Requiem Across Centuries
A Requiem Across Centuries
Sunday, November 1, 2026 – 3:00 pm
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 8101 Beechmont Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45255
Monday, November 2, 2026 – 7:00 pm
St. Martin of Tours, 3720 St. Martins Pl, Cincinnati, OH 45211
Ensemble Con Fuoco marks All Souls with a Requiem across centuries, pairing Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Missa pro defunctis - drawn from his 1605 Officium Defunctorum, the summit of Spanish Renaissance polyphony - with Kerensa Briggs’ Requiem (2022), a contemporary setting for mezzo-soprano, choir, and organ rooted in the same plainchant tradition that shaped Victoria’s writing. Each work turns grief toward consolation in the language of its own age.
The November 1 performance will be presented in concert format at St. Timothy’s, with Michael Unger on organ and mezzo-soprano soloist Lauren McAllister; tickets are required. The November 2 performance is free and open to the public, presented within an All Souls Day Roman Catholic Mass at St. Martin of Tours.
Requiem Across Centuries
A Requiem Across Centuries
Sunday, November 1, 2026 – 3:00 pm
St. Timothy’s Episcopal Church, 8101 Beechmont Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45255
Monday, November 2, 2026 – 7:00 pm
St. Martin of Tours, 3720 St. Martins Pl, Cincinnati, OH 45211
Ensemble Con Fuoco marks All Souls with a Requiem across centuries, pairing Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Missa pro defunctis - drawn from his 1605 Officium Defunctorum, the summit of Spanish Renaissance polyphony - with Kerensa Briggs’ Requiem (2022), a contemporary setting for mezzo-soprano, choir, and organ rooted in the same plainchant tradition that shaped Victoria’s writing. Each work turns grief toward consolation in the language of its own age.
The November 1 performance will be presented in concert format at St. Timothy’s, with Michael Unger on organ and mezzo-soprano soloist Lauren McAllister; tickets are required. The November 2 performance is free and open to the public, presented within an All Souls Day Roman Catholic Mass at St. Martin of Tours.
Bach Vespers
J.S. Bach – Ach Herr, mich armen Sünder, BWV 135
A penitential cantata that turns confession into counterpoint, a meditation on our imperfectness.
Lecture at 4:00 p.m.
Organ Recital at 4:40 p.m. (Sarah Simko)
Vaughan Williams: A Sea Symphony
A SEA SYMPHONY
CCM Philharmonia, CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale
Joe Miller, conductor
Featuring TBA student soloists
Ralph Vaughan Williams’ A Sea Symphony gives voice to majesty and mystery of the ocean, bringing musical life to sea poems from Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. A Sea Symphony is celebrated for its ambitious scope, masterful integration of choral and orchestral forces, and its deep emotional and philosophical impact. It stands as a testament to Vaughan Williams’ creativity and his ability to capture the grandeur of the natural world through music. Presented with colorful lighting by CCM Lighting Design and Technology students.
Feast of Carols
FEAST OF CAROLS
CCM Chamber Choir, CCM Chorale, UC Choruses and Cincinnati Youth Choir
Featuring guest choirs from Little Miami High School, Lakota East High School, Kings High School
Joe Miller, Brett Scott, conductors, with guest conductors Sarah Baker, Megan Johnson and Hope Milthaler
A Cincinnati tradition for more than 100 years! Bring family and friends to CCM to welcome the 2026 holiday season with festive choral favorites performed by CCM’s, UC’s and CYC’s fabulous choirs and outstanding guest choirs. Presented with colorful lighting by CCM Lighting Design and Technology students.
2 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5
5 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 5
2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6
5 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 6
Bach: Christmas Oratorio
Immerse yourself in Bach’s monumental Christmas Oratorio, a collection of six spectacular cantatas written for the six feasts between Christmas and the Epiphany, heard complete for the first time by The Philadelphia Orchestra. From triumphant fanfares to sweet lullabies to glorious choruses, Bach’s brilliance shines through every single movement. Yannick leads the Philadelphia Symphonic Choir and soloists in this timeless piece of music that resonates with the wonder of the holiday season.
