Selected Upcoming Engagements:
February 11, 2012. St. Thomas Church, New Haven. Recital chorus, directed by Noah Horn. Thomas Tallis's "Spem in Alium".
March 5-11, 2012. New York. Uncloistered tour. See: www.uncloistered.com.
March 18, 2012. Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra, Elgin, IL. Premiere "Three Blackbirds", commissioned from Mary Larew by Daniel Beder for EYSO.
Selected Recent Concerts and Events:
December 11, 2011. Christ Church, New Haven. Premiere "Gaudete", commissioned from Mary Larew by Noah Horn for Christ Church Choir.
December 9, 2011. Neighborhood Music School, New Haven. "Across the Centennials: Ceremonial Music for Christmas".
December 3, 2011. New Haven Lawn Club. Neighborhood Music School Centennial Ball, featuring NMS Faculty String Quartet.
November 4, 2011. Neighborhood Music School, New Haven. "Women's Work: Music by Women 1911-1912".
September 25, 2011. Episcopal Church Yale, New Haven. Soloist: Purcell's "Evening Hymn" and Stanford "Magnificat"
July 19. Neighborhood Music School, New Haven. Twilight Tuesday: Ragtime concert.
July 2-3, 2011. Wallingford and Madison, CT. Wallingford Symphony.
April 30-May 2, 2011. Paul Mellon Arts Center, Wallingford, CT. Wallingford Symphony.
April 3, 2011. Christ Church, New Haven. Premiere of “Laetare”, commissioned by Christ Church Choir and performed as introit for Sunday service.
March 25, 2011. Neighborhood Music School, New Haven. NMS Faculty Ragtime band concert.
March 7-13, 2011. Connecticut and Massachusetts. Uncloistered tour. See: www.uncloistered.com
February 27, 2011. The First Parish in Portland, ME. Premiere of “Mr. Finney's Turnip”, winner of 3rd Place in competition hosted by the Longfellow Chorus,
February 20, 2011. Battell Chapel, New Haven. Recital Chorus. Ligeti's “Nacht – Morgen” and Strauss's “Der Abend”.
February 12, 2011. Farmington, ME. Premiere of “Butterfly Vocalise”, commissioned by Sam Sytsma and Melsen Carlsen.
February 12, 2011. Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ. Presenting paper: “Etudes: Medieval Music-Dramas as Studies” at ACMRS conference.
February 5, 2011. Christ Church, New Haven, CT. House of Clouds Benefit Concert. Program including Bernstein's “Chichester Psalms”, Britt's “House of Clouds”, and Faure's “Requiem”.
December 12, 2010. von der Mehden Recital Hall, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Suzuki Group Class Recital.
December 10, 2010. Wesleyan Collegium. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Program of sacred music from Tudor England including Sheppard's “In Media Vita”.
November 18, 2010. Wesleyan University, Middletown, CT. Collegium Musicum workshop.
November 15, 2010. Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Repertory Chorus Recital. Including works by Blow, Britten, Byrd, Howells, Ockeghem, Schütz, Stanford, Tallis, Victoria, Weelks.
November 12, 2010. "Dvorak in America": on Neighborhood Music School "Bach's Lunch" concert series New Haven, CT. Faculty string quartet performing Dvorak's "American" String Quartet.
November 2, 2010. Christ Church, New Haven, CT. All Souls Requiem.
Requiem - Fauré
October 17, 2010. Christ Church, New Haven, CT. Evensong service conducted by James Vivian including Hear my words, ye people**.
October 10, 2010. Battell Chapel, Yale University, New Haven, CT. Recital chorus: Brian Bartoldus' MMA in Choral Conducting. Program including: Britten's "Ode to St. Cecilia"** and Purcell's "Funeral Sentences".
June 28 - July 2, 2010. Preucil School of Music, Iowa City, Iowa. Teaching music theory and coaching ensembles during a week-long intensive chamber music festival for young musicians.
