2010 Summer Sings

If you or someone you know is a singer with some music reading skills, please join us this summer for informal read-throughs of choral masterworks. This summer we will offer singing nights in Hopewell, New Jersey, and in Wrightstown, Pennsylvania. Soloists, pianists, conductors and printed music are provided. Music is followed by an "ice cream social." All facilities are wheelchair accessible. There is a suggested donation of $5.00 at the door.

Wednesday, June 30, 7:30 p.m., Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah, Anchor Presbyterian Church, 980 Durham Road (Route 413), Wrightstown, PA 18940

Elijah will be sung by Zachary Coates, baritone. Soprano soloist is Jennifer Brader; alto is Helen Kull, and tenor is Dr. Mark A. Boyle. Dr. Boyle will also be conducting the first movement of the work. Dr. Lyn Ransom is the principal conductor for the evening.

Thursday, August 5, 7:30 p.m., Ludwig von Beethoven's Mass in C, To Be Announced, Music Together, 225 Pennington-Hopewell Road, Hopewell, New Jersey 08525

Auditions for new singers can be scheduled before and after the sings—call Sandy Duffy, membership chair, at 609-799-2211 for an appointment.

2009-2010: A Season of National Styles!
Upcoming Concerts at-a-Glance

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All VOICES venues are wheelchair-accessible.

VOICES invites new and returning members to join us for our spring concerts!

Are you too busy to sing? Our members find our rehearsals and performances to be a special time for ourselves. Making music together, even in its most energetic moments, creates an "oasis of spirit" which we take with us for days; it re-energizes us and re-focuses us on enjoying and valuing the things that are most important in life.

"Come sing with VOICES!"

SUMMER SINGS

Wednesday, June 30, 7:30 p.m., Felix Mendelssohn's Elijah, Anchor Presbyterian Church, 980 Durham Road (Route 413), Wrightstown, PA 18940

Thursday, August 5, 7:30 p.m., Ludwig von Beehoven's Mass in C, Music Together, 225 Pennington-Hopewell Road, Hopewell, New Jersey 08525

VOICES was founded in 1987 to provide outstanding performances of new and classical music and to interest children in composing and singing. VOICES Chorale, an auditioned chorus with members from New Jersey and Pennsylvania, was founded in 1992 to provide outstanding performance opportunities for community singers. (See A Short History of VOICES.) The Chorale performs an unusually varied repertoire, including choral masterworks and premieres by American composers. Our Music Director is Dr. Lyn Ransom.

VOICES rehearsing at Music Together, Hopewell, NJ

VOICES performs six to eight formal concerts and several outreach concerts each year in Mercer County, New Jersey and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The group also occasionally performs in New York City and tours internationally, with our most recent tour, to Bavaria and northern Italy, in the spring of 2007. Our current membership is over 65 singers, including a 24 member chamber ensemble called Sotto Voce. We usually rehearse Monday nights from 7:30-9:45 pm at Music Together in Hopewell, New Jersey.

VOICES also has a variety of programs of interest for: children and their teachers, performers, and the community.

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Gift alert! Reduced price!
VOICES' 20th Anniversary Cookbook,
DELECTABLE COMPOSITIONS

The spiral bond book is filled with an array of favorite recipes of Chorale-members, including those of VOICES' "sister" chorale, Chorkreis St. Sebald in Erlangen, Germany. Edited by VOICES members Ruth Baggitt and Irene Ey, the cookbook contains 200 delicious recipes of appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, desserts, beverages and breads. Some are very simple and easy to prepare; others are more elaborate recipes, some are yummy and "figure-friendly", others are decadently indulgent. The book also contains useful information and cooking tips. It is a great gift for friends, family, or to indulge yourself!

Purchase at our concerts or order online, now for only $10.00 plus Domestic S&H of $2.00 per book. For only $5 more, we'll include a CD of VOICES performance of the Durufle Requiem, recorded in the beautiful Trinity Cathedral in Trenton, NJ!

VOICES is supported in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the Mercer County Executive and the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

25% discount with NJ Arts Pass!

The VOICES COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State government funding depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.