Soloist on the King’s Chapel Tuesday Recitals Series
Barbara Allen Hill, soprano
Sheila Beardslee, recorder
Douglas Freundlich, lute
Alice Mroszczyk, viola da gamba
CfA Resident Composer David Ibbett and the Multiverse Soloists perform movements from his evolving First Billion Years Symphony, together with songs from Voice of the Universe.
The musicians are joined by scientist Dr. Matt Ashby, Chair of the Center for Astrophysics' Optical and Infrared Astronomy Division. Together, musicians and scientist will shine a light on the mysteries of the cosmic dark ages as revealed by the James Webb Space Telescope.
Concert free with limited capacity - Save the Date below to be notified when tickets are released in first week of January.
with Hesperus on the GEMS Midtown Concert Series
Tina Chancey ~ viol, vielle, rebec, kamenj
Barbara Allen Hill ~ soprano
Daniel Meyers ~ recorders, bagpipe, flutes, sackbutt, percussion
Cameron Welke ~ lute
Hesperus celebrates its reincarnation as an Early Music Improv Collective with a program spotlighting the largest surviving collection of instrumental pieces before 1450, the Faenza Codex. The concert will feature performances of ten of the original French, Italian and English original pieces, their ornamented Faenza versions, and the musicians’ own improvisations in Faenza Codex-style.
with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
In the spirit of Nightingale's October performance exploring the development of Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir, the 'Gales turn their attention to the rest of the State's water-shaped history. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands as told by Massachusetts' indigenous communities, Nightingale also explores the geological formation before examining other important moments. The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future -- all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our beloved New England home.
Project Produced by Joshua Glassman
with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
In the spirit of Nightingale's October performance exploring the development of Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir, the 'Gales turn their attention to the rest of the State's water-shaped history. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands as told by Massachusetts' indigenous communities, Nightingale also explores the geological formation before examining other important moments. The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future -- all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our beloved New England home.
Project Produced by Joshua Glassman
with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
In the spirit of Nightingale's October performance exploring the development of Massachusetts' Quabbin Reservoir, the 'Gales turn their attention to the rest of the State's water-shaped history. Beginning with the creation of Cape Cod and the Islands as told by Massachusetts' indigenous communities, Nightingale also explores the geological formation before examining other important moments. The first Europeans from across the ocean to the waves of Irish immigration to Boston, the vast whaling and fishing industries that shaped local economies, and even present day ecological politics that will inform the Bay State's future -- all of these and more come together to create a rich musical representation of our beloved New England home.
Project Produced by Joshua Glassman
producer & singer with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
Have you ever wondered what it would be like if Nightingale had existed 400 years ago? Come and find out by joining us for this year’s NightinGALA: Renaissance Reimagined, a performance of new compositions based on early sources paired directly with the pieces that informed them. Inspired by Roderick Williams’ Ave Verum Corpus (Reimagined), an inventive reworking of the Byrd classic, the concert will feature premieres by Nightingale composers Nathan Halbur, Kelvyn Koning, and Ben Perry, as well as contemporary compositions by Kerensa Briggs, Caroline Shaw, and local composer Richard J Clark all showcased alongside works of the Renaissance greats. Join us for food, drink, a silent auction, and a concert you won’t soon forget!
Project Produced by Elijah Botkin and Barbara Hill
mezzo soloist with the choir of St. Thomas Episcopal Church
The work will be performed during the full choral Mass.
Barbara Allen Hill, soprano
Daniel Meyers, recorders
Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute and theorbo
The program will highlight court songs of 17th-century France. These songs were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and shows a tender, intimate side of early- to mid-Baroque music. They express sentiments of loss, longing, and heartbreak—very relatable subjects even to us, who are separated from the original intended audience through time and social status. Composers represented include Étienne Moulinié, Sébastien Le Camus, and Michel Lambert.
The performance will be interspersed with informative and entertaining explanations of the music, composers, and instruments. There will also be a Q&A session at the end.
Admission: Pay-what-you-can at the door
Advance premium tickets: $20 general/$10 student and youth
Barbara Allen Hill, soprano
Daniel Meyers, recorders
Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute and theorbo
The program will highlight court songs of 17th-century France. These songs were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and shows a tender, intimate side of early- to mid-Baroque music. They express sentiments of loss, longing, and heartbreak—very relatable subjects even to us, who are separated from the original intended audience through time and social status. Composers represented include Étienne Moulinié, Sébastien Le Camus, and Michel Lambert.
