2010–2011 Season Boston-area Chorus Listings

Updated 24 August 2010
Compilation and Highlights by Peter Pulsifer from chorus publicity (mostly websites).

Summary of Season Highlights (Adult Choruses)

Premieres (by composer, new compositions first)

“Great” or especially interesting works

Old Favorites

Special programs (a few of many)

Premium Messiahs

COMPREHENSIVE LIST OF CONCERTS, BY CHORUS

Andover Choral Society

Allen Combs, Music Director

Ludwig van Beethoven: Missa Solemnis1/30/11, 3:00 PMRogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover
Mozart Gala5/1/11, 3:00 PMRogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover

Arlington-Belmont Chorale

Barry Singer, Music Director

A NOT QUITE WINTER CONCERT. Secular works of the 19th, 20th, and 21 Century featuring Johannes Brahms’ Neue Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 65.12/5/10, 3:00 PMPayson Park Church, Belmont
HOLIDAY CONCERT. Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna; Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; Robert Shaw/Rodney Russell Bennett: The Many Moods of Christmas, Suite 2; John Rutter (arr.): The Twelve Days of Christmas.12/12/10, 3:00 PMFirst Parish Unitarian-Universalist Church, Arlington.
AN ALMOST SPRING CONCERT—the Arlington-Belmont Chorale and the Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus. Choral music from Armenia and America and the World Premiere of a Chamber Chorus Commissioned work by John Kramer3/13/11, 3:00 PMFirst Parish Unitarian-Universalist, Arlington
SPONSORS’ CONCERT—the Arlington-Belmont Chorale and the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov: Russian Easter Overture, Op. 36; A Selection of Operatic Works performed by John Gomez, Tenor, Winner of the PSA’s 2010 Young Artist Competition; Anton Bruckner — Mass No. 1 in D Minor (1864).5/1/11, 2:30 PMFirst Parish Unitarian-Universalist, Arlington
MUSIC FOR A SPRING EVENING—music which will celebrate the birth or death anniversaries of Giacomo Perti, William Boyce, Franz Liszt, Charles Loeffler, Alan Hovaness, M. K. Ciurlionis, Percy Grainger, and Tomas Luis de Victoria; commissioned work by John Kramer (encore); J.S. Bach: Quodlibet, BWV 524.5/13/11, 8:00 PMFirst Parish Unitarian-Universalist, Arlington
POPS! CONCERT, The Arlington-Belmont Chorale and the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra.6/10/11, 7:45 PMArlington Town Hall

Back Bay Chorale

Scott Allen Jarrett, Music Director

J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Parts 1,2,312/10/10, 8:00 PMSanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge
J.S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, Part 4,5,6 12/11/10, 8:00 PMSanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge
Sergei Rachmaninoff: Vespers3/19/11, 7:30 PMEmmanuel Church, 15 Newbury Street
Giuseppi Verdi: Requiem5/14/11, 8:00 PMSanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge

Boston Baroque

Martin Pearlman, Music Director

GF Handel: Messiah. Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Matthew White, countertenor; Keith Jameson, tenor; Kevin Deas, bass-baritone.12/10/10, 7:30 PM; 12/11/10, 7:30 PMJordan Hall
Claudio Monteverdi: Il combattimento di Tancredi e Clorinda; Heinrich Biber: Choral psalms & three Mystery Sonatas; Dietrich Buxtehude: Cantata: “Heut triumphieret Gottes Sohn”; G.F. Handel: Gloria for soprano and strings. Mary Wilson, soprano.3/4/11, 8:00 PM; 3/5/11, 8:00 PMJordan Hall
Jean-Philippe Rameau: Les Indes Galantes. Amanda Forsythe, soprano; Marjorie Folkman, choreographer.5/6/11, 8:00 PM 5/7/11, 8:00 PMJordan Hall

