MARIA FERRANTE

Soprano

SCHEDULE OF UPCOMING PERFORMANCES

MARIA'S CURRENT CALENDAR
OTHER MUSICIAN WEB SITES & CONCERTS OF INTEREST

 
Maria Ferrante Concerts
2016 - 2017
 

UPCOMING

featuring
Francis Poulenc's Gloria

Maria Ferrante, soprano soloist

St. Mary's Church
Dover, NH
  
Friday, December 9th, 2016
8:00 PM
  
North Church 
Portsmouth, NH
  
Sunday, December 11th, 2016
3:00 PM



by Lotta Suter and Robert Griffin

Soloists: Maria Ferrante and Donald Wilkinson

Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
  
Saturday, October 22nd, 2016
7:30 PM

Mason NH Congregational Church
 
Sunday, October 23rd 2016
3:30 PM



  PAST PERFORMANCES

AAAS 2014 Annual Meeting
Annals of Improbable Research
 
Maria sings songs from Ig Nobel Operas
 
Chicago, IL
 
Saturday, February 15th, 2014
8:00 PM

http://aaas.confex.com/aaas/2014/webprogram/Session7553.html




 
Featuring the New England String Quartet 
with Diane Heffner, clarinet
and Maria Ferrante, soprano
 
Women's Studies Research Center
Brandeis University

 
Sunday, December 15th, 2013
3:00 PM

Reserve tickets at www.rebeccaclarke.org/nesq



 
 
Exquisite songs about love and wonder from all periods of Italian history 
sung in Italian.  Selections include a new work exploring the universal 
poetic text by Saint Francis of Assisi-Il Cantico delle Creature (Praise 
of the Creatures)-composed by Professor Michele Caniato.
 
Kent Recital Hall
Fitchburg State University

 
Thursday, November 21st, 2013
Pre-concert panel with composer and performers: 6:30 PM
Performance 7:30 PM
 
 Sponsored by the Center for Italian Culture 
at Fitchburg State University
 
 
 
 
 
Soprano Maria Ferrante and composer Michele Caniato lead workshops 
demonstrating singing techniques, compositional processes, learning 
processes for performers, collaboration among musicians,and recital 
preparation. The main focus will be Caniato's new work based on 
poetry by Saint Francis of Assisi to premier the following evening.
 
Kent Recital Hall
Fitchburg State University

 
Wednesday, November 20th, 2013
2:00 & 3:30 PM

Sponsored by the Center for Italian Culture 
at Fitchburg State University
 


 
Maria sings Berlioz's La morte d'Ophelie and Debussy's Air de Lia.
 
Unitarian Universalist Church
Harvard, MA
Friday, November 15th, 2013
7:30 PM (pre-concert talk 7:00 PM)
 
First Baptist Church
Worcester, MA
Saturday, November 16th, 2013
7:30 PM (pre-concert talk 7:00 PM)
 


 
Maria co-hosts a trip to La Scala and more.
 
October 24th - 31st, 2013
 
 
 
  
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
 
Monday, October 21st, 2013
9:00 & 11:00 AM
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria sings the title role in this world
premiere of this chamber opera.
 
Mason Congregational Church
Mason, NH

Saturday, October 19th, 2013
7:30 PM
Sunday, October 20th, 2013
3:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Sanders Theatre
Harvard University, Boston, MA

Thursday, September 12th, 2013
7:30 PM 

 
 
 
 
 
Maria will sing the soprano solos in an abridged
version of Bernstein's Mass, Tippett spirituals, 
 and Un bel di from Puccini's Madama Butterfly.
 
Kingswood Arts Center
Wolfboro, NH

Saturday, July 20th, 2013
8:00 PM
 
Masterclass
Wednesday, July 17th, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
Maria will join the Ecclesia Consort in the opening night concert
 
The Breakers
Newport, RI

Friday, July 12th, 2013
9:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Maria sings for the opening gala
 
University of Geneva
Geneva, Switzerland

Friday, May 3rd, 2013
2:00 PM
Tuesday, May 7th, 2013
TBA
 
 
 
 
A Dream of Music
 
Maria Ferrante, soprano
Irwin Reese, tenor
Rebecca Hartka, cello
Gregory Hayes, piano
 
Greenfield, MA
 
Sunday, April 28th, 2013
3:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church
Harvard, MA

Saturday, April 21, 2013
4:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria sings Brahm's Two Songs, Op. 91.
 
