Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Dr. Robert Eaton, Director
November 3, 2001, 8 p.m., St. Marys Church, Shrewsbury:
Back to Bach: Lobet Den Herrn, Lutheran Missa Brevis in g minor, Cantata # 80 Ein Feste Burg
December 16, 2001, 4 p.m., First Church of Marlborough, Congregational:
Messiah Sing: Join in the singing of the Christmas portion of Handels Messiah,
with Symphony Pro Musica.
March 1, 2002 8 p.m., Performing Arts Center at GrotonDunstableHigh School:
Preview of March 3 concert.
March 3, 2002 4 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Sea Pictures: Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony with Symphony Pro Musica and
other local choruses.
May 4, 2002 8 p.m., Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough:
An American Triptych: Randall Thompson- Peaceable Kingdom,
John Corigliano- Fern Hill, Howard Hanson- Song of Democracy.
Stow Festival Chorus, Barbara Jones, Director
November 4, 2001,:
Mozart Vespers. Program also includes Dochnahy – Violin Concerto #1 and
Mozart – Piano concerto # 26 (“Coronation”)
March 1, 2002 8 p.m., Performing ArtsCenter at Groton Dunstable High School:
Preview of March 3 concert.
March 3, 2002 4 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Sea Pictures: Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony with Symphony Pro Musica and
other local choruses.
May 18, 2002 4 p.m., First Parish Church, Stow Center:
Annual Spring Festival Concert: selections from “Les Chansons des Roses” by Morten Lauridsen,
“Song for all Seas, all Ships” from Roy Harris’ “Symphony for Voices on Poems of Walt Whitman”, traditional spring carols, and spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan.
Master Singers of Worcester, Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director
December 15, 2001 4 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester:
Boars Head Festival: Celebrate the Holiday Season, with dancers, tumblers
and bell ringers.
February 3, 2002 4 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
The Best of the Sacred Concerts by Duke Ellington with jazz singer Monica Hatch,
Ru-Zelda Severin and Wyatt Jackson.
February 3, 2002 4 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
The Best of the Sacred Concerts by Duke Ellington with jazz singer Monica Hatch,
Ru-Zelda Severin and Wyatt Jackson.
March 1, 2002 8 p.m., Performing ArtsCenter at GrotonDunstableHigh School:
Preview of March 3 concert.
March 3, 2002 4 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Sea Pictures: Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony, an epic setting of Walt Whitman texts,
with Symphony Pro Musica and other local choruses.
May 11, 2002 8 p.m., Tuckerman Hall, Worcester:
American Sampler: contemporary settings of Shaker hymns by composer William Cutter,
“Songstream” to the poetic texts of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Alice Parker,
and rare works by colonial New England composers culled from the American Antiquarian Society.
Charles River Chorale, Roy S. Kelley, Director
December 8, 2001 7:30 p.m., Millis High School, Millis:
Christmas Concert: Works by Haydn, Leavitt, shorter Anthems describing
The Many Moods of Christmas.
May 4, 2002 7:30 p.m., Millis High School, Millis:
Music Americana: Ballad For Americans by Robinson, Selections from Frostiana by Thompson,
Pop music from the ’50’s and Song of America arr. by Huff.
Harvard Pro Musica, Mark Morgan, Music Director
December 2, 2001 3 p.m. St. Matthews Church, Acton:
Christmas in America: Four centuries of Christmas Music from the New World,
including selections from the Ainsworth psalter, early anthems by Billings,
selections from a Magnificat by Franco, and more
May 5, 2002, 3 p.m., location TBD:
Fortune and Glory: Songs and Dances from Carmina Burana and the
orginal medieval manuscript, and an eclectic Mass.
Worcester Chorus, Dr. Gerald Mack, Music Director
November 9, 2001 8 p.m. Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA:
As Time Goes By… The Songs and Spirit of World War II, with Peter Harvey, Tenor, and Jazz Ensemble.
December 1, 2001 8 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester, MA:
Handels Messiah, with soloists and the Worcester Symphony Orchestra.
March 23, 2002 8 p.m., St. Spyridon Cathedral, Worcester, MA:
Rachmaninoffs Liturgy of St. John Chrisostom, excerpts from Vespers.
June 1, 2002 8 p.m., Alden Hall, WPI, Worcester, MA:
Music of the Americas, with instrumental ensemble.
First Non-Parishable Chorus,
October 20, 2001 7 p.m. First Parish Meeting House, Shirley:
Musical Paintings: Haydn’s “The Heavens are Telling”, Faure’ “Cantique de Jean Racine”, and various solo works. Gregg Thaller, guest Conductor.
June 22, 2002 7 p.m., First Parish Meeting House, Shirley:
Americas Song: Choral and solo works performed by members.
Salisbury Singers, Michelle Graveline, Conductor
November 2, 2001 8 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Requiem by Giuseppe Verdi, with the Thayer Symphony Orchestra. Soloists Margaret Tartaglia, Carla Paryla, Richard Monroe, John Arthur Miller.
February 3, 2002 8 p.m., Fitchburg Public Library, Fitchburg:
Choruses from Gilbert and Sullivan.
May 5, 2002 3 p.m., Our Lady of the Angels Church, Worcester:
Sacred Splendor: Music for chorus and brass, featuring Gloria by John Rutter, Bernsteins
Chichester Psalms and Gabrielis In Ecclesiis.
Atlantic Union College Collegiate Choir, Erick Parris, Director
December 7, 2001, 7:30 p.m., College Church, Lancaster:
Christmas Concert: music includes Vivaldi Gloria, with chamber orchestra.
December 8, 2001, 3:30 p.m., CollegeChurch, Lancaster:
Lessons and Carols.
March 30, 2002, 8:30 p.m., Machlan Auditorium, Lancaster:
Easter Concert, with chamber orchestra. Includes J.S. Bach Sacred Cantata 4 (Easter).
Greater Gardner Community Choir, Diane T. Cushing, Director
May 19, 2002, 4:00 p.m., Mount Wachusett Community College Auditorium, Gardner:Spring Pops Concert: featuring Great Opera Choruses and Broadway Show Tunes.