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NEWTON, MA – Commonwealth Chorale announces the appointment of Dr. Michael Driscoll as its next Artistic Director beginning with the 2022 – 2023 season. Driscoll assumes the position following the retirement of David Carrier who led the group for forty-three years.
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During the spring of 2021, individual recordings of Chorale Members were combined to create a Virtual Commonwealth Chorale performance of Randall Thompson's "The Road Not Taken".
What a joy to be rehearsing in person again!
After a year of zoom rehearsals, it was wonderful to see each other again and to hear more than our own voices. We were distanced from each other, and wearing masks, but we could again be part of a...
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November 16, 2019
In celebration of David Carrier’s 40 years as Music Director of Commonwealth Chorale, an oratorio for chorus and chamber orchestra as well as soprano and tenor soloists was commissioned. The oratorio, As We Are Changed, was composed by Commonwealth...
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From the Newton Tab November 25, 2017:
On Saturday, November 11, 2017, at 8 pm, Commonwealth Chorale celebrates the extraordinary legacy of America’s first woman composer, Amy Beach, with a performance of her Grand Mass in E-flat Major, Opus 5.
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Commonwealth Chorale presents “Triumph and Homecoming”, part of Newton’s Festival of the Arts, Saturday, May 13, 2017 8 pm, at Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland Street, West Newton.
Music Director David Carrier has chosen four composers, four unique styles that bring drama, nostalgia...
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Founded in 1976 as Newton Choral Society, in our fortieth season we’ve changed our name to Commonwealth Chorale to better reflect our growth. While we began as a group of mostly Newton residents performing for Newton audiences, today we attract talented singers and large audiences from across...
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Patricia Van Ness and Newton Choral Society together again.
Poet and composer Patricia Van Ness sits in the chancel of Eliot church and listens to Newton Choral Society rehearse the piece she wrote for them 6 years earlier. Nocturnes will be repeated in the upcoming final concert...
moreNCS Newsletter September 2013
From the Top:
Music Director David Carrier has announced the Newton Choral Society’s 2013-2014 concert season. (See sidebar “upcoming events.”) Our 38th season, “Journeys of Transformation,” surveys innovations in sacred...
moreTranquility and Solace - Fauré’s Requiem and more:
Our season concludes on May 11 (details in sidebar) with five compositions, each of which elicits a sense of tranquility and solace: Fauré’s Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine, Palestrina's...
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