Auditions

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

May 18, 2025 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont / Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Glorious Celebration. Francis Poulenc: Gloria; and works by Gwyneth Walker and Robert De Cormier, plus a variety of vibrant new works for women’s voices. With orchestra. For more information, call 802-879-1218 or email willisdawn@aol.com. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael's College, 18 Campus Road, Colchester VT 05439 ⓘⓘ 🔗

May 17, 2025 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Bella Voce Women's Chorus of Vermont / Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Glorious Celebration. Francis Poulenc: Gloria; and works by Gwyneth Walker and Robert De Cormier, plus a variety of vibrant new works for women’s voices. With orchestra. For more information, call 802-879-1218 or email willisdawn@aol.com. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael's College, 18 Campus Road, Colchester VT 05439 ⓘⓘ 🔗

April 7, 2024 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Radiant Light. W.A. Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339; works by Bruckner, Hogan, Thompson, and a delightfully jazzy arrangement by James Stewart. With chamber orchestra. General Admission: $20, or Pay What You Can. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. Bethany Church UCC, 115 Main Street, Montpelier VT 05602 ⓘ 🔗

April 6, 2024 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Radiant Light. W.A. Mozart: Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, K. 339; works by Bruckner, Hogan, Thompson, and a delightfully jazzy arrangement by James Stewart. With chamber orchestra. General Admission: $20, or Pay What You Can. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College Street Congregational Church, 265 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2023 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Rejoice! Herbert Howells: Magnificat for mixed voices and organ; Francis Poulenc: O Magnum Mysterium; and festive holiday favorites. With the Evolution Brass Quintet. General Admission: $20, or Pay What You Can. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. Waterbury Congregational Church, 8 N Main Street, Waterbury VT 05676 ⓘ 🔗

December 16, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Rejoice! Herbert Howells: Magnificat for mixed voices and organ; Francis Poulenc: O Magnum Mysterium; and festive holiday favorites. With the Evolution Brass Quintet. General Admission: $20, or Pay What You Can. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College Street Congregational Church, 265 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

October 21, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Solaris 10th Anniversary Celebration Concert. Mack Wilberg: Bound For the Promised Land; James Stewart (arr.): "May the Circle be Unbroken". Sung by Solaris and 7 invited choirs, including Bella Voce, Counterpoint, Aurora, the UVM Catamount Singers, and 3 church choirs. Each group will also perform one of their favorite pieces. With Joe’s Big Band, a dynamic 17-piece jazz band. Freewill Donations at the door. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. First Unitarian Universalist Society of Burlington, 152 Pearl Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

April 16, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Deep River - A Spiritual Journey. Spiritual arrangements by Andre Thomas, Jacqueline Hairston, Undine Moore and Robert De Cormier and settings of early American folk hymns by Mack Wilberg. Guest artist: Clayton Hamilton, saxophone, who will also perform reflections on English folksongs for saxophone by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Tickets: pay as you can, from a $5 minimum to a maximum of $30 to help others attend. For more information, call 802-760-8489 or email we4kingsvt.dk@gmail.com. College Street Congregational Church, 265 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

April 15, 2023 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Deep River - A Spiritual Journey. Spiritual arrangements by Andre Thomas, Jacqueline Hairston, Undine Moore and Robert De Cormier and settings of early American folk hymns by Mack Wilberg. Guest artist: Clayton Hamilton, saxophone, who will also perform reflections on English folksongs for saxophone by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Tickets: pay as you can, from a $5 minimum to a maximum of $30 to help others attend. For more information, call 802-760-8489 or email we4kingsvt.dk@gmail.com. St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 11 Church Street, St. Albans VT 05478 ⓘ 🔗

April 14, 2023 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Deep River - A Spiritual Journey. Spiritual arrangements by Andre Thomas, Jacqueline Hairston, Undine Moore and Robert De Cormier and settings of early American folk hymns by Mack Wilberg. Guest artist: Clayton Hamilton, saxophone, who will also perform reflections on English folksongs for saxophone by Ralph Vaughan Williams. Tickets: pay as you can, from a $5 minimum to a maximum of $30 to help others attend. For more information, call 802-760-8489 or email we4kingsvt.dk@gmail.com. Bethany Church UCC, 115 Main Street, Montpelier VT 05602 ⓘ 🔗

December 18, 2022 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Tidings of Joy. Robert De Cormier: Shout for Joy, five Christmas spirituals. With music of England and Scotland, including works by Henry Purcell and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Guest artist: Tim Cummings, bagpiper. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College Street Congregational Church, 265 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2022 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Tidings of Joy. Robert De Cormier: Shout for Joy, five Christmas spirituals. With music of England and Scotland, including works by Henry Purcell and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Guest artist: Tim Cummings, bagpiper. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. Waterbury Congregational Church, 8 N Main Street, Waterbury VT 05676 ⓘ 🔗

