Events

Current & Upcoming Events

Performance in a Family Worship Service
Saecula Singers & St. John’s Community Youth Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, CT
Saturday, April 15, 2023 at 5:00pm

Performance in a Family Worship Service
Saecula Singers & St. John’s Community Youth Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, CT
Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 5:00pm

Saecula Choral Leadership Institute Summer Programs
Summer, 2023 (schedule TBA)

Saecula Choral Academy Talent Incubator Program
2021-present (ongoing)


Past Events

Performance in a Family Worship Service
Saecula Singers & St. John’s Community Youth Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, CT
Saturday, March 18, 2023 at 5:00pm


Performance in a Family Worship Service
Saecula Singers & St. John’s Community Youth Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, CT
Saturday, February 18, 2023 at 5:00pm


Compline
Saecula Schola Cantorum
Seymour Congregational Church, Seymour, CT
Sunday, January 15, 2023 at 7:00pm


Performance in a Family Worship Service
Saecula Singers & St. John’s Community Youth Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, CT
Saturday, January 14, 2023 at 5:00pm


Performance in a Family Worship Service
Saecula Singers & St. John’s Community Youth Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, CT
Saturday, December 24, 2022 at 5:00pm


Performance in a Family Worship Service
Saecula Singers & St. John’s Community Youth Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, CT
Saturday, November 12, 2022 at 5:00pm


Performance in a Memorial Service for Van Carter Hale
Saecula Women’s Choir, Elm City Girls’ Choir, and Trinity Choirs
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Cheshire, CT
Saturday, October 22, 2022 at 7:00pm


Performance in a Family Worship Service
Saecula Singers & Elm City Girls’ Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, CT
Saturday, October 8, 2022 at 5:00pm


ChoralBridge Educational Outreach Pilot Project
Horizons at the Foote School, New Haven, CT
July, 2022


Compline
Saecula Schola Cantorum
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Waterbury, CT
Thursday, June 2, 2022 at 7:00pm


Compline
Saecula Schola Cantorum
Seymour Congregational Church, Seymour, CT
Thursday, March 17, 2022 at 8:15pm


Compline
Saecula Schola Cantorum
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Washington, CT
Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 7:30pm


Compline
Saecula Schola Cantorum
Seymour Congregational Church, Seymour, CT
Friday, October 29, 2021 at 8:00pm


Concert for Caring: GMChorale’s Alchemy in Concert
Alchemy Ensemble of GMChorale with a guest appearance by Saecula Singers
First Congregational Church, Cheshire, CT
Saturday, October 16, 2021


Compline
Saecula Schola Cantorum
Seymour Congregational Church, Seymour, CT
Friday, October 8, 2021 at 8:00pm


Take2 Pilot Project
Take2 Vocal Ensemble
Seymour Congregational Church, Seymour, CT (and other locations)
Friday, November 8, 2019
Saturday, November 16, 2019
Saturday, November 30, 2019
Thursday, February 20, 2020
Friday, February 21, 2020
Wednesday, September 16, 2020


Soirées Musicales: GMChorale’s Alchemy in Concert
Alchemy Ensemble of GMChorale with a guest appearance by Saecula Singers
First Congregational Church, Cheshire, CT
Saturday, October 19, 2019


Foote School Family Concert
Elm City Girls’ Choir and Saecula Singers
Sandine Theater, The Foote School, New Haven, CT
Wednesday, April 10, 2019


“Home for the Holidays” Extravaganza
Elm City Girls’ Choir, United Girls’ Choir, and UCS Alumnae Chorus
New Haven, CT Area (Exact Location TBA)
Saturday, December 22, 2018


Come to the Music: GMChorale’s Alchemy in Concert
Alchemy Ensemble of GMChorale with a guest appearance by Saecula Singers
First Congregational Church, Cheshire, CT
Saturday, October 13, 2018


Elm City Girls’ Choir 25th Anniversary Alumnae Reunion Jamboree
Alumnae and Choristers of Elm City Girls’ Choir and Saecula Women’s Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
Sunday, June 24, 2018


United Choir School 25th Anniversary Alumnae Reunion Concert
Alumnae and Choristers of Elm City Girls’ Choir and United Girls’ Choir
Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Saturday, June 23, 2018