FMEA Professional Learning Conference
Maxwell will present an Interest Session at the Florida Music Education Association Professional Learning Conference in 2027.
TMEA Convention
Maxwell will present an Interest Session at the Texas Music Educators Association Convention in 2027.
Mass in B Minor
The Bach Ensemble Orchestra and Chorale,
Carlton Monroe, conductor
J.S. Bach – Mass in B-Minor, BWV 232
A choral monument at the pinnacle of our season–Bach’s great masterwork, assembled at the end of his life, as a summation of his faith and music.
Orff: Carmina burana
If ever there was music meant to mimic the rush of blood through the veins of youth, this is it: Lusty love songs, drinking anthems, pagan celebrations, and odes to the moon, mined from medieval texts, have made this choral thriller a favorite since its creation nearly a century ago. This headlong rush to passion is the climax of a trio of thrilling works, from Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s wild orchestral ride to Gabriela Ortiz’s beguiling imaginings of the love story between Clara and Robert Schumann.
Caribbean Bridges 2026
Maxwell will present an Interest Session at the Caribbean Bridges Symposium.
Caribbean Bridges, an international symposium on concert music in the Caribbean, will be held from October 15-17, 2026, at the Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music (CMPR). The symposium will focus on strengthening ties among composers, performers, artists, and scholars from across the Caribbean and its diaspora, as well as with specialists from outside the Caribbean. The symposium invites submissions of original musical works, papers, workshops, lecture-recitals, and documentaries.
Caribbean Bridges will provide a space for presentations by regional composers, roundtables with composers and academics, and evening concerts by CMPR faculty musicians and other guest artists. The presentations and roundtables will focus on a wide range of topics related to classical and popular music in the Caribbean, and the performances will include both local music from the participating countries and newly composed concert hall pieces.
For more information on the conference, please visit cmpr.edu.
The Union: Sanctuary
The St. Xavier Church Sacred Arts Fund presents
Sanctuary
We welcome all into our church for sanctuary during the BLINK Festival to witness transcendence immersed in sound and light.
The Union professional choral ensemble, led by conductor Trevor Kroeger, will perform a 35-minute choral program featuring immersive lighting by internationally-acclaimed lighting designer Thomas Hase.
Saturday, October 10 and Sunday, October 11 8:00, 8:45 and 9:30 PM
Free Admission | Tickets Not Required
Entry Permitted at Any Time
Stay With Me
CCM Chamber Choir
Joe Miller, music director and conductor
Featuring guest choirs from Mason High School, Walnut Hills High School and Cincinnati School for Creative and Performing Arts Honor Choir
J. S. BACH: Aus der Tiefe rufe ich, Herr, zu dir, BWV 131
LANG: The Little Matchgirl Passion
CCM Emerging Artists Recital Series
Maxwell will conduct the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of MusicChamber Singers on Friday, October 2nd, in the Werner Recital Hall. The program features Stravinsky’s Mass with Double Wind Quintet.
College-Conservatory of Music ACDA Student Chapter Meeting
Maxwell will present an Interest Session at Westminster Choir College’s American Choral Directors Association Student Chapter meeting.
Philadelphia Orchestra: Opening Night
Beethoven’s mighty Ninth Symphony brings more beauty than it seems possible for the heart to hold, leaving the listener exalted and uplifted. Yannick conducts a soaring performance featuring some of today’s most virtuosic voices, culminating in the beloved “Ode to Joy.” Your evening begins with Joe Hisaishi’s Orbis, a choral work composed as a companion piece to Beethoven’s Ninth.
Bach Vespers
J.S. Bach – Die Himmel erzählen die Ehre Gottes, BWV 76
One of the first cantatas Bach composed after arriving in Leipzig in 1723, this cantata is the sound of a genius announcing himself in a musical mission statement.
Lecture at 4:00 p.m.
