Stow Festival Chorus, Barbara Jones, Director
November 19, 2006 3:00 p.m., Hale Middle School, StowCenter:
Fall Concert: Hora Novissima by Horatio Parker, America’s most popular oratorio.
Also Mozart Piano Concerto No. 25 in C Major.
March 11, 2007 3:00 p.m., Hale Middle School, StowCenter:
Winter Concert: Missa Dei Filii by Jan Dismis Zelenka (Czech contemporary of Bach),
Komm, Jesu, Komm by J. S. Bach. Also Mozart Piano Concerto No. 11 in F Major.
May 20, 2007 4:00 p.m., First ParishChurch, StowCenter:
Spring Concert: Seasonal Selections.
Salisbury Singers, Dr. Michelle Graveline, Director
November 17, 2006 8:00 p.m., St. Spyridon Greek Orthodox Cathedral, Worcester:
Rachmaninoff: The All-Night Vigil (Vespers).
March 25, 2007 2:00 p.m., Chapel of the Holy Spirit, AssumptionCollege, Worcester:
Faure and Friends: a concert of French composers featuring the Faure Requiem,
four motets of Maurice Durufl and the Ave Verum Corpus of Camille Saint-Saens.
June 9, 2007 7:00 p.m., The Cathedral of St. Paul, Worcester:
American Traditions: New and Old; featuring premiere of New England Journey by Gwyneth Walker,
Missa Kenya by Paul Basler, and other spirituals and folksongs.
Joint concert with The Master Singers of Worcester.
Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Dr. Robert P. Eaton, Artistic Director
November 11 2006 8:00 p.m., St. Mary’s Church, Shrewsbury, and
November 18 2006 8:00 p.m., Immaculate ConceptionChurch, Marlborough:
Cathedral Music: Music for a cappella chorus & chorus with brass by Gabrieli, Schutz, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Gorecki, Biebl. With The Sterling Brass
Consort.
March 10, 2007 8:00 p.m., St. Mark’s School, Southborough:
Mystical Meditations: Exsultate, Jubilate K165 by Mozart,
Mass in E Flat Major #6 by Schubert, Five Mystical Songs by Vaughan Williams.
May 5, 2007 8:00 p.m., Evangelical Congregational Church, Westborough:
Pipes & Voices in Praise: Mass in D by Dvorak, Laudes Organi by Kodaly.
The Master Singers of Worcester, Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director
November 5, 2006 3:00 p.m., Wesley Methodist Church, Worcester:
Comes Autumn Time: featuring Frostiana: Seven Country Songs (based on poetry of Robert Frost) by Randall Thompson, part songs of Johannes Brahms,
and other works.
December 16, 2006 4:00 p.m., December 17, 2006 2:00 p.m., Alden Hall, W. P. I., Worcester:
6th Annual Boars Head Festival: greeting the holiday season and the winter solstice in Renaissance costume. In partnership with Central Mass Onstage,
featuring the Master Singers Youth Chorus, Shrewsbury Youth Singers, and the Shrewsbury Ringers.
March 24, 2007 3:00 p.m., The Great Hall, Union Station, Worcester:
Eleanor Roosevelt, a dramatic cantata based on her life and words by contemporary composer
Libby Larson, as well as other music from the time of the New Deal.
June 9, 2007 7:00 p.m., The Cathedral of St. Paul, Worcester:
American Traditions: New and Old; featuring premiere of New England Journey by Gwyneth Walker,
Missa Kenya by Paul Basler, and other spirituals and folksongs.
Joint concert with Salisbury Singers.
Worcester Chorus, Andrew Clark, Music Director
November 4, 2006 8:00 p.m., United Congregational Church, Worcester:
Illuminate: Innovative Voices, Past and Present: Mass in D by Dvorak,
and works by Vaughan Williams, Locklair, Sharpe, O’Regan, and Wachner.
June 16, 2007 8:00 p.m., Alden Hall, W. P. I., Worcester:
Invigorate: The Sounds of Summer! Insects, Frogs & Flower Songs. Works by Ruehr, Britten, Bernstein, Fine, Josquin des Prez, and a world premiere by John McDonald.
Harvard Pro Musica, Dr. Mark S. Bennett, Music Director
December 9, 2006 7:00 p.m. Harvard Unitarian Church, Harvard:
Fall Concert: Magnificat in D Major, by J. S. Bach, works by Joseph Johnson, Brahms, Schumann, Lauridson and more.
May 12, 2007 7:30 p.m. St. Matthew’s MethodistChurch, Acton:
Spring Concert: Lord Nelson Mass by Haydn.
Acton Community Chorus, Paul Johnson, Director
January 27 or 28, 2007 TBA:
Music of America: an uplifting collection of American works, featuring 18th-century choral music, folksongs, and pieces by Aaron Copland and Randall Thompson.
June 1, 2007 8:00 p.m. and June 2, 2007 7:00 p.m. R.J.Grey Junior High School, Acton:
Rock and Rolling on Route 66: Rock and Roll songs from the ’50’s and ’60’s.