Greenwich Choral Society

Sunday, February 14, 2010; 4PM
Norwalk Concert Hall, Norwalk

Ryan Keberle Jazz Orchestra from New York City with Guest Soloists

The February 14th benefit concert will include a Silent Auction, with bidding starting at 3:00 pm and closing at the end of intermission.

The auction will also run online, and many prizes will be available for online bidding from February 1 through February 12.

Visit the auction site now at GCSAuction.cmarket.com to preview prizes, donate an item or contribute to the GCS Scholarship Fund.

The Greenwich Choral Society, under the direction of Paul Mueller, will open its 84^th season with its traditional Christmas holiday concerts on Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 4pm, and Sunday, December 6, 2009 at 4 and 7pm.  The concerts will be held at Christ Church Greenwich, 254 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut.  Featured will be “So Hallow’d is the Time”, by Stephen Paulus, a work commissioned by the GCS in 1980, plus traditional carols and anthems.  Tickets are $25/$35 with discounts for groups and students 13-17.  Children 12 and under free with adult.   Subscription information and tickets can be obtained on line at www.greenwichchoralsociety.org, by e-mail at greenwich.choral@verizon.net, or by calling 203-622-5136.

Greenwich Choral Society
299 Greenwich Avenue
Saturday, September 12, 2009
10:00am-12:00noon

The Greenwich Choral Society, celebrating over 80 years of excellence in choral music, is holding open auditions on Tuesday, September 1 from 6 to 8pm, as well as Saturday, September 12 from 10am to 12noon. Singers are needed for all voice parts, particularly tenors. The Greenwich Choral Society, a 120-voice experienced volunteer chorus, sings a broad repertoire of classical music. Featured works to be performed during 2009-2010 will include Stephen Paulus’s So Hallowed is the Time (December 5, 6), Music from a French Cathedral with works by Fauré, Vierne and others (March 7), and Verdi’s Requiem (May 23).

The Chorus rehearses Tuesday nights in the First Congregational Church in Old Greenwich. A 10-minute private audition consists of vocalizing to demonstrate range and quality of production, followed by sight-singing; NO prepared piece is required. For more information or to schedule an appointment, contact Karen Juul at 203.348.3729

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Greenwich Choral Society
Location: Christ Church
254 East Putnam Ave
May 2, 2009
4:00pm-7:00pm
Saturday, May 2, 4 p.m.

A Program of Masterpieces
Paul F. Mueller, Music Director

In this season’s concluding concert, the Greenwich Choral Society, led by
Paul F. Mueller, will present a program of magnificent vocal masterpieces by the musical genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Included in the program for full chorus, soloists and orchestra will be extended segments of Mozart’s incomparable Requiem, his sparkling Coronation Mass, the beautiful Ave Verum Corpus, several famous operatic arias and a horn concerto extract.

The Greenwich Choral Society, the area’s most prestigious chorus, has been delighting audiences here and abroad for more than 82 years. Critics have praised the chorus as “simply magnificent”, “vocally strong and musically sensitive” and ‘terrific.” Come and be thrilled.

Tickets Available Now!

Single ticket prices are $25 and $35 for adults, $20 and $28 for students. Children 12 and under (one per adult) may attend free. Groups of 10 or more receive a 10% discount.

Tickets can be ordered by phone (203 622-5136), or by check payable to Greenwich Choral Society and mailed to P.O. Box 5, Greenwich, CT 06836. In all cases, a service fee of $2.50 per ticket applies.

The Program

• Requiem in D Minor K. 626 (exerpts) : Chorus and soloists
• Ave Verum Corpus K 618: Motet for chorus
• “Coronation Mass” in C Major K. 317: Chorus and soloists
• Alma Dei Creatoris K. 277: Motet for chorus and soloists
• Andante from Horn Concerto No. 2 K. 417

Operatic Selections:

From “Don Giovanni” – “La ci darem la mano”, mezzo-soprano and baritone
From “The Magic Flute”:
Overture
“Dies Bildnis ist bezaubernd schoen’’, tenor
Act II Finale, including the Papageno and Papagena duet,
baritone and soprano

The Soloists

Kirk Dougherty – Tenor
Kathryn Louise Lewek – Soprano
Amanda Nisenson – Mezzo-soprano
Thomas Woodman – Baritone
Alexander Gusev — Horn

Tickets Available Now!

Single ticket prices are $25 and $35 for adults, $20 and $28 for students. Children 12 and under (one per adult) may attend free. Groups of 10 or more receive a 10% discount.

Holders of tickets to this concert will be entitled to
a 20% discount in the following nearby restaurants:

• Barcelona – 18 W. Putnam Ave., Greenwich (203) 983-6400
• Coromandel – 68 Broad St., Stamford (203) 662-1213
• Thataway Café – 409 Greenwich Ave., Greenwich (203) 622-0947