• JS Bach’s B Minor Mass

    Bardavon 35 Market St, Poughkeepsie, NY, United States

    Tenor soloist Bach’s final work, composed at different times in his life, transcends the inconsistency of its origins, leaving a statement on the nature of sacred music as a bequest to the future. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232 w/ Vassar College Choir & Cappella Festiva, Christine Howlett, Artistic Director Ticket holders are invited to a pre-concert […]

  • Downtown Voices – Spring Concerts

    Saturday, April 27 - 7:30pm- Morristown Presbyterian Church Sunday, April 28 - 3pm - St. Paul's Chapel, NYC   Stephen Sands, founder and Artistic Director of Music in the Somerset Hills, is proud to present this New York choir, which he also directs, in its first visit to the Somerset Hills.  Downtown Voices is a semi-professional choir made up […]

  • Carmina Burana

    St. Paul's Chapel Broadway and Fulton Streets, New York, New York, United States

    Downtown Voices; NOVUS NY; Stephen Sands, conductor Free At their final concert of the season, Downtown Voices and NOVUS NY perform two folklore-inspired works written in 1937: Orff’s epic Carmina Burana and Bartok’s Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion. Carmina Burana is based on 24 poems from the medieval collection of the same title, with themes that follow the fickleness […]

  • Appalachian Spring

    The Lake Club Lake Road, Far Hills, New Jersey, United States

    Conductor and Artistic Director - The Lake Club in Far Hills, NJ Appalachian Spring may be the most instantly recognizable work in all American music.  Aaron Copland composed it in 1943-44 in response to a commission from Martha Graham and Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge for “a ballet on an American theme”.  It was an instant success when Martha Graham […]

  • Carmel Bach Festival

    Tenor and soloist in the professional chorale. Performances from July 13-27. Performance schedule is on the website: https://bachfestival.org/calendar/

  • From the Top – LIVE

    Morristown Presbyterian Church 57 E Park Place, Morristown, NJ, United States

    From the Top presents the amazing performances and captivating personalities of extraordinary young classical musicians from across the country. The 90-minute show, recorded for future broadcast, features virtuosic performances and entertaining interviews with young soloists and/or ensembles. Young performers share their passion for classical music, and speak about their non-musical lives. Broadcast on more than 220 stations nationwide to […]

  • Downtown Voices – Part Passio

    St. Paul's Chapel Broadway and Fulton Streets, New York, New York, United States

    Downtown Voices; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; NOVUS NY; Stephen Sands and Melissa Attebury, conductors Francis Poulenc – Figure Humaine Arvo Pärt – Passio This concert features iconic works of two of the most compelling and influential composers of the 20th century: Arvo Pärt and Francis Poulenc. The monumental work Passio by Arvo Pärt is a meditative setting […]

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  • Messiah in Morristown – Music in the Somerset Hills

    Morristown Presbyterian Church 57 E Park Place, Morristown, NJ, United States

    Messiah for Music in the Somerset Hills 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 […]

  • Messiah in Madison – Music in the Somerset Hills

    Dorothy Young Center for the Arts Lancaster Rd, Madison, New Jersey, United States

    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 […]

  • Trinity Wall Street Lessons and Carols

    St. Paul's Chapel Broadway and Fulton Streets, New York, New York, United States

    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.