Counterpoint To Perform

At Trinity Church This Month

Counterpoint, one of the premiere choral groups of Vermont, will sing a concert of choral music on Sunday, April 15, at Trinity Episcopal Church.

Counterpoint is a professional chamber ensemble under the direction of Robert DeCormier. They will perform some of his brilliant arrangements in different languages and styles.

A graduate of the Juilliard School of Music, Mr DeCormier’s many conducting engagements have taken him from Broadway and opera to the Berkshire Choral Institute, Zimriya World Assembly of Choirs in Israel, and numerous concert tours throughout the United States and Canada with his own professional group, The Robert DeCormier Singers. He spent many years as conductor and arranger for Harry Belafonte, and has been music director for the popular folk trio Peter, Paul and Mary for the past twenty years.

The Trinity Choristers, Trinity’s choir of girls and boys, will be joining Counterpoint on two works during the concert. The choir is director by Fiona Smith Sutherland, the minister of music at Trinity.

The beautiful acoustics of Trinity make it an ideal locale for a concert of a cappella choral music, which will begin at 4 pm. There is a suggested donation fee of $20, and there will be a gala reception with the members of Counterpoint following the concert.

For further details call Ms Sutherland at Trinity Episcopal Church, 426-9070, or send email to MusicMinister@TrinityNewtownCT.org. The church is at 36 Main Street, with plenty of parking available. Driveways are off Main Street and Church Hill Road.