Coro Allegro: Musically Distinctive; Queer-centered; Socially Conscious
Coro Allegro’s 2024-2025 season includes works of great beauty, grace, and energy. Many of the compositions reflect upon issues facing us as a society, such as immigration, war, and the search for belonging. While the season includes composers such as Mozart, Bruckner, and Kodály, much of the season celebrates compositions from the late 20th and 21st century. Four of the works this year either had, or will have their first performance by Coro Allegro, celebrating Coro Allegro’s work supporting contemporary composers such as Kareem Roustom, Greg Bullen, Kenneth Fuchs, and Bosba, and enhancing the Choral repertoire. These will be concerts to be savored–don’t miss them.
FORGED IN FIRE Sunday, November 17, 2024 3PM
Experience the breathtaking power of Zoltán Kodály’s Missa Brevis. Come hear wondrous music influenced by tumultuous times. Western-educated, Cambodian composer Bosba's evocative i see other's like me, Rich Campbell's timely Border, and three motets by Anton Bruckner complete this musical journey.
FROM DARKNESS TO LIGHT Sunday, March 9, 2025 3PM
Prepare to be captivated by the world premiere of There Will Come Soft Rains, from renowned composer Kareem Roustom. Also featurered are Greg Bullen’s enchanting work The Orchard, and Shawn Kirchner’s uplifting Heavenly Home. Experience rich choral music that speaks to the soul.
HOPE AND PRAYERS Sunday, May 18, 2025 3PM
Join us for an enchanting choral experience as Coro Allegro presents Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore. We will also be performing the sublime In the Clearing, by Kenneth Fuchs, commissioned 30 years ago by Coro Allegro. Don't miss this gorgeous afternoon of music!
David and the chorus rehearse a Bruckner motet at the first rehearsal of the 2024-2025 season.
Letters Project
Add an open message of support for LGBTQ+ youth to this powerful letter writing campaign. At a time when rights of transgender and other LGBTQ+ youth are under attack and LGBTQ+ forms of expression are being silenced, Coro Allegro, the Boston Alliance of GLBTQ+ Youth (BAGLY) and other community partners are gathering and sharing letters from the LGBTQ+ community and allies to support queer youth and their families, with the power of our collective voices. Learn about the moving letters to transgender kids and survivors of conversion therapy that inspired us.
YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
Music has the power to uplift, inspire, and unite people from all walks of life. Your support makes it possible for us to share the gift of beautiful, powerful, and affirming music! Please invest in the cultural fabric of our community with a generous contribution to Coro Allegro!
In this time of uncertainly, there’s a fundamental truth that gives us hope - that together we can do extraordinary things!
About Coro Allegro
Coro Allegro is proud to be Boston's LGBTQ+ and allied classical chorus. Under the baton of Artistic Director David Hodgkins, Coro Allegro is known for award-winning programming, powerful commissions, and critically acclaimed performances and recordings of works by diverse classical and contemporary composers. Since our founding in 1990, Coro has introduced audiences to 28 world premieres, including 18 works commissioned by and for Coro Allegro, all from composers from under-represented or silenced groups—LGBTQ+, BIPOC, MENA, women and gender minorities. We offer a welcoming, affirming and supportive environment for performers and audiences alike of all sexualities, gender identities and expressions, races, ethnicities, and religions.
Experience that pride and community for yourself. Join the Coro Family of friends, allies, and members of the LGBTQ+ community as a singer, supporter, or volunteer.
