-Radcliffe Chorus [MA]: For Our Common Home: Resounding Ecojustice. 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. For more information, call 617-496-2222 or email tickets@fas.harvard.edu. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Master Singers of Lexington [MA]: 30th Anniversary Concert. Clement Janequin: Le chant des oiseaux; Felix Mendelssohn: Die Nachtigal; Lerchengesang; Benjamin Britten: Five Flower Songs; J.S. Bach: Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden; Adam Grossman: New Work. For more information, call 781-729-7975 or email msingers@themastersingers.org. Pilgrim Congregational Church, 55 Coolidge Ave, Lexington MA 02420 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Vox Lucens [MA]: Rediscovering Appenzeller's Requiem. The first known modern performance of the requiem mass by Benedictus Appenzeller, in a newly transcribed edition by Vox Lucens’ director, Holly Druckman. For more information, email voxlucens.info@gmail.com. St. Anne's in-the-Fields Episcopal Church, 147 Concord Road, Lincoln MA 01774 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 11, 2025 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. The Maine Music Society Chorale [ME]: A Showcase of Americana. 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! For more information, call 207-333-3386 or email info@mainemusicsociety.org. Franco Center, 46 Cedar Street, Lewiston ME 04240 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cantemus Chamber Chorus [MA]: I Hear America Singing. Aaron Copland: The Promise of Living; and other choral works by American composers based on words by America poets, including Walt Whitman, Robert Frost and Carl Sandburg. With guitar and oboe. For more information, email Info@cantemus.org. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 166 High Street, Newburyport MA 01950 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Crescendo Music [MA]: Body & Soul: Cavalieri’s Rappresentatione – A Turning Point in Musical Drama. Emilio Cavalieri: Rappresentatione del alma e di corpo. An allegorical drama, the work is a lively debate over worldly vanities versus a spiritual life featuring six figures: the Soul, the Body, Good Counsel, Intellect, Time, Pleasure, and a chorus that comments on the action, accompanied by a chamber orchestra. Pre-concert talks by Christine Gevert on April 26 at 2:00 PM at Trinity Church in Lakeville, CT (also live-streamed via Zoom), and May 3 at 10:30 AM at Mason Library in Great Barrington, MA. For more information, call 860-435-4866 or email crescendo@crescendomusic.org. Saint James Place, 352 Main Street, Great Barrington MA 01230 (View flier) 🔗

4:00 PM. Monadnock Chorus [NH]: Spring Concert. For more information, call 603-513-8818 or email monadnockchorus@gmail.com. Peterborough Town House, 1 Grove Street, Peterborough NH 03458 ⓘ 🔗

May 16, 2025 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Hartford Chorale [CT]: Vox Feminae. Rosephanye Powell: Cry of Jeremiah ; Jocelyn Hagen: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci; and other works. Jack Anthony Pott, conductor. For more information, call 860-547-1982 or email contact@hartfordchorale.org. The Bushnell Belding Theater, 166 Capitol Avenue, Hartford CT 06106 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Lexington Pops Chorus [MA]: Songs of Liberty: Echoes of 1775. 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. For more information, call 781-365-0576 or email info@LexPops.org. Pilgrim Congregational Church, 55 Coolidge Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 17, 2025 (Saturday)

