Mozart: Credo Mass
Sunday, May 18, 3pm
First Church in Cambridge
Impish, buoyant, exuberant.
MOZART: Credo Mass, K. 257
HAYDN: Te Deum, Hob. XXIIIc:1
MOZART: Alma Dei creatoris, K. 277
HAYDN: Ave regina, Hob. XXIIIb:3
MOZART: Regina coeli, K. 276/321b
Featured artists
Teresa Wakim, soprano
Praised for her “gorgeous, profoundly expressive instrument” and possessing a voice of “extraordinary suppleness and beauty," GRAMMY-nominated soprano Teresa Wakim enjoys a career performing and recording music from the Renaissance to the freshly-composed and is perhaps best known as “a fine baroque stylist.” She has performed as soloist with the Cleveland Orchestra, San Francisco Symphony, Houston Symphony, Charlotte Symphony, Tucson Symphony, Louisiana Philharmonic, San Antonio Symphony, and Omaha Symphony, as well as the Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Boston Early Music Festival, Blue Heron, Wiener Akademie, Apollo’s Fire, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Baroque, Mercury Baroque, Bach Collegium San Diego, and Musica Angelica. When not performing, Tess can be found caring for her young daughter and discussing all things whales, gene therapy, and space exploration with her scientist husband in Boston, Massachusetts.
Emily Marvosh, contralto
American contralto Emily Marvosh has established a reputation on national and international stages as a singing actress with excellent musicianship, a “plum-wine voice,” and “graceful allure.” Recent solo appearances include the Jameson Singers, Handel and Haydn Society, Boston Symphony Orchestra, Rhode Island Philharmonic, Charlotte Symphony, Huntsville Symphony Orchestra, Tucson Symphony Orchestra, and John Davenant’s Macbeth with the Henry Purcell Society of Boston as well as solo recitals in Arizona, Michigan, and Massachusetts. Awards include the prestigious Adams Fellowship at the Carmel Bach Festival, the American Prize in the Oratorio and Art Song divisions, and second place in the New England Regional competition of the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artist Awards. During the 2022–23 season, she was the inaugural Resident Artist with the Lexington Symphony (MA).
She is a member of the Lorelei Ensemble, which promotes innovative new music for women and with whom she received a 2025 GRAMMY nomination. Lorelei collaborations include the composers David Lang, Julia Wolfe, and Christopher Cerrone; Boston Modern Orchestra Project; A Far Cry; Duke Performances; and major symphony orchestras in Boston, Chicago, Nashville, and San Francisco.
She supports Common Cause and Rosie’s Place as a member of Beyond Artists (www.beyondartists.org), a coalition that donates concert fees to organizations they care about.
www.emilymarvosh.com
Jason McStoots, tenor
Reviewers describe Jason McStoots as having an “alluring tenor voice” (ArtsFuse) and as “the consummate artist, wielding not just a sweet tone but also incredible technique and impeccable pronunciation.” (Cleveland Plain Dealer) A respected interpreter of Early Music, he has been an integral part of the Boston Early Music Festival (BEMF) since 2005 and appears on eight of their recordings. In 2015, he was a featured soloist on the GRAMMY-award-winning recording of Charpentier operas with BEMF. His performances with BEMF include Le Jeu in Charpentier’s Les plaisirs de Versailles, Apollo in Monteverdi’s L’Orfeo, and Eumete and Giove in Monteverdi’s Il ritorno d’Ulisse in patria. In addition, he was the Prince in the baroque pastiche The White Cat with Les Délices. Other performances include Evangelist in Bach’s St. Mark Passion (Emmanuel Music), Evangelist and soloist for Bach’s Christmas Oratorio (Bach Collegium San Diego), and soloist for Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 (Green Mountain Project). He works regularly with Piffaro in Philadelphia, Les Délices in Cleveland, and Bach Collegium San Diego. He is a core member of the Renaissance ensemble Blue Heron and can be heard on all their recordings. Additionally, McStoots is an experienced stage director and dedicated educator, having directed operas by Purcell, Mozart, Handel, Scarlatti, and Jacquet de La Guerre with the Boston Early Music Festival Young Artist Training Program, Les Délices, Connecticut Early Music Festival, Amherst Early Music Festival, and Brandeis University. He has been the Associate Director of the BEMF Young Artist Training Program since 2017.
Dana Whiteside, baritone
Baritone Dana Whiteside has appeared as soloist in numerous concert, opera, and recital performances. A product of the Longy School of Music, New England Conservatory, and the Tanglewood Music Center, Mr. Whiteside has received critical acclaim for his voice of “noble clarity . . . powerful and resonant” (The Washington Post). Recent season highlights include Bach’s Saint Matthew Passion, Mozart’s The Magic Flute with Boston Baroque, the role of Count Carl Magnus in Sondheim’s A Little Night Music, Orff’s Carmina Burana at Mechanics Hall, Verdi’s Requiem, Vaughan Williams’s A Sea Symphony at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Vaughan Williams’s Fantasia on Christmas Carols at Symphony Hall with Keith Lockhart and the Boston Pops.
First Church in Cambridge
11 Garden St, Cambridge, MA 02138
About the venue
First Church of Cambridge is a vibrant, multi-generational, engaged urban church located in Harvard Square. First gathered in 1633-1636, the Church is considered to be the 11th oldest congregation in New England.
Parking and directions
First Church in Cambridge is accessible via the MBTA Red Line (Harvard station) and multiple MBTA bus routes (1, 66, 71, 78, 86).
Street parking is available on Phillips Place, Berkeley Street, and nearby streets near the Church.