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October
​6

Music in the Court of Louis XIV
Aspect Chamber Music Series

Parker Ramsay, harp
Nola Richardson, soprano
Kevin Payne, lute
Arnie Tanimoto, viola da gamba
Illustrated talk by John Brewer

Music by 
Francesco Corbetta
J.B. Lully
Louis Couperin
Marin Marais 
L.N. Clérambault

Thursday, October 6 - 7:30 PM
Bohemian National Hall
321 E 73rd St, New York, NY 10021

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October
​16

Extra-Ordinary: Mass settings from Byrd to Weston
​Yale Choral Artists

Jeffrey Douma, conductor

​Sunday, October 16 -  4 PM
​Christ Church, New Haven

October
​26

BWV 40, BWV 64, BWV 89, BWV 80
​The Choir of Trinity Wall Street

Avi Stein, conductor
Soloists of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street

Wednesday, Oct 26 - 1 PM
St. Paul's Chapel, New York, NY

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October
​30

BWV 40, BWV 64, BWV 89, BWV 80
The Choir of Trinity Wall Street

Avi Stein, conductor
Soloists of The Choir of Trinity Wall Street

Sunday, Oct 30 - 2:30 PM
Bourgie Hall, Montreal, Quebec

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November
​3-6

Love: War
​Seraphic Fire

Paul Crabtree: When David Heard
Ileana Perez Velazquez: Tu Paz Mia
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Love Bade Me Welcome
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor: Sea Drift
Claudio Monteverdi: Selections from Madrigals of Love and War

Thu, Nov 3 -  7:30pm | Miami
Fri, Nov 4 -  8:00pm | Coral Gables (Little Flower)
Sat, Nov 5 -  7:30pm | Ft. Lauderdale
Sun, Nov 6 - 4:00pm | Boca Raton

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November
​27

BWV 62: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland
Holy Trinity Lutheran ​Bach Vespers

Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano

​Sun, Nov 27 - 5 PM

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December
5

Handel Messiah
Helena Symphony (Orchestra Debut)

Allen R. Scott, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Amander Crider, mezzo-soprano
Gene Stenger, tenor
David McFerrin, bass
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Mon, Dec 5 - 7 PM
Cathedral of St. Helena, Helena, MT
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December
​10-11

Bach Christmas Oratorio, ​Parts IV, V, and VI
​The Bach Choir of Bethlehem

Christopher Jackson, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Janna Critz, mezzo-soprano
Lawrence Jones, tenor
David Newman, baritone

Sat, Dec 10 - 4 PM
Sun, Dec 11 - 4 PM
First Presbyterian Church, Allentown, PA

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December
17-18

Handel Messiah
Colorado Bach Ensemble

James Kim, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Abigail Nims, mezzo-soprano
Gene Stenger, tenor
Andrew Garland, baritone

Sat, Dec 17 - 4 PM
St. Andrew’s Methodist Church, Denver, CO

Sun, Dec 18 - 4 PM
Griffin Concert Hall, UCA, Fort Collins, CO

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December
​21

Handel Messiah
Musica Sacra

Kent Tritle, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Heather Petrie, contralto
Joshua Blue, tenor
Enrico Lagasca, bass-baritone

​Wed, Dec 21 - 7:30 PM
Carnegie Hall – Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, NY, NY

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December
​31
January
​1

Rachmaninoff Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom
​Clarion

Steven Fox, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano soloist
​Father Leonid Roshko, Deacon

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

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January
14

New World Symphony
​Seraphic Fire

Patrick Dupré Quigley, conductor
Vaughan Williams : Serenade to Music
C. Schumann : Piano Concerto
Orff : Carmina Burana

Sat, Jan 14, 8 pm  |  Adrienne Arsht Center, Miami, FL

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January
​19-22
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Old | New
​Seraphic Fire

Aaron Copland: Old American Songs
Joel Thompson: Hold Fast To Dreams
Roland Carter: Lift Every Voice and Sing
Betty Jackson King: Psalm 57 

Thu, Jan 19, 7:00pm | Naples
Fri, Jan 20, 8:00pm | Coral Gables (Little Flower)
Sat, Jan 21, 7:30pm | Ft. Lauderdale
Sun, Jan 22, 4:00pm | Miami Beach

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February
10-12

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, February 10 at 7:00 pm

“Heaven and Earth” — Music of J. S. Bach
Saturday, February 11 at 3:00 pm

“Apollo and Daphne” — Music of G. F. Handel
Sunday, February 12 at 3:00 pm

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

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February
​16-17

The Artist as Human
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra - Sessions