Congregational Church of Grafton
Grafton, MA
Friday, April 12th, 2013
7:30 PM (pre-concert talk 7:00 PM)
 
First Unitarian Church
Worcester, MA
Saturday, April 13th, 2013
7:30 PM (pre-concert talk 7:00 PM)
 
 Unitarian Universalist Church
Harvard, MA
Sunday, April 21st, 2013
4:00 PM (pre-concert talk 3:30 PM)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Memorial for James Wilson Rayen
 
Houghton Chapel
Wellesley College

Saturday, April 14th, 2013
 
 
 
 
 Memorial for Eric Grinnell
 
The Academy of Charlemont
Charlemont, MA

Saturday, March 30th, 2013
 
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Ferrante, soprano
Elizabeth Russo, mezzo-soprano 
Irwin Reese, tenor
Stephan Barnicle, bass
 
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
 
Saturday, December 1st, 2012
8:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Exquisite songs about love, wonder, and the universal plight of
existence sung in Italian. Canti e cantici, a new work for voice and
chamber emsemble by Professor Michele Caniato.
 
Kent Recital Hall
Fitchburg State University
 
Thursday, November 15th 2012
Pre-concert panel 6:30 PM
Performance 7:30 PM
 
 
 
 
 
BHS Performing Arts Center
Hyannis, MA

Saturday, November 3rd, 2012
8:00 PM
Sunday, November 4th, 2012
3:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Merkin Hall
New York, NY

Monday, October 15th, 2012
7:30 PM
 
 
 
 
  
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
 
Monday, October 1st, 2012
11:00 AM
 
For registration form
 
 
 
 
 
Sanders Theatre
Harvard University, Boston, MA

Thursday, September 20th, 2012
7:30 PM

 
 
 
 
 
present

Maria Ferrante, soprano
Brett Maguire, piano

Ashburnham Community Church
Ashburnham, MA

Sunday, September 9th, 2012
4:00 PM

 
 
 
 
 
Wolfboro, NH

Sunday, August 4th, 2012
8:00 PM
Master Class: Saturday, August 3rd, 2012

 
 
 
 
 
present

Lincoln Mayorga, Pianist
with Maria Ferrante, Soprano & Akal Dev Sharonne, Flutist
 
Spencertown Academy Arts Center
Spencertown, NY

Friday, July 27th, 2012
6:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Ferrante, soprano
Masako Yanagita, violin
Estela Plevsky, piano
 
Federated Church
Charlemont, MA
 
Friday, July 6th, 2012
7:00 PM
Saturday, July 7th, 2012
7:30 PM
 
 
 
 
Sergey Antonov Concert
 
Benefits Cancer Care and Research
 
Sergey Antonov, cellist (2007 Tchaikovsky Gold Medalist)
Ilya Kazantsev, pianist (Prize Winner, World Piano Competition)
Maria Ferrante, soprano
Victor Rosenbaum, piano
Boston Chamber Orchestra
Yohei Sato, conductor
 
Edward M. Pickman Concert Hall
Longy School of Music
 
Friday, June 1st, 2012
8:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Ferrante, soprano
Thomas Jones, Baritone
 
Dreamland Theatre
Nantucket, MA

Sunday, May 13th 2012
4:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Maria Ferrante, soprano
Lincoln Mayorga, piano
 
Tsai Performance Center
Boston University, Boston, MA
 
Thursday, April 12th, 2012
8:00 PM
 
 
 
 
Private Recital
 
Maria Ferrante, soprano
 
Sunday, April 15th, 2012
NOON
 
 

 


 
 
New England Conservatory's Jordan Hall
Boston, MA
 
Sunday, March 4th, 2012
2:00 PM
 
 
 
 
Under the Parisian Sky
Worcester Chamber Music Society
 
Maria sings songs by DELBES, HAHN, KOESHLIN and MOMPOU.
 
Unitarian Universalist Church
Harvard, MA
Friday, February 10th, 2012
7:30 PM
 
Assumption College Chapel
Worcester, MA
Saturday, February 11th, 2012
7:30 PM
 
 
 

 


 
 
Featuring selections from their Christmas Memories CD
 
Maria Ferrante, soprano
Will Sherwood, piano/organ
Masako Yanagita, violin
Rafael Popper-Keizer, cello
 
First Baptist Church
Worcester, MA
 
Friday, December 9th, 2011
7:30 PM
 
 

 


 
 
Featuring selections from their Christmas in Worcester CD
 
Maria Ferrante soprano
Marjorie Ness, piano/organ
 
St. Matthew's Methodist Church
Acton, MA
 
Sunday, December 4th, 2011
3:00 PM
 
 
 
 
Maria sings Poulenc's Gloria.
 
St. Mark's School
Southborough, MA
 
Sunday, November 13th, 2011
3:30 PM
 
 
 
 
South of the Border
Worcester Chamber Music Society
 
Maria sings Golijov's How Slow the Wind & Lua Descolorida.
 
