Auditions

Auditions are open for Assabet Valley Mastersingers. See the auditions page for more information.

November 24, 2024 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Pedal Points: Haydn's Great Organ Mass with contemporary Mass Settings. Music of Haydn, Bernstein and McClure in the beautiful acoustics of St. James's Church in West Hartford. Mary Hubbell, soprano; Meredith Ziegler, mezzo-soprano; Connor Vigeant, tenor; Greg Rizzo-Flower, bass-baritone; Nathaniel Gumbs, organ; Ellen Gilson Voth, director. Tickets: $25, free for students. For more information, call 860-729-9784 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford CT 06107 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

April 6, 2024 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Rising Up: Handel's story of Joseph and his Brethren. G.F. Handel: Joseph - the first time the oratorio has ever been performed in CT. With the UConn Collegium Musicum, professional orchestra and soloists. Tickets available online; limited tickets will also be available at the door. For more information, call 860-543-1581 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church, 285 Church Street, West Hartford CT 06117 ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2023 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Spreading the Flame – An Afternoon of Readings & Song to Celebrate the Season! Join together to sing and celebrate the season together in readings & song. Tickets: $10 adults, free for students and children. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. The Barn/Covenant Presbyterian Church, 124 Old Farms Road, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

April 23, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Singing Darkness to Light. Cecilia McDowall: Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo; and music by living composers Kyle Pederson, Ralph Johnson, James Macmillan and Ellen Gilson Voth. Michelle Murray Fiertek, soprano; Miles Wilson-Toliver, baritone; Andy Peng, violin; Kirsten Hadden Lipkens, oboe; Stephen Scarlato, piano; Ellen Gilson Voth, Artistic Director. With Chorus Angelicus youth choir. For more information, call 860-543-1581 or email egilsonvoth@gmail.com. St. James Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Ave, West Hartford CT 06107 ⓘ 🔗

April 22, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Singing Darkness to Light. Cecilia McDowall: Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo; and music by living composers Kyle Pederson, Ralph Johnson, James Macmillan and Ellen Gilson Voth. Michelle Murray Fiertek, soprano; Miles Wilson-Toliver, baritone; Andy Peng, violin; Kirsten Hadden Lipkens, oboe; Stephen Scarlato, piano; Ellen Gilson Voth, Artistic Director. With Chorus Angelicus youth choir. For more information, call 860-543-1581 or email egilsonvoth@gmail.com. First Church of Christ, 689 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

November 20, 2022 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Masterworks for This Moment. Works by Bach, Duruflé, Fauré, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Rutter, Schubert and Vivaldi. Lisa Williamson, soprano; Meredith Ziegler, mezzo soprano; Travis Benoit, tenor; Greg Rizzo-Flower, baritone; Sean McCarthy, organ; Stephen Scarlato, piano; Ellen Gilson Voth, director. For more information, call 860-543-1581 or email egilsonvoth@gmail.com. St. James's Episcopal Church, 1018 Farmington Avenue, West Hartford CT 06107 ⓘ 🔗

June 4, 2022 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Farmington Valley Chorale celebrates 50 years! Newer works by Jake Runestad, and Colin Britt; the premiere of a commissioned piece by Artistic Director Ellen Gilson Voth; Ludwig van Beethoven: Choral Fantasy (Anchie Donn, piano). For more information, call 860-729-9784 or email fvcboard@gmail.com. The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford CT 06106 ⓘ 🔗

December 22, 2021 (Wednesday)

12:00 AM. Farmington Valley Chorale [online]: Unbroken Song: A Chorale Tradition Continues. A digital release that showcases our Fall 2021 season music, including Antonio Vivaldi: "Cum Sancto Spiritu" from Gloria, RV 589; Hector Berlioz: "Shepherd's Farewell" from L'Enfance du Christ; Ellen Gilson Voth: "A ribbon red as wrapping" (text by Rennie McQuilkin); David Hurd: "A stable lamp is lighted" (text by Richard Wilbur); Roderick Williams: "Christmas Bells" (text by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow). Once your ticket is purchased with your donation (in any amount!), you'll receive an email confirmation and a link to view. The presentation lasts approximately 15 minutes. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Online ⓘ 🔗

April 25, 2021 (Sunday)

7:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [online]: "Music in Response" panel: Choral Music and the Path Ahead. How does choral music-making move forward as a positive force for good, as we emerge from the crises of the past year? A "Music in Response" event with illustrious guests Reginald Mobley and Pearl Shangkuan in conversation with Artistic Director Ellen Gilson Voth. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Online ⓘ 🔗