Organ Recital at 4:40 p.m. (Jason Gunnell)
The Music of Hans Zimmer
Artists
Robert Bernhardt conductor
Erika Noot vocalist
Members of May Festival Chorus
Matthew Swanson director
Venue
Music Hall
What's Interesting
The Cincinnati Pops presents the music of one of cinema's greatest living composers — Hans Zimmer. From the antics of Captain Jack Sparrow in Pirates of the Caribbean and the eerie, breathless space of Interstellar, to the arrival on Arrakis in Dune and the battle scenes in Gladiator, you’ll relive some of the most epic moments from Hans Zimmer’s most enduring film scores. Experience the musical thrill of these films and more as they’re brought vividly to life with only the sound of the Pops.
Interlochen High School Voice Recital
Experience the talents of tomorrow’s opera stars. Interlochen Arts Camp’s finest vocal arts students perform art songs, arias, musical theatre selections, and more in this solo and small ensemble recital. Featuring students from Maxwell Trombley’s voice studio.
Interlochen High School Voice Recital
Experience the talents of tomorrow’s opera stars. Interlochen Arts Camp’s finest vocal arts students perform art songs, arias, musical theatre selections, and more in this solo and small ensemble recital. Featuring students from Maxwell Trombley’s voice studio.
Quintessence Summer Choral Festival Concert
The 14th Annual
Summer Choral Festival Concert
featuring the Quintessence Summer Choral Festival Chorus and Orchestra performing the US premiere of
Requiem
by Taylor Scott Davis
Conducted by Matthew Greer
and the
2026 Festival Scholars Chorus
performing works of
Jocelyn Hagen, Emily Drum, Marques L.A. Garrett, Jake Runestad, Shawn Kirchner, Eric Whitacre, Matthew Harris, Stephen Hatfield, and Hugo Distler.
Quintessence Summer Choral Festival Workshop
Maxwell will present an Interest Session at the Quintessence Summer Choral Festival.
This session, titled “The Warm-Up Breakdown: Vocal Health for the Ensemble Singer” answers the question: What's really happening when we warm up? This session takes apart the process step by step, starting with the fundamentals of vocal anatomy and function. From there, we'll explore how that knowledge translates into building healthy, well-supported sound. Practical strategies for vocal health and a variety of warm-up exercises round out the session, designed for ensemble singers across all experience levels, from dedicated amateurs to working professionals.
Interlochen High School Voice Recital
Experience the talents of tomorrow’s opera stars. Interlochen Arts Camp’s finest vocal arts students perform art songs, arias, musical theatre selections, and more in this solo and small ensemble recital. Featuring students from Maxwell Trombley’s voice studio.
Interlochen High School Voice Recital
Experience the talents of tomorrow’s opera stars. Interlochen Arts Camp’s finest vocal arts students perform art songs, arias, musical theatre selections, and more in this solo and small ensemble recital. Featuring students from Maxwell Trombley’s voice studio.
Berkshire Choral International: British Mavericks
Beth Willer, Director of Choral Studies at the Peabody Institute, leads music by two ground-breaking British icons. Dame Ethel Smyth’s exuberant, almost operatic Mass in D was a work ahead of its time — as was Smyth herself. Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, orchestrated by Imogen Holst, is a kaleidoscopic expression of faith with a twist. The fearless individuality of both works offer a showcase for bold and joyful choral singing with full orchestra.
Spire Choral Conducting Institute Concert
Each year, Spire Chamber Ensemble invites emerging choral conductors and vocal scholars to participate in the annual Choral Conducting Institute, where young musicians travel from around the world to focus on building skills as choral artists. This immersive program culminates in a final performance that is free and open to the public.
