Schedule
February 7, 2026
Griswold Recital Hall
Baltimore, MD
NEXT Ensemble Concert
Beth Willer, Conductor
Dudley: Suonare/to sound Tallis (1505-1585): Loquebantur variis linguis Hare: whereof one cannot speak Woods (b. 1998): SHIFT Hearne (b. 1982): Sound from the Bench
December 4, 2025
Griswold Recital Hall, 8 pm
Baltimore, MD
December 6, 2025
Church of the Redeemer, 7:30 pm
Baltimore, MD
Peabody Renaissance Ensemble
In this end-of-semester concert, PRE will be under the direction of Niccolo Seligman, performing a program of 12th and 13th century French music.
November 19, 2025
Cohen-Davidson Theater, 6 pm
Baltimore, MD
Zoë Chessa, Graduate Student Recital
In this degree recital for the M.M. Historical Performance in Voice, Zoë will be presenting a program of early music from composers such as Lassus, J.S. Bach, Carson Cooman, Handel, Caccini, d’India, Ferrari, and Rameau. Featuring musicians from the Baltimore Baroque Band.
November 16, 2025
off-campus
Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Baroque Band
Zoë will be presenting the soprano solo of Bach’s Cantata 51, “Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen“ with the Baltimore Baroque Band.
November 1, 2025
Grace & St. Peter’s Church
Baltimore, MD
Special Project: Madrigal Responsories
Beth Willer, Conductor
Terry Riley: Madrigal
Claudio Monteverdi: Piagn’e Sospira
Stratis Minakakis: Monteverdi Responsories (w/ sax quartet)
Sulpitia Cesis: ll mid piu vago sole
Gillian Perry: response
Cipriano de Rore: O Sonno
Nathan McAdam: response
Claudio Monteverdi: Darà la Notte
Ethan Watts: response
October 8, 2025
Goodwin Recital Hall
Baltimore, MD
Master Class: Daniel Moody, Countertenor
September 27, 2025
Grace & St. Peter’s Church
Baltimore, MD
October 3, 2025
Hopkins Bloomberg Center
Baltimore, MD
Peabody Camerata
Under the direction of Beth Willer, the Peabody Camerata will be performing a program including:
Eastman: Prelude to the Holy Presence of Joan d’Arc
Jakob Handl: Ecce quomodo
Schönberg: Friede auf Erden
Kallembach: Antigone: The Writings of Sophie Scholl, with cello quartet
July 4, 2025
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA
Amherst Early Music Festival: Dafne (1734)
Under the direction of Richard Stone, the AEM offers the modern premiere of Georg Reutter the younger's Dafne, a festa teatrale composed for the imperial family in Vienna. Drawn from Ovid’s Metamorphoses of classical antiquity, the opera sets the myth of woodland nymph Daphne, her desperate flight from Apollo, lovesick from Cupid’s poisoned arrow, and her magical transformation.
Zoë Chessa will be singing the role of Dorinda.
June 22, 2025
Duke University Chapel
Durham, NC
Chorworks: JS BACH: MASS & MOTETS
Under the direction of Dr. Philip Cave, executive director of Chorworks and conductor-in-residence at Duke Chapel, this program will feature J.S. Bach’s sacred music, including the Missa in A Major BWV 234, and Motets by the Bach Family.
June 14, 2025
Asbury United Methodist Church
Harrisonburg, VA
Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival: The Judgement of Paris (1703)
Under the direction of Judith Malafronte, the Baroque Academy of the 2025 Shenandoah Valley Bach Festival presents scenes from The Judgement of Paris with music by Eccles, Weldon, and Daniel Purcell.
Zoe Chessa will be singing the role of Mercury.
Peabody Renaissance Ensemble: Il Vero Modo di Diminuir
Under the direction of Michael Holmes, PRE will present a program that will trace the history of Italian madrigal and frottola from its beginnings through Monteverdi, exploring the art of division and improvisation, as well as lute and organ intabulation.
May 3, 2025
George Peabody Library
Baltimore, MD
May 2, 2025
Peabody Conservatory
Baltimore, MD
Carmina Burana by Carl Orff
Under the direction of Dr. Beth Willer, this project is a collaboration between the Peabody Symphony Orchestra, Peabody-Hopkins Conservatory Choir, NEXT Ensemble, and the Peabody Camerata. This end-of-season concert will feature Carl Orff’s masterwork Carmina Burana: Songs of Beuren.
March 6, 2025
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Baltimore, MD
Special Project: Lorelei
Director of Choral Studies Beth Willer welcomes her own SSAA vocal ensemble Lorelei for a special concert featuring members of the Peabody Vocal Ensembles performing Tim Brady’s Symphony No. 11: This One is Broken in Pieces. The piece is written for an octet of electric guitars and a treble choir.
Peabody Chamber Opera: La Calisto (1651)
In La Calisto, a comic 17th-century adaption of Greek myth, Jupiter falls for the nymph Calisto, who rejects the older man creeping on her, causing Jupiter to disguise himself as Diana, the goddess Calisto adores. Diana happens to carry a torch for shepherd Endymion, and with the addition of some mythological magic, a comic string of risqué meetings involving mistaken identities ensues.
This colorful production is a collaboration between Peabody Opera and Peabody’s Historical Performance department, providing the Baroque instrumentation under the direction of faculty artist Adam Pearl and guest directed by Luther Lewis, a multidisciplinary freelance artist who was the inaugural Ryan Opera Center Stage Director for the 2023-2024 season at the Lyric Opera of Chicago.
Zoë Chessa will be singing the role of Satirino.
February 13-16, 2025
Peabody Opera Theatre
Baltimore, MD
December 5, 7, 2024
Griswold Hall, Church of the Redeemer
Baltimore, MD
Peabody Renaissance Ensemble: I Love Lucette
The Peabody Renaissance Ensemble, under the Direction of Tina Chancey, will present a program of 15th-century French theatrical chansons telling the story of a young girl named Lucette.
November 9, 2024
Emmanuel Episcopal Church
Baltimore, MD
Special Project: Ockeghem
Director of Choral Studies Beth Willer welcomes Blue Heron vocal ensemble music director Scott Metcalfe for a special concert featuring members of the Peabody Vocal Ensembles and the Historical Performance department performing the works of early Renaissance composers including Johannes Okeghem.