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Night Song
2023-06-04 19:30 - 20:30 (America/New_York) | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
The combined Night Song ensembles join together for the grand finale of the 2022-2023 season.
Beneficia Lucis, directed by James Busby
Canticum Vespertinum, directed by Jennifer Lester
Lux Arcana, directed by Teri Kowiak
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2023-10-01 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Da Pacem Domine
Latin Setting for Compline by Daryl Bichel
Psalm: Psalm 61, I Will Dwell in Your House Forever by Patricia Van Ness
Chant: Sanctificavit Moyses
Hymn: I Saw the Soul by Carlotta Ferrari
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina by Teri Kowiak
(with Hurdy-Gurdy)

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2023-11-05 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Program
Chant: Recordare mei Domine
Latin Setting for Compline by Daryl Bichel
Psalm: Psalm 55, Wings of a Dove by Patricia Van Ness
Chant: Paratum cor meum Deus
Hymn: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say by Teri Kowiak
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina by Diana Cioffari

Night Song - Soloist with Piano
2023-11-19 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Vocal and Instrumental Improvisations
Ambient modal realizations by Ben Schwendener, featuring vocalist Teri Kowiak. We’ll be improvising on chorales from the St. John Passion by J.S. Bach., and creating music in real-time based on selected texts.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.

Recursion and Release
2023-12-02 17:00 - 21:00 | Grace Church Providence, 300 Westminster St, Providence, RI 02903, Providence, RI, 02903, United States
FirstWorks presents a site-specific performance installation, “Recursion and Release,” commissioned from Boston’s MASARY Studios, to premiere at the historic Grace Church during downtown Providence’s Three Nights of Lights celebration. MASARY’s immersive work explores three environments at the Grace Church campus through an acoustic vocal ensemble, digital audio manipulation, video projection and dynamic lighting. The experience features a new composition for vocal ensemble by pioneering composer, bandleader, and multi-instrumentalist Kitty Brazelton. Attendees will encounter spatialized sound and light as they move through the installation. This multimedia performance installation will be on view December 1-3, 2023, 5:00-9:00 PM.
Live ensemble performance on Saturday, December 2, 2023, 5:00-9:00 PM
Featuring vocalists Barbara Hill, Teri Kowiak, Eric Christopher Perry, Stephan Griffin and Nathan Halbur. The event is free and open to the public with RSVP recommended at https://firstworks.org.
*Photosensitivity Warning: Bright lights will be used at this event

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2023-12-03 19:30 - 20:30, 2024-02-04 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant:
Latin Setting for Compline by Daryl Bichel
Psalm:
Chant:
Hymn:
Marian Anthem:

CANCELED: Night Song - Lux Arcana
2024-01-07 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Ecce advenit dominator Dominus
Latin Setting for Compline – Daryl Bichel
Psalm 122 Laetatus Sum – J. Richard Morris
Chant: Omnes de Saba venient
Hymn: Sophia nasci fertur/O quam pulchra racio/Magi videntes stellam – Anonymous, Codex Speciálník
Marian Anthem: Salve Virgo Virginum – Anonymous, Arundel 248

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2024-03-03 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Media vita in morte sumus
Latin Setting – Daryl Bichel
Psalm 38 – Teri Kowiak
Chant: Oculi mei semper ad Dominum
Hymn: Vexilla Regis – Carlotta Ferrari
Marian Anthem: Ave Regina Caelorum – Daryl Bichel

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2024-04-21 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Jubilate Deo omnis terra
Chant Setting in Latin for Compline by Daryl Bichel
Psalm 118 Modal Improvisation
Chant: Angelus Domini descendit de caelo
Christ ist erstanden by Johann Paul Zehetbauer
Regina caeli laetare by Teri Kowiak

A Tudor Portrait: Music for the Queens - Schola Cantorum of Boston
2024-04-26 20:00 - 21:30 | St. Martin’s Church, 50 Orchard Ave, Providence, RI, United States
BYRD: Visita Quaesumus, Laudibis in Sanctus
TAVERNER: Mater Christi
TALLIS: Hear the Voice and Prayer, Candidid Facti
and the Latin Magnificat
KOWIAK: Regina caeli laetare

Tickets only at the door
$30 General Admission
$15 Student/Low Income

A Tudor Portrait: Music for the Queens - Schola Cantorum of Boston
2024-04-27 19:30 - 21:00 | FIrst Lutheran Church, 299 Berkeley St, Boston, MA, United States

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2024-05-05 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Vocem jucunditatis
Chant Setting in Latin for Compline by Daryl Bichel
Psalm 31 Modal Improvisation
Chant: Cantate Domino alleluia
Pascha nostrum (Anonymous) from Nicolaus Leopold Codex
Regina caeli laetare by Teri Kowiak

Night Song - Season Finale
2024-05-19 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
The combined Night Song ensembles join together for the grand finale of the 2023-2024 season.
Beneficia Lucis
Canticum Vespertinum
Lux Arcana
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2024-09-08 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Miserere mihi Domine
Latin Setting for Compline – Daryl Bichel
Psalm 4 (from Latin setting)
Chant: Domine in auxilium meum respice
Hymn: I Saw the Soul – Carlotta Ferrari
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina – Diana Cioffari

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2024-10-06 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Omnia quae fecisti nobis
Chant Setting in Latin for Compline by Daryl Bichel
Psalm 122 Laetatus Sum by J. Richard Morris
Chant: Super flumina Babylonis
Hymn: Epiphany by Patricia Van Ness
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina by Teri Kowiak

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble - Blue Sun
2024-10-19 19:00 - 20:30 | Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02111, United States
Nightingale Vocal Ensemble presents the New England premiere of Gregory Brown’s 2017 cantata un/bodying/s in Boston and Amherst, MA on Oct 19/20, 2024. The piece, scored for 24 voices and set to text by local New England poet Todd Hearon, explores the history and future of the four ‘drowned towns’ that were ‘disincorporated’ to make way for the Quabbin Reservoir and provide water for Greater Boston. In providing water for our cities the difficult choices of the past ripple into the future as we confront our shared climate crisis. Also on the program will be Land-locked for double-choir, along with historic and modern works from the shape-note tradition. Project produced by Ben Perry and Greg Brown.
Tickets available on a sliding scale.

