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Sunday, May 5, 2019
Cheshire Community Chorus
Cheshire Community Chorus Spring Concert
BROADWAY, THEN AND NOW
The Cheshire Community Chorus will welcome the Spring Season with a selection of both old and new favorite songs from Broadway and the
Movies.
Choral selections and solos by members of the Chorus are included in the program.
The music has been chosen for its appeal to
a wide audience. Please join us in celebrating the Spring Season
.
Venue: Sunday, May 5, 2019 at 3:00 pm. at the United
Methodist Church, 205 Academy Road, Cheshire, CT.
Tickets: Adults $10 in advance from a chorus member. $15 at the door. Seniors $10, Children under 5 no charge.
Contact: Molly Holmes-Burgess, President
mollyeholmes@gmail.com
Website: www.cheshirecommunitychorus.org
Sunday, May 5, 2019
GMChorale
Choral Music of Anton Bruckner: Mass No. 2 in E Minor and Other Gems
“Unexpectedly ethereal and luminous”
The Austrian composer Anton Bruckner may be best-known for his symphonies, eleven immense orchestral works that are vast in scale and dimension. But in his “day job” as an organist and choirmaster, he composed a wealth of exquisite sacred music for his choirs at Sankt Florian monastery and the cathedral at Linz. His ethereal Mass No. 2 in E minor, composed in 1866 to celebrate a new chapel in the Linz cathedral, is scored for eight-voice mixed choir and a small group of wind instruments. This Mass, widely acknowledged as among Bruckner’s best works, evokes the cathedral-esque musical architecture of the Renaissance masters overlaid with the rich harmonies of the nineteenth century. The program also includes a selection of motets by Bruckner.
Venue: Middletown High School
Santo Fragilio Performing Arts Center
200 La Rosa Lane, Middletown, CT
4:00 pm
Tickets: $8-$40
www.gmchorale.org
Contact: GMChorale Media
gmcmedia@gmchorale.org
860-676-2228
Website: www.gmchorale.org
Friday, May 10, 2019
Hartford Gay Men's Chorus
PRIDE
Hartford Gay Men's Chorus
Friday, May 10 at 8pm
Saturday, May 11 at 8pm
Sunday, May 12 at 3pm
The Hartford Gay Men’s Chorus’s annual spring concert will celebrate 50 years of Pride. From Stonewall to now. The chorus members will take listeners on a musical journey through the decades. From Disco to Britpop, from folk to house – the 60+ member Chorus and it’s A Cappella ensemble On That Note will perform some of the biggest anthems from the last 50 years, including This is Me from the film The Greatest Showman, Bruno Mars’ Marry You, Ave Verum Corpus by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Make Them Hear You from the musical Ragtime.
Venue: Aetna Theater @ Wadsworth Atheneum
600 Main Street
Hartford, CT 06103
Tickets: Reserved Seating
$30/$45 plus $6 handling fee per ticket
www.hgmc.org
Contact: Robert Reader Executive Director
rreader@hgmc.org
Website: www.hgmc.org
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Another Octave/Connecticut Women's Chorus
Bandstand, Boogie & the Brill Building
music of the 50's and 60's
Rock and pop will rule when Another Octave presents its own take on American Bandstand. As we channel The Cookies, Leslie Gore, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick, and more, you will be in the studio audience, right there as the show unfolds.
Venue: Congregational Church in South Glastonbury
949 Main Street | South Glastonbury, CT
Tickets: www.anotheroctave.org/
Advance: $18 seniors/students/children; $25 adult; $30 preferred
At the door: $20/$27/$32
Contact: women@anotheroctave.org
www.anotheroctave.org
Website: www.AnotherOctave.org
Saturday, May 11, 2019
Middlesex Hospital Vocal Chords
MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL VOCAL CHORDS presents "A Musical Celebration"
An extraordinary musical experience that will be sure to brighten your heart and light up your memory of some of your favorite hits from the past five decades.
"A MUSICAL CELEBRATION" will be performed by the Middlesex Hospital Vocal Chords on Saturday, May 11th at 7pm. Come join us at Portland High School for an extraordinary musical experience that will be sure to brighten your heart and light up your memory of some of your favorite hits from the last five decades.
Fifteen great songs from the pen of Lennon-McCartney combine to feature a medley extravaganza that hints at the influence the BEATLES have had world-wide over our contemporary music scene. Pieces from "Aladdin", "Chicago", "Pocahontas", "Shrek" and "Frozen" are sure to please our younger concert goers. Music from Irving Berlin, Neil Sedaka and John Fogerty will round out the program.
Venue: Saturday May 11th at 7pm at Portland High School, 95 High St., Portland, CT
Tickets: Tickets are $20; call 860.347.2787 or 860.342.3120 to reserve yours today or visit www.vocalchords20.org; a limited number of tickets will be available at the door.
