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Cappella Cantorum Men’s Chorus will present a concert on Sunday, August 24, 3 PM, at The First Congregational Church of Madison, 28 Meetinghouse Lane, Madison. The 30 voice male chorus is conducted by Barry Asch and accompanied by Susan Sweeney. Selections include: Va Pensiero; Cantique de Jean Racine, At the River, Nessun Dorma, When the Saints go Marching In, Ride the Chariot, Under the Boardwalk, Ezekiel Saw de Wheel and What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor. The Hill Top Four (Barbershop quartet) will be featured. Regular tickets are $15, advanced sale tickets $12 available at R.J. Julia Booksellers, Madison; Bookloft, Clinton; Breakwater Books, Guilford; Homeworks, Old Saybrook or call (203) 453-0487 or (860) 434-9135. Children (12 and under) are free.
Men's Chorus Concert Poster (PDF)
The GLORIA, by Poulenc, and CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS by Randol Bass will be presented by Cappella Cantorum on Sat. Dec. 6, 8 PM and Sun. Dec. 7 at 3 PM, in John Winthrop Middle School, Rte 80, (exit 5, CT 9,) Deep River 06417. The 100 voice chorus, with professional orchestra and soloist will be directed by Barry Asch. Soloist: Soprano, Patricia Schuman will be featured. For tickets call (860) 434-9135 or (860) 669-2702. A reception will follow the performance.
Summer Sings The annual program of SummerSings, co-sponsored by Cappella Cantorum and Con Brio, provides an opportunity to enjoy choral works without the pressure of preparing for performance. It offers, as well, the experience to work with some nationally and internationally acclaimed conductors.
Summer Sings are held on Mondays, 7 p.m. registration, 7:30-9:30 PM singing, at St. Paul Lutheran Church, 56 Great Hammock Road, (CT 154) Old Saybrook. All singers are welcome to perform in this read-through of a classical work. Professional soloists will participate. The event is co-sponsored by two shoreline choral groups, Cappella Cantorum and Con Brio. An $8 fee covers the costs of the event. Scores will be available, and the church is air-conditioned. For more information call (860) 388-4110 or (860) 434-9135, or visit this site or www.conbrio.org. |
Gloria by Poulenc and Christmas Ornaments by Randol Bass
Cappella Cantorum’s non-auditioned registration and first rehearsal for the Poulenc GLORIA and the Randol Bass CHRISTMAS ORNAMENTS, will be Monday, Sept. 8, 7 p.m. at John Winthrop Middle School on Route 80, (exit 5 Rte 9) in Deep River. Rehearsals are held Monday nights. The 100-voice chorus under the direction of Barry Asch will perform the Poulenc Gloria on Saturday, Dec. 6, 8 PM and Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3 PM, with professional orchestra and featuring soprano - Patricia Schuman. Registration is $30. Student registration is free. Late registration will take place the following Monday, Sept. 15, same time, same place. For more information call (860) 388-2871.
| When | Concert |
| December 2008 | Poulenc's "Gloria" |
| April 2009 | Mozart's "Requiem" |
| December 2009 | Handel's "Messiah" |
| April 2010 | Dvorak's "Stabat Mater" |
Cappella Cantorum
is a non-audition community chorus with over 100 singers whose primary purpose
is to learn, perform and enjoy great choral music, while striving for excellence
and enrichment of its singers and audience. It provides singers from more than
20 Southeastern Connecticut communities with the opportunity to perform these
works with a professional orchestra and professional or Cappella soloists.
We especially encourage high school students and their parents to join us in making music together. Our wide mix
of ages (from teens to folks in their 80s), along with a marvelous blend of voices, make our singing together a
most joyful experience.
Our Music Director/Conductor, and one of Cappella's founders in 1970, is
Barry B. Asch.
Cappella's Men's Chorus Concerts began in 1977. The group has performed to enthusiastic audiences throughout Connecticut.
The Men's Chorus is available for fund-raising concerts or just for fun. To join or sponsor a concert, call 860-388-2871.
The Cappella Cantorum Tour Choir of 30 to 50 singers has visited Europe and Canada on tours combining sightseeing with concerts since 1981. Call 203-457-1456 for more information about receiving notification of 2009 tour plans.
For more information about Cappella Cantorum call 860-388-2871 or 860-334-3640.
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Performing Choral Masterworks
Since 1970
Bach:
Christmas Oratorio; Cantata No. 142; Mass in B Minor; Magnificat;
Passion According to St. John; Cantata No. 140.
