2022-2023

Sing We Joyous! - December 2022

We’re thrilled to be back! An afternoon of joyful celebration as we welcome the season with traditional (and not-so-traditional!) favorites. Special guests include Horacio Guendulain (piano), Tamica Nicole (soprano), Cremaine “That Cello Guy” Booker (cello), Ryoko Suzuki (harmonium), and Jeff Coffin (flute).

Community Partner: TN State University Choir Carnegie Hall travel fund

Dangerous - May 2023

Honoring music and movements of protest and social transformation. Voted “Best Historical Protest-Music Performance” by the Nashville Scene!

Community Partners: Moms Demand Action, SEIU Local 205, Southern Movement Committee, TN Equality Project, TN Immigrant and Refugee Rights Coalition

2021-2022

Celebrate Nashville Festival - October 2021

Our first post-pandemic performance, on the main stage in Centennial Park. Livestreams to thousands of online participants!

Orpheus Reimagined (with Duncan Dance South) - March 2022

Two years after being postponed due to the pandemic, we recast the ancient story of Orpheus and Eurydice in the Parthenon

2020-2021

Season canceled due to COVID-19 pandemic

2019-2020

Renewal (with Intersection) - October 2019

Snider: Mass for the Endangered (regional premiere)

The Longest Night - at OZ Arts, December 2019

Orpheus Reimagined (with Duncan Dance South) - March 2020

Performed in the Parthenon, Postponed due to COVID-19
Rescheduled for September 2022

The Race for Space - May 2020

Rimkus: Voyager Golden Record (world premiere, commissioned by Portara)
Performed in the Adventure Science Center planetarium
Postponed due to COVID-19
Rescheduled for September 2023

2018-2019

Mercy - September 2018
In collaboration with Project Return

Byrd: Kyrie
Panufnik: Kyrie After Byrd
Dobrogosz: Mass
Thompson: Hold Fast to Dreams
Barber: Agnus Dei

The Longest Night - December 2018
World Premiere featuring 40+ artists, musicians, dancers, poets, and more!

Step By Step: The Ruby Bridges Suite - February 2019 (pictured above)
Benefitting the W.O. Smith Community Music School
Performed at City Winery, featuring:

Composer/Pianist Darrell Grant
TSU Meistersingers
Rahsaan Barber, saxophone
Brian Blade, drums
Connye Florance, vocals

Shadow and Light: An Alzheimer’s Journey - June 2019
With the Nashville Concerto Orchestra and special guest composer Joan Szymko
Benefitting the Alzheimer’s Association of Middle TN

2017-2018

Spark! - September 2017

Mixed program celebrating creativity, featuring artwork and a collaborative composition with 4th graders from Glendale Elementary School.

Mid-Winter Triptychs - December 2017

Bachanalia - March 2018
Cantata BWV 39

Home - June 2018
Benefitting Open Table Nashville’s Village at Gelncliff

2016-2017

Musica Sacra Mundi, Vol 2: A Prayer for Peace - September 2016

Dark Night of the Soul: Musical Reflections on Advent and Winter - December 2016

Bachanalia - March 2017
Cantata BWV 64

From Beginning to End - May 2017
Benefitting the Contributor

Featuring Copland’s In the Beginning and Howell’s Requiem

2015-2016

On a Starry Night - December 2015

Nashville Originals - May 2016
Benefitting W.O. Smith Community Music School

An entire program by Nashville composers