Unitarian Universalist Church
Harvard, MA
Friday, September 23rd, 2011
7:30 PM
 
 First Baptist Church
Worcester, MA
Saturday, September 24th, 2011
7:30 PM
 
 
 
 
Faculty Recital
Members of the Foundation Music Lesson Program
 
Kent Recital Hall, Fitchburg State University
Fitchburg, MA
 
Monday, September 12th, 2011
7:00 PM
 
 
 
 
The Two Masters: Haydn & Mozart
Newton Choral Society

Our Lady Help of Christians Church
Newton, MA
 
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
8:00 PM

 
 
 
 
 
Peterborough Town House
Peterborough, NH
 
Saturday, April 30th, 2011
8:00 PM
Sunday, May 1st. 2011

3:00 PM
 
 
 
 
The Bohemians
Worcester Chamber Music Society

 
Maria sings Song to the Moon from Rusalka by Dvorak.

Assumption College Chapel
Worcester, MA
Saturday, April 9th, 2011
7:30 PM
 
Oakham Congragational Church
Oakham, MA

Sunday, April, 10th, 2011
3:00 PM

 
 
 
 
 
First Unitarian Church
Worcester, MA
Thursday, April 7th 2011
8:00PM

 
Jordan Hall
Boston, MA

Friday, April 8th, 2011
8:00 PM
 
 
 
 
Songs of Innocence and Experience
Worcester Chamber Music Society
 
First Baptist Church
Worcester, MA
Saturday, January 8th, 2011
7:30 PM
 
Village Congragational Church
Whitinsville, MA
Sunday, January, 9th, 2011
3:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Maria joins Will Sherwood (piano/organ) & Rafael Popper-Keizer (cello)
in a holiday benefit performance for Jericho Road.
(Click here for a short preview)
 
First Baptist Church
Worcester, MA
 
Friday, December 3rd, 2010
7:30 PM
 
 
 
 
Tribute & Celebration of the Life of
Dermot P. Shea (1916-2010)
 
Maria Ferrante, soprano
Michael Czitrom, Cello

 
Boston Public Library
Boston, MA

Saturday, November 13th, 2010
2:00 PM

 
 
 
 
 
During my career in New England, concert opera performances of
major operatic works were among the most critically acclaimed
and popular with audiences. It was during this time that I worked
with Maria Ferrante and found her to be one of the most engaging
and moving vocal artists I've ever heard. The pathos Ferrante will
bring to the role of Butterfly is something patrons will not want to miss.
- Jeffrey Rink, NFSO Music Director -

Northwest Florida Symphony Orchestra
Niceville, FL
 
October 30th, 2010
7:30 PM

 
 
 
 
Private Appearance
 
Sunday, October 10th, 2010
 
 
 
 
Best of Boston
Private Event
 
Boston Opera House
Boston, MA
 
 Tuesday, October 12th, 2010
 
 
 
 
Mohawk Trail Concerts
 
Federated Church
Charlemont, MA
 
July 30th, 2010
7:30 PM
July 31st, 2010
8:00 PM
 
 
 
 
Best Kept Secrets
(performance review)
 
Maria joins pianist Lincoln Mayorga to bring an exceptional
program of 19th and 20th century American Art Song. The
program encompasses an historical spread of the art song
repertoire, a classical vocal form enhanced by the
contributions of American composers and song writers.
 
Mary D'Angelo Performing Arts Center
Mercyhurst College
Erie, PA
 
Sunday, April 11th, 2010
2:00 PM
Master Class - Monday, April 12th, 2010
 
 
 
 
Music Worcester Presents
Ein Deutches Requiem, op. 45
 
Soloists:
Maria Ferrante, Soprano
Teddy Tahu Rhodes, Baritone
 Worcester Chorus
Festival Orchestra
 Holy Cross College Choir
 
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
 
Friday, April 9th, 2010
8:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Brett Maguire, piano & Ben Sears, baritone, will join Maria.
Selections to include Broadway and more.
 
Marlboro Middle School
Marlboro, MA
 
April 3rd, 2010
7:00 PM
 
 
 
 
London, England
Performances

 
March 15th-26th, 2010
 
 
 
 
 
Mechanics Hall
Worcester, MA
 
Monday, March 29th, 2010
10:00 AM & NOON
 
  
  
 
 
Maria joins Bradford Conner, Tim Harbold, Mary Ann Lanier,
Heather Peterson, Benjamin Sears, and Korland Simmons
for a musical tour featuring selections of Cole Porter,
Leonard Bernstein, Rodgers & Hart,
and many more!
 
