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Archive: 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

March
​27-30

*CANCELLED* "Faire is the Heaven"
The American Bach Soloists

Nola Richardson & Clara Rottsolk, sopranos
Nicholas Burns, countertenor
James Reese (debut) & Steven Brennfleck, tenors
Jesse Blumberg & William Sharp, baritones
American Bach Soloists
Jeffrey Thomas, conductor​

Schütz: Musikalische Exequien
Weckmann: Weine nicht & Canzons
Bruhns: Mein Herz ist bereit
Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, Cantata 106

Friday March 27 2020 8:00 p.m.
   St. Stephen’s Church, Belvedere
Saturday March 28 2020 7:00 p.m.
   First Congregational Church, Berkeley
Sunday March 29 2020 4:00 p.m.
   St. Mark’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco
Monday March 30 2020 7:00 p.m.
   Davis Community Church, Davis

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April
​4

*CANCELLED* Semi-finals
Oratorio Society of New York


April
​12

*CANCELLED* Bach: Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
Holy Trinity Lutheran Bach Vespers

Avi Stein, Conductor
​Nola Richardson, Soprano

April
​20

*CANCELLED* Bach + One, BWV 18
Trinity Wall Street

Julian Wachner, Conductor
Nola Richardson, Soprano

April
​25-26

*CANCELLED* Monteverdi: Vespers of 1610
Madison Bach Musicians

Andrew Megill, conductor 
Dark Horse Consort, cornetti & sackbuts 

Sarah Brailey, soprano
Nola Richardson, soprano
Jay Carter, countertenor
Gene Stenger, tenor 
Dan Coakwell, tenor
Joshua Copeland, bass-baritone

Saturday, April 25, 2020
7:15 pm lecture/ 8 pm concert

First Unitarian Society of Madison – Atrium Auditorium


Sunday, April 26, 2020
2:45 pm lecture/ 3:30 pm concert

First Unitarian Society of Madison – Atrium Auditorium


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May
​ 3

*CANCELLED* Haydn: The Creation
Mineola Choral Society

Nola Richardson, Soprano
Gene Stenger, Tenor
Joseph Beutel, Bass
Thomas Jones, Conductor

Sunday, May 3, 2020 at 3 PM
​Temple Emanuel, Great Neck, NY

May
5​

*CANCELLED* Bach: B Minor Mass
Clarion

The Clarion Choir
The Clarion Orchestra
Steven Fox, Conductor

5 May 2020 8pm
Church of St. Jean Baptiste
Lexington Avenue at 76th Street

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May
​17

*CANCELLED* Mozart: Requiem
Baltimore Choral Arts Society

Nola Richardson, soprano
Katelyn Jackman, mezzo-soprano
Steven Soph, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone
Philip Munds, horn
The Baltimore Choral Arts Orchestra
Anthony Blake Clark, Conductor

Wolfgang A. Mozart - Horn Concerto No. 1 in D major, K. (412+514)/386b
Benjamin Britten - Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings, Op. 31
Mozart - Requiem in D minor, K. 626

Shriver Hall Auditorium, 3 PM
​Baltimore, MD

​More info

June
​12-21

*CANCELLED* Leipzig Bach Festival and tour
Bethlehem Bach Society

Nola Richardson, Soprano Soloist
Greg Funfgeld, Conductor

June 15, 2020
  Thomaskirche, Leipzig

June 17, 2020
   Kirchensaal, Herrnhut

June 18, 2020
   Kreuzkirche, Dresden

June 20, 2020
   The Church of the Holy Savior, Prague

July
​21

"The Well-Caffeinated Clavier"
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

Naumburg Orchestral Concerts Summer Series

Richard Egarr, conductor & harpsichord
Nola Richardson, soprano
Jimmy Reese, tenor
Cody Quattlebaum, bass

BACH Harpsichord Concerto No. 7 in G minor, BWV 1058
BACH Cantata No. 211, Schweigt stille, plaudert nicht, BWV 211, “Coffee Cantata”
BACH Harpsichord Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
BACH Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068

Tuesday, July 21, 2020 at 7 PM
Temple Emanu-El Streicker Center, New York, NY

More details TBA

Highlighted Past Events

2020

  • Soloist and Chorister, "Baroque Spectacular"; Voices of Ascension - Dennis Keene; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Monmouth Civic Chorale - Thomas Jones; Mineola, NY
  • Soloist, "The Well-Caffeinated Clavier", Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Richard Egarr; San Francisco, CA
  • Soloist and Chorister. Bach's B Minor Mass; Spire Chamber Ensemble - Ben Spaulding; Kansas City, MO

