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December
31
January
​1

Levine ​Vigil for Peace (WORLD PREMIERE)
Clarion

On New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, The Clarion Choir will give the world premiere of the Vigil for Peace by London-based composer Alexander Levine alongside several shorter choral works by Sergei Rachmaninoff, including the Choral Concerto O Mother of God Perpetually Praying, as part of Clarion's ongoing celebration of Rachmaninoff's 150th anniversary year.

Sunday, December 31, 2023 at 5 PM
Monday, January 1, 2024 at 5 PM
Church of the Resurrection, 119 E. 74th Street, NYC

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February
​1

Philippe Petit: The Ribbon Walk
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

In The Ribbon Walk, Philippe Petit (of World Trade Center fame) will walk a high wire through the ribbons of Anne Patterson's Divine Pathways in a one-night only special event at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine. The evening will also include live music.

​February 1, 2024, 6pm

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February
​8

A Golden Wire with Nola Richardson, soprano
Aspect Chamber Concerts

Parker Ramsey, Harp
Arnie Tanamoto, Viola da Gamba
Nola Richardson, Soprano
Purcell, Eccles and Blow 
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Feb 8, 2024 | 7 pm
Blue Gallery, New York, NY

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February
​11

A Golden Wire with Nola Richardson, soprano
Museum Concerts of Rhode Island

Parker Ramsey, Harp
Arnie Tanamoto, Viola da Gamba
Nola Richardson, Soprano
Purcell, Eccles and Blow 
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Feb 11, 2024 | 3:30 pm
First Unitarian Church at One Benevolent St., Providence, RI

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February
​15-18

Enlightenment Festival: A Scarlatti Family Affair
Seraphic Fire

Thu, Feb 15, 7:30 pm | St. Sophia Greek Orthodox, Miami
Fri, Feb 16, 7:30 pm | St. Philip's Episcopal, Coral Gables
Sat, Feb 17, 7:30 pm | All Saints Episcopal, Ft. Lauderdale
Sun, Feb 18, 4:00 pm | All Souls Episcopal, Miami Beach

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February
​22-25

Enlightenment Festival: A Visit with Haydn
​Seraphic Fire

Thu, Feb 22, 7:00 pm | Vanderbilt Presbyterian, Naples
Fri, Feb 23, 8:00 pm | Church of the Little Flower, Coral Gables
Sat, Feb 24, 7:30 pm | All Saints Episcopal, Ft. Lauderdale
Sun, Feb 25, 4:00 pm | St. Gregory's Episcopal, Boca Raton

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March
​7

Bach ​B Minor Mass
American Classical Orchestra

Nola Richardson, soprano
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Steven Soph, tenor
Steven Eddy, bass
​
Thomas Crawford, conductor
ACO Chorus

Thurs., Mar. 7, 2024, 7:30 pm
Alice Tully Hall, Lincoln Center

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March
​17

Spring Concert: Bach Inspired
​Bach Choir of Bethlehem

Bach Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott, BWV 80 + works of Shaw and Buxtehude
​Nola Richardson, soprano
Janna Critz, mezzo soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Edmund Milly, bass
Christopher Jackson, conductor

March 17, 2024 @ 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem, PA

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March
​21

Bach Magnificat and ​Easter Oratorio
​Cantata Collective

On Bach’s Birthday, March 21, 2024, the Orchestra and Chorus of Cantata Collective continues its series of Bach choral masterpieces with the Magnificat and Easter Oratorio led by Nic McGegan along with a superstar roster of soloists: Nola Richardson, soprano; Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor; Thomas Cooley, tenor; and Harrison Hintzsche, bass.

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March
​24

Brahms Requiem
ChoralArt Portland

Nola Richardson, soprano
Enrico Lagasca, bass
Robert Russell, conductor
Kellie Moody and Annie Antonacos, pianists

Saturday, March 23, 2024 - 3:30pm (Preview/Dress Rehearsal)
Sunday, March 24, 2024 - 2:30pm
Woodfords Congregational Church,
202 Woodford St, Portland, ME 04103

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March
​29

Bach BWV 199: Mein Herze schwimmt im Blut
Holy Trinity Lutheran Bach Vespers

Nola Richardson, soprano and director

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April
​7

Recital: The French Connection
​Pro Musica Rara Baltimore

The French Connection
Nola Richardson, soprano
Aaron Sheehan, tenor
Cynthia Roberts, violin
Adam Pearl, harpsichord

This is a French program of arias and duets as well instrumental chamber music by Jean Philippe Rameau, Marc Antoine Charpentier and Marin Marais.

