"There can never be enough singing on this level."
-- Josiah Fisk, the Boston Herald

Recent Concert Seasons

28th Season: 2013 - 2014
November 2013
Britten: 100th Birthday Concert
A Hymn to St. Cecilia; Five Flower Songs
Motets of Phillips and Palestrina

     Fri Nov 22, 8 PM: Lindsay Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston
     Sat Nov 23, 8 PM: RISD Museum, Providence*
         *$35 General admission and reception
         Please reserve by contacting Pkimel@RISD.edu

December 2013
Christmas from Olde and New England
with the Musicians of the Old Post Road 25th Birthday Celebration

    Sat Dec 14, 3 PM: Emmanuel Church, Boston MA
    Sun Dec 15, 3 PM: First Parish UU, Sudbury MA
        For advance tickets online, please see WWW.OldPostRoad.org

Winter 2014
William Byrd and Orlando Gibbons
Madrigals and Verse Anthems

     Fri Jan 31st, 8 PM: First Lutheran Church, Boston MA
     Sat Feb 1st, 8 PM: St. Joseph Church, Providence RI

March 2014
J. S. Bach - Singe Dem Herren
Works from Florilegium Portense: Martin Roth, Lasso and Handel

    Sun March 16th, 4 PM: The Towers, Narragansett RI
    Fri March 21st, 8 PM: Providence location TBA
    Sun March 23rd, 8 PM: First Lutheran Church, Boston MA


27th Season: 2012 - 2013
October 2012
Schola Cantorum & classical guitarist Aaron Larget-Caplan
Works of Spanish Composers, featuring:
   Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Romancero Gitano (Gypsy Ballads);
   Victoria: Missa O magnum mysterium;
   Motets by Morales & villancicos by Guerrero
   
   Sat Oct 9, 8 PM: St. John's Church, Bowdoin Street, Boston MA

We will also sing JUST the Romanceros Gitano
at a Castelnuovo-Tedesco Festival:
   
   Fri September 28, 8 pm: Sayles Hall, Brown Univeristy - Free concert!

Nowell Sing We!
Medieval and Renaissance works for Christmas
Music of Byrd, Victoria, Joubert, Tallis and Pärt

   Fri December 14, 8 PM: Saint John's, Bowdoin Street, Boston
   Tickets for December 14 at the door:
   $25 general, $20 seniors, $8 students

   Sat December 15, 8 PM: Great Gallery, RISD Museum, Providence RI
   Tickets for December 15:
   $35 in advance: please contact pkimel@RISD.edu
   6:30 Galleries Open
   8:00 Concert - a Festive Reception follows!

Spring 2013: Fred's Sabbatical and Schola's Spring Break!


26th Season: 2011 - 2012
November 2011
Arvo Pärt: Stabat Mater;
Premiere of new works by Oliver Caplan and Domick DiOrio,
   with Martin Near, countertenor;
Music of Josquin Desprez
A collaboration with Juventas New Music Ensemble

    Fri Nov 18, 8 PM: Saint John's, Bowdoin Street, Boston
    Sat Nov 19, 8 PM: First Unitarian Church, Benevolent Street, Providence

February 2012
Lasso: Sacred Motets and Secular Chansons, including Magnificat, Acor che col partire
De Rore: Madrigals, and Villanelle for the Carnival Season

    Fri Feb 10, 8 PM: Saint John's, Boston MA
    Sun Feb 12, 3:30 PM: Cathedral of St John, Providence RI
        (Sunday concert presented by Museum Concerts of Rhode Island)

April 2012
Palestrina: Missa Ut Re Mi Fa Sol La;
Works of Monteverdi

    Fri April 13th, 8 PM: Saint John's, Bowdoin Street, Boston
    Sat April 14th, 7:30 PM: RISD Museum, Providence RI
          Preceeded by Gallery Talk at 7 PM


25th Season: 2010 - 2011
Byrd: Mass for Four Voices
Cantiones Sacrae 1589
Anthems and motets by Tomkins

   Fri Oct 22 at 8 PM: Saint John's, Bowdoin Street, Boston. MA
   Sat Oct 23 at 8 PM: Saint Joseph Church, Providence RI
   Sun Oct 24 at 4 PM: Emmanuel Church, Newport RI

Schutz: Musikalische Exequien
Purcell: Funeral Sentences

   Fri Feb 4 at 8 PM: Saint John's, Bowdoin Street, Boston. MA
   Sat Feb 5 at 8 PM: Saint Joseph Church, Providence RI
   Sun Feb 6 at 4 PM: Saint Paul's, Brookline MA

25th BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
Sat April 9:
Rhode Island School of Design Museum, Providence RI
In honor of the Re-Opening of the Renaissance Galleries
   6:30 PM: Galleries Open for Viewing
   7:00 PM: Gallery Talk by Maureen O’Brien
   7:30 PM: Concert
      Dufay: Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini
      Motets of Josquin, Ciconia, and Lasso
      A Gala Wine and Cheese Reception will follow!

