Selected Upcoming Events

Boston College University Chorale and Chamber Singers Spring Concert

Saturday April 18, 5pm , Trinity Chapel, Newton, MA

The Quiet Between - traveling towards the dawn

John Corigliano-Fern Hill

Ola Gjeilo-Luminous Night of the Soul

Jennifer Lucy Cook- World Premiere Commissioned by the University Chorale Spring 2026

Saturday May 2, 1 pm Bunker Hill Community College

Lessons on “I Love You”

Collaborative afternoon of music, culture, and language. BHCC Choir, BHCC Alumni Chorus Coro Ignis, Bridges Chorus. World Premier of commission by Kristin Vining. Yoo Sun Na and Riikka Pietiläinen-Caffrey, directors.

Massachusetts Library Association Annual Conference

Tuesday May 19, 2026

“Building Community and English Skills Through Singing”

Co-presented with Melissa Theroux, Boston Public Library

Selected Recent Appearances

Boston College University Chorale, Chamber Singers, University Wind Ensemble, And Boston College Symphony Orchestra, Saturday February 7, 2026, 8pm Jordan Hall, Boston, MA

Boston College University Chorale Tour February 27-March 7, 2026 Rome and Florence, Italy

Boston College University Chorale Tour February 28-March 7, 2025 Stockholm, Sweden and Bergen, Norway

Boston College University Chorale Tour March 1-9, 2024, Sevilla, Spain and Lisbon, Portugal

June 8, 2023 CECW Summer Institute: Wellness and Cultural Wealth: Exploring Racism and Mental Health in Higher Education

“An Evening of Harmony and Healing” choral director and producer.

PAO Arts Center, Boston, MA

September 3-7, 2022 World Choral Expo, Lisbon, Portugal

Presentation: How to "Sing a Song of Six Ways of Doing It Differently" on cross-disciplinary collaborations.

June 2-4, 2022 IAWM Conference Call & (Her) Response: Music in the Time of Change, Corvallis, OR

The Quilt: Weaving Together Our Stories Through Song, interactive workshop presentation with composer Kristin Vining

March 31, 2022 6 p.m. Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA

The String Only She Could Play audio release and presentation, collaboration with poet Proshot Kalami (University of Norfolk) and harpist Felice Pomerantz (Berklee College of Music)

March 8, 2022 5 p.m. Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA

International Women’s Day.

Breaking the Bias brings together a panel of women artists Helen Gillet, Proshot Kalami, Riikka Pietiläinen Caffrey, Luz Valdez, Deta Galloway, Kristin Vining, and Tatiana Taylor, .

October 2021 Northeastern Oklahoma A&M College, Miami, OK

Guest Conductor

June 2021 BHCC Center for Equity and Cultural Wealth Summer Institute, BHCC, Boston, MA 

Lecture recital “A String Only She Could Play: A Musical Uplifting & Contemplating Afterwards“ with Felice Pomeranz (Berklee/Boston Conservatory of Music and Proshot Kalami

April 2021 NAFME Eastern Division Conference

Interactive Presentation: “Good SLO’s: Equity, Looking Forward, and “Keeping it Together” in Challenging Times” with Mark Popeney (BHCC)

October 2020 College Music Society, National Conference

Interactive Presentation “Equitable Music SLO’s – More Than Just Ink on the Page,” with Mark Popeney (BHCC)