Auditions

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

May 26, 2025 (Monday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Dvorák Requiem. Antonin Dvorák: Requiem. Erin Chenard, soprano; Jazmin DeRice, contralto; David Myers-Wakeman, tenor; John David Adams, bass. With Mozart Mentors Orchestra. Tickets: $25, free for students 18 and younger, but ticket required. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Watts Hall, 174 Main Street, Thomaston ME 04861 ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2024 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Multi-Media Concert. Gustav Holst: On this Day Earth Shall Ring; Sergei Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (excerpts); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols. With Halcyon String Quartet. Tickets: $25, free for students 18 and younger, but ticket required. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport ME 04856 ⓘ 🔗

December 6, 2024 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Multi-Media Concert. Gustav Holst: On this Day Earth Shall Ring; Sergei Rachmaninoff: Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom (excerpts); Ralph Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on Christmas Carols. With Halcyon String Quartet. Tickets: $25, free for students 18 and younger, but ticket required. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Watts Hall, 174 Main Street, Thomaston ME 04861 ⓘ 🔗

May 27, 2024 (Monday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Mass in a Time of Anxiety. Josef Haydn: Mass in a Time of Anxiety, also known as the Lord Nelson Mass or Mass in D minor. Erin Chenard, soprano; Jazmin DeRice, contralto; David Myers-Wakeman, tenor; John David Adams, bass. With Mozart Mentors Orchestra. Tickets: $25, students 18 and younger pay what you wish. Light reception to follow - all are welcome. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Watts Hall, 174 Main Street, Thomaston ME 04861 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2023 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Winter concert. Marianna Filippi: To Maine, With Love, Delmar Small: Wreathe the Holly, Twine the Bay; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria. Multi-media performances with Halcyon String Quartet and Delmar Dustin Small, accordion. Admission $25; free for students 18 and younger, but all must have a ticket. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport ME 04856 ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2023 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Winter concert. Marianna Filippi: To Maine, With Love, Delmar Small: Wreathe the Holly, Twine the Bay; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria. Multi-media performances with Halcyon String Quartet and Delmar Dustin Small, accordion. Admission $25; free for students 18 and younger, but all must have a ticket. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Watts Hall, 174 Main Street, Thomaston ME 04861 ⓘ 🔗

December 11, 2022 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Noël Français. In collaboration with T-Acadie. French-Canadian carols, European French holiday music and more. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St, Rockport ME 04856 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2022 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Noël Français. In collaboration with T-Acadie. French-Canadian carols, European French holiday music and more. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Watts Hall, 174 Main Street, Thomaston ME 04861 ⓘ 🔗

October 17, 2021 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Comfort and Joy. A free, live concert of American music from the Shakers and Quakers to Gospel and Spirituals. Works by Bill Cunliffe, William L. Dawson, Nick Page, Alice Parker and others. Guest artist: Fiddler Owen Kennedy playing fiddle tunes from around the U.S.A. The concert will be aired at a later date on Down East Singers' YouTube Channel. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Camden Amphitheatre, Camden ME 04843 ⓘ 🔗

May 25, 2020 (Monday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Johannes Brahms: A German Requiem. John David Adams, baritone; Sarah Tuttle, soprano. With the Mozart Mentors Orchestra. For more information, call 207-354-2263 or email aantolin@bowdoin.edu. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden ME 04843 ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2019 (Sunday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Maine Winter Music. Choral music by Maine composers Delmar Dustin Small and Sean Fleming; and compositions by Daniel Pinkham and Richard Dirksen. With the Midcoast Brass Quintet. For more information, call 207-354-2263 or email aantolin@bowdoin.edu. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central St, Rockport ME 04856 ⓘ 🔗

December 13, 2019 (Friday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Maine Winter Music. Choral music by Maine composers Delmar Dustin Small and Sean Fleming; and compositions by Daniel Pinkham and Richard Dirksen. With the Midcoast Brass Quintet. For more information, call 207-354-2263 or email aantolin@bowdoin.edu. Belfast Unitarian Universalist Church, 37 Miller St, Belfast ME 04915 ⓘ 🔗

May 27, 2019 (Monday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Sacred Service / Avodath Hakodesh. Ernest Bloch: Sacred Service / Avodath Hakodesh (in Hebrew). Scott Sokol, baritone. With the Mozart Mentors Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Antolini. The performances are in memory of those who lost their lives at Tree of Life Synagogue, Pittsburgh, PA, last October. Tickets $20, free to students 18 and under. For more information, call 207-354-2263 or email aantolin@bowdoin.edu. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden ME 04843 ⓘ 🔗

May 28, 2018 (Monday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Memorial Day concert: One Nation Indivisible. For more information, call 207-230-7214 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden ME 04843 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2017 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: A Celtic Christmas with Castlebay. For more information, call 207-230-7214 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport ME 04856 ⓘ 🔗

May 29, 2017 (Monday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: The Creation. Franz Josef Haydn: The Creation. For more information, call 207-230-7214 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden ME 04843 ⓘ 🔗

