Thank you for attending our New England premiere of Tim Takach’s “We Are Phoenix” on May 10-11, 2025!
If you missed this concert, or just want to relive some of the wonderful moments, please check out our concert video below.
Our next event will be a Summer Sing of Dan Forest’s Requiem for the Living on August 16 th , conducted by Dr. Matthew Leese. For more information, please go to https://monadnockchorus.org/summer-sing
MEET DR. SANDRA HOWARD, OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Sandra Howard is a Professor of Music at Keene State College. She teaches courses in choral methods and conducting, supervises methods practicum and student teaching, and conducts the Keene State College Chamber Singers and Concert Choir.
Dr. Howard earned a B.M. Music Education and M.M. Vocal Performance from the University of Maine and a Ph.D. in Music Education/Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Missouri-Kansas City. She taught middle and high school music in Conway, New Hampshire and served as an adjunct faculty member at Granite State College, Blue River Community College in Missouri, and the UMKC Conservatory of Music and Dance. She is an active presenter at Society for Research in Music Education and Society for Music Teacher Education Research symposia and at ACDA and MEA state and regional conferences. Her scholarship has been published in the Journal of Research in Music Education, Missouri Journal of Research in Music Education, The Choral Journal, Teaching Music, and NHMEA QuarterNotes Journal.
Howard is the recipient of the 2016 Campus Compact for New Hampshire Presidents’ Good Steward Award and 2017 NHACDA Association Choral Director of the Year. She has conducted in United States, Canada, Germany, and Italy. Dr. Howard resides in Westmoreland, New Hampshire with her husband, son, and two chocolate Labrador retrievers.
A few comments from Sandra: “I am thrilled to have been invited as the Artistic Director of the Monadnock Chorus, whose tradition of choral excellence has been celebrated in the Monadnock Region for over sixty years. Through the leadership of previous conductors, the Monadnock Chorus has brought a high level of choral artistry and musical excellence to the community. It will be my greatest joy to continue to collaborate with these dedicated singers from across the greater Monadnock Region to craft a vibrant choral sound, promote a positive community of singers, and present choral music of the utmost quality to enrich the culture in the greater region.”
Singers of All Levels Welcome!
Monadnock Chorus, founded in 1959, is fortunate to be part of the vital arts community that encompasses the Monadnock Region. Our core mission is to provide choral singing opportunities for area residents and to bring quality choral music to the Monadnock Region. Key to our long term success is the promotion of choral singing as an art form among residents of all ages. We prepare and perform four ticketed concerts each year--two in December and two in May. A smaller choral ensemble, the Monadnock Chorus Chamber Singers, prepares and performs six or more concerts each year in different venues throughout the Monadnock Region.
We are part of World Choral Day
We won a Ewing Arts Award in Performance Arts
SING! and ELO-MC
The Monadnock Chorus hopes to increase a love of choral singing among young people via our SING! and ELO-MC initiatives. Monadnock Chorus waives all membership costs for students who are accepted.
Forty Towns
We recently embarked upon an initiative to sing in all 40 towns in the Monadnock region over time.
Summer Sing
Our Monadnock Summer Sing offers area residents the opportunity to participate in a public sing of a major choral work.
“Some concerts are very beautiful. This concert was transformational.”