2019

  • Fraarte, Handel's Radamisto, Opera Lafayette - Ryan Brown, Sean Curran; Kennedy Center; Hunter College, NY
  • Recital, "Nola Richardson Performs Bach and Handel", with The American Bach Soloists; San Francisco, CA
  • Soloist, "Favorite Cantatas", The American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Chorister, "Byrd, Whitacre, and Taverner", Musica Sacra - Kent Tritle; New York, NY
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Timeless Bach"; The American Classical Orchestra - Thomas Crawford; Lincoln Center
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Korean Choral Treasures"; Seraphic Fire - EJ Yoon; Miami, FL
  • First Prize, Keller Bach Distinguished Musician Award, Grand Rapids Bach Festival; Grand Rapids, MI
  • Chorister, Handel's Semele; The English Concert - Harry Bicket; International tour (Barbican, Carnegie)
  • Soloist, Bach's St. John Passion; Saint Peter's Bach Collegium - Balint Karosi; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Haydn's The Creation; Master Chorale of South Florida - Brett Karlin; Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Euridice/Proserpina, Monteverdi's Orfeo; Baroque Chamber Orchestra of CO - Stephen Stubbs; Denver, CO
  • Anima, Cavallieri's Rappresentatione del Anima e del Corpo; St. Peter's Lutheram - Balint Karosi; NY. NY
  • Virginia Best Adams Masterclass Fellow, Carmel Bach Festival
  • Soloist and TENET ensemble member, “Hilary Hahn: Bach Under the Stars”; Skaneateles Music Festival, NY
  • Guest Soloist with Seraphic Fire for BWV 106, Aspen Music Festival - Robert Spano, Aspen, CO
  • Recital, "American Music from 1750-1940", Light and Shadow - pianist, Trevor Stephenson, Madison, WI; MI
  • Soloist and Chorister, "The Boys of '85", Bach Akademie Charlotte - Scott Jarrett; Iowa City, IA; Charlotte, NC
  • Soloist and Chorister, Hildegard von Bingen’s Ordo Virtutum; Seraphic Fire - PD Quigley; FL and IN
  • Angelo, Gianettini’s L’Uomo in Bivio, Academy of Sacred Drama - Jeremy Rhizor; NY, NY
  • Soloist, “Noel”, American Classical Orchestra - Thomas Crawford; NY, NY
  • Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra - Osmo Vänskä; Pittsburgh, PA
  • Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver and Fort Collins, CO
  • Soloist, Handel’s Messiah, Seattle Symphony - Matthew Halls; Seattle, WA

2018

  • Recital, "Concerts at the Palazzo", with Paul Sullivan; Blue Hill, ME
  • Recital, "Songs of Solitude and Longing" with Yevgeny Yontov; New Haven and Norwalk, CT
  • Soloist and Chorister, "St. Matthew Passion"; Seraphic Fire - Patrick Dupre Quigley; Miami, FL
  • Belinda, Dido and Aeneas, and "Coffee Cantata"; Madison Bach Musicians - Trevor Stephenson; Madison, WI
  • Soloist and Chorister, Bach Mass in B Minor; Yale Alumni Chorus - Masaaki Suzuki; New Haven, CT
  • First Prize, Audrey Rooney Bach Competition; Lexington, KY
  • Recital, "For Whom the Trumpet Tolls" with Josh Cohen and ACRONYM; Washington, DC
  • Soloist and Chorister, Haydn's Harmoniemesse; Clarion - Steven Fox; New York, NY
  • Guest Soloist, Bach Mass in B Minor; Blue Hill Bach Festival; Blue Hill, ME
  • Guest Soloist and Chorister with Seraphic Fire at the Aspen Music Festival; Aspen, CO
  • Soloist, "Sparkle 2018: Versailles"; Annual Gala for American Bach Soloists; SF, CA
  • Soloist, "The Parting of the Re(e)d Sea"; Academy of Sacred Drama; NY, NY
  • Soloist, "Bach for the Holidays"; Baroque Chamber Orchestra of Colorado; Denver, CO
  • Soloist, "Joy to the World: A Christmas Suite"; Monmouth Civic Chorus-Ryan Brandeau; Red Bank, NJ

