Summer Sings

Here is this year's list of Boston-area summer sings! As you can see, there's quite a lot to choose from, and you can sing Fauré's Requiem in particular as many times as your little heart desires. This is a great way to keep in vocal shape over the summer, so get out there and have some fun!

Tuesday, June 15 at 8 pm (passed)
Brahms' Requiem
Conducted by Steven Karidoyanes, hosted by the Masterworks Chorale
Lawrence Auditorium, Wheeler Music Center,
Noble and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham

Tuesday, June 22 at 8 pm (passed)
Fauré's Requiem
Conducted by Michael Turner, hosted by the Masterworks Chorale
Lawrence Auditorium, Wheeler Music Center,
Noble and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham

Monday, June 28 at 8 pm
Brahms' Requiem
Conducted by Paul Madore, hosted by The Paul Madore Chorale
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

Tuesday, June 29 at 8 pm
Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass
Conducted by John Ehrlich, hosted by the Masterworks Chorale
Lawrence Auditorium, Wheeler Music Center,
Noble and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham

Tuesday, July 6 at 8 pm
Orff's Carmina Burana
Conducted by Katherine FitzGibbon, hosted by the Masterworks Chorale
Lawrence Auditorium, Wheeler Music Center,
Noble and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham

Monday, July 12 at 8 pm
Haydn's Mass in D Minor
Conducted by Valerie Taylor, hosted by The Paul Madore Chorale
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

Tuesday, July 13 at 8 pm
Bach's Mass in B Minor (part 1, Kyrie and Gloria)
Conducted by Steven Karidoyanes, hosted by the Masterworks Chorale
Lawrence Auditorium, Wheeler Music Center,
Noble and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham

Monday, July 19 at 8 pm
Mozart's Requiem
Conducted by David Callahan, hosted by The Paul Madore Chorale
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

Tuesday, July 20 at 8 pm
Rutter's Requiem
Conducted by Jane Ring Frank, hosted by the Masterworks Chorale
Lawrence Auditorium, Wheeler Music Center,
Noble and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham

Wednesday, July 21 at 7:30 pm
Orff's Carmina Burana
Conducted by Barry Singer, hosted by the Arlington-Belmont Chorale
Arlington Center for the Arts , 41 Foster Street, Arlington

Monday, July 26 at 8 pm 7-9 pm
Fauré's Requiem and Schubert's Mass in G
Conducted by Danica Buckley, hosted by The Choral Art Society
First Parish Cohasset, 23 North Main St, Cohasset, MA
Edit: Note the time correction! Don't be an hour late!

Monday, July 26 at 8 pm
Handel's Messiah (selections)
Conducted by Dirk Hillyer, hosted by The Paul Madore Chorale
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

Tuesday, July 27 at 8 pm
Poulenc's Gloria
Conducted by Anne Watson Born, hosted by the Masterworks Chorale
Lawrence Auditorium, Wheeler Music Center,
Noble and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham

Monday, August 2 at 7:30 pm
Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms
Conducted by Betsy Burleigh, hosted by Chorus pro Musica
Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Copley Square, Boston, MA

Monday, August 2 at 8 pm
Rutter's Requiem and Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 (vocal portions only)
Conducted by John Koza, hosted by The Paul Madore Chorale
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

Tuesday, August 3 at 8 pm
Mozart's Requiem
Conducted by Amy Lieberman, hosted by the Masterworks Chorale
Lawrence Auditorium, Wheeler Music Center,
Noble and Greenough School, 10 Campus Drive, Dedham

Monday, August 9 at 7:30 pm
Fauré's Requiem
Conducted by Betsy Burleigh, hosted by Chorus pro Musica
Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Copley Square, Boston, MA

Monday, August 9 at 8 pm
Orff's Carmina Burana
Conducted by Max Hobart, hosted by The Paul Madore Chorale
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

Monday, August 16 at 8 pm
Haydn's Mass in Time of War
Conducted by Betsy Burleigh, hosted by Chorus pro Musica
Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Copley Square, Boston, MA

Monday, August 16 at 8 pm
Vivaldi's Gloria and Fauré's Requiem
Conducted by William Sano, hosted by The Paul Madore Chorale
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

Monday, August 23 at 8:00 7:30 pm
Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes
Conducted by Betsy Burleigh, hosted by Chorus pro Musica
Old South Church, 645 Boylston St., Copley Square, Boston, MA

Monday, August 23 at 8 pm
Mendelssohn's Elijah (with cuts)
Conducted by Paul Madore, hosted by The Paul Madore Chorale
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

Monday, August 30 at 8 pm
Verdi's Requiem
Conducted by Jeffrey Brody, hosted by The Paul Madore Chorale
Old Town Hall, 32 Derby Square, Salem, MA

Did I miss any? Leave the information in the comments, and I'll add it to the list!

