2019 WNY Choral (+ Friends) Events
Monday, January 14, 6:00 p.m.: Church Musicians’ Guild Bobby J’s Italian Grille, Cheektowaga. Dinner
Sunday, January 20, 7:00 p.m.: Calvary Episcopal Williamsville, Compline-by-Candlelight
Sunday, January 27, 4:00 p.m.: Greater Buffalo Friends of Music at Babeville. Spirit of Women in Song with Concentus Women’s Chorus, Buffalo Women’s Choir & Nardin Academy Concert Choir
Sunday, January 27, 4:00 p.m.: Westminster Presbyterian Church. Festival of Hymns, Patrick Scott, Organist
Sunday, January 27, 4:00 p.m.: Buffalo Niagara Youth Chorus at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Winter Concert
Wednesday, January 30, 6:30 p.m.: Greater Buffalo Youth String Orchestra at Kleinhans. Concert
Wednesday, January 30, 7:30 p.m. Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra at Kleinhans. Side by Side Concert with BPO
Friday, February 1: ECMEA at Buffalo Niagara Convention Center. WNY Conference Day for Music Educators
Friday, February 1, 7:30 pm: UB Department of Music in Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Eric Huebner, Piano
Monday, February 4, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music Baird Recital Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Sungmin Shin, Guitar
Friday, February 8, 7:30 p.m. Westminster Presbyterian Church. Westminster Staff Singer Concert
Friday, February 8, 8:00 p.m.: Freudig Singers, et al. at Burchfield Penney. A Musical Feast
Saturday, February 9, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Megan Kyle, Oboe
Sunday, February 10, 2:00 p.m.: Church Musicians’ Guild at SUNY UB North Newman Center. Panel discussion: “Liturgy and the Disaffected”
Sunday, February 10, 3:00 p.m.: Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra Lippes Concert Hall, UB Amherst. Concert
Sunday, February 10, 4:00 p.m.: Calvary Episcopal Church Choir and St. Louis Church Choir at St. Louis Church, Buffalo. Choral Concert & Evensong
Friday, February 15, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Slee Beethoven String Quartet: Attacca Quartet
Sunday, February 17, 3:00 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Slee Beethoven String Quartet: Attacca Quartet
Monday, February 18, 10:00 a.m.: Buffalo Chapter AGO at North Presbyterian, Williamsville. Bach Yard Sale & Convention Preparation
Wednesday, February 20, 12:00 Noon: Westminster Presbyterian Church. Black History Month: Spirituals
Friday, February 22, 7:30 p.m. Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Eastman Chorale, William Weinert, Conductor
Sunday, February 24, 3:00 p.m.: Camerata di Sant’Antonio at St. Anthony’s, Buffalo. Carnevaldi Women of Vivaldi
Sunday, February 24, 4:00 p.m.: Westminster Presbyterian Church. Taizé Service
Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.: Harmonia at First Shiloh Baptist Church, Buffalo. “Rise Up” with Stacey Gibbs. Music of Oppression and Hope
Saturday, March 2, 7:30 p.m.: Buffalo Silver Band at Lippes/Slee Hall, UB North Campus. Dancin’ Through Time and Youth Scholarship Concert
Sunday, March 3, 3:00 p.m.: Greater Buffalo Friends of Music at Calvary Episcopal Church, Williamsville. Tea & Discussion on Choral Collaboration
Sunday, March 3, 2:30 p.m.: Greater Buffalo Youth String Orchestra at Holy Trinity Lutheran. Concert
Friday, March 8, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Slee Beethoven String Quartet: Attacca Quartet
Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.: Vocalis at 500 Seneca Building, 3rd Floor Atrium. Icons and Legends
Saturday, March 9, 7:30 p.m.: Freudig Singers at St. Joseph University Church, Buffalo. And then there were Nun(s)
Sunday, March 10, 3:00 p.m.: Freudig Singers at St. James United Church of Christ, Hamburg. And then there were Nun(s)
Sunday, March 10, 3:00 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus Slee. Beethoven String Quartet: Attacca Quartet
Sunday, March 10, 4:00 p.m.: Vocalis at Hamburg United Methodist. Icons and Legends
Sunday, Mar 10, 4:00 p.m.: Calvary Episcopal Church, Williamsville. Britten, British and Beyond
Friday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.: Buffalo Master Chorale at Fourteen Holy Helpers, West Seneca. Viva Italia! Works and Opera Choruses from 19th Century Italian Masters
Friday-Saturday, March 15-16: Mar 15-16 ECMEA. JH North and JH South All-County Festival
Wednesday, March 20, 12:00 Noon: Westminster Presbyterian Church. Celtic Music and Art
Friday-Saturday, March 22-23. ECMEA. UB Amherst Campus. SH All-County Festival
Sunday, March 24, 4:00 p.m.: Westminster Presbyterian Church. Compline: Candlelit Service with Renaissance Music
Thursday, March 28, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music, Baird Recital Hall, UB Amherst campus. Faculty Chamber Music: Degenerate Music
Friday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.: Westminster Presbyterian Church Choir with WNY Chamber Orchestra. Mozart Trinity Mass
Friday, March 29, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music, Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Derrick Gardner, Trumpet
