Information for Singers
The Mad River Chorale is a community chorus, drawing members from all over Central Vermont. Singers of all ages are welcome, whether new to choral singing, experienced, or returning to singing after an absence.
We do not have auditions, though our conductor may check your range, tone, and music skills to know you better. We ask that you be able to match pitch, hold your part, and be willing to spend some time outside rehearsal learning your music.
The ability to sight-read is not required, but it will be important (and fun) to learn the rudiments of reading music along with us. We rehearse Mondays 7 to 9 pm in the Chorus Room at Harwood Union High School, Route 100 in Duxbury.
We start rehearsals for our Spring 2025 term on Monday, Jan 13th at 7pm at Harwood Union High School. The program, entitled Luminous Night of the Soul, includes works by Rachmaninoff, Ola Gjeilo, Morten Lauridsen, and Beethoven. The dates of our Spring concerts are the weekend of May 3rd & 4th. Further details to follow.
Mad River Chorale dues are $75 per concert season. Dues help us to defray a portion of the costs related to our professional conductor and professional accompanist. Other expenses are covered by ticket sales and fund-raising. This semester there are three pieces that you can purchase through the MRC; the two Gjeilo pieces and “Sure on This Shining Night”. You only need to purchase the ones you do not have. The total cost for all three is $17.00.
If dues are a strain on your budget, please be aware that we have never turned away someone who wants to sing with us. We welcome those who have concerns to contact any board member so that an accommodation can be arranged.
You can pay for your dues and music with a check made out to “Mad River Chorale” given to those greeting and processing singers at rehearsal. You can also pay your dues and for the music you need on the MRC Square Site. Just click or touch the button “Dues Payment” and then (if needed) the “Music Payment” button where you can select which pieces you need to buy.
For more information call our section leaders
Sopr Melissa Volansky 802 371-8184
Alto Barbara Barra 908 313-7774
Bass Roger Porter 802 496-4505
Tenor Ted Marcy 802 578 3797
MRC Board of Directors
Tony Egan, President
Candace Porter, Vice President
Barbara Barra, Treasurer
Melissa Volansky, Secretary
Betsy Ainsworth
Jane Hobart
Susan Hoyt
Ted Marcy