🔆 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.

March 16, 2025 (Sunday)

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 ⓘ 🔗

March 24, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: South Hadley Chorale Concert. Gabriel Fauré: Requiem; Paul Basler: Missa Kenya; works by Alice Parker and Anita Anderson Cooper. Ms. Anderson Cooper conducts 60-voice chorus and orchestra. Ludlow's Harris Brook Elementary School Chorus also performs. Tickets: $25 general admission; $20 seniors ($5 discount for advance purchase); $5 students/children age 12 and under. For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

March 12, 2023 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: South Hadley Chorale Concert. Haydn's LORD NELSON MASS plus works by Verdi, Donizetti, Vaughn Williams, and Diemer performed by 40-voice mixed chorus, soloists, and orchestra; Music Director Alexandra Ludwig conducts; also featuring South Hadley High School Concert Choir. For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

October 16, 2019 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: Rehearsals to Begin for Chichester Psalms. The South Hadley Chorale will begin rehearsals for its new season on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. The program will feature Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, plus smaller pieces such as Benjamin Britten’s Jubilate Deo, Libby Larson’s Beneath These Alien Stars, Randall Thompson’s Something Like a Star, and Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs. Rehearsals are Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, South Hadley. The concert is March 15, 2020, in Abbey Chapel at Mount Holyoke College. Alexandra Ludwig returns for her second year as music director and conductor. The South Hadley Chorale is made up of over 70 singers from 17 communities. All interested singers are invited to join. New singers are welcome. There are no auditions. Most singers, however, have had some choral experience. For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. First Congregational Church, One Church Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

October 9, 2019 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: Rehearsals to Begin for Chichester Psalms. The South Hadley Chorale will begin rehearsals for its new season on Wednesday, October 9, 2019. The program will feature Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms, plus smaller pieces such as Benjamin Britten’s Jubilate Deo, Libby Larson’s Beneath These Alien Stars, Randall Thompson’s Something Like a Star, and Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs. Rehearsals are Wednesday evenings from 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at the First Congregational Church, South Hadley. The concert is March 15, 2020, in Abbey Chapel at Mount Holyoke College. Alexandra Ludwig returns for her second year as music director and conductor. The South Hadley Chorale is made up of over 70 singers from 17 communities. All interested singers are invited to join. New singers are welcome. There are no auditions. Most singers, however, have had some choral experience. For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. First Congregational Church, One Church Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

March 10, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: South Hadley Chorale Concert. The program includes Bach’s "Magnificat," and songs from spiritual traditions by local composers: Joshua Hummel’s "In This Is Love;" Geoffrey Hudson’s "Whither, O Whither;" Clifton J. Noble’s "Go Down Moses;" and a premiere work written for the South Hadley Chorale by Kaeza Fearn. Alexandra Ludwig conducts. South Hadley Michael E. Smith Middle School Opus Singers open the concert. For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

March 11, 2018 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: Sing Me the Universal: Music of Life and Death. J.S. Bach:" O Jesu Christ, mein’s Lebens Licht; Johannes Brahms: Begrabnisgesang; Franz Schubert: Deutsche Messe; Vincent Persichetti: Celebrations. Jonathan Harvey, conductor. With the Valley Winds, and featuring the South Hadley Michael E. Smith Middle School Opus Singers. For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

October 4, 2017 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: Seeking Singers of All Voice Parts. The South Hadley Chorale seeks volunteer singers of all voice parts for our 2017-18 season! This year, we will be collaborating with the Valley Winds, a wind ensemble based in the Pioneer Valley, on a diverse program of music for choir and winds. Repertoire includes music of Bach, Brahms, Schubert, and Persichetti, in a program entitled “Sing Me The Universal: Music of Life and Death.” The South Hadley Chorale rehearses on Wednesday evenings, 7-9 pm, at Center Church in South Hadley, MA. Our first rehearsal is on Wednesday October 4, with the season finale concert on March 11 2018, at Abbey Chapel on the campus of Mount Holyoke College. Come check us out at our opening rehearsal on October 4! We’re a warm non-auditioned group with singers from their twenties to their eighties, and we love making beautiful music and having fun together. For more information, email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Center Church, 1 Church Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

March 12, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: South Hadley Chorale Concert. Beethoven's Mass in C, Opus 86; works by Barnett and Bruckner. Kate Saik, soprano; Mary Brown Bonacci, mezzo-soprano; Peter Shea, tenor; John Salvi, baritone; Jonathan Harvey, conductor; Michael Carney, assistant conductor; 75-voice chorus with full orchestra. Featuring South Hadley Michael E. Smith Middle School Opus Singers, directed by Patricia Murawski. Tickets $5 - $20. For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ 🔗

March 13, 2016 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: Under the Apple Boughs. Gabriel Faure: Cantique de Jean Racine; Franz Schubert: Mass no. 2 in G major; John Corigliano: Fern Hill; Ralph Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest; selections by the South Hadley Children's Chorus. Mary Hubbell, soprano; Mary Brown Bonacci, mezzo-soprano; Spencer Hamlin, tenor; Ryan F. Burns, baritone; with orchestra. Tickets $5 - $20. For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ

March 15, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: "Genesis and Inspiration" with Alice Parker. Joseph Haydn: The Creation, parts 1 and 2 (in the English retranslation by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw); Alice Parker: Children, Saints, and Charming Sounds. Selections by the South Hadley Children's Chorus. General admission tickets in advance (available at http://www.shcconcert.eventbrite.com): $15, seniors $10, Students/Children $5; available at the door for $3 more. For more information, email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, College Street, South Hadley MA 01075 ⓘ

March 16, 2014 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: Wolfgang Mozart: Great Mass in C Minor. Presented by chorus, orchestra and soloists. With two English madrigals: Thomas Morley, "Sing We and Chant It"; Thomas Weelkes, "Sing We At Pleasure"; and Paul Halley, "United in Song", presented by chorus and Children's Chorus. Also, selections by the South Hadley Children's Chorus. For more information, email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Memorial Chapel, Mount Holyoke College, 50 College St, South Hadley MA 01075

March 24, 2013 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. South Hadley Chorale [MA]: South Hadley Chorale Concert. Felix Mendelssohn's DIE ERSTE WALPURGISNACHT, Gwyneth Walker's ACQUAINTANCE WITH NATURE, plus works by Scott Joplin and Elizabeth Alexander. Jonathan Harvey conducts the 65-voice chorus plus full orchestra. Gwyneth Walker plans to attend. The South Hadley Children's Chorus opens the concert. For more information, call 413-533-3833 or email mail@southhadleychorale.org. Abbey Chapel at Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley MA 01075

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