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Mendelssohn Chorus celebrates Christmas on the Hill
Dominick DiOrio, artistic director and conductor of the Mendelssohn Chorus, will help celebrate the Christmas season with “A Feast of Carols.” more
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Andrew Kotylo, the music director at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Upcoming concerts feature Tempesta, and a choral evensong
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, will return to Chestnut Hill on Dec. 1 to perform “Unmatched.” more
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Steven White will conduct the Academy of Vocal Arts’ production of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena.”
AVA Opera stages Donizetti’s ‘Anna Bolena’
The Academy of Vocal Arts will present a fully staged mounting of Gaetano Donizetti’s “Anna Bolena” Nov. 11 to 23 in Center City. more
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Members of Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, performed Suites in F and G from Handel’s "Water Music” at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill on Oct. 21 before a packed house.
Strings will sing in Chestnut Hill this week
Both the Fairmount String Quartet and the Jasper String Quartet will be performing in Chestnut Hill over the coming week. more
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Variant 6 and pianist Ting Ting Wong will perform in a concert scheduled for Friday, Oct. 27, at 7 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown.
Variant 6 to perform ‘Stabat Mater’ and ‘Via Crucis’
The vocal ensemble Variant 6 and pianist Ting Ting Wong will perform two rarely programmed vocal masterpieces on Oct. 27 in Germantown. more
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Violinist Danube Um performs with pianist Mika Sasaki during a recital at St.Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill. The Oct. 6 concert was the opening of the church’s “Five Fridays” series of fundraising recitals.
Tempesta opens season with Handel, Vivaldi
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, will open its 2023-24 concert season Oct. 21 at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. more
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Michael Smith, minister of music at St.Thomas Church, Whitemarsh
St. Paul’s Church to host ‘Music and the Liturgy’ forum
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill will host a forum on “Music and the Liturgy” on Saturday, Oct. 14. more
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Quinn Kelsey as Simon Boccanegra (left) with Christian Van Horn as Jacopo Fiesco in Verdi’s Simon Boccanegra.
Piffaro opens season with salute to William Byrd
Piffaro, the Renaissance Band, will open its 2023-24 concert season Saturday, Oct. 14, at 7:30 p.m. in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. more
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The Crossing, a contemporary chamber choir led by Donald Nally (first row, far right), concluded its Sept. 16 performance with “Infinite Body,” a stunning contemporary choral work by composer Ayanna Woods (2nd row, second from right).
The Crossing premieres three in Chestnut Hill
Donald Nally conducted The Crossing in concert on Sept. 16 in the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill. The program was entitled “Crickets in Our Backyard.” more
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Pianist Marja Kaisla
Woodmere Art Museum announces classical music recitals
Chestnut Hill’s Woodmere Art Museum has announced a fall/winter season of classical concerts that includes five performances. more
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Principal bassoonist Daniel Matsukawa of West Mt. Airy will be performing solo at the Philadelphia Orchestra on Friday, Oct. 3.
Local ensembles offer more matinees than ever
When I was a kid, growing up in the 1950s, Sunday matinees were a common and frequent offering by many classical music ensembles throughout the country, including those here in Philadelphia. Then, in … more
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Donald Nally, founder and conductor of The Crossing
Local musicians welcome the new season with song
The opening of the 2023-24 season of classical music concerts will be highlighted by peerless vocal and choral singing offered by local musicians and ensembles. more
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Tempesta, taking a bow at the Berlin Philharmonic this past June.
Tempesta di Mare and Chamber Orchestra announce new seasons
Local classical music lovers are lucky when it comes to hearing “live” performances of music taken from the chamber orchestra repertoire. more
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Piffaro
Piffaro, Vox Ama Deus plan concerts on the Hill
Two of Philadelphia’s most acclaimed and popular classical music ensembles have announced 2023-24 “live concert” seasons that include performances in Chestnut Hill. more
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The operatic masterpiece “Henri VIII,” composed by Camille Saint-Saens (above), deserves a place in the active repertoire of companies and schools all over the world, including our own Opera Philadelphia and Academy of Vocal Arts.
Bard ‘Summerscape’ revives Saint-Saens’ ‘Henri VIII’
In the decades following World War I (1914-18), the classical music world traveled a pathway that has proven to be an unwise change of direction. It moved away from its traditional foundation on folk … more
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Choral Arts Philadelphia’s new season includes works by Bach, Britten and Monteverdi.
Hill conductor announces Choral Arts’ 2023-24 season
The new artistic director of Choral Arts Philadelphia has announced an exciting new roster of concerts for the 2023-24 season. more
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A 10-year-old Andre Watts performed with the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1957 after winning a student competition.
Germantown’s keyboard titan Andre Watts dies
Concert pianist Andre Watts, 77, a trailblazing virtuoso of classical music, spent his childhood and teenage years in Germantown. more
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Peter Nero, the founder and longtime director of the Philly Pops who died July 6, led the orchestra “with panache and charisma.”
Five Fridays is back with music and philanthropy
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill has announced the 2023-24 season of one of the Hill’s most popular offerings: “Five Fridays.” more
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Kristopher Rudzinski (center), director of Settlement Music School’s Germantown branch, with senior student services associate Elizabeth Zuckerman (left) and branch coordinator Mervin Toussaint.
Plymouth Meeting musician completes first year leading Settlement in Germantown
Kristopher Rudzinski recently completed his first year as director of the Germantown Branch of Settlement Music School. more
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Matthew Glandorf will direct his final liturgy at The Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, in Rosemont, on Sunday, July 9.
Leading figure in the region’s classical music scene departs
Matthew Glandorf, the longtime artistic director of Choral Arts Philadelphia, is moving to a new role in Germany. more
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