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Events for Wellesley Choral Society
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May 12, 2024 (Sunday)

iCal 3:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Spring Concert. Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C; Edward Whalen: Shakespeare Songs (Premiere). For more information, call 781-237-6593 or email lindaderezinski@yahoo.com. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

February 3, 2024 (Saturday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Over the Moon. Songs of, for, about, and to the moon, performed in a light "pops" atmosphere. For more information, call 781-237-6593 or email lindaderezinski@yahoo.com. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

November 19, 2023 (Sunday)

iCal 3:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Romantic Classics for Chorus and Piano. Music of Brahms, Elgar, McDowell, and Sullivan. For more information, call 781-237-6593 or email lindaderezinski@yahoo.com. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

November 10, 2019 (Sunday)

iCal 4:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: War and Peace. F.J. Haydn: Mass in Time of War; Ralph Vaughan William: Dona Nobis Pacem; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei; Edward Whalen: Crossing the Bar. Mary Sullivan, soprano; Jennifer Webb, mezzo-soprano; Adrian Jones, tenor; Michael Meraw; Edward Whalen, conductor. With professional orchestra. A preconcert prelude featuring popular songs of wartime will start at 3:30. Immediately following the concert, the audience is invited to a free reception. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 seniors/students, free for children 12 and under. For more information, call 781-237-6593 or email lindaderezinski@yahoo.com. Unitarian Universalist Society, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

May 12, 2019 (Sunday)

iCal 4:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: A Musical Celebration for Mother's Day. Josef Gabriel Rheinberger: Stabat Mater; Giovanni Battista Pergolesi: Stabat Mater Johannes Brahms: "Ihr habt nun Traurigkeit" from the German Requiem (Mary Sullivan, soprano); Lullaby; John Tavener: Two Hymns to the Mother of God; Ted Whalen: Love and Prayers (premiere); Antonin Dvorak: Songs My Mother Taught Me; and others. Tickets: $20 adult, $15 student/senior; children under 12 free. For more information, call 781-237-6593. Unitarian Universalist Society, ​309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

November 11, 2018 (Sunday)

iCal 4:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Magnificent Magnificats. Settings of the Magnificat from the 16th to the 20th centuries. For more information, call 781-237-6593. Unitarian Universalist Society, ​309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

May 13, 2018 (Sunday)

iCal 4:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Schubert Mass. Franz Schubert: Mass No. 5 in A-flat Major; Edward Whalen: Stars (premiere; settings of poems by Keats, Wordsworth, Teasdale, Whitman, Shakespeare and a nursery rhyme). Michelle Pina, soprano; Eileen Christiansen, mezzo-soprano; Eduardo Ramos, tenor; RaShaun Campbell, bass. With orchestra. Tickets: $20 general admission, $15 students and seniors, children under 12 free. For more information, call 781-237-6593. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

January 27, 2018 (Saturday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Americana Cabaret Concert. Pops-style performance of music with an Americana theme. For more information, call 781-237-6593. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

November 12, 2017 (Sunday)

iCal 2:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: A Celebration of the Decades. W.A. Mozart: Ave verum corpus and other music from the Choral Society's past seven decades, including pieces by Bach, Mendelssohn, Schubert, Honegger, Purcell, Faure, Mozart, Monteverdi, Rossini, and Music Director Ted Whalen. Accompanied by string quartet. With participation of alumni. For more information, call 781-237-6593. UU Wellesley, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ 🔗

May 21, 2017 (Sunday)

iCal 2:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Two Glorias. For more information, call 781-237-6593. UU Wellesley, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA ⓘ

February 11, 2017 (Saturday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Cabaret Concert: Gilbert and Sullivan mash-up. For more information, call 781-237-6593. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02481 ⓘ

November 13, 2016 (Sunday)

iCal 2:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: It’s All Relative. For more information, call 781-237-6593. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Rd, Wellesley, MA 02482 ⓘ

May 15, 2016 (Sunday)

iCal 2:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Choral Music of Fauré and Franck. Adnission: $20 adults, $15 students/seniors; free under 12 years old. For more information, email afeldman@cal.berkeley.edu. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Rd, Wellesley MA 02482 ⓘ 🔗

January 30, 2016 (Saturday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Music of the Wild West. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington St, Wellesley, MA 02481

