UPCOMING PROJECTS
Tufts Composers: Tone Stampede; John McDonald, director
McDonald We’re Afraid, for mezzo-soprano, clarinet, and saxophone (soloist)
February 28, 2025
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
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Handel + Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra; Jonathan Cohen, artistic director
Haydn “Spring” from The Seasons and Beethoven Mass in C Major (choir)
March 28 & 30, 2024
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
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Tufts Composers: Look What Happened Now; John McDonald, director
New Works by Kareem Roustom, John McDonald, and others (soloist)
March 31, 2025
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
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Tufts Composers presents Sound Icon; Jeffrey Means, artistic director and conductor
Infinity of Lists: New Works by Ken Ueno and Tufts Composers (composer)
April 3, 2025
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
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Tufts Early Music Ensemble; Frances Conover Fitch, harpsichord; Jane Hershey, director
Scherzi, Madrigali e Sinfonia by Monteverdi and Frescobaldi (soloist)
April 15, 2025
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
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PAST PROJECTS
The Choir of the Church of the Advent; Mark Dwyer, music director
Mozart Vesperae solennes de Confessore (soloist)
February 16, 2025
The Church of the Advent, Boston, MA
Skylark Ensemble; Matthew Guard, artistic director
Van Overmeire Between the Shadows and Hereafter Am I (choir)
Studio Recording January 15–17, 2025
Corpus Christi Parish, Sandwich, MA
Album release forthcoming
Skylark Ensemble; Matthew Guard, artistic director; Christine Baranski, storyteller
Sheehan A Christmas Carol (choir and soloist)
December 18, 2024
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Skylark Ensemble; Matthew Guard, artistic director
Winter’s Night: Variations on Distler’s “Lo how a Rose e’er blooming” (choir)
December 11, 12, 13, 14 & 15, 2024
Corpus Christi Parish, Sandwich, MA
Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport, MA
The Met Cloisters, New York, NY
Bedford Presbyterian Church, Bedford, NY
Vox Vocal Ensemble; George Steel, artistic director
Holiday Music in the Courtyard (choir)
December 4, 2024
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
Commonwealth Chorale; Michael Driscoll, artistic director
Bach Magnificat and McDowall Laudate (soloist)
November 24, 2024
Holy Name Church, West Roxbury, MA
Tufts Composers: New @ Noon; John McDonald, director
Songs of Life: New Music by Tufts Composers (soloist and composer)
November 22, 2024
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Nightingale Vocal Ensemble; Benjamin Perry, artistic director
Blue Sun: Choral Works by Gregory Brown (choir and soloist)
October 19 & 20, 2024
Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Boston, MA
Grace Episcopal Church, Amherst, MA
Odyssey Opera; Gil Rose, artistic and general director
Gershwin Of Thee I Sing and Let ’Em Eat Cake (choir)
October 12, 2024
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
Handel + Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra; Jonathan Cohen, artistic director
Haydn Requiem and Mozart Requiem (choir)
September 27 & 29, 2024
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Yale Choral Artists; Jeffrey Douma, artistic director
Esmail Malhaar: A Requiem for Water and The Tipping Point (choir)
June 15, 2024
Sprague Memorial Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
The Kent Singers; Knox Sutterfield, music director
Handel Coronation Anthems, Vivaldi Gloria, and Zelenka Magnificat in D (soloist)
June 2, 2024
St. John’s Episcopal Church, New Milford, CT
Seven Times Salt; Karen Burciaga, strings; Dan Meyers, winds; Josh Schreiber, bass viol; Matthew Wright, lute
Small Paths to the Greenwood (soloist)
May 19 & 21, 2024
