Upcoming Engagements:
Sunday May 7, 2023; 7pm A Spring Celebration - Composers of New England The Greater New Bedford Choral Society Grace Episcopal Church - New Bedford, MA https://www.gnbcs.org/ Saturday, June 3, 2023; 7pm Daring Theater: A Showcase of Women Musical Theater Composer Through the Glass Theatre Ensemble Director and Performer Warwick Center for the Arts - Warwick, RI www.throughtheglasstheatre.com Tickets: Click Here Saturday, June 10, 2023; 7pm Speak of the Devil: a concert version of Meyerbeer's Robert le diable Alice St. John's in the Village - 218 W. 11th St. New York, NY Tickets: Click Here Past Engagements: Friday, April 10, 2023 Good Friday Service: Bob Chilcott's St. John Passion Soprano Soloist Central Congregational Church, Providence, RI July -August 2022 Die Fledermaus - Berlin Opera Academy Assistant Director https://www.berlinoperaacademy.com/ July 2020 - 2022 : Aperitivi: An Online Cocktail Hour Concert Series Rachel Hanauer and Caroline Spaeth present bite-sized, fun musical online concerts during quarantine. Sip a cocktail and enjoy! www.facebook.com/aperitiviconcerts https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjTRGYT-CJXr8cg12XFQqVQ/featured May 13 & 14, 2022 ; 7pm The Voice of Gertrude Stein: Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters & 5 Art Songs with texts by Stein Helen in Three Sisters Who are Not Sisters Art songs by Daron Hagen & Peter Dayton Stage director & project coordinator Contemporary Theater Company, Wakefield, RI Thursday April 21 - Sunday May 8, 2022; Thursdays -Saturdays at 730pm; Sundays at 2pm The Hatmaker's Wife by Lauren Yee Rachel Hanauer, Director The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, RI (Tickets: www.thearcticplayhouse.com) Friday April 15, 2022 Rutter Requiem - Good Friday Service Soprano Soloist Central Congregational Church, Providence, RI Sunday April 3rd, 2022; 4pm Musical Composition Recital: Tom Swafford, violin/composer; with Yoon Chung, piano; Rachel Hanauer, soprano Premiere of 3 songs by Tom Swafford & violin pieces Providence College Smith Concert Hall https://music.providence.edu/events/ Sunday February 20, 2022 at 4pm & Friday, February 25, 2022 at 7:30pm Mysteries of the Macabre by György Ligeti & In Sleep the World is Yours by Lori Laitman In Sleep the World is Yours : Rachel Hanauer, soprano; Crikkett Young, oboe; Nathaniel Baker, piano; Mysteries of the Macabre: Caroline Spaeth, soprano; Caroline Ly, piano; Rachel Hanauer, director Providence College Smith Concert Hall (Feb 20th at 4pm) https://music.providence.edu/events/ AS220 Providence (Feb 25th at 7:30pm) https://as220.org/ Livestream on Feb 25th: FB: @AS220 ; IG: @as220providence ; YouTube: @TV220 Sunday February 27th at 4pm Mozart's Vesperae solennes de confessore Central Congregational Church, Providence, RI Oct. 22 -23, 2021 Newport Children's Theater presents Grimm's Fairy Trail Rachel Hanauer, director & adaptor of Grimm's Fairy Tales to plays (collaborating with young actors) Paradise Valley Park; Middletown, RI Sunday October 17, 2021 at 4pm Handel's Dixit Dominus & Solo Opera Arias Collegium Ancora with the Providence Baroque Orchestra Soprano Soloist Grace Church; Providence, RI Friday September 24, 2021 Collegium Ancora presents: Collegium Cabaret: "To Love and Life" Soprano soloist: "Marry Me a Little" from Company The Pavilion at Grace - Grace Church; Providence, RI March 26 - April 11, 2020 (7:30pm Thurs-Sat; 2pm Saturday & Sunday) (Cancelled due to COVID-19) The Fantasticks Rachel Hanauer, director The Arctic Playhouse; West Warwick, RI http://www.thearcticplayhouse.com/ March 20, 2020 at 7:00pm (Cancelled due to COVID19) Happy Birthday, Stephen Sondheim! Springboard Season