Singing Together for Peace: A Festival of Gospel & Folk Music Honoring the 25th Anniversary of the Elm City and United Girls’ Choirs
Saecula Community Gospel Choir, Elm City Girls’ Choir, United Girls’ Choir, Saecula Singers, GMChorale & Vocal Alchemy, and other choral ensembles from around the region
Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Saturday, May 12, 2018


Hymn Playing Workshop with Walden Moore
Organ Exploration Program Participants
Christ Church, New Haven, CT
Saturday, April 28, 2018


Saecula Choir Foundation Focus Group
Saecula Singers
Community Foundation for Greater New Haven
Wednesday, April 11, 2018


A Cappellooza!
Yale University’s Something Extra, The Vassar Devils, Elm City Girls’ Choir, United Girls’ Choir, and several other local contemporary singing groups
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
Friday, April 6, 2018


Concert on Christ & Holy Trinity Music & Arts Series
Saecula Singers
Christ & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Westport, CT
Saturday, February 3, 2018


Saecula Singers Winter Concert
First Church of Christ, Woodbridge, CT
Sunday, January 28, 2018


Advent Lessons and Carols Service
St. John’s Parish Choir & Saecula Women’s Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
Sunday, December 17, 2017


Holiday Classics Concert
Elm City Girls’ Choir with a guest appearance by Saecula Women’s Choir
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wallingford, CT
Friday, December 8, 2017


We Shall Begin to Shine: A Benefit Concert for Mr. Holland’s Opus Foundation
Alchemy Ensemble of GMChorale with a guest appearance by Saecula Singers
First Congregational Church, Cheshire, CT
Saturday, October 14, 2017


Waging Peace Through Song Concert
Village Harmony and Saecula Singers
St. Ann’s Episcopal Church, Old Lyme, CT
Monday, July 3, 2017


Waging Peace Through Song Concert
Khorikos and Saecula Singers
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wallingford, CT
Sunday, June 18, 2017


Waging Peace Through Song Concert
Saecula Singers
Church of the Good Shepherd, Orange, CT
Friday, June 16, 2017


ECGC Spring Concert
Elm City Girls’ Choir with a guest appearance by Saecula Women’s Choir
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, Wallingford, CT
Friday, May 5, 2017


Private Performance at Friends of Music & Arts Reception
Saecula Singers
Christ & Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, Westport, CT
Sunday, April 30, 2017


Women Composers Festival of Hartford
Saecula Women’s Choir, VocalJoy
Unitarian Church of Hartford, Hartford, CT
Sunday, April 2, 2017


Singing Together for Peace
Saecula Women’s Choir, United Girls’ Choir
Michael Brown, Guest Clinician
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
Friday, March 31, 2017


IRIS Benefit Concert
Saecula Singers, Yale Glee Club, Yale Schola Cantorum, and several other New Haven and Yale-based ensembles
Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Sunday, January 29, 2017


ECGC Holiday Classics Concert
Elm City Girls’ Choir with a guest appearance by Saecula Women’s Choir
Church of the Good Shepherd, Orange, CT
Friday, December 16, 2016


Advent Lessons and Carols Service
St. John’s Parish Choir and Saecula Women’s Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
Sunday, December 4, 2016


Guilford Tree Lighting Holiday Concert
United Girls’ Choir with a special guest appearance by Saecula Women’s Choir
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Guilford, CT
Friday, December 2, 2016


Saecula Choral Institute: Choral Immersion Program
Saecula Faculty & Conducting Fellows
First Baptist Church of Mansfield, Storrs, CT
Storrs Congregational Church, Storrs, CT
Saturday, November 5, 2016


Leadership Summit at CT ACDA Fall Conference
Saecula Faculty & Conducting Fellows
Manchester High School, Manchester, CT
Saturday, October 29, 2016


Honoring Susan Arnold, Former Music Teacher at Worthington Hooker School
Woolsey Hall, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Saturday, October 22, 2016


Reception Honoring Susan Arnold, 2016 Recipient of the June Hale Award for Excellence in Music Education
Miller Gathering Hall, First Presbyterian Church, New Haven, CT
Friday, October 21, 2016


Leadership Workshop for Young Conductors
Saecula Women’s Choir & Elm City Girls’ Choir
First Presbyterian Church, New Haven, CT
Saturday, September 24, 2016


