Looking back on our 2024–2025 season
On November 24, 2024, we opened our 49th season with "reverent praise." The program featured Johann Sebastian Bach’s beloved Magnificat and compositions by two well-known contemporary British composers: Jonathan Dove’s Köthener Messe and Cecilia McDowall's Laudate. Both Dove’s and McDowall’s compositions pay tribute to and reflect Bach’s influences while incorporating modern harmonies and techniques. We were joined by a professional orchestra and soloists.
On March 8th, 2025, we joined forces with the Rivers Symphony Orchestra, professional soloists, and the Wellesley 6th Grade Treble Chorus, for a sold out performance of Carl Orff’s dramatic Carmina Burana. Our audience had an exhilirating experience with this exploration of "fate and earthly pleasures."
We concluded our season on May 18, 2025 by celebrating "community and connection" through the diversity of American folk songs. Our program included a selection of Aaron Copland’s Old American Songs, Nathaniel Dett’s Chariot Jubilee and a selection of Alice Parker’s (this season’s Commonwealth Composer) folk song and spiritual arrangements. We were joined for this concert by tenor Fred VanNess, Jr. and baritone David McFerrin.
Auditions
Our next auditions will be held by appointment in late August and early September, 2025. Details of dates and times will be posted here as soon as they are confirmed.
We seek choral singers of all voice types who have strong vocal and sight-reading skills. We especially seek those singing tenor or bass.
Auditions are at our rehearsal location at First Baptist Church, 848 Beacon Street in Newton Centre, a few minutes walk from the Newton Centre stop on the "D" branch of the MBTA's Green Line. There is also free parking in the church parking lot (accessed of Centre Street).
To request an audition and to learn more about our Young Singers Scholarship program, visit our Auditions page.