Musica Sacra is currently seeking experienced first sopranos, low altos, tenors, and basses for our 2022-2023 Season. Auditions will be held by appointment over Zoom on a rolling basis. If you would like to arrange an audition time, please fill out and submit our Audition Form. You are not required to prepare a piece for the audition, but you will be asked to demonstrate your sight reading skills.

Musica Sacra has sung in Cambridge and Boston over 60 years, over 40 of them under the direction of conductor Mary Beekman, who is known in the Boston area for her inspired programming. We sing a diverse selection of both sacred and secular music, ranging from the 15th-century Flemish to the newly-composed, with everything in between suited to our size of 28-32 singers. We work to adapt our sound to the spirit of each piece being sung and are looking for singers who are able to do the same.

The music Mary selects can be challenging; the group often sings a cappella works with adventurous voicings and harmonies, and it always presents compositions in their original language. We perform in mixed formation, and occasionally numerous divisi require a singer to be alone or with one other on a part. The result is a sound that is distinctively transparent (called “jaw-droppingly good” in the Boston Musical Intelligencer), with programs that are extremely rewarding for our singers and audiences alike!

We perform four concerts per year. Concerts are performed at First Church in Harvard Square. This year, our concerts are scheduled for October 22nd, 2022, December 10th, 2022, March 11th, 2023, and May 13th, 2023.

Our rehearsals are Wednesdays from 7:00 – 10:00 PM and will take place in the sanctuary of Harvard-Epworth Church in Cambridge. All chorus members are required to be vaccinated and boosted, and singers will be masked and socially distant during rehearsals and are masked for performances at this time. If you have any questions regarding Musica Sacra’s COVID safety protocols, please reach out at info@musicasacra.org.

If you would like to arrange an audition time, please fill out and submit our Audition Form.