Submitted by Editor-In-Chief on Wed, 10/28/2015 - 15:14
The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus honors 20 years of singing together with two concerts and a twentieth anniversary CD release celebration the weekend before Thanksgiving. Founder/conductor Becky Graber will lead over 100 women in a repertoire of chorus favorites with Cathy Martin on piano.
Songs in the concerts will include several from the first session of chorus in the fall of 1996, such as Bernice Johnson Reagon’s “I Remember, I Believe.” Other songs are Ysaye Maria Barnwell’s “Breaths,” Bobby McFerrin’s “Twenty-third Psalm,” and Holly Near’s “1000 Grandmothers.” “When Harvesting Arugula” is a piece that was composed for the chorus from words written by chorus member Becky Karush when she worked at Walker Farm; it will be performed and is also on the new CD.
Submitted by Editor-In-Chief on Sun, 01/19/2014 - 12:36
The Choral Arts New England chorus directory currently lists 383 active choral organizations in the six New England states. Such an active choral community makes for a lot of great music! Here, I have tried to provide an overview of what is being performed this season. By necessity such a listing is limited and subjective, but hopefully it will be useful.
Submitted by Laura Prichard on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 23:16
Vermont Sings for Peace is an annual concert where five or six Vermont choruses perform short sets and the money raised is given to a peace-related charity, usually one based in Vermont. This September will be the sixth annual concert. Counterpoint is the host ensemble, and Robert De Cormier the presiding spirit.
Submitted by Laura Prichard on Sun, 02/10/2013 - 23:11
One of the projects funded by Alfred Nash Patterson grants in 2012 is a set of high school workshops conducted by the Vermont professional chorus Counterpoint. Those workshops are scheduled for early April and early May 2013, at Mill River Union High School in Clarendon VT, Mount Abraham Union High School in Bristol VT, and one other school to be determined soon. Director Nathaniel Lew works directly with choral directors at each school to tailor the workshops to the school's needs and the repertory that the kids are studying.
