Mad River Chorale
Serving our Community Through Song
The Mad River Chorale (MRC) has been inspiring singers and audiences for over 30 years. We are a welcoming non-auditioned community chorus that performs concerts twice a year, in December and in the Spring. The MRC’s goal is to provide members an opportunity to sing a rewarding and challenging repertoire and to give our audience the experience of, and knowledge about, wonderful choral music.
“Vespers” – Evening Prayer
Our Spring Concerts May 16th and 17th, 2026
Our Spring semester will focus on two compositions – one by Mozart and one by Rachmaninoff – for “Vespers” or evening prayer. While this liturgy has been practiced for centuries by various Christian denominations, vespers can also refer to the secular or areligious practice of quiet contemplation in the evening hours.
We hope this beautiful music serves whatever you are looking for on the evening of Sat, May 16th or late afternoon on Sun, May 17th.
Mozart composed the Vesperae solennes de confessore(Solemn Vespers for a Confessor), K. 339 in 1780 for chorus and soloists accompanied by strings, trumpets, trombone, and timpini! We will give you all of that in concert!
The Mad River Chorale sang only four of the 15 movements of Rachmaninoff’s All Night Vigil (first performed 1915) at our Spring 2025 concert. We would like to present other movements along with repeating one or more of those we sang in 2025.
We hope to see you either at the Waitsfield UCC/Village Meeting House on Saturday, May 16th at 7:30pm or at the Waterbury Congregational Church on Sunday, May 17th at 4pm so that we can share this beautiful music with you.
The Mad River Chorale is a 501(c)(3) charitable organization. Your donation helps the MRC to include instrumentalists – strings, harp, brass, winds, percussion – and soloists to accompany the chorale, enriching the experience for everyone. Thank you for your support! The button below takes you to our Square site for secure transactions. If you would prefer, you can send a check to the MRC at PO Box 158, Waitsfield, VT 05602.