The performance will be interspersed with informative and entertaining explanations of the music, composers, and instruments. There will also be a Q&A session at the end.
Admission: Pay-what-you-can at the door
Advance premium tickets: $20 general/$10 student and youth
Barbara Allen Hill, soprano
Daniel Meyers, recorders
Hideki Yamaya, Renaissance lute and theorbo
The program will highlight court songs of 17th-century France. These songs were primarily meant for private consumption by the nobility, and shows a tender, intimate side of early- to mid-Baroque music. They express sentiments of loss, longing, and heartbreak—very relatable subjects even to us, who are separated from the original intended audience through time and social status. Composers represented include Étienne Moulinié, Sébastien Le Camus, and Michel Lambert.
The performance will be interspersed with informative and entertaining explanations of the music, composers, and instruments. There will also be a Q&A session at the end.
Admission: Pay-what-you-can at the door
Advance premium tickets: $20 general/$10 student and youth
with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
Experience the extraordinary on December 21st as Nightingale Vocal Ensemble presents SOLSTICE. Featuring original new music and sound installations by frequent Nightingale collaborators Angela Yam and Nicholas Ford, SOLSTICE invites you to dissolve the boundaries between audience and performer and embrace a collective act of creation with the members of Nightingale. Celebrate the winter solstice—a time of community, ritual, and feasting—by coming together on the darkest night of the year to embrace mysteries and magic stretching back to the dawn of human history. Join us as we ask the Sun to return in an evening of music-making like no other.
Project Produced by Nicholas Ford
with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
Experience the extraordinary on December 21st as Nightingale Vocal Ensemble presents SOLSTICE. Featuring original new music and sound installations by frequent Nightingale collaborators Angela Yam and Nicholas Ford, SOLSTICE invites you to dissolve the boundaries between audience and performer and embrace a collective act of creation with the members of Nightingale. Celebrate the winter solstice—a time of community, ritual, and feasting—by coming together on the darkest night of the year to embrace mysteries and magic stretching back to the dawn of human history. Join us as we ask the Sun to return in an evening of music-making like no other.
Project Produced by Nicholas Ford
with Schola Cantorum of Boston presented by Museum Concerts RI
Schola Cantorum is joined by two treble viols and theorbo in presenting music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier, the premier French 17th C composer of sacred music.
The delightful cantata “In Nativitatem Domini” (1675) and his Litanies to the Virgin Mary are the centerpieces of the program, and a cappella Christmas motets by Josquin and Mouton help narrate the Christmas story.
with Schola Cantorum of Boston
Schola Cantorum is joined by two treble viols and theorbo in presenting music of Marc-Antoine Charpentier, the premier French 17th C composer of sacred music.
The delightful cantata “In Nativitatem Domini” (1675) and his Litanies to the Virgin Mary are the centerpieces of the program, and a cappella Christmas motets by Josquin and Mouton help narrate the Christmas story.
$30 General admission; $10 Students / low income
Cash, Check or Venmo at the door only
with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
Join us for a captivating and spine-tingling evening at First Parish In Lincoln as five vocalists and narrator bring Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tale to life through mesmerizing choral performances set to the haunting music of Gesualdo in The Cask of Amontillado - a Choral Drama. Most infamous for murdering his wife and her lover (and well known for his dissonant Italian Renaissance polyphonic music), Gesualdo pairs perfectly with the macabre writing for which Poe is most famous. Immerse yourself in the dramatic storytelling and powerful harmonies that will transport you to another world. Don't miss this unique fusion of literature and music.
Vocalists: Barbara Allen Hill, Benjamin Perry, Nathan Halbur, Erin Hogan and Angela Yam
Narrator: David Elliott
with DREAMGLOW
Join DREAMGLOW for the next chapter of the SLUMBER PARTY tour, featuring dancer Cassie Wang, and production design by artist/sculptor Yolanda He Yang. Enter an ethereal sonic universe of original compositions, reimagined classics, and exploratory improvisations, including songs from DREAMGLOW’s debut EP mélo-fi. Sit back, relax, and bask in a night of dreamy classical lo-fi.
with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
Blue sun, far off, a watery vein
In the cloud belt. — Todd Hearon (Atlantis)
Nightingale Vocal Ensemble presents the New England premiere of Gregory Brown's 2017 cantata un/bodying/s in Boston and Amherst, MA on Oct 19/20, 2024. The piece, scored for 24 voices and set to text by local New England poet Todd Hearon, explores the history and future of the four 'drowned towns' that were 'disincorporated' to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir and provide water for Greater Boston. In providing water for our cities the difficult choices of the past ripple into the future as we confront our shared climate crisis. Also on the program will be Land-locked for double-choir, along with historic and modern works from the shape-note tradition.
