Past Performances
One of the greatest things about Bel Canto's raison dêtre is that every concert is seen as an opportunity to explore something new.
Song For Snow
A Bel Canto Christmas: December 6&7, 2025
Bel Canto welcomed special guest Artistic Director, Dr. Joel Tranquilla, who crafted a challenging mélange of contemporary choral works, and continued the tradition of inviting our audience to join in singing some seasonal favorites. Featuring the incomparable Emily Kennedy on Cello, and our eminent collaborateur de choix, Thomas Gonder, on pipe organ and piano.
Every Season is Joyful When You Sing
December 7, 2024
In between sets of seasonally-inspired works spanning Praetorius to Mealor, the choir invited the audience to join with them in singing some well-known Christmas favorites. A truly warm concert for a cold winter's night!
Without A Net:
Fifty Years of A Cappella Performance
May 4, 2024
To celebrate Bel Canto's fiftieth year, Artistic Director Kathrin Welte delved into the choir's extensive library, and put together a diverse and delightful evening featuring a cappella works from concerts given in each decade of the choir's storied history (more sound bites in the program notes).
Charpentier's Christmas Masterpiece: Messe de minuit pour Noël
December 2, 2023
Accompanied by the acclaimed Elm City String Quartet, Bel Canto presented Charpentier's unique marriage of folk tradition and the Catholic Midnight Mass, along with an opening set of delicious, seasonal "unaccompanied appetizers."
Messa di Gloria:
Sacred Music From
a Master of Italian Opera
February 25, 2023
Bel Canto's triumphant return to live, unmasked performance after three muzzled years of covid-19 lockdown. Reduced in numbers, but mightier in heart, this coraggioso performance of Puccini's iconic mass stands as one of our all-time favorites moments as a choir.