Upcoming Events

Apr
18

Artistic Director/continuo

Friday, April 18, 2025 | 3:00 PM
Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

Friends of Cathedral Music
CANTATA Series, concert #2

Jesus nahm zu sich die Zwölfe BWV 22 (click to hear a recording)
Ich steh mit einem Fuß im Grabe BWV 156 (click to hear a recording)
Oboe Concerto in F major BWV 1053r (click to hear a recording) with soloist Kevin Vigneau

VOCAL OCTET:
Hayden Eberhart & Jordyn Tatum, sopranos
Sarah Nickerson & Mary Quinn, altos
Fred Graham & Curtis Storm, tenors
Alfredo Beltrán & Edmund Connolly, basses

ORCHESTRA:
Stephen Redfield, concertmaster (violin I)
David Felberg, violin II
Jeffrey Smith, viola
Katie Reitman, 'cello
Deborah Dunham, double-bass
Kevin Vigneau, oboe
Maxine Thévenot, organ

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Jun
8

Artistic Director/continuo

Sunday, June 8, 2025 | 10:00 AM
Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

Friends of Cathedral Music
CANTATA Series, concert #3
This 15-minute work, Cantata BWV 59 (click to listen), will be included in the 10:00 AM Sunday morning liturgy and help celebrate the Feast of Pentecost.

REPERTOIRE:
Wer mich liebet, der wird mein Wort halten BWV 59 (click to listen to a recording)

VOCAL OCTET:
Hayden Eberhart & Jennifer Perez, sopranos
Sarah Nickerson & Kehar Koslowsky, altos
Fred Graham & Curtis Storm, tenors
Alfredo Beltrán & Edmund Connolly, basses

ORCHESTRA:
Stephen Redfield, concertmaster (violin I)
David Felberg, violin II
Jeffrey Smith, viola
Katie Reitman, 'cello
Zachary Bush, double-bass
Brynn Marchiando, trumpet I
John Marchiando, trumpet II
Douglas Cardwell, timpani
Maxine Thévenot, organ

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Jul
4
to Jul 6

Conductor - Choral Residency

The Choirs of the Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, New Mexico, will be in residence at Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, British Columbia, CANADA, from July 4 - 6, 2025.

They will sing the following while in Canada:
Choral Evensong service, Friday, July 4th at 5:00 PM
Summer Recital Series Choral Concert, Saturday, July 5 at 4:00 PM
Choral Eucharist service, Sunday, July 6 at 11:00 AM
Choral Evensong service, Sunday, July 6th at 4:00 PM

The Choir of the Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

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Jul
27

Guest Director

Saturday, July 19 - Sunday, July 27, 2025 | New York City, NY

Guest Director of Music for the 20th anniversary of the Saint Thomas Girl Chorister Course
The Saint Thomas Girl Chorister Course is an intensive choral experience for girls ages 12-18 at Saint Thomas Church Fifth Avenue, New York City. Throughout the course, girls and staff live at Saint Thomas Choir School and take part in choral rehearsals and services, music history and theory classes, private vocal coaching, and outings to various sites around the city.

Girl Chorister Course, Saint Thomas Fifth Avenue, New York City, NY

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Nov
9

Conductor

The Cathedral Choirs in Concert
Sunday, November 9th, 2025 | 3:00PM

Antonio Vivaldi’s GLORIA in D major RV 589 and Gabriel Fauré’s REQUIEM Opus 48 are masterpieces every choir should have in their repertoire.

Organist Edmund Connolly accompanies the Requiem on the Cathedral’s Reuter pipe organ, the most prominent instrument in the state of New Mexico. A chamber orchestra accompanies the Cathedral Choir for the Gloria.

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Nov
16

Solo Organ Recital

Music at Duke University Chapel Series | 5:00 - 6:00PM
Durham, North Carolina

A beloved cornerstone of the Chapel Music calendar, the Organ Recital Series showcases internationally acclaimed organists performing enduring favorites, modern masterpieces, and original improvisations. The Chapel’s Kathleen Upton Byrns McClendon Organ (Aeolian, 1932), Benjamin N. Duke Memorial Organ (Flentrop, 1976), and Brombaugh Organ (1997) are all featured in the series.

Duke University Chapel Aeolian Pipe Organ console. Click on the image above to learn more about the organ’s immense restoration and renovation project.

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Dec
13

Conductor - 10th annual Children’s MESSIAH

Saturday, December 13, 2025 | 10:30 AM
The Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM


10th Annual CHILDREN’S MESSIAH
- a 45-minute version of choruses, arias, and recitatives drawn from Part One, Messiah.

Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico joins middle and high school music students from across the State of NM to form a choir of 80+ singers, along with a chamber orchestra led by concertmistress, Barbara Scalf, under the direction of Founding & Artistic Director, Maxine Thévenot, to sing through a portion of Handel’s beloved MESSIAH (Part One - Christmas section). Soloists are drawn from the professional roster of PVNM.

FREE Admission
*Please bring 2 non-perishable food items for The Cathedral of St. John's food pantry
*Bring a comfy pillow to sit on
*Wear something festive and bright!

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Feb
1

Conductor & Pianist

Sunday, February 1, 2026 | 3:00 PM
The Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

The Holocaust Cantata - marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day (January 27, 2026)
This 60-minute concert includes Donald McCullough’s moving Holocaust Cantata, Ernest Bloch’s Prayer for cello and piano, and Sophie Webber’s arrangement of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Suite No. 1 in G major for cello and SATB choir.

Based on research of original music sung by incarcerated inmates in Holocaust concentration camps, the Holocaust Cantata is an emotional, musical journey through one of the bleakest episodes in human history. A 16-voice SATB ensemble from Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico, cellist Amy Huzjak, and pianist/conductor Maxine Thévenot will co-create a powerful afternoon of music.

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Mar
8

Conductor

Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico celebrates International Women’s Day
Sunday, March 8, 2026 | 3:00PM
The Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

Thanks to a massive protest in Russia since 1917, we now celebrate International Women's Day on March 8th each year. A lot of noteworthy music has been written to help mark this occasion, especially music by women. In this day and age, where the erasure of women's rights is a real and imminent threat, I feel that it is all the more important to gather, sing, and empower. 

The program will center around Sarah Quartel's 'She Sang the Stars' and will also include music sung in several languages by Mari Esabel Valverde, J. Reese Norris, Ethan Sperry, B. E. Boykin, Jim Papoulis, and Lady Gaga. 

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Apr
25
to Apr 26

Guest Conductor/Clinician

Saturday, April 25, 2026 | Workshop day
Sunday, April 26, 2026 | Services day
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock, Arkansas

Cathedral Choirs Festival
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Little Rock, AR (Dr. Colin McKnight, host)

Guest Clinician & Conductor for a rehearsal and workshop day with the Cathedral Choirs, followed by a day of worship services.

10:30 AM Holy Eucharist
4:00 PM Choral Evensong

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May
3

Conductor

The Cathedral Choirs in Concert
Sunday, May 3, 2026 | 3:00PM
The Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

Henry Mollicone’s Beatitude Mass: For the Homeless
Mollicone writes, “the idea for composing Beatitude Mass evolved from a discussion with a friend, Fr. John Pedigo. This piece incorporates words from the Latin Mass Ordinary juxtaposed with English words by William Luce. The new texts are drawn from interviews that he and I conducted with people living in homeless shelters.”

A portion of all proceeds garnered from this performance of Beatitude Mass will be used to assist CHURCH UNBOUND, an outreach organization through the Diocese of the Rio Grande that supports people in need.

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Jun
21

Guest Conductor - Carnegie Hall Début

Guest Conductor, Mid America Productions, Inc.
Sunday, June 21, 2026
Carnegie Hall Conducting Début


REQUIEM, Opus 9 (1961 full orchestra & chorus version) by Maurice Duruflé
with the New England Symphonic Ensemble
Preston Hawes, Artistic Director
and Distinguished Soloists

Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage, Carnegie Hall
57th Street and 7th Avenue, New York City

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Mar
23

Guest Conductor - Clinician

Saturday, March 22, 2025 | Workshop day | Nashville, TN
Sunday, March 23, 2025 | 11:15 AM Holy Eucharist & 4:00 PM Choral Evensong|

26th Annual Cathedral Chorister Festival
Christ Church Cathedral, Nashville, TN (Canon Dr. Michael Velting, host)

Guest Clinician & Conductor for an all-day workshop with the Cathedral Choristers and children from surrounding parishes, followed by a day of worship services.

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Mar
8

Organ Recitalist

American Guild of Organists, Albuquerque Chapter Members’ Recital

Recitalist as part of the guild membership annual recital, performing works by female composers to celebrate Woman Composers Day.

The event is free and open to the public and will be held at the Cathedral of St. John beginning at 11:00AM.
Catered Luncheon to follow. To reserve a spot for the luncheon please email: Jeremy Wirths at jeremyrw77@gmail.com.