Tickets by reservation only: $35 General Admission
Please mail your check to: Pam Kimel, RISD Museum
224 Benefit Street, Providence RI 02903
Please enter through the Benefit Street Door, in the Farago Wing
Dufay: Missa Ecce Ancilla Domini
Motets of Josquin, Ciconia, and Lasso

   Sat April 16 at 8 PM: Saint John's, 35 Bowdoin Street, Boston MA
   Sun April 17 at 3 PM: First Parish, 23 North Main Street, Cohasset MA


24th Season: 2009 - 2010
Music for the Tudors
Taverner: Small Devotion Mass
Works of Fayrfax, Sheppard and Byrd

         Fri October 23, 8 PM - St. John's Church, Boston MA
         Sat October 24, 8 PM - St. Joseph's Church, Providence RI
         Sun October 25, 4 PM - First Church, Hancock NH

Josquin des Pres: Missa Gaudeamus
Motets and Chansons of Gombert, Obrecht, and Ockeghem

         Fri Feb 5, 8 PM - St. John's Church, Boston MA
         Sat Feb 6, 8 PM - St. Joseph Church, Providence RI
         Sun Feb 7, 4 PM - St. Paul's Church, Brookline MA

Morales: Missa Ave Maris Stella
Motets of Duarte Lobo and Manuel Cardosos

         Fri April 30, 8 PM - St. John's Church, Boston MA
         Sat May 1, 8 PM - Holy Ghost Church, Providence RI
         Sun May 2, 4 PM - St. Paul's Church, Brookline MA
23rd Season: 2008 - 2009
BYRD: Mass for Five Voices
Sacred and Secular Works of Gibbons and Weelkes

         Fri October 17, 8 PM - St. John's Church, Boston MA
         Sat October 18, 8 PM - St. Joseph's Church, Providence RI
         Sun October 19, 4 PM - St. Michael's Church, Bristol RI

OCKEGHEM: Requiem
Josquin: The Deploration of Ockeghem
Motets of Brumel, Compere and de la Rue

         Fri January 30, 8 PM - St. John's Church, Boston MA
         Sat January 31, 8 PM - St. Joseph Church, Providence RI
         Sun February 1, 4 PM - St. Peter's Church, Weston MA

PALESTRINA: Missa Papae Marcelli
Randall Thompson: Horace Odes
Motets and Madrigals of Cipriano de Rore
         Fri April 17th, 8 PM - St. John's Church, Boston MA
         Sat April 18th, 8 PM - St. Peter's Church, Weston MA
         Sun April 19th, 4 PM - Holy Ghost Church, Providence RI
      Click Here for a 2008 - 2009 season brochure in Adobe PDF format
      Brochure design: Liz Aune
If you don't have Adobe Reader, you may download the most recent version here:    
22nd Season: 2007-2008
MONTEVERDI: Messa di Quattro Voce di Capella
Music of Lauridsen and de Wert

         Fri October 19, 8 PM - St. John's Church, Boston MA
         Sat October 20, 8 PM - St. Joseph's Church, Providence RI
         Sun October 21, 4 PM - St. Peter's Church, Weston MA

DUFAY: Missa Ave Regina; Lamentation on the Fall of Constantinople
Music of Ciconia, Josquin, Ockeghem

         Fri February 29, 8 PM - St. John's Church, Boston MA
         Sat March 1, 8 PM - St. Joseph Church, Providence RI
         Sun March 2, 4 PM - St. Peter's Church, Weston MA

J. S. BACH: Cantata 76: Die Himmel Erzahlen
Motet: Komm Jesu Komm; Harpsichord Concerto in D

         Fri April 4th, 8 PM - St. John's Church, Boston MA
         Sat April 5th, 8 PM - First Unitarian Church, Providence RI
         Sun April 6th, 4 PM - Congregational Church, Little Compton RI
      Click Here for a 2007 - 2008 season brochure in Adobe PDF format
      Brochure design: Liz Aune
If you don't have Adobe Reader, you may download the most recent version here:    
21st Season: 2006-2007
SCHUTZ: Cantiones Sacrae
Music of Schein, Buxtehude and Ancestors of J. S. Bach
         Fri October 20, 8 PM - St. Peter’s Church, Weston MA
         Sat October 21, 8 PM - St. Paul's Church, Pawtucket RI
         Sun October 22, 3:30 PM - Emmanuel Church, Boston

WHITE: Lamentations
Music of Byrd and Fayrfax
         Fri February 9, 8 PM - St. Peter’s Church, Weston MA
         Sat February 10, PM - St. Joseph Church, Providence RI
         Sun February 11, 3:30 PM - Emmanuel Church, Boston

BRITTEN: Hymn to St. Cecilia
Music of Palestrina and Phillips
         Fri April 13th, 8 PM - St. Peter’s Church, Weston MA
         Sat April 14th, 8 PM - St. Joseph Church, Providence RI
         Sun April 15th, 4 PM - Christ Church, Westerly RI
Click Here for a 2006 - 2007 season brochure in Adobe PDF format
      Brochure design: Liz Aune
If you don't have Adobe Reader, you may download the most recent version here:    

20th Anniversary Season: 2005-2006
500th Birthday Tribute to Thomas Tallis
Including 'Gaude Gloriosa,' selections from "Missa Puer Natus Est"
and favorite English Anthems
         Sat Oct 29, 8 PM - St. Joseph Church, Providence RI
         Sun Oct 30, 3:30 PM - Monastery Chapel of St. John, Cambridge

Music from Spanish Cathedrals
Victoria's "Missa pro Victoria"and festive works for Brass and voices
by Morales and Guerrero
   with Guest Artists the New England Waites
         Fri Feb 24, 8 PM - First Church Congregational, Cambridge
         Sun Feb 26, 3:30 PM - St. Martin's Church, Providence RI

A Tribute to Josquin
         Sat April 29, 8 PM - St. Joseph Church, Providence RI
         Sun April 30, 3:30 PM - Monastery Chapel of St. John, Cambridge

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