Project Produced by Gregory W Brown and Benjamin Perry
with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
Blue sun, far off, a watery vein
In the cloud belt. — Todd Hearon (Atlantis)
Nightingale Vocal Ensemble presents the New England premiere of Gregory Brown's 2017 cantata un/bodying/s in Boston and Amherst, MA on Oct 19/20, 2024. The piece, scored for 24 voices and set to text by local New England poet Todd Hearon, explores the history and future of the four 'drowned towns' that were 'disincorporated' to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir and provide water for Greater Boston. In providing water for our cities the difficult choices of the past ripple into the future as we confront our shared climate crisis. Also on the program will be Land-locked for double-choir, along with historic and modern works from the shape-note tradition.
Project Produced by Gregory W Brown and Benjamin Perry
with Vermont Chamber Artists
SPHERE: THE FULL 360 - A multi-sensory immersive choral concert experience
Burlington, VT - Vermont Academy of Choral Music is proud to announce an innovative benefit concert, SPHERE: A FULL 360, set to transform audiences’ perceptions of choral music while supporting a vital cause. This groundbreaking event is not just a concert but a multi-dimensional journey through life’s profound themes, utilizing the concept of a sphere to explore unity, diversity, and the human experience in its entirety.
The concert boasts collaborations with esteemed composers such as Paul Mealor, Henrik Dahlgren, Dale Trumbore, and Dr. Justin Rito, among others. The result is a unique program for an all-treble choir, interspersed with poetry and other excerpts, crafting a multidimensional cantata that embodies the concert’s spherical theme.
with Vermont Chamber Artists
SPHERE: THE FULL 360 - A multi-sensory immersive choral concert experience
Burlington, VT - Vermont Academy of Choral Music is proud to announce an innovative benefit concert, SPHERE: A FULL 360, set to transform audiences’ perceptions of choral music while supporting a vital cause. This groundbreaking event is not just a concert but a multi-dimensional journey through life’s profound themes, utilizing the concept of a sphere to explore unity, diversity, and the human experience in its entirety.
The concert boasts collaborations with esteemed composers such as Paul Mealor, Henrik Dahlgren, Dale Trumbore, and Dr. Justin Rito, among others. The result is a unique program for an all-treble choir, interspersed with poetry and other excerpts, crafting a multidimensional cantata that embodies the concert’s spherical theme.
with Vermont Chamber Artists
SPHERE: THE FULL 360 - A multi-sensory immersive choral concert experience
Burlington, VT - Vermont Academy of Choral Music is proud to announce an innovative benefit concert, SPHERE: A FULL 360, set to transform audiences’ perceptions of choral music while supporting a vital cause. This groundbreaking event is not just a concert but a multi-dimensional journey through life’s profound themes, utilizing the concept of a sphere to explore unity, diversity, and the human experience in its entirety.
The concert boasts collaborations with esteemed composers such as Paul Mealor, Henrik Dahlgren, Dale Trumbore, and Dr. Justin Rito, among others. The result is a unique program for an all-treble choir, interspersed with poetry and other excerpts, crafting a multidimensional cantata that embodies the concert’s spherical theme.
Soloist with the Black Hole Symphony Orchestra
Join us to explore the unfolding story of supermassive black holes as engines of gravity, light, and creation sky at our Community Outdoor Astronomy Night! This free event, in partnership with the Center for Astrophysics Harvard & Smithsonian and the Multiverse Concert Series, is your chance to embark on a celestial adventure for the whole family.
Black Hole Symphony is a symphonic journey through spacetime, performed by a live chamber orchestra. This concert is a unique collaboration between astrophysicists of the Harvard-Smithsonian CFA and Black Hole Initiative with the musicians of the Multiverse Concert Series. Composer David Ibbett has sonified the light of black hole galaxies as musical notes and chords, woven into a dramatic electro-symphonic score.
Soloist & Ensemble
In Celebration of Patrick "Paddy" Swanson
For over 34 years, Patrick “Paddy” Swanson has uplifted Revels as Artistic Director, infusing every production and community event with his creativity, vision, and dedication to cross-cultural artistic traditions. Now join Revels as we celebrate Paddy’s legacy in Harvard University’s historic Sanders Theatre, the home to 34+ Paddy-helmed productions of Christmas and Midwinter Revels.
