
Presents “CVE Sings !”
Saturday, April 19, 2026 4:00 pm
Saint Luke Lutheran
109 Oak Avenue
Ithaca, NY
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.
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Saturday, May 3, 2026, 4:00 pm
Saint Catherine of Siena
309 Siena Drive, Ithaca, NY
“CVE Sings !”
Cayuga Vocal Ensemble is proud to present CVE Sings!, a concert at Saint Catherine of Siena in Ithaca on May 3rd at 4 PM. 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.”
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Our concerts are made possible in part with funds from the Statewide Community Regrants program from the New York State Council on the Arts, with the support of the office of the Governor and NYS Legislature, and from Tompkins County; administered by the Community ArtsPartnership of Tompkins County.