Performances in the 2003-2004 concert season

• Saturday, Sept. 27, 2003, 4-10 pm: Singers' Project and Cantabile, in both of which I sing bass, participate in a project of the Grace Church (Amherst) Center for Sacred Music: Spem in alium nunquam habui, a 40-voice motet by Thomas Tallis, with other works of the Anglican Church tradition, performed by members of the above-mentioned groups as well as Pioneer Valley Cappella, the Grace Church Choir and other area singers. Beth Hart, director. Open rehearsal at 4 pm, concert at 8 pm.

 
• Saturday, Oct. 11, 2003, 3 pm & Sunday, Oct. 12, 2003, 3 pm: J.S. Bach's Weihnachts Oratorium (Christmas Oratorio), presented as part of the New England Bach Festival, Blanch Moyse, director, at Perssons Auditorium, Marlboro College, Marlboro VT. I am a long-term "ringer" in the tenor section of the Blanche Moyse Chorale.

 
• Sunday, Oct. 19, 2003, 4 pm: Novi Cantori, in which I sing baritone, gives the 5th performance of its 25th anniversary concert at St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Manchester, CT. Program includes Haydn's Grosse Orgelmesse (Great Organ Mass) with Larry Schipull, organist, and works by Purcell and others.

 
• Saturday, Oct. 25, 2003, 3:15 pm: Abridged repeat performance of April 15 recital program The Librarian's Muse: Songs and Poems by Librarians and Lexicographers, with pianist Janet St. Jean and narrator Corinne Ebbs; for Fall meeting of the New England Music Library Association, held at Cole Auditorium, Greenwich Public Library, Greenwich, CT.

 
• Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2003, 10:30 am: The vocal octet Cantabile, in which I sing bass, performs for the Tuesday Morning Music Club of Springfield. Also on the program is organist Grant Moss. Cantabile will sing works by Victoria, Josquin, Schütz, Monteverdi and Flecha. St. Paul the Apostle Roman Catholic Church, 235 Dwight Rd., Springfield MA.

 
• Saturday, Nov. 8, 2003, 7:30 pm: The vocal octet Cantabile, in which I sing bass, is guest professional vocal ensemble at Choral Spectrum '03, performing with the UMass/Amherst Chamber Choir, Chorale & Women's Choir with American Choral Directors' Association High School Honors Choirs. Each choir will sing pieces from its repertoire and the choirs will join for "Dona Nobis Pacem" from J.S. Bach's B Minor Mass, E. Wayne Abercrombie, director. Presented by UMass Amherst Music Department. Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, UMass Amherst. $5 students, seniors; $10 general.

 
• Sunday, Nov. 9, 2003, 2 pm: Bass soloist in a Community Sing of Haydn's Creation, presented by the Grace Church Center for Sacred Music. Grace Epicopal Church, Boltwood Ave., Amherst MA. Free.

 
• Saturday, Nov. 22, 2003, 8 pm; Sunday, Nov. 23, 2003, 2 pm: I sing the role of the Sandman in Humperdinck's opera Hansel and Gretel, presented by Commonwealth Opera at the Calvin Theater, 19 King St., Northampton MA.

 
• Saturday, Dec. 6, 2003, 4 pm; Saturday, Dec. 13, 2003, 3 pm: Novi Cantori, in which I sing baritone, presents its annual Carol Festival. Dec. 6 at First Congregational Church, 18 Broad St., Westfield MA; Dec. 13 at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, 335 Longmeadow St. (Rt.5), Longmeadow MA.

 
• Sunday, Dec. 7, 2003, 4 pm; Sunday, Dec. 14, 2003, 1 pm:Novi Cantori, in which I sing baritone, presents Christmas with Novi. Dec. 7 at St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church, 82 Howard St., Springfield MA; Dec. 14 at the Old Meeting House, Granville MA.

 
• Thursday, Dec. 11, 2003, 7:30 pm: Tenor soloist in selections from Handel's Messiah, with the Mostly Baroque Players Chamber Orchestra and Chorus, director David Hartman. Christmas and Hanukkah Music from the Baroque with extensive excerpts from Handel oratorios Messiah and Judas Maccabeus, featuring vocal soloists, chamber chorus and orchestra. Also featured will be Corelli's Christmas Concerto and vocal selections by Salamone Rossi. Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts, Hartford CT. $25 adults, $20 seniors, $10 students.
  

• Saturday, Dec. 20, 2003, 7:30 pm; Sunday, Dec. 21, 2 pm: Tenor solost and chorister in two complete performances of Handel's Messiah, presented by Arcadia Players Baroque Orchestra and Chorus, Dana Maiben, director. Dec. 20 at Christ Church Cathedral, 35 Chestnut St., Springfield MA; Dec. 21 at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 3 Elm St., Northampton MA. $22 general, $38 reserved, $15 seniors, $6 students.
  
