Choral Society To Host Summer Sing-In

BROOKFIELD — The Connecticut Choral Society (CCS), with conductor Eric Dale Knapp, will host a Summer Sing-In on Monday, August 11. Participants will sing selections from the Fauré Requiem.

The sing-in is open to all adult singers. Interested singers are encouraged to bring a singing friend. Cost is $7 per person, which includes use of music plus refreshments.

Registration starts at 7 pm, and the singing will begin at 7:30.

The sing-in will be at Valley Presbyterian Church, 21 West Whisconier Road (off Route 25).

Eric Dale Knapp is noted for his dynamism, fresh interpretations of musical repertoire and charismatic leadership of instrumentalists and singers alike. Mr Knapp is in his third year as artistic director and conductor of CCS. This summer he led the Olympic Festival Orchestra and Chorus in a concert of Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9, a concert presented in celebration of the 2008 Beijing Olympics with sponsorship from the Chinese government and the International Olympic Committee. He is also the artistic director and conductor of the International Haydn Festival 2009 in Vienna, Austria. 

Founded in 1980, the Connecticut Choral Society is committed to providing a music resource for Connecticut, encouraging the singing and performance of choral music of high artistic quality and stimulating greater appreciation and enjoyment of choral music.  The group performs locally several times each year and has appeared at Carnegie Hall, toured internationally and performed on network television.

For further information call 206-7186 or visit CTChoralSsociety.org.