Nola Richardson, soprano
Davóne Tines, Creative Partner
David Belkovski, conductor

Thursday, February 16, 2023 | 8:00 p.m.
ODC Theater, San Francisco
Friday, February 17, 2023 | 8:00 p.m.
ODC Theater, San Francisco

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March
​9-12

Mozart Requiem
​Virginia Symphony

JoAnne Falletta, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano
Virginia Symphony Orchestra Chorus
Robert Shoup, concertmaster

Richard Strauss: Death and Transfiguration
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Requiem

Thurs, Mar. 9, 2023 | 7:30PM |CHRYSLER HALL, NORFOLK
Fri, Mar. 10, 2023 | 7:30PM | FERGUSON CENTER, NEWPORT NEWS
Sun, Mar. 12, 2023 | 2:30PM | SANDLER CENTER, VIRGINIA BEACH

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April
2

Bach St. Matthew Passion
Musica Angelica

Martin Hasselbock, conductor

Sunday, April 2 - 3 PM
First Congregational Church, Los Angeles, CA

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April
​7

Bach St. John Passion (Part II)
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano

Friday, April 7 - 7 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran, New York, NY

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April
​9

Bach ​Easter Oratorio
​Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity

Anthony Blake Clark, conductor
Nola Richardson, soprano

​Sunday, April 9 - 5 PM
Holy Trinity Lutheran, New York, NY

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April
​27-30

From Muffat to Mason​
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra

MASON BATES Untitled (world premiere)
SCHMELZER Lamento sopra la morte di Ferdinandi III
BIBER Mensa Sonora Pars III in A minor, C 71
MUFFAT Missa in labore requies

Richard Egarr, conductor
Maya Kherani, soprano
Nola Richardson, soprano
Siman Chung, countertenor
Reginald Mobley, countertenor
Spencer Britten, tenor
James Reese, tenor
Cody Quattlebaum, bass-baritone
Jonathan Woody, bass-baritone
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra & Chorale

Thursday, April 27, 8:00 p.m. | Herbst Theatre, San Francisco
Friday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. | Bing Concert Hall, Stanford
Saturday, April 29, 8:00 p.m. | First Church, Berkeley
Sunday, April 30, 4:00 p.m. | First Church, Berkeley

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June
​4-11

Desmarest Circé
Boston Early Music Festival

2023 Centerpiece Opera: Circé
Music by Henry Desmarest (1661–1741)
Libretto by Louise-Geneviève Gillot de Saintonge (1650–1718)

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June 4-11
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Caccini Alcina
Boston Early Music Festival

2023 Chamber Opera: Alcina
Music by Francesca Caccini (1587–ca. 1641)
Libretto by Ferdinando Saracinelli (d. 1640)​

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Highlighted Past Events

2022
  • Soloist, Bach St. John Passion; Cantata Collective - Nicholas McGegan; Berkeley, CA
  • Soloist, "Passion and Joy"; American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA
  • Soloist, ​Jose Mauricio Nuñez Garcia Requiem; St. John the DIvine - Bryan Zaros; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Bach St. Matthew Passion; Portland Symphony Orchestra - Eckhart Preu; Portland, ME
  • Soloist, Bach Easter Oratorio; Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity - Malcolm Merriwether; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Haydn The Creation; Akron Symphony - Christoper Wilkins; Akron, OH
  • Soloist, Orff Carmina Burana; Master Chorale of South Florida - Brett Karlin; Fort Lauderdale, FL
  • Soloist, BWV 51; Colorado Bach Ensemble - James Kim; Denver, CO
  • Soloist, Mozart Requiem; Baltimore Choral Arts Society - Anthony Blake Clark; Baltimore, MD
  • Soloist, Neustadter, Memory of Water (PREMIERE) - Yale Choral Artists - Jeffrey Douma; New Haven, CT
  • ​Recording, Desmarest, Circé - Boston Early Music Festival - O'Dette/Stubbs; Bremen, Germany
  • Soloist, Oquin, Reflections on Four Psalms (PREMIERE) - Transept - David Gier, Sioux Falls, SD

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
  • Soloist, "Return, Renew, Rejoice: Gala Concert"; The English Concert - Harry Bicket; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Handel's Messiah; Kansas City Symphony - Patrick Dupré Quigley; Kansas City, MO
  • Soloist, Handel's Messiah; American Bach Soloists - Jeffrey Thomas; San Francisco, CA​

2020
  • Soloist and Chorister, "Baroque Spectacular"; Voices of Ascension - Dennis Keene; New York, NY
  • Soloist, Faure's Requiem, Mozart's Coronation Mass, Mineola Chorale Society - 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