The Sippican Choral Society will begin rehearsals on Monday, January 12 for its special 50th Anniversary Spring concert. The chorus is inviting all past members to return and sing in the concert, even those who sang with the group back in the ‘60s, ‘70s, ‘80s, and ‘90s. New members are welcome to join the chorus simply by coming to one of the first three first rehearsals.
This will be a special joint concert with the Tri-County Symphonic Band, with which the chorus performed in its very first concert in 1965.
Rehearsals begin promptly at 7:30 pm every Monday evening, but singers are asked to arrive by 7:15 pm for the first rehearsal in order to register and receive music. Rehearsals are held at the First Congregational Church on Church Street in Mattapoisett.
All voices are welcome (soprano, alto, tenor, and bass), but tenors are especially encouraged to sing with the chorus this year. No auditions are required.
For the 50th Anniversary concert, which is on Sunday, April 26, the chorus will perform three pieces with the Tri-County Symphonic Band: the Triumphal March from Verdi’s “Aida,” Lacrimosa from Mozart’s “Requiem,” and Chorus of the Gypsies “Anvil Chorus” from Verdi’s “Il Trovatore.”
The chorus will also sing pieces by Haydn (“The Heavens are Telling,” from The Creation), Felix Mendelssohn (“Da Nobis Pacem”), and several other songs, including “Amazing Grace,” “Ride the Chariot,” “Deep River,” and “How Can I Keep from Singing.” All pieces were carefully chosen by the chorus’s music committee from the best of the chorus’s past concerts.
For further information about singing with the Sippican Choral Society as part of its 50th Anniversary celebration, please call Peter McDonald at 508-748-0286. If you plan to sing this season, but cannot make the first rehearsal, please let Peter know that when you call.