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October 29, 2010 8:00 p.m.
Worcester Chorus, Christopher Shepard, Artistic Director
First Unitarian Church, Worcester
Frostiana by Thompson, In Windsor Forest by Williams, Songs Opus 62 by Brahms, In der Natur by Dvorak, Make our Garder Grow by Bernstein.
www.worcesterchorus.com
November 2010
November 13, 2009 7:30 p.m.
Salisbury Singers, Dr. Michelle Graveline, Music Director
Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester
The Brilliance of Bach: A tribute to Bach for his 325th birthday, featuring two Advent-season cantatas, Nun komm der Heiden Heiland (Cantata 62) and Wachet auf (Cantata 140), and the motet Lobet den Herrn. Accompanied by the Bach Consort of Worcester.
www.salisburysingers.org
November 15, 2010 8:00 p.m.
Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Dr. Robert P. Eaton, Artistic Director
St. Mary's Church, Shrewsbury
A Baroque Festival: Te Deum by Charpentier, Magnificat in D by Johann Sebastian Bach. With Orchestra and Soloists: soprano Jean Danton, mezzo Pamela Dellal, tenor Charles Blandy, baritone Thomas Jones.
www.avmsingers.org
November 21, 2010 3:00 p.m.
Stow Festival Chorus, Barbara Jones, Artistic Director
Hale Middle School, Stow Center
Fall Concert: Vespers of 1610 by Monteverdi with Shari Wilson, Sarah Bellott sopranos; Owen Wilson, Jason Wang, tenors. Also Concerto in D for Two Trumpets by Manfredini with Joseph Foley, Jesse Levine, soloists.
www.soundsofstow.com
December 2010
December 4, 2010 8:00 p.m.
Worcester Chorus, Christopher Shepard, Artistic Director
Mechanics Hall, Worcester
Messiah by Handel, with Festival Orchestra. Soloists: Gina Beck, Soprano; Krista River, Alto; Charles Blandy, Tenor; Robert Honeysucker, Bass.
www.worcesterchorus.com
December 4, 2010 7:30 p.m.
Harvard Pro Musica, Dr. Mark S. Bennett, Music Director
Harvard Unitarian Church, Harvard
Gloria by Vivaldi and assorted carols.
www.harvardpromusica.org
December 5, 2010 2:00 p.m.
Nashoba Valley Chorale, Anne Watson Born, Music Director
Indian Hill Music, Littleton
Christmas Joy: a lively celebration of the holiday season, including music of Palestrina, Vivaldi, Bennett, and Chatman, as well as traditional favorite carols.
www.nashobachorale.org
December 11, 2010 4:00 p.m. (snow date December 12)
Master Singers of Worcester, Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director
Wesley United Methodist Church, Worcester
Boar's Head Festival: Usher in the Yuletide and welcome the New Year with this popular Worcester holiday tradition as the Master Singers present great choral music of the season accompanied by brass and organ, replete with younger choristers and dancers to celebrate in Renaissance period costume the passage of the winter solstice. Much of the repertoire, including several period masterpieces by Sweelinck, Scheidt and other period composers will also be included in the Master Singers' soon to be released recording featuring music of the Boar's Head. This year's performance will also include a troupe of Morris Dancers, as well as swordsmen and armor from the renowned Higgins Armory. The festival will conclude with a jolly reception in Brewer Hall.
www.mswma.org
December 12, 2010 3:30 p.m.
Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Dr. Robert P. Eaton, Artistic Director
Trinity Church, Northborough
Messiah Sing with audience participation. Christmas portion of Handel's Messiah. Scores available to share. Organist Brett Maguire, Soprano Margaret Felice, alto Christina English, tenor Ethan Bremner, baritone David Bonneau.
www.avmsingers.org
December 12, 2010 2:00 p.m.
Salisbury Singers, Dr. Michelle Graveline, Music Director
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester
Welcome the holiday season with a concert of favorites. Free with Museum admission. Visit www.worcesterart.org for directions and visitor information.
www.salisburysingers.org
December 19, 2010 3:00 p.m.
Nashoba Valley Chorale, Anne Watson Born, Music Director
Congregational Church of Littleton, Littleton
Messiah Sing: with soloists and orchestra. Bring your own score or borrow one of ours; come to sing or to listen!
www.nashobachorale.org
December 19, 2010 5:00 p.m.
Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church, Theodore Johnson, Musical Director
Harvard Unitarian Universalist Church, Harvard
Annual Messiah Sing In, with soloists Soprano Margo Law, contralto Susan Rodgers, tenor Richard Monroe, bass Leon Burke.
www.uuharvard.org
January 2011
January 22, 2011 8:00 p.m.
Acton Community Chorus, Paul Johnson, Director
Acton Congregrational Church, Acton
Winter Lights: featuring works by Italian composers such as Monteverdi, Palestrina, Rossini, Verdi, and Puccini.
www.ActonCommunityChorus.org
February 2011
February 20, 2011 2:00 p.m.
Salisbury Singers, Dr. Michelle Graveline, Music Director
Blessed Sacrament Church, Worcester
Celebration of Classical Masters: Featuring Missa Brevis in F by Mozart, and Mass in G by Schubert, with string quintet.
www.salisburysingers.org
March 2011
March 11, 2011 8:00 p.m.
