Recording of September 2025 Annual Meeting (notes):
** Scroll down for reference recordings **
All regular rehearsals: Thursday 6:30-9:30, Barre Universalist Church
Note: “6:30 rehearsal” does not mean to arrive at 6:30.
Please try to arrive at rehearsal 6:15-6:20 and be ready to sing at 6:30.
2026
Act of Remembrance
- Thu Mar 12 – reh 1
- Thu Mar 19 – reh 2
- Thu Mar 26 – reh 3
- Sun Mar 29 – 2:00-5:00 – reh 4
- Sun Mar 29 – 6:30-9:30 – reh 5
- Thu Apr 2 – NO REHEARSAL (Maundy Thursday/Passover)
- Thu Apr 9 – reh 6 (dress reh)
- Thu Apr 16, 7:00pm – performance, Wake Robin, Shelburne
- Sat Apr 18, 1:00pm- performance, Manchester Library, Manchester VT
- Tue Apr 21, 6:30pm- performance, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington
- Thu Apr 23, 7:15pm – performance, Kendall at Hanover
- Sun Apr 26, 3:00pm – performance, Barre Universalist Church
- Tue Apr 28, 6:00pm – performance, Norman Williams Library, Woodstock
Personnel
25-26 Season Core Singers
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Act of Remembrance
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Repertory & Reference Recordings
Act of Remembrance (April 2026, with piano)
- Ludwig van Beethoven, Elegischer Gesang
- Felix Mendelssohn, Choral Ode, from Oedipus at Colonus (men only)
- Gustav Holst, Funeral Chant, from Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda (women only)
- Brian Banks, Plague Songs (premiere)
- Ana Leiro Carnero, Funeral Music for the Pandemic’s Fallen Heroes (piano solo)
- Pete Seeger, arr Kevin Quigley, To My Old Brown Earth
- Don Jamison, When Wind Steals My Breath (commission, premiere)
- Russell Pascoe, The Recognition: Requiem, from Secular Requiem
Concert Dress
- All clothing must be completely black, hemmed at the edges, and not made of denim or leather (except leather shoes and possibly belt, of course). No athletic wear, see-through material, or visible rips. No glitter, sparkles, reflective patterns, or logos.
- Clothing must cover the arms past the elbows and the legs past the knees. No constrictive clothing (e.g. skintight pants) on the outside.
- No undergarments or lines of undergarments may be visible
- The shirt must have a modest neckline. If it has cuffs they must be buttoned, and collared button-up shirts must be tucked in.
- If pants have belt loops, a black belt must be worn. No skin may be visible from the waist down. Where skin would be exposed, legs must be fully covered either by opaque black tights, socks, etc.
- Shoes must be completely black, not be made of canvas, and have closed toes. No athletic shoes or flip-flops.
- Singers may wear either a purple tie (if the shirt or blouse allows it) or a purple scarf. (These will be supplied.) Ties may only be worn tied in a standard fashion on a shirt with a collar.
- Hair may not obscure the face. No extravagant jewelry.