In accordance with Harvard University's response and updates surrounding the coronavirus (COVID-19), the Harvard Choruses are not currently hosting any in-person concerts or events at this time. All events will be held virtually until further notice. Our top priority is to ensure the safety, health, and well-being of our students and community.
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Harvard Choruses New Music Initiative ShowcaseJoin the Harvard Choruses on Saturday, June 12, 2021 at 7:00 PM EDT for the Harvard Choruses New Music Initiative Spring Showcase!
Click here to log into our webinar to watch five world premieres of works by student composers, created under the guidance of mentor and composer-in-residence Dr. Robert Kyr. We cannot wait for you to hear these extraordinary new pieces, which continue Harvard's proud legacy of advancing the choral music tradition by commissioning new works and nurturing new voices. Glimpse behind the curtain of the compositional process by meeting the composers, who will be present to introduce each piece and discuss the story of its creation. The composers are: Devon Gates '23, Chinyere Obasi '24, Eddie Raj '24, Chloe E.W. Levine '22 and Ian Chan '22, and Jenny Yao '22 and Harry Sage '22. Don't miss our last event of the 2020-2021 season! |
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Hand in hand ii Virtual ConcertHarvard Choruses, Yale Glee Club, & Princeton Glee Club
Livestream: May 23, 2021 | 5 PM EDT Register Here: https://www.events.loopedlive.com/handinhand Suggested Donation: $5, Free for students |
For more than a century, choruses from Harvard, Princeton, and Yale Universities have celebrated their deep friendship with a season of collaborative concerts during the fall semester. Last October we continued to honor this tradition at a time of extraordinary change and challenge with a virtual benefit concert: Hand in Hand.
As the year draws to a close and we reflect on our experiences during this time, we have resolved to come together once again to share our musical work. And so on Sunday, May 23rd at 5 pm EDT, we invite you to join us for another virtual benefit concert: Hand in Hand II, presented by the Harvard Choruses, the Yale Glee Club, and the Princeton University Glee Club. Our partner in this project is Education Through Music, now celebrating its 30th anniversary, which partners with under-resourced schools to provide music as a core subject for all children.
Each ensemble will share new performances by its singers, with several selections also featuring alumni, and the concert will end with a joint virtual performance by students and alumni of a new arrangement by Tim Keeler, Music Director of Chanticleer, of favorite songs from all three Universities entitled Songs of Home.
All ticket proceeds will go to support the work of Education Through Music. The suggested minimum donation is $5, but we encourage you to give as generously as you can. Students can register for free.
As the year draws to a close and we reflect on our experiences during this time, we have resolved to come together once again to share our musical work. And so on Sunday, May 23rd at 5 pm EDT, we invite you to join us for another virtual benefit concert: Hand in Hand II, presented by the Harvard Choruses, the Yale Glee Club, and the Princeton University Glee Club. Our partner in this project is Education Through Music, now celebrating its 30th anniversary, which partners with under-resourced schools to provide music as a core subject for all children.
Each ensemble will share new performances by its singers, with several selections also featuring alumni, and the concert will end with a joint virtual performance by students and alumni of a new arrangement by Tim Keeler, Music Director of Chanticleer, of favorite songs from all three Universities entitled Songs of Home.
All ticket proceeds will go to support the work of Education Through Music. The suggested minimum donation is $5, but we encourage you to give as generously as you can. Students can register for free.
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reunioNThe world premiere of Karen Siegel's Reunion
Monday, May 10, 2021 | 7:30 PM EST / 6:30 PM CST Featuring Joyful Noise, Cambridge Common Voices, Central Illinois Youth Chorus, and the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum Livestream link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KsXOilfPS7w |
Come see the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and Cambridge Common Voices (CCV) sing LIVE in the world premiere of Reunion by Karen Siegel, co-performed by Joyful Noise and the Central Illinois Youth Chorus. Siegel writes that "'Reunion' was inspired by a visit with my parents during the COVID-19 pandemic. After careful self-isolation and negative COVID tests, we joined them and my sister's family for our traditional summer vacation together. When we said goodbye, we did not know how long it would be until we could be together again without masks and social distancing. We had many long hugs during this time." The piece is a reflection of the sadness of being without a reunion and the hope of a safe reunion in the future. It also reflects the virtual friendships Collegium and CCV have struck up over the pandemic and our anticipation of meeting together in person soon.
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Holden Voice Program
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It’s time to celebrate our incorrigible Holden Voice Program seniors, who have continued to lead the program by voice and example through this year of online vocal study! This, our largest class of HVP graduates yet, boasts extraordinary musicians who can soar on Puccini, belt out Whitney, and dance through Bach. Please join us as we honor their hard work of many years of study and enjoy their favorite selections over that time!
