About the CONCORA Summer Festival

CONCORA's Summer Festival offers adults, high school and college singers an opportunity to rehearse and perform great choral works - all under the baton of Artistic Director, Chris Shepard.  During this week-long intensive, participants will attend educational workshops, prepare and rehearse alongside CONCORA's professional members, and present a culminating concert for the public.  If you love to sing and are looking to hone your skills while making and reconnecting with friends, the CONCORA Summer Festival is for you!

Details for the 2026 Summer Festival will be announced in March 2026.
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Testimonials from Festival Participants
"One of the highlights of my summer. Working with Chris is amazing. And this year, I met several women who all want to stay in touch between now and next year's festival."

"Chris's direction makes the music come to life."

"It was a great experience, Chris offers so many helpful suggestions for singers and the music selections are great."

"Tremendous! I learned so much and the long rehearsals just flew by!"

"This was an exceptional experience in so many ways. I feel honored to have been a participant."

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A History of the CONCORA
Summer Choral Festival

2025 - Before Bach and Beyond
​2024 - Glorious Bach Choruses
​2023 - The Phoenix Rises
2020 - Virtual Summer Festival
2019 - Music For Choir and 4-Hand Piano
2018 - Wonderful Town! A Bernstein Centenary
2017 - Exploring the Great Choral Masterworks
2016 - A Serenade to Music: Choral Settings of Shakespeare
2015 - Come, Let us Sing with Melody! (with Guest Conductor Joseph D’Eugenio)
2014 - Musical Pairs: Music of Europe and America (with Guest Conductor Dr. Pamela J. Perry)
2013 - Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
2012 - Music of Celebration and Solace
2011 - Choral Classics Plus!
2010 - Choral Songs of Life and Love
2009 - Maurice Duruflé: Requiem
2008 - The Contemporary Choral Song
2007 - Great Music for Strings and Choir
2006 - Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
2005 - Music for a Sacred Space
2004 - Great Music for Double Choir
2003 - Ludwig van Beethoven: Symphony IX, with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
2002 - George Frideric Handel: Messiah, Part II
2001 - Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutsches Requiem
2000 - Music of America, a program of choral music by American composers
1999 - A Tribute to Robert Shaw, honoring the legendary maestro and his choral legacy