Pickerman Concert Hall, Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA 
Saturday, March 6th, 2010
7:30 PM
 
Follen Community Church
Lexington, MA  
Sunday, March 7th, 2010
3:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
Trinity Episcopal Church
Apalachicola, FL
 
Sunday, Februrary 7th, 2010
4:00 PM
 
 
 
 
Winter Romance
Worcester Chamber Music Society
 
First Unitarian Church
Worcester, MA
Saturday, January 16th, 2010
7:30 PM
 
Unitarian Universalitst Church
Harvard, MA
Sunday, January, 17th, 2010
3:00 PM
 
 

In memory of
Richard Serbagi
 
Maria to sing Bach cantatas
"Liebster Jesu, mein Verlangen" (#32)
"Was Gott thut, das ift wohlgethan" (#98)
 
Trinity Episcopal Church
Newtown, CT
 
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009
8:00 PM
 
 
 
 
 
First Church
Boston, MA
 
Sunday, December 13th, 2009
6:30 PM
 
 

 
Maria joins Will Sherwood in a holiday
benefit performance for Jericho Road.
(Click here for a short preview)
 
First Unitarian Church
Worcester, MA
 
Friday, December 4th, 2009
7:30 PM
 
Adults: $10, Seniors/Children: $5, Families: $25
 
 
 
 
Music Alive!
 
Wesley United Methodist Church
Worcester, MA
 
Sunday, November 22nd, 2009
4:00 PM
 
 
 
 
Great Waters Music Festival
 
Wolfeboro, NH
 
July 15th-18th, 2009
Performance & Masterclass
 
 
 
 
 
Rambler Park Fenway
 
Boston, MA
 
July 24th & September 4th, 2009 
(Raindates July 25th, September 5th)
6:00PM
Mozart Exultate Jubilate
 
 
 
 
Fitzgerald Park
 
Boston, MA
 
July 31st & September 11 th, 2009
(Raindates August 1st, September 12th)
6:00 PM
Mozart
 
 
 
 
Falmouth Choral
Cape Cod
 
October 24th & 25th, 2009
Mozart Dixit Dominus & Magnificat K.193
Exerpts from Magic Flute
Place Time TBA
 
 
 
 
 
 
2008-2009
 
 
January 2nd
8:00 PM
The Concert Society of Northern Westchester    

Featuring Maria sing operatic arias    

Trinity Episcopal Church, Main Street, Newtown , CT
 
January 17th
7:30 PM

Transfigured Night
 
Maria sings Strauss Frulingsstimmen

All Saints Church, Worcester, MA
 
January 18th
3:00 PM

Transfigured Night
 
Maria sings Strauss Frulingsstimmen

Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA

 
February 14th
7:30 PM

For The Love of Music

Maria sings Chausson-Chanson's Pertetuelle

Assumption College, Worcester, MA

 
February 15th
3:00 PM

For The Love of Music
 
Maria sings Chausson-Chanson's Pertetuelle

Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA

 
March 21st
8:00 PM

Soprano Soloist, Haydn's "Paukenmesse"
Falmouth Chorale

St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Falmouth MA
http://www.falmouthchorale.org/
 
March 22nd
3:00 PM

Soprano Soloist, Haydn's "Paukenmesse"
Falmouth Chorale

Christ the King Catholic Church, Mashpee
http://www.falmouthchorale.org/
 
May 2nd
7:30 PM

Soprano Soloist, Verdi Requiem
Monadnock Chorus, Carroll Lehman director

Keene State, Keene NH
www.monadnock-chorus.org
 
May 3rd
3:00 PM

Soprano Soloist, Verdi Requiem
Monadnock Chorus, Carroll Lehman director

Peterborough Town House
www.monadnock-chorus.org
 
May 16th
7:30 PM

International Landscapes
 
Maria sings Vull's Sephardic songs and Bolcolm's Let Evening Come

First Unitarian Church, Worcester, MA
 
May 17th
3:00 PM

International Landscapes

Maria sings Vull's Sephardic songs and Bolcolm's Let Evening Come

Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA

 
May 21st
7:30 PM
 
A Special Spring Soprano Concert . . .
 