December 11, 2016 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Heaven and Earth, Jenks and Jazz. Glenn Jenks: Heaven and Earth; works by Praetorius, Schütz, Joubert, Biebl, Joplin, Zimmermann, Gruber, Beal, Booth, and Rodgers & Hammerstein. Christmas music influenced by dance rhythms and jazzy harmonies from the Renaissance to the 21st Century. For more information, call 207-230-7214 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport ME 04856 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2016 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Heaven and Earth, Jenks and Jazz. Glenn Jenks: Heaven and Earth; works by Praetorius, Schütz, Joubert, Biebl, Joplin, Zimmermann, Gruber, Beal, Booth, and Rodgers & Hammerstein. Christmas music influenced by dance rhythms and jazzy harmonies from the Renaissance to the 21st Century. For more information, call 207-230-7214 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. St. Patrick's Church, 380 Academy Hill Road, Newcastle ME 04553 ⓘ 🔗

December 13, 2015 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Harps of Gold. Seasonal Music for Harp and Chorus Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Kirke Mechem: The Seven Joys of Christmas; Henri Büsser: Le Sommeil de l’Enfant Jésus (Sleep of the Infant Jesus); Frank Ferko: Festival of Carols. Anthony Antolini, conductor; Virginia Flanagan, harp soloist; Jennifer McIvor, piano. For more information, call 207-230-7214 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden ME 04843 ⓘ

December 10, 2015 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Harps of Gold. Seasonal Music for Harp and Chorus Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols; Kirke Mechem: The Seven Joys of Christmas; Henri Büsser: Le Sommeil de l’Enfant Jésus (Sleep of the Infant Jesus); Frank Ferko: Festival of Carols. Anthony Antolini, conductor; Virginia Flanagan, harp soloist; Jennifer McIvor, piano. For more information, call 207-230-7214 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. St. Patrick's Church, 380 Academy Hill Road, Newcastle ME 04553 ⓘ

May 25, 2015 (Monday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Honoring Our Heroes: Music for Memorial Day. Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Elizabeth Brown: "To Walk Humbly" (world premiere), for chorus, theremin and piano, commissioned by Down East Singers in memory of Col. Robert Rheault. Elizabeth Brown, theremin soloist. Ms. Brown will also perform Rachmaninoff's Vocalise on the theremin with Jennifer McIvor, pianist. Program opens with Bortniansky's Kol' slaven performed in the original Russian. With the Mozart Mentors Orchestra, conducted by Anthony Antolini. For more information, call 207-230-7214 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm Street, Camden ME 04843 ⓘ

December 14, 2014 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: A Latin-American Christmas. Ariel Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra; Misa Criolla; and works by other South American composers. Shannon Chase, conductor, Anthony Antolini and David Myers, Jr., tenor soloists. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St, Camden ME 04843 ⓘ

December 11, 2014 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: A Latin-American Christmas. Ariel Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra; Misa Criolla; and works by other South American composers. Shannon Chase, conductor, Anthony Antolini and David Myers, Jr., tenor soloists. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email downeastsingers@gmail.com. St. Patrick’s Church, 380 Academy Hill Road, Newcastle ME 04553 ⓘ

May 26, 2014 (Monday)

5:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Annual Memorial Day Concert. A full-length Oratorio about the awe and mystery of the Resurrection by Maine native Delmar Dustin Small. With Mozart Mentors Orchestra, vocal soloists and chorus. For more information, email desingers@yahoo.com. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., Camden ME 04843

December 15, 2013 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Black Nativity. On Dec. 11, 1961, at the 41st Street Theater in New York City, six gospel singers made history. Backed up by only a piano and a B-3 Hammond organ, they performed Black Nativity by African-American poet and playwright, Langston Hughes. He entitled it "A Gospel Song-Play." After only 50 performances on Broadway, Black Nativity closed. Maine music historian Aaron Robinson has recreated the score of Black Nativity from the original recording. Down East Singers will perform it with pianist Jennifer McIvor and B-3 organist Sean Fleming. The program will also include other gospel music arranged by Robinson. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email desingers@yahoo.com. Camden Opera House, 29 Elm St., Camden ME 04843

December 12, 2013 (Thursday)

7:30 PM. Down East Singers [ME]: Black Nativity. On Dec. 11, 1961, at the 41st Street Theater in New York City, six gospel singers made history. Backed up by only a piano and a B-3 Hammond organ, they performed Black Nativity by African-American poet and playwright, Langston Hughes. He entitled it "A Gospel Song-Play." After only 50 performances on Broadway, Black Nativity closed. Maine music historian Aaron Robinson has recreated the score of Black Nativity from the original recording. Down East Singers will perform it with pianist Jennifer McIvor and B-3 organist Sean Fleming. The program will also include other gospel music arranged by Robinson. For more information, call 207-619-0413 or email desingers@yahoo.com. Saint Patrick's Catholic Church, 380 Academy Hill, Newcastle ME 04553

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