A Premier Auditioned Chorale in the Greater Princeton Area
Our 2018-2019 Season
"A Winter's Night"
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WORKS BY:
Nicholas Myers Bob Chilcott Jan Dismas Zelenka John Rutter Ralph Vaughan Williams and more! |
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 8, 4:00 PM
TRINITY EPISCOPAL CHURCH 33 Mercer Street, Princeton, NJ SUNDAY, DECEMBER 16, 3:00 PM PENNINGTON PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH 13 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ |
Director's Notes:
Our December concert will feature several carols by English composer Bob Chilcott. Described in The Observer as "A contemporary hero of British choral music," Chilcott's carols are beloved for their wonderful text setting, with words that fully explore the various moods and emotions of the December season. We will also present a little-known setting of the Magnificat text by Czech composer Johann Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745). His music was greatly admired during his lifetime - many Zelenka scores were found in Bach's library - but his music is little known and performed today. His Magnificat setting readily reveals his harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint.
Join us for music that celebrates the beauty and meaning of the season - fabulous music, passionately performed.
Our December concert will feature several carols by English composer Bob Chilcott. Described in The Observer as "A contemporary hero of British choral music," Chilcott's carols are beloved for their wonderful text setting, with words that fully explore the various moods and emotions of the December season. We will also present a little-known setting of the Magnificat text by Czech composer Johann Dismas Zelenka (1679-1745). His music was greatly admired during his lifetime - many Zelenka scores were found in Bach's library - but his music is little known and performed today. His Magnificat setting readily reveals his harmonic inventiveness and mastery of counterpoint.
Join us for music that celebrates the beauty and meaning of the season - fabulous music, passionately performed.
Coming in Spring: "Shakespeare in Love"
~ texts from the Bard set to music, and songs of love ~
Friday, May 10, 8:00 PM - Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, Trenton, NJ
Saturday, May 11, 8:00 PM - Trinity Episcopal Church, Princeton, NJ
Singers with Common History Form a New Group
Voices Chorale NJ is a group of singers from the original Voices Chorale, a Princeton-area community chorus founded thirty-one years ago to perform sacred and secular music from across the eras and around the world. Voices Chorale NJ seeks to fulfill a very similar mission, including community engagement and musical education opportunities for youth and adults. We come together for the joy of singing... and it shows.
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MEET OUR NEW DIRECTOR
Dr. David A. McConnell
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Dr. David A. McConnell founded Vox Philia in 2012, a chamber choir comprised of professional and gifted amateur singers, and co-founded the Berks Sinfonietta chamber orchestra in 2014, both of which feature an intergenerational approach.
Dr. McConnell teaches music courses at Pennsylvania State University, Berks Campus and Alvernia University in Reading, PA. He received his Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music. - more - |
Would you like to sing with us?
At this time, Tenors, Baritones and Basses are especially sought.
Interested singers of all voice parts are welcome to contact our membership team at jengoings@embarqmail.com.
Rehearsals are Monday evenings, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the location below.
Interested singers of all voice parts are welcome to contact our membership team at jengoings@embarqmail.com.
Rehearsals are Monday evenings, 7:30-9:30 p.m. at the location below.
REHEARSALS
MUSIC TOGETHER WORLDWIDE 225 PENNINGTON-HOPEWELL ROAD, HOPEWELL NJ 08525 |
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FACEBOOK:
@VOICESCHORALENJ |