2025-26
Concert Season
SHINE!
Celebrating resilience through song
4 PM | Sunday, December 14, 2025
First Parish of Arlington | 630 Mass Ave. | Arlington MA
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Cantilena is delighted to present a newly commissioned work by our very own Rebecca Sacks as part of our celebration marking 45 years as a treble chorus and 25 years performing as "Cantilena."
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Celebrate with us! Tickets will be available this fall.
The fall program explores the connection between resilience and song through uplifting works including “Be the Light” by Lea Morris and “Keep Singing” by Ayrian Norman. With more contemplative selections such as Daniel Gawthrop’s “There Is Sweet Music” and Mari Esabel Valverde’s “Cantares” these selections reflect on how music touches and moves us. The capstone for this concert celebration is the world premiere of a new work by composer and Cantilena member Rebecca Sacks titled “Come, Ye Lovers of Art."
I Rise: Women in Song
8 PM | Friday, May 8, 2026
Trinity Lutheran Church | 73 Lancaster St. | Worcester MA
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8 PM | Saturday, May 9, 2026
First Parish of Arlington | 630 Mass Ave. | Arlington MA
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Cantilena is thrilled to invite the Worcester Chorus Women’s Ensemble to combine forces in this coming spring's joint program featuring Reena Esmail’s I Rise: Women in Song. In each movement of this work the composer acknowledges a notable woman who has inspired her. She writes that this work is "a reflection on a single facet of the multifaceted experience of being a woman in this world.” ​
Cantilena’s collaboration with The Worcester Chorus Women's Ensemble makes it possible for both groups to present a larger choral work that includes a string quintet, harp and flute as well as over 40 treble voices in two venues.
Cantilena invites you to join us in Worcester or Arlington for this special performance on Mothers Day weekend.
Music Worcester Women's Ensemble with Director Mark Mummert
Please go to the Music Worcester webpage for more information about the Worcester performance: https://www.musicworcester.org/event/the-worcester-chorus-womens-ensemble-cantilena/