November 15, 2015 (Sunday)

iCal 2:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: A Musical Tour of Renaissance Europe. St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Rd, Wellesley, MA 02482

May 16, 2015 (Saturday)

iCal 8:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Choral Music by Wellesley Composer Edward Whalen. Edward Whalen: Dialogue—A Choral Song Cycle (premiere); with other compositions and arrangements. The premiered work, for chorus and orchestra, consists of seven settings of poems by British "metaphysical poets" of the 17th century. Tickets available at the door; adults $20, seniors & students $15, under 12 free. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ

February 7, 2015 (Saturday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: I Could Have Danced All Night: Winter Cabaret Concert. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington Street, Wellesley MA 02481 ⓘ

November 16, 2014 (Sunday)

iCal 2:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Twentieth Century Vocal Music from America and England. Works by Edward Elgar, Benjamin Britten, Randall Thompson, Samuel Barber, and others. General admission $15, seniors $12, students $5. For more information, email afeldman@cal.berkeley.edu. St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 79 Denton Rd, Wellesley MA 02482 ⓘ

May 6, 2014 (Tuesday)

iCal 2:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Music of a Young Mozart. St. Andrew’s Church, 79 Denton Road, Wellesley MA

January 28, 2014 (Tuesday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Songs of fun and frivolity. Winter Cabaret Concert. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington St, Wellesley MA

November 24, 2013 (Sunday)

iCal 3:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Music of Monteverdi. Monteverdi: Adoramus Te; Cantate Domino; Ave Maria; selections from Orfeo, L'Arianna, and L'incoronazione di Poppea, and selected madrigals. Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington St, Wellesley MA

May 5, 2013 (Sunday)

iCal 2:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Beethoven: Mass in C; Vaughan Williams: Toward the Unknown Region. With the Milton Academy Chamber Singers, full orchestra, and soloists. Supported by a generous grant from the Vaughan Williams Charitable Trust. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington St, Wellesley MA 02481

January 28, 2013 (Monday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: A Folk Song Feast. A cabaret concert of folk music from around the world. Wellesley Hills Congregational Church, 207 Washington St, Wellesley MA

November 13, 2012 (Tuesday)

iCal 2:00 PM. Wellesley Choral Society [MA]: Celebration of Musical Anniversaries. Music for brass and voices by Crüger, Boyce, Victoria, Gabrielli, Hassler, Ireland, Ravel, Coleridge-Taylor, Liszt, and Whalen. St. Andrew’s Church, 79 Denton Road, Wellesley MA

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Archived Online Events

  • Arlington-Belmont Chorale / Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra [MA]: Holiday Concert. Margaret Bonds: The Ballad of the Brown King; George Frederick Handel: Concerto a Due Cori No. 2; Charles Ives: Three Places in New England. [12/5/2025] Arlington MA ⓘ
  • Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Circle Round, Our 30th Anniversary Fall Concerts. Joan Szymko: “Here”; “Nothing Short of Grace”; Jonathan Larson: “Seasons of Love” from Rent; Linda Hirschhorn: “Ilu Finu”; “Circle Chant”; Pete Sutherland (Anna Patton, arr.): “Out to Breakfast”; original works by Becky Graber and Anna Patton; other songs that explore the power of living in community. Cathy Martin, piano; Michelle Liechti, violin; Becky Graber and Anna Patton, directors. Tickets, in-person and live stream: $15-$30, sliding scale. Sunday’s show will be live streamed and recorded. [11/22/2025] Brattleboro VT ⓘ
  • Musica Sacra [MA]: The Requiem Masses of Gabriel Fauré and Eustache du Caurroy. You may know the sublimely beautiful Requiem by the 19th century composer Gabriel Fauré, but did you know that his predecessor by 300 years, Eustache de Caurroy, wrote a Requiem for the death of King Henry IV which was then used at the funerals of French kings for the next 200 years? [10/18/2025] Cambridge MA ⓘ Visit archive
  • The Tallis Scholars [MA]: Mother & Child: English music for the Virgin Mary. Music from the English repertoire about the Virgin Mary, including Thomas Tallis’s Missa Puer natus, Benjamin Britten’s A Hymn to the Virgin, and a newly commissioned piece by Matthew Martin. [12/5/2025] Cambridge MA ⓘ