Sunday, April 7 at 3:30 pm
Grace Methodist Church
5407 N Charles St.
Baltimore, MD 21210

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April
12

Gala 2024: Some Enchanted Evening
​Baltimore Choral Arts Society

Join us on a voyage from the South Pacific to the icy North Atlantic – an ode to great American songs of the sea. We welcome you to the shores of our Inner Harbor at the Baltimore Museum of Industry at 6:30PM on Friday, April 12th, 2024, to experience ‘Some Enchanted Evening’!

The 2024 Baltimore Choral Arts Gala will inspire awe with musical favorites from Hammerstein to Horner, featuring superstar soprano Nola Richardson alongside our Choral Arts Vocal Fellows.

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April
​17

Masked Gala 2024
​Clarion

17 April 2024 at 6:30 pm
The Metropolitan Club
1 East 60th Street, NYC

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April
​20

Masterworks: Music of Vivaldi, Monteverdi, & Haydn
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

Saturday, April 20, 2024
7pm - 9pm

April
​27

Mozart Requiem
Modus Operandi Orchestra
New York, NY

Mozart  Piano Concerto No. 12 K. 414 (Movement I only)
Mozart  Requiem K. 626
​
Aydan Ferrao, Piano 

Justin Bischof, Conductor 
​
St. Mary Church
April 27th 7:30 pm

April
​28

Whitbourne Annelies
The Dessoff Choirs

Nola Richardson, soprano
Malcolm J. Merriwether, conductor

Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 4:00 pm
Minnie Petrie Synagogue @ Hebrew Union College
1 West 4th Street New York, NY, 10012 

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May
​1

Bach B Minor Mass
Clarion

Jessica Beebe, Molly Quinn, and Nola Richardson, sopranos
Aryssa Burrs and Hannah Baslee, altos
Brian Giebler and Oliver Mercer, tenors
Scott Dispensa, baritone
Joseph Beutel, bass
Steven Fox, conductor

1 May 2024 at 8 pm
Park Avenue Christian Church
85th Street at Park Avenue, NYC

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May
​6

Handel ​Samson
Oratorio Society of New York

Nola Richardson soprano
Mary Beth Nelson mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones tenor
Sidney Outlaw baritone
Joseph Beutel bass-baritone
Kent Tritle, conductor

May 6, 2024 • 7 PM
​CARNEGIE HALL, NY

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May
​24, 25

Handel Amadigi di Gaula
Ars Lyrica Houston

Amadigi — Randall Scotting, countertenor 
Oriana — Nola Richardson, soprano
Melissa — Raven McMillon, soprano 
Dardano — Nicholas Garza, countertenor

Friday, May 24, 2024 at 7:30 pm 
Saturday, May 25, 2024 at 7:30 pm (+ live concert broadcast)
Zilkha Hall, The Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

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June
​4

Bach at Noon
​Bach Choir of Bethlehem

More details TBA

June
​6-16

Tour to Leipzig, Potsdam, Schwäbisch-Gmünd, Salzburg
Bach Choir of Bethlehem

Nola Richardson, soprano
Janna Critz, mezzo soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
Edmund Milly, bass
Christopher Jackson, conductor
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem

Concert in Nikolaikirche Potsdam – 5pm
8th June | Berlin/Potsdam

Concert in the Thomaskirche – 5pm
10th June |  Leipzig – Bachfest

Concert in the Heilig-Kreuz-Münster – 7pm
13th June | Schwäbisch-Gmünd

Concert in the Salzburg Cathedral – 6:30pm
15th June | Salzburg

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June
​23

Handel and Purcell Odes
​Corona del Mar Festival
​Newport Beach, CA 

Nola Richardson, soprano
Clifton Massey, countertenor
Jesse Blumberg, baritone
Festival Orchestra and Chorus, directed by Elizabeth Blumenstock

Henry Purcell (1659-1695): Suite from Dioclesian (instrumental selections)
Purcell: In nomine in six parts for strings, Z. 746
Purcell: Ode, Welcome to All the Pleasures (tenor soloist: Gregório Taniguchi)
-intermission-
George Frideric Handel (1685-1759): Concerto Grosso Op. 6, No. 11
Handel: Ode for the Birthday of Queen Anne

​Sunday, June 23 2024, 4:00 pm
St Mark's Presbyterian Church, Newport Beach

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July
​31

Storms, Shipwrecks, and Sorcery
Lakes Area Music Festival
Brainerd, MN

Chloe Fedor, violin and leader
Nola Richardson, soprano

JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER:Die Fechtschule (The Fencing School)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL:Armida Abbandonata
JOHANN HEINRICH SCHMELZER:Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinando III
ANTONIO VIVALDI:Violin Concerto Op. 8, No. 5, Tempesta di Mare (Tempest of the Sea)
GIOVANNI BATTISTA BUONAMENTE:Sonata for Three Violins
HENRY PURCELL:Three Parts Upon a Ground
MATTHEW LOCKE:Curtain Tune from The Tempest
LOUIS-NICOLAS CLÉRAMBAULT:Médée
HENRY PURCELL:Chaconne from The Fairy Queen

