Everyone knows that George Frideric Handel wrote the music for Messiah, but not many people know who wrote the libretto. Charles Jennens was the author – a wealthy patron of Handel’s, whose financial support had played a part in the staging of almost every Handel opera and oratorio since 1725. Now, in 1741, Jennens sent […]

Downtown Voices; St. Paul’s Chapel Choir; Trinity Youth Chorus; Stephen Sands and Melissa Attebury, conductors A cherished holiday tradition for congregations around the world, the service of Lessons and Carols tells the Christmas story through readings and musical illuminations.

For the sixth year in a row, legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli will take the stage at Madison Square Garden. The two back-to-back performances will take place on Wednesday, December 18 and Thursday, December 19, 2019. As one of the most recognizable and romantic voices in the world, Andrea Bocelli has been thrilling audiences for over […]

For the sixth year in a row, legendary tenor Andrea Bocelli will take the stage at Madison Square Garden. The two back-to-back performances will take place on Wednesday, December 18 and Thursday, December 19, 2019. As one of the most recognizable and romantic voices in the world, Andrea Bocelli has been thrilling audiences for over […]

December 20 and 21 at 7:30pm. December 22 at 3pm. Messiah and Trinity have a long history—Trinity presented one of the first performances in North America in 1770, and The Choir of Trinity Wall Street and Trinity Baroque Orchestra are still widely regarded as some of the greatest interpreters of the work. The New York Times described Trinity’s […]

Last time Dashon Burton performed with MISH was in 2012 when he was a soloist in our very first performance of Messiah.  As a permanent memorial of that epic performance, he left behind the YouTube recording of “The trumpet shall sound” – still MISH’s most-viewed video.  He returns to the Somerset Hills on Saturday, January […]

Downtown Voices; NOVUS NY; Stephen Sands, conductor Brahms – Geistliches Lied Beethoven – Mass in C In celebration of Beethoven’s 250th birthday, Downtown Voices and NOVUS NY perform his tranquil yet dramatic Mass in C in addition to Brahms’ earliest accompanied choral works, Geistliches Lied.

Executive Director and Founding Tenor of Antioch   Antioch teams up with student composers and the Princeton University Chamber Singers to present a concert at Richardson Auditorium.

Kinnara is widely recognized as one of the nation’s most talented vocal ensembles.  Directed by J.D Burnett of the University of Georgia (formerly conductor of the New Jersey Youth Chorus and the Masterworks Chorus of New Jersey), Kinnara brings together many of the finest young professional singers in the South and the East.  On Saturday, […]

Stephen Sands and Donald Dumpson team up with their choirs from NYC and Philadelphia for a concert in each city celebrating the diversity of song. Details TBA