Performance; Directed by Jean Maxon-Carpenter Scenes as Dot, Cinderella & Johanna Contemporary Theater Company; Wakefield, RI www.contemporarytheatercompany.com Monday March 16 & March 29, 2020 at 12:30pm (Cancelled Due to COVID) PLAYING WITH FIRE: Women Trailblazers in Music - to Commemorate the Centennial of Women's Right to Vote with Rhode Island Philharmonic; Judy Stillman, director Women's Ensemble Rhode Island College, Sapinsley Hall, Nazarian Center & Sunday, March 29th at 3:00 PM, Rhode Island Philharmonic and Music School's Carter Center in East Providence. Friday February 14, 2020 at 7pm Riders to the Sea & Songs of Travel by Ralph Vaughan-Williams Springboard Season performance Nora in Riders to the Sea, Director/Program Lead Contemporary Theater Company; Wakefield, RI www.contemporarytheatercompany.com December 5-22, 2019 (7:30pm Thurs-Sat; 2pm Sunday) Two Holiday One-Act Plays: Gift of the Magi by Brainerd Duffield & Balls by George Cameron Grant Rachel Hanauer, director The Arctic Playhouse; West Warwick, RI November 15-17, 2019 Songs For A New You: A Journey Through the Works of Jason Robert Brown Soloist and Ensemble Member South Shore Theater Works; Bridgewater, MA www.southshoretheatreworks.com Sunday November 2, 2019; 4pm Collegium Ancora presents Cradling the Souls: Duruflé Requiem and Mass for the Unarmed Child (premiere) Grace Church; Providence, RI Saturday September 21, 2019; 6pm Collegium Ancora presents Collegium Cabaret: Seasons of Love Soloist & Ensemble Member The Pavilion at Grace - Grace Church; Providence, RI August 29, 2019, 6:30pm Collegium Ancora performance at Newport Film Festival Premiere of film Gay Chorus Deep South; The Breakers mansion, Newport, RI August 19-21, 2019, 6:30pm Newport Children's Theater presents The Little Mermaid by Lane Riosley Rachel Hanauer, director Lawn of St. John's Church; Newport, RI August 10, 2019 Cantorum Vigilae & St. Mary's Church of Newport, RI Choir Trip & Residency Boston, MA; Cathedral of the Holy Cross Wednesday, July 10, 2019 at 4pm Soloist - 16th Annual North Shore Summer Concert Series: Opera Favorites Hamilton-Wenham Community House; Hamilton, MA Fri. June 28- Sun. June 30, 2019 at 8pm/2pm La voix humaine by Francis Poulenc - Julie Rumbold, mezzo-soprano Rachel Hanauer, director The Whitney Center for the Arts 42 Wendell Avenue, Pittsfield MA Saturday June 15, 2019 at 5pm Collegium Ancora presents In Harmony: a (free) concert celebrating PRIDE Grace Episcopal Church, Providence, RI Info : www.collegiumancora.org Sunday May 18, 2019 at 2pm The Choir School of Newport County's Fifth Annual Spring Concert with special guests Soprano soloist, Johannes Brahms' Ein Deutches Requiem Saturday March 9, 2019 Cantorum Vigilae sings music by Martini & Purcell St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI Sunday May 5, 2019 at 4pm Collegium Ancora presents G.F. Handel's Israel in Egypt Grace Episcopal Church, Providence, RI Tickets & Info : www.collegiumancora.org Thursday April 4 - Saturday April 20; Thursdays -Saturdays at 730pm; Sundays at 2pm The Diary of Anne Frank by Goodrich/Hackett, Adapted by Wendy Kesselman Rachel Hanauer, Director The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, RI (Tickets: www.thearcticplayhouse.com) Saturday February 23, 2019 at 7:30pm "Who's Calling?: Three One Act Operas"; La voix humaine, The Telephone (Menotti) & A Hand of Bridge (Barber) Elle in La voix humaine, and director of Menotti & Barber The Arctic Playhouse; West Warwick, RI; www.thearcticplayhouse.com Friday February 22, 2019 at 7pm "Who's Calling?: Three One Act Operas"; Springboard Season performance La voix humaine, The Telephone (Menotti) & A Hand of Bridge (Barber) Elle in La voix humaine, and director of Menotti & Barber Contemporary Theater Company; Wakefield, RI www.contemporarytheatercompany.com Sunday February 10, 16 & 17, 2019 at 4pm Collegium Ancora presents "All About That Bass...