AGO EVENTS CALENDAR

Enjoy 30-minute recitals on the first Thursday of the month. A complimentary light lunch is offered during the carillon performances.\r\n\r\n12:10 p.m. Recital by Ellen Dickinson, College Carillonist\r\n12:45 p.m. Organ Recital by the Trinity Organ Studio (students of Christopher Houlihan, Artist-in-Residence)

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Trinity College Chapel

Contact: chapelmusic@trincoll.edu

No better way to celebrate Halloween than by going to a spooky organ concert on an historic organ made in 1868 by the famous E.& G.G. Hook company. Pieces will range from the spooky to the sublime and include the Toccata Fugue in D Minor and Diptych for Organ by Brenda Portman.

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Follen Church
children: 10

Looking for choral ringers for the upcoming Advent and Christmas season? Join Boston Singers\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\' Resource for our Open Auditions and listen to nearly 40 professional singers on Saturday, November 8th from 1:00pm - 5:00pm at Somerville Music Spaces in Davis Square.

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Somerville Music Spaces

Looking for choral ringers for the upcoming Advent and Christmas season? Join Boston Singers\\\\\\\' Resource for our Open Auditions and listen to nearly 40 professional singers on Saturday, November 8th from 1:00pm - 5:00pm at Somerville Music Spaces in Davis Square.

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Somerville Music Spaces

Looking for choral ringers for the upcoming Advent and Christmas season? Join Boston Singers\\\' Resource for our Open Auditions and listen to nearly 40 professional singers on Saturday, November 8th from 1:00pm - 5:00pm at Somerville Music Spaces in Davis Square.

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Somerville Music Spaces

Looking for choral ringers for the upcoming Advent and Christmas season? Join Boston Singers\' Resource for our Open Auditions and listen to nearly 40 professional singers on Saturday, November 8th from 1:00pm - 5:00pm at Somerville Music Spaces in Davis Square.

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Somerville Music Spaces

Looking for choral ringers for the upcoming Advent and Christmas season? Join Boston Singers' Resource for our Open Auditions and listen to nearly 40 professional singers on Saturday, November 8th from 1:00pm - 5:00pm at Somerville Music Spaces in Davis Square.

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Somerville Music Spaces

Looking for choral ringers for the upcoming Advent and Christmas season? \r\n\r\nCome listen to nearly 40 professional singers at Boston Singers\' Resource Open Auditions on Saturday, November 8th from 12:00pm - 5:00pm at Somerville Music Spaces in Davis Square. \r\n\r\nAuditing is free and no longer requries an organizational membership. \r\n\r\nIf you have any questions, feel free to contact Ryan Mewhorter at ryan@bostonsingersresource.org

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Somerville Music Spaces

Seraphim will open its 2025-2026 season with a concert commemorating the departed. The program connects the hauntingly evocative "Danse macabre" by the French poet Charles Baudelaire to music's own dance between life and death. The stage will be set with an organ transcription of Camille Saint-Saëns' 1874 symphonic poem Danse Macabre, which depicts skeletons dancing to Death's fiddling on Halloween night. The centerpiece of the concert will be Maurice Duruflé's beautiful Requiem, Op. 9 (1948 version), his most famous composition. Other works by 20th and 21st century French luminaries will be included. For those who grieve and long for loved ones at this time of the year, we hope this commemoration of the departed will bring comfort.

Works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Maurice Duruflé, Lili Boulanger, Orlando di Lasso
Holy Name Parish
Student $15, First Time Promo 2 for $30
Contact: darylbichel@aol.com

The 2025-2026 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Gail Archer playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, November 6, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.

