The Trailblazers: Women Creators and Game Changers

The catalyst for the 20-21 season, this concert celebrates the indelible mark women have made on the world. Inspired by the hard-fought battle to win the right for women to vote, we celebrate barrier-blasters and trailblazers with works by women composers and/or based on texts by women authors and poets, including Alice Parker (a ChoralQuest composer), Hildegard […]

The Trailblazers: Women Creators and Game Changers

The catalyst for the 20-21 season, this concert celebrates the indelible mark women have made on the world. Inspired by the hard-fought battle to win the right for women to vote, we celebrate barrier-blasters and trailblazers with works by women composers and/or based on texts by women authors and poets, including Alice Parker (a ChoralQuest composer), Hildegard […]

The Trailblazers: Women Creators and Game Changers

The catalyst for the 20-21 season, this concert celebrates the indelible mark women have made on the world. Inspired by the hard-fought battle to win the right for women to vote, we celebrate barrier-blasters and trailblazers with works by women composers and/or based on texts by women authors and poets, including Alice Parker (a ChoralQuest composer), Hildegard […]

The Trailblazers: Women Creators and Game Changers

The catalyst for the 20-21 season, this concert celebrates the indelible mark women have made on the world. Inspired by the hard-fought battle to win the right for women to vote, we celebrate barrier-blasters and trailblazers with works by women composers and/or based on texts by women authors and poets, including Alice Parker (a ChoralQuest composer), Hildegard […]

At Last We Sing Again Berkshires!

Join the Berkshire Concert Choir, Northern Berkshire Chorale, Cantilena Chamber Choir, and the Stockbridge Festival Singers as they SING AGAIN in the Berkshires. Unaffiliated Singers welcome! Registration link below! (The […]

AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL

The Ottumwa Symphony Orchestra is hosting its fall concert and will also feature the Indian Hills Community College Chorus. The concert opens with “Fanfare for the Common Man” by Aaron Copland. Other selections include “American Salute” by Morton Gould, “West Side Story” by Leonard Bernstein, “Bugler’s Holiday” by Leroy Anderson, “El Salon Mexico” by Copland, […]

Event Series Pilgrim Journey: Songs of Faith and Courage

Pilgrim Journey: Songs of Faith and Courage

Co-Artistic Directors William B. Richter and Elizabeth Chapman Reilly will lead the ensemble in the premiere of “Arrived in Good Harbor,” a commissioned work by composer Clifton J. Noble Jr., of Amherst. The work incorporates texts written by William Bradford, the second governor of Plymouth Colony. Also on the program is Boston composer Alice Parker's […]

Event Series Pilgrim Journey: Songs of Faith and Courage

Pilgrim Journey: Songs of Faith and Courage

Co-Artistic Directors William B. Richter and Elizabeth Chapman Reilly will lead the ensemble in the premiere of “Arrived in Good Harbor,” a commissioned work by composer Clifton J. Noble Jr., of Amherst. The work incorporates texts written by William Bradford, the second governor of Plymouth Colony. Also on the program is Boston composer Alice Parker's […]

Event Series Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal

The first live concert in over two years, the Peninsula Women’s Chorus (PWC) celebrates being together with classic choral works interwoven with the ethereal sounds of the harp. Opening with Alice Parker’s (a ChoralQuest composer) rousing setting of “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal” followed by Brahms’s first choral work, the lilting “Ave Maria,” PWC presents […]

Event Series Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal

Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal

The first live concert in over two years, the Peninsula Women’s Chorus (PWC) celebrates being together with classic choral works interwoven with the ethereal sounds of the harp. Opening with Alice Parker’s (a ChoralQuest composer) rousing setting of “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal” followed by Brahms’s first choral work, the lilting “Ave Maria,” PWC presents […]

Resilience

Harmonium Choral Society is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 season featuring four subscription concerts. March’s program is aptly titled Resilience; it will include performances of several of last year’s winners of the High School Choral Composition Contest, along with works from Heinrich Schütz to Lili Boulanger and Adolphus Hailstork (a BandQuest composer) to Alice Parker (a ChoralQuest composer). […]

HANDEL / PÄRT

Two extraordinary settings of sacred texts demonstrate the range of spiritual expression made possible through music. Handel’s Dixit Dominus, one of the composer’s earliest works, is full of vocal fireworks and virtuosity reflecting the composer’s youthful passion. Arvo Pärt’s Te Deum is music of profound humility and faith, conveying inner peace through the resonance of the human voice. Shimmering […]