Cantabile Chamber Chorale cultivates and promotes an appreciation of the choral arts through commissioning new works, high quality performances of a culturally diverse and eclectic repertoire and by engaging the community through outreach and audience education.
Add your voice to Cantabile Chamber Chorale. We’re welcoming new singers for our 2026–2027 season. If you thrive in an artistic, collaborative setting and want to bring rich choral music to life—this is your group! We’d be delighted to hear you.
Auditions by appointment. Learn more and schedule your time to sing with us. AUDITION INFORMATION
Who We AreCantabile invites you to an evening that celebrates identity, memory, and the shared human stories carried in song. Who We Are weaves together music of many cultures and traditions — from the generosity of Give Good Gifts One to Another to the ancient devotion of Adinu, the soaring prayer of L’eila, and the luminous Missa Brevis by W. A. Mozart.
The program continues with works that honor care, resilience, and winter’s quiet beauty: They Are Mother, A Winter Breviary, and Adonai Roi. Spirituals and folk traditions lift the night with joy and movement in AinA That Good News and the Korean folk song Arirang, while the signature piece, Who We Are, centers the concert’s message of belonging.
We close with Auld Lang Syne, a moment of reflection and gratitude — a reminder that our
stories are braided together, season after season.
Join us for a night of music that reveals who we are, who we’ve been, and who we are becoming.
Christ United Methodist Church
485 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854
Cantabile Chamber Chorale celebrates America’s semiquincentennial with music that weaves together the diverse voices, histories, and traditions that shape our national story.
At the heart of the program is Rollo Dilworth’s America, The Dream, a stirring setting of Langston Hughes’ Freedom’s Plow, from which the phrase “woven from the beginning” is drawn. The rest of the repertoire spans genres and generations, featuring:
Additional selections will highlight:
Christ United Methodist Church
485 Hoes Lane
Piscataway, NJ 08854
photo by Augusto F. Menezes
Christ United Methodist Church
485 Hoes lane
Piscataway, NJ
Following the success of Part I, Echoes of Spain Part II expands its musical horizon to embrace the vibrant choral traditions of Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Mexico—nations whose voices echo Spain’s legacy while forging distinctive artistic paths. From the lyrical Christmas-inspired textures of Puerto Rican aguinaldos to the earthy Cuban and Mexican villancicos, this program invites listeners into a rich, cross-cultural dialogue.
Performers:
![Cantabile Chamber Chorale [England, 1989]](https://cantabilechamberchorale.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/20Years.jpg)
Cantabile Chamber Chorale [England, 1989]
Thirty years ago, a group of 18 singers performed its first concert as the Cantabile Chamber Chorale under the direction of Rebecca Scott “to provide the challenge of singing the repertoire for small ensemble with all its difficulties, nuances and special performing problems, while providing the love and good fellowship of joining with close friends in an artistic endeavor.” Now three decades later, we are proud to celebrate Cantabile’s 30th anniversary, a significant milestone in our history and a testament to our passion for performing new music.
Grant funding has been provided by the Middlesex County Board of County Commissioners through a grant award from the Middlesex County Cultural and Arts Trust Fund.
For information on events, go to MiddlesexCountyCulture.com
Made possible by funds from Middlesex County, a partner of the New Jersey State Council on the Arts.