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Jan
25

Guest Conductor, Organist, & Choral Reading Session

January ‘JumpStart’ 2025
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Saturday, January 25 | Workshop day | 9:00 AM - 4:00 PM

An American Guild of Organists, Philadelphia Chapter sponsored event
Guest Clinician, Conductor, and organist for a Sung Matins liturgy. Public morning rehearsal with the Church of the Redeemer Episcopal, Bryn Mawr, PA. ahead of the service. In addition to Maxine leading a choral reading session she will offer the world premiere of three new organ works by Edward Landin Senn, Kathleen Scheide, and Robert McCormick.

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Jan
18

Pianist & Organist, NM Philharmonic Orchestra

New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra
Popejoy Hall, University of New Mexico Campus at 6:00PM

Pianist in the one-act opera in two scenes (1897) Mozart & Salieri by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov with soprano Amy Owens, mezzo-soprano Olga Perez Flora, tenor Jamie Flora, and bass Carlos Archuleta.

Pianist with mezzo-soprano Olga Perez Flora in a solo work by Antonio Salieri

Organist in Requiem in d minor, KV. 626 by W. A. Mozart

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Dec
31

Chorus Master - Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

Tuesday, December 31, 2024 | 1:00 PM | The Lensic Theatre, Santa Fe, NM
Tuesday, December 31, 2024 | 5:00 PM | The Lensic Theatre, Santa Fe, NM

Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico join Maestro Joe Illick & The New Year’s Eve Orchestra
in two performances of Maurice Ravel’s Concerto in G Major and Ludvig van Beethoven’s epic
Symphony No. 9 in d minor, Opus 125. Williams, bass

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Dec
20

Air & Hammers Duo Recital

Friday, December 20, 2024 | 6:30 - 8:30 PM

Maxine Thévenot and Edmund Connolly, as the duo Air & Hammers, will offer a fundraising recital for the Cathedral Choir Tour Fund. The 30-minute program will include songs by Florence Price, Clara Schumann, Roger Quilter, and Gabriel Fauré, alongside seasonal selections and a new arrangement of ‘Iesous ahatonnia’, that aims to decolonize and indigenize a Canadian icon many know as “The Huron Carol”.
Limited tickets. Please call 505-247-1581 ext. 106 for reservations.

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Dec
14

Conductor - 9th Annual Children's MESSIAH

Saturday, December 14, 2024 | 10:30 AM

9th Annual CHILDREN’S MESSIAH
- a 45-minute version of choruses, arias, and recitatives drawn from Part One, Messiah.

Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico joins middle and high school music students from across the State of NM to form a choir of 80+ singers, along with a chamber orchestra led by concertmistress, Lindi Mariani, under the direction of Founding & Artistic Director, Maxine Thévenot, to sing through a portion of Handel’s beloved MESSIAH (Part One - Christmas section). Soloists are drawn from the professional roster of PVNM.

FREE Admission
*Please bring 2 non-perishable food items for The Cathedral of St. John's food pantry
*Bring a comfy pillow to sit on
*Wear something festive and bright!

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Dec
8

Artistic Director/Continuo

Sunday, December 8, 2024 | 3:00 PM
Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

Friends of Cathedral Music
CANTATA Series, concert #1

Schwingt freudig euch empor BWV 36 (click to listen to a recording)
Bereitet die Wege, bereitet die Bahn BWV 132 (click to listen to a recording)

VOCAL OCTET:

Hayden Eberhart & Jordyn Tatum, sopranos
Sarah Nickerson & Kehar Koslowsky, altos
Fred Graham & Curtis Storm, tenors
Alfredo Beltrán & Edmund Connolly, basses

ORCHESTRA:

Stephen Redfield, concertmaster (violin I)
Jeffrey Smith, violin II
Lisa Grodin, viola
Katie Reitman, 'cello
Kevin Vigneau, oboe d'amore, oboe
Rebecca Ray, oboe d'amore
Maxine Thévenot, organ

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Chorus Master: Opera premiere
Aug
29
to Aug 30

Chorus Master: Opera premiere

Thursday, August 29, 2024 | 7:00 PM | The Lensic Theatre, Santa Fe, NM
Saturday, August 31, 2024 | 7:00 PM | The Lensic Theatre, Santa Fe, NM

World Premiere
ZOZOBRA: The Revenge
Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Burning Man - ZOZOBRA
Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico, Opera Chorus
Soprano Amy Owens
Baritone (offstage voice) Edmund Connolly
Music: Joe Illick
Libretto: Doug Preston
Story: Will Shuster

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Jul
7
to Jul 14

Artistic Director/Conductor: 4th Annual Reuter Organ Festival

4th Annual Reuter Organ Festival
Sunday, July 7 - Sunday, July 14, 2024
The Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

Sunday, July 7th, 2024
Raul Prieto Ramíerez, organist

Tuesday, July 9th, 2024
Käthe Wright Kaufman, organist

Friday, July 12th, 2024
Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico, Dr. Maxine Thévenot, Artistic Director
Organist, Stephen Tharp
Cellist, Amy Huzjak
Pianist, Nathan Salazar
Percussionist, Alexis Corbin
Program includes the world premiere of a newly commissioned work, The Year of the Horse by Cecilia McDowall, Cantos Sagrados, James MacMillan, and Kaija Saariaho’s Offrande for cello and organ.