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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Internationally-acclaimed concert organist Lynne Davis opens our ambitious 18th season of the First Music Concert Series. The University of Michigan graduate and student of French organ masters has given solo concerts all over the world. Her unique experience as well as her significant lineage of study in France makes her an authority in all French organ repertoire and many other European composers. She serves currently on the faculty of the Wichita State University School of Music and is former artist-in-residence at First Presbyterian Church in Wichita, Kansas. This is the beginning of our 100th Birthday celebration of our Anderson Memorial Organ (Austin Organ Company – Opus 1406 from 1926, restored in 2015). Come hear him take the Austin through its paces, in a program which will delight both organ connoisseur and newcomer alike! Join us on Sunday NOVEMBER 2 at 3PM for the 18th season opener with FREE ADMISSION, sponsored by the FRIENDS OF FIRST MUSIC. - Open to all.

Works by Alain, Bach, Duruflé, Franck, Langlais, Mulet, Widor
THE FIRST CHURCH OF NASHUA (FIRST MUSIC CONCERT SERIES)

Contact: info@first-music.org

Seraphim will open its 2025-2026 season with a concert commemorating the departed. The program connects the hauntingly evocative "Danse macabre" by the French poet Charles Baudelaire to music's own dance between life and death. The stage will be set with an organ transcription of Camille Saint-Saëns' 1874 symphonic poem Danse Macabre, which depicts skeletons dancing to Death's fiddling on Halloween night. The centerpiece of the concert will be Maurice Duruflé’s beautiful Requiem, Op. 9 (1948 version), his most famous composition. Other works by 20th and 21st century French luminaries will be included. For those who grieve and long for loved ones at this time of the year, we hope this commemoration of the departed will bring comfort.

Works by Camille Saint-Saëns, Maurice Duruflé, Lili Boulanger, Orlando di Lasso
First Church in Cambridge
Senior $25, Student $15, First Time Prom
Contact: darylbichel@aol.com

Experience Maurice Duruflé’s sublime Requiem as it was originally meant to be experienced — in the context of the Traditional Latin Mass. A professional 16-voice choir will present the 1948 version for choir and organ. Don’t miss this rare opportunity!

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St. Adelaide Parish

Holy Cross welcomes Dr. Martin Jean from Yale University. Dr. Jean holds a secure place within the highest ranks of the world’s concert organists and is recognized widely as a brilliant, warmly communicative artist whose playing exhibits “visceral intensity, expressive eloquence, and exquisite elegance” (The Kansas City Star). He is known for his wide reportorial interests, which are fed by the variety of performance instruments at Yale and the numerous European and Asian study tours upon which he embarks with the Yale Organ Department and for his own concertizing.

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St. Joseph Memorial Chapel at the College of the Holy Cross

Contact: (link)

Enjoy 30-minute recitals on the first Thursday of the month. A complimentary light lunch is offered during the carillon performances. 12:10 p.m. Recital by Ellen Dickinson, College Carillonist 12:45 p.m. Organ Recital by the Trinity Organ Studio (students of Christopher Houlihan, Artist-in-Residence)

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Trinity College Chapel

Contact: chapelmusic@trincoll.edu

The Advent Choir will sing choral Evensong at 6:00pm on Thursday November 6th. Music will include the Evening Service in E by Herbert Murrill, Responses and the motet God be in my head by Philip Radcliffe, as well as William Byrd's haunting Miserere mei, Deus. A light reception follows. All are welcome, a free-will offering will be received. The service lasts just one hour.

Works by Byrd, Murrill, Radcliffe
The Church of the Advent

Contact: dwyer@theadventboston.org

The fully-professional Choir of The Church of the Advent offers the Missa "Gaudeamus" by Tomás Luis de Victoria, Victoria's motet, Ecce sacerdos magnus, and William Byrd's gorgeous Gaudeamus omnes for the Feast of St Willibrord. This is a rare opportunity to experience these magnificent works in the liturgical context for which they were intended. All are welcome, a free-will offering will be received.