Tickets are available for Swansong alone for $50/ticket ($30 for children/students). Add on access to Paddy’s Pub with our Songbird package at $350/ticket.
All proceeds from the Swansong fundraiser support the Artistic Success Fund, in honor of Paddy Swanson.
Presented by Twenty Summers & Cape Symphony Presents
Join Mike Sullivan and friends in a concert featuring masked performances of Stephen Sondheim repertoire with other choral and musical theater works. With performers wearing masks and custom clothing designs, Faces of Celebration meets at the intersection of music, fashion, and art, and will explore the variety of ways in which we engage with storytelling and creative expression. The concert will be a two act performance, consisting of local and visiting singers and instrumentalists.
A cozy musical slumber party. Lush vocal harmonies, atmospheric percussion, and dreamy ambiance.
Bringing your own pillows and blankets highly encouraged!
Featuring songs from DREAMGLOW’s debut album MÉLO-FI, plus brand new songs, and free improvisation in the style of DREAMGLOW’s live show PHOTOPLAY.
dreamglowband.bandcamp.com/album/m-lo-fi
Vocals: Nathan Halbur, Angela Yam, Bobbie Hill, Erin Hogan, Morgan Mastrangelo, Ben Perry
Percussion: Denver Nuckolls
Tickets at the door - Venmo & cash accepted $15
Join DREAMGLOW in the dreamscape of Nathan Halbur and Angela Yam, exploring the interface between classical music, modern pop, lo-fi, vocal harmony, and improvisation.
Featuring songs from DREAMGLOW’s debut album MÉLO-FI, plus brand new songs, and free improvisation in the style of DREAMGLOW’s live show PHOTOPLAY.
Vocals: Nathan Halbur, Angela Yam, Bobbie Hill, Erin Hogan, Morgan Mastrangelo, Ben Perry
Percussion: Denver Nuckolls
All are encouraged to bring pillows and blankets and any other items to be able to lie down during the experience.
Join DREAMGLOW in the dreamscape of Nathan Halbur and Angela Yam, exploring the interface between classical music, modern pop, lo-fi, vocal harmony, and improvisation.
Featuring songs from DREAMGLOW’s debut album MÉLO-FI, plus brand new songs, and free improvisation in the style of DREAMGLOW’s live show PHOTOPLAY.
Vocals: Nathan Halbur, Angela Yam, Bobbie Hill, Erin Hogan, Morgan Mastrangelo, Ben Perry
Percussion: Denver Nuckolls
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with Nightingale Vocal Ensemble
ECLIPTIC is a one-of-a-kind musical/visual concert experience curated by Nightingale, Juventas New Music Ensemble, and Boston’s Hayden Planetarium. The program features compositions for 12 voices and a string quartet written by Nightingale composers. Each piece will be brought to life visually by the Planetarium’s visual team as well as Nightingale’s long-time visual collaborator Chad Dorsey. Enjoy a fully immersive audio/visual experience this Spring and prepare yourself to launch into space!
soloist & ensemble with Schola Cantorum of Boston
BYRD: Visita Quaesumus, Laudibis in Sanctus
TAVERNER: Mater Christi
TALLIS: Hear the Voice and Prayer, Candidid Facti
and the Latin Magnificat
Tickets at the door only - cash, check, or Venmo
$30 general / $15 low income
soloist & ensemble with Schola Cantorum of Boston
BYRD: Visita Quaesumus, Laudibis in Sanctus
TAVERNER: Mater Christi
TALLIS: Hear the Voice and Prayer, Candidid Facti
and the Latin Magnificat
Tickets at the door only - cash, check, or Venmo
$30 general / $15 low income
with Carduus
Samy Rachid and Stephen Drury, conductors
Callithumpian Consort
[nec]shivaree
Joseph Vasconi, piano
Carduus
Holly Druckman, director
Lydian String Quartet
Tod MACHOVER Gammified, for string quartet and electronics
Marti EPSTEIN Troubled Queen
MESSIAEN Catalogue d’oiseaux, No. 3: ‘Le Merle Bleu’
FELDMAN Rothko Chapel
soloist with the King’s Chapel Choir
Heinrich Christensen conducts the Choir and Soloists of King's Chapel in the Mass in B Minor by J.S. Bach.
This concert is presented in memory of Jay R. Schochet.
Free admission for ages 8-17.