10:00 AM. Gloriae Dei Cantores [MA]: Open Auditions to Sing Mahler’s Resurrection Symphony. Would you like to sing Mahler’s “Resurrection Symphony” with Gloriæ Dei Cantores this Summer? Performances are on August 1 and 2. For the audition, please prepare a solo of any type for your voice part. An accompanist will be provided for you. Auditions are held from 10 am to 3 pm. For more information, call 508-240-2400 or email info@gdcchoir.org. Performing Arts Center, 95 Southern Eagle Cartway, Brewster, Cape Cod MA 02631 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. St. Cecilia Chamber Choir [ME]: Hope Conquers Fear: Britten, Kodály, and Hogan. Benjamin Britten: “Rejoice in the Lamb”; Christopher Smart: Jubilate Agno; Zoltán Kodály: Missa Brevis; Moses Hogan: "Elijah Rock". Linda Blanchard, director; Sean Fleming, organ. Pre-concert talks will be given before each concert at 2:30. Tickets: $20, free for students and children. For more information, email info@ceciliachoir.org. Damariscotta Baptist Church, 4 Bristol Road, Damariscotta ME 04543 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Oratorio Chorale [ME]: Growing Up Maine. What is home? Featuring the music of composer Judd Greenstein and the words of your fourth- and fifth-grade neighbors from Portland’s Reiche Community School, this multimedia work is a musical portrait of our state, told by the children who are transforming it. Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes before start. Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door; students are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information, call 207-200-7933 or email music@classicaluprising.org. Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress St, Portland ME 04101 ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Boston Choral Ensemble [MA]: To the Hands. Tracy Wong: Antata (Between); Sarah Quartel: “I Will Be With You”; Caroline Shaw: “To Thy Hands”; and other works by predominantly women composers that celebrate strength, resilience, and grace through the powerful metaphor of human hands. For more information, email info@bostonchoral.org. University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Granite State Choral Society [NH]: Voices of Inspiration: A Celebration of Harmony and Heritage. Sandra M. Thomas, director. Free admission. For more information, email gschoral@gmail.com. First Parish Congregational Church, 218 Central Avenue, Dover NH 03820 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:00 PM. Oratorio Chorale [ME]: Growing Up Maine. What is home? Featuring the music of composer Judd Greenstein and the words of your fourth- and fifth-grade neighbors from Portland’s Reiche Community School, this multimedia work is a musical portrait of our state, told by the children who are transforming it. Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes before start. Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door; students are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information, call 207-200-7933 or email music@classicaluprising.org. Mechanics Hall, 519 Congress St, Portland ME 04101 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Back Bay Chorale [MA]: The Waking Sun. Kile Smith: The Waking Sun; Giacomo Carissimi: Jephte. For more information, call 617-648-3885 or email info@bbcboston.org. Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, 45 Quincy Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont / Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Glorious Celebration. Francis Poulenc: Gloria; and works by Gwyneth Walker and Robert De Cormier, plus a variety of vibrant new works for women’s voices. With orchestra. For more information, call 802-879-1218 or email willisdawn@aol.com. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael's College, 18 Campus Road, Colchester VT 05439 ⓘⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Chorus of East Providence [RI]: So Many Miracles. For more information, email thechorusofep@gmail.com. St. Martha’s Church, 2595 Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence RI 02914 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Spectrum Singers [MA]: See, Hear, Speak [No Evil]. 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. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Voce [CT]: West of Middle. For more information, email info@voceinc.org. Immanuel Congregational Church, 10 Woodland Street, Hartford CT 06105 ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. White Mountain Voices [NH]: A New England Portrait. Music featuring New England poets (Frost, Kenyon, cummings, Longfellow) and composers (Santore, Beach, Walker, Pinkham). Suggested donation $15, under age 18 free. For more information, call 603-728-7022 or email artisticdirector@whitemountainvoices.com. First Congregational Church, 189 Main Street, Littleton NH 03561 ⓘ 🔗

8:00 PM. Boston Cecilia [MA]: Tipping Point. Reena Esmail: Tipping Point for chorus and tabla; works of Texu Kim, Kenneth Tay and others celebrating the rich and varied traditions of Asian and Asian-American choral music. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

May 18, 2025 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Chorus of East Providence [RI]: So Many Miracles. For more information, email thechorusofep@gmail.com. St. Martha’s Church, 2595 Pawtucket Avenue, East Providence RI 02914 ⓘ 🔗

