Join us for Dr. Stephen Spinelli’s Inaugural Season
Dr. Stephen Spinelli is Assistant Professor of Choral Studies at Boston Conservatory at Berklee, serving there since 2022. Spinelli previously served as the assistant director of choral programs at Cornell University, and held visiting appointments at Thomas Jefferson University, Moravian College, Villanova University, and Syracuse University.
Dr. Spinelli has sung with some of the country’s leading vocal ensembles. As a tenor with the Crossing, his credits include the 2018 Grammy Award®–winning recording of Gavin Bryars’s The Fifth Century. Spinelli also performed with the genre-bending vocal octet Roomful of Teeth. He assisted in the production of their Grammy Award–winning debut album, which yielded the Pulitzer Prize®–winning recording of Caroline Shaw’s Partita for Eight Voices. As a frequently engaged guest conductor, he particularly cherishes his experiences leading the Maui Chamber Orchestra and Chorus. READ MORE >
What music critics are saying about Back Bay Chorale:
“...powerfully, courageously, accurately, and conveying deep engagements...”
Read Lee Eiseman's review of Back Bay Chorale's performance of Georg Friedrich Handel's Israel in Egypt in Boston Classical Review:
Back Bay Chorale Strikes Fire with Exodus >
“...an enveloping warmth and splendor...earthshaking power...”
Read Aaron Keebaugh's review of Back Bay Chorale's performance ofJohannes Brahms's Ein deutsches Requiem in Boston Classical Review:
Back Bay Chorale closes season with a warm, consolatory Brahms Requiem >
What our Bridges ESOL Chorus participants say about their experience:
“you don’t have to fear making a mistake...”
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