Auditions

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

December 21, 2024 (Saturday)

2:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Jingle All The Way! Holiday Handbells & Children’s Chorus. With audience sing-a-long & Santa’s jingle bell bracelet craft! Free and open to all, with donations welcome. (Rain/snow date, Sunday, December 22.) For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Wilton Historical Society, 224 Danbury Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2024 (Tuesday)

7:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Community Messiah Sing. Tbe audience is the chorus! With guest conductors, soloists, & string quartet. Suggested donation: $15 For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. United Church Of Rowayton, 210 Rowayton Avenue, Norwalk CT 06853 ⓘ 🔗

December 6, 2024 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Carols & Lullabies. Conrad Susa: Carols & Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest; other holiday music. Festival Chorus & Children’s Chorus with guitar, harp, & percussion. For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Unitarian Universalist Congregation In Westport, 10 Lyons Plain Road, Westport CT 06880 (View flier) ⓘ 🔗

May 10, 2024 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus / Music on the Hill Chamber Chorus [CT]: Music of the German Baroque. J.S. Bach Magnificat; Dona nobis pacem from Mass in B Minor; Dieterich Buxtehude: Benedicam Dominum; Georg Philipp Telemann: Laudate Jehovam, omnes gentes. Tickets: $25 in advance/$30 at the door, free for children and students. For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Wilton Presbyterian Church, 48 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘⓘ 🔗

March 15, 2024 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Northern Lights. Featuring the Festival Chorus, Community Children’s Chorus, and Jubilate Ringers. Elaine Hagenberg: Measure Me, Sky!; Pärt Uusberg: Muusika; Ola Gjeilo: Northern Lights; Amy F. Bernon: Aurora Borealis, Judith Herrington: Stars Tonight (poetry by Sara Teasdale); Sarah Quartel: A Winter Day (selections), accompanied by piano and cello; the Jubilate Ringers will play Finlandia (arr. Matthew Compton) and Winter Meditation (Snow Dream) by Winnagene Hatch. Tickets: $25 in advance/$30 at the door. Student tickets free. For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Unitarian Universalist Congregation in Westport, 10 Lyons Plain Rd, Westport CT 06880 ⓘ 🔗

April 28, 2023 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Songs Of Love & Springtime. Felix Mendelssohn: Anticipation of Spring; Rosephanye Powell: "Arise, Beloved!"; Ralph Vaughn Williams (arr.): "Just as the Tide was Flowing"; Morten Lauridsen: "Sure On This Shining Night"; Sarah Quartel: "In time of silver rain"; Ola Gjeilo: "The Rose", Stephen Paulus: "The Road Home"; and more. With the Wilton High School Madrigals. Suggested Donation: $25. For more information, call 203-414-9037 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Wilton Presbyterian Church, 48 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ 🔗

December 13, 2019 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill [CT]: Sounds of the Season. Works by Kim André Arnesen and Morten Lauridsen; Gwyneth Walker: "The Heavens Delight"; Hans Leo Hassler: "Cantate Domino"; Elizabeth Poston: "Jesus Christ the Apple Tree"; Jean Berger: "What Sweeter Music Can We Bring?"; and the French traditional carol "Masters in This Hall." The bell ringers will perform an arrangement of the plainchant melody Divinium mysterium ("Of the Father's Love Begotten"), and will accompany more familiar carols. $20 donation accepted but not required.
\ \ With the Jubilate Ringers, the Festival Chorus, and our new Community Children's Chorus. David H. Connell and Ellen Dickinson conducting. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email ellen@musiconthehill.org. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 36 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ 🔗

November 3, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Songs of Thanksgiving. Beautiful familiar tunes alongside original pieces inspired by the Wabanaki tribes and the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke. Harpist Wendy Kerner will be featured in a world premiere, composed by Dr. Ed Thompson. With the Community Children's Chorus, in their inaugural performance. Ellen Dickinson will conduct all works, including several new pieces of her own. Tickets: $20 suggested donation. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email ellen@musiconthehill.org. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 36 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2018 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Sounds of the Season. A festive concert of classic carols and songs, including the premiere of "Stars over Snow: An English Christmas," English carols arranged for handbells and chorus by Artistic Director Ellen Dickinson, conductor. With Jubilate Ringers. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email info@musiconthehillCT.org. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 36 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ 🔗

October 15, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: The Power of Song. Stylistically diverse selections, from English madrigals to Sweet Honey In The Rock, that is sure to move and inspire. Artistic Directors: David H. Connell and Ellen Dickinson. Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door; students are free. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Unitarian Church in Westport, 10 Lyons Plains Road, Westport CT 06897 ⓘ 🔗

March 19, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Music of Mozart and Haydn. W.A. Mozart: Missa brevis in F; F.J. Haydn: "Little Organ Mass". With violin, cello, and Ellen Dickinson, organist. Artistic Director David H. Connell conducts. Tickets: $25/door; $20 in advance online or at tickets@musiconthehillct.org. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Wilton Presbyterian Church, 48 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ 🔗

