Our upcoming season features our signature mix of choral classics and contemporary voices, from works from the time of Leonardo da Vinci through Bach to recent works concerning the idea of freedom.
Leonardo’s Workshop
Music from the time of—and inspired by—the Renaissance master
The 2025-2026 season kicks off with a concert devoted to Leonardo da Vinci. The program combines music by contemporaries of the Renaissance master, including Josquin, Lasso, and Victoria, with modern works that speak to the artist’s lasting influence 500 years after his death. Highlights include Eric Whitacre’s “Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine,” a dramatic piece that imagines the fevered mind of the genius, and excerpts from Joclyn Hagen’s recent multimedia work “From the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.”
Friday, December 12, 2025, at 7:30PM
Sunday, December 14, 2025, at 4PM
Sunday, December 14, 2025, at 4PM – Online stream
Leipzig Connections
An exploration of music from the city that J.S. Bach called home
The first in a multi-year series, this concert centers on Leipzig, Germany, the city where Johann Sebastian Bach lived and worked for the last 27 years of life and produced many of his greatest compositions. The program features Bach’s music alongside the works of those who preceded and followed him, spanning the Baroque through the Romantic eras. The chorus will return to Bach’s cantata “Jesu, meine Freude,” an audience and singer favorite, and perform works by Schütz, Rheinberger, Reger, and the siblings Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn.
Friday, March 13, 2026, at 7:30PM
Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 4PM
Sunday, March 15, 2026, at 4PM – Online stream
A Gift To Be Free
A musical reflection on what freedom means today
The centerpiece of this concert is Caroline Shaw’s “To The Hands,” a work that takes the text of Emma Lazarus’ poem “The New Colossus” and intermingles it with the chorale “Ad Manus” from Buxtehude’s “Membra Jesu Nostri” in poignant ways. Filling out the program are works by six other acclaimed contemporary composers, including Jake Runestad’s “The Peace of Wild Things,” David Lang’s “If I Am Silent,” and Karen Siegel’s “To Be Free,” an adaptation of the Shaker/Copland tune “Simple Gifts.”