Welcome

The Boston Choral Ensemble provides opportunities for singers and audiences to enjoy and learn about challenging, high-quality choral music.

We are an auditioned choir of no more than 32 mixed voices. Our programs are varied and engage membership and audiences both intellectually and emotionally. In recent years, programs have included musical monuments like Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil (Vespers) and Pärt’s seldom-heard Passio, 20th century classics like Swayne’s Magnificat or Fine’s The Hour-Glass, masterworks of the Renaissance such as Byrd’s Mass for Five Voices and Lassus’s Lagrime di San Pietro, and other works by composers such as Britten, Distler, Howells, Josquin, Miskinis, Poulenc, Schütz, Tallis, and Victoria. For a complete listing of past seasons, visit this page.

BCE Joins Forces

The Boston Choral Ensemble supports affiliations with a variety of organizations in the Greater Boston area and beyond. Learn more by clicking below and find out how BCE works with other organizations to build and spread the work of our mission.

Join the Boston Choral Ensemble

At the beginning of most concert cycles, the Boston Choral Ensemble welcomes new members through and open rehearsal and audition process.

Our membership is an active group that is especially interested in innovative, high-quality programs. Our rehearsals are fast-paced and include numerous approaches to learning repertoire. If you think you may be interested, visit this page and learn more.

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Hear us in Concert

The Boston Choral Ensemble's 8th season has concluded and we're busily preparing for our 9th season opening in fall 2009. Please return during the summer for information about programs, tickets, and auditions.

Hear BCE at Home!

Did you miss a BCE concert? Want to hear us for yourself? Not sure what kind of music we sing?

Check out our past seasons and look for this symbol: . Click and you can hear 30-60" samples of BCE. The highly-compressed MP3 files load quickly and are taken from live archival recordings.