Auditions

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

May 5, 2024 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Spring concert. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

May 4, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Spring concert. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Winter concert. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Winter concert. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

May 6, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Journeys. Dan Forrest: A Bronze Triptych; works by Mendelssohn, Brahms, and Stanford; arrangements from folk, Native American and African American spiritual traditions. WQith the handbell choir of Church of Christ at Dartmouth College. Tickets: $15 adult, $10 student, free under 13. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 11, 2022 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Winter Dreams. Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver; other seasonal music by Hassler, Whitacre, Mendelssohn, Thompson, and Dickau; and traditional carol arrangements. Mary Bonhag, soprano; Jeanne Chambers, piano; Jane Woods, director. Tickets: $15 adult, $10 student, free under age 13. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2022 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Winter Dreams. Ola Gjeilo: Dreamweaver; other seasonal music by Hassler, Whitacre, Mendelssohn, Thompson, and Dickau; and traditional carol arrangements. Mary Bonhag, soprano; Jeanne Chambers, piano; Jane Woods, director. Tickets: $15 adult, $10 student, free under age 13. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

May 1, 2022 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Spring into Song. Music for choir, strings, timpani, and piano, including three works by Mozart with strings; a world premier of a piece by Upper valley composer Travis Ramsey; and contemporary and gospel-style pieces. For more information, call 802-436-5733 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S Park Street, on the green, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

April 30, 2022 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Spring into Song. Music for choir, strings, timpani, and piano, including three works by Mozart with strings; a world premier of a piece by Upper valley composer Travis Ramsey; and contemporary and gospel-style pieces. For more information, call 802-436-5733 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S Park Street, on the green, Lebanon NH ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2019 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Make We Joy. Kevin Siegfried: Vidimus Stellam; Michael Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo; and other festive music for choir, brass and piano, including traditional and contemporary carols and Appalachian and African-American gospel arrangements. Jane Woods, music director; Jeanne Chambers, piano. With the Royal Towne Brass quintet. Admission: $15 adults, $10 students, free for those under 13. A reception will follow both concerts. Facebook: @BelCantoChamberSingers For more information, call 802-333-9445 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park St., Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Make We Joy. Kevin Siegfried: Vidimus Stellam; Michael Praetorius: In Dulci Jubilo; and other festive music for choir, brass and piano, including traditional and contemporary carols and Appalachian and African-American gospel arrangements. Jane Woods, music director; Jeanne Chambers, piano. With the Royal Towne Brass quintet. Admission: $15 adults, $10 students, free for those under 13. A reception will follow both concerts. Facebook: @BelCantoChamberSingers For more information, call 802-333-9445 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park St., Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

May 5, 2019 (Sunday)

5:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Sudden Light. Music by Handel, Gjeilo, Juneau and Stroope, and arrangements of American folksongs, jazz and spirituals, celebrating the many forms of light which illuminate our lives, from the physical around us to the metaphysical within us. With string quintet, Jane Woods, music director; and Jeanne Chambers, piano. Tickets: $15 adult, $10 student, free under 13. A reception will follow both concerts. Facebook: @BelCantoChamberSingers For more information, call 802-333-9445 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park St., Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

May 4, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Sudden Light. Music by Handel, Gjeilo, Juneau and Stroope, and arrangements of American folksongs, jazz and spirituals, celebrating the many forms of light which illuminate our lives, from the physical around us to the metaphysical within us. With string quintet, Jane Woods, music director; and Jeanne Chambers, piano. Tickets: $15 adult, $10 student, free under 13. A reception will follow both concerts. Facebook: @BelCantoChamberSingers For more information, call 802-333-9445 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park St., Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2018 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. The Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Last Month of the Year. A musical celebration of the holiday and winter season, featuring Dietrich Buxthehude’s Das Neugeborne Kindelein, contemporary pieces by Ola Gjeilo, a piano solo of the “Miniature Overture” from The Nutcracker with Pierre Fournier, a cello solo of Ernest Bloch’s “Prayer” from Jewish Life with Margaret Gilmore, and spirituals and carols. With string ensemble, piano, organ and hand drum; Jane Woods, music director. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 students, free for those under 13. A reception and raffle will follow both concerts. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 8, 2018 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. The Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Last Month of the Year. A musical celebration of the holiday and winter season, featuring Dietrich Buxthehude’s Das Neugeborne Kindelein, contemporary pieces by Ola Gjeilo, a piano solo of the “Miniature Overture” from The Nutcracker with Pierre Fournier, a cello solo of Ernest Bloch’s “Prayer” from Jewish Life with Margaret Gilmore, and spirituals and carols. With string ensemble, piano, organ and hand drum; Jane Woods, music director. Tickets: $15 adults, $10 students, free for those under 13. A reception and raffle will follow both concerts. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

