past concerts
2023-2024 Season
Echos of Heaven – Music of 16th Century Rome
Friday, October 13, 2023 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
2022-2023 Season
Lux Aeterna – May perpetual light shine
Friday, October 14, 2022 – Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Simple Gifts – Sounds of the season for harp and choir
Friday, December 16, 2022 – Redeemer Presbyterian Church
Vivat! Music for Kings and Queens
Friday, May 5, 2023 – Redeemer Presbyterian Church
2021-2022 Season
Now We Sing of Gladness: songs of praise for health and life
Friday, October 8, 2021 – Redeemer Presbyterian Church
In Dulci Jubilo: choral treasures of the season
Thursday, December 9, 2021 – Redeemer Presbyterian Church
The Young Sebastian: early cantatas and keyboard works of J.S. Bach
Friday, March 11, 2022
2020-2021 Season
Music for A While: a retrospective concert of Ensemble VIII’s first decade
Thursday, October 8, 2020 – Video release premiere
Handel’s Messiah
Thursday, December 17, 2020 – Video release premiere
Music for A While Longer: A retrospective concert from Ensemble VIII’s first decade
Thursday, March 4, 2021 – Video release premiere
In Memoriam: Messages of Hope in a Time of Loss
Thursday, June 3, 2021 – Video release premiere
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2019-2020 Season
Tree of Life – Bach Family Motets
Friday, October 4, 2019 – Redeemer Presbyterian Church
A 17th Century Venetian Christmas
Thursday, December 19, 2019 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Friday, December 20, 2019 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Mon Amour – Expressions of Love from the Renaissance
Friday, February 7, 2020 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
2018-2019 Season
From Ghetto Doors to Palace Gates: Jewish Music in the Italian Court
Thursday, October 18, 2018 – Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Friday, October 19, 2018 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Handel’s Messiah (complete)
Thursday, December 13, 2018
Friday, December 14, 2018
Sacred and Profane: A German’s Italianate Songs of Life and Love
Thursday, January 24, 2019
Friday, January 25, 2019
When Heaven Is Wedded to Earth: Franco-Flemish Music of Springtime
Thursday, May 2, 2019
Friday, May 3, 2019
2017-2018 Season
Celestial Fire – Masterworks of the Renaissance
Thursday, October 19, 2017 – Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Friday, October 20, 2017 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Vivaldi Gloria – Christmas with Ensemble VIII
Thursday, December 14, 2017 – Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Friday, December 15, 2017 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Arvo Pärt Passio – Ancient Echoes, Modern Mystic
Thursday, January 25, 2018 – Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Friday, January 26, 2018 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Three French Messieurs – Music of France
Friday, March 2, 2018 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Cathedrals of Mexico – Grand Polyphony of Puebla and Mexico City
Thursday, April 26, 2018 – Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Friday, April 27, 2018 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
2016-2017 Season
Te Deum Laudamus! Songs of Praise and Celebration
Thurs., October 13, 2016, Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Fri., October 14, 2016, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Repeat the Sounding Joy! Christmas with Ensemble VIII
Thursday, December 15, 2016 – Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Friday, December 16, 2016 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Three English Gentlemen – Music of Byrd and Dowland
Friday, January 27, 2017 (trio) – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Sacred Shadows – Victoria’s Tenebrae Responsories
Thursday, March 9, 2017 – Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Friday, March 10, 2017 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
My Beloved Spake – A Banquet of Love
Thursday, April 27, 2017 – Westlake Hills Presbyterian Church
Friday, April 28, 2017 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
2015-2016 Season
Renaissance Splendour! – Radiant a cappella Gems
Fri., September 18, 2015, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Gloria in excelsis Deo! – An Angelic Christmas
Thursday, December 17, 2015, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Friday, December 18, 2015, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Friday, March 11, 2016, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Finale V! – Voices in Celebration
Friday, April 29, 2016, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
2014-2015 Season
Music for Charles V—Renaissance Polyphony for Emperor and King
Thurs., October 2, 2014, First United Methodist Church, Georgetown, TX
Fri., October 3, 2014, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Festival of Lessons and Carols—An English Christmas Tradition
Thursday, December 18, 2014, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Friday, December 19, 2014, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel
Friday, March 6, 2015, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Monteverdi 1610 Vespers—Music for the Blessed Virgin
Thursday, May 21, 2015, First Presbyterian Church, Georgetown, TX
Friday, May 22, 2015, St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
2013-2014 Season
Renaissance Splendor: Masterworks from German Lands
Thursday, October 3, 2013 – First United Methodist Church, Georgetown, TX
Friday, October 4, 2013 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Lessons and Carols from King’s
Tuesday and Wednesday, December 17 and 18, 2013 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
European Masterworks for Men’s Voices
Friday, January 10, 2014 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Saturday, January 11, 2014 – First United Methodist Church, Georgetown, TX
Love Songs from Italy
Friday, May 16, 2014 – First United Methodist Church, Georgetown, TX
Saturday, May 17, 2014 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
2012-2013 Season
God and Man, Time and Space
Friday, October 12, 2012 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Saturday, October 13, 2012 – Faith Lutheran Church, Georgetown, TX
Handel’s Messiah (complete)
Friday and Saturday, December 21 & 22, 2012 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
The Passion of Seven
Thursday, February 28, 2013 – Lois Perkins Chapel, Southwestern University, Georgetown, TX
Friday, March 1, 2013 – St. Martin’s Lutheran Church, Austin, TX
Blessed Mother, Eternal Spirit
Friday, May 10, 2013 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
2011-2012 Season
Siglo de Oro—Spanish Polyphony of Morales and Victoria
Friday, October 21, 2011 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Saturday, October 22, 2011 – San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, TX
Handel’s Messiah (complete)
Friday and Saturday, December 16 & 17, 2011 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Tenebrae—Shadows of France
Friday, March 2, 2012 -St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, San Antonio, TX
Saturday, March 3, 2012 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
The House of Tudor—English Polyphony of Tallis, Sheppard, and Byrd
Friday, May 11, 2012 – St. Louis Catholic Church Chapel, Austin, TX
Saturday, May 12, 2012 – Church of the Incarnation Episcopal, Dallas, TX