Weekend Concert Calendar, 5/31/12

I am in the process of MOVING, so this post is going to be an open thread instead.

Know of a choral concert this weekend? Singing in one yourself? Leave some info!

Rachmaninoff for everyone!

Do you direct a women's chorus? Do you want to support good editions of music written for women? If so, contribute to this project my dear friend (and conductor extraordinaire) Amelia Nagoski is doing. She is producing an edition of Rachmaninoff's "Six Choruses for Women's Voices" with the Russian in IPA. (Hallelujah.) Right now that is not available anywhere, you have to struggle through the Russian yourself, or else use a very clunky transliteration. But Amelia's version will have beautiful clear lovely IPA for you to sing.

You can support her project, and secure a copy of the music when it comes out, by going to her Kickstarter! Kickstarter projects always have a very limited timeframe, so do it today!

Weekend Concert Calendar, 5/17/12

Oh yeah, it's May. Too many concerts to count!

Friday:

• Christ Church Adult Choir, Haydn's Creation, 7:30 pm, Cambridge
• Lorelei Ensemble, "AMass: Revolution, Resistance, and Progress," 8 pm, South Hamilton
• Lexington Pops Chorus, "A Night at the Opera!", 8 pm, Lexington
• New World Chorale, "The Beauty of Brahms," 8 pm, Newton

Saturday:

• New World Chorale, "The Beauty of Brahms," 3 pm, Newton
• Assabet Valley Mastersingers, "Music of the Theater," 7:30 pm, Clinton
• Wakefield Choral Society, "Spring Choral Concert," 7:30 pm, Wakefield
• Coro Allegro, "Rachmaninoff: A Mystical Journey into the Russian Soul," 8 pm, Boston
• Musica Sacra, "To Sleep, Perchance to Dream," 8 pm, Cambridge
• Mystic Chorale, "Sacred Rhythms," 8 pm, Boston
• Lorelei Ensemble, "AMass: Revolution, Resistance, and Progress," 8 pm, Brookline
• The Master Singers of Lexington, "The Natural World" - features the premiere of Temple of Natureby Patricia Van Ness, as well as works including Dvorak's In Nature, Hindemith's Six Chanson, and Schubert's Gott in der Natur. 8 pm, Lexington
• Cappella Clausura, "Outside the Walls," 8 pm, Cambridge 
• Convivium Musicum, "The Prince of Music, Orlandus Lassus," 8 pm, Cambridge 
• Lexington Pops Chorus, "A Night at the Opera!", 8 pm, Lexington
• Metropolitan Chorale of Brookline, "A Latin American Journey," 8 pm, West Roxbury

Sunday:

• Choral Art Society of the South Shore, Haydn's Mass in Time of War and Vaughan Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem, 3 pm, Scituate
• Voices of MetroWest Chorus, "The Beat Goes On," 3 pm, Natick
• Mystic Chorale, "Sacred Rhythms," 3:30 pm, Boston 
• Cappella Clausura, "Outside the Walls," 4 pm, Jamaica Plain
• SingPositive, "SingPositive Spring Concert," 4 pm, Jamaica Plain
• Convivium Musicum, "The Prince of Music, Orlandus Lassus," 7 pm, Brookline 

And on Tuesday, check out the Greater Boston Intergenerational Chorus in Watertown at 7 pm. They'll be presenting their spring concert at the First Parish Church of Watertown.

Did I miss something? Want to advertise your own concert? Leave it in the comments!

Weekend Concert Calendar, 5/10/12

Wow, check out that Saturday night. Whew!

Friday:

• Masterworks Chorale, Honegger's King David, 8 pm, Cambridge
• Arlington-Belmont Chamber Chorus, "Spring Chamber Music Concert: Choral Settings of William Shakespeare," 8 pm, Arlington

Saturday:

• The deVaronistas, music of Bach, Weill and more, 4 pm, Cambridge
• Braintree Choral Society, music of Bernstein and Haydn, 7 pm, Braintree
• Sharing a New Song, "Sounds of Spring," 7:30 pm, Arlington
• Treble Chorus of New England, "Songs of Peace and Hope," 7:30 pm, Methuen
• Exsultemus, "O Rosa Bella: Music of Johannes Ciconia," 8:00 pm, Cambridge
• Cappella Clausura, "Outside the Walls," 8 pm, Newton
• Concord Chorus, Brahms' Requiem, 8 pm, Arlington
• Convivium Musicum, "Orlandissimo: Prince of Music," 8 pm, Worcester
• Cantata Singers, "In Thoughts, Our Dreams," 8 pm, Boston
• Newton Choral Society, "The Splendor of Bach," 8 pm, West Roxbury
• Cambridge Community Chorus, music of Corigliano and Schubert, 8 pm, Cambridge

Sunday:

• Exsultemus, "O Rosa Bella: Music of Johannes Ciconia," 3:00 pm, Boston
• MIT Chamber Chorus and Boston Korean Chorus, "Hope and Harmony - A Benefit Concert," 4 pm, 4:30 pm
• Sharing a New Song, "Sounds of Spring," 7:30 pm, Arlington

Did I miss anything? Leave it in the comments!

Weekend Concert Calendar, 5/3/12

Oh, man. It is one of the busiest choral weekends of the season, and I completely forgot about this yesterday - it's a busy weekend for me too! Rather than the usual, you are just going to get my picks for this weekend - one for each day.

On Friday, go see The Boston Cecilia and their program "Bright Lights on the Horizon." It's at 8 pm at First Church Cambridge, and among other awesome pieces it will feature a premiere of a new work by Scott Wheeler, inspired by Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes and called "Love Songs for Chorus and Piano Four Hands." This is maestro Teeters' last concert with Cecilia before he retires; not to be missed!

I have been hearing some great things about the rehearsals for the Back Bay Chorale's performance of Haydn's The Seasons, so on Saturday, go check that out! They will be at Sanders Theater in Cambridge at 8 pm, and this is going to be a wonderful rendition of that thrilling oratorio.

And on Sunday, there is NO other place to be than at First Parish Arlington, hearing Cantilena sing a program about "Making a Mess!" under my direction! We are going to sing about all kinds of messes, including shipwrecks, heartbreak, Armageddon, environmental disasters - you name it. It is a very fun program, and you won't want to miss it!

Friday cat post!

The title of this is "Cat Alarm Clock" but it's way more amusing than the title suggests.

Anyone have alternate more amusing title suggestions?

Upcoming Cantilena concert!

*ahem* Cantilena, under the direction of MOI, presents:

Featuring the Boston premiere of The Dove Pursues the Griffin,  winner of the 2005 New York Treble Singers Composition Competition,   composed by our very own soprano, Ashi Day.   Also featuring the works of Elizabeth Alexander,  Thomas Arne, Stephen Hatfield, Nancy Telfer, and more! Joshua T. Lawton, accompanist First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church 630 Massachusetts Avenue, Arlington Center 7 pm Sunday, May 6, 2012 For tickets, visit:  The Book Rack | 13 Medford Street, Arlington  Tickets (cash or check only):  $18 advance | $20 door | 12 students/seniors For More information, please visit www.cantilena.org  or call 781.938.5825