The Orangerie at Tower Hill Botanic Garden, Boylston, MA
 
(Doors open at 6:30 PM for cash bar and browsing)
 
 
2008

 
January 19th
7:00 PM
 
Worcester Chamber of Music Society www.WorcesterChamberMusic.org

Featuring Maria Ferrante singing Villa-Lobos and Respigi  
 
All Saints Church, 10 Irving Street, Worcester
Ticket information: call 978 456-2730
 
 
February 15th
7:00 PM
 
Worcester Chamber of Music Society www.WorcesterChamberMusic.org

Featuring Maria singing Rachmaninoff

First Baptist Church, 111 Park Avenue, Worcester
Ticket information : Call 978-456-2730
 
 
March 14th
7:30 PM
 
Mistral (part of the Andover Chamber Music Series)

Maria sings with Jason Vieaux, guitar and Julie Scolnik, flute

University of Vermont www.uvm.edu/laneseries/mistral.php
UVM Recital Hall
 
 
March 16th
3:00 PM

March 17th
7 PM

 
Mistral (part of the Andover Chamber Music Series)

Maria sings with Jason Vieaux, guitar and Julie Scolnik, flute

Buckley Recital Hall, Amherst College
 
 
March 30th
4:00 PM
 
Mistral (part of the Andover Chamber Music Series)

Maria sings with Jason Vieaux, guitar and Julie Scolnik, flute

Veritas Auditorium, Elms College
 
 
April 14th
10 AM & 12 PM
 
Brown Bags for Kids
Maria presents Brown Bags for Kids Introduction to American Composers.

Mechanics Hall, Worcester MA
Reservations required: 508-752-5608
 
 
May 4th
3:00 PM
 
Faure Requiem, Soprano Soloist

Seasons Finale Wellesley Symphony Orchestra www.wellesleysymphony.org

MassBay Community College, 50 Oakland St., Wellesley Hills

 

May 11th
2:00 PM

 

Mistral: No Ordinary Women

Maria appears with Janice Weber, pianist, and Julie Scolnik, flute

The Music Hall, Portsmouth, NH

 

June 3rd
7:30 PM

 

Best Kept Secrets, a Treasury of Passionate American Song

Maria sings from her newest CD. Lincoln Mayorga, accompanist

Pilgrim Pines, Swazey, NH

 

July 4th
7:30 PM

 

America's Birthday

A free hour-long concert of American music for the whole family featuring Maria Ferrante, soprano, Masako Yanagita, violin and Abba Bogin, piano

Mohawk Trail Concerts, Federated Church, Charlemont, MA

 

July 5th
8:00 PM

 

Opera Night

Some American music, as on Friday, plus favorite Puccini opera arias from La Boheme, Madama Butterfly, Gianni Schicci, Tosca, Suor Angelica, with Maria Ferrante, soprano, Masako Yanagita violin and Abba Bogin piano.

Mohawk Trail Concerts, Federated Church, Charlemont, MA
 

 

July 7th-18th

 

Summer Seminar in Vocal Arts
Go to http://www.mariaferrante.com/ for more information

 

September 12th

 

Voices of Gratitude

Millenium Society-Celebration 2008

Private function, not open to the public
 

 

September 14th
4:00 PM

 

Historical Piano Concerts

Recording of Six Variations in D WoO 74, Beethoven

Ashburnham Community Church, Ashburnham MA

 

September 16th

 

Live Radio Broadcast
WNED Public Radio, Buffalo NY

 

 

September 19th

 

Master Class
SUNY, Fredonia, NY
 

 

September 20th

 

Best Kept Secrets, a Treasury of American Passionate Song

Maria sings from her newest CD. Lincoln Mayorga, accompanist

Fredonia Opera House, Fredonia NY

 

September 21st


In-formance of 19th Century Song
 
Maria will give an informational performance and speak about 19th century song with pianist Lincoln Mayorga

Patterson Library, Westfield, NY
 

 

September 27th
7:30 PM


Let The New Season Begin!

Maria sings from Berlioz's Nuit d'Ete and Le Jeune Patre Breton

St. Paul's Cathedral, Worcester, MA
 

 

September 28th
3:00 PM

 

Let The New Season Begin!
 
Maria sings from Berlioz's Nuit d'Ete and Le Jeune Patre Breton

Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA
 

 

October 1st
7:00 PM


Les Illuminations of  Benjamin Britten

Maria sings with the Worcester Collegium, Ian Watson, Conductor

Mechanics Hall, Worcester MA
 

 

October 2nd
3:00 PM

 

The 18th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony    

Guest Artist

Sanders Theatre
Harvard University, Cambridge MA
http://140.247.118.196/tickets/details.cfm?EVENT_ID=7995
 

 

October 5th
&
October 27th

 

Boston Opera House
 
Maria sings opera arias

Corporate function, not open to the public
 

 

October 6th
10 AM & 12 PM

 

Brown Bags for Kids

Maria presents Brown Bags for Kids Introduction to American Composers.

