The Boston Cecilia

The Boston Cecilia Donald Teeters, Music Director Barbara Bruns, Associate Conductor Scott Wheeler, Composer-in-Residence Founded in 1876, The Boston Cecilia stands among America's oldest and finest volunteer performing arts organization, with an established reputation for period-instrument performances of baroque music, especially the oratorios of Handel and works of Bach. The group's 2007 recording of Wheeler's "The Construction of Boston," released on the Naxos label, and its premieres of the works of contemporary composers, including Daniel Pinkham, Robert Sirota, Scott Wheeler, James Woodman, and others, place the organization at the forefront of contemporary performance, as well. The Boston Cecilia has enjoyed the great privilege of working under such celebrated conductor/composers as Igor Stravinsky and Antonin Dvoràk, and has taken the stage at key points in Boston's musical history, including the dedication of Boston's Symphony Hall and the dedication of the Tanglewood Shed. In 1968, Donald Teeters took the baton and began his pioneering work in the American movement toward period-instrument performances. Under his leadership, Cecilia established its reputation as Boston's foremost performer and interpreter of Handel, with critically acclaimed productions of 18 of his oratorios.