Cantemus Chamber Chorus

08/08/2026

SNOWBALLS IN SUMMER? WHY NOT? …….. IT’S THE CANTEMUS SEASON PREVIEW — AND YOU’RE INVITED!

Cantemus launches its new season August 25 with its traditional “Season Preview,” where current chorus members, potential new auditioners, and our faithful public (plus curious newcomers!) get a preview of our December concerts.

Titled “Once Upon a Winter: Tales of Wonder Through a Child's Eyes,” the concert’s centerpiece is Matthew Harris’s “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” based on Dylan Thomas’s beloved autobiographical story. The program will also include a rich tapestry of contemporary and traditional repertoire from diverse cultural perspectives, and the chorus will be joined by instrumentalists and by the Lexington Children’s Chorus.

“The concert will be a celebration of shared humanity,” says Artistic Director Jason Iannuzzi.

The hour-long Preview, which is FREE, will take place August 25 at 7:15 at First Church, 1 Arbor Street, Wenham. Details at www.cantemus.org.

“One Christmas was so much like another, in those years around the sea-town corner now and out of all sound except the distant speaking of the voices I sometimes hear a moment before sleep, that I can never remember whether it snowed for six days and six nights when I was twelve or whether it snowed for twelve days and twelve nights when I was six.” — from A Child’s Christmas in Wales by Dylan Thomas

07/19/2026

CANTEMUS' SEASON KICKOFF, aka, the Annual Summer Retreat. Board members and Artistic Director Jason Iannuzzi met to plan the December and May programs the 40-member chorus will perform in Newburyport, Beverly and Gloucester. First up: "Once Upon a Winter: Holiday Songs & Stories from Around the World," headlined by a musical retelling of Dylan Thomas' beloved "A Child's Christmas in Wales" by Matthew Harris, with orchestra. See you in December!

Do YOU sing??? We are looking for a few NEW SINGERS! Check us out at https://cantemus.org/about-us/auditions/ Come get acquainted at our "SEASON PREVIEW" on August 25, 7:15 p.m., at First Church Wenham. You can pick up a score and sightread along, or just listen. A great way to "meet" the group.
The non-singing public is also invited to this free event!

04/01/2026

Cantemus is SO excited to collaborate with our guest artist Miranda Russell and her five-piece combo for our May concerts titled “The Great American Songbook — with a Modern Spin.” Well-known on the North Shore and beyond, Miranda delights crowds with her interpretations of everything from folk tunes to jazz to Big Band sounds. Our partnership with Miranda and her band will span the gamut of the beloved American Songbook -- think Gershwin and Porter to Dylan and Prince! By the end, we’ll all be singing together. In addition, these performances also welcome the newest member of the Cantemus family of supporters, our benefactor Rockland Trust! Thank you for joining us for this very fun concert! For tickets: https://cantemus/org/tickets

03/30/2026

Thank you to Eastern Bank and Institution for Savings, our May concert sponsors! Your support helps us bring high caliber music to our North Shore audiences, and we appreciate it!

For info and tickets to “The Great American Songbook — with a Modern Spin” visit http://cantemus.org/spring

03/23/2026

About the expanded American Songbook...
Cantemus Artistic Director Jason Iannuzzi and guest artist Miranda Russell talk with Mary Jacobsen of WJOP Newburyport about Cantemus’ upcoming concerts on May 2nd and 3rd, “The Great American Songbook — with a Modern Spin.”

Mary Jacobsen speaks with Jason Iannuzzi, Artistic Director of Cantemus Chamber Chorus, and well known North Shore jazz-pop-folk vocalist Miranda Russell abo...

02/14/2026

Ahh, the Great American Songbook, full of optimism, fun, and love! Cantemus is loving preparing for our May 2 and 3 concerts featuring these great songs with special guest, jazz-pop-folk artist Miranda Russell. So whether you say po-TAY-to or po-TAH-to, we’re not calling anything off. We’ll be singing these well-loved favorites, because, as the song goes: “When you’re near, there’s such an air of spring about it. I can hear a lark somewhere begin to sing about it. There’s no love song finer …”

Happy Valentines Day from all of us at Cantemus, and see you in the spring!

12/03/2025

The sopranos and altos of Cantemus broke their piggy banks to come up with el dinero to sponsor the repeat appearance of their favorite guitarist, Chris Rubén Winters .ruben.winters, at the upcoming "Shared Breath, Shared Song" concerts on Dec. 7, 13, & 14 in Newburyport, Swampscott & Gloucester. Chris will join us in the exciting "Creole Mass" that caps our concerts. Written by Argentine composer Ariel Ramírez, the "Misa Criolla" combines folk music traditions of the indigenous peoples of South America with the forms and practices of Western art music. Chris will draw on his roots in jazz, salsa, and classical music to add plenty of Latin flair to this mass! Please join us!