February 21, 2021 (Sunday)

7:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Music in Response Series - Conversations with Colleagues. A discussion of music and the natural world - how music presents its beauty and power, as well as its dependence on our protection and care. Conductor Scott Allen Jarrett and composer Geoffrey Hudson will be talking about Haydn's oratorio The Seasons, as well as Hudson's recent work, A Passion for the Planet, in response to the issue of climate change. Our conversation will be live-streamed on Chorale's Facebook page, available to anyone to watch (with or without a Facebook account). "Music in Response" is a monthly online series focusing on different choral works composed in a time of crisis, showing how composers responded to crisis through music in ways that resonate across time. For more information, call 860-729-9784 or email fvcboard@gmail.com. West Hartford CT 06117 Online ⓘ 🔗

November 15, 2020 (Sunday)

7:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Music in Response Series - Conversations with Colleagues. Farmington Valley Chorale hosts its second event in its "Music in Response" series - focusing on works composed in times of crisis or in response to crisis. This Sunday, Nov. 15 at 7 pm ET, Kathy Saltzman Romey (Minnesota Chorale) and Ellen Gilson Voth, Artistic Director of FVC, will explore Ralph Vaughan Williams' cantata, Dona Nobis Pacem, and how this incredible work speaks to our time. However much or little you know about the work - this session will offer something for everyone. For more information, call 860-543-1581 or email fvcboard@gmail.com. West Hartford CT 06117 Online ⓘ 🔗

October 11, 2020 (Sunday)

7:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Music in Response Series - Conversations with Colleagues. Part of a series which focuses on musical works that emerged in times of crisis or in some way speak to our vulnerability and coping through times of crisis. On Oct. 11 we take a close look at a J.S. Bach cantata (BWV 25), with Artistic Director, Dr. Ellen Gilson Voth and a dynamic speaker and Bach expert, Dr. Chris Shepard. This presentation will have an enormous amount to offer to everyone, regardless of how much or little you know of Bach and his music. For more information, call 860-729-9784 or email fvcboard@gmail.com. West Hartford and Clinton CT Online ⓘ 🔗

December 22, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Te Deum! Settings of the Te Deum by Mozart, Albrechtsberger, Britten and Rutter, with traditional songs of the season. For more information, call 860-729-7257 or email info@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Westminster School Chapel, 995 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

June 9, 2019 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Duruflé Requiem. For more information, call 860-836-9440 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Westminster School Chapel, 995 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

June 8, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Duruflé Requiem. For more information, call 860-836-9440 or email admin@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Westminster School Chapel, 995 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2018 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio). Selections from J.S.Bach's Christmas Oratorio performed with orchestra and guest artists of the professional chamber choir, Novi Cantori. In German. For more information, call 860-729-7257 or email info@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Granby Memorial High School, 52 N.Granby Rd, Granby CT 06035 ⓘ 🔗

December 7, 2018 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Bach's Weihnachts-Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio). Selections from J.S.Bach's Christmas Oratorio performed with orchestra and guest artists of the professional chamber choir, Novi Cantori. In German. For more information, call 860-729-7257 or email info@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Granby Memorial High School, 52 N.Granby Rd, Granby CT 06035 ⓘ 🔗

April 20, 2018 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Passages - The Seasons of Life. Johannes Brahms: Nänie; John Corigliano: Fern Hill (text by Dylan Thomas); and other works exploring how we experience the passage of time at different stages of life. Meredith Ziegler, mezzo-soprano. With members of the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. For more information, call 860-658-5337 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Valley Community Baptist Church, West Avon Road, Route 167, Avon CT 06001 ⓘ 🔗

December 16, 2017 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Star of Wonder - featuring Amahl and the Night Visitors, with Hartford Opera Theater. Seasonal music of F. Poulenc, F. Lewis, P. Lohman, and M. Sirett; Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (in partnership with Hartford Opera Theater). The program explores the traditional story of the Wise Men’s journey to the Christ Child through different musical and cultural lenses. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church of Christ, 689 Hopmeadow Street, Route 10, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2017 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Star of Wonder - featuring Amahl and the Night Visitors, with Hartford Opera Theater. Seasonal music of F. Poulenc, F. Lewis, P. Lohman, and M. Sirett; Gian Carlo Menotti: Amahl and the Night Visitors (in partnership with Hartford Opera Theater). The program explores the traditional story of the Wise Men’s journey to the Christ Child through different musical and cultural lenses. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church of Christ, 689 Hopmeadow Street, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