Works by William Byrd, Tomas Luis de Victoria
The Church of the Advent

Contact: dwyer@theadventboston.org

Looking for choral ringers for the upcoming Advent and Christmas season? Come listen to nearly 40 professional singers at Boston Singers' Resource Open Auditions on Saturday, November 8th from 12:00pm - 5:00pm at Somerville Music Spaces in Davis Square. Auditing is free and no longer requries an organizational membership. If you have any questions, feel free to contact Ryan Mewhorter at ryan@bostonsingersresource.org

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Somerville Music Spaces

GMChorale will present Brahm’s “Liebeslieder Waltzes,” as well as contemporary pieces by James Mulholland, Morten Lauridsen and Shawn Kirchner, at the Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. Each composer selected poetry that found its way into the music featured in GMChorale’s mainstage concert, “Love, Waltzes and Luminous Skies.” The selected pieces are connected in a variety of ways: musically, texturally, stylistically and thematically.\r\n\r\nWhen Johannes Brahms composed his Liebeslieder Waltzes (Opus 52 and Opus 65), he turned for inspiration to Georg Friedrich Daumer’s Polydora, a collection of folksongs exploring the varied aspects of romantic love – longing, flirtation, devotion, tenderness, and sorrow, to name a few. Brahms introduces us to 32 of these poems and ends with a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that sums up the pain and joy of love.\r\n\r\nFive short thematically connected pieces have been added to the program. The Elm City Girls’ Choir will be singing “Dirait-on,” Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem set to music by Morten Lauridsen. GMChorale continues with a James Mulholland arrangement from his composition “Four Robert Burns Ballads.” “My love is like a red, red rose,” the first line of a ballad by the 18th Century poet Robert Burns, speaks of love and steadfast devotion. James Agee, a mid-20th Century screenwriter, film critic, and author, whose poem ??...

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Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School

Contact: info@gmchorale.org

GMChorale will present Brahm’s “Liebeslieder Waltzes,” as well as contemporary pieces by James Mulholland, Morten Lauridsen and Shawn Kirchner, at the Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School on Sunday, November 9, 2025, at 4:00 p.m. Each composer selected poetry that found its way into the music featured in GMChorale’s mainstage concert, “Love, Waltzes and Luminous Skies.” The selected pieces are connected in a variety of ways: musically, texturally, stylistically and thematically. When Johannes Brahms composed his Liebeslieder Waltzes (Opus 52 and Opus 65), he turned for inspiration to Georg Friedrich Daumer’s Polydora, a collection of folksongs exploring the varied aspects of romantic love – longing, flirtation, devotion, tenderness, and sorrow, to name a few. Brahms introduces us to 32 of these poems and ends with a poem by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe that sums up the pain and joy of love. Five short thematically connected pieces have been added to the program. The Elm City Girls’ Choir will be singing “Dirait-on,” Rainer Maria Rilke’s poem set to music by Morten Lauridsen. GMChorale continues with a James Mulholland arrangement from his composition “Four Robert Burns Ballads.” “My love is like a red, red rose,” the first line of a ballad by the 18th Century poet Robert Burns, speaks of love and steadfast devotion. James Agee, a mid-20th Century screenwriter, film critic, and author, whose poem “Sure on...

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Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center at Middletown High School

Contact: info@gmchorale.org

A full orchestra concert featuring Guilmant's Second Symphony for organ and orchestra with organist Randy Steere. Also on the program is Amram's American Dance Suite; Schuller's An Arc Ascending and Bernstein's On the Waterfront Suite. The Vista Philharmonic is an all-professional orchestra under the direction of Maestro Bruce Hangen. Free parking.

Works by Guilmant
Groton Hill Music Center
Tickets from $30
Contact: Box Office

Join Boston's LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus for Eternal Light featuring two monumental choral works performed with award-winning organist Jerrick Cavagnaro: Louis Vierne’s Messe solennelle and Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna. Between these two pillars, Coro presents Ilyas Iliya’s Avoonan Dbishmayya, an evocative a cappella setting of the Lord’s Prayer in Aramaic. Jerrick will also play Brenda Portman's Scherzo. (2023)

Works by Vierne, Lauridsen, Portman, Iliyas
Coro Allegro
Free for card to culture, $10 youth tick
Contact: Ruthie Miller

At 4:30pm, organist Kevin Jones offers Bach's Prelude and Fugue in G, BWV 541; the Second Sonata of Paul Hindemith; and Herbert Howells's passionate Rhapsody in C-sharp minor on the Advent's famous Aeolian-Skinner organ. At 5:00pm, the professional choir of The Church of the Advent will offer choral Evensong, featuring the Evening Service in E by Herbert Murrill; Murrill's lesser-known setting of The souls of the righteous, and William Harris's magisterial double choir motet, Bring us, O Lord God. The service lasts one hour and is followed by a light reception. All are welcome.