Mechanics Hall, Worcester MA
Reservations required: 508-752-5608
 

 

November 15th
8 PM

 

Reflections on Innocence and Peace
Assabet Valley Mastersingers

Soprano Soloist

NEW VENUE: St. Mark's School, Southborough, MA http://www.avmsingers.org/
 

 

November 21st
7:30 PM

 

Music For A While
 
Maria sings Purcell songs and Bach Cantata 209

Museum of Russian Icons, Clinton, MA
 

 

November
22nd
7:30 PM

 

Music For A While
 
Maria sings Purcell songs and Bach Cantata 209

First Baptist Church, Worcester, MA
 

2007

    JANUARY
20
7:00pm
  WorcesterChamber Music Society   www.WorcesterChamberMusic.org
Featuring Maria Ferrante,   William Ness, Piano
            First Baptist Church 111 Park Avenue, Worcester, MA

 


  MARCH
24
8:00pm
 

Mistral at Fitchburg State

Italian Composers and Composers Who Loved Italian! Members of Mistral
8:00 PM-10:00 PM Conlon Building, Kent Recital Hall - Tickets: $20/general; $18/faculty, staff, seniors, groups; $7/FSC students & under 18. Reserved seating. Call the Weston Box Office at (978) 665-3347.
Members of Mistral a New England chamber ensemble with a mixed instrumentation -will carry us away to a world of exquisite Italian music. Whether it is Rossini or Mozart, Italian vocal music is breathtakingly gorgeous. Soprano Maria Ferrante is passionate about her music and especially knows the language and culture of the Italian musical literature. Her bel canto style - literally meaning "beautiful singing" - is elegant and brilliant singing that is pleasing to the audience. Joining her on stage is the shimmering flute performance by Julia Scolnik, artistic director, and the brilliant artistry of pianist Randall Hodgkinson. This ensemble performs with excellence of style and the intimacy of a musical conversation.

Sponsored by: The Center for Italian Culture at Fitchburg State College
For more information, e-mail mdurling@fsc.edu or call 978-665-3709.


   

  APRIL
21
8:00pm
&
22
2:00pm
  Springtime In Vienna featuring Maria Ferrante
with The Enid Symphony Orchestra in Oklahoma!

   
29
3:00pm
 

Fine Arts Center Regis College , Weston, MA    www.CSOB.org
Ein Deuches Requiem, op.45

     
    NOVEMBER
16
7:00 PM
 

Worcester Chamber of Music Society     http://www.WorcesterChamberMusic.org
Featuring Maria Ferrante singing the fabulous Nisi Dominus
First Unitarian Church,  90 Main Street,  Worcester, MA 01609 map


   
18
4:00 PM
 

Worcester Chamber of Music Society      www.WorcesterChamberMusic.org
Featuring Maria Ferrante singing the fabulous Nisi Dominus
Parish Center for the Arts � 10 Lincoln Street , Westford map
Call 978-692-6333 for ticket information


   
24
8:00 PM
 

The Bostonian Opera and Concert Ensemble, Inc.     http://www.thebostonians.org
Featuring Gilbert & Sullivan's THE MIKADO
Jordan Hall   
 Ticket information: call 617-242-4015


   

  DECEMBER
28
8:00 PM
 

The Concert Society of Northern Westchester    
Featuring Maria Ferrante Operatic Arias    
Trinity Episcopal Church, Main Street, Newtown , CT


   
31
TIME TBA Check your First Night Manual
 

NEW YEAR'S EVE!
Maria sings Strauss's fantastic FRUHLINGSSTIMMEN! (Spring Voices) with members of the Worcester Chamber of Music Society
Mechanics Hall

 

2008



JANUARY
19
7:00 PM
 

Worcester Chamber of Music Society      http://www.WorcesterChamberMusic.org
Featuring Maria Ferrante singing Villa-Lobos and Respigi 
All Saints Church, 10 Irving Street , Worcester
Ticket information: call 978 456-2730


   

  FEBRUARY
15
7:00 PM
 

Worcester Chamber Of Music Society      www.WorcesterChamberMusic.org
Featuring Maria singing Rachmaninoff
First Baptist Church, 111 Park Avenue, Worcester
Ticket information : Call 978-456-2730


   

  MARCH
14
7:30 PM
 

Maria sings with Jason Vieaux, guitar and Julie Scolnik, flute Mistral (part of the Andover Chamber of Music Series)
University of Vermont      www.uvm.edu/laneseries/mistral.php
UVM Recital Hall


   

  APRIL
14
Time TBA
 

Mechanics Hall presents Brown Bags for Kids Introduction to American Composers
reservations required: 508-752-5608


   

  MAY
4
3:00 PM
 

Seasons Finale Wellesley Symphony Orchestra www.wellesleysymphony.org
Maria sings the Faure Requiem
MassBay Community College, 50 Oakland St., Wellesley Hills


   

  JULY

4
7:30 PM

5
8:00 PM

 

