Kim Leeds

My ensemble, Filigree Ensemble, will be performing this Thursday 1:15PM at St. Malachy's in NYC where we will be presenting "In Praise of Mother Mary" on the GEMS Midtown Concert Series!

On this program, soprano Christina Margaret Kay, mezzo-soprano Kim Leeds, and harpist Christa Patton delve into music about the iconic figure, Mary, mother of Jesus.

Works by female Baroque composers are paired with selections from the Cantigas de Santa Maria, exploring the complexity of Mother Mary as a human and divine figure through these epic — and sometimes even comic — miracle stories from the 13th century.

Looking forward to performing a solo recital with lutenist Dani Zanuttini-Frank next Saturday!

Here's a sneak peak of "Dunque Dovrò" by Frescobaldi (one of the pieces you'll hear on the program 😀).

Join us to hear Italian and English lute songs that showcase amorous themes of love's blazing heat and rejections bitter cold.

March 2nd, 5:00PM
St. Luke's Lutheran in NYC (308 W 46th St, NYC)
This program is free to the public!

Frescobaldi: Dunque Dovrò Dunque Dovrò by Girolamo FrescobaldiKim Leeds, Mezzo-SopranoDani Zanuttini-Frank, TheorboLyrics:Dunque dovrò del puro servir mio.Crudel ' hor riportar tormen...

Looking forward to collaborating again with my friend Dani Zanuttini-Frank on March 2nd! Join us for a FREE concert in NYC at St. Luke's Lutheran. This fiery program features English and Italian lute songs by Monteverdi, Strozzi, Purcell, Campion, and Lawes.

Lots of exciting performances happening this spring! Looking forward to exploring some new rep and revisiting some favorites 😍

Check out my website www.kimleeds.com for more details!

Cantata Collective (Bay Area, CA)
BWV 140 and BWV 187 (Alto Soloist)
January 14th

Seraphic Fire (Miami, FL)
In Her Own Voice
Jan 18-21

True Concord (Tucson, AZ)
Mozart and Hagen (Alto Soloist)
Jan 26-28

Ralston College (Savannah, GA)
Pergolesi Stabat Mater (Alto Soloist)
Feb 19

True Concord (Tucson, AZ)
Bach St. John Passion
Feb 23-25

Solo Lute Song Recital (NYC)
Blistering Passions
March 2

GEMS Midtown Concert Series featuring Filigree Ensemble (NYC)
In Praise of Mother Mary
March 7

The Crossing (Philadelphia, PA)
March 17

Blue Heron (Boston, MA)
Tasso & Wert
March 23

Handel and Haydn Society� (Boston, MA)
Bach B Minor Mass
April 5&7

Blue Heron (Boston, MA)
The World of Johannes Ockeghem
April 13

Handel and Haydn Society (Boston, MA)
Brahms Requiem
April 19&21

Seraphic Fire (Miami, FL)
Mid-Century Modern
April 25-28

Orchestra of St. Luke’s and Ensemble Altera at Carnegie Hall (NYC)
Brahms Requiem
May 9

Looking forward to performing two fabulous cantatas this weekend with Cantata Collective!

FREE BACH JAN 14!

Join us for our first concert of the New Year! Our esteemed soloists for this performance are all returning favorites: soprano Morgan Balfour, alto Kimberly Leeds, tenor Brian Thorsett, and bass Ben Kazez. They will perform the beloved Cantata 140, Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, which will awaken us all from our long post-holiday nap. Also on the program is Es wartet alles auf dich, BWV 187. Both have chorales for all to sing!

Jan 14, 2024 5-6pm
St Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman Street
Berkeley, CA 94709

Bay area friends! I'm so excited to be performing a fun program of lute songs at SLATE contemporary in Oakland on January 7th. Join us to hear some familiar pieces like "Clear or Cloudy" and "Time Stands Still" by Dowland as well as lesser know pieces like excerpts from the XII Wonders of the World by John Maynard! Reception to follow 🙂

Tickets are available for purchase online: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/fair-sweet-cruel-an-afternoon-of-elizabethan-lute-songs-tickets-771842751447

Excited to be back in the Boston area this Christmas!
After a fabulous start to the month performing the Messiah with Ensemble Altera I’m looking forward to being back with Blue Heron (Vocal Ensemble) next week for a Medieval Christmas program and spending New Year's Eve with Artek Gwendolyn Toth performing Handel’s Messiah and the Bach Gloria!

I'm also looking forward to a super exciting January starting with a recital with my friend, the super talented lutenist Jon Mendle on January 7th, followed by performances with Cantata Collective, True Concord Voices & Orchestra, and Seraphic Fire!

Looking forward to a fun fall!

Looking forward to another exciting season with Blue Heron!

Announcing our 2023/2024 season!

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• Le Rossignol musical / The Musical Nightingale
Saturday, October 14 at 3:00 PM

Songs about love & freedom, nightingales & other musical birds from Le Rossignol musical (Antwerp, 1597), by Sweelinck, Le Jeune, Pevernage, De Rore & others – a program premiered at Antwerp’s Laus Polyphoniae festival in August 2023. Preconcert lecture by Kate van Orden (Harvard University) at 2:15 PM.

