Past Seasons

Season of Light: A Holiday Concert

The winter solstice, with its dark chill, has produced festivals and holidays centered on light and warmth around the world. Different cultures celebrate in different ways, but they share a common theme: music warms the soul and offers hope for the cold days ahead. Join us for a holiday concert celebrating the solstice, with music from sacred and secular choral traditions for this season of light.

Sing Me to Heaven: A Pride Concert

In celebration of Pride, TRANScend offers a choral concert celebrating the moments in life that uplift our spirits and bring us closer to each other. The program includes the world premiere of a new piece, i am mine, by Dylan Trần, as well as music by Tchaikovsky, Uusberg Part and Samuel Webbe.

Stations of the Lost: A Trans Requiem

Premiering for Trans Day of Remembrance, STATIONS OF THE LOST is a secular/gnostic requiem, a new theatre piece created by Dr. Felix Graham in collaboration with TRANScend, New York's trans/gender-expansive vocal ensemble, and Randy Polumbo, visual artist. The requiem, in oratorio form, will be performed alongside an installation of 14 panels, replacing the traditional stations of the cross with commemorative art pieces honoring the lives of trans artists (both past and present).

Good Night, Dear Heart: Songs for Parting

From simple goodnights to heartbreaking goodbyes, our rituals of parting are immortalized in music. Transcend's spring sonic landscape explores these traditions from Renaissance to modern times, including lesser known pieces from the Russian Orthodox liturgical tradition and new works from Dylan Trần and David Solomons.

Christ's Mass Then & Now: A Millennial Holiday Concert

A program of contemplative holiday music, featuring motets & carols from a thousand years of Christmas liturgical music. Repertoire includes chant by Hildegard de Bingen, modern settings of ancient melodies, and a new motet from Venezuelan composer Cesar Carillo.