2:00 PM. Renaissance Voices [ME]: Spring concert. For more information, call 207-766-0059 or email vocesrenacentistasme@gmail.com. Cathedral Church Of St. Luke, 143 State Street, Portland ME 04101 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont / Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Glorious Celebration. Francis Poulenc: Gloria; and works by Gwyneth Walker and Robert De Cormier, plus a variety of vibrant new works for women’s voices. With orchestra. For more information, call 802-879-1218 or email willisdawn@aol.com. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael's College, 18 Campus Road, Colchester VT 05439 ⓘⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Connecticut Gay Men’s Chorus [CT]: Legends. From unforgettable chart-toppers to hidden gems, this concert brings together a stunning array of songs from the most celebrated voices, songwriters, and performers of the past five decades and beyond. For more information, call 203-777-2923 or email info@ctgmc.org. SHU Community Theatre, 1420 Post Road, Fairfield CT 06824 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Coro Allegro [MA]: In the Clearing. W.A. Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore; Ave Verum Corpus; Kenneth Fuchs: In the Clearing (text by Robert Frost). Dana Varga, soprano; Clare McNamara, mezzo-soprano; Jonas Budris, tenor; Ron Williams, baritone. For more information, call 617-236-4011 or email executivedirector@coroallegro.org. Church Of The Covenant, 67 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Lexington Pops Chorus [MA]: Songs of Liberty: Echoes of 1775. 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. For more information, call 781-365-0576 or email info@LexPops.org. Pilgrim Congregational Church, 55 Coolidge Avenue, Lexington MA 02420 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Masterworks Chorale [MA]: Mozart, Haydn...and George Washington? W.A. Mozart: Credo Mass, K. 257; Alma Dei creatoris, K. 277; Regina coeli, K. 276/321; Johann Michael Haydn: Te Deum, Hob. XXIIIc:1; F.J. Haydn: Ave regina, Hob. XXIIIb:3. Teresa Wakim, soprano; Emily Marvosh, contralto; Jason McStoots, tenor; Dana Whiteside, baritone; Kevin Leong, director. With Baroque ensemble. Why George Washington? Reenactor Web Tilney will welcome the audience, ‘revisiting’ First Church (as he did in 1775), drawing connections to his history training 15,000 militia on the Cambridge Common, and maintaining his headquarters in the George Vassall house on Brattle Street (now the Longfellow House). His appearance acknowledges connections with the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord, and the founding of Masterworks Chorale in 1940 as the Lexington Choral Society. For more information, call 617-858-6782 or email info@masterworkschorale.org. First Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Nashua Choral Society [NH]: Vive la France. Maurice Durufle: Requiem; other French composers. David Williams, conductor. For more information, email nashuachoralsociety@gmail.com. Immaculate Conception Church, 216 East Dunstable Road, Nashua NH 03062 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. St. Cecilia Chamber Choir [ME]: Hope Conquers Fear: Britten, Kodály, and Hogan. Benjamin Britten: “Rejoice in the Lamb”; Christopher Smart: Jubilate Agno; Zoltán Kodály: Missa Brevis; Moses Hogan: "Elijah Rock". Linda Blanchard, director; Sean Fleming, organ. Pre-concert talks will be given before each concert at 2:30. Tickets: $20, free for students and children. For more information, email info@ceciliachoir.org. Damariscotta Baptist Church, 4 Bristol Road, Damariscotta ME 04543 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. White Mountain Voices [NH]: A New England Portrait. Music featuring New England poets (Frost, Kenyon, cummings, Longfellow) and composers (Santore, Beach, Walker, Pinkham). Suggested donation $15, under age 18 free. For more information, call 603-728-7022 or email artisticdirector@whitemountainvoices.com. First Congregational Church, 189 Main Street, Littleton NH 03561 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Cambridge Community Chorus [MA]: Brahms Requiem. With professional orchestra and soloists. For more information, call 617-517-3169 or email admin@cambridgechorus.org. Kresge Auditorium at MIT, 48 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Camerata d'Amici [CT]: Spring Concert. For more information, email info@cameratadamici.org. St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, 6 Ivy Hill Road, Ridgefield CT 06877 ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Community and Connection. Aaron Copland: Selections from Old American Songs; Nathaniel Dett: The Chariot Jubilee; Alice Parker: folk song and spiritual arrangements. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email info@commonwealthchorale.com. Church Of The Holy Name, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury MA 02132 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Mystic River Chorale [CT]: Unclouded Day. Folk music from around the world. For more information, call 860-460-1487 or email chorus_manager@mysticriverchorale.org. Mystic Congregational Church, 43 East Main Street, Mystic CT 06355 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Oratorio Chorale [ME]: Growing Up Maine. What is home? Featuring the music of composer Judd Greenstein and the words of your fourth- and fifth-grade neighbors from Portland’s Reiche Community School, this multimedia work is a musical portrait of our state, told by the children who are transforming it. Pre-concert lecture 45 minutes before start. Tickets: $35 in advance, $40 at the door; students are $15 in advance, $20 at the door. For more information, call 207-200-7933 or email music@classicaluprising.org. First Parish Church, 9 Cleaveland Street, Brunswick ME 04011 ⓘ 🔗