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Marblehead, MA
Church of the Good Shepherd, Watertown, MA
The Choir of the Church of the Advent; Mark Dwyer, music director
Martin Mass for Double Choir (choir)
May 19, 2024
The Church of the Advent, Boston, MA
Matthew Seliger Student Recital with John McDonald, piano
Seliger Never to Return, four songs for mezzo-soprano, violin, and piano (soloist)
May 7, 2024
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Handel + Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra; James Burton, conducting
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem (choir)
April 19 & 21, 2024
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Handel + Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra; Masaaki Suzuki, conducting
Bach Mass in B minor (choir)
April 5 & 7, 2024
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
In Stile Moderno; Agnes Coakley Cox and Nathaniel Cox, co-directors
For five voices (and theorbo): Madrigals of Claudio Monteverdi (choir and soloist)
March 8, 9 & 10, 2024
Edwards Church, Northampton, MA
Church of the Good Shepherd, Watertown, MA
Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro, VT
NEC Composers’ Series Arthur Berger Memorial Concert with Rodney Lister, piano
Berger Garlands and Lister Only the Lemon of Desire (soloist)
February 22, 2024
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
The Choir of the Church of the Advent; Mark Dwyer, music director
Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor (choir and soloist)
February 11, 2024
The Church of the Advent, Boston, MA
Schola Cantorum of Boston, Frederick Jodry, director
Palestrina Missa Ave Maria and Thompson Odes of Horace (choir and soloist)
January 27 & 28, 2024
St. Martin’s Episcopal Church, Providence, RI
First Lutheran Church, Boston, MA
Skylark Ensemble; Matthew Guard, artistic director
On Christmas Night: A Festival of Nine Lessons & Carols (choir and soloist)
December 6, 7, 8, 10 & 12, 2023
Corpus Christi Parish, Sandwich, MA
Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Newburyport, MA
Bedford Presbyterian Church, Bedford, NY
Stowe Community Church, Stowe, VT
Tufts Composers; John McDonald, director
Games of Form: New Music by Tufts Composers (soloist and composer)
December 1, 2023
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Vox Vocal Ensemble; George Steel, artistic director
Holiday Music in the Courtyard (choir)
November 30, 2023
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA
True Concord Voices & Orchestra; Eric Holtan, music director
Brahms Liebeslieder Waltzes and Songs by Whitacre, Hagen/Takach (choir and soloist)
November 17, 18 & 19, 2023
Valley Presbyterian Church, Green Valley, AZ
St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church, Tucson, AZ
The Choir of the Church of the Advent; Mark Dwyer, music director
Duruflé Requiem (choir and soloist)
November 2, 2023
The Church of the Advent, Boston, MA
Upper Valley Baroque Chamber Choir and Orchestra; Filippo Ciabatti, artistic director
Bach Jesu, meine Freude and Singet dem Herrn; Carissimi Jephte (choir and soloist)
October 21 & 22, 2023
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hanover, NH
Ensemble Altera; Christopher Lowrey, director
Works by Chilcott, Lauridsen, Whitacre, and others (choir)
July 25, 2023
University of New Hampshire, Durham, NH
Concord Chorus; Kevin Leong, music director
Haydn Theresienmesse (soloist)
May 20, 2023
St. Camillus Parish, Arlington, MA
Upper Valley Baroque Chamber Choir and Orchestra; Filippo Ciabatti, artistic director
Monteverdi Vespers of 1610 (choir)
April 29 & 30, 2023
St. Denis Catholic Church, Hanover, NH
Chandler Center for the Arts, Randolph, VT
Handel + Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra; Rinaldo Alessandrini, conducting
Bach Easter Oratorio and Bononcini Stabat Mater (choir)
March 31 & April 2, 2023
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
The Episcopal Chaplaincy at Harvard; Rev. Rita Powell, chaplain; Andrew Sheranian, conducting
