Carley sings with the Oregon Bach Festival Chorus. Craig Hella Johnson conducts.

On October 6, 1998, University of Wyoming student Matthew Shepard was kidnapped, beaten, and left to die, in what became an infamous act of brutality, and one of America’s most notorious anti-gay hate crimes. Shepard’s murder served as a catalyst for legislation that expanded the definition of a hate crime to include sexual orientation. The Grammy-nominated oratorio, composed and conducted by OBF artistic partner Craig Hella Johnson, is an evocative and compassionate musical response to the murder of Matthew Shepard.

For tickets and more information, visit OBF’s website

Universally considered Bach’s crowning achievement, the profound and astounding Mass is the summation of a lifetime of work. It took decades to complete and remains a testament to Bach’s faith and artistic virtuosity.

OBF Ripieno Ensemble
OBF Baroque Orchestra
Rowan Pierce, soprano I
Clara Osowski, soprano II
Ulrike Malotta, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor

For tickets and more information, please visit OBF’s website

Universally considered Bach’s crowning achievement, the profound and astounding Mass is the summation of a lifetime of work. It took decades to complete and remains a testament to Bach’s faith and artistic virtuosity.

OBF Ripieno Ensemble
OBF Baroque Orchestra
Rowan Pierce, soprano I
Clara Osowski, soprano II
Ulrike Malotta, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor

For tickets and more information, please visit OBF’s website

Universally considered Bach’s crowning achievement, the profound and astounding Mass is the summation of a lifetime of work. It took decades to complete and remains a testament to Bach’s faith and artistic virtuosity.

OBF Ripieno Ensemble
OBF Baroque Orchestra
Rowan Pierce, soprano I
Clara Osowski, soprano II
Ulrike Malotta, alto
Thomas Hobbs, tenor
Peter Harvey, bass
Jos van Veldhoven, conductor

For tickets and more information, please visit OBF’s website

Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they illuminate gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.

Silentwoods Collective
Carley DeFranco, soprano
Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins
Andrew Koutroubas, cello
John McKean, harpsichord 
Luce Burrell, theorbo

Tuesday July 8 | St. Anne’s in-the-Fields, Lincoln, MA

Wednesday July 9 | The Chapel at West Parish, Andover, MA

Thursday July 10 | Lindsay Chapel at Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA

Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they illuminate gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.

Silentwoods Collective
Carley DeFranco, soprano
Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins
Andrew Koutroubas, cello
John McKean, harpsichord 
Luce Burrell, theorbo

Tuesday July 8 | St. Anne’s in-the-Fields, Lincoln, MA

Wednesday July 9 | The Chapel at West Parish, Andover, MA

Thursday July 10 | Lindsay Chapel at Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA

Silentwoods Collective dives into the passionate and fiery music of Southern Italy, a region rich in Greek and Arab cultural heritage. Rituals of the early modern and pre-Christian eras reveal not only antiquity’s aesthetic influences in the area but also functional relations. Evolving and mutating with each passing generation, one example of such relationships is the lore surrounding the tarantella, a genre descending from ancient times. A reaction to emotional and or physical trauma, this program traces the lineage of the tarantella’s vigorous energy through the centuries to the ecstatic rituals involving music and dance surrounding the orphic and bacchic cults of antiquity. As the musicians explore these and other stories and rituals of Southern Italy, they illuminate gems of a seldom performed and understudied repertoire–works by Scarlatti, Coya, Caresana, Giulio de Ruvo, Provenzale, and more.

Silentwoods Collective
Carley DeFranco, soprano
Danilo Bonina & Nelli Herskovitz-Jabotinsky, violins
Andrew Koutroubas, cello
John McKean, harpsichord 
Luce Burrell, theorbo

Tuesday July 8 | St. Anne’s in-the-Fields, Lincoln, MA

Wednesday July 9 | The Chapel at West Parish, Andover, MA

Thursday July 10 | Lindsay Chapel at Emmanuel Church, Boston, MA

Concerti delle donne (consorts of ladies) were groups of professional female singers that flourished in late 16th century Italy. Duc Alfonso II d’Este featured these ensembles at the court’s regular chamber music concerts. This is a rare opportunity to hear this virtuosic, highly ornamented style of singing.

Works for one, two and three voices by: L. Rossi, L. Luzzaschi, D. Mazzocchi and C. Monteverdi

For tickets and more information, please visit this link.

Our final village concert of the season is a celebration of love featuring some of the greatest composers of art song over the past two centuries. From the sultry to the chaste, from joyful innocence to deepest sorrow, our musicians will take you on a journey through the innermost recesses of the heart.

