Melodia Women’s Choir, Cynthia Powell conductor, presents The Circle Never Ends, featuring the world premiere of a commissioned work by Zanaida Robles, a rare performance of Amy Beach’s epic work The Chambered Nautilus, and music about life, love and truth. Melodia’s 16 singers are joined by Allison Sniffin, piano, Francesca Ferrera, flute, and Jules Biber, […]
New York
Oct. 25 auditions for Ember, to premiere a new work with the NJ Symphony
Ember, directed by Dr. Deborah Simpkin King, has been selected to perform the premiere of Rob Kapilow’s moving cantata, “We Came to America” with the New Jersey Symphony, and we are looking for more singers to join us! Performance dates: January 20 at NJPAC January 21 at MAYO PAC Rehearsals: In Manhattan on Nov. 28, […]
Rochester Oratorio Society presents “A City Sings for the Season”
Join ROS for a heart-warming afternoon of holiday music and dance to benefit charity, Sunday, December 3, 4:00 at Rochester’s iconic Stardust Ballroom, 41 Backus Street in the Edgerton R Center. Donations of food, clothing, and personal care items accepted at the door benefit Action for a Better Community. Performing this year will be: Hochstein Youth […]
“Hallelujah from on high”
October 27, 2023 “Hallelujah from on high” 7:30 P.M., Hochstein Performance Hall, 50 Plymouth Avenue North, Rochester 14614 Ziwen Xiang, Tenor Rochester Oratorio Society Chorus and Orchestra Adolphus Hailstork: I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes Mozart: Mass in C Major, K. 317, “Coronation” Beethoven: “Hallelujah,” from Christ on the Mount of Olives Hailstork’s cantata, “I […]
Musica Viva NY Presents MEXA: A Multicultural Musical Project Led by Two Leading Mexican Artists: Conductor Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez and Mezzo-Soprano Guadalupe Peraza
Hailed as “a treasured institution (Front Row Center),” New York City’s leading chamber choir, Musica Viva NY, launches its 2023-24 season with a multicultural project fusing choral music with the indigenous sounds of Mexico and beyond on Sunday, October 29, 2023, 5:00 p.m., at Manhattan’s All Souls. Spearheaded by two of today’s top Mexican artists […]
Season Auditions for Rochester Oratorio Society
Join the Rochester Oratorio Society for an exciting season of choral masterworks with orchestra, including Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass, Hailstork’s wonderful cantata “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes,” and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Rochester Philharmonic Orchestra. Participate in our annual concert for charity, sing new works by American women and Indigenous composers, and enjoy […]