The 2026 Institute, led by faculty Ben A. Spalding (Spire Chamber Ensemble and Baroque Orchestra) and renowned Spire singers, offers conductors the rare opportunity to conduct members of the Spire Chamber Ensemble, one of America’s renowned professional choral ensembles comprised of some of the finest musicians in the United States. Conductors will receive 90 minutes (three separate sessions of 30 minutes) of podium time with members of the ensemble and direct feedback from the clinicians and singers. Designed for school, church, community, and graduate conductors, this institute will hone in on the crucial skills of specific gestural communication, efficient rehearsal techniques, and deeper musical understanding each score presents. The world-class singers of Spire will provide real-time responsiveness full of subtleties of expression that are invaluable to anyone aiming to grow on the podium, all while being surrounded by a supportive and like-minded community. Conductors and auditors will additionally engage one another in daily roundtable discussion and interest sessions. Vocal Scholars participate in workshops covering career development, professional choral singing skills, networking, and more.
Spoleto Festival Chorus Concert
Conducted by Amanda Quist, Music Director of Spoleto Festival USA Chorus
In her inaugural season as Music Director of the Spoleto Festival USA Chorus, Dr. Amanda Quist leads Storytelling—a program that honors legacy while looking toward the future. Through works by American composers and others who explore identity, memory, and belonging, the concerts celebrate the power of the human voice to connect, reflect, and inspire. Set within the soaring Gothic interior of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, one of Charleston’s most acoustically and architecturally stunning spaces, the Festival Chorus invites audiences to experience music as a shared act of community and renewal.
Spoleto Festival Chorus Concert
Conducted by Amanda Quist, Music Director of Spoleto Festival USA Chorus
In her inaugural season as Music Director of the Spoleto Festival USA Chorus, Dr. Amanda Quist leads Storytelling—a program that honors legacy while looking toward the future. Through works by American composers and others who explore identity, memory, and belonging, the concerts celebrate the power of the human voice to connect, reflect, and inspire. Set within the soaring Gothic interior of St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, one of Charleston’s most acoustically and architecturally stunning spaces, the Festival Chorus invites audiences to experience music as a shared act of community and renewal.
Mozart’s Mass in C Minor
Mozart’s Mass in C Minor is a dazzling masterpiece that resonates powerfully with America’s 250th anniversary. Premiered in 1783—the same year the British monarchy formally recognized the independence of the Thirteen Colonies—this work shares a historical moment with the birth of the United States.
Written as a personal expression rather than to fulfill a commission, the Mass was inspired by Mozart’s return to Vienna from Salzburg, where he sought professional freedom, and perhaps as a gift for his accomplished soprano wife, Constanze. Praised by Gramophone as “far more vocally oriented than the Requiem,” it showcases a breathtaking interplay of voice and instruments—a display of epic proportion.
Amanda Quist conducts her first performance as Music Director of the Festival Chorus, continuing the ensemble’s cherished traditions through her unique musical lens and deep commitment to choral excellence.
In this landmark performance, the Spoleto Festival Orchestra and Chorus bring Mozart’s visionary work to life. As Spoleto Festival USA celebrates America’s 250th anniversary, Mass in C Minor offers audiences a chance to reflect on freedom, creativity, and the enduring power of human expression, bridging Mozart’s artistry with the spirit of 1783.