May 25, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Kearsarge Chorale [NH]: Hope for the World. An uplifting collection of contemporary and sacred choral works with hopeful themes. With Joe Henderson, piano; Nicole Densmore, flute. Tickets: $20, $15 in advance, $5 for students. For more information, call 603-526-4391 or email kearsargechorale@gmail.com. First Baptist Church, 461 Main Street, New London NH 03257 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 26, 2025 (Monday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Dvorák Requiem. Antonin Dvorák: Requiem. Erin Chenard, soprano; Jazmin DeRice, contralto; David Myers-Wakeman, tenor; John David Adams, bass. With Mozart Mentors Orchestra. Tickets: $25, free for students 18 and younger, but ticket required. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Watts Hall, 174 Main Street, Thomaston ME 04861 ⓘ 🔗

May 31, 2025 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Cantabile [VT]: Oh, Canada! Featuring music of Canada. Ticketless admission, with an optional donation ($15 suggested). For more information, email info@cantabilewomen.org. Norwich Congregational Church, 15 Church Street, Norwich VT 05055 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

June 1, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantabile [NH]: Oh, Canada! Featuring music of Canada. Ticketless admission, with an optional donation ($15 suggested). For more information, email info@cantabilewomen.org. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Keene Chorale [NH]: Fauré Mon Amour. Gabriel Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine; Messe Basse; Requiem. For more information, email keenechoralesingers@gmail.com. Saint Bernard Church, 185 Main Street, Keene NH 03431 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Boston Childrens Chorus [MA]: Leaders Among Us. Performance of all BCC choirs. For more information, call 617-778-2242 or email info@bostonchildrenschorus.org. The Strand Theatre, 543 Columbia Road, Boston MA 02125 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. Fairfield County Chorale [CT]: From Faure to Duruflé: The French Connection. Maurice Duruflé: Requiem; other works for chorus and organ. Heather Petrie, alto; Christopher Grundy, baritone. For more information, call 203-254-1333 or email info@fairfieldcountychorale.org. First Church Congregational, 148 Beach Road, Fairfield CT 06824 ⓘ 🔗

June 5, 2025 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Koleinu, Boston's Jewish Community Chorus [MA]: Spring Concert. For more information, call 617-433-7464 or email info@koleinu.org. Temple Ohabei Shalom, 1187 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02446 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

June 6, 2025 (Friday)

7:00 PM. Manchester Choral Society [NH]: Considering Matthew Shepard. Craig Hella Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard (an oratorio composed as a response to the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young, gay college student at the University of Wyoming who in October 1998 was kidnapped, severely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in a lonely field under a blanket of stars). For more information, call 603-472-6627 or email info@mcsnh.org. The Venues at the Factory, 252 Willow Street, Manchester NH 03103 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. West Hartford Women's Chorale [CT]: Hope Lingers On. Tickets: $15 at the door or online. For more information, call 860-233-1974 or email info@whwchorale.org. St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford CT 06107 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

June 7, 2025 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Vernon Chorale [CT]: A Vocal Tapestry. For more information, call 860-375-0545 or email info@vernonchorale.org. St. John's Episcopal Church, 523 Hartford Turnpike, Vernon CT 06066 ⓘ 🔗

June 8, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Charles River Wind Ensemble / Andover Choral Society [MA]: The Ambiguity of Love. 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. For more information, email info@crwe.org. 300 Hammond Pond Parkway, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Manchester Choral Society [NH]: Considering Matthew Shepard. Craig Hella Johnson: Considering Matthew Shepard (an oratorio composed as a response to the murder of Matthew Shepard, a young, gay college student at the University of Wyoming who in October 1998 was kidnapped, severely beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in a lonely field under a blanket of stars). For more information, call 603-472-6627 or email info@mcsnh.org. The Venues at the Factory, 252 Willow Street, Manchester NH 03103 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

