Thank you for Summer Singing with Us!
It was a wonderful summer of Singing this year!
We are grateful to the hundreds of singers who raised their voices with us at Judson over the eight weeks of July and August! We were happy to see so many new faces alongside Summer Sing “veterans”!
Best wishes to everyone for a fun and harmonious choral “year” and we look forward to welcoming you back to our first Summer Sing of 2025—Monday, July 7th, 2025.
(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!
Past pieces “performed” have included:
Bach: Magnificat
Beethoven: Mass in C
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
Duruflé: Requiem and Ubi Caritas
Fauré: Requiem in D Minor and Cantique de Jean Racine
Handel: Messiah and Coronation Anthems
Haydn: The Creation and Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse)
Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna and Sure on this Shining Night
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Mozart: Requiem, Mass in C Minor (K. 427), and Ave Verum Corpus
Orff: Carmina Burana
Poulenc: Gloria
Rutter: Gloria and Requiem
Thompson: Alleluia
Verdi: Requiem
Vivaldi: Gloria
Have questions, or suggestions for a piece we should feature in a future Sing? Email us at westvillagechorale@gmail.com.