Works by Bach, Hindemith, Harris, Howells, Murrill & Radcliffe
The Church of the Advent

Contact: dwyer@theadventboston.org

Baroque lutenists Timothy Burris and Olav Chris Henriksen perform a duet by Falckenhagen, a suite by Baron, a concerto by Gleim, a pastoral symphony by Handel, and a sonata by Lauffensteiner.

Works by Handel, Baron, Gleim, Lauffensteiner, Falckenhagen
Somerville Museum
Museum members $20
Contact: For more info, call (617) 666-9810 or go to (link)

Join us for a special organ performance by Erica Johnson on the historic Hook & Hastings Organ, Opus 937 (1879). Her program, Resonance and Refraction: Lessons of Past and Present, will feature works by Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Kuhnau, Elizabeth Stirling, and Isabelle Ryder, among others. Set within the remarkable acoustics of St. John the Baptist Church—the largest church in Peabody—this concert promises an inspiring musical experience. A reception with Ms. Johnson will follow the program.

Works by Antonio Vivaldi/arr. J.S. Bach, Domenica Scarlatti, Johann Kuhnau, Cecile Chaminade, Elizabeth Stirling, Sigfrid Karg-Elert, Isabelle Ryder
St. John the Baptist Church

Contact: 978 531-0003

Southborough, MA — The Assabet Valley Mastersingers (AVM) is thrilled to announce its November 2025 concert. This concert features the Mass in C by Beethoven, as well as the Requiem in D by Maurice Durufle. We will have an organist accompany the Requiem in D. Join the choir to kick off this inspiring season of music by AVM that speaks to unity, resilience, and hope. Our 2025-2026 season, “Together We Can”, brings powerful works together that celebrate the strength of the human spirit. Beethoven’s deeply expressive Mass in C and Duruflé’s poignant Requiem explore faith, memory, and the emotions that connect us to something greater. The Mass in C was written during the middle period of Beethoven's musical career; this was Beethoven's first mass and very much influenced by the aura of Haydn's reputation. Durufle’s Requiem features impressionistic harmonies and is deeply serene and meditative.

Works by Beethoven and Maurice Duruflé
Pilgrim Church Congregational UCC
Children under 12 are free with an accom
Contact: Mike Ring

The Choir and Orchestra of The Church of the Advent, Boston, present Mozart's Requiem in D Minor, K 626 in concert. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart's final work will be offered by the fully-professional choir and orchestra of The Church of the Advent on Friday evening November 21st at 7:00pm. This last utterance of the genius composer is among his most profound works, written just prior to his death at age 35, and will be presented in the much-beloved completion by his student and disciple, Franz Xaver Süßmayr. Featured soloists will be Lynn Eustis, soprano; Sergio Savala, alto; Andrew Bearden Brown, tenor; and Nathan Halbur, bass. Dr Mark Dwyer will conduct. Following the concert, a catered reception to which all are invited will be held in Moseley Hall. This concert is offered in memory of Thomas and Blenda Jeffry as a gift to the community, and there is no admission charge.

Works by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
The Church of the Advent

Join us for wonderful concert featuring Alexander Kollias (clarinet) and Natasha Ulyanovsky (organ). Organ Sounds concerts are free, open to the public and livestreamed. To join us virtually, CLICK HERE. Donations at the event are welcome, or go to <a href="https://www.cbict.org/support" target="_blank">(link)</a>. To find out more about the artists and the program, please visit cbict.org/music.