September 18, 2022 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Counterpoint / Bella Voce / Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Robert De Cormier Centennial Concert. Six Vermont choruses celebrate the life and legacy of composer and arranger Robert De Cormier. Free admission. For more information, call 802-540-1784 or email contact@counterpointchorus.org. Grace Church, 8 Court Street, Rutland VT 05701 ⓘⓘⓘ 🔗

April 10, 2022 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Delightful Pairings. Classical choral works paired with works for solo flute featuring Grammy-nominated flutist Karen Kevra. Includes choral works by Johannes Brahms, Lili Boulanger, Samuel Barber, Moses Hogan, William Dawson, Hoagy Carmichael and Robert De Cormier, paired with works for solo flute by Claude Debussy, Carl August Nielsen and Edgar Varese. With James Stewart’s “The Brain is Wider than the Sky”, with cello and piano (premiere, text by Emily Dickinson). Tickets: $20 adults/$15 seniors and students. Proof of vaccination and masks required at the door. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College St Congregational Church, 265 College St, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

April 9, 2022 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Delightful Pairings. Classical choral works paired with works for solo flute featuring Grammy-nominated flutist Karen Kevra. Includes choral works by Johannes Brahms, Lili Boulanger, Samuel Barber, Moses Hogan, William Dawson, Hoagy Carmichael and Robert De Cormier, paired with works for solo flute by Claude Debussy, Carl August Nielsen and Edgar Varese. With James Stewart’s “The Brain is Wider than the Sky”, with cello and piano (premiere, text by Emily Dickinson). Tickets: $20 adults/$15 seniors and students. Proof of vaccination and masks required at the door. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. St. Paul's United Methodist Church, 11 Church St, St. Albans VT 05478 ⓘ 🔗

April 8, 2022 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Delightful Pairings. Classical choral works paired with works for solo flute featuring Grammy-nominated flutist Karen Kevra. Includes choral works by Johannes Brahms, Lili Boulanger, Samuel Barber, Moses Hogan, William Dawson, Hoagy Carmichael and Robert De Cormier, paired with works for solo flute by Claude Debussy, Carl August Nielsen and Edgar Varese. With James Stewart’s “The Brain is Wider than the Sky”, with cello and piano (premiere, text by Emily Dickinson). Tickets: $20 adults/$15 seniors and students. Proof of vaccination and masks required at the door. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. Waterbury Congregational Church, 8 N Main Street, Waterbury VT 05676 ⓘ 🔗

December 19, 2021 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Holiday Concert. Solaris is back! The program features Taylor Scott Davis’s Magnificat with harp, organ, and percussion (Rebecca Kauffman, harp); Malcolm Edward's “I Wonder As I Wander”; Tom Council's “In the Bleak Midwinter”; Alice Parker/Robert Shaw's “Masters In This Hall”; and Robert DeCormier's “Chanuke, Oi Chanuke”. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 for seniors/students. Audience members must show proof of vaccination before entering and must remain masked throughout the concert. All Solaris singers are vaccinated and will be tested prior to the concert. Singers may sing without masks. Front rows will be unoccupied to allow distance between the singers and the audience. Waterbury limits occupancy to 100, Burlington to 225. Distanced seating will be encouraged to the extent possible. Doors will open promptly at 7:00 P.M. in Waterbury and 2:15 P.M. in Burlington. For more information, call 802-760-8489 or email we4kingsvt.dk@gmail.com. College St. Congregational Church, 265 College St., Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

December 18, 2021 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Holiday Concert. Solaris is back! The program features Taylor Scott Davis’s Magnificat with harp, organ, and percussion (Rebecca Kauffman, harp); Malcolm Edward's “I Wonder As I Wander”; Tom Council's “In the Bleak Midwinter”; Alice Parker/Robert Shaw's “Masters In This Hall”; and Robert DeCormier's “Chanuke, Oi Chanuke”. Tickets: $20 adults, $15 for seniors/students. Audience members must show proof of vaccination before entering and must remain masked throughout the concert. All Solaris singers are vaccinated and will be tested prior to the concert. Singers may sing without masks. Front rows will be unoccupied to allow distance between the singers and the audience. Waterbury limits occupancy to 100, Burlington to 225. Distanced seating will be encouraged to the extent possible. Doors will open promptly at 7:00 P.M. in Waterbury and 2:15 P.M. in Burlington. For more information, call 802-760-8489 or email we4kingsvt.dk@gmail.com. Waterbury Congregational Church, 8 North Main St., Waterbury VT 05676 ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2019 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Sing We Now of Christmas. Dominick Argento: Gloria; James Stewart (arr.): O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Rebecca Kauffman, harp); Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Felix Mendelssohn: Christus (excerpts); Randall Thompson: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Dr. Dawn Willis, Artistic Director. Tickets are available at https://flynntix.org and at the door. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College Street Congregational Church, 265 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

