UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Archive: 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

June 28

Apolo y Dafne
​La Sonnambula (Ensemble Debut)

Nola makes her debut with acclaimed baroque ensemble La Sonnambula in an abridged, recorded production of the 17th century zarzuela "Apolo y Dafne" by Sebastián Durón (1660-1716) and Juan de Navas (ca. 1650-1719). This event is a collaboration with The Hispanic Society of America.

Available to view on June 28th!

August 7

"The Garden of Harmony
American Bach Soloists Summer Festival

A sensational program of music about birds, animals, and the harmony of nature 

​Nola Richardson, soprano
Corey Jamason, organ
Elizabeth Blumenstock, violin
Tekla Cunningham, violin
YuEun Gemma Kim, violin
Rachell Ellen Wong, violin
American Bach Soloists • Jeffrey Thomas, conductor


Saturday August 7 • 7:00 p.m. • Herbst Theatre, San Francisco, CA

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August 16-21

Blue Hill Bach Festival 

Blue Hill, ME

Three concert programs will be announced shortly!

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September 21

"Bach, Handel, and Hercules"
Ars Lyrica Houston (Ensemble Debut)

Nola Richardson, soprano
Aryeh Nussbaum Cohen, countertenor
Leia Lensing, mezzo-soprano
Steven Brennfleck, tenor
Jason Zacher, bass

G. F. Handel, The Choice of Hercules, HWV 69 
J. S. Bach, Hercules at the Crossroads, BWV 213

Friday, September 24 at 7:30 pm
Zilkha Hall, Hobby Center for the Performing Arts

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October
​15, 16

"The Joy of Mozart"
​Grand Rapids Symphony

Marcelo Lehninger, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Grace Kim, violin
Leslie Van Becker, viola

MOZART Overture to Così fan tutte
MOZART Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola, and Strings
MOZART Exsultate, jubilate
MOZART Symphony No.38, "Prague"

Friday, October 15, 2021 at 8:00 PM
DeVos Performance Hall

Saturday, October 16, 2021 at 8:00 PM
DeVos Performance Hall

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December
10, 11, 12

Handel ​Messiah
Kansas City Symphony (Orchestra Debut)

Patrick Dupré Quigley, Guest Conductor
Kansas City Symphony Chorus, Charles Bruffy, Chorus Director
Nola Richardson, Soprano
Clara Osowski, Mezzo-Soprano
Andrew Owens, Tenor
Kenneth Kellogg, Bass

Friday, December 10, 2021 7:00 PM
Saturday, December 11, 2021 7:00 PM
Sunday, December 12, 2021 2:00 PM

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December
​15-19

Handel Messiah
​American Bach Soloists

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RECENT PERFORMANCES

April 2021

Virtual Concert with Musica Angelica (Orchestra Debut)

Nola will collaborate with renowned LA-based Baroque Orchestra Musica Angelica in a program featuring works of Bach, Handel, and Vivaldi.
BWV 202: Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten
Handel's "Sweet Bird" from L'Allegro, il Penseroso, ed il Moderato
Handel's "Rejoice" from Messiah

Airing on Musica Angelica's YouTube on April 30th!

May 2021

Virtual Concert with the Atlanta Symphony (Orchestra Debut)

Nola makes her debut with the Atlanta Symphony led by conductor Robert Spano in a virtual concert of Bach cantatas and arias, In the Key of Bach, directed by Hilan Warshaw.

Television broadcast on Georgia Public Broadcasting on June 20th, 2021
Available from the Atlanta Symphony TBD

May 2021

Virtual Concerts with Seraphic Fire

Nola joins Miami based Seraphic Fire to record two programs of Baroque and new music for later release.

Mozart and Monteverdi
Selva morale et spirituale
Mass in F Major

Available online May 23rd at 3:30 PM EST

June 2021

Virtual Bach at Noon
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem 

Nola Richardson, Soprano
Janna Critz, Mezzo-soprano

Works by Bach and Pergolesi will be recorded June 7-8th for an online concert

Release details TBA

Check back this summer for 2021/2022 season details!

Here are some of the virtual and live-streamed projects I've been fortunate enough to take part in during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Highlighted Past Events

2021
  • Soloist, Virtual Concert; Voices of Ascension - Dennis Keene; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Virtual Concert; Musica Angelica - Martin Hasselboeck; Los Angeles, CA
  • Soloist, "In the Key of Bach" (Concert and Documentary); Atlanta Symphony - Robert Spano; Atlanta, GA
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Mozart and Monteverdi"; Seraphic Fire - Patrick Dupré Quigley; Miami, FL
  • ​Soloist, "Bach at Noon" (Bach, Pergolesi, Vivaldi); Bach Choir of Bethlehem - Greg Funfgeld; Bethlehem, PA
  • Apolo, Durón's Apolo e Dafne, Sonnambula - James Kennerley, Elena Araoz; New York, NY

2020
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Baroque Spectacular"; Voices of Ascension - Dennis Keene; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Mineola Chorus - 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
  • Soloist, BWV 132; Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver, CO
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Season S"; Seraphic Fire - Patrick Dupré Quigley; Virtual Performance
  • Soloist, BWV 10, Holy Trinity Lutheran Bach Virtual Vespers - Diane Meredith Belcher; NYC, NY
  • Soloist, Scarlatti "Christmas Cantata" and Handel Gloria; Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Live-streamed
  • Soloist, "Opening up our Hearts"; Bach Choir of Bethlehem - Greg Funfgeld; Virtual Performance
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Joy of Christmas"; Cathedral Choral Society - Steven Fox; Virtual Performance

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
  • Soloist, Bach's Mass in A Major, Grand Rapids Symphony ​- Julian Wachner; 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 Lutheran - 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