Brattleboro Camerata
The Brattleboro Camerata is a chamber choir devoted to exploring the beauty and
power of Renaissance-era and Renaissance-inspired music. The Camerata’s
performances breathe new life into old music, bringing vivid and expressive intensity to
innovative thematic programs that highlight canonic favorites, under-performed gems by
neglected voices, and new works that allow us to see early music in a different light.
With Music Director Timothy Parsons, the Camerata endeavors to ensure that early
music continues as a vibrant, living tradition.
Recent programs have included concerts devoted to parallels between Renaissance
pieces and later works that were influenced by them, the music of the Renaissance in
Latin America, and Renaissance and Renaissance-inspired works for double choir.
They have highlighted music by well-known Renaissance-era composers such as
Palestrina, Victoria, Byrd, and Josquin; marginalized Renaissance voices such as
Vittoria Aleotti, Vicente Lusitano, Maddalena Casulana, and Juan Gutierrez de Padilla;
and contemporary composers such as Reena Esmail, P.D.Q. Bach, and Kitty Brazelton.
Twice a year, the Camerata seeks new members, and is open by audition to all singers
of every voice part. We especially invite BIPOC singers, and singers of all gender
identities, to join us.
Our repertoire for fall 2026 features the music of Thomas Tallis.
Singers interested in learning more about the Camerata, or in scheduling an audition,
should contact the Brattleboro Music Center (802-257-4523; info@bmcvt.org).
Music Director, Timothy Parsons
Timothy Parsons is a versatile performer, conductor, and educator. Accolades include GRAMMY® nominations in 2022 and 2024. He is a core member of Ekmeles, a vocal ensemble “dedicated to the performance of new and rarely-heard works, and gems of the historical avant garde.” Timothy is a former Lay Clerk of Christ Church, Oxford, and an emeritus member of the Choir of Trinity Church NYC. He has appeared as guest conductor with the Choir of Trinity Wall Street and the Clarion Choir, a clinician for the Artefact Scholars High School Choral Intensive and TENET Vocal Artists, and has created bespoke concert programs for TENET and the Choir of Trinity Wall Street. Timothy’s 2026-2027 season includes appearances with Res Facta, Ekmeles, Ensemble Mêtis, TENET Vocal Artists, and Trinity Church NYC. He is a co-director of Ampersand, a vocal chamber ensemble specializing in music of the 16th century. In 2026 he joins the Brattleboro Music Center as Interim Music Director for the Brattleboro Camerata. Timothy resides in Vermont and enjoys yoga, birding, and delving into the wonderful world of old-time music on his clawhammer banjo.