  
• Friday, Mar. 5, 2004, 8 pm; Sunday, Mar. 7, 2003, 3 pm: Complete performance of Franz Schubert's song cycle Winterreise (Winter journey), with fortepianist Monica Jakuc, presented by Arcadia Players. The piano being used in this concert is a 6 1/2 octave replica inspired by a Conrad Graf fortepiano of c. 1819 in Goat Castle, near Prague, Czech Republic. It was built for Monica Jakuc by American maker Paul McNulty, who lives and works in Divissov, Czech Republic. This is its American debut in concert. Mar. 5 at Neilson Library Browsing Room, Smith College, Northampton MA; Mar. 7 at Mount Holyoke College Art Museum, Lower Lake Rd., South Hadley MA. $22 general, $38 reserved, $15 seniors, $6 students. Listen to selections.
  
  
• Thursday, Mar. 11, 2004, 8 pm: Novi Cantori (in which I sing baritone) joins University of Massachusetts Orchestra and Choirs in a performance of Beethoven's Mass in C. Directed by E. Wayne Abercrombie. Fine Arts Center Concert Hall, University Of Massachusetts, Amherst. General seating tickets $5/$10, students $3.
  
  
• Saturday, Mar. 13, 2004, 4:30 pm; Sunday, Mar. 14, 2004, 4 pm; Sunday, Mar. 21, 2004, 4 pm: Tenor soloist in three Hartford-area performances of Monteverdi's Selva morale e spirituale and Bach's motet Singet dem Herrn, in a program entitled "Psallite," with City Singers of Hartford, Susanne Gates, director. For details click here.
  
  
• Sunday, Mar. 28, 2004, 4 pm: Evangelist in J.S. Bach's St. John Passion (in English), with West Side Presbyterian Church Oratorio Choir, Orchestra and soloists, Joanne H. Rodland, director, Edward Brewer, continuo. Immaculate Heart Academy, 500 Van Emburgh Avenue, Washington Township, New Jersey. Free-will offering.
  
  
• Sunday, Apr. 18, 2004, 4 pm: 1st performance of  Novi Cantori's spring concert (in which I sing baritone and tenor), featuring Tomas Luis da Victoria's Requiem, anthems by English renaissance composer Matthew Jeffries, and Elizabethan madrigals from The Triumphs of Oriana. Hatfield Congregational Church, 41 Main St., Hatfield MA. Click here for directions. Free.
  
  
• Sunday, Apr. 25, 2004, 4 pm: 2nd performance of  Novi Cantori's spring concert. See April 18 for program details. St. John's Episcopal Church, 166 Holden St., Worcester MA. Click here for directions. Free
  
  
• Sunday, May 2, 2004, 4 pm: 3rd performance Novi Cantori's spring concert. See April 18 for program details. Christ Church Cathedral, 35 Chestnut St., Springfield MA. Click here for directions. Free.
  
  
• Friday, May 7, 2004, 8 pm: Vocal concert in memory of violist and vocalist Catherine Bowers, with string orchestra and instrumental ensemble conducted by E. Wayne Abercrombie and Zon Eastes. South Congregational Church, Fiddler's Green, South Amherst MA. Program will include Benjamin Britten's Serenade for tenor, horn and strings, Gerald Finzi's Let us garlands bring, and selections from Othmar Schoeck's Elegie. Free-will offering.
  
  
• Sunday, May 16, 2004, 10:30 am: Soloist in works of Ralph Vaughan Williams for Music Sunday at Unitarian Universalist Society of Greater Springfield, 245 Porter Lake Drive, Springfield MA
  
  
• Sunday, May 23, 2004, afternoon: Soloist in Schubert's Mass in E flat with Brattleboro Community Chorus, Susan Dedell, director
  
  
• Saturday, July 24, 2004, all day: Catherine L. Bowers Life Celebration, Northampton, MA. Gathering/service (Helen Hills Hills Chapel, Smith College), Reception/lunch/schmooze, Concert (Sweeney Concert Hall, Smith College).
  
  
• Tuesday, August 3, 2004, noon: The vocal octet Cantabile sings a noontime concert at King's Chapel, Boston MA. Works of Josquin des Prez.
  
  
• Thursday, August 19, 2004, 6 pm: Outdoor concert in the poolside loggia of John Varriano and Wendy Watson, Granby MA, with Kayla Werlin, mezzo-soprano, and Ian Watson, harpsichord. Music of Henry Purcell, cheifly drawn from The Fairy Queen. Benefit for Arcadia Players.