Mohawk Trail Concert Series      www.mohawktrailconcerts.org
Maria sings songs from her new American CD "Best Kept Secrets" and Puccini Arias with the incomparable Abba Bogin
Federated Church, Charlemont , MA


   

  OCTOBER
6
Time TBA
 

Mechanics Hall presents Brown Bags for Kids Introduction to American Composers
reservations required: 508-752-5608


   

 

2006

 

  APRIL
2
Sunday
2:30pm
  Wesley Methodist Church, Worcester, MA Durufle Requiem www.OrganFocus.com
24
Monday
7:30pm
  Mozart Arias for The Mohawk Trail Concerts     
The Kosciuszko Foundation New York City  www.Kosciuszkofoundation.org
 

   
 

  MAY
13
Saturday
8pm
14
Sunday
3pm
  Peterborough, NH Mendelssohn's Elijah www.MonadnockChorus.org
 

   
 

  JULY
7
Friday
7:30pm
8
Saturday
8pm
  Mostly Mozart Mohawk Trail Concerts www.MohawkTrailConcerts.org
 

   
 

  AUGUST
11,13
  The Mikado      Maria sings Yum Yum     
Cape Cod Opera 
The Tilden Arts Center, CCCC, Route 132, W Barnstable, Cape Cod , Massachusetts www.CapeCodOpera.org
     
    SEPTEMBER
30
7:00pm
 
Worcester Chamber Music Society
           Cathedral of St. Paul  38 High St. Worcester, MA  www.WorcesterChamberMusic.org
 

   
 

  OCTOBER
3
10:00am
 
Introduction to American Composers
           Mechanic's Hall Worcester, MA
 

   
27
8:00pm
&
29
2:00pm
  LA BOHEME
 Commonwealth Opera of Western Massachusetts www.CommonwealthOpera.org
           Calvin Theatre Downtown Northampton, MA
     
 

  NOVEMBER
12
4pm
  Songs with Jason Vieaux, Guitar and Julia Skolnick, Flute  
West Parish Church Andover   www.AndoverChamberMusic.org 
 

   

 

2005

 

  JANUARY
7
Friday
7:30 pm
 

Newtown Scholarship Assoc. Inc, with Concert Society Chamber Orchestra, Richard Serbagi, Music Director
Trinity Episcopal Church, 36 Main St., Newtown, CT.
Call (203) 426-2500 for further information

 

   
9
Sunday
3:30 pm
  Maria Ferrante and Alys Terrien-Queen, piano performing in the LiveArts Series First Universalist Society, 262 Chestnut St., Franklin, MA.
For further information, call (508)278-5220; web: www.fusf.org/LiveArts
 

   
20
Thursday
7:00 pm
  Best Kept Secrets: An Evening of Passionate American Song with Maria, Lincoln Mayorga, piano, and Steven Ledbetter, narrator.

Class of 1945 Hall, St. Mark's School, Southborough, MA
Free and open to the public


   
 

  MARCH
15-28
  Recording Sessions for upcoming CD: Best Kept Secrets: An Evening of Passionate American Song
Class of 1945 Hall, St. Mark's School, Southborough, MA

2004

JANUARY

5 Inauguration, Baseball Hall of Fame, Springfield Symphony, Springfield, MA

9, 10 Soprano soloist, Khachaturian Piano Concerto with Lorin Hollander, piano and Springfield� Symphony Orchestra Symphony Hall, Springfield, MA

24 Shakespeare Concerts, Razzo Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA

31 Shakespeare Concerts St. Thomas, Virgin Islands

FEBRUARY

27 Recital, Show Us The Love, Benefit with Eric Sedgwick, piano; Max Zeugner, String Bass

APRIL

                       New England String Ensemble, Susan Davenny-Wyner, Dir.
                      
Respighi, Il Tramonto with Yehudi Wyner, harpsichord
2                     First Parish Church, Wakefield, MA, 8:00pm
4                     Jordan Hall, Boston, MA, 3:00pm
 
25                   Pittsfield Symphony Orchestra
                      Rutter, Requiem, First Church of Christ, Pittsfield, MA, 7:30pm

MAY

1                    Mendelssohn, Elijah
                     
The Masterworks Chorale, Allen Lannom, Director
                           Sanders Theater, Cambridge, MA, 8:00pm
 
2                   Poulenc, Gloria
                     Boston Civic Orchestra, Max Hobart, conductor
                     Fine Arts Center, Regis College, Weston, MA, 3:00pm
 
JUNE
Recording sessions throughout the month

10                 Thursday 7:00pm
                    St.Paul's Cathedral, High Street, Worcester, MA

                    Maria Ferrante, soprano; Ian Watson, organ
                    Free & open to the public.

