APRIL The Chorus gave 2 outstanding performances of the ‘Deus Ex Machina’ program, at Union Theological Seminary on the Upper West Side, and at St Paul’s Carroll Street. The program highlights included our second commission from Composer-in-Residence Dale Trumbore, a 2019 edition of ‘Messiahs: False and True’ by former Composer-in-Residence Rex Isenberg, originally composed in 2014 for Cantori New York.
MAY With our Season’s original programming under our belt, the Chorus began rehearsals on the pieces they would be singing in June as the lab choir for the Choral Chameleon Summer Institute conductor. The Ensemble gathered in at Carriage House Studios, in Stamford CT to record four of the pieces from the ‘Storytime’ program.
JUNE The Lycée Français de New York, a bilingual school in Manhattan, once again extended their invitation to Choral Chameleon to perform in their June concert. This year, the Ensemble took up the mantle, performing parts of the ‘Storytime’ program. For the ninth time, Choral Chameleon held a Summer Institute for Composers and Conductors. The Ensemble provided the lab choir for the composers, and for the second time, the four student conductors were in the good hands of the Chorus. As we have come to expect, the Institute’s intensive format and high teacher-pupil ratio garnered terrific results from our 15 talented students.
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