Upcoming Performances
Left to Right: Zoë Chessa, Richard Stone
March 14th, 2027
The Second Presbyterian Church Baltimore, MD
Chamber Music Maryland: I Never Saw Another Butterfly
As part of Chamber Music Maryland’s chamber music by candlelight series, Jane Marvine (from the Peabody Institute and the Baltimore Symphony) and Zoe Chessa will offer five songs for soprano and English Horn by Lori Laitman.
December 9, 11, 12, 13, 2026
David Geffen Hall, Lincoln Center New York City
Apollo’s Fire: Handel’s Messiah
With the choir of Apollo’s Fire and the New York Philharmonic, under the direction of Jeannette Sorrell.
December 13, 2026
Griswold Hall, Peabody Institute Church of the Redeemer
Peabody Renaissance Ensemble
Performing a program of medieval music entitled "Tricks and Puzzles of the Late Middle Ages" directed by Niccolo Seligman.
November 14th, 2026
Venue tbd
DUALIS: Construct
Performing Carissimi's Jephte, Caroline Shaw's To The Hands, a world premiere by Patrick Siler, and other smaller choral works under the direction of Kevin Crouch.
Recent Performances
October 16-18, 2026
Washington DC
The Thirteen: Brahms & Bonds
Performing Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem and Margaret Bonds Credo as an ensemble member and soprano soloist under the direction of Michael Robertson.
October 12, 2026
Washington DC
The Thirteen: Vocal Fellowship Recital
A night of song featuring Zoe Chessa, Evan Tiapula, Jade Espina, and James Allen. Zoe will present two Sephardic Songs and “If Music be the Food of Love" Version III by Henry Purcell.
September 11, 12, 13, 20, 21, 2026
Oseh Shalom Synagogue Laurel MD
High Holidays Cantor
Zoe will be cantoring at Oseh Shalom Synagogue for the High Holidays as well as directing the Oseh Shalom Choir to welcome 5787.
June 26, 2026
Cleveland, OH
LSA Cleveland Lute Fest Vocal Program
The Lute Society of America sponsors early-music vocalists to perform at its annual festival.
June 20, 21, 2026
Duke University Durham, NC
Chorworks 2026: Venetian Vespers: Music by Monteverdi & His Circle
Conducted and directed by Dr. Philip Cave, executive director of Chorworks and conductor-in-residence at Duke Chapel.
May 28-June 6, 2026
Charlotte, NC
Charlotte Bach Festival Soprano Vocal Fellow
Zoë will be featured as the soprano soloist in Bach’s Cantata “Es ist das Heil uns kommen her” (BWV 9) and Handel’s Chandos Anthem No. 7 (HWV 252). She will be also be performing in the Vivaldi Gloria & Handel Choruses, Purcell’s Dido & Aeneas, and Handel’s Theodora as an ensemble member.
May 19, 2026
Friedberg Concert Hall Baltimore, MD
Peabody Graduation Concert
An ensemble of oud, flute, voice, viola, and drums will be performing selections from their recent Jewish music program “The Golden Thread.“
May 14, 2026
Peabody Institute Baltimore, MD
Chamber Music Concert: Der Hirt auf dem Felsen
Chamber music concert at Peabody featuring pianist Tom Zalmanov, clarinetist Elias Gilbert, and soprano Zoë Chessa performing this work by Schubert, also known as “The Shepherd on the Rock”.
May 10, 2026
Beth Am Synagogue
Baltimore, MD
Concert Series: The Golden Thread
This concert series explores Jewish music by highlighting its origins in the Near East and outlining the ancient elements that define the Jewish sound-world. Join our ensemble of voice, oud, drums, flute, and viola for a lively program of piyyutim and folk song stemming from Jewish communities in the Levant, Andalusia, Babylonia, and Egypt. Tickets are free, with donations accepted.
May 11, 2026
Center Street Performance Studio
Baltimore, MD
May 3, 2026
Church of the Redeemer, 4 pm
Baltimore, MD
May 7, 2026
Griswold Recital Hall, 7:30 pm
Baltimore, MD
Peabody Renaissance Ensemble: Caldo, Caldo!
In this end-of-semester concert, PRE will be under the direction of Niccolo Seligman, performing a program of late-15th- and early 16th-century Italian music!
May 2, 2026
Friedberg Concert Hall
Baltimore, MD
NEXT Ensemble/Peabody Concert Orchestra
Beth Willer, Conductor
Tate: Iholba' (The Vision) Bartók: Cantata profana, BB 100 Beethoven: Symphony No. 5 in C minor, op. 67
April 24, 2026
Griswold Recital Hall
Baltimore, MD
Special Project 3: Chamber Ensembles
Will Meyers, Conductor
Messiaen: O sacrum convivium! Reger: Mein Odem ist schwach Op. 110, No 1 Poulenc: Soir de Neige Price: Resignation
April 19, 2026
Griswold Recital Hall
Baltimore, MD
Arianelle Arroyo: Composition Student Recital
Presenting two choral pieces: Deyanira, and The Other (commissioned & premiered by the Lorelei Ensemble)
March 31, 2026
Peabody Institute Baltimore, MD
Recital: Jake Landau, Trumpet
In this degree recital, Zoe will be joining Jake on the following pieces:
Handel: Let the Bright Seraphim (Samson) Handel: Eternal Source of Light Divine J.S. Bach: Cantata BWV51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen
March 14 & 15, 2026
Goucher College
Baltimore, MD
An Evening of Italian Opera
Semi-staged with Peabody Opera Conducted by Michael Christie Directed by Alison Moritz
Verdi: La Traviata, Act 1 Puccini: La Boheme, Act 3 Donizetti: Lucia di Lammermoor, Wedding Scene and Sextet Verdi: Falstaff, Act 3 scene 2
Zoe will be singing the role of Lucia.
February 27, 2026
Hillel JHU
Baltimore, MD
Musical Kabbalat Shabbat Service
Join John’s Hopkins Hillel for a Musical Kabbalat Shabbat, led by Peabody Jewish musician Zoë Chessa.
February 25, 2026
Cohen-Davidson Hall
Baltimore, MD
Calder Sprinkle: Composition Student Recital
Presenting the choral work “Phos Hilaron”
February 7, 2026
Griswold Recital Hall
Baltimore, MD
NEXT Ensemble: Suonare/to sound
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
A Little Knight Music: 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 21, 2025
Griswold Hall, 12:30
Baltimore, MD
Peabody Noon:30 Concert Series
This week’s Noon:30 recital features the Peabody Historical Performance Department. In collaboration with musicians from the Baltimore Baroque Band, Zoë will be presenting J.S. Bach’s Cantata 51: Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen.
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 Orlando Lassus, J.S. Bach, Carson Cooman, Giulo Caccini, Sigismondo d’India, Barbara Strozzi, and Benedetto Ferrari. Featuring musicians from the Baltimore Baroque Band.
November 16, 2025
Christ Lutheran Church
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
Under the direction of Dr. Beth Willer, this program of small vocal chamber ensembles presents an intimate mix of old and new, featuring Renaissance Madrigals and modern composers’ responses to them (including works by Peabody composition students). This music is performed by two vocal quintets, as well as the bigger works of Riley (eight voices) and Minakakis (twelve voices and saxophone quintet).
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.