Boston Camarata

Anne Azema, Music Director

Vieni, Imeneo! Music and Marriage in the Italian Renaissance: A musical invocation of Hymen, Roman god of marriage. Works by Dufay, Josquin, Marenzio, Monteverdi and others, performed by a sumptuous array of voices and early instruments. In collaboration with The Harvard Choral Fellows, Edward Jones, Director10/31/10, 4:00 PMMemorial Church, Harvard Yard, Cambridge
The Sacred Bridge: Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Medieval Europe. Includes elements of Jewish liturgy, Gregorian chant, song and texts of Jewish minstrels, Sephardic folksong, medieval Spanish Cantigas, and Judaeo-Arabic music from the ancient Andalusian tradition. Joel Cohen and The Boston Camerata musicians are joined by members of the Sharq Arabic Music ensemble.12/5/10, 3:00 PMLongy School of Music, Cambridge
An American Christmas. From the early years of the American republic, and from a wide range of early tunebooks and manuscripts, a generous selection of carols, New England anthems, hymns and religious ballads for the season.12/16/10, 8:00 PM; 12/17/10, 8:00 PM; 12/18/10, 8:00 PM; 12/19/10, 8:00 PM;Follen Church, Lexington; First Church Cambridge; Old West Church, Boston; First Parish Church, Newbury
The Spark of the Soul. An exploration of German and French mysticism in the Middle Ages around the personality of Meister Eckhart (c.1260 — c.1327). Anne Azéma, voice; Susanne Ansorg, vielle.3/19/11, 3:00 PMFirst Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley St, Boston

Boston Cecilia

Donald Teeters, Music Director

Mendelssohn and Schubert—early Romantic Songs. With William Hite, tenor; Barbara Bruns, piano.10/23/10, 8:00 PMAll Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline
Christmas in a Great English Cathedral—Carols, Anthems, Services by Byrd, Vaughan Williams, Walton, Howells and others Ancient and Modern.12/10/10, 8:00 PM; 12/12/10, 8:00 PM; Church of the Advent, 30 Brimmer Street, Boston; All Saints Church, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline.
GF Handel: Jephtha. Aaron Sheehan, tenor (Jeptha).3/13/11, 2:30 PMNEC’s Jordan Hall, 30 Gainsborough St, Boston

Boston Symphony Orchestra/Tanglewood Festival Chorus

John Oliver, Chorus Director

Gustav Mahler: Symphony No. 2. Layla Claire, soprano; Karen Cargill, mezzo-soprano, James Levine, conductor. 10/7/10, 8:00 PM; 10/8/10, 1:30 PM; 10/9/10, 8:00 PM; 10/12/10, 8:00 PMSymphony Hall
Manuel de Falla: Suite from Atlántida. Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, conductor; Alexandra Coku, soprano; Nathalie Stutzmann, contralto; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone.11/4/10, 8:00 PM; 11/5/10, 8:00 PM; 11/6/10, 8:00 PM; 11/9/10, 8:00 PMSymphony Hall
Igor Stravinsky: Oedipus Rex. James Levine, conductor; Michelle DeYoung, mezzo-soprano (Jocasta and Judith); Russell Thomas, tenor (Oedipus); Matthew Plenk, tenor (Shepherd); Albert Dohmen, baritone (Creon, Messenger, and Bluebeard); Raymond Aceto, bass (Tiresias); Örs Kisfaludy (Narrator).1/6/11, 8:00 PM; 1/7/11, 8:00 PM; 1/8/11, 8:00 PMSymphony Hall
J.S. Bach: St. John Passion. Maasaki Suzuki, conductor; Hana Blažíková, soprano; Ingeborg Danz, mezzo-soprano; Christoph Prégardien, tenor (Evangelist and arias); Hanno Müller-Brachmann, bass-baritone (Jesus and arias).4/21/11, 8:00 PM; 4/22/11, 1:30 PM; 4/23/11, 8:00 PMSymphony Hall
Hector Berlioz: Roméo et Juliette. Charles Dutoit, conductor; Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano; Jean-Paul Fouchécourt, tenor; Laurent Naouri, baritone.5/5/11, 8:00 PM; 5/6/11, 1:30 PM; 5/7/11, 8:00 PMSymphony Hall

Braintree Choral Society

Charles Dillingham, Music Director

Marc Antoine Charpentier: Messe de Minuit pour Noel. With seasonal songs and a sing-along.12/12/10, 4:00 PMOld South Union Church, 25 Columbian St S, Weymouth.