• Christmas in Medieval England
Friday & Saturday, December 15-16 at 3:00 PM & 8:00 PM

Our beloved English Christmas program returns after six years, refreshed & revised with new carols, chant & motets.

• Renaissance Portraits
Saturday, January 20 at 3:00 PM

Musical portraits of popes & nobles, lovers & spouses, patrons & friends, & theatrical personalities including a cocky cook & a desperately self-absorbed lover. Music by Ciconia, Du Fay, Busnoys, Isaac & others. Preconcert lecture by Jodi Cranston (Boston University) at 2:15 PM.

• Tasso & Wert
Saturday, March 23 at 8:00 PM

Blue Heron’s exploration of the Italian madrigal continues with a new program featuring settings of dramatic scenes by Torquato Tasso, with music by the great Giaches de Wert & others. Preconcert lecture by Emiliano Ricciardi (University of Massachusetts, Amherst) at 7:15 PM.

• The World of Johannes Okeghem
Saturday, April 13 at 3:00 PM

Blue Heron is at present very likely the only ensemble in the world to have sung every piece written by the great Johannes Okeghem. Building on this unique expertise, we present a selection of the master’s very best in the context of music by his contemporaries & colleagues. Preconcert lecture by Sean Gallagher (New England Conservatory) at 2:15 PM.

Save the dates! More info available at blueheron.org

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Looking forward to my debut performance with Cantata Collective next week!

Cantata Collective Cantata Collective, San Francisco's only professional Ensemble dedicated solely to the performance of the Cantatas of J.S. Bach, is pleased to announce its Sixth Season of FREE Bach concerts—events that have become a mainstay of the Bay Area's musical landscape."A group of local early-music lumin....

Looking forward to singing my first solo Beethoven 9 this weekend in Tucson with True Concord. It's a pleasure to be apart of this fabulous quartet of singers!

I'm looking forward to an exciting 2022-23 season which started with the launch of my new ensemble Filigree Ensemble last week with my co-founder Christina Margaret Kay!

I am looking forward to so many concerts this season including multiple performances at Carnegie Hall and solo debuts with Chicago Master Singers, Cantata Collective, Ensemble Altera, and Apollo's Fire: The Cleveland Baroque Orchestra.

Here's what I'm up to this fall:

True Concord: Sept 30-Oct 2
Beethoven 9 (Alto Soloist)

Blue Heron: Oct. 15
Ockeghem@600: Requiem

ARTEK: Oct.20
Monteverdi Madrigals

Chicago Master Singers: Oct. 29-30
Mozart Requiem + Missa Solemnis (Alto Soloist)

Seraphic Fire: Nov. 3-6
Love|War

Cantata Collective: Nov. 13
BWV 60 + BWV 192 (Alto Soloist)

Ensemble Altera: Dec. 3-4
Handel's Messiah (Alto Soloist and ensemble)

Apollo's Fire: Dec. 6-13
Handel's Messiah (Alto Soloist and ensemble)

Check out www.kimleeds.com for my full 2022-23 line up!

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Join us today at 1:15PM for Filigree's first New York City concert at St. Malachy Roman Catholic Church!

Midtown Concerts 25th Season begins tomorrow! – Join Filigree in person or online at 1:15pm (ET) for a fascinating program delving into the recently rediscovered "Carlo G Manuscript". https://mailchi.mp/gemsny/filigree

I am so thrilled to finally be able to share a project that has been months in the making: Introducing Filigree Ensemble! Co-founded with soprano Christina Kay, we are excited to launch an ensemble that enriches modern historical performance by pushing the boundaries of improvised ornamentation, rhetorical drama, and creative programming to reshape the modern concert experience.

Check out our website www.filigreemusic.org to learn about who we are and our first concert coming up on August 20th at the Lilypad in Cambridge- Florid Spirit: Carlo G and the Vibrance of Italian Improvisation.

Filigree Ensemble Our Mission Filigree enriches modern historical performance by pushing the boundaries of improvised ornamentation, rhetorical drama, and creative programming to reshape the modern concert experience. In addition to enlivening music from past eras, Filigree blurs the lines of old music and new by com...

Back home after an amazing six weeks on the road performing with Blue Heron, Bach Akademie Charlotte, and the Oregon Bach Festival. I'm so delighted Bach Akademie Charlotte recorded me singing one of my favorite arias "Ach, bleibe doch" from Bach's Ascension Oratorio and I'm excited to share it with you all!

"Ach, bleibe doch" from the Ascension Oratorio "Ach, bleibe doch" from the Ascension Oratorio (BWV 11) by J.S. Bach Kim Leeds, Mezzo- Soprano Scott Allen Jarrett, Conducting

So excited to spend the next month singing Bach (and some Handel) with two amazing organizations: Bach Akademie Charlotte and Oregon Bach Festival!

It's so wonderful to be back in Charlotte with this phenomenal group of musicians. Looking forward to soloing on Handel's Dixit Dominus this weekend!

Looking forward to our SOLD OUT performance this afternoon in Regensburg, Germany! If you want to catch our performance live, tune in through the link below!

The Herons have flown overseas for the week, to Tage Alter Musik in Regensburg, Germany and will perform our Cipriano de Rore concert to a SOLD OUT audience! You can listen online to our concert LIVE TOMORROW June 4th at 8am EST at this link:

https://www.br.de/radio/live/br-klassik/