2022-2023 SEASON
BRAHMS FESTIVAL
November 6, 2022 at 5pm
Grace Congregational Church
Rutland, VT
November 12, 2022 at 4:30pm
Tilton Hall at Clark University
Worcester, MA
NERO joins
the Clark University Chamber Chorus,
Castleton University Concert Choir,
and the Grace Church Choir
in performances
of the Tragic Overture
and the unforgettable
Ein Deutsches Requiem.
Cailin Marcel Manson, baritone and conductor
Evangelia Leontis, soprano
Sherill Blodget, conductor
NERO OPEN READING:
AMY BEACH
November 10, 2022 at 7pm
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
Engage with the energy and community of NERO in rehearsal as we prepare
Amy Beach's "Gaelic" Symphony for performance later this season.
This is the first of many
OPEN READING sessions
NERO plans in the next few seasons,
allowing our community to journey with us as we bring these works to life.
CROWNING GLORY
December 11, 2022 at 2pm
St. Bernard Church
Keene, NH
NERO joins The Keene Chorale for one performance of two grand works to usher in the festive holiday season.
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Mass in C, K.317, "Krönungsmesse"
John Rutter
Gloria
AN AFTERNOON AT THE OPERA
February 26, 2023 at 4pm
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
NERO joins The Worcester Chorus and the Master Singers of Worcester
for an afternoon full of opera's
favorite choruses and overtures,
featuring solo vocal selections
by Black composers.
CLARK MUSIC FESTIVAL
March 27, 2023 at 7:30pm
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
NERO joins the Clark University Chamber Chorus and Sinfonia as well as other area choruses at Mechanics Hall
for an evening of masterworks.
Amy Beach
Symphony in E minor, Op. 32,
"Gaelic"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Requiem in D minor, K.626
BANISHING GRIEF
May 13, 2023 at 7pm
Shea Theater Arts Center
Turners Falls, MA
NERO continues its work
championing the voices of
diverse composers and performers
with a world premiere symphony
by acclaimed pianist and composer
Felix Jarrar,
with soloists soprano Maria Brea
and tenor Gabriel Enrique Hernandez, followed by one of the most moving symphonies of the 20th Century,
a true celebration of the victory of the human spirit against oppression.
Symphony No. 1, "Banishing Grief"
Dmitri Shostakovich
Symphony No. 5
Gabriel Enrique Hernandez, tenor
STABAT MATER
June 10, 2023 at 3pm
Redfern Arts Center at Keene State College
Keene, NH
June 11, 2023 at 3pm
Bow High Auditorium
Bow, NH
NERO closes the season with the combined forces of The Keene Chorale
and The Concord Chorale
in two performances of the epic
Stabat Mater of Antonín Dvorak.
Lisa Cooper, soprano
Jenny Cooper, mezzo-soprano
Joshua Collier, tenor
Nicholas Tocci, baritone