June 19-23, 2010. Bossall Parish Church, York, UK. Viriditas Opera recording an album of medieval Easter dramas.
May 4-13, 2010. Prescott College Chapel, Prescott, Arizona. Four workshops on: Singing Hildegard's Chants; Early Music Singing; Vocal Music of the World; American Shape-Note Singing.
August 1, 2009. Unitarian Chapel, St. Saviourgate, York, UK. Bright Cecilia performs Lost Songs, a selection of new settings of trobairitz texts. Composers include: Roger Marsh, Bill Brooks, Kerry Andrew, Edward Caine, Mary Larew, Stef Conner, Elizabeth Dyer, and Jon Hughes.
July 26, 2009. St. Georgskirche, Nieder-Olm, Germany. Yorvox collaborates with German ensemble Cantiamo 09 as part of the Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz festival.
July 25, 2009. Katharinenkirche, Oppenheim, Germany. Yorvox collaborates with German ensemble Cantiamo 09 as part of the Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz festival.
July 24, 2009. Liebfrauenkirche, Worms, Germany. Yorvox collaborates with German ensemble Cantiamo 09 as part of the Kultursommer Rheinland-Pfalz festival.
July 19, 2009. St. Mary the Virgin and St. Everilda, Everingham, North Yorkshire, UK. Yorvox performs works before embarking on a tour in Germany.
June 13, 2009. Rymer Auditorium, University of York, UK. UK premiere of Sucktion, an opera for soprano, percussion and electronics by Anne LeBaron. Featuring Marja Liisa Kay (soprano), Martin Scheuregger (percussion) and Alex Harker (electronics).
May 29, 2009. Lincoln Cathedral, UK. Meditations, by Siobhan Lamb. Jazz cross-over piece for vocal quartet, string quartet, harp, ethnic percussion, and jazz trumpeter Gerard Presencer.
May 16, 2009, 4 pm. Department of Music, University of York, UK. Viriditas Opera presents the first installment of the York Playbook: The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hilary Nicholls. World premiere directed by Mary E. Larew.
May 13, 2009, 5 pm. Cemetery Chapel, York, UK. Viriditas Opera presents the first installment of the York Playbook: The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hilary Nicholls. World premiere directed by Mary E. Larew.
May 10, 2009, 7pm. National Centre for Early Music, York, UK. Viriditas Opera presents the first installment of the York Playbook: The Emperor's New Clothes, by Hilary Nicholls. World premiere directed by Mary E. Larew.
April 28, 2009, 7.30 pm. St. Olave's Church, York, UK. Viriditas Opera, directed by Mary E. Larew, presents Quem Queritis: Medieval Easter Dramas. This performance will be the final production submitted as part of Mary's PhD requirements.
April 26, 2009, 10 am. University of Huddersfield, UK. Paper presentation in Old and New conference: Modern Medieval Music-Drama.
April 22, 2009, 2 pm. Senate House Library, London, UK. Lecture-demonstration in Musical Bodies conference. Paper – Medieval Art in Modern Performance – written and presented by Mary E. Larew. Featuring Robin Bier, Rosemary Carlton-Willis, Louisa Dobson, and Graham Bier performing Cividale Planctus Mariae.
March 10, 2009, 8 pm. St. Mary the Virgin, New York City. Uncloistered's US tour: Clasp Hands and Jump with guest James Blachly.
March 8, 2009, 4 pm. Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Webster, New York. Uncloistered's US tour: Clasp Hands and Jump with guest Mark Edwards.
March 7, 2009, 10 am. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Vagantes conference paper presented: Church Operas; or, Medieval Stew from Half a Jaw.
March 6, 2009, 8 pm. Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida. Vagantes conference banquet. Uncloistered's US tour: Clasp Hands and Jump.
March 5, 2009, 7.30 pm. Mercer College, Macon, Georgia. Uncloistered's US tour: Clasp Hands and Jump with guest Amy Chastain.
