CONCORA will present Spring is in the Air, our third annual Broadway revue, on demand Thursday, May 20 through Sunday, May 23, 2021.
A dozen singers from CONCORA, accompanied by artistic director Chris Shepard, perform solos from the Broadway repertoire that celebrate the coming of spring as well as the end of our long winter. This program of upbeat and forward-looking songs includes "Winter's on the Wing" from The Secret Garden, "Something's Coming" from West Side Story, and the ebullient "Barry's Going to Prom" from The Prom.
"Three years ago, we began our annual Broadway concert because I wanted to show off the range of our gifted singers,” states Chris Shepard. “Our audiences already knew how wonderful our soloists were in singing Bach and Handel – but they didn't know that many of our members can also belt out show tunes! Since starting the tradition, this annual concert has quickly become one of CONCORA's most popular events, for both our singers and audience."
Tickets are $19.95. Discounts apply for purchases by Sunday, May 9th including gifts for Mother’s Day.
The CDC’s protocols have been followed for the health and safety of the singers and musicians.
A dozen singers from CONCORA, accompanied by artistic director Chris Shepard, perform solos from the Broadway repertoire that celebrate the coming of spring as well as the end of our long winter. This program of upbeat and forward-looking songs includes "Winter's on the Wing" from The Secret Garden, "Something's Coming" from West Side Story, and the ebullient "Barry's Going to Prom" from The Prom.
"Three years ago, we began our annual Broadway concert because I wanted to show off the range of our gifted singers,” states Chris Shepard. “Our audiences already knew how wonderful our soloists were in singing Bach and Handel – but they didn't know that many of our members can also belt out show tunes! Since starting the tradition, this annual concert has quickly become one of CONCORA's most popular events, for both our singers and audience."
Tickets are $19.95. Discounts apply for purchases by Sunday, May 9th including gifts for Mother’s Day.
The CDC’s protocols have been followed for the health and safety of the singers and musicians.
BACH MOTETS
Coming in June.
Although J.S. Bach wrote nearly 300 cantatas and several important concert-length choral works, he only wrote six motets, all of which are major pieces in the choral repertoire. These pieces are highly complex, rely entirely on the choir instead of including solo movements, and are often written for double choir. CONCORA's last performance of these seminal works was twenty years ago.
CONCORA’s main concerts are made possible by the generosity of:
American Savings Foundation
Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Edward C. & Ann T. Roberts Foundation
Helen M. Saunders Charitable Foundation
and additional support from Community Foundation of Greater of Greater New Britain, George & Grace Long Foundation, Andrew J. Sloper Musical Fund, and Robert E. Vance Foundation.
Richard P. Garmany Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving
Edward C. & Ann T. Roberts Foundation
Helen M. Saunders Charitable Foundation
and additional support from Community Foundation of Greater of Greater New Britain, George & Grace Long Foundation, Andrew J. Sloper Musical Fund, and Robert E. Vance Foundation.