Masterwork’s annual Summer Sings are an ideal way to connect with like-minded music lovers in the “off” season. The Summer Sings are held on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 in June and July and August at the New Jersey Youth Symphony facility, 570 Central Avenue, New Providence, NJ. The Sings feature some of the area’s most prominent conductors and rising soloists, offering both singers and listeners the opportunity to revisit beloved choral masterpieces and discover new favorites.
Masterwork's 2010 Summer Sings were featured in the metropolitan section of the Sunday New York Times in July 2010.
June 20 Mozart Requiem, Stravinsky Symphony of Psalms
Conductor: Andrew Megill - Music Director, Masterwork Chorus; Conductor, Carmel Bach Festival Chorale and The Chorus of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra; Associate Professor, Westminster Choir College
June 27 Brahms German Requiem & Nänie
Conductor: Thomas Juneau - Artistic Director, Summit Chorale; Director of Choral Activities, Saint Joseph's University, Philadelphia
July 4 No Sing
July 11 Haydn Paukenmesse & Fauré Requiem
Conductor: James S. Little - Organist/Choirmaster, Calvary Episcopal Church, Summit; Music Director (Retired), Choral Art Society of New Jersey
July 18 Mozart Coronation Mass in C & Vivaldi Gloria
Conductor: Ann Matlack - Artistic Director, Harmonium Choral Society; Organist/Choir Director, Grace Church, Madison
July 25 Beethoven Mass in C & Beethoven Symphony No. 9, “Ode to Joy”
Conductor: Patrick Gardner - Music Director, Riverside Choral Society; Director of Choral Activities, Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University
August 1 Ralph Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony
Conductor: Eric Dale Knapp - Artistic Director, New Jersey Choral Society and Connecticut Choral Society
Cost $13 per evening includes score rental, professional soloists, accompanist and refreshments. $6.50 for students and listeners. Booklets of 5 tickets available for $55 (tickets may be shared)
SAVE THE DATE! SIXTH ANNUAL MESSIAH SING
Sunday, December 9 at 2 pm; St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, 215 Boulevard, Mountain Lakes, NJ; Good will offering at the door