May 4, 2021 at 3:00PM ET: Senior Showcase with Kristen Gilyard, Nivi Ravi, and Emma Stimpfl
May 4, 2021 at 5:00PM ET: Senior Showcase with Risa Komatsu, Sophia Li, and Julia Losner
May 5, 2021 at 3:00PM ET: Senior Showcase with Natasha Abrams, Olivia Hall, and Rachel Ma
May 4, 2021 at 3:00PM ET: Senior Showcase with Kristen Gilyard, Nivi Ravi, and Emma Stimpfl
May 4, 2021 at 5:00PM ET: Senior Showcase with Risa Komatsu, Sophia Li, and Julia Losner
May 5, 2021 at 3:00PM ET: Senior Showcase with Natasha Abrams, Olivia Hall, and Rachel Ma
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Holden Voice Program
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Join our Holden Voice Program singers from your own backyard as we celebrate a year’s worth of vocal study! This, the HVP’s signature event, will take place on Sunday evening of Harvard’s ArtsFirst weekend, with singers performing from their various locations around the globe. Be prepared for a delightful variety of repertoire, with some of the greatest hits of musical, theatre, opera, art song, and jazz standards. Congratulations to all the singers who have continued to invest in their vocal growth over this time of online learning; we look forward to sharing this with you!
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Anne Frank: A Living VoicePresented by the Radcliffe Choral Society,
featuring the Parker Quartet Monday, April 19, 2021 | 8:00 PM ET Visit www.radcliffechoralsociety.com on concert day for the YouTube link |
The Radcliffe Choral Society is excited to present Anne Frank: A Living Voice. Composed by Linda Tutas Haugen, Anne Frank: A Living Voice sets excerpts from The Diary of Anne Frank. This virtual choir recording features the Grammy award-winning Parker Quartet, Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at the Harvard University Department of Music. This online presentation will also include visual artwork created and curated by singers in the Radcliffe Choral Society and high school students. The recording link will be live on the RCS website homepage on Monday, April 19, 2021 at 8:00 PM EDT.
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rising voices festivalJoin the Radcliffe Choral Society and participating festival ensembles in a virtual concert. This presentation will wrap up a weekend-long festival devoted to bringing together youth choirs to examine the relationship between society and music.
Sunday, April 11, 2021 | 2:30 PM EST Visit www.radcliffechoralsociety.com on concert day for the YouTube link |
Featuring performances by:
Boston Children's Chorus, led by Andres Holder, Robbie Jacobs, and Emily Howe
ComMUSICation, led by Carey Shunskis
Pihcintu Multinational Chorus, led by Con Fullam
San Francisco Girls Chorus, led by Valérie Sainte-Agathe
Sister Cities Girlchoir, led by Alysia Lee
Radcliffe Choral Society, led by Andrew Clark and Margaret Weckworth
Boston Children's Chorus, led by Andres Holder, Robbie Jacobs, and Emily Howe
ComMUSICation, led by Carey Shunskis
Pihcintu Multinational Chorus, led by Con Fullam
San Francisco Girls Chorus, led by Valérie Sainte-Agathe
Sister Cities Girlchoir, led by Alysia Lee
Radcliffe Choral Society, led by Andrew Clark and Margaret Weckworth
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Opera Night
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In this one-hour masterclass, tenor Martin Bakari will work with select Holden Voice Program students on interpreting operatic repertoire.
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Early music night
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In this one-hour masterclass, soprano Margaret Carpenter Haigh will work with select Holden Voice Program students on music from the Renaissance and Baroque eras.
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Singer session with Mary GalstianPresented by the Holden Voice Program
Tuesday, February 23, 2021 from 1:00-1:30pm EST Please email eschen@fas.harvard.edu for the Zoom link |
Continuing its recent initiative, the Holden Voice Program is hosting its next short 30-minute student singer session, during which you will meet soprano Mary Galstian and hear about her virtual project for an upcoming recital featuring recorded renditions from a number of classical arias and Armenian folk pieces.
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UnchartedPresented by the Radcliffe Choral Society,
featuring the Parker Quartet Saturday, February 6, 2021 | 8:00 PM ET Visit www.radcliffechoralsociety.com on concert day for the YouTube link |
The Radcliffe Choral Society is excited to present UNCHARTED, featuring two virtual world premieres: A Sense of Decency and Planetarium. Composed by Dr. Katherine Pukinskis, A Sense of Decency sets excerpts from a dissent and an opinion written by the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Planetarium by Jenny Yao ‘22 brings to life a poem by Radcliffe College alumna Adrienne Rich ‘51, celebrating the work of 18th-century German astronomer Caroline Herschel. The premieres will be accompanied by the Grammy award-winning Parker Quartet, Blodgett Artists-in-Residence at the Harvard University Department of Music. In addition to the virtual recordings, UNCHARTED will include visual artwork created by singers in the Radcliffe Choral Society and high school students, behind-the-scenes footage of the RCS virtual choir experience this past fall, and introductions from the composers themselves.