2017

  • Soloist, "A Weekend in Paris"; The American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Erste Dame, Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, Clarion - Steven Fox and Alain Gauthier; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Coffee Cantata BWV 211; Mountainside Baroque - Nordstrom and Mullaney; Cumberland, MD
  • Soloist, St. Matthew Passion and Messiah; Messiah Festival of the Arts - Mark Lucas; Lindsborg, KS
  • Soloist, Handel's La Resurrezione; The American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Stern Vocal Fellow, Songfest; Los Angeles, CA
  • Guest Soloist, Bach Mass in F; Blue Hill Bach Festival; Blue Hill, ME
  • Guest Soloist, Handel Apollo e Dafne; Bay Chamber Concerts Screen Door Festival; Rockport, ME
  • Chorister, 150 Psalms Project; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Utrecht Early Music Festival, the Netherlands
  • Finalist, International Baroque Singing Competition of Froville, France
  • ​Soloist, BWV 68; The Bach Choir of Bethlehem - Greg Funfgeld; Bethlehem, PA
  • Soloist, Handel Dixit Dominus, BWV 14; The Baltimore Choral Arts Society - Anthony Blake Clark; Baltimore, MD
  • Chorister, 150 Psalms Project; The Choir of Trinity Wall Street; Lincoln Center White Lights Festival; NY, NY
  • Soloist, C.P.E. Bach Magnificat; American Classical Orchestra - Thomas Crawford; NY, NY
  • Soloist, Handel Messiah; Colorado Symphony Orchestra - Brett Mitchell; Denver, CO
  • Soloist, Handel Messiah; ​Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver, CO

2016

  • Soloist, Arvo Pärt Passio; Yale Schola Cantorum - David Hill; New York, NY, St. Petersburg, Tallinn, Riga
  • Soloist, BWV 10; Yale Schola Cantorum - Matthew Halls; New Haven, CT
  • Soloist, Haydn Creation; Yale Glee Club - Jeffrey Douma; New Haven, CT
  • Soloist, Monteverdi Vespers of 1610; Yale Schola Cantorum - David Hill; New Haven, CT
  • Soloist, Stravinsky Les Noces; Yale Camerata - Marguerite Brooks; New Haven, CT
  • First Prize, 2016 American Bach Society Competition; Bethlehem, PA
  • Third Prize and Audience Favorite, 2016 Handel Aria Competition; Madison, WI
  • Guest Soloist, Blue Hill Bach Festival; Blue Hill, ME
  • Guest Soloist, Norfolk Chamber Music Festival, Norfolk, CT
  • Soloist, World Premiere of Ezra Laderman's Voices: New Music New Haven - Chris Theofanidis; New Haven, CT
  • Chorister, Steinberg Passion Week; Clarion - Steven Fox; St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia
  • Soloist, Beethoven Missa Solemnis; Chorus Pro Musica - Jamie Kirsch; Boston, MA
  • Soloist, Mendelssohn Elijah; Oratorio Chorale - Emily Isaacson; Portland, ME
  • Soloist, Bach B Minor Mass; Master Chorale of South Florida - Brett Karlin; Fort Lauderdale, Miami, FL
  • Soloist, Bach Magnificat, Vivaldi Gloria; New Dominion Chorale - Thomas Beveridge; Arlington, VA
  • Soloist, Handel Messiah; Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver, CO

2015

  • Soloist, Handel Acis and Galatea; The American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Soloist, Charpentier and Couperin Tenebrae settings; Les Délices - Debra Nagy; Cleveland, OH
  • Soloist and Chorister, World Premiere of William's O Brother Man; Yale Schola Cantorum; NY, UK/France tour
  • Soloist, "Simply Sondheim" Review; Boston Pops - Keith Lockhart; Boston, MA
  • Vocal Fellow, Tanglewood; Program led by Dawn Upshaw; Lennox, MA
  • Soloist and Chorister, Bach Lutheran Masses; Yale Schola Cantorum - Masaaki Suzuki, New York, NY
  • Soloist, Handel Dixit Dominus; Yale SC - David Hill; National Collegiate Choral Conference, Portland, OR

2014

  • Recital, Academy Art Museum Music at Noon Series; Easton, MD
  • Soloist, Bach St. John Passion; Bach in Baltimore Series, Baltimore, MD
  • Soloist, Vivaldi Gloria; Champlain Valley Chorale - Karen Becker; Plattsburgh, NY
  • Soloist, BWV 51, Scarlatti Su le Sponde; Baltimore Symphony Orchestra; Baltimore, MD
  • Soloist and Chorister, Zelenka Missa Dei Patris; Yale Schola Cantorum - Masaaki Suzuki; NY, NY, Boston, MA
  • Soloist, Bach Magnificat, BWV 51, Baltimore Choral Arts - Tom Hall; New Haven, CT
  • Recital, "Madrigals and More"; Yale Voxtet - Nicholas McGegan; New Haven, CT
  • Soloist and Chorister, Music of Charpentier; Yale Schola Cantorum - Simon Carrington; New Haven, CT
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