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Peter Hamlin, Chair
Mahaney Center for the Arts 308
802.443.5331
phamlin@middlebury.edu

Deborah Young, Coordinator
Mahaney Center for the Arts 307
802.443.5221
young@middlebury.edu
department fax number:
802-443-2057

Middlebury College Choir

Middlebury College Choir

Under the direction of Jeffrey Buettner, the Middlebury College Choir is an auditioned ensemble of 30 undergraduates singing music of major styles and time periods of the choral canon, folk music, world music, American music and new compositions. College Choir performs choral-orchestral works with members of the College Orchestra, and student soloists are featured frequently. Recent repertoire includes "Triptych" by Tarik O'Regan, "Fest- und Gedenksprüche" by Johannes Brahms, "Winging Wildly" by Kirke Mechem, "The King Shall Rejoice" by G. F. Handel, Missa Brevis in B Flat by Wolfgang Mozart, "Chichester Psalms” by Leonard Bernstein, Iranian folk and classical music, African American spirituals and American folk song.


The Middlebury College Choir holds a choral retreat at the beginning of fall semester, performs concerts each semester and sings for Baccalaureate and other College functions. In recent years the Senior Week Choral Concert has become an annual favorite of the college and community audience.

Rehearsals are Monday and Wednesday, 4:30 - 6:30 pm, Mead Chapel.

In addition to the tour to Monterey and San Francisco in March, 2011, the Middlebury College Choir toured to Hartford, Boston and New York City in spring 2009.


2011-2012 Season

Spring 2012 Calendar

Wednesday, March 21

Rifelf Lecture by Professor Buettner

4:30 PM (attend in place of rehearsal)

 

 

Saturday, April 14

Spring Choral Concert with Women’s Glee Club

6:45 pm call (dressed)

8:00 pm concert (free)

Mead Chapel

 

Middlebury Bach Festival

Friday, April 27

5:00 PM (ca.) rehearsal (lasts about 30 minutes)

Mead Chapel

 

Saturday, April 28

5:00 PM (ca.) rehearsal (lasts about 30 minutes)

Mead Chapel

 

Saturday, April 28

Bach Festival Concert

8:00 PM

Mead Chapel

Performers reception following at Ross Commons House


 

Saturday Wednesday, May 9

Performance with African Music and Dance Ensemble

Concert Hall (MCA)

call TBA

8:00 pm concert

 

May 21-25 (following exams)*

Senior Week Choir rehearsals

10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Fun Choir social activities follow daily.

 

Friday, May 25

Senior Week Choral Concert

8:00 PM

MCA Concert Hall

 

Saturday, May 26

Middlebury College Baccalaureate

9:00 AM Call for robes

10:00 AM Service

Mead Chapel

 

*College Choir is expected to remain through Senior Week for the Baccalaureate service.

 


Fall Choral Concert

Friday November 11, 8:00 PM Concert Hall

 

Lessons and Carols [Chapel Choir]

Sunday December 11, 4:00 and 7:00 PM Mead Chapel

 

Highlights from 2010-11

College Choir Spring Tour 2011

Sunday, March 27

St. Augustine’s Episcopal Church, 525 29th St., Oakland, CA

Monday, March 28

Irvine Auditorium, McCone Building, Monterey Institute of International Studies, Monterey, CA

Tuesday, March 29

Rothrock Performance Hall, Woodside Priory School, 302 Portola Rd., Portola Valley, CA

Thursday, March 31

First Unitarian Universalist Church, San Francisco, CA

Monday, April 4

Home Concert, Mahaney Center for the Arts, Concert Hall

View photos of the March, 2011 tour to Monterey and San Francisco on our Wordpressblog.
Also in regard to the recent Choir tour:

Hi Jeff,
I just wanted to say thank you again for coming to Castilleja.  The girls really enjoyed your performance and were still speaking about it the next day.  Here's the link to a news blurb we put on the school website about your visit.
http://www.castilleja.org/page.cfm?p=940119

 


 

Middlebury Bach Festival

May 6-8, Mead Chapel

Workshops (free) 10:30 AM, 1, 2, 3, PM; Festival Concert 8:00 PM

Learn more>>


 

 

Senior Week Choral Concert

Friday May 20, 8:00 PM Concert Hall, FREE

Department of Music

Mahaney Center for the Arts
72 Porter Field Road
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT 05753