This presentation will be “uncharted” in several ways; not only will it premiere two pieces written about trailblazing women, but it will also be the Radcliffe Choral Society’s first-ever completely virtual concert. We invite you to join us on YouTube as we share our music through a new medium. The link will be live on the RCS website homepage for your enjoyment on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 8:00 PM EST.
This presentation will be “uncharted” in several ways; not only will it premiere two pieces written about trailblazing women, but it will also be the Radcliffe Choral Society’s first-ever completely virtual concert. We invite you to join us on YouTube as we share our music through a new medium. The link will be live on the RCS website homepage for your enjoyment on Saturday, February 6, 2021 at 8:00 PM EST.
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Handel's MessiahPresented by the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, January 30, 2021 | 8:00 PM ET Visit hrcm.org on concert day for the YouTube link |
Experience Handel’s Messiah – the timeless story of finding ultimate joy and hope – with the Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and Harvard Baroque Chamber Orchestra in a historic all-virtual performance on January 30th at 8pm EST. Our socially conscious performance, informed by a panel discussion with Messiah experts, will also feature filmography, photography, and artwork from Harvard affiliates; solos from Collegium members; and a special appearance from our alumni. As we come together from different corners of the world to unite in love of music, this piece keeps us looking forward to our day of reconnecting amidst our isolation. Please visit hrcm.org for our YouTube link, to be released on concert day.
Cambridge Common Voices Winter ConcertSaturday, December 19, 2020 | 7:30 PM ET
Participate live on Zoom, Password: Joy Watch live on our YouTube page Cambridge Common Voices is a community chorus established in partnership between Harvard College and the Threshold Program at Lesley University, a transition program for young adults with diverse learning challenges. This ensemble strives to create an inclusive musical space and practice, affirming individual voices, and explore innovative approaches to music-making, including elements of Universal Design for Learning and Empowering Song. Cambridge Common Voices positions disability not as deficit, but as a facet of human diversity worthy of creative exploration and appreciation. Affirming the individual and collective funds of knowledge within its community, the ensemble aspires to frame disability as a resource of artistic ingenuity that holds the potential to broaden the concepts of choral music and revolutionize artistic praxis in conventional settings. |
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Lessons & Carols
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Music for Lessons and Carols - a joint venture between the Harvard Glee Club and the trebles of the All Saints' Choir of Men and Boys, also known as the Ashmont Boy Choir.
The inspiration for this musical collaboration is the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, which takes place at Christmastide throughout the world. The Festival was first drawn up for use in the wooden shed that served as the cathedral in the Cornish town of Truro, and first sung on Christmas Eve in 1880. It took almost four decades for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols to make its way to the choir of King's College at Cambridge University, which has provided the event with its global reach. For many, this sequence of hymns, carols, and readings – opening with "Once in royal David's city" – is a hallmark of the holiday season.
The Ashmont Choir and the Harvard Glee Club combine their voices, enriching and broadening the relationship between the two ensembles, by participating in virtual choir arrangements of nine carols for the season. Please join us on December 20 at 4:00 for a broadcast of the Music for Lessons and Carols.
The inspiration for this musical collaboration is the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, which takes place at Christmastide throughout the world. The Festival was first drawn up for use in the wooden shed that served as the cathedral in the Cornish town of Truro, and first sung on Christmas Eve in 1880. It took almost four decades for the Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols to make its way to the choir of King's College at Cambridge University, which has provided the event with its global reach. For many, this sequence of hymns, carols, and readings – opening with "Once in royal David's city" – is a hallmark of the holiday season.
The Ashmont Choir and the Harvard Glee Club combine their voices, enriching and broadening the relationship between the two ensembles, by participating in virtual choir arrangements of nine carols for the season. Please join us on December 20 at 4:00 for a broadcast of the Music for Lessons and Carols.
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Holden Voice Program Fall 2020 Recital:
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Our end-of-the-semester Holden Voice Program tradition, now in live-stream form and available to all friends and family across the country! We will celebrate the work the students have been putting into their lessons all semester with this showcase of live solo performances. Accompaniment tracks have been provided by Harvard Choruses pianists David von Behren and Joseph Turbessi.
Holden Voice Program Director & Artist-Teacher: Elizabeth Eschen
Holden Voice Program Artist-Teachers: Charley Blandy, David Coleman, Lauren Cook, Bradford Gleim, Nathan Reiff, Megan Roth, Marsha Vleck
Holden Voice Program Director & Artist-Teacher: Elizabeth Eschen
Holden Voice Program Artist-Teachers: Charley Blandy, David Coleman, Lauren Cook, Bradford Gleim, Nathan Reiff, Megan Roth, Marsha Vleck
HVP Singer Session with Nivi Ravi
Livestream: Tuesday, November 24th | 1:00-1:30pm
Livestream link: Hosted through Zoom.