Beethoven:
Mass in C Major.
Bernstein:
Chichester Psalms.
Bloch:
Sacred Service.
Brahms:
A German Requiem; Song of Destiny; Gypsy Songs.
Britten:
Ceremony of Carols; Saint Nicolas.
Duruflé:
Requiem.
Dvorak:
Stabat Mater; Requiem
Fauré:
Requiem.
Gershwin:
Porgy and Bess.
Handel:
Messiah; Judas Maccabaeus; Chandos Anthems; Israel in Egypt;Coronation Anthems; Samson; sacred chorus selections.
Haydn:
Mass in B Flat Major; The Creation; Mass in D Minor; Mass in C Major; Mass in G Major; Heiligmesse.
Honegger:
King David.
Kodaly:
Te Deum.
Mendelssohn:
Elijah.
Menotti:
Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Mozart:
Requiem; Vesperae Solennes de Confessore; Mass in C Major;
Regina Coeli; Magic Flute (selections); Te Deum.
Orff:
Carmina Burana.
Pinkham:
Christmas Cantata.
Poulenc:
Gloria.
Puccini:
Messa di Gloria.
Respighi:
Laud to the Nativity.
Rossini:
Petite Messe Solennelle.
Rutter:
Gloria; Magnificat; great opera choruses, Requiem
Saint-Saens:
Christmas Oratorio
Schubert:
Mass in E Flat Major; Mass in G Major; Mass in A Flat Major.
Strauss, J., II:
Die Fledermaus (ball scene).
Thompson:
Frostiana.
Vaughan Williams:
Toward the Unknown Region; Benedicite; Hodie.
Verdi:
Requiem; opera chorus selections.
Vivaldi:
Gloria;
Magnificat.
Wagner:
Opera chorus selections.
Music Director/Conductor and co-founder of Cappella Cantorum, Barry B. Asch is a native of the Nutmeg State and
graduated with a master of music education degree from Hartt School of Music, University of Hartford. He has attended
workshops with Robert Shaw, Howard Swan, Michael Korn, and Sir David Willcocks. He has studied voice with Martha
Oneppo, Martha King, Edward Hull, William Diard, and Leighton Phraner.
Barry served as music department chairman at Valley Regional High School, DeepRiver, Connecticut, where he taught for 31 years. Barry is choir director at the First Congregational Church in
Essex and teaches workshops
in vocal production and performance for E
lderhostel. He has conducted enthusiastically received concert tours with
Cappella performing in Belgium, England, Austria, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Canada, Ireland, Scotland, Czech Republic,
Hungary, France, and Spain. During the summer of 2000, conductor Asch was part of the Conductors Master Class with
Helmuth Tilling at the Oregon Bach Festival, and a participating conductor in the Dennis Keene Choral Festival
at the Kent School in Connecticut.
Professional organizations include the American Choral Directors Association, Music Educators National Conference,
National Educators Association, and past
board member of the Association of Connecticut Choruses.
Barry is married to Wilma Brewer Asch who served as Executive Direction of Cappella Cantorum for its first sixteen
years. They reside in Old Saybrook.
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Cappella Cantorum has performed
in concerts at Carnegie Hall since 2000 by invitation from MidAmerica
Productions. These concerts were as follows:
2000 Duruflé: Requiem
2001 Mozart: Requiem
2002 Rutter: Requiem (John Rutter conducted)
2003 Beethoven: Mass in C
2005 Faure: Requiem
Plans for Cappella's Concert Tour 2009: Our next great adventure will start in Florence, Italy and make its way to Venice. We will then set sail for the Adriatic Sea, stopping in ports along the way. Ports we will visit include Spitt, Kotor, Montenegro, Durres, Albania, Dubrovnik, Ploce and Pula.
Our director will be Tahme Adinolfi who heads the Music Department at Guilford High School and is well known throughout Connecticut for her contribution to choral music in the shoreline area. Joan Cook, recently retired from directing the Mystic Chorale from Westerly, Rhode Island, will be joining us as accompanist. She has also been the accompanist for the Eastern Connecticut chorus from New London.
The Cappella Cantorum Concert Tour has visited Europe and Canada on tours combining sightseeing with concerts on 10 tours, since 1981.