Brookline Chorus

Lisa Graham, Music Director

Motets and Chanson: Miniature Masterpieces11/20/10, 8:00 PMFirst Church in Cambridge, 11 Garden St
Holiday Concert12/19/10, 3:00 PMAll Saints Parish, 1773 Beacon Street, Brookline
All Bernstein Program with Zamir Chorale.3/13/11, 2:00 PMSanders Theatre, Cambridge
J.S. Bach’s Mass in B minor5/22/11, 3:00 PMHoughton Chapel, Wellesley College

Cambridge Chamber Singers

Raymond Fahrner, Music Director

Christmas Concert 201012/11/10, 8:00 PM; 12/12/10, 4:00 PM Lindsey Chapel at Emmanuel Church, 15 Newbury St., Boston; TBD

Cambridge Community Chorus

Jamie Andrew Kirsch, Music Director

J.S. Bach: Cantata #61, “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland I”; Ariel Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra; W.A. Mozart: Coronation Mass.12/12/10, 3:00 PM Kresge Auditorium, MIT.
Francis Poulenc: Gloria; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem.TBARBA

Cantata Singers

David Hoose, Music Director

Yehudi Wyner: World premiere of new work commissioned by Cantata Singers; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Flos Campi, with Will Frampton, viola; Ralph Vaughan Williams: Oboe Concerto; with Peggy Pearson, oboe; Andrew Imbrie: On the Beach at Night; Irving Fine: The Choral New Yorker, orchestrated by David Hoose.11/5/10, 8:00 PM; 11/6/10, 8:00 PMJordan Hall
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Riders to the Sea (one-act music drama, semi-staged); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Three Shakespeare Songs; Edward Elgar: Part songs; Gustav Holst: The Evening Watch.1/14/11, 8:00 PMJordan Hall
J.S. Bach: Mass in B Minor3/18/11, 8:00 PM; 3/20/11, 3:00 PMJordan Hall
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor; Harris: Faire is the Heaven; Bernstein: Chichester Psalms; Charles Ives: Psalm 905/13/11, 8:00 PMFirst Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St.

Cantata Singers Chamber Series

Allison Voth, Music Director

Vocal Solo and Ensemble Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams.10/3/10, 2:30 PMLongy School of Music

Cantemus Chamber Chorus

Gary Wood, Music Director

Conrad Susa: Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest; Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Franz Biebl: Ave Maria; and more!12/4/10, 7:30 PM; 12/5/08, 4:00 PMFirst Congregational Church, Rockport; St. Paul’s Church, Newburyport
Brahms Zigeunerlieder, Geistliches Lied; Duruflé: Quatre Motets; Copland: Four Motets; Britten Te Deum in C Major; plus some vocal jazz!4/30/11, 7:30 PM; 5/1/11, 4:00 PMFirst Congregational Church, Rockport; St. Paul’s Church, Newburyport

Cantilena

Allegra Martin, Music Director

Transcendence— Brahms: Four Songs for Women’s Chorus, Two Horns, and Harp; Gawthrop: “There is Sweet Music Here”, “Sing Me to Heaven”; Randall Thompson: “The Place of the Blest”, “Alleluia, Amen”; (from The Place of the Blest); selections from the Rig Veda, Holst, and Rutter12/5/10, 3:00 PMFirst Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, Arlington