& Treble" www.collegiumancora.org Saturday February 9, 2019 at 5pm Cantorum Vigilae sings music by Dvorak & Mck. Williams St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public Saturday, January 19, 2019; 7pm Judge, Bedford Rotary Club presents the Regional Idol Scholarship Competition Dana Center Theater, Saint Anselm College; Manchester, NH Saturday, August 25, 2018; 3:30pm Soloist, Leonard Bernstein's Birthday Bash; Jean Maxon, director Performance Patio, Contemporary Theater Company; Wakefield, RI Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 4pm North Shore Summer Concert Series: Here's a Howdy-Do! Songs and Scenes from the Beloved Shows of Gilbert & Sullivan. Hamilton-Wenham Community House; Hamilton, MA Wednesday, July 4, 2018 at 4pm Collegium Ancora presents America in Song: A Fourth of July Celebration Soloist: This is My Country Trinity Church; Newport, RI June 8, 16 & 24th, 2018 Leonard Bernstein Centenary Celebration Chamber Music Series, RI Thursday June 14 - Saturday June 30; Thurs-Sat 8pm; Sun 2pm Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Adapted by Brainerd Duffield Rachel Hanauer, Director The Arctic Playhouse, W. Warwick, RI (www.thearcticplayhouse.com) REVIEW:: Motif Magazine: motifri.com/alice2018/ Friday, June 8, 2018 at 7pm Leonard Bernstein Centenary Celebration Chamber Music Series Lutheran Church of the Good Shepherd, 383 Old North Road, Kingston, RI Sunday June 3, 2018 at 4pm Cantorum Vigilae presents their Spring Concert St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public, Sunday May 27, 2018 at 7pm The King of Kings - Silent Film with Peter Krasinski, organist & Cantorum Vigilae Soloist, Pergolesi Stabat Mater St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public Saturday April 28, 2018 at 5pm Cantorum Vigilae sings music by Giuseppe Pitoni & Johannes Brahms St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public Sat Apr. 13 & Sun Apr 14 at 7pm CCRI Opera Workshop presents: Brundibar by Hans Krasa & I Never Saw Another Butterfly by Lori Laitman A Holocaust Remembrance Performance; Directed by Rachel Hanauer Bobby Hackett Theater, CCRI Knight Campus, Warwick, RI $12 - general admission/ $7 Students, Seniors, Faculty/Staff Saturday April 7, 2018 at 7pm The CCRI Voice Students present their Spring Recital; (Rachel Hanauer, coordinator) CCRI Knight Campus, Bobby Hackett Theater, Warwick, RI; Free & Open to Public Saturday March 3, 2018 at 5pm Cantorum Vigilae sings music by Cody Mead & Richard Farrant St. Mary's Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public Sat. February 17, 2018 at 5pm Cantorum Vigilae sings Gregorian Chant and Henry Purcell St. Mary's Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public Fri. February 16, 2018 at 8pm Down with Love: A Cabaret Presented by JMG Theater & Common Fence Point Arts Common Fence Point Community Hall, Portsmouth, RI Sat. February 10, 2018 at 5pm Cantorum Vigilae sings Mozart and Vivaldi selections Soloist on Laudate Dominum (Mozart) & Laudamus te (Vivaldi) St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newport, RI; Free & Open to Public Sat. January 13, 2018 at 11am Rutter Requiem (Private Memorial Service), soprano soloist Zabriskie Chapel of St. John the Evangelist, Newport, RI January 7, 2018, 4pm Epiphany Concert with The Choir of Our Lady of Mount Carmel & Orchestra Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church, Bristol, RI January 3, 2018, 6:30pm A Service of Lessons and Carols for Christmas and Epiphany; Soloist with Cantorum Vigilae & the combined choirs of St. Mary's Church St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, Newport, RI December 24, 2017, 5pm Christmas Eve: A Service of Lessons and Carols, Soloist Channing Memorial Church, Newport, RI December 17. 