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.
“Hope Lights the Way”
Our December Holiday Concerts Dec 12th and 14th
We are pleased to announce the program for our December Holiday concerts on Friday, Dec 12th 7:30pm at Waitsfield UCC, and Sunday, Dec 14th at 7:30pm at Waterbury Congregational Church
Our major piece is the “Messe de minuit pour Noël” by Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643-1704), a dominant composer of the French Baroque period. His Midnight Mass for Christmas is based on ten French Christmas carols and will include vocal soloists accompanied by a string quintet and two flutes.
Our other pieces include:
• “O Magnum Mysterium” by Tomás Luis de Victoria (1548-1611) a motet for Christmas Day by a famous Spanish composer of the late Renaissance
• Morten Lauridsen’s setting of the Marian antiphon “Ave Maria”
•“Hodie Christmas natus es” (Latin for “Today Christ is Born”) arranged by Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck (1562-1621), a Dutch organist and composer of the early Baroque period
•Ola Gjeilo’s “Across the Vast, Eternal Sky”, a soaring piece that sets these words to music: “Sunlight shines on my face; This is my grace, to be restored, born again in flame!“
And of course, we will be singing carols with the audience and conclude with Handel’s “Hallelujah Chorus”
The MRC at Waterbury Congregational Church on May 4th, 2025
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.