Clarion's 2011-12 season featured our return to Alice Tully Hall for a joint concert with Juilliard's Baroque Orchestra, Juilliard415, conducted by Steven Fox. The performance, called 'exceptional' in a sterling review from Seen and Heard International, was given to a full house at Alice Tully Hall of more than 1000 listeners. Earlier in the season, Clarion repeated its celebrated program of rarely-heard music by Salamone Rossi in a co-presentation with Salon Sanctuary Concerts. The performance was given in the landmark Shereath Israel, home to the first Jewish Congregation to be founded in New York City. In December, Clarion gave a joint Christmas program, 'Christmas Mystery, Christmas Fantasy', with the vocal ensemble TENET at the Church of St. Ignatius of Antioch; and later in the winter, in a week of late evening sessions, the Clarion Orchestra, Clarion Choir and distiguished cast of soloists recorded Handel's epic Judas Maccabeus slated for release in 2013. In related events, Clarion founded a new patron program, the Young Friends of Clarion, and gave its second annual 18th-century Masked Ball at the elegant Cosmopolitan Club. The evening featured performances by members for the Clarion Orchestra, soprano Ying Fang, and a solo performance from standout Clarion Collegium Week student Elizabeth Hall-Koeng of Bach's Cello Suite No. 1.

This coming season, we are delighted to continue in the spirit of collaboration, presenting concerts for the first time jointly with the Americas Society, Five Boroughs Music Festival, and Trinity Wall Street, as part of the Twelfth Night Festival. We hope you will join us for another exciting season of world class early music.