December 16, 2016 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Sounds of the Season: Music on the Hill Christmas Concert. A traditional Christmas concert featuring classic carols from around the world, including "Nigerian Christmas Song" by Wendell Whalum and "Rejoice!" by local composer Gwyneth Walker. The Jubilate Ringers will premiere artistic director Ellen Dickinson's new suite of American carols arranged for double bell choir. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email tickets@musiconthehillCT.org. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 36 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ 🔗

October 1, 2016 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill [CT]: Threads of Light: A Tapestry of African-American Spirituals. The Festival Chorus and the Special Projects Choir of the Unitarian Church in Westport premiere a new work by artistic director Ellen Dickinson: Threads of Light, which weaves together over thirty spirituals, including familiar songs ("Deep River" and "My Lord, What a Morning") and others less often heard. With Harriett Alfred, soprano; Edward Pleasant, bass; trumpet, upright bass, and bells; and special guests reading poetry by African-American poets. Free admission; tickets may be reserved on the website or by phone. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email info@musiconthehillCT.org. Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Avenue, Norwalk CT 06851 ⓘ 🔗

April 1, 2016 (Friday)

8:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Friday Evening Baroque with Music on the Hill. An evening of baroque music for chorus, harpsichord, and strings, led by Artistic Director Ellen Dickinson. Francesco Durante: Magnificat; works by Telemann, Buxtehude, and others. The Music on the Hill Festival Chorus and a small vocal ensemble, performing sometimes together, sometimes as two choirs, and sometimes independently, with period violinist Daniel Lee and friends. The concert showcases a replica 1584 Hans Moermans harpsichord donated to Music on the Hill in 2015. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email info@musiconthehillCT.org. Wilton Presbyterian Church, 48 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ

December 11, 2015 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus with Jubilate Ringers [CT]: Sounds of the Season. Christmas carols and songs performed by handbells and chorus, with favorite carols sung by all. The Festival Chorus will sing early German carols; arrangements of carols by William Billings and Charles Ives; and a group of carols about Christmas bells, including a setting of the Tennyson poem "Ring Out Wild Bells" by contemporary American Linda Dowdell. The ringers will premiere Noël, a suite of French carols arranged for handbells by Artistic Director Ellen Dickinson, and "Change Ring Prelude on Divinium Mysterium," the medieval plainchant melody that appears in hymnody as "Of the Father's Love Begotten." Tickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email info@musiconthehillCT.org. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 48 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ

October 24, 2015 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus/Unitarian Church Special Projects Choir/The Sebastians [CT]: G.F. Handel: Israel in Egypt. Handel's biblical oratorio with double chorus, soloists, and period orchestra: The Sebastians, New York City's "leading young early-music ensemble" (NY Times). Edward Thompson, Conductor. Presented free of charge as a gift to the community. For more information, call 203-529-3133 or email info@musiconthehillct.org. Norwalk Concert Hall, 125 East Avenue, Norwalk CT 06851 ⓘ

March 15, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus with Jubilate Ringers [CT]: Luck o' the Irish. Music on the Hill celebrates St. Patrick's Day with a concert of Irish music. The Festival Chorus will perform traditional Irish songs, including "Carrickfergus" and "'Tis the Last Rose of Summer" as arranged for the King's Singers. Other selections include a wordless "Londonderry Air" arranged by Percy Grainger and settings of the poetry of W.B. Yeats. Artistic Director Ellen Dickinson conducts the chorus. The Jubilate Ringers, led by Artistic Director David H. Connell, will perform his suite of Irish dances arranged for handbells, "Give Us a Dance Then," featuring the jigs, reels, and waltzes of a traditional Irish ceili, or dance party, with bell effects evoking the bagpiper's drone and the dancers' clogs. Tickets: $20 purchased online; $25 at the door. Children and students, free. For more information, call 203-536-2601 or email info@musiconthehillCT.org. Parish Hall at Wilton Episcopal and Presbyterian Church complex (WEPCO), 48 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ

December 12, 2014 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus with Jubilate Ringers [CT]: "Sounds of the Season" Christmas Concert. A traditional Christmas concert of the Festival Chorus and Jubilate Ringers with Malcolm Dickinson, clarinet and saxophone. The chorus will perform selections from the Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio as well as traditional carols, both familiar and lesser-known, under the direction of Artistic Director David H. Connell. The ringers will premiere a Christmas suite of German carols arranged for handbells by Artistic Director Ellen Dickinson, Conductor. For more information, call 203-536-2601 or email info@musiconthehillCT.org. St. Matthew's Episcopal Church, 36 New Canaan Road, Wilton CT 06897 ⓘ

November 9, 2014 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Music on the Hill Festival Chorus [CT]: Songs of Thanksgiving. Songs of harvest, celebration, and thanks, with Artistic Director David H. Connell conducting. American composers will be featured in the spirit of the quintessential American holiday. For more information, call 203-536-2601 or email info@musiconthehillCT.org. Norfield Congregational Church, 64 Norfield Road, Weston CT 06883 ⓘ

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