December 14, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Sing We Now of Christmas. Dominick Argento: Gloria; James Stewart (arr.): O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Rebecca Kauffman, harp); Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Felix Mendelssohn: Christus (excerpts); Randall Thompson: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Dr. Dawn Willis, Artistic Director. Tickets are available at https://flynntix.org and at the door. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. Charlotte Congregational Church, Charlotte VT 05445 ⓘ 🔗

December 13, 2019 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Sing We Now of Christmas. Dominick Argento: Gloria; James Stewart (arr.): O Come, O Come Emmanuel (Rebecca Kauffman, harp); Eric Whitacre: Lux Aurumque; Felix Mendelssohn: Christus (excerpts); Randall Thompson: Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening. Dr. Dawn Willis, Artistic Director. Tickets are available at https://flynntix.org and at the door. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. Waterbury Congregational Church, 8 N Main Street, Waterbury VT 05676 ⓘ 🔗

April 7, 2018 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Carmina Burana - Cantiones profanae. Carl Orff: Carmina Burana, Cantiones Profanae. With two pianos and no fewer than 15 different percussion instruments, led by Artistic Director Dr. Dawn Willis. Susan Summerfield and Frank Whitcomb, piano. The percussion players will be led by D. Thomas Toner, principal percussionist of the Vermont Symphony Orchestra and Chair of the Department of Music and Dance at the University of Vermont. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. McCarthy Arts Center, Saint Michael’s College, 18 Campus Road, Colchester VT 05439 ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2017 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Holiday Lights 2017. Francesco Durante: Magnificat for soloists, chorus, strings, and organ; Richard Stoehr: A Grace Before Christmas; Ave Maria (Stoehr was a celebrated instructor at Saint Michael’s College from 1941-1950); Leonard Bernstein: Gloria Tibi for women’s voices with tenor soloist; a new composition by Solaris tenor D.J. Tetrault; Dale Wood: Carol from an Irish Cabin; Oja Gjeilo: Northern Lights. With the Green Taylor String Quartet. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. South Hero Congregational Church, 24 South Street, South Hero VT 05486 ⓘ 🔗

December 16, 2017 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Holiday Lights 2017. Francesco Durante: Magnificat for soloists, chorus, strings, and organ; Richard Stoehr: A Grace Before Christmas; Ave Maria (Stoehr was a celebrated instructor at Saint Michael’s College from 1941-1950); Leonard Bernstein: Gloria Tibi for women’s voices with tenor soloist; a new composition by Solaris tenor D.J. Tetrault; Dale Wood: Carol from an Irish Cabin; Oja Gjeilo: Northern Lights. With the Green Taylor String Quartet. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College Street Congregational Church, 255 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

December 15, 2017 (Friday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Holiday Lights 2017. Francesco Durante: Magnificat for soloists, chorus, strings, and organ; Richard Stoehr: A Grace Before Christmas; Ave Maria (Stoehr was a celebrated instructor at Saint Michael’s College from 1941-1950); Leonard Bernstein: Gloria Tibi for women’s voices with tenor soloist; a new composition by Solaris tenor D.J. Tetrault; Dale Wood: Carol from an Irish Cabin; Oja Gjeilo: Northern Lights. With the Green Taylor String Quartet. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. The White Meeting House, (Waterbury Congregational Church), 8 North Main Street, Waterbury VT 05676 ⓘ 🔗

February 4, 2017 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: This Shining Night. A benefit concert supporting Steps to End Domestic Violence. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College Street Congregational Church, 265 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

December 18, 2016 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Here We Come A-Wassailing. Carol arrangements by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker; works by Ralph Vaughn Williams, Randall Thompson, Mack Wilberg and Robert De Cormier. With the Inora Brass Quintet. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College Street Congregational Church, 265 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ 🔗

December 17, 2016 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Here We Come A-Wassailing. Carol arrangements by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker; works by Ralph Vaughn Williams, Randall Thompson, Mack Wilberg and Robert De Cormier. With the Inora Brass Quintet. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. Waterbury Congregational Church, 8 N Main St, Waterbury VT 05676 ⓘ 🔗

December 20, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Sing Noel! Holiday concert. Rebecca Kauffman, harp. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College Street Congregational Church, 265 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ

December 19, 2015 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Sing Noel! Holiday concert. Rebecca Kauffman, harp. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. Waterbury Congregational Church, 8 N Main St, Waterbury VT 05676 ⓘ

April 12, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Springtime Rhapsody. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. College Street Congregational Church, 265 College Street, Burlington VT 05401 ⓘ

April 11, 2015 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Solaris Vocal Ensemble [VT]: Springtime Rhapsody. For more information, email director@solarisensemble.org. The White Meeting House, Waterbury Congregational Church, 8 North Main St., Waterbury VT 05676 ⓘ

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