Cappella Clausura

Amelia LeClair, Music Director

Hildegard von Bingen: Ordo Virtutem (staged).11/13/10, 8:00 PM; 11/14/10, 5:00 PMParish of the Messiah, 1900 Commonwealth Ave, Newton; First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston
Gloria, A Renaissance Christmas pageant.12/5/10, 4:00 PM; 12/11/10, 7:00 PM;; 12/12/10, 5:00 PM;First Parish Bedford, 75 Great Rd; Church of St. Andrew, 135 Lafayette St, Marblehead; First Unitarian Society of Newton, 1326 Washington St, W. Newton.
The Great Motets of Sulpitia Cesis. Wth Mack Ramsey and Tom Zajak, trombone, and members of the Concord Women’s Chorus.2/26/11, 8:00 PM; 2/27/11, 5:00 PMParish of the Messiah, 1900 Commonwealth Ave, Newton; First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston
Elisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre: Pieces for voices, harpsichord, and continuo; Mlle. Laurant: Le Concert, cantata for soloists, chorus and small orchestra; Dorothy Crawford: new composition based on the letters of Anne Bradstreet.4/2/11, 8:00 PM; 4/3/11, 5:00 PMParish of the Messiah, 1900 Commonwealth Ave, Newton; First Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley Street, Boston

Chorus pro Musica

Betsy Burleigh, Music Director

Antonin Dvorák: Mass in D; Leoš Janáček, Our Father; Duruflé: Notre Père; Rindfleisch: Kaddish Prayer; Holst: Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (selectons).11/7/10, 3:00 PMOld South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston
Holiday Concert, with traditional brass and carols.12/17/10, 8:00 PMOld South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston
Gioachino Rossini: Petite Messe Solonnelle.3/20/11, 3:00 PMOld South Church, 645 Boylston Street, Boston
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms, with the New England Philharmonic.6/5/11, 3:00 PMJordan Hall

Concord Chorus

Michael McGaghie, Music Director

Holiday Concert12/11/10, 4:00 PM; 12/11/10, 7:30 PM; Middlesex School Memorial Chapel, 1400 Lowell Rd, Concord.
Spring Concert5/7/11, 8:00 PMThe New Church of Concord 53 Church St, Concord,

Concord Women's Chorus

Jane Ring Frank, Music Director

Peter Child: Louisa's War, with the Concord Orchestra, Joyce Kulhawik narrating.10/15/10, 8:00 PM; 10/16/10, 8:00 PM; 51 Walden St, Concord
Holiday Concert12/18/10, 2:00 PMTrinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord.
Spring Concert5/7/11, 2:00 PMTrinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm St, Concord.

Coro Allegro

David Hodgkins, Music Director

Aaron Copland: In the Beginning; Ronald Perera: Why I Wake Early; Norman Dinerstein: The Frogs. 11/7/10, 3:00 PMSanders Theatre, Cambridge
Patricia Van Ness: Requiem; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria in D3/6/11, 3:00 PMSanders Theatre, Cambridge
Kareem Roustom: Jesus the Son of Man (A new work on texts by Lebanese-American poet Khalil Gibran); Morten Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna, 5/15/11, 3:00 PMChurch of the Covenant, Boston

Dedham Choral Society

Jonathan Barnhart, Music Director

Christmas Concert, 2010: “A Welsh Christmas”. William Mathia: Ave Rex: A Carol Sequence, Op. 45; Karl Jenkins: Jubilate Deo, Te Deum (New England Premiere); Hilary Tann: Psalm 104 (Praise, my Soul).12/5/10, 3:00 PMSt. Mary’s Church, 420 High Street, Dedham.

