First Non-Parishable Chorus
September 28, 2002 7:30 p.m., First Parish Meeting House, Shirley:
Musical Satire & Some Serious Stuff Too: The Grasshopper, a Tragical Tale by Randolph,
Warmup by Bernstein, Morning Trumpet, instrumental groups, and solo works by vocalists.
June 28, 2003 7:30 p.m., First Parish Meeting House, Shirley:
Songs About Music
Worcester Chorus, Dr. Gerald Mack, Music Director
November 15, 2002 8 p.m., United Congregational Church, Worcester:
Carmina Burana by Orff, and Zigeunerlieder by Brahms.
December 7, 2002 8 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Messiah by Handel, with Worcester Symphony Orchestra.
April 5, 2003 8 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Golden Treasures of Opera and Operetta.
May 31, 2003 8 p.m., Alden Hall, WPI, Worcester:
Broadway-Curtain Up! 100 Years of the Great White Way,
Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Dr. Robert Eaton, Director
November 16, 2002 8 p.m., St. Marys Church, Shrewsbury:
Requiem Op. 9 by Durufle and A Song for St. Cecilias Day by Clifton J. Noble, Jr.
December 15, 2002 4 p.m., First Church of Marlborough, Marlborough:
Messiah Sing, with soloists and members of Symphony Pro Musica.
March 9, 2003 4 p.m., Westborough High School, Westborough:
Nanie by Brahms and Carmina Burana by Orff.
May 10, 2003 8 p.m., Algonquin Regional High School, Northborough:
25th Anniversary Concert: For St. Cecilia by Finzi,
Toward the Unknown Region by Vaughan Williams,
and an Anniversary Tribute of selections from the Mastersingers first concert.
Stow Festival Chorus, Barbara Jones, Director
November 24, 2002 3 p.m., Hale Middle School, Stow Center:
Messa di Gloria by Puccini, Piano Concerto No. 15 by Mozart, and Violin Concerto No. 1 by Haydn.
March 9, 2003 3 p.m., Hale Middle School, Stow Center:
Winter Concert: Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen, Nania by Brahms;
also Mozart Piano Concerto and Bach Violin Concerto.
May 18, 2003 4 p.m., First Parish Church, Stow Center:
SpringFest Concert: Selections include shorter works by
Lauridsen, Brahms, Rossini, Hogan and others.
Charles River Chorale, Roy S. Kelley, Director
December 7, 2002 7:30 p.m., Millis High School, Millis:
Christmas Concert: music by Mozart, DeCormier, Rutter, lighter seasonal selectiona and sing-a-long.
May 3, 2003 7:30 p.m., MillisHigh School, Millis:
Spring Potpourri: Israeli folk songs, music from Alice in Wonderland Suite by Irving Fine,
audience sing-a-long, medley of Gershwin tunes.
Harvard Pro Musica, Amy Dethman, Music Director
December 8, 2002, 4 p.m., First Church of Christ (Bullfinch), Lancaster:
A Boy is Born: An Anglican Christmas: featuring traditional carols,
and English Christmas music of the Anglican Revival.
April 27, 2003, 7 p.m., Harvard Congregational Church, Harvard:
International Musical Montage: Song literature from 19th and 20th centuries from
Germany, France, Greece, Phillipines and Latin America
Master Singers of Worcester, Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director
December 14, 2002 4 p.m., Trinity Lutheran Church, Worcester:
Boars Head Festival: a medieval celebration of the holiday season, with area youth singers,
dancers and bell ringers.
March 22, 2003 8 p.m., Tuckerman Hall, Worcester:
A Bach Birthday Bash: Singet dem Herrn ein neues Lied, Missa Brevis in G major,
and Ein feste Burg ist unser Gott.
May 17, 2003 8 p.m., First Unitarian Church, Worcester:
Songs from North America: folk song settings from Canada and Appalachia,
Moravian and Shaker music.
Greater Gardner Community Choir and, Diane Cushing, Music Director
Greater Gardner Youth Choir
December 20, 2002, 7:30 p.m., Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner:
Holiday Concert: Gloria by Rutter and traditional holiday music.
May 16, 2003 7:30 p.m., Mount Wachusett Community College, Gardner:
Spring Concert: Bach, Beethoven and Broadway
Atlantic Union College Collegiate Choir, Dr. Erick Parris, Director
December 6, 2002, 7:30 p.m., College Church, Atlantic Union College, Lancaster:
Christmas Concert featuring Christmas portions of Handels Messiah.
April 25, 2003 7:30 p.m., CollegeChurch, Lancaster:
German Requiem by Brahms.
April 26, 2003 4:00 p.m., FirstBaptistChurch, Holden:
German Requiem by Brahms.
Salisbury Singers, Dr. Michelle Graveline, Director
November 16, 2002, 7:30 p.m., Chapel of the Holy Spirit, AssumptionCollege, Worcester:
PORTRAITS! of Saints and Sinners – works by Britten, Pinkham, Palestrina, Bruckner and more.
December 14, 2002, 8 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Holiday Pops with the Central Mass Symphony.
March 29, 2003, 8 p.m., Montachusett Regional Vocational School PAC, Fitchburg:
Carmina Burana by Orff with the Thayer Symphony Orchestra.
May 4, 2003, 3 p.m., FirstUnitarianChurch, Worcester:
Carmina Burana by Orff with the Worcester Youth Ballet and the
Childrens Choir of Performing Arts School of Worcester.