Works by J.S.Bach, G.Fitelberg, J.Weinberg, B.Levenson, J.Weinberg, E.Elgar, M.Castelnuovo- Tedesco, Gershwin
Congregation Beth Israel

Contact: Congregation Beth Israel

THE TEN COMMANDMENTS ~ The 1923 Cecil B. DeMille film presented with live improvised Organ Accompaniment by International Sonic Artist, Peter Krasinski. Join the fun at Saint Cyprian's on Saturday November 22nd from 6:30 - 8:30pm. This unique event follows the Centennial Celebrations of Saint Cyprian's Episcopal Church building in Boston. Located at 1073 Tremont Street in Roxbury, the church has a rich history rooted in the experiences of West Indian immigrants.

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Saint Cyprian's Episcopal Church

Join us for Choral Evensong November 23, at 5:00pm. This contemplative service, sung by the St. John’s Adult Choir, under the direction of music director Nicholas Capozzoli, is a beautiful way to end your weekend and offer you a calm start to your week.

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Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org

Nov. 28 & 29, 4:30 PM. Embrace the spirit of the season with candlelit services of Advent Lessons and Carols—uplifting readings, prayers, and carols sung by Gloriæ Dei Cantores at the Church of the Transfiguration—a cherished tradition for over thirty years. Doors will open one hour before the service; no tickets required. <a href="https://gdcchoir.org/events/" target="_blank">(link)</a>

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Church of the Transfiguration
No tickets required.

Sunday, November 30th, 2025 4:30pm Organ Prelude Recital by Jerrick Cavagnaro 5:00pm A Service of Lessons & Carols for Advent Sunday 6:00pm Gala Reception Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Matin & Vesper Responsories Randall Thompson: Howl ye! for the day of the Lord is at hand Matthew Martin: Adam lay ybounden arr Charles Wood: Twas in the year that King Uzziah died Jakob Handl: Rorate cœli desuper arr Barry Ferguson: People look East Sergei Rachmaninoff: Bogoroditse Devo William Byrd: Vigilate, vigilate Clemens non Papa: Descendit angelus Domini Colin Britt: There is no rose Gabriel Jackson: Jesu, Rex admirabilis 4:30pm Jerrick Cavagnaro Organ Recital Johann Sebastian Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659 Cecilia McDowall: ‘O Antiphon’ Sequence (born 1951) I. O Sapientia II. O Adonai III. O Radix Jesse IV. O Clavis David VI. O Rex Genitum VII. O Emmanuel Improvisation on Conditor alme siderum

Works by Britt, Byrd, Clemens, Ferguson, Handl, Jackson, Martin, Palestrina, Thompson, Rachmaninoff, Wood
The Church of the Advent

Contact: music@theadventboston.org

Dec. 5, 7:30 PM & Dec. 6, 3:00 PM Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans\r\nDec. 6, 7:30 PM Performing Arts Center, Brewster\r\n\r\nArts Empowering Life presents a Christmas concert for the whole family. Meet the “cast of characters” in the Nativity with beloved carols by John Rutter, and enjoy favorites including Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Greensleeves, and Ding Dong Merrily on High. Step into the magic of opera with selections from Humperdinck’s Hänsel and Gretel and Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. And don’t miss Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker brought to life by Chara Percussion and Hark the Herald Angels Sing performed by fanfare brass. Join us to celebrate the beauty, hope, and true miracle of Christmas! \r\nTickets: 508-240-2400 or artsempoweringlife.org (Free for Students & Youth)

Works by Humperdinck, Menotti, Tchaikovsky, John Rutter, Vaughan Williams
Church of the Transfiguration
Free for Students & Youth
Contact: 508-240-2400

