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June 28, 2026 (Sunday)

TBD. Ensemble Altera [RI]: 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. First Baptist Church, 75 N Main Street, Providence RI 02903 ⓘ 🔗

June 27, 2026 (Saturday)

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

December 21, 2025 (Sunday)

iCal 3:30 PM. Ensemble Altera [RI]: Messiah. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Rosecliff Mansion, 548 Bellevue Ave, Newport RI 02840 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

iCal 1:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [RI]: Messiah. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Rosecliff Mansion, 548 Bellevue Ave, Newport RI 02840 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 20, 2025 (Saturday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [RI]: Messiah. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 55 Main Street, Wickford RI 02852 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

December 19, 2025 (Friday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [RI]: Messiah. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. St. Mary's Catholic Church, 330 Wood Street, Bristol RI 02809 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 14, 2025 (Sunday)

iCal 3:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [RI]: The Four Elements. Music by John Taverner, Eric Whitacre, Kenneth Leighton, Morten Lauridsen, Ivo Antognini, Owain Park, John Rutter, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and Charles Villiers Stanford inspired by the primal forces that shape our world: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. George Kent Performance Hall, 119 High Street, Westerly RI 02891 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

September 13, 2025 (Saturday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [CT]: The Four Elements. Music by John Taverner, Eric Whitacre, Kenneth Leighton, Morten Lauridsen, Ivo Antognini, Owain Park, John Rutter, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and Charles Villiers Stanford inspired by the primal forces that shape our world: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. 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 12, 2025 (Friday)

iCal 7:30 PM. Ensemble Altera [MA]: The Four Elements. Music by John Taverner, Eric Whitacre, Kenneth Leighton, Morten Lauridsen, Ivo Antognini, Owain Park, John Rutter, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and Charles Villiers Stanford inspired by the primal forces that shape our world: Earth, Air, Fire, and Water. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Church Of The Redeemer, 379 Hammond Street, Chestnut Hill MA 02467 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

November 17, 2024 (Sunday)

iCal 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) ⓘ 🔗

November 16, 2024 (Saturday)

iCal 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) ⓘ 🔗

September 15, 2024 (Sunday)

iCal 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 14, 2024 (Saturday)

iCal 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 13, 2024 (Friday)

iCal 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) ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2023 (Sunday)

iCal 2:30 PM. Ensemble Altera [RI]: A Christmas Present. Music written in the new millennium, mixing enchanting modern classics with sumptuous arrangements of timeless favorites. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. St. Martin's Episcopal Church, 50 Orchard Avenue, Providence RI 02906 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2023 (Saturday)

iCal 7:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [MA]: A Christmas Present. Music written in the new millennium, mixing enchanting modern classics with sumptuous arrangements of timeless favorites. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston MA 02108 ⓘ 🔗

August 21, 2022 (Sunday)

iCal 3:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [RI]: The Lamb's Journey. A choral depiction of the Christ narrative featuring music from the Renaissance through today that follows four distinct and fascinating chapters: Invocation, Passion, Resurrection, and Adoration. With timeless favorites by Gibbons, Lotti, Scheidt, Howells, Barber, and Bruckner, and the very best of the 20th and 21st centuries by Poulenc, Messiaen, Leighton, Lukaszewski, and Esenvalds, including three world-premiere performances of works written for Altera. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Blessed Sacrament Church, 239 Regent St., Providence RI 02908 ⓘ 🔗

August 20, 2022 (Saturday)

iCal 8:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [MA]: The Lamb's Journey. A choral depiction of the Christ narrative featuring music from the Renaissance through today that follows four distinct and fascinating chapters: Invocation, Passion, Resurrection, and Adoration. With timeless favorites by Gibbons, Lotti, Scheidt, Howells, Barber, and Bruckner, and the very best of the 20th and 21st centuries by Poulenc, Messiaen, Leighton, Lukaszewski, and Esenvalds, including three world-premiere performances of works written for Altera. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. St. Paul's Church, 29 Mt Auburn Street, Cambridge MA 02138 ⓘ 🔗

July 21, 2021 (Wednesday)

iCal 8:00 PM. Ensemble Altera [online]: Jewels of the English Renaissance. Six vocalists perform one-to-a-part works by Byrd, Tallis, Taverner, and others ranging from the intricacies of the Eton Choirbook to the elegant simplicity of the early Reformation. The program includes a mixture of forms such as the pitch spiral of a double perfect canon and cantus firmus settings as well as simpler homophonic language. Textual themes vary from Advent to Nativity, Lent to Easter, and liturgical contexts range from a mass setting to a penitential psalm to a Vespers responsory. Filmed at the Aldrich Mansion in Warwick, RI. Free, but donations are encouraged. For more information, call 401-575-8504 or email ensemblealtera@gmail.com. Online ⓘ 🔗

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Archived Online Events

  • Musica Sacra [MA]: ¡Feliz Navidad! Choral Music for Christmas. An array of motets and villancicos from past and present, including Conrad Susa’s Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest for marimba, guitar and harp; plus villancicos, carols, and motets from the New World and the Old. In light of recent targeting of our immigrant communities by the federal government, Musica Sacra is donating a portion of the ticket proceeds to the Massachusetts Immigrant and Refugee Advocacy Coalition (MIRA). [12/13/2025] Cambridge MA ⓘ
  • The Seraphim Singers [MA]: A Seraphim Christmas. Eric Christopher Perry, Music Director; Heinrich Christensen, organ. With the Bitumen Brass Quartet. Seasonal music, carol singing, and serene joy and jubilant good tidings. Join in Seraphim's community outreach project by bringing donations of sturdy winter wear to the concerts to help those facing housing insecurity. Tickets: $30, $25 senior, $15 student. First Time Promo: two for the price of one ($30). Virtual: $20 per viewer. Sunday evening concert is in person and streamed. [12/20, 12/21 & 12/21/2025] West Roxbury MA ⓘ
  • 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 ⓘ