page_title: Cantata Singers and Ensemble
section_title: About David Hoose
hierarchical_section_title: Cantata Singers and Ensemble / About David Hoose
caption_attribution_description: English: Cantata Singers Music Director, David Hoose
context_page_description: A singular desire to bring to Boston's listeners music that isn’t being heard anywhere else has inspired Cantata Singers’ programming for 50 years.
  In 1964, that music included the cantatas of J.S. Bach. Today, it may be hard for us to believe, but when Cantata Singers was founded in 1964, live performances of Bach cantatas were quite a rarity. In fact, Cantata Singers’ early concerts featured the first Boston performances of many of the cantatas.
  Bach's music, from the cantatas to the B-minor Mass to the Passions, remains an essential part of Cantata Singers’ repertoire. However, the ensemble's repertoire has expanded to include music from the 17th century to today. Cantata Singers has commissioned 13 works for choir and orchestra—including one that was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in Music—and has presented more than fifty Boston premieres of music both old and new.
  Many of Boston's most talented musicians perform regularly with Cantata Singers. The chorus is made up of singers who have careers as musicians, educators, doctors, and architects.
context_section_description: David Hoose has been Music Director of Cantata Singers for thirty years. When he became the ensemble's sixth music director, in 1984, he had already appeared as guest conductor during each of the three previous seasons and, before that, had performed with the ensemble on several occasions as horn player. Mr. Hoose also serves as Music Director of Collage New Music, a position he has held since 1987; with Collage he also had established a relationship before becoming its director, having conducted the ensemble many times. Since 1987, he has been Director of Orchestras at the Boston University School of Music, where he is Professor of Music. From 1994 to 2005, he was also Music Director of the Tallahassee Symphony Orchestra.
caption: Cantata Singers Music Director, David Hoose
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