Exsultemus period vocal ensemble

Shannon Canavin, General Director; Eric Rice, Music Director

The Italian Madrigals of Palestrina10/9/10, 8:00 PM; 10/10/10, 3:00 PMUniversity Lutheran Church in Cambridge; First Lutheran Church, Boston
A Portuguese Christmas12/17/10, 8:00 PMFirst Lutheran Church, Boston
Music for Voices and Viols by Byrd, Gibbons, and Tomkins1/29/11, 8:00 PM; 1/30/11, 3:00 PMUniversity Lutheran Church in Cambridge; First Lutheran Church, Boston
Handel’s Tra le fiamme, cantata for soprano, Baroque chamber ensemble, and virtuoso viola da gamba.3/6/11, 3:00 PMFirst Lutheran Church, Boston
Songs, Laments, and Madrigals of Monteverdi and D’India4/10/11, 3:00 PMFirst Lutheran Church, Boston
Music of Orlande de Lassus5/14/11, 8:00 PM; 5/15/11, 3:00 PMUniversity Lutheran Church in Cambridge; First Lutheran Church, Boston

Fine Arts Chorale

Richard Travers, Music Director

Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass; Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore11/21/10, 4:00 PMOld South Union Church, So. Weymouth, MA
Bach: Magnificat; Handel: Four Coronation Anthems.TBDTBD

Handel & Haydn Society

Harry Christophers, Artistic Director

GF Handel: Messiah. Paul Daniel, conductor. Sophie Bevan, soprano; Catherine Wyn-Rogers, alto; Allan Clayton, tenor; Sumner Thompson, bass.12/3/10, 7:30 PM; 12/4/10, 3:00 PM; 12/5/10, 3:00 PMSymphony Hall
A Bach Christmas. John Finney, Conductor. J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 140, “Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme”; J.S. Bach: Cantata No. 122, “Das neugebor’ne Kindelein”; Buxtehude: “Das neugebor’ne Kindelein”; Buxtehude: “In Dulci Jubilo”; Lübeck: “Willkommen, süßer Bräutigam”; Schein: “Her sei Gott in der Höh’ allein”; Praetorius: “Psallite unigenito”, “En natus est Immanuel”, “In Natali Domino”; Schütz: Christmas motets.12/16/10, 8:00 PM; 12/19/10, 3:00 PMJordan Hall
GF Handel: Israel in Egypt2/18/11, 8:00 PM; 2/20/11, 3:00 PMSymphony Hall
Harry’s Vocal Voyage. Plainsong: Salve Regina; Victoria: Magnificat Primi toni à 8; Poulenc: Quatre motets pour un temps de penitence; Victoria: O vos omnes; Poulenc: Salve Regina; Victoria: Nigra sum; Victoria: Quam pulchri sunt; Victoria: Vidi speciosam; Poulenc: Petites Prieres de Saint Francois d’Assise; Victoria: Salve Regina a 8.4/1/11, 8:00 PM; 4/2/11, 8:00 PM; 4/3/11, 3:00 PMSt. Cecilia Church, Back Bay and The Memorial Church, Harvard University
Handel: Dixit Dominus; Mozart: Requiem, K.6264/29/11, 8:00 PM; 5/1/11, 3:00 PMSymphony Hall

Heritage Chorale

John Finney, Conductor

John Rutter: Requiem; and music for the Holiday season11/21/10, 4:00 PMSt. Mark’s School, Southborough
Pops Concert—Popular song selections from light opera, Broadway, and movies2/13/11, 4:00 PMNevins Hall, Memorial Building 150 Concord Street (Rte. 126), Framingham
Mozart: Missa Brevis in D Major; and other selections5/14/09, 7:30 PMSt. Mark’s School, Southborough

King's Chapel Choir

Heinrich Christensen, Music Director

“A Royal Heritage” with the El Dorado Consort of Viols. Works by Byrd, Tallis, Gibbons, and Purcell10/17/10, 5:00 PMKing’s Chapel
“Our History, Our Future”. Texts associated with King’s Chapel’s history, set to music by Daniel Pinkham, Andrew List, James Woodman, Carson Cooman, and more1/23/11, 5:00 PMKing’s Chapel
“Sound Architecture”. With chamber orchestra. GF Handel: Coronation Anthem “Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened”, Nisi Dominus; other Handel-era music reflecting the King’s Chapel sanctuary.3/27/11, 5:00 PMKing’s Chapel

