New England Symphonic Ensemble plays Mozart, Hagenberg & Blevins

New England Symphonic Ensemble marks their final Carnegie Hall performance for the 2025 MidAmerica Productions’ season with Sherry Blevins conducting her work Tipping Point: A Choral Suite on Climate Change. Clement Cano leads the choir and orchestra in Elaine Hagenberg’s Illuminare. Laurier Fagnan closes the program with Mozart’s Requiem, K. 626, completed and edited by Robert Levin. The performance features participating choirs from around the country.

Program

SHERRY BLEVINS Tipping Point: A Choral Suite on Climate Change
ELAINE HAGENBERG Illuminare
MOZART Requiem, K. 626 (arr. Robert Levin)

Performers

New England Symphonic Ensemble
Sherry Blevins, Clement Cano, and Laurier Fagnan, Conductors

With participating choruses:

Cantabella Children’s Chorus, Pleasanton, CA (Clement Cano, Director)
Durham Community Choir, Durham, NC (Stacie White, Director)
Durham Community Chorale, Durham, NC (Melody Zentner, Director)
Evergreen Chorale, Evergreen, CO (Christine Gaudreau, Director)
Lilly Chorus, Indianapolis, IN (Ruth Dwyer, Director)
The Lighthouse Ensemble of West Vancouver Schools, West Vancouver, BC, Canada (Suzanne Fulton, Director)
Selvey Studios Ensemble, Santa Monica, CA (Jeremiah Selvey, Director)
Wellshire Sanctuary Choir, Denver, CO (Christine Gaudreau, Director)
ArteLab, Versailles, France (Maïlys Pascault and David Sotiropoulos, Co-Directors)
Chœur classique de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada (Louis Lavigueur, Director)
Chœur de la Colline, Ville de Québec, Canada (Catherine-Élisabeth Loiselle, Director)(Sponsor:
Hôtel Château Laurier Québec)
Chorale Saint-Jean, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (Laurier Fagnan, Director)
Harmonia Choir of Ottawa, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (Kurt Ala-Kantti, Director)
San Diego Children’s Choir’s Premier and Chamber Choirs, San Diego, CA (Ruthie Millgard, Director)