2025 Summer Sings are coming…!
We are excited to announce the lineup for our 2025 Summer Sing series, to be held at our acoustically magnificent (and delightfully air-conditioned!) home at Judson Memorial Church.
Summer Sings are Mondays at 7:30pm from July 7th through August 25th
Admission is $20 general/ $15 student per Sing
(Or, purchase a season pass – $120 general/ $80 student – which is good all summer!)
Judson Memorial Church
55 Washington Square South (at Thompson Street)
Accessible entrance available at 243 Thompson Street
Also: What’s a Summer Sing? Here’s what it is, and what to expect…
Our Summer Sings—begun by our founding director, Gwen Gould, in 1972(!)—are open sings of (mostly) well-known choral works, designed to offer singers and choral enthusiasts the opportunity to keep their vocal and sight-reading skills in shape while most area choruses are on their summer hiatus.
Each Sing is led by a different area conductor, who will offer their commentary, work with the sections on tricky and interesting passages of that night’s piece(s), and conduct the group in a sing-through. Conductors may bring soloists, or may offer the sections the ability to sing the solos as a group. You can bring your own score for the piece(s) being featured in that week’s Sing, or we’ll lend you a copy from our library.
And you don’t need to have sung a piece to participate in a particular week’s Sing—in fact, for some Sings of very popular pieces, we’ve welcomed people who just like to listen! And you’re welcome to try out a different part than you usually sing—if, say, you find your soprano self experiencing alto envy on the Fauré Requiem!
July 7th
Orff: Carmina Burana
Michael Sheetz
Music Director, The Greenwich Village Chamber Singers;
Director of Choral and Voice Studies, Hunter College
July 14th
Duruflé: Requiem
Patrick Gardner
Director Emeritus, Riverside Choral Society
Professor Emeritus, Rutgers University Mason Gross School of the Arts
July 21st
Beethoven: Mass in C
Colin Britt
Artistic Director and Conductor, The West Village Chorale
July 28th
Fauré: Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine
David Recca
Artistic Director, New York City Master Chorale
August 4th
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
John Maclay
Music Director, The Choral Society of Grace Church
August 11th
Mozart: Requiem (K. 626)
Ryan Brandau
Artistic Director, Amor Artis
August 18th
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Duruflé: Ubi Caritas
Philip Cheah
Freelance Conductor
Member, Professional Choir of The Church of St. Luke-in-the-Fields
August 25th
Bach: Magnificat
Stravinsky: Ave Maria
Thompson: Alleluia
Elena Williamson
Director, Park Slope Singers
We hope to sing with you this summer!
Have questions, or suggestions for a piece we should feature in a future Sing? Email us at westvillagechorale@gmail.com.