2008: January 6 May 31 December 7 December 12 & 13 2009: January 4 March 16 March 22 June 6 November 22 December 13
St. Cecilia's Catholic Church, Wilbraham, Mass.
January 6, 2008This program entitled Appalachian Nativity featured American carols by William Billings, Morten Lauridsen, John Jacob Niles, Randall Thompson, and others. It was repeated at two additional venues including Notre Dame Church in Easthampton (December 14, 2007) and the Newman Catholic Center at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst (December 15, 2007). View program p.1, p.2
Edwards Church, Northampton, Mass.
May 31, 2008Schola Nova and the Edwards Church Choir joined forces in the stunning Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen, and performed separately selections from their standard repetoires of sacred choral works. View Program.
Newman Catholic Center, Univ. of Mass. at Amherst
December 7, 2008Schola Nova presents O Magnum Mysterium, a program of choral music for the celebrations of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany composed by J.S. Bach, Josquin Desprez, Cristóbal de Morales, Tomás Luis De Victoria, Hans Leo Hassler, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Jacob Handl (Gallus).
Christ Church, Guilford, Vt.
December 12 & 13, 2008As part of Christ Church's popular music series, Schola Nova performed a sampling of a capella Renaissance motets selected from their O Magnum Mysterium program.
St. Paul's Catholic Church, Springfield, Mass.
January 4, 2009Schola Nova presents O Magnum Mysterium, a program of choral music for the celebrations of Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany composed by J.S. Bach, Josquin Desprez, Cristóbal de Morales, Tomás Luis De Victoria, Hans Leo Hassler, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, and Jacob Handl (Gallus).
West Springfield High School, West Springfield, Mass.
March 16, 2009As part of a local choral festival featuring choirsters from East Longmeadow High School, Pioneer Valley Regional High School, and host West Springfield High, Schola Nova enjoyed the status of "senior choir" and presented a selection of sacred a cappella pieces familiar to our audiences.
Sacred Heart Church, Feeding Hills, Mass.
March 22, 2009Schola Nova presented Of the Father's Love Begotten an a cappella program of contemporary and Renaissance pieces including those by Biebl, Josquin, Lauridsen, Morales, Scarlatti, and others.
First Church of Christ, Longmeadow, Mass.
June 6, 2009Presented twice this Spring--once at First Church of Christ and again at the Unitarian Society of Northampton (June 7, 2009)--this program, entitled Rejoice in the Lamb, featured contemporary, a cappella works as well as works with organ or organ and percussion. Three prayers by Arvo Pärt and Britten's ever popular "Rejoice in the Lamb" bookended the program with a selection of smaller sacred choral works filling out the middle.
Sacred Heart Church, Feeding Hills, Mass.
November 22, 2009CORNUCOPIA--a concert for Thanksgiving: Schola Nova sang contemporary and Renaissance a cappella masterworks in celebration of the Thanksgiving holiday. The program included works by William Byrd, Josquin Desprez, John Rutter, Alessandro Scarlatti, Ludwig Senfl, and others. A concert preview was offered before the 4p.m. Mass Saturday, November 21st.
Immaculate Conception Parish, Easthampton, Mass.
December 13, 2009ONCE IN ROYAL DAVID'S CITY--a program of Lessons & Carols: Schola Nova presented traditional Biblical readings interspersed with beloved arrangements of carols by John Rutter and David Willcocks, standard hymns, and choral masterworks by such composers as Benjamin Britten, William Boyce, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Gustav Holst, Randall Thompson, and others. A concert preview was offered before the 4p.m. Mass Saturday, December 12th.
