Newton Music Ensemble 'Cappella Clausura' Announces New Season

NEWTON, MA — Cappella Clausura, a Newton-based music ensemble dedicated to highlighting the work of female composers, has announced its 2021-22 season CHRYSALIS, a series of upcoming live performances.

This year, the ensemble of vocalists and players has a new home at Emmanuel Church in Boston, giving concerts there on Sunday afternoons while still performing in Newton at the Eliot Church.

“We re-embark, out of chrysalis and into butterfly, live at long last, with more astounding music from the minds and hearts of brilliant women” said Amelia LeClair, Founder and Director of Cappella Clausura. “This is the most educational and beautiful entertainment you can get!”

Here's a full list of upcoming Cappella Clausura performances:

• November 13 & 14: TROUBADOURS 2021
• January 15 & 16: RENAISSANCE PORTRAITS with art of Fran Forman
• March 19 & 20: HER STORY - Schumann, Hensel, Tower, Price, Frank, Cesis, Thomas
• May 14 & 15: PSALMS AND REQUIEMS - Boulanger, Ruehr, LeClair, Price

The season begins with live performances of last spring’s video event, TROUBADOURS 2021, with five commissioned works based on the poetry of 12 to 14th century female troubadours and trouveres to form an eclectic mix of jazz, hip-hop, classical, and Bengali genres.

January brings the RENAISSANCE PORTRAITS of Fran Forman together with secular works for voices and baroque instruments by Kassia, Vittoria Aleotti, Francesca Caccini, Madalena Casulana, Rosa Badalla, and Bianca Meda.

Women’s History Month in March features HER STORY, with a cappella works of Fanny Hensel, Clara Schumann, Florence Price, Joan Tower, Gabriela Lena Frank, Augusta Read Thomas, and Sulpitia Cesis.

Finally, May’s PSALMS AND REQUIEMS features a string orchestra to perform a work
by Lili Boulanger and Florence Price, together with new works by Elena Ruehr and Amelia LeClair.

For more information about upcoming Cappella Clausura events, click here.