In addition to these performances of Bach and other early composers, the ensemble has presented dozens of world, American, and New York premieres by composers ranging from Handel, J.C. Bach, Faure, and Bruckner, to Harbison, Berio, Schnittke, Rorem, and Schickele. The Canticum Novum Singers has performed in all of New York's major concert halls and has collaborated with The Orchestra of St. Luke's, The American Symphony Orchestra, The Brooklyn Philharmonic, The Riverside Symphony, The Madeira Bach Festival Orchestra in Portugal, L'Orchestre Philharmonique D'Europe in Paris, and The Symphony Orchestra of Budapest in Spain and Andorra. The Canticum Novum Singers is a recent recipient of a Lincoln Center Community Arts Project award. During the summer of 1996, the group participated in the Siracusa International Music Festival in Sicily, and in July of 1997, it participated in festivals throughout Great Britain. It allows elite amateur singers from many different professions the opportunity to perform great choral music at a highly professional level.
Admission is by rigorous audition.
In this way, the chorus maintains the high standards for which it is so well known. In fact, many listeners are unaware that Canticum Novum is a volunteer, rather than professional chorus.