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UPCOMING
PERFORMANCES
AWAKENED SPIRITS
Vassar College Choir
Saturday, November 8, 2025, 7:30 P.M.
Bach’s Actus Tragicus (Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit) is among his most intimate and moving works, scored for chorus, recorders, gambas, and continuo. Paired with contemporary music by Jennifer Lucy Cook, Ola Gjeilo, Adolphus Hailstork, Shavon Lloyd, and Tarik O’Regan, this program explores loss and longing while affirming resilience, hope, and renewal. Featuring guest musicians, Ruth Cunningham, Wendy Powers, recorder, Patricia Ann Neely, Adam Young, viola da gamba, Christine Gummere, cello, James Fitzwilliam, organ and piano.
Skinner Hall of Music, Vassar College
124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
(free and open to the public)
WHERE THE WIND LEADS
Vassar College Treble Chorus
Saturday, November 15, 2025, 7:30 P.M.
Tracing a path through nature’s elemental voices, this program reflects on how the natural world shapes our search for peace, hope, and renewal. Works by Elaine Hagenberg, Reena Esmail, Shawn Kirchner, Annea Lockwood, Mia Makaroff, Imant Raminsh, Andrea Ramsey, R. Murray Schafer, and a regional premiere of “The Winds” by Laura Jekabsone. Susan Brown, piano
Skinner Hall of Music, Vassar College
124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
(free and open to the public)
REQUIEM FOR THE LIVING: A Journey of Remembrance and Hope
Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir
Saturday, November 22, 2025, 4:00 P.M.
Dan Forrest’s Requiem for the Living with chamber orchestra, and works by Jonathan Dove, Elaine Hagenberg, and Zanaida Robles.
Christ Episcopal Church, Poughkeepsie, NY
20 Carroll Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12603
GCS HOLIDAY FAMILY CONCERT
Greenwich Choral Society
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 2:30 P.M.
Bring the whole family for a holiday concert full of fun and discovery! Sing along with the choir, hear the sparkle of the orchestra, and meet our amazing soloists. Travel through the music of Bach, Britten, and Margaret Bonds—and laugh along with the hilarious Musicological Journey through Christmas! With guest ensemble, the Greenwich Academy Madrigal Singers, Erica McCants, conductor, Regina Krawiec, soprano, Naomi Steele, mezzo-soprano, Shavon Lloyd, baritone, and Edward Pleasant, narrator. (60 min.)
Kids get in for free! To order free children & student tickets, call the Box Office at (203) 622-5136
Christ Church Greenwich, 254 E Putnam Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830
A SERVICE OF LESSONS AND CAROLS
Advent Service, Vassar College
Saturday, December 6, 7:00 P.M.
Featuring a newly commissioned work by poet Paul Kane and composer Colin Britt, this annual Advent service at the Vassar College Chapel features readings, choral anthems, and congregational carols, culminating in a candle lighting ceremony. Vassar College Choir, Chamber Singers, and Treble Chorus, and Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir will perform.
Vassar College Chapel
124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
(free and open to the public)
A CHRISTMAS TAPESTRY: BACH, BRITTEN, BONDS
Greenwich Choral Society
Sunday, December 7, 2025,
2:30 P.M. & 5:30 P.M.
Celebrate the season with our traditional holiday concert, featuring Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, Bach’s exuberant Christen, ätzet diesen Tag, BWV 63, Margaret Bonds’ Ballad of the Brown King, and Craig Courtney’s hilarious Musicological Journey through Christmas—performed with orchestra and soloists. Regina Krawiec, soprano, Naomi Steel, mezzo-soprano, Chad Kranak, tenor, Shavon Lloyd, baritone. (90 min.)
Christ Church Greenwich, 254 E Putnam Ave, Greenwich, CT 06830
HANDEL'S MESSIAH
The Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra
Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir
Saturday, December 20, 3:00 P.M.
The Hudson Valley Symphony Orchestra and Cappella Festiva Chamber Choir join forces to present Handel’s Messiah. Sara LeMesh, soprano, Holly Sorenson, mezzo-soprano, Lawrence Jones, tenor, Michael Hoffman, baritone.
Vassar College Chapel
124 Raymond Ave., Poughkeepsie, NY 12604