Best Choral Programming in Nashville 2026: Portara Ensemble
If your idea of choral music is limited to school assemblies or church, you really need to check out Portara Ensemble. Established in 2010, this 32-member chamber choir has built its reputation on innovative programming that entertains and challenges. Case in point: this season’s premiere of Canticles: Songs of Brother Sun and Sister Moon, artistic director Jason Shelton’s fresh new setting of St. Francis of Assisi’s medieval masterpiece. Likewise, One Vision celebrated the music of Queen with a killer band and a fabulous lineup of guest vocalists. And Dangerous highlighted powerful immigrant stories and protest songs from around the world.