Friday, April 5, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music, Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Eastman Organists’ Day Concert
Saturday, April 6, 7:30 p.m.: Buffalo Choral Arts Society at Michael’s Church, Buffalo. Concert
Sunday, April 7, 4:00 p.m.: Greater Buffalo Friends of Music at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Three Choirs Festival with Amherst High School Concert Choir, UB Concert Choir, St. Joseph Cathedral Choir
Friday, April 12, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Shai Wosner, Piano
Saturday, April 13, 3:00 p.m.: Buffalo Niagara Youth Chorus at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Invitational Festival Concert
Saturday, April 13, 8:00 p.m.: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus at Kleinhans. The Passion of Yeshua by Richard Danielpour
Sunday, April 14, 4:00 p.m.: Westminster Presbyterian Church Choir. Benjamin Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb
Sunday, April 14, 2:30 p.m.: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus at Kleinhans. The Passion of Yeshua by Richard Danielpour
Wednesday, April 17, 12 Noon: Westminster Presbyterian Church. Saturday 29 AD; The Crucifixion from Pilate’s View
Tuesday, April 23, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, Amherst Campus. Center for 21st Century Music: ELISION Ensemble
Friday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Slee Beethoven String Quartet: Attacca Quartet
Sunday, April 28, 3:00 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Slee Beethoven String Quartet: Attacca Quartet
Friday, May 3, 7:00 p.m.: UB Choirs at St. Joseph University Parish. Love Songs from the British Isles
Friday, May 3, 7:30 p.m.: Westminster Presbyterian Church at The Saturn Club. 4th Annual Friends of Music Gala
Saturday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.: Freudig Singers at Baker Memorial Methodist, East Aurora. Songs from the Garden
Saturday, May 4, 7:30 p.m.: UB Choirs at Lippes/Slee Hall, UB North Campus. Love Songs from the British Isles
Sunday, May 5, 3:00 p.m.: Greater Buffalo Youth Orchestra at Lippes/Slee Hall, UB North Campus. 60th Anniversary Concert
Sunday, May 5, 3:00 p.m.: Freudig Singers at Buffalo Seminary. Songs from the Garden
Sunday, May 5, 4:00 p.m.: Westminster Presbyterian Church Handbell Choir. Concert
Sunday, May 5, 7:00 p.m.: Camerata di Sant’Antonio at St. Anthony’s, Buffalo. East Meets West
Monday, May 6, 7:00 p.m.: Church Musicians’ Guild at St. Benedict’s, Eggertsville. Organ scholarship auditions
Monday, May 6, 7:30 p.m.: Greater Buffalo Youth String Orchestra at Unitarian Universalist Church, Williamsville. Concert
Thursday, May 9, 7:00 p.m.: Greater Buffalo Friends of Music at St. Joseph Cathedral. Mother’s Day Three Choirs Concert with Frontier High School, West Seneca West High & Springville-Griffiths Institute.
Thursday, May 9, 7:30 p.m.: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. Center for 21st Century Music: Arditti Quartet
Friday, May 10, 7:30 p.m.: Buffalo Master Chorale at Kenmore Presbyterian Church. Gabriel Faure’s Requiem
Saturday, May 11, 7:30 p.m.: Buffalo Silver Band at Slee/Lippes Hall, UB Amherst Campus. American Voices
Wednesday, May 15, 12:00 Noon: Westminster Presbyterian Church. Stravinsky’s Rite of Spring, Two Piano Version with Matt Marco & Garrett Martin
Friday, May 17, 7:00 p.m.: Orchard Park Chorale at Orchard Park Presbyterian Church. Spectrum of Light
Friday, May 17, 7:30 p.m.: Harmonia at First Presbyterian Church, Lockport. A British Choral Tapestry
Sunday, May 19, 4:00 p.m.: Westminster Presbyterian Church Choir. Concert
Sunday, May 19, 4:00 p.m.: Buffalo Niagara Youth Chorus at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Spring Concert
Sunday, May 19, 4:00 p.m. Calvary Episcopal Church, Williamsville. Choral Evensong
Sunday, May 19, 4:00 p.m.: Orchard Park Chorale at Orchard Park Presbyterian Church. Spectrum of Light
Monday, May 20, 6:30 p.m.: Buffalo Chapter AGO at Trinity Episcopal, Buffalo. AGO Annual Meeting
Thursday, May 23, 7:00 p.m.: Church Musicians’ Guild St. Andrew’s, Kenmore. Mass, Awards & Annual Meeting
Friday, May 24, 10:30 a.m.: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus at Kleinhans. An American Salute
Saturday, May 25, 8:00 p.m.: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus at Kleinhans. An American Salute
Saturday, June 1, 8:00 p.m.: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus at Kleinhans. Carmen in Concert
Sunday, June 2, 2:30 p.m.: Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus at Kleinhans. Carmen in Concert
Sunday, June 2 3:00 p.m.: Buffalo Choral Arts Society at Riviera Theatre, North Tonawanda. Concert
Sunday, June 2, 4:00 p.m.: Vocalis at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church. Buffalo Soundscape
Monday-Sunday, June 3-9: UB Department of Music Lippes/Slee Hall, UB Amherst Campus. June in Buffalo. David Felder, Artistic Director
Sunday, June 30-Thursday, July 4: Buffalo Niagara 2019 Convention. Northeast Regional American Guild of Organists Convention. Numerous venues and concerts. Consult website for details.