Lexington Pops Chorus

Robert A. Lague, Music Director and Conductor

Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Donna Gartman Schultz: Banks of Doon; Eric Whitacre: Five Hebrew Love Songs; Ed Lojesky (arr.): Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; Rollo Dilworth (arr.): Shine on Me; Rollo Dilworth (arr.): Travelin' Train; Rollo Dilworth (arr.): Shenandoah1/14/11, 8:00 PM; 1/15/11, 8:00 PMHancock Church, Lexington
Spring Pops Concert5/20/11, 8:00 PM; 5/21/11, 8:00 PMHancock Church, Lexington

Master Singers

Adam Grossman, Music Director

Chorus & Clarinet, with Special Guest Paulette Bowes, clarinet. Schumann: Choral and instrumental works; Lawrence Wolfe: newly commissioned work, Allen Anderson: local premiere of two works; René Clausen (arr.): “Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair”.11/6/10, 8:00 PMFirst Parish Church, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington
Music from Boston, with the Triton Brass Quintet. Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; music by other local composers including Billings, Boyadjian Lister and Hicks, as well as carols with local origins, including “It Came Upon a Midnight Clear,” “Jingle Bells” and “O Little Town of Bethlehem.”12/12/10, 4:00 PMFirst Parish Church, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington
Songs about Robin Hood from film, television and the stage, including selections from the 1890 De Koven operetta Robin Hood and from the films Men in Tights, Disney’s Robin Hood, Robin and the Seven Hoods and Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves.3/5/11, 8:00 PMFirst Parish Church, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington
14th Annual Children’s Concert, in collaboration with the Lexington Public Schools (Free Concert)4/19/11, 3:00 PMClarke Middle School, 17 Stedman Road, Lexington
Britten: Five Flower Songs; Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest; Holst: Canons and Go, Song of Mine; Elgar: Salut D’amour, La capricieuse for violin and piano; others. Featuring Frank Powdermaker, violin.5/7/11, 8:00 PMFirst Parish Church, 7 Harrington Road, Lexington

Masterworks Chorale

Steven Karidoyanes, Music Director

G.F. Handel: Alexander's Feast (with the Treble Chorus of New England).11/5/10, 8:00 PMSanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University
Antonin Dvořák: Stabat Mater.3/11/11, 8:00 PMSanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University
Piotr Tchaikovsky: All-Night Vigil (Op. 52) [The dramatic precursor to the much-loved music by Rachmaninoff. Sung in Church Slavonic].5/13/11, 8:00 PMSanders Theatre, Memorial Hall, Harvard University

Musica Sacra

Mary Beekman, Director

John Rutter: Requiem; Heinrich Schütz: Musikalische Exequien10/23/10, 8:00 PMFirst Church Congregational, 11 Garden St
Welcome All That Make Good Cheer: An English Christmas for Young and Old12/11/10, 7:00 PMFirst Church Congregational, 11 Garden St
Double-takes: One Text, Two Perspectives: How do different composers interpret the same text? Josquin: Ave Maria; Biebl: Ave Maria; Tomkins: When David Heard; Whitacre; When David Heard. More.3/12/11, 8:00 PMFirst Church Congregational, 11 Garden St
Love, Lust, and Laudation: Flemish Choral Music of the High Renaissance.5/14/11, 8:00 PMFirst Church Congregational, 11 Garden St