2017 at 6pm Ecclesia Consort presents: A Choral Journey Through Advent & Christmas Soloist on "O Holy Night" by James Biery Our Lady of Providence Chapel, Aldrich Mansion Estate, Warwick, RI www.ecclesiaconsort.org December 11, 2017 Touro Band performs traditional Hanukkah, Hebrew & Yiddish music - (10 piece band & Rachel Hanauer, vocals) The Edward King House, Newport, RI December 1-10, 2017 A Christmas Carol: 1940's Radio Play Music Directed by Rachel Hanauer, directed by Christian O'Brien The Arctic Playhouse, W. Warwick, RI (www.thearcticplayhouse.com) Saturday November 4 at 5pm Cantorum Vigilae performs Justorum Animae (Cody Mead) and Faure St. Mary's Church, Newport, RI November 3-5 & 10-12 I Love..What's His Name?: A Cabaret About Confusion in Love in the 21st Century; Director & Performer The Arctic Playhouse, Warwick, RI (www.thearcticplayhouse.com) October 13, 14, 20, 21 at 7:30pm & Oct 15 & 22 at 2pm; Johanna in Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street Rhode Island Stage Ensemble, Woonsocket, RI Friday August 18, 2017; 7:30pm I Love..What's His Name? Common Fence Point Community Center, Portsmouth, RI Thursdays August 10, 17, 24, 21, 2017; 8pm; I Love..What's His Name?: A Cabaret About Confusion in Love in the 21st Century The Firehouse Theater; Newport, RI (www.firehousetheater.org) May 6; 8pm & May 7; 3pm: Creator, Director, Performer in I Love...What's His Name? A Cabaret about Confusion in Love in the 21st Century The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, RI April 22; 7pm & April 23; 3pm: Madame Goldentrill in Der Schauspieldirektor & Camilla in A Game of Whist Cambridge Chamber Ensemble, Cambridge, MA (www.cambridgechamberensemble.org/) December 15, 2016: Soprano Soloist; Mozart Coronation Mass; Christmas on the Point Concert Zabriskie Memorial Church of St. John the Evangelist; Newport, RI September 8-24, 2016: Diane in Einstein and the Polar Bear by Tom Griffin The Arctic Playhouse, West Warwick, RI (http://www.thearcticplayhouse.com/) Aug. 7th & Aug. 14, 2016 ; Soprano soloist; Mozart Coronation Mass Zabriskie Memorial Church of St. John the Evangelist; Newport, RI May 19-June 29, 2016 : Linda in Play it Again, Sam by Woody Allen & "I Hold Your Hand in Mine" soloist The Newport Playhouse, Newport, RI March 31- May 15, 2016: P.B in One Slight Hitch by Lewis Black & "Art is Calling for Me" soloist in Cabaret The Newport Playhouse, Newport, RI Jan. 16, 2016: Arias in Motion - OperaWorks Cypress Recital Hall at California State University Northridge Dec.13, 2015: Handel's Messiah-Sing; Soprano Soloist St. John's Cathedral, Jacksonville FL Nov. 22, 2015: St. Andrew's Day Evensong St. John's Cathedral; Jacksonville, FL Nov. 14, 2015 : Annina in La Traviata (Act II) - "Opera Paris" with First Coast Opera The Lightner Museum, St. Augustine, FL November 15, 2015 : Chamber Concert with Emily Knowles, violin & Jackson Merrill, piano Works by Bach, Vivaldi, Eric Whitacre, Rebecca Clarke, Holst & some surprises St. John's Cathedral, Taliaferro Hall, Jacksonville, FL Aug. 14 2015: Guest Soloist, "Ascending into Light," Darren Bartolo, Piano, Album Release Concert St. Augustine Art Association April 5 2015 at 10:30am: Soloist, Easter Sunday: Handel & Dvorak St. Paul's Episcopal Church; Jacksonville, FL March 21, 2015; Soloist: Dedication and Feast Day Mass St. Patrick Church; Jacksonville, FL Feb 24-27, 2015 10 & 11:30am: Soloist for the Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra - Young People's Concerts- Link Up Series: The Orchestra Sings Jacoby Symphony Hall; Jacksonville, FL Scott Gregg, conductor Feb 14, 2015; 2:30pm: A Valentines Day Afternoon Recital with Bob Logan, piano New Horizons at Choate; Woburn, MA Dec. 21, 2014 : Soloist - Tapestry of Light by Joseph M. Martin First Presbyterian Church of Goldsboro, NC Jayson Keeton, conductor Dec. 5, 2014: Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Handel's Messiah Michael Butterman, conductor Nov. 14 & 15, 2014: Jacksonville Symphony Chorus Mozart Requiem Michael Butterman, conductor August 3, 2014 : Soloist at Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd of Jacksonville, FL; Singing "Laudate Dominum" from Mozart's Solemn Vespers with the Chancel Choir June 29 - July 9, 2014 : First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest choir tour to Estonia, Latvia and Finland! June 27 (6:30pm) & 28 (7:30pm): Grant Park Chorus and Orchestra perform Janáček: Glagolitic Mass June 26 (7pm): Grant Park Apprentice Chorale and Project Inclusion at Jefferson Memorial Park, June 25 (12pm CST): Grant Park Apprentice Chorale and Project Inclusion Quartet broadcast on WFMT: The Dame Myra Hess Memorial Concerts at Chicago Cultural Center Preston Bradley Hall; June 19 (7pm): First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest Sanctuary Choir and Lakeminster Ringers perform their Pre-Tour Concert! Works by Rutter, Brahms, Brewer, etc. June 13 (6:30pm) & 14 (7:30pm): Grant Park Chorus and Orchestra perform Berlioz's Romeo and Juliette - Auditorium Theatre, Chicago. June 12, 2014 (7pm): Grant Park Chorus Apprentice Chorale in Douglas Park with Chicago Children's Chorus Humboldt Park Neighborhood Choir April 4, 2014 (7:30pm): La Contessa di Foleville in Rossini's Il Viaggio a Reims - Ganz Hall, CCPA March 22, 2014 (2:30pm): Graduate Degree Recital, Ganz Hall, Chicago College of Performing Arts February 3, 2014 (5:00pm): Bob Logan's recital & premiere of "Dream within a Dream," text by Edgar Allen Poe, composed by Bob Logan, Ganz Hall, CCPA November 16 (2pm & 5pm) & 17 (4pm), 2013 : Leonora in The Long Christmas Dinner by Hindemith - Ganz Hall, Chicago College of Performing Arts, November 10 2013 (7:00 pm) : Trio Recital with organist Jayson Keeton and clarinetist Patrick Wall -Featuring: Schubert's Der Hirt auf dem Felsen , Three Vocalises by Ralph Vaughan-Willams June 21, '13 (12pm): Grant Park Festival Apprentice Chorale performs at The Poetry Foundation - 61 West Superior, Chicago June 24 '13 (12:15pm): Grant Park Apprentice Chorale performs at The Arts Club - 201 East Ontario June 27 (6pm): Grant Park Apprentice Chorale performs at the Carole Robertson Center for Learning - 2929 W. 19th St. June 28 (6:30pm) & June 29 (7:30pm) : Grant Park Festival Chorus performs Britten's War Requiem - Jay Pritzker Pavillion June 14 (6:30pm) & 15 (7:30pm) : Grant Park Festival Chorus performs Prokofiev's Alexander Nevsky - Jay Pritzker Pavillion May 11, 2013 : Amplified voice recording for Opera-Matic (opera-matic.org) in Humboldt Park, Chicago April 26 & 27, 2013 : La Infermiera in Suor Angelica - Ganz Hall, Chicago College of Performing Arts April 21, 2013 : Soloist, Francesco Durante's Messa - Spring Concert, First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, IL December 2, 2012: Advent cantata Soloist, J.S. Bach - Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140: First Presbyterian Church of Lake Forest, IL November 11, 2012: Solo cover, Poulenc Gloria with CCPA Conservatory Chorus and Chorale with Chicago Youth Symphony Orchestra: Orchestra Hall at Symphony Center November 3 & 4, 2012: Princess (cover) and chorus, Princess and the Pea by Ernst Toch: OperaFest V at CCPA |