Carley DeFranco, soprano

Omar Najmi, tenor

Eliko Akahori, piano

For more information, including the concert location and program, please visit Monadnock Music’s website

“Do not neglect your music,” Thomas Jefferson wrote his daughter. “It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you.” Works that would have been heard in 1775 across four capital cities. Composers include Billings, Arne, JC Bach, Barsanti, Cervetto, Baltzar, Lanzetti, Haydn, & Mozart.

Carley DeFranco, soprano; Susanna Ogata, violin; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos;
Andrus Madsen, fortepiano 

Friday, September 12, 2025 at 7pm at Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro VT (tickets at bmcvt.org)

Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 7pm at Church of the Good Shepherd, Watertown

Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 3:30pm at Follen Community Church, Lexington

For tickets and more information, please visit Sarasa’s website

“Do not neglect your music,” Thomas Jefferson wrote his daughter. “It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you.” Works that would have been heard in 1775 across four capital cities. Composers include Billings, Arne, JC Bach, Barsanti, Cervetto, Baltzar, Lanzetti, Haydn, & Mozart.

Carley DeFranco, soprano; Susanna Ogata, violin; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos;
Andrus Madsen, fortepiano 

Friday, September 12, 2025 at 7pm at Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro VT (tickets at bmcvt.org)

Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 7pm at Church of the Good Shepherd, Watertown

Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 3:30pm at Follen Community Church, Lexington

For tickets and more information, please visit Sarasa’s website

“Do not neglect your music,” Thomas Jefferson wrote his daughter. “It will be a companion which will sweeten many hours of life to you.” Works that would have been heard in 1775 across four capital cities. Composers include Billings, Arne, JC Bach, Barsanti, Cervetto, Baltzar, Lanzetti, Haydn, & Mozart.

Carley DeFranco, soprano; Susanna Ogata, violin; Jennifer Morsches, Timothy Merton, cellos;
Andrus Madsen, fortepiano 

Friday, September 12, 2025 at 7pm at Brattleboro Music Center, Brattleboro VT (tickets at bmcvt.org)

Saturday, September 13, 2025 at 7pm at Church of the Good Shepherd, Watertown

Sunday, September 14, 2025 at 3:30pm at Follen Community Church, Lexington

For tickets and more information, please visit Sarasa’s website

Carley performs Bach cantatas BWV 173 and 209 with Musicians of the Old Post Road in Music Worcester’s ‘Complete Bach Project’.

Both BWV 170 and 173 are sacred cantatas written for the season that follows Easter. The contrast in BWV 209 is not only structure and instrumentation, but that it’s one of Bach’s only settings of text in Italian. This cantata’s material is mournful, with references to departing and sailing off to sea. These cantatas feature symphonic moments as much as soloistic, making this performance a delight for listeners of all musical preferences. 

Program

Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170 
Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut, BWV 173 
Non sa che sia dolore, BWV 209 

For more information and tickets, please click here.

Errollyn Wallen's Dido's Ghost (2021) resurrects a timeless tale, casting a haunting shadow on Virgil's epic. This chamber opera delves into the spectral aftermath of Dido's despair, exploring the lingering echoes of love and betrayal by setting the entirety of Purcell’s original Dido and Aneas as a dream sequence. Wallen's evocative new score bookends the Purcell revealing a new dimension to a familiar tragedy. Witness a powerful, intimate performance where ancient myth meets modern musicality, and the past speaks with a chilling, unforgettable voice.

Carley DeFranco, Anna/Dido
‍David Thomas Mather, Aeneas
‍Jonathan Woody, Elymas/Sorceress
‍Katherine Maysek, Lavinia/Spirit
‍Morgan Mastrangelo, Ascanius/First Sailor
‍Corrine Byrne, Belinda
‍Rebecca Miller Kratzer, Director
‍Shura Baryshnikov, Choreographer

Errollyn Wallen's Dido's Ghost (2021) resurrects a timeless tale, casting a haunting shadow on Virgil's epic. This chamber opera delves into the spectral aftermath of Dido's despair, exploring the lingering echoes of love and betrayal by setting the entirety of Purcell’s original Dido and Aneas as a dream sequence. Wallen's evocative new score bookends the Purcell revealing a new dimension to a familiar tragedy. Witness a powerful, intimate performance where ancient myth meets modern musicality, and the past speaks with a chilling, unforgettable voice.

Carley DeFranco, Anna/Dido
‍David Thomas Mather, Aeneas
‍Jonathan Woody, Elymas/Sorceress
‍Katherine Maysek, Lavinia/Spirit
‍Morgan Mastrangelo, Ascanius/First Sailor
‍Corrine Byrne, Belinda
‍Rebecca Miller Kratzer, Director
‍Shura Baryshnikov, Choreographer

Carley sings with the H+H Chorus.