Friday cat post!

Referring back to a classic, I give you "Oomi in a box: Part Deux."

Friday cat post!

I know I've been falling down a bit with the cat posts (last one was a month ago?!?) but we have an extra-special one today. Thanks to my globe-trotting parents, we've had pictures of Chinese cats and Turkish cats; now we have an Icelandic kitty from my brother and sister-in-law's recent trip to that island!

My brother says, "This cat was hanging out in a sculpture garden, then followed us for a few blocks out of the sculpture garden along with another cat."

Weekend Concert Calendar, 6/18/10

There's not a lot going on this weekend - except me! My quartet Anthology will be performing a concert of jazz and folk at the Taylor House B&B tonight (Friday) at 7:30 pm. Come for the music, stay for the incredibly scrumptious spread that Taylor House always puts out for their concerts. Hope to see you there!

And...this will be the last Weekend Concert Calendar until the fall - I'm going on summer vacation. Keep your eye on calendar.boston.com if you want to know what's going on!

Summer sings start tonight!

I'm working on a comprehensive list of summer sings, but since it's not done yet, I wanted to give you a heads-up about a sing happening tonight! Masterworks Chorale is having their first sing tonight. It's the Brahms Requiem, and it will be at 8 pm at the Noble and Greenough School in Dedham. Check out their summer sings page for more information!

Weekend Concert Calendar, 6/10/10

The choral year is winding down with the academic year - get to a choral concert while you still can!

Friday:

7:45 pm: Arlington-Belmont Chorale with the Arlington Philharmonic Orchestra; "Annual Pops Concert"; Arlington Town Hall.

8:00 pm: Boston Gay Men's Chorus; "Divas: Gay Pride Weekend"; Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston.

8:00 pm: Church of the Advent Choir; "Mass Appeal!" (includes Monteverdi's Missa da capella a sei voci fatta sopra il motetto “In illo tempore” del Gomberti and the Mass for Double Choir by Kenneth Leighton); Church of the Advent, Boston.

Saturday:

8:00 pm: Boston Pops Gospel Choir; "Gospel Night"; Symphony Hall, Boston.

8:00 pm: Blue Heron Renaissance Choir; "The Virgin and the Singer" (motets for Mary by Ockeghem and others); First Church Cambridge, Congregational.

Sunday:

1:30 pm: Melisma; Spanish and English Renaissance music; College Avenue United Methodist Church, Somerville.

4:00 pm: Youth pro Musica; "How Can I Keep From Singing?"; First Unitarian Society, Newton.

7:00 pm: Boston Gay Men's Chorus; "Divas: Gay Pride Weekend"; Cutler Majestic Theatre, Boston.

Did I forget anything? Leave it in the comments!

Weekend Concert Calendar, 6/3/10

Air-conditioning broken? Go to a choral concert!

Friday:

8:00 pm: Boston Choral Ensemble; "Beg/Borrow/Steal"; First Church Cambridge.

Saturday:

7:30 pm: Polymnia Choral Society; "Spring Pops in Melrose!"; Memorial Hall, Melrose.

8:00 pm: Mystic Chorale; 20th Anniversary Concert and Sing; Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge.

8:00 pm: Voices Rising; "A Choral Tribute to Dance"; First Church Boston.

Sunday:

2:30 pm: Mystic Chorale; 20th Anniversary Concert and Sing; Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge.

2:30 pm: Boston Choral Ensemble; "Beg/Borrow/Steal"; Old South Church, Boston.

2:30 pm: Voices Rising; "A Choral Tribute to Dance"; Harvard-Epworth United Methodist Church, Cambridge.

3:00 pm: The Apollo Club of Boston; Spring Concert; Nahant Town Hall.

3:00 pm: Chorus pro Musica; Carl Orff's Carmina Burana; Jordan Hall, NEC, Boston.

Did I miss anything? Leave it in the comments!