PARTNER EVENT: Handel's Messiah @ Duke University Chapel
2025-12-05 19:30 - 22:00, 2025-12-06 15:00 - 17:30, 2025-12-07 16:00 - 18:30 (America/New_York) | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Duke Chapel Music presents MESSIAH
Presented by Duke Chapel Music with Mallarme Music and the Duke Chapel Choir
FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5th 2025, 7:30 PM
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 6th 2025, 3:00 PM
SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7th 2025, 4:00 PM
CHEA KANG, sopranoKEY’MON MURRAH, contertenorKAY’MON MURRAH, tenorEDMUND MILLY, bassDavid Rayl, guest conductorSince 1933, Duke University Chapel has welcomed the holiday season with the sublime music of Messiah. From the haunting strains of “The people that walked in darkness” to the exuberant triumph of “Hallelujah” and “Worthy is the Lamb,” George Frideric Handel’s masterwork weaves a musical tapestry that recounts the story of Christ’s life, from birth through death and resurrection.
Each performance will include selections from Parts I, II, and III, and will last approximately two hours and fifteen minutes with intermission.
Tickets: $38 – $19 PURCHASE TICKETS

PARTNER EVENT: In Durham as it is in heaven @ Trinity Ave. Presbyterian Church
2025-12-06 19:30 - 20:30 | Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church, 927 W Trinity Ave, Durham, NC, 27701, United States
An Advent concert featuring Vivaldi’s Gloria and J.S. Bach’s BWV 62 in collaboration with Mallarmé Music and Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church.
There will be solos by Monica Music, Kirsten Overdahl, David Wiehle, and Christopher Short, along with performances by the Trinity Choir and Trinity Choral Artists
The concert is free, but donations will be accepted towards the Trinity Avenue Elizabeth Andrews Emergency Assistance Fund which helps people in Durham facing eviction and utilities disconnections.
Questions? Contact TAPC Director of Music Ministry, Elizabeth Daly, at edaly@trinityave.org
FREE

NOTES OF VIEW @ NCMA: Bach's Best
2026-01-10 11:00 - 12:00 | North Carolina Museum of Art, 2110 Blue Ridge Rd, Raleigh, NC, 27607, United States
Mallarme will be performing in a new series at the North Carolina Museum of Art on Saturday Jan 10, 2026 @ 11 am and 2 pm. FREE!
Live music in the galleries inspired by art—Notes on View is a pop-up music series at the NCMA featuring 40-minute live performances that respond to and resonate with works on display. Ranging from contemporary sounds to classical compositions, performances invite you to experience the galleries in a new way: through sound, space, and shared creativity.
Music of J.S. Bach for harpsichord, baroque viola and baroque cello: Solo Cello Suite No. 5 in C Minor, French Suite No. 5 in G Major for Harpsichord and the Gamba Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027
Jennifer Streeter – harpsichord, Suzanne Rousso – viola, Stephanie Vial – cello
MORE INFO ABOUT BACH’S BEST

PARTNER EVENT: Choral Society of Durham - Misatango
2026-02-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Riverside High School, 3218 Rose of Sharon Rd, Durham, North Carolina, 27712, United States
The Choral Society of Durham presents Martín Palmeri’s Misatango and other selections with the Lorena Guillén Tango Ensemble and the Riverside High School Rapids! A string quintet from Mallarme Music will join in the festivities.
In addition to Palmeri’s Misatango (Tango Mass), the choirs will perform other delightful selections in the style of the tango. We will be joined by bandoneon, tango ensemble, strings, and tango soloist Lorena Guillén. After the concert, we will offer the audience the opportunity to learn a few tango steps!