Mystic Chorale

Nick Page, Director

“UPWARD” with Boston’s Zamir Chorale. We will celebrate a mixture of joyous Jewish music (in English and Hebrew) and music from diverse traditions celebrating “L’Eyla U’ L’Eyla,” the upward ascendency of spirituality and consciousness.11/20/10, 8:00 PM; 11/21/10, 3:30 PMConverse Hall at the Tremont Temple, Boston,
Mystic Gospel, led by Jonathan Singleton.2/26/11, 8:00 PM; 2/27/11, 3:30 PMConverse Hall at the Tremont Temple, Boston,
“JAZZ” with Billy Novick on clarinet. Jazz interpretations of folk songs, spirituals, and songs by Billy Holiday, Lennon/McCartney, and others.5/21/11, 8:00 PM; 5/22/11, 3:30 PMConverse Hall at the Tremont Temple, Boston,

Nashoba Valley Chorale

Anne Watson Born, Music Director

Christmas Joy!— Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat; Robert Russell Bennet: Many Moods of Christmas suite; Stephen Chatman: “Christmas Joy”; Renaissance motets by Palestrina, Sweelinck and Victoria; Christmas carol arrangements by John Rutter and Sir David Willocks.12/5/10, 2:00 PM Congregational Church of Littleton, 330 King St
First Annual Messiah Sing12/19/10, 3:00 PMCongregational Church of Littleton, 330 King St
FJ Haydn: The CreationTBDCongregational Church of Littleton, 330 King St

Neponset Choral Society

Michael V. Turner, Artistic Director

The Trumpet Shall Sound. Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata; Giovanni Gabrielli, and other music of the Season with Brass12/11/10; 12/12/10St. Mark’s Church, Foxboro

New England Classical Singers

David Hodgkins, Artistic Director

GF Handel: Messiah Part 1 (and the Hallelujah chorus); beloved traditional carols12/3/10, 7:30 PMRogers Center for the Arts, Merrimack College, North Andover

New World Chorale

Holly MacEwen Krafka, Music Director

Mahler: Symphony No. 8 (“Symphony of a Thousand”). With the Lexington Symphony, the Nashua Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, and the Boston Children’s Chorus. Jonathan McPhee, conductor.11/20/10, 8:00 PM; 11/21/10, 4:00 PMCary Memorial Hall, Lexington; Keefe Auditorium, Nashua, NH

Newton Choral Society

David Carrier, Music Director

Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem11/20/10, 8:00 PMHoly Name Parish, 1689 Centre Street, West Roxbury
Rachmaninoff: Vespers3/13/11, 3:00 PMTBA
Franz Josef Haydn: St. Nikolai Mass.5/7/11, 8:00 PMOur Lady Help of Christians Church, 573 Washington Street, Newton

Newton Community Chorus

Richard Travers, Music Director

Johann Nepomuk Hummel: Mass in Bb; Luigi Cherubini: Requiem.1/29/11, 8:00 PMOur Lady of Help Christians Church, Newton.
TBA5/21/11, 8:00 PMOur Lady’s Help of Christians Church, Newton

Oriana Consort

Walter Chapin, director

William Byrd: Mass for Four Voices; Leonard Bernstein: Hashkiveinu; Samuel Barber: Agnus Dei (from Adagio for Strings); JS Bach: Cantata BWV 36, “Schwingt freudig euch empor”; J.S. Bach Motet BWV 229, “Komm, Jesu, komm”.12/12/10, 5:00 PM; 12/18/10, 8:00 PMUniversity Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop Street, Cambridge; First Lutheran Church, Boston

Orpheus Singers

James Olesen, Music Director

Lassus: Jubilate Deo, De profundis; Mendelssohn: O Be Joyful in the Lord; Brahms: Schaffe in mir; Stefan Wolpe: Psalm 122; Brett Johnson: Out of the Depths; Arthur Berger: Tov l’hodos; Schuetz: Aus der Tiefe; Monteverdi: Laudate pueri.10/16/10, 8:00 PM; Emmanuel Church, Boston
Combined concert with Zamir Chorale and Spectrum Singers.10/17/10, 3:00 PMEmmanuel Center, Boston

PALS Chidren's Chorus

Alysoun Kegel, Music Director

Pozzi Escot: Missa Triste (Senior PALS)11/10/10, 8:00 PMJordan Hall, Boston
Annual Family Concert1/31/11, 3:00 PMFirst Parish Church in Brookline