Byrd Mass for Five Voices (choir)
March 25, 2023
Lindsey Chapel, Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA
The Bach Project at Ashmont Hill Chamber Music; Andrew Sheranian, artistic director
Bach St. John Passion (choir and soloist)
March 5, 2023
Parish of All Saints Ashmont, Dorchester, MA
Zenith Ensemble; Nacole Palmer, artistic director; Noah Horn, conducting
Lang The Little Match Girl Passion (choir and soloist)
February 4, 2023
Collins Center for the Arts, Orono, ME
St. Thomas’s Choir and Schola Antiqua; Noah Horn, music director and organist
175th Anniversary Concert Celebration (choir and soloist)
January 29, 2023
St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church, New Haven, CT
Skylark Ensemble; Matthew Guard, artistic director
Sheehan A Christmas Carol (choir and soloist)
December 11, 14, 16 & 17, 2022
Bedford Presbyterian Church, Bedford, NY
Lawrence School, Falmouth, MA
First Parish Church in Weston, MA
Belleville Church, Newburyport, MA
True Concord Voices & Orchestra; Eric Holtan, music director
Motets by Bach, Brahms, Bruckner, and Mozart (choir)
November 4, 5 & 6, 2022
St. Francis in the Valley, Green Valley, AZ
Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson, AZ
Upper Valley Baroque Chamber Choir and Orchestra; Filippo Ciabatti, artistic director
Handel Dixit Dominus and Orlandini Mass in F Major North American premiere (choir)
October 29 & 30, 2022
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hanover, NH
Handel + Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra; Jonathan Cohen, artistic director
Bach Cantatas 61, 140 & 191; Buxtehude Cantata Der Herr ist mit mir (choir)
October 7 & 9, 2022
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Yale Institute of Sacred Music Recital Chorus; Joe Lerangís, Meghan Stoll, and Maura Tuffy, conductors
Dove The Passing of the Year and Motets by Hill, Lash, and Osicki (choir and soloist)
June 26, 2022
Marquand Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT
The Kent Singers; Knox Sutterfield, music director
Handel Messiah (soloist)
June 12, 2022
St. John’s Episcopal Church, New Milford, CT
Yale Institute of Sacred Music Recital Chorus; Michael Lukin, conductor
Martin Mass for Double Choir and Mozart Regina Caeli (choir)
May 3, 2022
Marquand Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Skylark Ensemble; Matthew Guard, artistic director
Sub Rosa: Secrets Revealed (choir)
April 27, 28, 29 & 30, 2022
Belleville Church, Newburyport, MA
First Parish Church in Weston, MA
Simon Center for the Arts, Falmouth, MA
Mahaiwe Center, Great Barrington, MA
Elm City Consort and Schola Antiqua; Michael Rigsby and Noah Horn, directors
My Beloved Is Mine: Musical Settings of the Biblical Song of Songs (choir and soloist)
April 3, 2022
St. Thomas’s Episcopal Church, New Haven, CT
True Concord Voices & Orchestra; Eric Holtan, music director
Runestad Earth Symphony world premiere (choir)
February 25, 26 & 27, 2022
Valley Presbyterian Church, Green Valley, AZ
Catalina Foothills High School, Tucson, AZ
Bach Vespers at Holy Trinity; Diane Belcher, music director
Britten Ceremony of Carols, arranged for mixed choir (choir)
December 19, 2021
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, New York, NY
True Concord Voices & Orchestra; Eric Holtan, music director
Lessons & Carols by Candlelight (choir)
December 9, 10, 11 & 12, 2021
St. Philip’s in the Hills, Tucson, AZ
St. Francis in the Valley, Green Valley, AZ
Catalina United Methodist Church, Tucson, AZ
St. Alban’s Episcopal Church, Tucson, AZ
New England Classical Singers; David Hodgkins, artistic director
Vivaldi Gloria and Adam O Holy Night (soloist)
December 5, 2021
Christ Church, Andover, MA
Ensemble Altera; Christopher Lowrey, director
We Watch & Welcome: Featuring Britten Ceremony of Carols (choir)
Studio Recording December 1, 2021
St. Rocco’s Church, Johnston, RI
Commonwealth School Alumni Trio with Priscilla Tsai, violin and Harry Rylance, piano
Roustom The Reunion of Penelope and Odysseus, arranged for voice, violin, and piano (soloist)
