Cantata Singers & Ensemble
David Hoose, Music Director

Passion and Mastery

Cantata Singers inspires, engages, and challenges listeners through daring juxtapositions of music old and new, compelling programming, and exceptional artistry. In Jordan Hall and at concerts in some of greater Boston’s most interesting venues, Cantata Singers explores the meaning and magnificence of music for the voice in a way that creates joy and connection.

Daring and Challenging

Closely coupled with Cantata Singers’ acclaimed performances of magnificent choral masterpieces – particularly the music of J.S. Bach – is our long-standing commitment to the creation of new masterworks by some of today’s most gifted and exciting composers. Under the direction of David Hoose, Cantata Singers has commissioned ten major choral/orchestral works by John Harbison, James Primosch, T.J. Anderson, Andy Vores, Andrew Imbrie, Donald Sur, Peter Child, Stephen Hartke, and Lior Navok. Harbison’s 1986 commission, The Flight Into Egypt, won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Music.  In recognition of Cantata Singers’ commitment to new music and exciting programming, in 1995 the group was awarded the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming of Contemporary Music.

Enriching and Empowering

Through depth of programming, beauty of execution, and commitment to education, Cantata Singers enriches the human spirit and exhibits the positive power of music in our world. “Classroom Cantatas” – created and sponsored by Cantata Singers – has given thousands of elementary, middle, and high school students in the Boston Public Schools the opportunity to give voice to their studies and life experiences through the creation and performance of original cantata compositions. In addition, our community is encouraged to explore and discover new connections to the season's music through listening clubs, the supper series, pre-concert lectures, and expanded resources in the season program book and here on our website.