Dec. 5, 7:30 PM & Dec. 6, 3:00 PM Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans Dec. 6, 7:30 PM Performing Arts Center, Brewster Arts Empowering Life presents a Christmas concert for the whole family. Meet the “cast of characters” in the Nativity with beloved carols by John Rutter, and enjoy favorites including Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Greensleeves, and Ding Dong Merrily on High. Step into the magic of opera with selections from Humperdinck’s Hänsel and Gretel and Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors. And don’t miss Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker brought to life by Chara Percussion and Hark the Herald Angels Sing performed by fanfare brass. Join us to celebrate the beauty, hope, and true miracle of Christmas! Tickets: 508-240-2400 or artsempoweringlife.org (Free for Students & Youth)

Works by Humperdinck, Menotti, Tchaikovsky, John Rutter, Vaughan Williams
Church of the Transfiguration
Free for Students & Youth
Contact: 508-240-2400

The annual Christmas Festival of Lessons and Carols marks the beginning of the holiday season for the Greater Hartford community. This service is offered to all as a moment of comfort and hope. Doors open at 3:15 p.m. No tickets are required. A freewill offering will be taken to support students in need and local initiatives. The Chapel Singers Trinity College Gospel Choir Ellen Dickinson, college carillonist Elijah Morris ’28 and Chris Yi ’26, organ Christopher Houlihan ’09, director of chapel music The Very Rev. Marcus George Halley, chaplain to the college The Right Reverend Jeffrey W. Mello, 16th Bishop Diocesan, The Episcopal Church in Connecticut

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Trinity College Chapel

Contact: chapelmusic@trincoll.edu

The 2025-2026 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Frank Zilinyi playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, December 7, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.

Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org

Wednesday December 10th, at 6:30pm The Church of the Advent hosts a Community Carol Service for the Beacon Hill neighborhood, featuring familiar Christmas Carols and plenty of Holiday cheer. Free-will offering, all welcome. A simple reception follows.

Works by Stopford, Jackson, Willcocks, Wood
The Church of the Advent

Contact: music@theadventboston.org

WEST ROXBURY — Join Archbishop Henning at Holy Name Parish, West Roxbury Saturday, December 13th at 7pm for an Advent Evening of prayer and music featuring Handel's glorious "Messiah." This performance features members of the Archdiocesan Festival Choir and award-winning soloists Barbara Hill, soprano, Jaime Korkos, mezzo-soprano, Micheal González, tenor, and Taras Leschishin, baritone, Frederick MacArthur, organ, and conducted by Richard J. Clark. Bring a score and sing along or sit back and listen!

Works by G. F. Handel
Holy Name Church

Contact: christian.mucha@holynameparish.com

Perhaps more than ANY other time in recent memory, this year we definitely need a little Christmas! On the heels of the Catholic Bishops’ letter calling for compassion and mercy in our treatment of immigrants, we will gather to sing about a little child being born, whose life’s mission would be, in large part, to spread love and caring to all, but particularly to the marginalized and powerless. As we wait for Christmas, our concert this year will start with a heartfelt call for God to come among us. That will be followed by many beloved carols and anthems from composers and arrangers such as Bach, John Rutter, John Gardner, June Nixon, Malcolm Sargent, and Hugo Distler, including a lush setting of Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Eric Whitacre. Finally, our program will return us to the quiet stillness of a wondrous scene in a stable so long ago. Come join us, come sing, come share in this journey to Christmas!

Works by Bach, John Rutter, John Gardner, June Nixon, Malcolm Sargent, and Hugo Distler, Eric Whitacre.
Cathedral of the Holy Cross
17 and under FREE
Contact: richard_clark@rcab.org

Westborough, MA — The Assabet Valley Mastersingers is thrilled to announce its upcoming Messiah Sing event. This festive occasion promises to be a memorable celebration of music, community, and holiday spirit. The Messiah Sing is a unique event that encourages audience participation, allowing attendees to become part of the performance, and share in the magic of Handel's masterpiece. We invite music enthusiasts and community members to join in this interactive and joyous concert experience! For this concert, attendees are encouraged to bring their own scores of the piece, and join AVM and soloists in performing this magnificent work. If you do not have your own scores, we will have scores to borrow onsite. Soprano: Emma Robertson Mezzo-Soprano: Katherine Lerner Lee Tenor: Brendan Buckley Baritone: David Small Organist: Brett MaGuire Artistic Director: Dr. Robert Eaton The Messiah Sing is not just a musical event; it's a communal celebration of the holiday season. Come and embrace the festive atmosphere as AVM hosts this magical evening filled with joy, unity, and the timeless beauty of Handel's composition. For more information and to reserve your spot at the Messiah Sing, please visit <a href="https://www.avmsingers.org/events/messiah-sing-2" target="_blank">(link)</a>