May 16, 2021
Virtual Farewell to Bill Wharton, outgoing Head of School
Rodney Lister Faculty Recital with Katherine Matasy, clarinet and Daniel Dona, viola
Songs by Rodney Lister (soloist)
February 16, 2020
Jordan Hall, New England Conservatory, Boston, MA
New York Philharmonic and Handel + Haydn Society Chorus; Harry Bicket, conducting
Handel Messiah (choir)
December 17, 18, 19, 20 & 21, 2019
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center, New York, NY
Dedham Choral Society; Jonathan Barnhart, music director
Handel Messiah, as arranged by Mozart (soloist)
December 6, 2019
Holy Name Church, West Roxbury, MA
Masterworks Chorale; Kevin Leong, music director
Vivaldi Gloria and Dixit Dominus (soloist)
November 9, 2019
Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Handel + Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra; Reginald Mobley, directing
Every Voice: An Uplifting Concert for Justice and Peace (choir and soloist)
November 2 & 3, 2019
First Church in Roxbury and Union United Methodist Church, Boston, MA
Rodney Lister Faculty Recital with Catherine Weinfield-Zell, oboe and Michael Weinfield-Zell, percussion
Songs by Ruth Crawford Seeger and Rodney Lister (soloist)
October 1, 2019
College of Fine Arts, Boston University, Boston, MA
The Choirs of Trinity Church in the City of Boston; Richard Webster and Colin Lynch, directors
Choir-in-Residence at Wells and Salisbury Cathedrals (choir and soloist)
August 5–18, 2019
Wells and Salisbury Cathedrals, England, UK
Art Song Lab; Michael Park and Alison d’Amato, co-directors
Workshop and Premiere of New Art Songs (composer)
June 30–July 6, 2019
Canadian Music Centre and VSO School of Music, Vancouver, BC
Handel + Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra; Harry Christophers, artistic director
Mozart Requiem and Bach Singet dem Herrn (choir)
May 3 & 5, 2019
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Handel + Haydn Society Chorus and Orchestra; Reginald Mobley, directing
Every Voice: A Celebration of Our Community (choir)
April 27, 2019
Roxbury Community College, Boston, MA
The Shakespeare Concerts; Joseph Summer, founder and executive director
Works by Poulenc and Schnauber (soloist)
Studio Recording April 9, 2019
Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA
Album Available on Spotify, Apple Music, and Amazon
Edwin Munera Degree Recital with Jonathan Hess, percussion
Munera Seven Palabras de Lumière for mezzo-soprano and percussion (soloist)
March 29, 2019
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Boston Youth Symphony Orchestras; Federico Cortese, music director
Mozart The Magic Flute, abridged in English (Third Boy and puppeteer)
March 17, 2019
Symphony Hall, Boston, MA
Tufts Composers presents Ensemble Parallax; Peyman Farzinpour, conductor
Berio Folk Songs and New Songs by Tufts Composers (soloist and composer)
March 11, 2019
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Pforzheimer House Pforum Recital Series with Rodney Lister, piano
Songs by Poulenc, Lister, Schumann, and Finzi (soloist)
March 6, 2019
Pforzheimer House, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
John McDonald Faculty Recital with Philipp Stäudlin, saxophone
Songs by McDonald, Cavallaro, Poulenc, Nin, and Schubert (soloist and composer)
February 3, 2019
Granoff Music Center, Tufts University, Medford, MA
Handel + Haydn Society Chorus; Scott Jarrett, resident conductor
Jubilee Day Concert: Part of First Night Boston (choir)
December 31, 2018
Trinity Church in the City of Boston, MA
New Haven Symphony Orchestra and the Choir of Christ Church; William Boughton, conductor
Handel Messiah (choir)
December 14, 20 & 22, 2018
Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
First Congregational Church, Madison, CT
New Camerata Opera; Jennifer Williams, stage director; Stephan Fillaire, music director
Blow Venus & Adonis (Cupid) and Holst Savitri (choir)
November 29, December 1 & 2, 2018
The Flea Theater, New York, NY