Contact: Joyce 860.342.3120 (mention Vocal Chords) or wwwvocalchords20.org
Website: https://vocalchords20.org
Saturday, May 18, 2019
Another Octave/Connecticut Women's Chorus
Bandstand, Boogie & the Brill Building
music of the 50's and 60's
Rock and pop will rule when Another Octave presents its own take on American Bandstand. As we channel The Cookies, Leslie Gore, The Righteous Brothers, The Ronettes, The Shirelles, Dionne Warwick, and more, you will be in the studio audience, right there as the show unfolds.
Venue: Unitarian Society of New Haven
700 Hartford Turnpike, Hamden, CT 06517
Tickets: www.anotheroctave.org/
Advance: $18 seniors/students/children; $25 adult; $30 preferred
At the door: $20/$27/$32
Contact: women@anotheroctave.org
www.anotheroctave.org
Website: www.AnotherOctave.org
Sunday, May 19, 2019
Fairfield County Chorale
Fairfield County Chorale presents Mendelssohn's Elijah
A Fiery Prophet for Truth
The Fairfield County Chorale will end its 56th season with a concert featuring Felix Mendelssohn’s “Elijah” with guest soloists: Andrew Cummings, Baritone, Elisa Singer Strom, Soprano, Guadalupe Peraza, Mezzo-soprano, Jang Ho Lee, Tenor. These remarkable soloists, along with a full orchestra, and the 100 voices of the FCC will bring to life this stunning oratorio.
The powerful story of Elijah, which recounts the Old Testament story from the Book of Kings, is as relevant today as when it premiered in 1846 and earned its rightful place in the cannon of masterful chorale works. As the Israelites experience a series of hardships that erode their belief, Elijah stands as a fiery prophet of truth to help his people overcome their crisis of confidence and restore them to their faith.
FCC Maestro, David Rosenmeyer, sees “Elijah” as a composition that speaks to the present day, as a commentary on the idea of staying steadfast to one’s own truth amid competing points of view. As Rosenmeyer explains, “Elijah is an expression of Mendelssohn’s own exploration of truth. His composition sought melody and musical forms that were pure and truthful, coming from the heart and through the structure of the composition, rather than reliance on flashy elements which he considered vain and superfluous to communicate his ideas. At the same time, Elijah is a sensational and profoundly beautiful piece.” Mendelssoh’s Elijah speaks to us now and brings this fundamental message to the present day.
Venue: 5pm
Norwalk Concert Hall
125 East Avenue
Norwalk, CT
Tickets: Single tickets $35 ($30 in advance). Student tickets are $5 at the door. Seats are General Admission.
www.fairfieldcountychorale.org
Contact: media@fairfieldcountychorale.org
Website: www.fairfieldcountychorale.org
Friday, May 31, 2019
West Hartford Women's Chorale
A Night of Shining Stars
West Hartford Women's Chorale Spring Concert
This Spring the West Hartford Women’s Chorale marks its 15th Anniversary with a very special concert. A new arrangement of Antonio Vivaldi’s “Gloria” will be one of the highlights of the West Hartford Women’s Chorale Spring Concert on Friday, May 31st at Trinity Episcopal Church in Hartford.
It is believed that Vivaldi wrote this piece in 1715 for a girls’ choir, which he conducted at an orphanage for illegitimate daughters of Venetian noblemen. The original manuscript was ‘lost’ after Vivaldi’s death in 1741, and was not ‘rediscovered’ until the 1920s. Since then, it has actually been performed more often by mixed (SATB) choirs.
Dr. Ethan Nash, the conductor of the West Hartford Women’s Chorale, specifically rearranged this piece for the spring concert in order to highlight the chorale’s strengths as an all female group. He based this rearrangement on his knowledge of historical partbooks and programs from the early 18th century, as well as a previous recording of this piece by the San Francisco Girls’ choir in 1998. The Gloria is one of Vivaldi’s most famous choral works.
The theme of this spring’s concert is “A Night of Shining Stars”. Many of the pieces to be performed reflect this theme, conveying a sense of hope and idealism. Among the pieces the Chorale will perform in addition to Vivaldi’s “Gloria”, will be excerpts from Leonard Bernstein’s “West Side Story”, a story of a love that triumphs over hate, and a medley from Pasck and Paul’s “The Greatest Showman”, the story of an idealist who follows his vision, despite the difficulties he encounters.
The concert will also feature music set to poems written by James Agee and Emily Bronte, in addition to original music written by contemporary composer, Kathleen Allan. Allan’s music was recently featured at the Festival of Women’s Voices Concert in March, an annual event in which area high school and adult women’s choirs participate, hosted by the West Hartford Women’s Chorale.
The concert will begin at 7:30 pm, with a reception following the performance. The ten dollar admission fee will help support the Chorale’s annual scholarship, awarded to a Greater Hartford Public School graduating seniors, who plan to pursue further music education.
Venue: Trinity Episcopal Church, Hartford
Tickets: $10 admission fee
Website: www.whwchorale.org