May Festival: Porgy and Bess: Festival Finale
Program
The Gershwins®’ Selections from Porgy and Bess® by George Gershwin, DuBose and Dorothy Heyward and Ira Gershwin
William Grant Still Plain-Chant for America
Stephen Paulus Prayers & Remembrances
V. In Beauty It Walks
VI. Eternity
Leonard Bernstein “Make our Garden Grow” from Candide
George Frideric Handel “Hallelujah Chorus” from Messiah
Artists
Anthony Parnther conductor
Julia Bullock soprano
Alfred Walker bass-baritone
Matthew Swanson director
Jason Alexander Holmes director
Classical Roots Community Choir
May Festival: On Love and Lust
Program
Igor Stravinsky Les noces (“The Wedding”)
Carl Orff Catulli Carmina (“Songs of Catullus”)
Artists
Matthew Swanson conductor
Victoria Okafor soprano
Sara Couden contralto
Nicholas Phan tenor
Yannis François bass-baritone
Matthew Swanson director
Members of the Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra
Cincinnati Ballet 2
Yoshihisa Arai choreographer
May Festival: The Water’s Journey
Program
Duke Ellington The River
Ralph Vaughan Williams Symphony No. 1, A Sea Symphony
Artists
Cristian Măcelaru conductor
Matthew Swanson director
May Festival: An Eclectic Opening Night
Program
Anton Bruckner Psalm 150
Alexander von Zemlinsky Selections from Symphonische Gesänge
Margaret Bonds Selected Songs & Songs from Songs of the Season
To a Brown Girl Dead
Negro Speak of Rivers
Poème d’Automne from Songs of the Season
Winter Moon from Songs of the Season
April Rain
ECLECTIC MASS:
Selections from:
Carlos Simon Good News Mass and Sanctus
Giovanni Pierluigi de Palestrina Missa Assumpta est Maria
Johann Sebastian Bach Cantata No. 191
Margaret Bonds Credo
George Frideric Handel arr. Mounsey “Soulful Hallelujah”
Artists
Cristian Măcelaru conductor
Julia Bullock soprano
Jason Alexander Holmes preacher
Carlos Simon hammond organ
Matthew Swanson director
Lang: Little Match Girl Passion
Conducted by David Castillo Gocher and Krista Cornish Scott, The Little Match Girl Passion reimagines Hans Christian Andersen’s tale through the lens of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. With spare textures and emotional intensity, Lang offers a searing meditation on suffering, compassion, and hope.
Lang: Little Match Girl Passion
Conducted by David Castillo Gocher and Krista Cornish Scott, The Little Match Girl Passion reimagines Hans Christian Andersen’s tale through the lens of Bach’s St. Matthew Passion. With spare textures and emotional intensity, Lang offers a searing meditation on suffering, compassion, and hope.
Musica Sacra Spring Concert
Join us on Sunday, April 26, 2026, as we present the final concert of our 60th Anniversary Season!
April 26, 2026
3:00 pm
Felix Mendelssohn
Lobgesang Symphony
Our Lady of the Visitation
3172 South Rd
Mack, OH 45248
L. Brett Scott, Music Director
Rachel Feldman, Apprentice Conductor
This concert is free of charge and open to the public. No ticket is required. Donations are gratefully accepted.
German Masterworks
CCM Chorale
Brett Scott, music director and conductor
Featuring guest conductor Andreas Hermann, Artistic Director of the Munich Philharmonic Choir and Professor of Conducting at the Munich Academy of Music
Co. Hermann leads Chorale in a selection of German masterworks old and new, as the culmination of his residency at CCM.
Resurrection: Easter Oratorio
Event Details
The Bach Ensemble Orchestra and Chorale,
Carlton Monroe, conductor
Bach Cantata BWV 34, O ewiges Feuer
Bach Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
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Johann Sebastian Bach – Easter Oratorio, BWV 249
Bach’s Easter Oratorio is a jubilant and dramatic portrayal of the Resurrection. Originally premiered in 1725 and revised over the years, this work offers a celebratory tone with vivid instrumental writing, festive choruses, and expressive arias. It begins with two exuberant sinfonias and unfolds through the voices of four soloists, each representing biblical figures in a reflection on the empty tomb and the triumph of Easter morning.
Nefes: An Evening of Breath
Nefes: An Evening of Breath
Co-presented by Ensemble O₂ and the Wyoming Fine Arts Center
Ensemble O₂ is fiscally sponsored by the International Foundation for Contemporary Music.
ABOUT THE PROGRAM
Nefes — Turkish for “breath” — explores the power of breath to sustain, steady, and transform. Centered around the Mass for Double Choir by Frank Martin, this choir concert weaves together sacred and contemporary works inspired by breath as both physical act and spiritual force.
Held in the beautifully resonant Masonic Theatre, this event promises to be a special evening of beautiful music.
ARTISTIC LEADERSHIP
Ömer Aziz Kayhan, Conductor and Founder
ADMISSION
Tickets are free with a pay-what-you-can donation ($10 suggested). Registration strongly encouraged - click below to claim your seat.