Worcester Chorus, Christopher Shepard, Artistic Director
Mechanics Hall, Worcester
Creation by Haydn, with Festival Orchestra. Soloists: Kendra Colton, soprano; Frank Kelley, Tenor; Tom Jones, Bass.
www.worcesterchorus.com
March 13, 2011 3:00 p.m.
Stow Festival Chorus, Barbara Jones, Artistic Director
Hale Middle School, Stow Center
Winter Concert: The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace by Karl Jenkins. Also Clarinet Concerto by Mozart with Grant Anderson, soloist.
www.soundsofstow.com
March 20, 2011 3:30 p.m.
Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Dr. Robert P. Eaton, Artistic Director
St. Mark's School, Southborough
Wine, Women, and Song: Carmina Burana by Carl Orff, and Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer, Op. 65 by Johannes Brahms. Soprano Maria Ferrante, tenor Arthur Rishi, baritone Philip Lima. With Algonquin Reg. HS Concert Choir, Kathrine Waters, Director. Two Pianos and Percussion.
www.avmsingers.org
March 27, 2011 4:00 p.m.
Master Singers of Worcester, Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director
Tuckerman Hall, Worcester
Visionary Women: The Master Singers of Worcester collaborate with the Worcester Women's History Project to celebrate the remarkable achievements of New England women. Settings of Massachusetts poets including Emily Dickinson, Mary Oliver and Worcester-born Elizabeth Bishop will be featured in choral compositions by Gwyneth Walker, Ronald Perera and other contemporary composers, as well as a performance of a new collaboratively-composed work by three area composers celebrating three outstanding women of the Women's Rights Movement with strong ties to Worcester: Clara Barton, Abby Kelley Foster and Lucy Stone. Special guest performers will include renowned mezzo-soprano D'Anna Fortunato and a string quartet. Preceding the concert, a lecture will be presented at 3pm by the Worcester County Poetry Association about New England's famous female poets and their place in the history of American poetry.
www.mswma.org
April 2011
April 30, 2010 800 p.m.
Nashoba Valley Chorale, Anne Watson Born, Music Director
St. Matthew's Church, Acton
The Creation by Haydn.
www.nashobachorale.org
May 2011
May 6, 2011 7:00 p.m.
Master Singers of Worcester, Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director
Pakachoag Church, Auburn
Join us for this exciting evening of entertainment, fellowship and fundraising! Enjoy a command performance by our own community minstrels, the Master Singers To Go, and music played on Pakachoag's magnificent Opus 69 Dobson organ while you bid on a wide variety of donated goods and services and sample savory treats, fancy desserts, and a selection of fine wines from around the world. Tickets for this event will be available for purchase in 2011 and are not included in our season subscription.
www.mswma.org
May 7, 2011 8:00 p.m.
Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Dr. Robert P. Eaton, Artistic Director
Evangelical Congregational Church, Westborough
A British Perspective: with Organist Brett Maguire. Come, Ye Sons of Art by Henry Purcell, Rejoice in the Lamb by Benjamin Britten, and Lo, the Full, Final Sacrifice by Gerald Finzi. Soprano Patrice Tiedemann, alto Jacque Wilson, tenor Stanley Wilson, baritone Steven Small.
www.avmsingers.org
May 7, 2011 7:30 p.m.
Harvard Pro Musica, Dr. Mark S. Bennett, Music Director
The Bromfield School, Harvard
Joint: Harvard Pro Musica and Indian Hill Orchestra present:
Requiem by Mozart and Choral Fantasy by Beethoven.
www.harvardpromusica.org
May 13, 2011 8:00 p.m.
May 14, 2011 8:00 p.m.
May 15, 2011 2:00 p.m.
Westborough Community Chorus, Deb Lukey, Director
Gibbons School, Westborough
Bravo! Broadway!
Our Spring show this year includes Broadway tunes; Section 1 includes pre-1970 selections, Section 2 post-1970. There will be singing and dancing and, between Sections 1 & 2, performances by our scholarship winners.
www.westborough.com/communitychorus
May 22, 2011 4:00 p.m.
Stow Festival Chorus, Barbara Jones, Artistic Director
First Parish Church, Stow Center
Places of Note: Choral music evoking famous places and special locations in our lives.
www.soundsofstow.com
June 2011
June 3, 2011 8:00 p.m.
Worcester Chorus, Christopher Shepard, Artistic Director
First Unitarian Church, Worcester
Works from South Africa, Argentina and Australia, including several American premiers and new commissioned works for the Worcester Chorus.
www.worcesterchorus.com
June 5, 2011 4:00 p.m.
Master Singers of Worcester, Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director
Salisbury Singers, Dr. Michelle Graveline, Music Director
St. Paul's Cathedral, Worcester
The Master Singers of Worcester join forces with the Salisbury Singers to perform music for a great space with organ and a brass ensemble, including the festive Mass Op. 130 by Joseph Jongen, as well as Romantic choral gems by Johannes Brahms, Anton Bruckner, Joseph Parry and others. Much of the music will be featured on a joint tour to Rome and southern Italy planned for early July, 2011.
www.mswma.org
www.salisburysingers.org
June 17 and 18, 2011 8:00 p.m.
Acton Community Chorus, Paul Johnson, Director
Friends of the Performing Arts in Concord (FOPAC), Concord
Feeling Lucky? A concert celebrating the songs and singers that make Las Vegas famous, with songs that have been performed in Las Vegas by Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Barbara Streisand, The Beatles, Celene Dion, and many more.
www.ActonCommunityChorus.org |
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