Grand Choral Opening:
Mozart & bach

Dennis Keene, Artistic Director and Conductor

Thursday, October 23, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Church of the Ascension

Voices of Ascension opens its 36th season with a concert of soaring virtuosity and spiritual grandeur. Soprano Liv Redpath joins the Voices of Ascension Chorus and Orchestra under the direction of Artistic Director Dennis Keene for a transcendent pairing of choral masterworks:
Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor and J. S. Bach’s Magnificat in D Major.

Filled with drama, beauty, and exquisite music, this concert launches the season with a powerful celebration of choral artistry, all within the luminous Church of the Ascension.

Candlelight Christmas Concerts

Dennis Keene, Artistic Director and Conductor

Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Thursday, December 18, 2025 at 7:30 pm
Saturday, December 20, 2025 at 4:30 pm

Church of the Ascension

SOLOISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Now in its 36th year, Voices of Ascension’s Candlelight Christmas Concerts remain a treasured holiday tradition for New York audiences. Set in the candlelit sanctuary of the Church of the Ascension, these concerts feature a vibrant mix of ancient carols, seasonal masterworks, and contemporary reflections on winter and light—offering warmth, beauty, and community at year’s end.

BRAHMS, KODÁLY, DURUFLÉ

Dennis Keene, Artistic Director and Conductor

Thursday, February 5, 2026 at 7:30 pm
Church of the Ascension

SOLOISTS TO BE ANNOUNCED

Johannes Brahms Nänie

Zoltan Kodály Psalmus Hungaricus

Maurice Duruflé Messe ‘cum jubilo’

Monteverdi vespers of 1610

Dennis Keene, Artistic Director and Conductor

Thursday, March 5, 2026, 7:30 pm
Church of the Ascension

The towering masterpiece of the Early Baroque, with many soloists, double chorus, Early Music strings, recorders, cornetti, sackbuts, theorbos, harpsichord and organ. Truly one of the pillars of Western Music. We are privileged to collaborate with Dark Horse Consort for this memorable occasion – the finest interpreters of this repertoire to be found in the Western Hemisphere.

This is certain to be a memorable occasion!

MASTERS OF THE RENAISSANCE:
THE NETHERLANDS SCHOOL

Dennis Keene, Artistic Director and Conductor

Thursday, April 23, 2026, 7:30 pm
Church of the Ascension

Arguably the richest repertoire of a cappella choral music from the “Golden Age of Choral Music.” This program features one great work after another from more than two centuries of history, starting with the absolute summit of Early Renaissance masters, Josquin des Prez, and going all the way to the High Renaissance works of Orlande de Lassus. Also featured are seldom heard, but exceptionally poetic and colorful motets of Dutch composer, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck.