About the Cambridge Community Chorus

The Cambridge Community Chorus has celebrated more than 20 years of offering participation in musical performances to all those with a love of music and community. Led by Music Director Jamie Kirsch, the Chorus is a nonprofit organization known for its broad repertoire, including the world and North American premieres of new choral works; for the quality of its performances; and for its diverse and varied membership. We are a welcoming organization; singers of all ages from the Cambridge area and beyond -- regardless of their musical training or experience -- can join our group without audition.

Major works performed by the Chorus in recent years include Mozart's "Coronation" Mass, Bach's Cantata 61, Ariel Ramirez's Navidad Nuestra, Ralph Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem, Poulenc's Gloria, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Cherubini's Requiem in C minor, Brahms's Schicksalslied, Mendelssohn's Die Erste Walpurgisnacht, a revival of Hiawatha's Wedding Feast by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, the world premiere of Oscar-winning composer Luis Bacalov's Cantos Para Nuestros Tiempos: The Cambridge Psalms (commissioned by the Chorus), and Handel's Messiah.

In addition, the Chorus enriches the musical life of Cambridge throughout the year. Last year, the Chorus started its own annual public Messiah sing; it also recently performed at the Boom Town Festival in East Cambridge and the Joyful Noise gospel concert at Sanders Theatre, both sponsored by the Cambridge Multicultural Arts Center. It has also collaborated with the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, performed Messiah selections at local nursing facilities during the holiday season, and performed in the annual Holocaust Commemoration. In this way, the Chorus contributes to the musical enjoyment of both its local residents and its members.

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