Wed, Jul 31, 2024, 7:30PM
Gichi-ziibi Center for the Arts, Brainerd, MN

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August
​8

Bach B Minor Mass
Aspen Music Festival
​Aspen, CO

Robert Spano, conductor
Patrick Dupre Quigley, artistic director
Nola Richardson, soloist and ensemble
Seraphic Fire

Thursday, August 8 at 6 pm
​Harris Concert Hall

More info TBA

September​13, 14

Hasse Marc' Antonio e Cleopatra
Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado
​Denver, CO

Cleopatra - Nola Richardson, soprano
Marc' Antonio - Kristin Gornstein, mezzo soprano
Frank Nowell, harpsichord
Cynthia Freivogel, concertmaster

​Friday, September 13 at 7:30 pm 
Saturday afternoon, September 14 at 3 pm
St. Thomas Church, Denver

More info TBA

September
​15

Cantata Insight Series, BWV: 39
Colorado Bach Ensemble
Denver, CO

Cantata Insight Series
​BWV 39: Birch dem Hungrigen dein Brot

​James Kim, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano

Sunday, September 15 at 6 pm
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Littleton, CO

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October
​13

Buxtehude Membra Jesu Nostri
Yale Choral Artists
​New Haven, CT

Jeffrey Douma, conductor

Sunday, October 13 at 4 pm
​Christ Church, New Haven

More info TBA

October
​20
​

"Love and Laurels" - Handel Apollo e Dafne
Twelfth Night Ensemble (DEBUT)
Presented by Chatham Baroque, Pittsburgh, PA

Twelfth Night Ensemble
Nola Richardson, soprano
Roderick Williams OBE, baritone

​Sunday, October 20 at 4 pm
​Calvary Episcopal Church, Shadyside

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October
​23
​

"Love and Laurels" - Handel Apollo e Dafne
Twelfth Night Ensemble
New York, NY

Twelfth Night Ensemble
Nola Richardson, soprano
Roderick Williams OBE, baritone

Wednesday, October 23 at 7 pm
​United Palace, NY, NY

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October
26​

"Love and Laurels" - Handel Apollo e Dafne
Twelfth Night Ensemble
Presented by The Friends of Chamber Music Kansas City

Twelfth Night Ensemble
Nola Richardson, soprano
Roderick Williams OBE, baritone

Saturday, October 26 at 7 pm
​Atonement Lutheran Church, KS

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November
​16, 17

Humperdinck Hansel and Gretel
Helena Symphony
Helena, MT

Allen R. Scott, conductor
Grant Preisser, stage director
Nola Richardson, Gretel

Saturday, November 16 at 7:30 pm
Sunday, November 17 
Helena Civic Center
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December
​3

Clarion
Union Club Concert
New York, NY

Steven Fox, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano (soloist for Christmas Oratorio Part 6)
Works of Brahms, Bach, etc. 

December
7, 8

BWV: 1 and The Consolation of Apollo
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem
Bethlehem and Allentown, PA

Christopher Jackson, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano

BWV 1: Wie Schön leuchtet der Morgenstern
Kile Smith's The Consolation of Apollo

Saturday, December 7 at 4 pm
First Presbyterian Church, Allentown
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Sunday, December 8 at 4 pm 
First Presbyterian Church, Bethlehem
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December
​15

Bach Christmas Oratorio Parts 1, 2, 3, 6
Washington Bach Consort (DEBUT)
North Bethesda, MD

Dana Marsh, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Meg Bragle, alto
Gene Stenger, tenor'
​Paul Max Tipton, bass

Sunday, December 15 at 3 pm
Music Center at Strathmore
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December
​23

Handel Messiah
Oratorio Society of New York
New York, NY

Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Joshua Blue, tenor
Joseph Parrish, bass-baritone

Monday, December 23 at 7 pm
Stern Auditorium at Carnegie Hall
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December
31
January 
​1

New Year's Concerts
Clarion
New York, NY

Selections from Vigil for Peace by Alexander Levine
African-American Spirituals arranged by William Dawson
‘Deus Meus’ and ‘Chiboty’ by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Sacred Motets by Anton Bruckner and Giovanni Gabrieli
    
The Clarion Choir
Steven Fox, conductor

Tue 31 Dec 2024 at 5pm
Wed 1 Jan 2025 at 5pm
Church of the Resurrection

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