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Cantemus Chamber Chorus, with 43 members from across the North Shore, will present three concerts in December titled “Once Upon a Winter: Tales of Wonder Through a Child’s Eyes” in Newburyport, Beverly, and Gloucester.

The concerts feature Matthew Harris’s “A Child’s Christmas in Wales,” based on the beloved holiday tale by Dylan Thomas. In addition, the program will include a rich tapestry of contemporary and traditional repertoire from different cultures reflecting themes of wonder, home, darkness, returning light, and memory. The repertoire includes R. Murray Schafer’s “Snowforms; “Song for Yalda Night,” an Iranian piece about the longest night of the year; the “Kang Ding Love Song,” a Chinese folk song associated with the Winter Solstice; Morten Lauridsen’s “Lament for Pasiphaë;” traditional Hanukkah songs “Mi Y’Maleil” and “S’vivon;” Daniel Kantor’s “Night of Silence” and more.

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Choral Intern Program for High School Students

There are openings in September for 4 high school-age singers to join us for one or two semesters and earn community service credits or an honorarium. The students will rehearse weekly and perform with the group.

Our Intern program is open to area high school students who are interested in a high-level immersion program of singing with a small chorus of musically trained adults. We will admit students by audition with the conductor. If more than one qualified singer per part auditions, we will consider admitting them as well. The decision is to be made by the musical director.

This program is intended to be a supplemental vocal experience to the students’ high school music program and may help in building their resumes as they prepare for college. Applicants must have good sight reading ability and be available Tuesday evenings from 7:15-9:30 for rehearsals at First Church in Wenham (from September-mid-May) and for concerts on December 5, 12, & 13, and two concert in early May, with additional rehearsals as needed.

Participation in the program can either:
(a) fulfill community service requirements for academic credit as determined by the student’s school, or
(b) include a one-semester stipend of $250, or $500 for both semesters.

It is our hope that this program will help to cultivate a new generation of skilled choral singers.

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Please contact Richard Salandrea for more information.

Cantemus Does Annelies Proud

Read Laura Prichard's review of our performance in the Boston Musical Intelligencer. She provides extensive additional information about the work and its historical significance.

January 29, 2024
IN: Reviews
Cantemus Does Annelies Proud, by Laura Stanfield Prichard

“Beautiful concert this afternoon. Both chorus and brass amazing. More than once I was moved to tears by the sounds....”
–Jean J.