Works by George Handel
The Congregational Church of Westborough
Suggested donation of $10

Advent’s Lessons and Carols has been an important Anglican ritual since the late 1800s. In the tradition of King’s College, Cambridge, an introspective journey of sacred stories and music helps prepare us for the Christmas Season. On Sunday, December 14, at 3:00pm. Our heartwarming Christmas event will provide you a moment of musical peace in this often-complicated world, as we offer spectacular carols and musical anthems from a long tradition of music of the season. A new composition will be commissioned for the Choir School by local organist and musician Michelle Horsley.

Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org

Saturday, January 3, 2026, 5:15 PM Church of the Transfiguration, Orleans, MA Celebrate Epiphany with a special Choral Evensong featuring J. S. Bach's cantata, Sie werden aus Saba alle kommen, BWV 65 (All They from Saba Shall come). As we enter this New Year, recall the journey of the Magi—led by a star, traveling from the East to bring gifts to the Christ Child. In person & livestreamed. No tickets required.

Works by Howells, Martinson, Bach
Church of the Transfiguration

The 2025-2026 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Philip Tummescheit playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, January 4, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.

Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org

Chelsea Chen’s dynamic playing has taken her to the far corners of the world. Her solo concerts offer a unique mix of traditional organ repertoire along with piano/orchestral transcriptions and contemporary music. The Los Angeles Times has praised her “rare musicality” and “lovely lyrical grandeur,” and a compositional style that is “charming” and “Irresistible.”

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Groton Hill Music Center
Tickets start at $29
Contact: Box Office

The 2025-2026 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Anna Pan playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, February 1, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.

Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org

Join us for Choral Evensong February 15, at 5:00pm. Sung by the St. John’s Choir Adult Choir, joined by the Choir of St. James’s Episcopal Church, West Hartford, under the direction of music directors Nicholas Capozzoli and Michelle Horsley, this contemplative service is a beautiful way to end your weekend and offer you a calm start to your week.

Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org

The 2025-2026 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Jennifer Hsiao playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, March 1, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.

Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org

The 2025-2026 Pipes Alive! series continues with organist Elijah Morris playing the St. John’s organ on Sunday, May 3, at 12:30pm. This event will be presented in person and by livestream.

Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org

Come join us on Friday March 20, at 7:30, and celebrate the first day of spring with Broadway hits and beautiful art songs. Local rising stars Jermaine Woodard Jr., Christiana Montalbano, Gregory Flower, and Sierra McElroy team up with pianist Susan Carroll for an evening of musical storytelling and entertainment.

Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Come join us on Friday April 17, at 7:30, for a unique melding of music at Echoes from East to West. Montreal-based ensemble C’est Donya invite you on an evocative journey through time and culture, blending Baroque masterpieces with traditional Persian songs. Experience the mesmerizing sounds of rare historical instruments—baroque cello, serpent, santur, and kamancheh—played by four exceptional artists.

Works by
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org

Choral Music for the Soul presents a masterpiece by contemporary American composer Dan Forrest. On May 1, at 7:00pm, come listen to Requiem for the Living, a cathartic journey through the gamut of human emotion, concluding with light, peace, and rest for both the departed and the living. Sung by the St. John’s semi-professional Adult Choir, youth Choir School, and professional chamber ensemble, with organist Christopher Houlihan, under the direction of Music at the Red Door’s artistic director Nick Capozzoli.

Works by Dan Forrest
Music at the Red Door - St. John's Episcopal Church

Contact: concerts@reddoormusic.org