Begun in 2003 with concerts in Massachusetts and the U.S. Virgin Islands, The Shakespeare Concerts presents recitals of music inspired by the immortal bard: from original English text settings to settings in translation by composers from the classical period to the 21st century. The mainstay of the series is the music of Joseph Summer, with premieres of two dozen of his sixty-odd Oxford Songs.

In October 2006, The Shakespeare Concerts released its second CD, Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day, a collection of works premiered during the third and fourth seasons. The first Albany Records release, What A Piece Of Work Is Man?, showcases eleven of the Oxford Songs, including five settings from Hamlet as well as sundry sonnets and songs from The Tempest and The Merchant of Venice.

Future productions include a new CD: In The Old Age Black Was Not Counted Fair; next season's premiere of the Mousetrap Scene from Hamlet; Stravinsky's Three Shakespeare Songs and the premiere of Joseph Summer's three act opera, Hamlet.