JULY

6                   Recital with Anna Reinersman, harp
                     Mary Martha Chapel, Sudbury, MA, 7:30pm Fresh Strawberry Concerts Parmenter VNA

14                 Master Class, Great Waters Music Festival Singers

17                 Golden Treasures of Opera and Operetta
                    Great Waters Music Festival, Dr. Gerald Mack, Dir
                    Wolfeboro, NH, 8:00pm

30                 Soprano soloist
                    Mohawk Trail Concerts, 7:30pm

31                 Federated Church, Route 2    Charlemont, MA, 8:00pm

OCTOBER

9                  Recital, FIRESTAR

NOVEMBER

6                  8pm   Soprano soloist: Rutter's Requiem and R. Vaughn Williams' Dona Nobis Pacem 
                    with the Worcester Chorus and Orchestra, Dr. Gerald Mack conductor. 
                    United Church of Christ, Lincoln Square, Worcester. Tickets

19, 21            Singing the role of Micaela in Bizet's CARMEN, performed in English in 
                     Commonwealth Opera of Western Massachusetts' production on Fri.,Nov.19 at 8pm and 
                     Sun., Nov. 21 at 2 pm at the University of Massachusetts Fine Arts Center, Amherst, MA
                     For ticket information call 1-800-999-UMAS or 1-413-545-2511 between 10am-6pm M-F.
                     Online ticket information

2003

MAY

10                  High Priestess, Verdi's Aida, Springfield Symphony Orchestra, Kevin Rhodes, conductor, Springfield, MA

12                  Kosciusko Foundation, Recital with Arnold Steinhardt, Anne Koscielny

17                  FireStar recital, Harvard Musical Association Recital, , Harvard University

JUNE

1                    FireStar recital, Historical Piano Concerts, Frederic Piano Museum,
                      Ashburnham, MA

JULY

1 -4                Recording sessions, Shakespeare by Joseph Summer

25, 26             Highlights from the Opera with Maestro Kevin Rhodes, Mohawk Trail Concerts, Charlemont, MA

NOVEMBER

9                    Premiere Performance: Fire and Straw by composer John McGinn, piano.
                      Razzo Hall, Clark University, Worcester, MA.

16                  Andover Chamber Music Series, music by Lori Laitman, Andover, MA

DECEMBER

5                   Harvard Musical Association, with Marion Dry, Ray Bauens, Robert Honeysucker and James Busby

14                 Soloist, Handel's Messiah, Sudbury, MA

28, 29            Soloist, The Concert Society Chamber Orchestra Holiday Concert.
                     Richard Serbagi, Conductor, West Chester County

2002

June 13-22     Recording for CD label MMC in Prague with members of the Prague Symphony

July 12           Recital, FireStar Duo, Harvard University Visiting Artists Series

July 20, 8pm   Soloist, Great Waters Music Festival, Wolfeboro, NH

August 2, 8pm Hills Chapel, Soloist, Mohawk Trail Concerts, Shelburne Fall, MA,
                    with Estella Olevsky, piano and Carol Wincenc, flute

August 3, 8pm  (same as above) Federated Church

August 24, 8pm Recital, FireStar Duo; Cranbury Lake, New York

September 22, 8pm Recital, FireStar Duo; Newton Library

September 30,  Oct. 1 & 8, 10:30am
                      Concert for Kids; Mechanics Hall Worcester, MA (508-752-5608)

October 6, 2:30pm Soloist, Centennial Celebration; Tuckerman Hall, Worcester, MA(508-754-1234)

October 12, 8pm Recital; Spencertown Academy, Spencertown, NY(518-392-3693)

October 19, 8pm Best Kept Secrets, A Treasury of Passionate American Song sponsored by Music Worcester,
                       with Lincoln Mayorga, piano; Tuckerman Hall, Worcester, MA(508-754-8698)

October 26, 8pm CD release of Sea Tides and Time, with FireStar Duo; Elliott Church, Newton, MA(508-852-5007)

November 3, 3pm  Soloist, Handel's Messiah with Masterworks Chorale, Allen Lannom, director; Sanders Theatre, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA(781-893-4249)

November 8, 8pm Soloist, J.S. Bach�s Coffee Cantata, Arthur Fagan, Conductor; New York City

December 5, 8pm  Soloist with The Ensemble for the Romantic Century, The Kosciuszko Foundation, New York City

December 15, 8pm Soloist, Handel's Messiah; Thompson Congregational Church, Thompson, CT

December 29, 8pm Soloist, Operatic Arias,� Newtown Chamber Symphony; Westchester County, Newtown, CT

December 31, 8pm Delaware Symphony Gala �Operatic Arias:� A Night in Vienna, Kevin Rhodes, Conductor; The Grand Opera House, Wilmington, Delaware

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