4:00 PM. New Haven Chorale [CT]: 75th Anniversary Gala Concert. Elaine Hagenberg: Illuminare (excerpts, Carolina Flores, conductor); Jake Runestad: Wild Forces; Flower into Kindness (Blake Hansen, conductor); Jake Runestad: Proud Music of the Storm; Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms (Ed Bolkovac, conductor; Benjamin Rauch, countertenor); Nathan Scalise: new work (premiere). For more information, call 203-776-7664 or email business@newhavenchorale.org. Woolsey Hall, 500 College Street, New Haven CT 06511 ⓘ 🔗

June 10, 2025 (Tuesday)

7:30 PM. Zamir Chorale [MA]: Concert in the Round—An Immersive Experience. A unique “surround-sound” concert event: Listeners will be placed inside a circle of singers for music by Gershwin, Rossi, Bernstein, Lewandowski, Schiller, Shemer, and others. Singers in rotating positions and arrangements will treat the audience to a range of polyphonic and, at times, interactive music from many traditions—from meditative to rousing, whimsical to mystical, jazzy to prayerful. For more information, call 617-244-6333 or email manager@zamir.org. Temple Reyim, 1860 Washington Street, Auburndale MA 02466 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

June 13, 2025 (Friday)

2:00 PM. Vox Lucens [MA]: Rediscovering Appenzeller's Requiem. The first known modern performance of the requiem mass by Benedictus Appenzeller, in a newly transcribed edition by Vox Lucens’ director, Holly Druckman. For more information, email voxlucens.info@gmail.com. Old West Church, 131 Cambridge Street, Boston MA 02118 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. Arlington-Belmont Chorale [MA]: Strawberry Festival and Pops! Concert. With the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. Strawberries and Ice Cream from 6:00 pm, Pops concert at 7:30 pm. For more information, call 617-240-1240 or email chorale@psarlington.org. Arlington Town Hall, 730 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington MA 02476 ⓘ 🔗

June 14, 2025 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Metropolitan Chorale / Cape Cod Symphony [MA]: To The Sea. Ralph Vaughn Williams: Sea Symphony; Maurice Ravel: Une Barque sur l’Ocean from Miroirs; Toru Takemitsu: Towards the Sea ll. Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Bradford Gleim, baritone; James Blachly, conductor. For more information, call 508-362-1111 or email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Branstable Performing Arts Center, 744 W Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601 ⓘ 🔗

June 15, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Metropolitan Chorale / Cape Cod Symphony [MA]: To The Sea. Ralph Vaughn Williams: Sea Symphony; Maurice Ravel: Une Barque sur l’Ocean from Miroirs; Toru Takemitsu: Towards the Sea ll. Sonja Tengblad, soprano; Bradford Gleim, baritone; James Blachly, conductor. For more information, call 508-362-1111 or email admin@metropolitanchorale.org. Branstable Performing Arts Center, 744 W Main Street, Hyannis MA 02601 ⓘ 🔗

June 21, 2025 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: Opus 25 - A PFC Journey. Some of the best of the more than 500 choral works PFC has performed over the past 25 years, including selections from the Great American Songbook, contemporary masterpieces, and a medley from one of our favorite musicals. For more information, call 617-407-4414 or email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org. The Church of the Pilgrimage, 8 Town Square, Plymouth MA 02360 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

June 22, 2025 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Pilgrim Festival Chorus [MA]: Opus 25 - A PFC Journey. Some of the best of the more than 500 choral works PFC has performed over the past 25 years, including selections from the Great American Songbook, contemporary masterpieces, and a medley from one of our favorite musicals. For more information, call 617-407-4414 or email info@pilgrimfestivalchorus.org. St. Bonaventure Parish, 803 State Road, Plymouth MA 02360 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

July 10, 2025 (Thursday)

7:00 PM. New Hampshire Music Festival / Pemigewasset Choral Society [NH]: Gloria. Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria, RV 589; Edward Elgar: Serenade for Strings in E Minor, Op. 20; Béla Bartók: Divertimento for Strings, Sz. 113 BB. 118. Lisa Cooper, soprano; Janet Poisson, soprano; Will Gunn, director, NHMF/Pemi Festival Chorus. For more information, call 603-238-9007 or email info@nhmf.org. PSU Silver Center For The Arts, 114 Main Street, Plymouth NH 03264 ⓘ 🔗

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