Pilgrim Festival Chorus

William B. Richter, Music Director

An American Christmas – A concert of seasonal music celebrating American composers and arrangers.11/28/10, 4:00 PMChurch of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth
Holiday Pops with the Plymouth Philharmonic Orchestra. 12/11/10, 8:00 PM; 12/12/10, 3:00 PMMemorial Hall, Plymouth.
Messiah Sing12/19/10, 4:00 PMChurch of the Pilgrimage, Plymouth
Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.5/1/11, 4:00 PMThe Church of the Pilgrimage, Town Square, Plymouth

Quincy Choral Society

John Nichols, Music Director

Holiday Concert: “Sing Alleluia!” Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Holst, Tallis, Finzi and Seasonal favorites.12/12/10, 7:30 PMSacred Heart Church, N. Quincy
Free Concert and Silent Auction. “Opera-tunity, or A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To The Opera”. Music of Gilbert & Sullivan, Kurt Weill, Andrew Lloyd Webber and other Light Opera.3/13/11, 2:00 PMSacred Heart School AuditoriumN. Quincy
“The Sound of Mozart”—Laudate Dominum, K. 339; Litaniae Laurentanae, K. 195; Grand Mass in C minor, K. 427. Sara Ann Mitchell, soprano; Brooke Larimer, mezzo-soprano; Gregory Zavracky, tenor; Brandon Grimes, bass; QCS Orchestra.5/15/11, 7:30 PMSacred Heart Church, N. Quincy

Reading Community Singers

Beth Mosier, Artistic Conductor

Winter Concert.12/4/10, 7:30 PM; 12/5/10, 3:00 PMOld South United Methodist Church, Reading
Spring Concert.5/7/10, 7:00 PMParker Middle School

Snug Harbor Community Chorus

Roy S. Kelley, Director

Christmas concert12/4/10, 7:30 PMDuxbury Performing Arts Center, 73 Alden Street, Duxbury.

Somerville Community Chorus

Holiday Concert. Our December concert will feature music for chorus and a small orchestra by Purcell and Bach, in addition to music for the season and a Cantata of Christmas Carols, narrated by a special surprise guest!12/11/10, 3:00 PMTBA

Sounds of Stow Festival Chorus and Orchestra

Barbara Jones, Artistic Director

Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610; Karl Jenkins: The Armed Man: a Mass for Peace.11/21/10, 3:00 PMHale Middle School, Hartley Rd, Stow Center.

The Spectrum Singers

John Ehrlich, Music Director

Sound the Trumpets!11/13/10, 8:00 PMFirst Church Congregational in Cambridge
With Love from a Chorus3/5/11, 8:00 PMFirst Church Congregational in Cambridge
Igor Stravinsky: The Rake's Progress, with Emmanuel Music.4/16/11, 7:30 PMEmmanuel Church, Boston

Zamir Chorale

Joshua Jacobson, Artistic Director

Psalms for Emmanuel Center—together with The Spectrum Singers, John Ehrlich conductor, and The Orpheus Singers, James Olesen conductor.10/17/10, 3:00 PMEmanuel Church, Boston
Open Sing—GF Handel: Judas Maccabaeus (excerpts) and Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service (movements 1, 2, and 3).12/5/10, 3:00 PMTemple Reyim, 1860 Washington Street, Newton.
Hanukah Happens XXI: Tribute to Leonard Bernstein (1918–1990). 12/23/10, 7:30 PMTemple Emanuel, 385 Ward Street Newton.
All-Bernstein program—Collaboration of The Zamir Chorale of Boston, the Brookline Chorus and the Boston Jewish Music Festival.3/13/11, 2:00 PMSanders Theatre, Cambridge
Mohammed Fairouz: Symphony #3 “Poems and Prayers” (premiere).4/10/11, 2:00 PMSanders Theatre, Cambridge