Sunday, July 14th, 2024
Stephen Tharp, organist

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Apr
27
to Apr 28

Chorus Master: Mozart’s ‘Requiem

Saturday, April 27, 2024 | 7:30 PM | The Lensic Theatre, Santa Fe, NM
Sunday, April 28, 2024 | 3:00 PM | The Lensic Theatre, Santa Fe, NM

Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico
Maxine Thévenot, chorus master
Thomas O’Connor, conductor laureate

ANNA CLYNE Within Her Arms
W. A. MOZART Requiem in d minor K. 626
CHORUS:

SOLOISTS:
Sherezade Panthaki, soprano
Meg Bragle, alto
Thomas Cooley, tenor
Douglas Williams, bass

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Apr
21

Guest Conductor, Clinician, Organist

Sunday, April 21, 2024 | Trinity Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis Three Choir Festival includes the choirs of:
Christ Church Episcopal Cathedral, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, and Trinity Episcopal Church.
Together they combine to make a choir of 35+ treble choristers and 95 adult choristers.

10:00 AM | Sung Eucharist with music by McNeil Robinson, Mark Sedio, and Adolphus Hailstork
5:00 PM | Choral Evensong with music by Cecilia McDowall, Maxine Thévenot, Gabriel Jackson and Alexander Guilmant

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Apr
13

Workshop Clinician & Conductor

Tune in to Mozart!
Saturday, April 13, 2024 | The Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

10:30 am-11:30 am Introduction to W. A. Mozart's Requiem:
lecture by Professor Bruce Redford (Boston University, emeritus) 

11:30 am-12:15 pm Box lunch

12:30 pm-2:00 pm A musical walk-through of W. A. Mozart's Requiem:
An opportunity to sing with members of Polyphony: Voices of New Mexico (Click on this link to sign up)
led by Founding & Artistic Director, Dr. Maxine Thévenot, accompanied by Mr. Stephen Montoya. 

Lecture, lunch, and rehearsal ($50)

Lecture only ($15)
Lecture & lunch ($30)
Rehearsal only ($25)
Lunch & rehearsal ($40)

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Mar
15

Chamber Musician - Continuo

Friday, March 15, 2024 | 3:00 PM | The Cathedral of St. John, Albuquerque, NM

A setting of Psalm 51, Tilge, Höchster, meine Sünden (BWV 1083 J. S. Bach) is Johann Sebastian Bach’s arrangement made in the 1740s of Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater from 1736.

Hayden Eberhart, soprano
Sarah Nickerson, mezzo-soprano

Stephen Redfield, violin, concertmaster
David Felberg, violin
Jeffrey Smith, viola
Katie Rietman, cello
Maxine Thévenot, continuo

This is a ticketed event but is FREE for all full-time students.
Please bring your valid student ID for admission.

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Organist, New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra
Jan
28
to Jan 29

Organist, New Mexico Philharmonic Orchestra

Sunday January 28, 2024 | 3:00PM

Winter Serenade
SPITALL - Consort for Ten Winds
DVORAK - Serenade, Op. 44, D.77, D minor
GIGOUT/MILLER - Grand Chœr Dialogue with Organ
PLOG - Music for Brass Octet
WHITACRE/MILLER - October
PRICE - Music for Brasses and Piano 

This afternoon program is centered on Dvořák’s Serenade for Winds, a work of charming melody and instrumental virtuosity. Dvořák’s work was championed by no less than Johannes Brahms, and this 1878 work will take the NMPhil audience to a serene musical landscape. The second half of the program contrasts Dvořák’s winds with hearty brass including Eugene Gigout’s Grand Choeur Dialogue for Organ and Brass.

Cathedral of St. John
318 Silver Ave SW / Albuquerque NM 87102

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Dec
23

Conductor

Saturday, December 23 | 6:30 PM

A special Choral Prelude featuring Benjamin Britten’s A Ceremony of Carols sung by the upper voices of the Cathedral Choir and select Cathedral Choristers with harpist Emily Levin of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra under the direction of Canon Maxine Thévenot.

This prelude is immediately followed by the annual Christmas Lessons & Carols service.

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