Songs of Peace for a Troubled World
Saecula Women’s Choir
New Haven Friends Meetinghouse, New Haven, CT
Sunday, July 10, 2016 – Saturday, July 30, 2016


Song Share and Elm City Girls’ Choir China Tour Send-Off Reception
Saecula Women’s Choir & ECGC Alumnae
Trinity Lutheran Church, Milford, CT
Sunday, June 5 – Friday, June 17, 2016


Saecula Women’s Choir Spring 2016 Project
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
Bethesda Lutheran Church, New Haven, CT
North Haven Congregational Church, North Haven, CT
Gardner Heights Health Care Center, Shelton, CT
Sunday, March 20, 2016 – Sunday, May 22, 2016


Leadership Summit at CT ACDA Fall Conference
Saecula Faculty & Conducting Fellows
CT ACDA Fall Conference, Hartford, CT
October, 2015


Rehearsal Observation Seminar
Saecula Faculty & Conducting Fellows
September, 2015

The following conductors and ensembles were observed:
Larry Gordon, Boston Harmony
Benjamin Zander, Boston Philharmonic Orchestra


Performance at Convocation of American Guild of Organists Eastern Division Convention
Saecula Women’s Chamber Choir & Elm City Girls’ Choir
United Church on the Green, New Haven, CT
June, 2015


Performance and Recording Project Featuring Renaissance Polyphony, South African Folk Songs, and Improvisation
Saecula Women’s Chamber Choir & Elm City Girls’ Choir
First Church of Christ, Scientist, Guilford, CT
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
United Church on the Green, New Haven, CT
June, 2015


Gospel Singing Workshop
Saecula Women’s Choir, Elm City Girls’ Choir & United Girls’ Choir
Michael Brown, Guest Clinician
United Choir School Office, New Haven, CT
Tuesday, May 26, 2015


“Music for a Great Space” – Vivaldi Gloria
Saecula Women’s Chamber Choir, Elm City Girls’ Choir & Baroque Orchestra
with Taft Collegium Musicum
Woodward Chapel, The Taft School, Watertown, CT
April, 2015


“Sharing Our Songs” Choral Festival
Saecula Women’s Chamber Choir with Taft Collegium Musicum,
Taft Gospel Choir, and Choirs of Spence & Collegiate Schools
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
April, 2015


Choral Masterclass
Earthly Sound Vocal Ensemble with Taft Collegium Musicum
The Taft School, Watertown, CT
January, 2015


June Hale Tribute Concert
Saecula Women’s Choir & Elm City Girls’ Choir
St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Cheshire, CT
Sunday, June 22, 2014


Leadership Summit at ACDA Eastern Division Conference
Saecula Faculty & Conducting Fellows
Baltimore, MD
February, 2014


Benefit Concert for Puerto Rico Tour Scholarship Fund
Saecula Women’s Choir & Elm City Girls’ Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
January, 2014


Elm City Girls’ Choir 20th Anniversary Concert & Alumnae Reunion
Saecula Women’s Choir & Elm City Girls’ Choir
Fair Haven School, New Haven, CT
June, 2013


Rehearsal Observation Seminar
Saecula Faculty & Conducting Fellows
January, 2013

The following conductors and ensembles were observed:
Marguerite Brooks   –   Yale Camerata, New Haven, CT
Jeffrey Douma   –   Yale Glee Club, New Haven, CT

David Hill   –   Yale Schola Cantorum, New Haven, CT
David Hughes   –   St. Mary’s Church, Norwalk, CT
Fernando Malvar-Ruiz   –   American Boychoir School, Princeton, NJ
Fred Meads   –   American Boychoir School, Princeton, NJ
Donald Morris   –   Newark Boys Chorus, Newark, NJ
Walden Moore   –   Trinity Boys Choir, New Haven, CT
John Scott   –   St. Thomas Choir, New York, NY


Choral Evensong for Epiphany
Saecula Women’s Choir
St. John’s Episcopal Church, Bridgeport, CT
January, 2013


Introduction to Gregorian Chant and Sacred Polyphony for the Traditional Latin Mass
Saecula Women’s Choir & Elm City Collegium Vocale
David Hughes, Guest Conductor
St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven, CT
June, 2011