April 29, 2018 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Take Me To The Water. A celebration of life-giving water through the choral music of Handel, Vaughn Williams, Mendelsson, and jazz, folk and spirituals. Jane Woods will direct with accompaniment by pianist Pierre Fournier, cellist Margaret Gilmore, saxophonist Ian Gollub and members of the Hanover High School Jazz Combo. Adults, $15. Students, $10. Under 13, free. Receptions follow the concerts. For more information, call 603-298-9249 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park St., Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

April 28, 2018 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Take Me To The Water. A celebration of life-giving water through the choral music of Handel, Vaughn Williams, Mendelsson, and jazz, folk and spirituals. Jane Woods will direct with accompaniment by pianist Pierre Fournier, cellist Margaret Gilmore, saxophonist Ian Gollub and members of the Hanover High School Jazz Combo. Adults, $15. Students, $10. Under 13, free. Receptions follow the concerts. For more information, call 603-298-9249 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park St., Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2017 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: What Sweeter Music: Christmas Carols and Choral Settings from Chant to Contemporary. The 40th Anniversary Christmas concert features the world premiere of the Upper Valley's own Travis M. Ramsey's Magnificat and includes works by Rutter, Pachelbel, Victoria, Carrillo, Abels and others. For more information, call 603-298-9249 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church (On the Green), 10 S. Park St., Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 9, 2017 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: What Sweeter Music: Christmas Carols and Choral Settings from Chant to Contemporary. The 40th Anniversary Christmas concert features the world premiere of the Upper Valley's own Travis M. Ramsey's Magnificat and includes works by Rutter, Pachelbel, Victoria, Carrillo, Abels and others. For more information, call 603-298-9249 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. First Congregational Church (On the Green), 10 S. Park St., Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

April 30, 2017 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: 40th Anniversary Spring 2017 Concert, “Sing a New Song, Songs of Celebration and Commemoration”. Joshua Shank:The Kingdom of the Human Voice (premiere); with additional classic choral selections from Renaissance to contemporary. Jane Woods, Music Director; Pierre Fournier, pianist. With string ensemble. A special anniversary reception follows the concert. For more information, call 802-333-9445 or email mlgatto@earthlink.net. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 18 School Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

April 29, 2017 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: 40th Anniversary Spring 2017 Concert, “Sing a New Song, Songs of Celebration and Commemoration”. Joshua Shank:The Kingdom of the Human Voice (premiere); with additional classic choral selections from Renaissance to contemporary. Jane Woods, Music Director; Pierre Fournier, pianist. With string ensemble. A special anniversary reception follows the concert. For more information, call 802-333-9445 or email mlgatto@earthlink.net. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 18 School Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 11, 2016 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Holiday concert “Joys of Christmas”. Music for chorus and harp by Britten and Mechem and other works by Palestrina, Mathias, Shank, and Naplan. Rebecca Kauffman, harp; Pierre Fournier, piano; Jane Woods, director. For more information, call 603-286-0332 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 18 School Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

December 10, 2016 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Holiday concert “Joys of Christmas”. Music for chorus and harp by Britten and Mechem and other works by Palestrina, Mathias, Shank, and Naplan. Rebecca Kauffman, harp; Pierre Fournier, piano; Jane Woods, director. For more information, call 603-286-0332 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 18 School Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ 🔗

May 1, 2016 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: The Poet Sings. Musical settings of poets including Rudyard Kipling, Robert Burns, Octavio Paz, and William Blake, by composers Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Eric Whitacre, Moses Hogan and others. Featured will be excerpts from Vaughan Williams’s In Windsor Forest, which the composer adapted from his opera Sir John In Love, accompanied by string ensemble. Pianist Pierre Fournier will also play a set of the Poetic Waltzes of Enrique Granados. For more information, call 802-441-4567 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 18 School Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ

April 30, 2016 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: The Poet Sings. Musical settings of poets including Rudyard Kipling, Robert Burns, Octavio Paz, and William Blake, by composers Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Eric Whitacre, Moses Hogan and others. Featured will be excerpts from Vaughan Williams’s In Windsor Forest, which the composer adapted from his opera Sir John In Love, accompanied by string ensemble. Pianist Pierre Fournier will also play a set of the Poetic Waltzes of Enrique Granados. For more information, call 802-441-4567 or email belcantochambersingers@gmail.com. Lebanon United Methodist Church, 18 School Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ

May 3, 2015 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Mystics and Merrymakers. W.A. Mozart: Te Deum; Travis Ramsey (Etna, NH composer): Be Not Afeard; with madrigals and spirituals, works by Lauridsen and Fauré; and other selections sure to touch your heart and tickle your fancy. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email info@belcantosingers.org. United Methodist Church, 18 School Street, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ

May 2, 2015 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [VT]: Mystics and Merrymakers. W.A. Mozart: Te Deum; Travis Ramsey (Etna, NH composer): Be Not Afeard; with madrigals and spirituals, works by Lauridsen and Fauré; and other selections sure to touch your heart and tickle your fancy. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email info@belcantosingers.org. North Universalist Chapel, 7 Church Street, Woodstock VT 05091 ⓘ

December 14, 2014 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [VT]: Winter concert. Antonio Vivaldi Magnificat; with a variety of other seasonal music. For more information, call 603-448-1889. North Universalist Chapel, 7 Church St, Woodstock VT 05091 ⓘ

December 13, 2014 (Saturday)

3:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: Winter concert. Antonio Vivaldi Magnificat; with a variety of other seasonal music. For more information, call 603-448-1889. United Methodist Church, 18 School St, Lebanon NH 03766 ⓘ

December 15, 2013 (Sunday)

2:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [VT]: A seasonal concert. Featuring Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, which the composer describes as “an intimate work of quiet serenity centered around a universal symbol of hope.” The group also performs Mozart’s offertory Alma Dei Creatoris and a variety of other works to uplift midwinter spirits. Bel Canto is accompanied by pianist Pierre Fournier. Admission $12, $6 for students, free for 12 and under. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email info@belcantosingers.org. North Universalist Chapel, Woodstock, Vt., 7 Church St, Woodstock VT 05091

December 14, 2013 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: A seasonal concert. Featuring Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna, which the composer describes as “an intimate work of quiet serenity centered around a universal symbol of hope.” The group also performs Mozart’s offertory Alma Dei Creatoris and a variety of other works to uplift midwinter spirits. Bel Canto is accompanied by pianist Pierre Fournier. Admission $12, $6 for students, free for 12 and under. For more information, call 603-448-1889 or email info@belcantosingers.org. First Congregational Church, South Park Street, Lebanon NH 03766

April 28, 2013 (Sunday)

4:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [VT]: A Time for Renewal—Music of Hope. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Charles Villiers Stanford The Blue Bird; Rebecca Driscoll: Out of Her Place, Gwyneth Walker's arrangement of "Shenandoah," Adriano Banchieri: Contrappunto Bestiale; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaudete Omnes. In addition, pianist Pierre Fournier plays a Brahms Intermezzo. Directed by Hal Sheeler and accompanied by Pierre Fournier. As always, Bel Canto’s soloists are chosen from among the group’s members. Admission at the door: $12 adults, $6 students, free for 12 and under. For more information, call 603-448-1889. North Universalist Chapel, 7 Church St, Woodstock VT

April 27, 2013 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bel Canto Chamber Singers [NH]: A Time for Renewal—Music of Hope. Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem; Charles Villiers Stanford The Blue Bird; Rebecca Driscoll: Out of Her Place, Gwyneth Walker's arrangement of "Shenandoah," Adriano Banchieri: Contrappunto Bestiale; Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Gaudete Omnes. In addition, pianist Pierre Fournier plays a Brahms Intermezzo. Directed by Hal Sheeler and accompanied by Pierre Fournier. As always, Bel Canto’s soloists are chosen from among the group’s members. Admission at the door: $12 adults, $6 students, free for 12 and under. For more information, call 603-448-1889. First Congregational Church, 8 Park St., Lebanon NH

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