May 16, 2026 (Saturday)

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

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

7:00 PM. Commonwealth Chorale [MA]: Spirit, Passion, Defiance - Let's Tango! Alberto Ginastera: Lamentations of the Prophet Jeremiah; Various: Tango works with tango orchestra and dancers; Martín Palmeri: Misa a Buenos Aires (“Misatango”). With strings, piano, bandoneon, and tango dancers. Laura Beth Couch, mezzo-soprano; Alex Roitman, bandoneon. Tickets: $40, students $10. For more information, call 617-527-7464 or email marketing@CommonwealthChorale.com. Michael Driscoll School Auditorium, 725 Washington Street, Brookline MA 02446 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

7:30 PM. The Boston Cecilia [MA]: A New Song. Featuring a commissioned premiere and premieres from Cecilia's past. For more information, call 617-232-4540 or email info@bostoncecilia.org. All Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline MA 02445 ⓘ 🔗

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

7:30 PM. Spectrum Singers [MA]: A New Era. Michael Gilbertson: Always Beginning, poem by Emmanuel Oppong-Yeboah (commission, premiere performance); Johann Sebastian Bach: Der Herr denket an uns, BWV 196; Edward Bairstow: Blessed City, Heavenly Salem; Samuel Barber: Heaven-Haven; Eleanor Daley: Come, Renew Us; Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Song of Proserpine; Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied, Op. 54; Elaine Hagenberg: Measure Me, Sky!; Jessie Montgomery: Strum; Jan Van der Roost: Of Moon and Sun. Max Holman, Music Director; Karen Harvey, piano & organ. For more information, call 617-492-8902 or email info@spectrumsingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

May 17, 2026 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Cantata Singers / Brockton Symphony [MA]: Beethoven 9. Gardner Read: Vernal Equinox; Joel Thompson: A Prayer for Deliverance; Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, "Ode to Joy". Holly Cameron, soprano; Annie Rosen, mezzo-soprano; Matthew Arnold, tenor; Ron Williams, baritone; John Masko, conductor. For more information, call 617-868-5885 or email hello@cantatasingers.org. First Church Congregational, 11 Garden Street, Cambridge MA 02138 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

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

4:00 PM. Cambridge Community Chorus [MA]: A Sea Symphony. Ralph Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony. Lika Miyake, soprano; Bradford Gleim, baritone; Pamela Mindell, director. With professional orchestra. 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. Cappella Clausura [MA]: Worthy of the Highest Praise: Bembo and Vivaldi. Antonia Bembo: Te Deum; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; with others. Bembo was nearly a contemporary of Vivaldi and also achieved renown as a composer, but is rarely performed today. This performance highlights two classical gems, one very well known and the other much less so. For more information, call 617-993-0013 or email manager@clausura.org. Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 22, 2026 (Friday)

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

May 29, 2026 (Friday)

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

8:00 PM. Vox Lucens [MA]: Diamonds in the Darkness. Spotlighting Renaissance composer Josquin des Prez with works both joyful and somber, sacred and secular. For more information, call 978-897-5372 or email voxlucens.info@gmail.com. St. Peter's Episcopal Church, 838 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge MA 02139 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 31, 2026 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Vocal Revolution and VocaMotion Choruses [MA]: Expedition Five: A Barbershop A Capella Space Opera. In a distant future, when Earth is nothing more than a hazy memory, humanity wanders the endless universe in search of a new home. There’s only one person left who can find it. Expedition Five will transform Somerville’s Arts At The Armory into a thrilling and heartfelt journey through space. Vocal Revolution is the highest-ranked men’s chorus ever in the Northeastern District of the Barbershop Harmony Society, with 20 District Championship titles. VocaMotion is the only treble voices chorus in the District. For more information, email marketing@vocalrevolution.org. Arts at the Armory, 191 Highland Avenue #1c, Somerville MA 02143 (View flier) 🔗

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

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

June 7, 2026 (Sunday)

5:00 PM. Zamir Chorale of Boston [MA]: Sacred Musical Majesty. A concert of the greatest synagogue compositions of the 19th and early 20th centuries, including premiere performances of rediscovered liturgical masterworks by Cantor Helman Lieber. Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director; Josh Breitzer, Cantor; Edwin Swanborn, organ. For more information, call 617-916-9469 or email manager@zamir.org. Central Reform Temple at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

June 12, 2026 (Friday)

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

June 13, 2026 (Saturday)

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

June 14, 2026 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Boston Jazz Voices [MA]: Spring Into Summer. An afternoon of a cappella jazz in the beautiful Chapel Hill-Chauncey Hall Assembly hall. Tickets: $20, $15 students. For more information, email info@bostonjazzvoices.org. 375 Lexington Street, Waltham MA 02452 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

June 20, 2026 (Saturday)

10:00 AM. Greater Boston Choral Consortium / Choral Arts New England [MA]: Building Better Boards Workshop with Chorus America. A day-long interactive workshop (10 am to 4 pm), led by Christopher Eanes, President & CEO of Chorus America, to help you build a board that’s focused, attracts the right talent, and provides the resources your organization needs to thrive. Open to all! Registration: $20-$40. For more information, call 413-282-8779 or email info@bostonsings.org. Brimmer And May School, 69 Middlesex Road, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 (View flier) 🔗

June 27, 2026 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [MA]: Declarations. Piers Connor Kennedy: Declarations (world premiere), a choral work that reexamines the ideals of the U.S. Declaration of Independence 250 years after its creation, using historical texts, American poetry, and newly commissioned writings from diverse voices. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Old South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

July 11, 2026 (Saturday)

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

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