Choral Society of NEPA Announces 2019-2020 Adult Chorus ...



FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASENote: The complete text of this release, as well as high-resolution photos, are available for download from the Pressroom area of the Choral Society’s website, Contact: Alan Baker (570) 343-6707Choral Society of NEPA Announces 2019-2020 Adult Chorus Season: New Singers Can Participate Tuition-FreeNortheastern Counties, PA: The Adult Chorus of the Choral Society of Northeast Pennsylvania, under the direction of Dr. Alan Baker, is pleased to announce its performances and repertoire for the 2019-2020 season and invites all interested singers to join. Guided by the twin mottos, “Artistry through Opportunity” and “Excellence through Education,” membership is open to any interested adult singer with per-semester tuition of $75.00, which includes 2 complimentary tickets to any Society-produced program. The tuition fee is waived for all first-time singers and current college/university students. All singers do purchase and retain their own musical scores. Rehearsals will begin on August 26th and September 9th and then continue each Monday evening from 6:30-9:00 pm at the Langcliffe Presbyterian Church in Avoca. The church is centrally located between Scranton and Wilkes-Barre and easily accessed from Interstate 81. To receive additional information, including directions, please contact the Choral Society at 570-343-6707, visit their website at , or simply attend a Monday evening rehearsal.The Adult Chorus season will open at 3:00 pm on Sunday afternoon, November 3rd at St. Stephen’s Episcopal Pro-Cathedral in Wilkes-Barre with When Music Sounds, a varied program of shorter accompanied and acappella selections in praise of music and singing. The busy fall continues with two collaborative programs. At 4:00 pm on Sunday, December 1st, the Chorus will join with the Choral Society’s children’s and youth choirs to present classic holiday fare in their annual Christmas with the Choral Society at Covenant Presbyterian Church. Finally, all of the Society’s choirs will join with the Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic and conductor Melisse Brunet in the orchestra’s annual Home for the Holidays concerts on Saturday evening, December 7th in Wilkes-Barre’s historic Kirby Center and Sunday afternoon, December 8th in Scranton’s Peoples Security Bank Theater. In the spring, the Chorus will join with organist Tim Smith and baritone Jordan Markham at 3:00 pm on Sunday, April 26th at Scranton’s Covenant Presbyterian Church for Stanford and Sons, exploring the musical legacy of Sir Charles Villiers Stanford and two of his most successful composition students, Ralph Vaughan-Williams and Herbert Howells.The Society’s Children’s and Youth Ensembles, serving grades 3 through high-school, will sing in the two above-mentioned fall programs and present their own spring concert on Sunday, May 17th at the First Presbyterian Church of Clarks Summit. Those choirs are also accepting new members, as well as for a new singing-based musical experience class for children grades K-2. For additional information or to schedule a registration appointment for a child, please contact the program’s director, Becky Burdett, at beckyburdett@ or telephone the Choral Society at (570) 343-6707.Formed in 1999 through the merger of the former Singers Guild of Scranton and the Wyoming Valley Oratorio Society, the Society’s Adult Chorus performs not only the masterpieces of the choral-orchestral repertoire, but the most recent of contemporary western and world music. The chorus collaborates regularly with the NEPA Philharmonic in the orchestra’s popular Holiday concerts, as well as in other choral/orchestral masterworks, including recent performances of Brahms’s German Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Mozart’s Requiem, and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. The Chorus is also heard in regional broadcasts on WVIA-FM, and has appeared locally with a variety of national-touring shows – including pop/country icon Kenny Rodgers and Star Wars in Concert.All of these programs are generously supported by state arts funding through a grant from the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency funded by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. This Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts program is managed regionally by the Pocono Arts Council. The season is also generously supported by a Lackawanna County Community Arts and Culture Grant, a program of Lackawanna County Commissioners Patrick M. O’Malley, Jerry Notarianni, and Laureen A. Cummings. ?* * * * * ................
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