Invite your friends and family to join us
at Rotary Amphitheater, Riverfront Park, Plymouth NH
Saturday June 19, 6:30 pm -- Sunday June 20, 4 pm
Concert Program and Program Notes
at Rotary Amphitheater, Riverfront Park, Plymouth NH
Saturday June 19, 6:30 pm -- Sunday June 20, 4 pm
Concert Program and Program Notes
Hear live voices, beautifully blended in the open air
as we invite you to welcome summer with us!
The Pemigewasset Choral Society and the NH Master Chorale collaborate on a program
that celebrates the solstice and invites you to reflect on endurance, renewal and hope.
as we invite you to welcome summer with us!
The Pemigewasset Choral Society and the NH Master Chorale collaborate on a program
that celebrates the solstice and invites you to reflect on endurance, renewal and hope.
Rotary Amphitheater, Riverfront Park, Plymouth, NH
When we began rehearsing in April, the trees were still bare.
But now the leaves are full, and the birds sing an accompaniment to our songs!
When we began rehearsing in April, the trees were still bare.
But now the leaves are full, and the birds sing an accompaniment to our songs!
A Midsummer's Night Dream Team:
Will Gunn and Dan Perkins Pemi Chorus Music Director, Will Gunn joins with NH Master Chorale Music Director, Dan Perkins for this collaborative Summer Solstice Concert.
Each chorus will be performing a selection of musical pieces, and then will join voices together to perform a favorite, The Ground, by Ola Gjeilo. The natural setting by the Pemi River provides the theme for the concert, with several songs from each group relating to rivers and the naural outdoors. Especially moving is the Master Chorale's premiere of "Windshear," a commisioned choral work sung in the native Abenaki language, and performed on ancient Abenaki land. The Pemigewasset River is an Abenaki name that means "the river that flows through here." From songs such as Down by the Riverside, Wide Open Spaces, For the Beauty of the Earth, and Windshear, there is music both fun, and meaningful. |
The Beauty of Riverfront Park
The concert venue along the banks of the Pemigewasset River is a beautiful backdrop for our perfomance. Riverfront Park in Plymouth is located behind Main Street, just beyond the Senior Center. Seating is on the built-in Amphitheater steps . . . . feel free to bring cushions or chairs or picnic blankets.
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Watch a video of the Pemi Choir in rehearsal on a chilly April evening!
Founded in 1974, the Pemigewasset Choral Society -- aka “Pemi Choral” -- is a community chorus based in Plymouth, New Hampshire. The wide range of repertoire the Chorus performs includes classical and contemporary works as well as folk songs, spirituals and music from stage and screen.
The Chorus requires no auditions; the only membership requirement is a love of singing, the ability to sing on key, and a commitment to attend weekly rehearsals.
The Chorus presents two concert programs each year, one during the December holiday season and the other in early May. Every other year, usually in the spring, it performs one choral masterwork with orchestra.
Our director Will Gunn -- a choral singer himself -- is a conductor who has a special devotion to building a whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts. While the individual contributions to a choral ensemble are each significant, the resulting choral sound is more than just those combined voices.
Please check us out, and join us for our 48th season! We look forward to singing with you.
The Chorus requires no auditions; the only membership requirement is a love of singing, the ability to sing on key, and a commitment to attend weekly rehearsals.
The Chorus presents two concert programs each year, one during the December holiday season and the other in early May. Every other year, usually in the spring, it performs one choral masterwork with orchestra.
Our director Will Gunn -- a choral singer himself -- is a conductor who has a special devotion to building a whole that’s greater than the sum of its parts. While the individual contributions to a choral ensemble are each significant, the resulting choral sound is more than just those combined voices.
Please check us out, and join us for our 48th season! We look forward to singing with you.