New England Symphonic Ensemble plays Rutter, Vaughan Williams and More

Wednesday, April 1, 2026  8 PM

Stern Auditorium/Perelman Stage at Carnegie Hall, New York

https://www.carnegiehall.org/calendar/2026/04/01/new-england-symphonic-ensemble-0800pm

The New England Symphonic Ensemble performs Smith’s The Valley Wind and a new arrangement of Coltrane’s “A Conversation with God,” conducted by the arranger, Lenora Helm Hammonds. Jonathan Souza leads John Rutter’s Gloria and Vaughan Williams’s Serenade to Music. The Ensemble Spotlight Series highlights the Morrow High School Symphonic Band from Ellenwood, Georgia, conducted by Teddy Taylor II.

Program

SMITH "The Valley Wind" from The Valley Wind (arr. Lenora Helm Hammonds)

LENORA HELM HAMMONDS "A Conversation with God"

JOHN RUTTER Gloria

VAUGHAN WILLIAMS Serenade to Music

Performers

New England Symphonic Ensemble

​The Tribe Jazz Orchestra

​The Sistering: Nnenna Freelon, Kate McGarry, Lois Deloatch, Lenora Zenzalai Helm

Lenora Helm Hammonds and Jonathan Souza, Conductors

With participating choruses:

Tribe Jazz Orchestra Singers, Durham, NC (Lenora Helm Hammonds, Director)

Berklee Vocal & Instrumental Jazz Ensemble, Boston, MA (Lenora Helm Hammonds, Director)

North Carolina Central University Vocal Jazz Ensemble, Durham, NC (Talbert Maurice Myers, Director)

South Bay Singers, Morgan Hill, CA (Jonathan Souza, Director)

Gilroy High School Chamber Singers, Gilroy, CA (Jonathan Souza, Director)

Six Rivers Choral Artists, Humboldt County California (Jonathan Souza, Director)

Ensemble Spotlight Series:

Morrow High School Symphonic Band

Teddy Taylor II, Conductor

TICKETS FROM $30-$136

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