Deck the halls with Bach and the brilliance of the Baroque! Celebrate the season with the H+H Orchestra, Chorus, and Resident Conductor Scott Allen Jarrett as they bring you music that overflows with joy and “crackles with spirit” (The Arts Fuse). The holidays shine even brighter with jubilant works by the harmonious duo J.S. Bach and his cousin J.L. Bach, alongside the sparkling beauty of Graupner’s Magnificat.

For more information and tickets, please click here.

Carley sings with the H+H Chorus.

Deck the halls with Bach and the brilliance of the Baroque! Celebrate the season with the H+H Orchestra, Chorus, and Resident Conductor Scott Allen Jarrett as they bring you music that overflows with joy and “crackles with spirit” (The Arts Fuse). The holidays shine even brighter with jubilant works by the harmonious duo J.S. Bach and his cousin J.L. Bach, alongside the sparkling beauty of Graupner’s Magnificat.

For more information and tickets, please click here.

Carley sings with the H+H Chorus and Orchestra.

JAKE RUNESTAD Dreams of the Fallen
PETER BOYER Dreaming a World

Combining the musical forces of solo piano, chorus and orchestra with powerful texts written by Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran and award-winning poet Brian Turner, Jake Runestad’s Dreams of the Fallen explores a soldier’s experience of war and its lasting impact.

Peter Boyer’s gorgeous and uplifting Dreaming a World, with texts from Langston Hughes, Native American prayers and Walt Whitman, plus references to Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Cesar Chavez and more, is a collection of American ideals focused on equality and the dream of all people living in harmony.

For more information and tickets, visit True Concord’s website

JAKE RUNESTAD Dreams of the Fallen
PETER BOYER Dreaming a World

Combining the musical forces of solo piano, chorus and orchestra with powerful texts written by Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran and award-winning poet Brian Turner, Jake Runestad’s Dreams of the Fallen explores a soldier’s experience of war and its lasting impact.

Peter Boyer’s gorgeous and uplifting Dreaming a World, with texts from Langston Hughes, Native American prayers and Walt Whitman, plus references to Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Cesar Chavez and more, is a collection of American ideals focused on equality and the dream of all people living in harmony.

For more information and tickets, visit True Concord’s website

JAKE RUNESTAD Dreams of the Fallen
PETER BOYER Dreaming a World

Combining the musical forces of solo piano, chorus and orchestra with powerful texts written by Iraq and Afghanistan War veteran and award-winning poet Brian Turner, Jake Runestad’s Dreams of the Fallen explores a soldier’s experience of war and its lasting impact.

Peter Boyer’s gorgeous and uplifting Dreaming a World, with texts from Langston Hughes, Native American prayers and Walt Whitman, plus references to Martin Luther King Jr., John F. Kennedy, Cesar Chavez and more, is a collection of American ideals focused on equality and the dream of all people living in harmony.

For more information and tickets, visit True Concord’s website

Highlights from Bernstein’s West Side Story &
Choral Arrangements of Hits from The Great American Songbook

Based on Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is one of the great classics of the 20th century. Conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, this work takes the classic tale into a relatable modern American context, changing the landscape of American musicals. Bernstein’s evocative style brings to life the story of love in the face of division.

Swing to The Great American Songbook, the American pop music of the 1920’s to 50’s, with sounds and songs that reflect who we were and where we came from. When you hear these songs, you know them! This is the music that is in our cultural DNA.

For more information and tickets, please visit True Concord’s website

Highlights from Bernstein’s West Side Story &
Choral Arrangements of Hits from The Great American Songbook

Based on Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is one of the great classics of the 20th century. Conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, this work takes the classic tale into a relatable modern American context, changing the landscape of American musicals. Bernstein’s evocative style brings to life the story of love in the face of division.

Swing to The Great American Songbook, the American pop music of the 1920’s to 50’s, with sounds and songs that reflect who we were and where we came from. When you hear these songs, you know them! This is the music that is in our cultural DNA.

For more information and tickets, please visit True Concord’s website

Highlights from Bernstein’s West Side Story &
Choral Arrangements of Hits from The Great American Songbook

Based on Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story is one of the great classics of the 20th century. Conceived by Jerome Robbins with music by Leonard Bernstein and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, this work takes the classic tale into a relatable modern American context, changing the landscape of American musicals. Bernstein’s evocative style brings to life the story of love in the face of division.

Swing to The Great American Songbook, the American pop music of the 1920’s to 50’s, with sounds and songs that reflect who we were and where we came from. When you hear these songs, you know them! This is the music that is in our cultural DNA.

For more information and tickets, please visit True Concord’s website

Carley joins Ensemble Veritas for a collaboration with the Harvard Choruses for one performance of the St. Matthew Passion.

More information coming soon.