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Chorus Directory Update for New World Chorale
Effective date:
1. Chorus contact information
Chorus name:
Street address:
396 Washington Street, #169
City, State, Zip:
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CT
MA
ME
NH
RI
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2. Chorus description
Affiliation (if any) (if any):
Music Director:
Year founded:
Number of singers:
Age of singers:
Adults
Children
Gender of singers:
Women/girls
Men/boys
Auditions required?
Yes
No
Commercial recordings?
Yes
No
Chorus description:
The New World Chorale was founded in 1999 by Holly MacEwen Krafka and John Zielinski with the mission of performing the best American choral music and, particularly, to commission the composition and performance of new music for chorus. The Chorale's membership comprises some of the Boston area's most experienced choral singers and soloists who have performed both locally and internationally with the world's major orchestras. Notable NWC performances include Igor Stravinsky’s <i>Symphony of Psalms</i> with the Boston Ballet (March 2013); A free concert, sponsored by a grant from the Free for All Concert Fund, at the Mission Church in Boston, MA (October 23, 2011); The opening concert of the Boston Landmarks Orchestra’s 2011 summer season at the Hatch Shell, featuring Mozart’s Great Mass in C minor (July 13, 2011); Vaughan Williams’ <i>Dona Nobis Pacem</i> and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra (March 2011); Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 8 in E-flat major (“Symphony of a Thousand”) with the Lexington Symphony and Symphony NH Orchestra and Chorus (November 2010); and the East Coast premiere of Giya Kancheli’s <i>Styx</i with the Longwood Symphony Orchestra and featuring violist Roger Tapping (December 2009). Showcasing its versatility, the New World Chorale has performed <i>The Music Man</i> (2009), <i>The Pirates of Penzance</i> (2008), and <i>South Pacific</i> in concert (2007), all with the Claflin Hill Symphony Orchestra. In each production, NWC provided the leads and moving choruses from its own membership. NWC has performed world premieres encompassing a wide range of musical styles. Pieces commissioned and performed include: <i>Opening Day</i>, written for NWC by local composer Tom Hojnacki to texts about baseball by Bill Littlefield, host of the National Public Radio program “Only A Game”; <i>How Sweet the Sound</i>, an arrangement of hymns and spirituals for chorus and organ by John Zielinski; <i>Mass</i> by Gregory Short for chorus, percussion, and audience participation; and <i>Infelix Ego</i> for organ, percussion, brass quartet, and chorus, also by Mr. Zielinski.
3. Chorus administration
Tax-exempt 501(c)(3)?
Yes
No
Professional chorus?
Yes
No
Dues required from singers?
Yes
No
Paid staff (admin., exec. dir.)?
Yes
No
4. Feedback
Contact person:
Title:
If different from chorus contact info:
Contact telephone:
Contact FAX:
Contact E-mail:
Comments and suggestions:
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