About Us

Our Mission

Nashoba Valley Chorale is a community choir whose aim is to promote the practice, performance and enjoyment of high-quality choral music.

Founded in 1976 as a nonprofit corporation, Nashoba Valley Chorale has since become an important community cultural resource. The Chorale draws singers from many towns within the heart of the Nashoba Valley as well as from all over the metro-west area of Boston and southern New Hampshire. We rehearse in Acton and perform in various venues across Massachusetts and New Hampshire.

The Chorale consists of approximately 100 members singing under the direction of Anne Watson Born and collaborative pianist Shawn McCann. Although we are a non auditioned chorus, we set high rehearsal and performance standards. Our mission is to be a welcoming place for those of us who love to sing where we can gather, study, prepare, and present beautiful and exciting choral music from the old masters to more contemporary artists.

Past performances of choral-orchestral works by the Chorale include: Bach Motets Nos. 1, 3, 6 and B Minor Mass, Beethoven Missa Solemnis, Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem, Cooman The Revelations of Divine Love, Fauré Requiem, Haydn Missa in Angustiis, Lauridsen Lux Aeterna, Orff Carmina Burana, Vaughan Williams Dona nobis pacem, and the Verdi Requiem.

In addition to our regular season concerts, we also collaborate with other New England ensembles, including the Cambridge Symphony Orchestra, Vista Philharmonic Orchestra, Worcester Youth Symphony Orchestra, Gateway City Orchestra, UMass Lowell Choral Ensembles, among others.

The Nashoba Valley Chorale is a member of the Greater Boston Choral Consortium and of the Central Massachusetts Choral Consortium.