2025-2026 season
Sunday, October 19, 2025, 4:00 pm
St. Catherine of Siena
309 Siena Drive, Ithaca
“Ancient Texts”
Featuring choral works by Esmail, Childs, Hildegard, Mendelssohn, Bach and Boulanger
Saturday, December 6, 2025, 7:30 pm
Ford Hall
Ithaca College
“Handel’s Messiah”, with the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra
The Cayuga Vocal Ensemble joins Cayuga Chamber Orchestra’s with Maestro Pirard at the podium to lead a stirring performance of Handel’s timeless masterpiece, joined by acclaimed soloists Rachel Schutz, Brenda Iglesias, Noah Unser, and Marc Webster. Celebrate the season with this cherished holiday tradition. For more information or to purchase tickets, visit the Cayuga Chamber Orchestra’s website.
Sunday, February 22, 2026 3 PM
Ensemble X presents BOULANGERIE 1 (CU Music)
Barnes Hall, Cornell University
Cornell’s Ensemble X presents BOULANGERIE 1 with works by Lili Boulanger, Walter Piston, Phillip Glass, Eliot Carter, Marc Blitzstein, and music by Cornellians Steven Stucky and Igor Santos, including the East coast premiere of Steven Stucky’s final work, The Music of Light, performed by the Cayuga Vocal Ensemble. Performers also include Xak Bjerken, Teagan Faran, Alexandra Jones, Ariel Mo, Guillaume Pirard, Rachel Schutz, Leo Sussman, Asher Wulfman, and Miri Yampolsky.
Free and open to the public; no tickets required.
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Sunday, April 19, 2026 4:00 pm
Saint Luke Lutheran
109 Oak Avenue, Ithaca, NY
“CVE Sings”
Cayuga Vocal Ensemble is proud to present CVE Sings!, Music will include a Bach double-choir motet, Ich lasse dich nicht and a new work, Jahaaṅ, by contemporary composer Reena Esmail. This uplifting 5-movement work accompanied by four-hand piano and percussion features arrangements of Marathi, Gujarati, and Malayalam folk songs all touching on the feeling of home. The composer writes: “the music of these vibrant folk traditions in India, and I wanted choirs all over the world to experience them too.”
Sunday, May 3, 2026, 4:00 pm
First Presbyterian Church
315 N, Cayuga Street, Ithaca, NY
“CVE Sings”
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