Upcoming Events
10.9-10 | In Medio - National Treasures
Friday, October 9th @ 7:00pm
Augustana Lutheran Church
2710 NE 14th Ave., Portland, OR
Saturday, October 10th @ 2:00pm
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
11265 SW Cabot St., Beaverton, OR
"In Medio celebrates 250 years of American choral composers. We'll trace the lineage of American choral music, from early shape-note songs to African American spirituals to modern 20th and 21st century composers who have pushed the boundaries of the art form to new and expressive places. Highlights include works by Moses Hogan, Undine Smith Moore, Samuel Barber, Shawn Kirchner, Sydney Guillaume, and many other American favorites."
Augustana Lutheran Church
2710 NE 14th Ave., Portland, OR
Saturday, October 10th @ 2:00pm
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church
11265 SW Cabot St., Beaverton, OR
"In Medio celebrates 250 years of American choral composers. We'll trace the lineage of American choral music, from early shape-note songs to African American spirituals to modern 20th and 21st century composers who have pushed the boundaries of the art form to new and expressive places. Highlights include works by Moses Hogan, Undine Smith Moore, Samuel Barber, Shawn Kirchner, Sydney Guillaume, and many other American favorites."
10.24-25 | Cappella Clausura - In Her Own Words
Saturday, October 24th @ 4:00pm EDT
Emmanuel Church
15 Newbury St., Boston, MA
Sunday, October 25th @ 4:00pm EDT
Grace Episcopal Church
76 Eldredge St., Newton, MA
"Language, speech, and vocabulary - these are among the fundamental building blocks of any music written for the voice. In this performance, Cappella will celebrate the multitude of women authors and the amazing music that their works have inspired. Each author spins syllables, turns-of-phrase, and profound meanings to create her own kind of music with its own rhyme and rhythm. And women composers respond to this music with their own, like annotations in the margins that show how the text speaks to them."
*Featuring the world premiere of the SSAA voicing of While I Was Fearing It.
Emmanuel Church
15 Newbury St., Boston, MA
Sunday, October 25th @ 4:00pm EDT
Grace Episcopal Church
76 Eldredge St., Newton, MA
"Language, speech, and vocabulary - these are among the fundamental building blocks of any music written for the voice. In this performance, Cappella will celebrate the multitude of women authors and the amazing music that their works have inspired. Each author spins syllables, turns-of-phrase, and profound meanings to create her own kind of music with its own rhyme and rhythm. And women composers respond to this music with their own, like annotations in the margins that show how the text speaks to them."
*Featuring the world premiere of the SSAA voicing of While I Was Fearing It.
Fall '26 | Dead Fires Anthology - Album Release
Fall 2026, TBA
"[Recorded in July], the Dead Fires Anthology is a zine comprised of solo unaccompanied/self-accompanied works for voice composed during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic [by Drew Swatosh (they/them)]. Each piece was composed for a specific singer. [Drew chose] to name this zine after [their] setting of Jesse Redmon Fauset’s Dead Fires because of the depth of both that collaboration and how many of us had a fire in our belly at the beginning of 2020 that turned to embers, much like dead fires. There [are] 8 songs in total, which include texts by [Drew Swatosh], Carolyn Quick, and Jesse Redmon Fauset."
"[Recorded in July], the Dead Fires Anthology is a zine comprised of solo unaccompanied/self-accompanied works for voice composed during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic [by Drew Swatosh (they/them)]. Each piece was composed for a specific singer. [Drew chose] to name this zine after [their] setting of Jesse Redmon Fauset’s Dead Fires because of the depth of both that collaboration and how many of us had a fire in our belly at the beginning of 2020 that turned to embers, much like dead fires. There [are] 8 songs in total, which include texts by [Drew Swatosh], Carolyn Quick, and Jesse Redmon Fauset."
12.10-12.13 | Portland Baroque Voices + Portland Baroque Orchestra - Handel's Messiah
Thursday, December 10th (HIGHLIGHTS) @ 7:00pm
Friday, December 11th @ 7:00pm
Saturday, December 12th @ 3:00pm
Sunday, December 13th @ 3:00pm
Sanctuary Hall, First Congregational United Church of Christ
1126 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR
"Celebrate the season with Messiah, performed on period instruments just as Handel intended, infusing his music with intimacy and charm. From the triumphant "Hallelujah" to its radiant arias and resounding choruses, this beloved oratorio continues to move audiences with its beauty, drama, and hope. Returning guest director Gary Thor Wedow, a specialist in historically informed performance and longtime Juilliard faculty member, leads the orchestra alongside world-class soloists and Portland Baroque Voices, PBO's newly launched professional vocal ensemble, bringing clarity, energy, and dramatic insight to this timeless work."
Friday, December 11th @ 7:00pm
Saturday, December 12th @ 3:00pm
Sunday, December 13th @ 3:00pm
Sanctuary Hall, First Congregational United Church of Christ
1126 SW Park Avenue, Portland, OR
"Celebrate the season with Messiah, performed on period instruments just as Handel intended, infusing his music with intimacy and charm. From the triumphant "Hallelujah" to its radiant arias and resounding choruses, this beloved oratorio continues to move audiences with its beauty, drama, and hope. Returning guest director Gary Thor Wedow, a specialist in historically informed performance and longtime Juilliard faculty member, leads the orchestra alongside world-class soloists and Portland Baroque Voices, PBO's newly launched professional vocal ensemble, bringing clarity, energy, and dramatic insight to this timeless work."
12.18-19 | In Medio - A Christmas Carol
Friday, December 18th @ 7:00pm
Saturday, December 19th @ 7:00pm
Augustana Lutheran Church
2710 NE 14th Ave., Portland, OR
"Join In Medio for a newly imagined telling of Charles Dickens' holiday classic. Composer Benedict Sheehan's arrangements of beloved holiday carols are interwoven with dramatic narration by Portland-based actor Vin Shambry. Part choral concert, part theater, this is heartfelt storytelling at its finest."
Saturday, December 19th @ 7:00pm
Augustana Lutheran Church
2710 NE 14th Ave., Portland, OR
"Join In Medio for a newly imagined telling of Charles Dickens' holiday classic. Composer Benedict Sheehan's arrangements of beloved holiday carols are interwoven with dramatic narration by Portland-based actor Vin Shambry. Part choral concert, part theater, this is heartfelt storytelling at its finest."