On July 2, 2024, 42 members of the Chester River Chorale and their support contingent departed the US, bound for Europe to take part in the Cantus MM Music and Culture Festival Salzburg. The Festival is a yearly event where music and dance ensembles from around the world gather in Salzburg, Austria, to share their […]
Continue ReadingThe Chester River Chorale fall semester launches September 9, 2024 with weekly rehearsals at the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown (PCC). All singers are invited to join the Chorale. We have a specific need for male voices! No audition is required to sing with the Chorale and all music is provided. An added opportunity is the […]
Continue ReadingThe Chester River Chorale invites all who love to sing to join us for our spring season as we begin rehearsals in Heron Point’s Wesley Hall at 6 p.m. Monday, January 13, for our April spring concert. We welcome all adult voices to join with our ninety-plus members—ranging in age from 18 to over 80—to […]
Continue ReadingAlleluias will ring out as the 90-voice Chester River Chorale heralds Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa with its 21st annual presentation of A Chester River Holiday, celebrating the season of jubilation, good will, and awe with songs of reverence, remembrance, and a plea for peace. For the sixth year in a row, the treble voices of […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – Ahoy and avast and all that Jazz! The Chester River Chorale wants to welcome you to our show. This year’s spring concert—Desert Island Disc: Music You Can’t Live Without—will take you to a desert isle where you are shipwrecked with only one long-play vinyl record of music and a solar-powered gramophone to play […]
Continue ReadingCome usher in spring while enjoying a veritable banquet of food, drink, and song while you support your Chester River Chorale at Old St. Paul’s Church near Fairlee on Saturday, March 16, 2019 from 5 p.m. until 8 p.m. The evening will be filled with feasting, wandering minstrels, jesting, and more. Chestertown actor Brad Chaires […]
Continue ReadingChestertown – Imagine you are shipwrecked on a desert island, but thank goodness you happen to have your favorite CD and a solar-powered player. What music would you most love to have with you? That’s the premise of the Chester River Chorale’s 2019 Spring concert, Desert Island Disc: Music You Can’t Live Without. If you […]
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