2023 SEASON
March 11
2023
MidAmerica Productions’ 40th season kicks off with Giuseppe Verdi’s Messa da requiem, conducted by Cailin Marcel Manson and Ola Gjeilo’s Sunrise Mass led by Bryson Mortensen with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. Experienced American choruses hail from Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland, and Minnesota.
April 9
2023
MidAmerica Productions continues its 40th season with composer/conductor Stephen Caldwell’s choral work Pre-Existing Condition and D'Walla Simmons-Burke conducting Rosephanye Powell’s The Cry of Jeremiah with the New England Symphonic Ensemble and distinguished soloists. Choruses hail from around the country. Homestead and Shorewood Chamber Orchestra complete the program under the shared baton of Directors Karen Frink and John Emanuelson.
April 23
2023
Buddy James conducts Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, Anthony Sears conducts Williams’ Serenade to Music, and Jason Ianuzzi conducts Borodin’s Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor. Choruses from around the country perform with the New England Symphonic Ensemble and distinguished soloists. The Carolina Youth Symphony completes the afternoon program under Leslie Hicken.
May 13
2023
Jill Burleson Burgett conducts Orff’s Carmina Burana, Pamela McDermott conducts John Rutter’s Gloria, and Kristofer Sanchack conducts Adolphus Hailstork’s I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes. Performing with the New England Symphonic Ensemble are several distinguished soloists and choruses from Alabama, Virginia, New Jersey, and Colorado.
May 26
2023
Paul A. Aitken conducts his Songs of Promise and Peace on the same stage where the work made its New York premiere in 2010, and Francis Bardot conducts Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater. Peter Tiboris returns to conduct the New England Symphonic Ensemble in a performance of Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5 in E Minor and Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus. Choruses hail from several states across the country.
May 27
2023
Conductors Joel Tranquilla, Adam Luebke, and Daniel Jackson lead the New England Symphonic Ensemble and choirs from the US and Canada in an evening of choral works by Vivaldi, Vaughan Williams, Martini, and more. MidAmerica Productions' founder and general music director Peter Tiboris conducts the New England Symphonic Ensemble in Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 in E-flat Major, "Eroica," and Mozart's Ave verum corpus, K. 618.
May 29
2023
Jennifer Rodgers leads the New England Symphonic Ensemble, chorus, and soloists in the New York premiere of Clif Hardin’s Requiem. John Rutter conducts the New York Premiere of his Taranto: A Cathedral Triptych as well as his Requiem and Te Deum in his 107th concert at Carnegie Hall with MidAmerica Productions. Esteemed choruses hail from around the country.
June 3
2023
Carmen Flórez-Mansi leads the New England Symphonic Ensemble with chorus in John Rutter’s Gloria, Jeffrey L. Webb conducts Vivaldi’s Magnificat, and Tram Sparks conducts Fauré’s Requiem in D Minor. MidAmerica Productions' founder and general music director Peter Tiboris conducts the New England Symphonic Ensemble in a performance of Beethoven's Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92, and Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus.
June 18
2023
Mark A. Boyle leads the New England Symphonic Ensemble in the Carnegie Hall premiere of Garcia’s Missa de Requiem, Wendi Dicken conducts Leavitt’s Bound For Glory, Renee Wilson-Wicker conducts Jenkins’ Te Deum, Kira Omelchenko conducts excerpts from Gjeilo’s Dreamweaver, and composer/conductor Jim Taylor leads the choir and orchestra in his Cambridge Songs Suite No. 1. Choruses hail from Texas, Ontario, Georgia, Missouri, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania.
June 25
2023
Warren Cook conducts Dan Forrest’s Requiem For The Living, Erin Plisco conducts Jake Runestad’s Into The Light, Jeffrey Cobb conducts Brahms’ Schicksalslied, and Maria A. Ellis conducts Ray’s Gospel Mass. With the New England Symphonic Ensemble, distinguished soloists, and choruses from around the country.
June 27
2023
Conductors Byron Smith and Clark Joseph lead the New England Symphonic Ensemble, chorus, and soloists in an evening of Gospel music, featuring arrangements of I Want Jesus, Make a Way, Trust in the Lord, Jesus is a Rock, and more. Jeanne Wohlgamuth conducts a treble choir in works by Stephen Paulus, Kim Andre Arnesen, Paul Basler, and more. Ryan Holder conducts the world premiere of Anders Edenroth’s Lionteeth (Excerpts), Cvetozar Vutev conducts Imant Raminsh’s Missa Brevis.
June 27
2023
Featuring talented members of the Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra, John Rutter will be leading the orchestra and choir in his “Magnificat,” “Te Deum,” and “Requiem,” each a masterpiece in its own right. The concert will feature participating choruses from around the world at Bath Abbey, UK.
June 29
2023
The Oxford Philharmonic Orchestra and MidAm Choir performs The Music of Forrest, Gjeilo, & Hogan. The concert program will include Dan Forrest's "Te Deum" and "Jubilate Deo," as well as Ola Gjeilo's "Dark Night of the Soul." Additionally, the works of legendary composers Moses Hogan and Jester Hairston will be performed in The Spiritual: An American Legacy. The concert will be conducted by Sonja Sepúlveda, Jeffrey Faux, Mike Horanski, and Shulamit Hoffman. At St Paul's Knightsbridge, London.
July 8
2023
Jeremy Tucker leads the New England Symphonic Ensemble, chorus, and soloists in an evening of traditional patriotic American music. Phillip Morrow conducts Poulenc’s Gloria and MidAmerica Productions' founder and general music director Peter Tiboris conducts the New England Symphonic Ensemble in a performance of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 in F Major, Op. 68 and Mozart's Ave verum corpus, K. 618.