April 22, 2017 (Saturday)

7:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Elijah. Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah. Sarah Asmar, soprano; Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano; Marc Winer, tenor; Woodrow Bynum, baritone (Elijah). With full orchestra, including musicians from the Hartford and New Haven Symphonies. Tickets: $20, free for full-time students. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Granby Memorial High School, 52 N Granby Rd, Rt 189, Granby CT 06035 ⓘ 🔗

December 4, 2016 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Sing We Noel. Music of F.J. Haydn; C.P.E. Bach; and traditional carols. With the American Boychoir. Tickets $20, full-time students free. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church of Christ, 689 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

December 2, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Sing We Noel. Music of F.J. Haydn; C.P.E. Bach; and traditional carols. With the American Boychoir. Tickets $20, full-time students free. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church of Christ, 689 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ 🔗

August 14, 2016 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Summer Sing: Mendelssohn's Elijah. Join the Chorale under the direction of Artistic Director, Ellen Gilson Voth, as we sing through some of the great Elijah Choruses. From 3-5 pm. Ample parking, air-conditioned. We'll lend you a score, or bring your own. Light refreshments provided. Suggested donation, $5. For more information, call 860-485-9240 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Valley Community Baptist Church, West Avon Road, Route 167, Avon CT 06001 ⓘ 🔗

April 29, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Peace! Music of Vaughan Williams, featuring Dona Nobis Pacem. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem, with an accompanying visual presentation of historical photographs; The Lark Ascending (Bridget de Moura Castro, pianist; Cyrus Stevens, violinist); Songs of Travel (excerpts). Lydia McClain, soprano; Peter Shea, baritone; Ellen Gilson Voth, director. For more information, call 860-729-7257 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Valley Community Baptist Church, West Avon Road, Route 167, Avon CT 06001 ⓘ

December 11, 2015 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Magnificat! Four settings of the Canticle of Mary by Vivaldi, Mozart, Rutter and Stanford; and traditional songs of the season. Louise Fauteux, soprano; Dana Kephart, mezzo soprano; Marc Winer, tenor; Anthony Leathem, bass: Frank Zilinyi, organ. Donation is $15, full-time students are free. For more information, call 860-485-9240 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church of Christ, 689 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ

December 6, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Magnificat! Four settings of the Canticle of Mary by Vivaldi, Mozart, Rutter and Stanford; and traditional songs of the season. Louise Fauteux, soprano; Dana Kephart, mezzo soprano; Marc Winer, tenor; Anthony Leathem, bass: Frank Zilinyi, organ. Donation is $15, full-time students are free. For more information, call 860-485-9240 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church of Christ, 689 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ

May 3, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 AM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Harriet2. Two one-act plays about Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Chorale will provide musical settings featuring a combination of contemporary Civil War music and spirituals. in partnership with the Emerson Theater Collaborative of Mystic, Connecticut. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church, 75 Main St, Farmington CT 06032 ⓘ

May 1, 2015 (Friday)

7:30 AM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Harriet2. Two one-act plays about Harriet Tubman and Harriet Beecher Stowe. The Chorale will provide musical settings featuring a combination of contemporary Civil War music and spirituals. in partnership with the Emerson Theater Collaborative of Mystic, Connecticut. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church, 689 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ

December 7, 2014 (Sunday)

3:00 AM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: A Festival of Carols. Based on the Lessons and Carols model and including a wide range of music from Kuhnau to Arcadelt to Rutter; with Lloyd Pfautsch: A Day for Dancing with woodwinds and percussion. Students from an area dance studio will provide an artful, visual interpretation of the music. A festive program, complete with our audience carol sing with organ. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church, 689 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ

December 5, 2014 (Friday)

7:30 AM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: A Festival of Carols. Based on the Lessons and Carols model and including a wide range of music from Kuhnau to Arcadelt to Rutter; with Lloyd Pfautsch: A Day for Dancing with woodwinds and percussion. Students from an area dance studio will provide an artful, visual interpretation of the music. A festive program, complete with our audience carol sing with organ. For more information, call 860-651-8177 or email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. First Church, 689 Hopmeadow St, Simsbury CT 06070 ⓘ

May 3, 2014 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Farmington Valley Chorale [CT]: Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem. The Chorale will perform Brahms's Requiem will full professional orchestra and soloists. The concert is followed by a reception. Donation $15. Full-time students admitted without charge. For more information, email secretary@farmingtonvalleychorale.org. Granby Memorial High School, 52 North Granby Road, Granby CT, Granby CT 06035

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