In the mid-1930s, with fascism on the rise in Europe, Randall Thompson composed The Peaceable Kingdom—a powerful choral meditation on the eternal struggle between light and darkness. Our program pairs this monumental work with excerpts from a modern response: Walk in Beauty, Walk in Light by Judy A. Rose. Also featured: the winners of Cerddorion’s 2026 Emerging Composers Competition.

Our Singing Must Not Cease

Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church

Combined Bienen School choirs and the Symphonic Wind Ensemble join forces for a unique collaboration exploring music of awe, reverence, and fate. The program opens with Randall Thompson’s stirring The Last Words of David and Anton Bruckner’s monumental Mass No. 2 in E Minor. Brahms’s noble Begräbnisgesang (Burial Song) offers a moment of reflective solemnity, setting the stage for the raw energy of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana in its thrilling arrangement for chorus and wind ensemble. This unforgettable night showcases the full expressive spectrum of voices and winds from the sacred to the elemental.

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Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Combined Choirs

Northwestern University

Our season concludes with music that inspires peace and hope in times of upheaval and uncertainty. The tranquility of the English countryside in The Banks of Green Willow, Silvestrov's serene and meditative prayer for Peace in Ukraine, and the sacred a cappella choruses of The Peaceable Kingdom lead us to Haydn's powerful and climactic choral work. Widely acknowledged as a call for peace, the jubilant finale reflects strength and hope.

Symphony Of Peace

Mayo Civic Center

Discover the future of choral music with PASSION Projects, an innovative concert experience that showcases our PASSION FOR ARTISTRY through fresh musical perspectives and emerging leadership. This dynamic program features captivating medium-length works, creating an intimate chamber experience with reduced orchestration that brings you closer to the music than ever before. Witness the next generation of musical leadership as our Assistant Conductors guide the chorus through diverse repertoire that spans genres, eras, and emotions. From powerful dramatic moments to tender reflective passages, each piece reveals different facets of the human experience while highlighting the exceptional artistry that defines our ensemble. This unique concert format allows for deeper exploration of each work, creating an immersive musical journey that celebrates both artistic excellence and the mentorship that ensures the future of great choral music. Join us for an evening that honors musical tradition while embracing innovation and discovery.

PASSION Projects

Westminster Presbyterian Church

Our common purpose to make each generation better than the last leads us to music of American themed-music by Randall Thompson, Frederick Delius, and Leonard Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow”  The winners of our biennial student Concerto Competition will also be showcased.

Aspiriation

Coughlin-Saunders Performing Arts Center

Voices Of America: Come Sunday

Sandler Center for the Performing Arts

Step into the heart of American music on Valentine’s Day with Aaron Copland’s rustic and charming Rodeo followed by Gershwin’s luminous Rhapsody in Blue featuring beloved pianist Janice Carissa. The concert concludes with Randall Thompson’s bold and moving Symphony No. 2.

Rhapsody in Blue

The Palace Theatre Greensburg

The annual free community concert this season features selections from Mozart’s Symphony No. 1 in E-flat Major, Debussy’s Gymnopedies, Ravel’s Bolero, and Frostiana, a setting of Robert Frost’s poems in a seven-movement suite of choral art songs with chamber orchestra by Randall Thompson. The evening also features the world premiere of a new piece by a Music-COMP student. Conducted by VSO Music Director Andrew Crust.

David M. Wilson Farmers’ Night with the VSO Chorus

Vermont State House

TMC Music for Brass and Percussion

Tanglewood Music Center

For our penultimate concert of the season, the Apollo Chorus takes you on a journey that moves from the beauties of the earth up to the glorious expanse of the heavens. Selections include Randall Thompson’s The Last Words of David, Samuel Barber’s Sure on This Shining Night, Carolyn Shaw’s And the Swallow, and Kile Smith’s The Consolation of Apollo.

Spring Concert: From the Earth to the Stars

Old St Patrick’s Catholic Church

Featuring the full range of American choral music, we celebrate the music brought to our shores by Americans who arrived from all over the world. Our concert will celebrate that rich diversity with music by Americans from Europe, Asia, and Africa. Pieces range from the German-American composer Johann Friedrich Peter who worked in a Moravian Church around the time of the American Revolution, to the heritage of 19th and 20th century Jewish composers from Central Europe, to the evocative sounds of contemporary Korean-American composer Bora Yoon.

American Voices: Barber, Hogan, Ives & Bora Yoon

Church of the Ascension

Longy School of Music presents A Triple Bill of American Operas, an evening of discovery that playfully considers the question: Who are we, and what defines us? Through three distinct one-act operas, we explore the shifting nature of identity, hidden motivations, and the often-absurd aspects of human relationships, ultimately questioning what truly shapes our sense of self.

