We are a non-auditioned community chorus made up of experienced singers from Mount Desert Island and the surrounding communities, as well as those from away. Each year, some 70 - 80 singers plan their summers around the choir's schedule. We take six weeks to learn a full-length program, so every rehearsal counts.  They're demanding and exacting, but also upbeat and exciting. What better way to form new friendships and renew old ones than by singing beautiful music together? We also plan one social event each year for our singers and their families to get together and "catch up".

Singers pay annual dues, which subsidize the rental of music and access to study materials. This year we are introducing a new program where annual dues are waived for sustaining members who pledge $10 a month or more. There is no audition, but most singers are experienced choral musicians who sing in other choirs during the year.

On August 2 and 3, 2024, the Chorale will present Gabriel Fauré's Requiem in D minor, Op. 48 and the Five Mystical Songs by English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Admission is $20. Come at 7 p.m. for a pre-concert talk about the music by music director David Schildkret. Soloists are Josh Miller, baritone, and Bronwyn Kortge, soprano.

Rehearsals are mostly Wednesday evenings, 6:30 - 9 p.m., beginning on June 19.