Tickets: Free, Open to all Harvard Choruses singers, guests, and alumni.
New to the Holden Voice Program, these short 30-minute singer-sessions will be a chance to hear about special projects happening with our Harvard Choruses singers. In this first installment, you’ll meet the incredible soprano Nivi Ravi from Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and hear about her recent projects with Esperanza Spalding. There will be time for discussion as well as some musical excerpts.
Livestream link: Hosted through Zoom.
Tickets: Free, Open to all Harvard Choruses singers, guests, and alumni.
New to the Holden Voice Program, these short 30-minute singer-sessions will be a chance to hear about special projects happening with our Harvard Choruses singers. In this first installment, you’ll meet the incredible soprano Nivi Ravi from Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium Musicum and hear about her recent projects with Esperanza Spalding. There will be time for discussion as well as some musical excerpts.
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Messiah Masterclass and live solo performancesPresented by the Holden Voice Program
Livestream: Sunday, Nov. 15, 2020 | 2 PM – 3:30 PM ET Tickets: Free, Open to all Harvard Choruses singers, guests, and alumni. |
The Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium-Musicum’s upcoming virtual choir performances of Handel Messiah will feature incredible soloists from within the ensemble, and this event will give you a chance to meet them and hear them sing live! In this two-part event, the singers will work with a professional singer coach in breakout rooms from 1:30-2pm before a live-streamed performance of their arias beginning at 2pm.
With the following professional singer coaches:
Lauren Cook, Soprano
Megan Roth, Mezzo-soprano
Martin Bakari, Tenor
David Tinervia, Baritone
With the following singers from Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium-Musicum:
Xavier Evans: Comfort ye my people / Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
Tyler Rand: Thus saith the Lord
Patricia Liu: But who may abide the day of his coming
Hannah Alton: Behold, a virgin shall conceive / O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
Joseph Griffith: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
Tyler Rand: The people that walked in darkness
Emma Stimpfl: There were shepherds abiding in the field / And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them / And the angel said unto them / And suddenly there was with the angel
Allie Jeffay: Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened / He shall feed his flock
Nivi Ravi: Come unto Him
Beck Saine: He that dwelleth in Heaven / Thou shalt break them
With the following professional singer coaches:
Lauren Cook, Soprano
Megan Roth, Mezzo-soprano
Martin Bakari, Tenor
David Tinervia, Baritone
With the following singers from Harvard-Radcliffe Collegium-Musicum:
Xavier Evans: Comfort ye my people / Ev'ry valley shall be exalted
Tyler Rand: Thus saith the Lord
Patricia Liu: But who may abide the day of his coming
Hannah Alton: Behold, a virgin shall conceive / O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion
Joseph Griffith: For behold, darkness shall cover the earth
Tyler Rand: The people that walked in darkness
Emma Stimpfl: There were shepherds abiding in the field / And lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them / And the angel said unto them / And suddenly there was with the angel
Allie Jeffay: Then shall the eyes of the blind be opened / He shall feed his flock
Nivi Ravi: Come unto Him
Beck Saine: He that dwelleth in Heaven / Thou shalt break them
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Hand in Hand: Concert for Equity and Justice in Arts EducationHarvard Glee Club, Princeton Glee Club, Yale Glee Club
Livestream: October 17, 2020 | 7 PM EDT Register: www.onfour.live/upcoming Tickets: $5, Free for students |
The Harvard, Princeton, and Yale Glee Clubs are thrilled to present Hand in Hand, a benefit concert for equity and justice in arts education. In solidarity with Black Lives Matter, we are striving to make our music work for justice.
Sharing stories: Moving across time and space, from the “Sorrow Songs” of enslaved people to the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance.
Elevating modern artists: Including Sydney Guillaume of Portland and Reena Esmail of South Hadley. Witness incredible works from student composers, including Harvard’s own Natti Robinson ’20.
Supporting nonprofits like Castle of Our Skins, bringing Black artistry to Boston schools.
Grand finale: A new arrangement of the Isley Brothers R&B classic Caravan of Love, introduced by Dr. Cornel West.
Sharing stories: Moving across time and space, from the “Sorrow Songs” of enslaved people to the poetry of the Harlem Renaissance.
Elevating modern artists: Including Sydney Guillaume of Portland and Reena Esmail of South Hadley. Witness incredible works from student composers, including Harvard’s own Natti Robinson ’20.
Supporting nonprofits like Castle of Our Skins, bringing Black artistry to Boston schools.
Grand finale: A new arrangement of the Isley Brothers R&B classic Caravan of Love, introduced by Dr. Cornel West.
