Stow Festival Chorus, Barbara Jones, Director
November 23, 2008 3:00 p.m., Hale Middle School, Stow Center:
Mass in D Major by Ethel Smyth. Also Moart Piano Concerto No. 5 in D Major, K. 175.
March 22, 2009 3:00 p.m., Hale Middle School, Stow Center:
Music of Celebration: Mendelssohn and Beethoven: Magnificat, Verleih’ uns Frieden and Lauda Sion by Mendelssohn, Choral Fantasy by Beethoven. Also Violin Concerto in E Minor by Mendelssohn.
May 17, 2009 4:00 p.m., First Parish Church, Stow Center:
A retrospective of choral favorites from the last 30 years in honor of our 30th Anniversary Season.
Nashoba Valley Chorale, Anne Watson Born, Music Director
January 11, 2009 3:00 p.m., Congregational Church of Littleton, Littleton:
Mass in C by Beethoven, Schicksalslied by Brahms.
May 9, 2009 8:00 p.m., location TBD.
Spring Concert: Requiem by Durufle, There is Sweet Music Here by Chatman.
Acton Community Chorus, Paul Johnson, Musical Director
January 31, 2009 8:00 p.m., Acton Congregational, Acton:
Winter Lights: Celebratory music, including Glorias by Mozart, Dvorak, Vivaldi, Poulenc; Alleluias by Bach, Mozart, Handel; two Hallelujahs, a Hosanna, and more to mark our 25th season.
June 12 and 13, 2009 8:00 p.m., Friends of the Performing Arts Center, Concord:
Broadway in the last 25 years: selections from musicals written and performed in modern times.
Assabet Valley Mastersingers, Dr. Robert P. Eaton, Artistic Director
November 15, 2008 8:00 p.m., St. Mark’s School, Southborough:
Reflections on Innocence & Peace: Intimations of Immortality by Gerald Finzi, Dona Nobis Pacem by Vaughan Williams.
March 21, 2009 8:00 p.m., St. Mark’s School, Southborough and
March 22, 2009 4:00 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Russian Choral Treasures: Symphony of Psalms by Stravinsky, Kvalite Boga! op. 65 by Gretchaninoff plus A Cappella Russian Treasures by Chesnokov, Glinka, Rachmaninoff and Sviridov. Collaboration with Master Singers of Worcester and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
May 16, 2009 8:00 p.m., Chapel of the Cross, Westborough:
Poetry in Song: Fern Hill by John Corigliano, Frostiana by Randall Thompson, and Selected Contemporary settings by Brunner, Gawthrop, Stroope and others.
Master Singers of Worcester, Malcolm Halliday, Artistic Director
October 19, 2008 4:00 p.m., First Unitarian Church, Worcester:
Mostly Mozart: Mass in C major KV 317 (Coronation) by Mozart. The Worcester Children’s Chorus performs Voi Che Sapete by Mozart. Also Concerto in E flat major for two pianos by Mozart, 3 clock pieces for Organ by Haydn, and a Church Sonata for organ and orchestra by Mozart.
December 13, 2008 4:00 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, Worcester:
Boar’s Head Festival: celebrating a festival of light, joy of Christmas and Hanukkah and mystery of the winter solstice. In Renaissance costume. Also featuring Worcester Children’s Chorus, Shrewsbury Youth Singers, Shrewsbury Ringers.
March 21, 2009 8:00 p.m., St. Mark’s School, Southborough and
March 22, 2009 4:00 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Russian Choral Treasures: Symphony of Psalms by Stravinsky, Kvalite Boga! op. 65 by Gretchaninoff plus A Capella Russian Treasures by Chesnokov, Glinka, Rachmaninoff and Sviridov. Collaboration with Assabet
Valley Mastersingers and Worcester Polytechnic Institute.
May 30, 2009 6:00 p.m., Alden Hall, W. P. I., Worcester:
Feast of Song: Return to the time of Henry VIII in England for a Feast of Song in this late spring celebration. Period costumes; Drinks and delicacies of the period; with Master Singers to Go.
Salisbury Singers, Dr. Michelle Graveline, Music Director
November 8, 2008 7:30 p.m., St. Paul’s Cathedral, Worcester:
Requiem by Brahms, Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Vaughan Williams.
April 25, 2009 7:30 p.m., St. Stephen’s Church, Worcester:
The Creation by Haydn.
Worcester Chorus, Andrew Clark, Music Director
December 6, 2008 8:00 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
Messiah by Handel – Celebrate the Tradition of this masterpiece.
March 7, 2009 8:00 p.m., Mechanics Hall, Worcester:
St. Matthew Passion by Bach – Experience the emotional journey of anguish and hope.
May 2, 2009 7:30 p.m., United Congregational Church, Worcester:
Water Music; Jonah & The Whale, Spirituals & Folks Songs – Delight in an
eclectic and spiritual musical experience.