UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

Archive: 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014

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November
​18

"Return, Renew, Rejoice!" A Gala Concert
The English Concert

The evening will feature music by The English Concert, The English Concert in America Fellows, mezzo-soprano Susan Graham, and members of the Clarion Choir. ​

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December
​1

"Handel & Hannukah: Judas Maccabeus"
​Clarion

Isabel Leonard, mezzo-soprano
Anthony Roth Costanzo, countertenor
The Clarion Orchestra & The Clarion Choir
​Steven Fox, conductor

​December 1, 2021 at 6:30 PM
Temple Emanu-El, New York, NY

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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

Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
​Nola Richardson, soprano
Sarah Coit, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Alex Rosen, Bass

Wednesday December 15 2021 7:30 p.m.
Thursday December 16 2021 7:30 p.m.
Friday December 17 2021 7:30 p.m.
Grace Cathedral, San Francisco

Sunday December 19 2021 3:00 p.m.
Green Music Center, Rohnert Park

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December
​31

New Year's Eve with Bach and Vivaldi
​Amor Artists

Nola Richardson, soprano
Madeline Healey, soprano
Ryan Brandeau, conductor

December 31, 2021 7:30 PM
​Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, NY

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December
​31
January
​1

Rachmaninoff Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
​Clarion

Steven Fox, conductor

​December 31, 2021 5 PM
January 1, 2021 5 PM
Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Cathedral, New York, NY

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January
​20-23

Hildegard von Bingen Ordo Virtutum
Seraphic Fire

Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor
Francesca Zambello, stage director

Thu, Jan 20, 7:00 pm  |  Naples, FL
Fri, Jan 21, 7:30 pm  |  Coral Gables, FL
Sat, Jan 22, 7:30 pm  |  Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Sun, Jan 23, 4:00 pm  |  Miami Beach, FL

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January
​28-30

Handel Apollo e Dafne
Arizona Early Music - Tucson Baroque Music Festival

Avi Stein, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano  |  Tyler Duncan, bass
Alana Youssefian and Chloe Fedor, violins  |  Jessica Troy, viola
Michael Untermann, cello  |  John Feeney, bass
Priscilla Herreid and Meg Owens, oboe  |  Nate Helgeson, bassoon

“Across the Alps”
Friday, January 28 at 7:00 pm

“Heaven and Earth” — Music of J. S. Bach
Saturday, January 29 at 3:00 pm

“Apollo and Daphne” — Music of G. F. Handel
Sunday, January 30 at 3:00 pm

Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | 2331 E Adams Street, Tucson, AZ

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February
​14-27
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Enlightenment Festival: Music of Bach, Moore, and Purcell
​Seraphic Fire

"If Music be the Food of Love: A Valentine's Day Concert"

Thu, Feb 17, 7:30 pm  |  Miami, FL
Fri, Feb 18, 7:30 pm  |  Coral Gables, FL
Sat, Feb 19, 7:30 pm  |  Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Sun, Feb 20, 4:00 pm  |  Miami Beach, FL

"Johann Sebastian Bach: Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring"

Thu, Feb 24, 7:00 pm  |  Naples
Fri, Feb 25, 7:30 pm  |  Coral Gables
Sat, Feb 26, 7:30 pm  |  Ft. Lauderdale
Sun, Feb 27, 4:00 pm  |  Boca Raton

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March
​25-28

"Passion and Joy"
​American Bach Soloists

Jeffrey Thomas, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Elijah McCormack, male soprano
Jay Carter, countertenor
Mark Bonney, tenor
Curtis Streetman, bass

Johann Theile - Saint Matthew Passion
Johann Sebastian Bach - Der Herr denket an uns, Cantata 196
Johann Pachelbel - Christ lag in Todesbanden
Dieterich Buxtehude - Jesu, meine Freude

Friday March 25 2022 8:00 p.m. • St. Stephen's Church, Belvedere
Saturday March 26 2022 7:00 p.m. • First Church, Berkeley
Sunday March 27 2022 4:00 p.m. • St. Mark's Church, San Francisco
Monday March 28 2022 7:00 p.m. • Davis Community Church, Davis

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April
​5

"Heaven's Door"
​Jose Mauricio Nuñez Garcia Requiem
Great Music in a Great Space

Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Cathedral Choir of St. John the Divine

Vivaldi's Concerto in D Minor
Stabat Mater by Alissa Firsova
Poulenc's Litanies to the Black Virgin
​Jose Mauricio Nuñes Garcia's Requiem.

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April
10, 12

Bach St. Matthew Passion
Portland Symphony Orchestra (Orchestra Debut)

Eckhart Preu, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Teresa Buchholz, mezzo-soprano
Gene Stenger, tenor
Kevin Deas, bass-baritone

Sunday, April 10 2022 2:30 PM
Tuesday, April 12 2022 7:30 PM
Merrill Auditorium, Portland, ME

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April
28
​May 1

Handel Messiah
Seraphic Fire

Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor

Thu, Apr 28, 7:00 pm  |  Naples, FL
Fri, Apr 29, 7:30 pm  |  Coral Gables, FL
Sat, Apr 30, 7:30 pm  |  Ft. Lauderdale, FL
Sun, May 1, 4:00 pm  |  Boca Raton, FL

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RECENT PERFORMANCES

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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
​12

Pergolesi Stabat Mater
The Bach Choir of Bethlehem

Nola Richardson, soprano
Janna Critz, mezzo soprano
Greg Funfgeld, conductor

Bach at Noon Series

Tuesday, October 12 at 12 PM
Central Moravian Church, Bethlehem, PA

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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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October
​21-23

Fauré Requiem
Cantori with the Death of Classical Series

Mark Shapiro, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano

October 21-23, 2021 at 7 PM
Green-Wood Cemetery, NY

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October
​26

"Basically Bach"
Musica Sacra

Musica Sacra Chorus and Orchestra
Kent Tritle, conductor
Michael Sheetz, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Helen Karloski, mezzo-soprano
James Reese, tenor
Peter Stewart, baritone
Sato Moughalian, flute

J. S. BACH  Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
J. S. BACH  Cantata 78, Jesu, der du meine Seele
JOHANN MICHAEL BACH  Halt, was du hast
JOHANN CHRISTOPH BACH  Fürchte dich nicht

October 26, 2021, 7:30 PM
Cathedral of St. John the Divine

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

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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
• Soloist, "The Garden of Harmony" American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
• Soloist, BWV 51, Blue Hill Bach Festival - Blue Hill, ME 
• Pleasure, Wollust, "Bach, Handel, and Hercules"; Ars Lyrica Houston - Matthew Dirst; Houston, TX
• Soloist, Pergolesi's Stabat Mater; ​Bach Choir of Bethlehem - Greg Funfgeld; Bethlehem, PA
• Soloist, Mozart's Exsultate Jubilate; The Grand Rapids Symphony - Marcelo Lehninger; Grand Rapids, MI
• Soloist, Fauré's Requiem; Cantori/The Death of Classical - Mark Shapiro; Brooklyn, NY
• Soloist, "Basically Bach"; Musica Sacra - Kent Tritle; 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