For further information about next year's trip, please call Pat Hill (203-245-2887) or email her at phill2003mad@yahoo.com. Because it is a concert tour, we really want to emphasize that singers are given preference when applying. Pat is the Tour Director and the Tour Committee is, as follows, all members of Cappella. Ralph & Mimi Griffin, Gail Carlisle, Dot Davis, Sandy O'Day, Audrey Meyer, Sue Origlia, Karl Stofko, Phyliss McClelland, David & Judy Kitson, Betsy Steele.
ELIJAH, by Mendelssohn was presented by Cappella Cantorum on Sunday, April 6 at John Winthrop Middle School in Deep River. The 100 voice chorus, with professional orchestra and soloists was directed by Barry Asch. Soloists: Soprano, Susan von Reichenbach; Mezzo Soprano, Abigail Nims; Tenor, David Finley; Baritone, Richard Lalli. A reception followed the performance.
Cappella's Elijah, Full House
From L to R: Soprano, Susan von Reichenbach; Mezzo
Soprano, Abigail Nims;
Conductor, Barry Asch; Baritone, Richard Lalli; Tenor, David Finley.
"Elijah" was presented on April 6, by Cappella Cantorum at John Winthrop
Middle School, Deep River, to a full house and a standing ovation.
Joyful Choral & Brass Concerts were performed Saturday, Dec. 1, 8 PM & Sunday, Dec. 2, 3 PM, presented by Cappella Cantorum at John Winthrop Middle School in Deep River 06417. Music Selections included the Rutter Gloria, Gabrieli Jubilate Deo and two commissioned works by Douglas Helvering, Rejoice, Our Savior is Born and Gloria in memory of Gail Werwaiss. Christmas Carols with the audience and brass will conclude the concerts. An Auditioned Ensemble sang the Poulenc Hodie Christus natus est and Lauridsen O Magnum Mysterium. The Fair Winds Brass Ensemble played Gabrieli, Bach, Scheidt and Bring a Torch, Jeannette Isabella. The professional instrumental ensemble will include 4 trumpets, 1 horn, 2 trombones, tuba, timpani, percussion and keyboard.
The Fair Winds Brass Ensemble was featured at Cappella Cantorum’s 2007 Christmas Concert on Dec. 1 and 2 at John Winthrop Middle School in Deep River. Members are, from the left, Pat Hurley, trumpet, Marjorie Callaghan, horn, Nicole Hansboro, trombone, and Frank Tamburro, trumpet. The group has given concerts in Connecticut and New York and are experienced in performing many styles of music. They added an exciting sound to the seasonal concert.
Composer R. Douglas Helvering has been commissioned by Cappella Cantorum to create two new works for their 2007 Christmas Concert. The first will be a choral fanfare titled “Rejoice! Our Saviour is Born!” and the second will be a multi-movement setting of the “Gloria” text. Both pieces are scored for extended brass, organ and percussion for an exciting performance. The chorus will also perform Rutter’s “Gloria.” Helvering is a music professor at Kansas City Metropolitan Community College.
Cappella Cantorum Men’s Chorus presented a church benefit concert on Sunday, Oct. 14, at the Groton Congregational Church.The 34 voice male chorus was conducted by Barry Asch and accompanied by Susan Sweeney. Sea Chantey, Spiritual, Classical and Broadway Music was performed and The Hill Top Four (Barbershop quartet) was featured. Refreshments were offered after the concert.
| Cappella Cantorum Men’s Chorus Concert Dates 2007 | ||
| Saturday, June 2 | 12:30pm & 2:30pm | Shoreline Arts Showcase, Guilford Fairgrounds |
| Sunday, June 10 | 7:30pm | Concert at St. Paul Lutheran Church |
| Sunday, July 22 | 3:00pm | Our Lady of Sorrows, Essex |
| Saturday, July 28 | 2:00pm | The Hearth at Gardenside Convalescent Home, Branford |
| Saturday, July 28 | 3:30pm | Hospice in Branford |
| Sunday, July 29 | 2:00pm | Aaron Manor, Essex |
| Sunday, July 29 | 4:00pm | St. Mark RC Church, Haitian Benefit, Westbrook |
| Saturday, Sept 13 | 7:30pm | Chester Village West, Chester |
| Saturday, Sept 14 | 3:00pm | Groton Congregational Church (Church Benefit) |
| This includes four community outreach programs. | ||
Write us at:
Call us:
Ralph Griffin, Cappella Cantorum's Board President, at (860) 434-9135
Or
Barry Asch, Music Director, at 860-388-2871,
barryasch@comcast.net
Updated 10/25/2007