PARTNER EVENT: Duke University Chapel Bach Cantata Concert - Bach & Dumont
2026-02-15 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach’s cantatas are often considered the pinnacle of German sacred music, works whose theological depth and emotional resonance touch deep places in the human soul. This year’s cantata series, Bach &, features cantatas, concerti, and organ works by Bach and his contemporaries, illuminating the connections and differences between these Baroque masters. This concert pairs the music of Bach with the French composer Henri Dumont.
Pieces by Dumont include:
* “Super flumina Babylonis”
* “Litanies de la Vierge.”
Compositions by Bach include:
* “Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland,” BWV 61,
* Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor
* Pièce d’Orgue, BWV 572
Performers:
* Dr. Philip Cave, Duke Chapel conductor-in-residence, director
* Dr. Roseen Giles, Mrs. Alexander Hehmeyer Associate Professor of Music at Duke, baroque flute
* Dr. David Lim, Duke Chapel organ scholar, organist
* Mallarmé Music, ensemble on period instruments
* Vocalists
Free admission. Paid parking is available on a first-come, first-served basis in the Bryan Center Parking Lot at 125 Science Drive. ADA parking is available at the surface lot at the same address.
Learn more about the music in a pre-concert talk at 4:00 p.m. in the Divinity School’s Goodson Chapel.
Families with young children, or those unable to attend the performance, are welcome to visit the dress rehearsal on Saturday, February 14, between 1:30 and 4:00 p.m. in Duke Chapel.

PARTNER EVENT: Light from Light with the Duke Chapel Choir
2026-03-28 19:30 - 21:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
Light from Light, Saturday, March 28, 2026 7:30 pm
Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham
Duke Chapel Choir, Mallarmé MusicZebulon M. Highben, conductor
On the eve of Holy Week, the Duke Chapel Choir joins forces with Mallarmé Music to perform two stunning expressions of faith.Arvo Pärt’s Berliner Messe was written in 1990 for a German religious festival following the fall of the Berlin Wall.John Rutter’s beloved Requiem premiered in 1985 and was dedicated to the memory of his father. It combines portions of the traditional Latin Requiem with English-language scriptures—Psalm 130, Psalm 23, and verses from Job and John—in a musical tapestry of solace and reassurance.
Tickets: $13-$27, Duke Students may attend at no cost.

PARTNER EVENT: the breath of life with the Concert Singers of Cary
2026-04-11 19:30 - 21:00 | St Francis United Methodist Church, 2965 Kildaire Farm Rd, Cary, NC, 27518, United States
the breath of life, conducted by Lindsey Woodcock
Saturday, April 11, 7:30 pm
St. Francis United Methodist Church, 2965 Kildaire Farm Rd, Cary

The Concert Singers of Cary and Mallarme Music will perform the breath of life, Dan Forrest’s evocative multi-movement reflection on the beauty and joy of new life juxtaposed with the pain of loss. Using choir, strings, piano, solo cello, percussion, organ, and electronics, Forrest creates a rich and poignant soundscape intertwined with profound and compelling texts from Scripture as well as classic and modern poetry. The emotional arc of the music beautifully mirrors that of life, from the miracle of birth to the bereavement of death, the love that makes life meaningful, and the human breath that connects us all.
On either side of this poignant work, there will be several shorter pieces that connect to the same themes of love, loss, and the breath that connects us all. Those pieces are:
“All that Hath Life and Breath” by Rollo Dilworth
“Come to Me, My Love” by Norman Della Joio
“Geistliches Lied” by Brahms (also with string orchestra)
“The Music of Living” by Dan Forrest
Tickets $5-$25 PURCHASE

PARTNER EVENT: Duke Chapel Bach Cantata Concert BACH & HANDEL
2026-04-26 17:00 - 18:30 | Duke University Chapel, 401 Chapel Drive, Durham, NC, 27708, United States
April 26, 2026, 5:00 pm BACH & HANDEL, Conducted by Dr. Philip Cave
Duke University Chapel

Duke Chapel Bach Choir, Mallarmé Music HIP
G.F Handel: Overture: Arrival of the Queen of Sheba HWV 67
As Pants the Hart HWV 251b
Zadok the Priest, HWV 258
J.S. Bach: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis, BWV 21
FREE and OPEN to the public
