Connecticut Choral Society Spring Season Rehearsals Underway; Openings Available
Connecticut Choral Society Spring Season Rehearsals Underway; Openings Available
SOUTH BRITAIN â The Connecticut Choral Society (CCS) under the direction of Eric Dale Knapp will have begun rehearsals for its spring concert.
The group rehearses each Monday beginning at 7:30 pm, at the South Britain Congregational Church Parish Hall, Route 172 at East Flat Hill Road in South Britain. CCS has openings in all voice parts, and invites interested singers to arrange an appointment for audition. Call 203-206-7186 or visit CTChoralSociety.org to arrange a time.
CCS will present a benefit concert, âLook at the World,â on Sunday, April 10, at First Congregational Church in Danbury. The concert will feature organist Mark Pacoe, organist and pianist Linda Sweetman-Waters, soprano saxophonist Michael Breaux, percussionist Tom Kozumplik, The Connecticut Choral Society and Chamber Singers, and Connecticut Choral Society Festival Singers.
The Choral Societyâs Spring concerts will then culminate the groupâs 30th anniversary events. Entitled âCelebration,â these concerts will be performed Saturday, May 21, at Trinity Episcopal Church in Newtown, and Sunday, May 22, at The Congregational Church of Naugatuck. Included in the program are Palestrinaâs Sicut Cervus; Esther Scliarâs Lua, Lua, Lua; John Rutterâs âAll Things Bright and Beautiful,â Fanny Henselâs âAt Evening the Forest Murmurs,â Moses Hoganâs âHeâs Got the Whole World in His Hands,â Coplandâs In the Beginning, William Mathaisâs âLet All the World in Every Corner Sing,â LouIs Vierneâs Messe Solennelle, Mendelssohnâs He, Watching Over Israel, Bonifaceâs Mganga â Natufurahi Siku Ya Leo, and Mack Wilbergâs âCome Thou Fount of Every Blessing.â
Connecticut Choral Society is composed of more than 60 auditioned singers from over 20 area towns. Founded in 1980, the choral society is committed to providing a music resource for Connecticut, encouraging the singing and performance of choral music of high artistic quality, and stimulating greater appreciation and enjoyment of choral music.
CCS performs locally several times each year and has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, toured internationally and performed on network television.