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble – Blue Sun
2024-10-20 19:00 - 20:30 | Grace Episcopal Church, 14 Boltwood Avenue, Amherst, MA, 01002, United States

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2024-11-03 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Si iniquitates
Chant Setting in Latin for Compline by Daryl Bichel
Psalm Wings of a Dove by Patricia Van Ness
Chant: Recordare mei Domine
Hymn: I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say by Teri Kowiak
Marian Anthem: Salve Regina by Diana Cioffari

Cappella Clausura - Music to Lighten the Darkness
2024-11-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Grace Church Newton, 76 Eldredge St, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
As the winter deepens and the days become shorter, we take this time to reflect on light and darkness – physical and emotional – and the challenges that we all face during this cold and lonely time. Cappella Clausura offers a performance on these subjects as a spiritual balm, and a call to celebrate love, life, and connection. Please join us for this journey, as we bring you through darkness to light.
Music by Anna Clyne, Alma Mahler and others. Including a performance of Francis Poulenc’s epic and rarely-heard “Soir de Neige”.

Cappella Clausura – Music to Lighten the Darkness
2024-11-17 16:00 - 17:30 | Emmanuel Church Boston, 15 Newbury St, Boston, MA, 02116, United States

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2024-12-01 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Ad te levavi arr. by Teri Kowiak
Chant Setting in Latin for Compline by Daryl Bichel
Psalm 117 Laudate Deum Omnes gentes by Henry Purcell
Chant: Universi qui te expectant
Hymn: Veni veni Emmanuel by Carlotta Ferrari
Marian Anthem: Hayl Mary ful of grace from the Trinity roll (15th c.)

UUSWH - Community MESSIAH sing - Alto Soloist
2024-12-15 13:30 - 15:00 | Unitarian Universalist Society of Wellesley Hills, 309 Washington Street, Wellesley, MA, 02481, United States
UUSWH is hosting a Community Messiah Sing, featuring professional soloists and orchestra.
Join in singing the choruses of G.F. Handel’s Messiah oratorio (part 1).
Scores are available, or bring your own! Listeners welcome too.
Admission is FREE, thanks to a grant from the Mass Cultural Council, but donations are welcome.

Nightingale Vocal Ensemble – Solstice
2024-12-21 17:00 - 18:30, 2024-12-21 20:00 - 21:30 | Cathedral Church of St. Paul, 138 Tremont Street, Boston, MA, 02111, United States
Experience the extraordinary on December 21st as Nightingale Vocal Ensemble presents SOLSTICE. Featuring original new music and sound installations by frequent Nightingale collaborators Angela Yam and Nicholas Ford, SOLSTICE invites you to dissolve the boundaries between audience and performer and embrace a collective act of creation with the members of Nightingale. Celebrate the winter solstice—a time of community, ritual, and feasting—by coming together on the darkest night of the year to embrace mysteries and magic stretching back to the dawn of human history. Join us as we ask the Sun to return in an evening of music-making like no other. Project Produced by Nicholas Ford.

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2025-01-05 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.
Chant: Ecce advenit dominator Dominus
Chant Setting in Latin for Compline by Daryl Bichel
Psalm 50 Auditui meo dabis gaudium by Orlande de Lassus
Chant: Omnes de Saba venient
Hymn: Sophia nasci fertur/O quam pulchra racio/Magi videntes stellam from Codex Speciálník
Marian anthem: Salve Virgo Virginum from Arundel 248

Night Song - Combined Night Song Groups
2025-01-12 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
The combined Night Song ensembles join together for a special mid-season event.
Beneficia Lucis
Canticum Vespertinum
Lux Arcana
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.

Night Song - Lux Arcana
2025-02-02 19:30 - 20:30 | First Church Cambridge, 11 Garden St., Cambridge, MA, 02138, United States
Teri leads Lux Arcana, Night Song’s treble ensemble, in singing a fusion of ancient and modern chant with contemplative modal improvisations and choral pieces, punctuated with periods of silence.
Revel in the comfort of the darkness and stillness of the church at night. Set aside the demands of daily life. You’ll leave breathing more deeply and recharged to engage with your world.
Attending in-person will offer the fullest, most immersive experience. If attending in person isn’t an option for you, Night Song’s offerings are available by live-stream. Light a candle at home and join us in spirit. These live-streams will also be available on Night Song’s YouTube Channel for later enjoyment.

Cappella Clausura - All About Love
2025-02-15 16:00 - 17:30 | Grace Church Newton, 76 Eldredge St, Newton, MA, 02458, United States
“Sappho begins with a sweet apple and ends in infinite hunger.” (From “Eros the Bittersweet”, by Anne Carson)
Too often throughout history, we’ve seen women’s love and desire depicted through a male gaze, while authentic expressions of love and desire by women in art have been considered taboo. Cappella Clausura challenges this by centering the voices of women and gender non-binary composers in this program on the topic of love in all its forms.
Featuring music by Evelin Seppar, Modesta Bor, Rafaella Aleotti, Hildegard von Bingen, and others.

Cappella Clausura – All About Love
2025-02-16 16:00 - 17:30 | Emmanuel Church Boston, 15 Newbury St, Boston, MA, 02116, United States