Spring Production | A Triple Bill of American Operas

Longy School of Music of Bard College

Join Anton Armstrong for a special performance of Randall Thompson’s Frostiana. The festival chorus will perform with the mcp.us/nycco">New York City Chamber Orchestra and soloists as part of MCP’s Masterwork Series. Singers will represent a variety of ensembles from across the country.

Randall Thompson Frostiana  Anton Armstrong, Guest Conductor

Carnegie Hall

Join us for an unforgettable evening with the Albany Symphony as we present "Loren Loiacono Rachmaninoff's Paganini Rhapsody" on Saturday, February 15, 2025, from 7:30 PM to 9:30 PM at the historic Troy Savings Bank Music Hall, located at 30 2nd Street, Troy, NY, 12180.

This spectacular concert will feature a lineup of renowned compositions, including Randall Thompson's "A Trip to Nahant," Sergei Rachmaninoff's "Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini," Loren Loiacono's "Sleep Furiously," and Robert Schumann's "Symphony No. 1, Spring." Under the baton of David Alan Miller, with the talented Harmony Zhu on piano, this evening promises to be a celebration of musical mastery and emotional depth.

Individual tickets will go on sale early 2024, but subscriptions are available now for those eager to secure their seats. Don't miss this opportunity to experience the brilliance of the Albany Symphony in the acoustically superb Troy Savings Bank Music Hall.

For your convenience, all parking is FREE on nights and weekends in the City of Troy, including the State Street Parking Garage located just a short 2-minute walk from the venue. For those requiring accessibility accommodations, large-print programs and assistive listening devices are available upon request. Additionally, to make your concert experience even more enjoyable, a safe and convenient concert shuttle service from Delmar is available for $20 round-trip. Please click the link below or call the box office at 518 694-3300 to reserve your spot.

Prepare for an evening of exquisite music and join us in celebrating the beauty and power of orchestral music.

Loren Loiacono + Rachmaninoff's Paganini Rhapsody

Troy Savings Bank Music Hall

The Master Chorale’s 60th Anniversary Season continues with the launch of L.A. SINGS! As the largest professional choir in the country, the Chorale is dedicated to transforming L.A. into a city of singers and nurturing our vibrant choral ecosystem. Led by Grant Gershon and MUSE/IQUE Artistic & Music Director Rachael Worby, All You Need Is Love is a mega sing-along at Walt Disney Concert Hall, celebrating our ability to come together and find harmony in our differences. This marks the first collaboration between the Chorale and the highly innovative MUSE/IQUE, featuring the songs Stand By Me, What A Wonderful World, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, and more, along with popular choral works. No singing experience required!

ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE | LA Sings!

Walt Disney Concert Hall

The Master Chorale’s 60th Anniversary Season continues with the launch of L.A. SINGS! As the largest professional choir in the country, the Chorale is dedicated to transforming L.A. into a city of singers and nurturing our vibrant choral ecosystem. Led by Grant Gershon and MUSE/IQUE Artistic & Music Director Rachael Worby, All You Need Is Love is a mega sing-along at Walt Disney Concert Hall, celebrating our ability to come together and find harmony in our differences. This marks the first collaboration between the Chorale and the highly innovative MUSE/IQUE, featuring the songs Stand By Me, What A Wonderful World, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, and more, along with popular choral work. No singing experience required!

All You Need Is Love | LA Sings!

Concert 2

Prairie Baptist Church

This concert will feature works by American composers. On the program will be the well-known and endearing work by Randall Thompson, “Frostiana”, which sets seven poems by Robert Frost to music. Emma Lou Diemer, who recently passed away, wrote “Three Madrigals”, a work set to three Shakespearean texts. To round out the program, the chorus will sing two works by groundbreaking composer Florence Price, “Praise the Lord” and “Resignation”, Ola Gjeilo’s haunting setting of “Ubi Caritas, and  Morten Lauridsen’s “Sure on this Shining Night” and “Dirait-on!”  Organist Joshua Ehlebracht will perform a special prelude as a part of the concert which begins at 4 pm.

Danbury Concert Chorus: America Sings!

First Congregational Church of Danbury

Open Rehearsal: Andris Nelsons conducts Lee, Copland, Thompson, and Stravinsky featuring Paul Lewis, piano

Local artist Firefly is a traditional music keeper of the Wabanaki known for his inventive techniques and cutting edge approach to performance art; the BSO has commissioned him to create his first orchestral composition.

Ode to Joy

University of Maine

Join the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, Chamber Chorus, and choirmaster Ronald J. Jenkins for American Choral Classics.

Randall Thompson

Events

Past events

May 3, 2026

Our Singing Must Not Cease · Cerddorion Vocal Ensemble

May 2, 2026

Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Combined Choirs · Northwestern Bienen School of Music

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