Monadnock Chorus Performs “Songs for a Winter’s Night”
The Monadnock Chorus will present a winter concert of seasonal pieces by composers such as J.S. Bach, Felix Mendelssohn, Ralph Vaughn Williams, John Rutter, Robert Chilcott, Jean Berger, Michael Engelhardt, Kim Andre Arnesen and Nicholas Myers.
For this concert the chorus will be joined by a 16-piece orchestra of strings, horns, timpani, percussion, harp and organ!
Tickets are $25.00 and are good for either the Saturday or Sunday performance.
Our Most Recent Concert: Spring 2024
MEET MORGAN BOTHWELL, OUR ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Morgan Bothwell is Artistic Director of Monadnock Chorus. Morgan currently teaches and conducts at Keene State and Franklin Pierce University. He has strong ties to the Monadnock Region and brings years of vocal performance experience to his new role. After earning degrees in Vocal Performance from Millikin University and Wichita State University, Morgan returned to New Hampshire to pursue choral education work, while continuing to perform in vocal ensembles and operas, primarily in Boston and New York.
A few comments from Morgan: “My family has lived in Keene for many years and I have long been a fan of the Monadnock Chorus. The chorus brings so much to the region— high quality music and culture, of course, but also a connection with other lovers of wonderful music making. At a young age, I moved from my family home in Keene to join the American Boychoir, based in New Jersey. That institution sparked my love for choral singing and would lay the foundation for who I am now as a musician.”
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.”
