The Music on Norway Pond season starts Sunday, Nov. 5, at 4 p.m. with Saltare, an ensemble of five New England Conservatory of Music (NEC) graduates and students, bringing together musical and dance traditions from around the world. The show will be at First Congregational Church, 47 Main St.

The Hancock Family Christmas Concert, called "Goodness and Light," Saturday, Dec. 16, at 4 p.m. at First Congregational Church, will showcase the Norway Pond Festival Singers and the youths of Jr. Mints, along with special guests Anything Goes, a trio with frequent mezzo-soprano soloist JaziminaMacNeil. Wednesday, Dec. 20 is the “Caroling on the Common” at 4 p.m. on Hancock Common, when three trumpeters will attendees the courage to sing with uninhibited joy.

The next concert in Music on Norway Pond’s collaboration with the New England Conservatory of Music features concert pianists Pualina Lim of Singapore and Cynthia Tseng, who will receive her doctorate this spring. They will perform Sunday, Jan. 28, at 4 p.m. at the Hancock Meeting House, 47 Main St.

Mozart’s “Requiem” will be the major offering Sunday, Feb. 18. at 4 p.m. at the Hancock Meeting House. The show will feature a large festival chorus, four soloists and an orchestra of 18 players from all over the East Coast, anchored by the Newport String Quartet. The Newport String Quartet will also accompany the Norway Pond Festival Singers in Eric Whitacre’s “Five Hebrew Love Songs.”

On Sunday, March 3, at 4 p.m. at the Hancock Meeting House, Music on Norway Pond welcomes back Argentinian jazz vocalist DelfinaCheb, featured last season in its spring benefit concert. Cheb is also pursuing her doctorate at NEC.

On Sunday, April 7, at 4 p.m. at the Hancock Meeting House, Music on Norway Pond will introduce Rasa String Quartet. By exploring the connection between music and storytelling at the heart of folk traditions, Rasa String Quartet delivers programs that showcase works from a variety of cultures and highlight unknown composers. 

Concerts are always one hour long, with no intermission, and tickets are available at musiconnorwaypond.org and at the door.