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Join us for our ‘Halfway to Summer’ music-fest on February 18!

At February’s meeting with Lisette, we will sightread Andrea Gabrieli’s 8-part Alla Battaglia and confirm & rehearse the pieces we’ll be playing in the May Concert (R.V. Williams/Lully/Handel/Gabrieli). More music-playing will follow after Lisette’s program! All music for February will be available here. Meeting location information is found here. See our latest newsletter here. Please…

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Have a Happy and musical NEW YEAR, and join us on Jan. 18, 2026!

Join us in the new year as Lisette plans to rehearse for our annual performance, the Spring Concert on Sun, May 17th. Bring your inégal for Lully’s Chaconne des Africains; your arpeggiated technique for V. Williams’ My Bonny Boy; and your most beautiful tone for Handel’s Sarabande. We’ll need one sopranino for each piece! And…

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Join us and have a real cool time at our November 16th meeting!

For our November meeting, Lisette will lead us in a dress rehearsal for our Yuletide concert. Come prepared to rehearse Gabrieli’s O magnum mysterium (double choir), Peter Beck’s arrangement of Gaudete (more altos and tenors welcome!), and the (new) swing version of Les anges dans nos campagnes (S,A8va,T with doubling octaves encouraged). Attendance required if…

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Join us for a scary good time at our October meeting!

Join us for our next meeting on October 19th, when Gail Gillispie will direct us in works by Arcadelt and Verdelot, and present a survey of the works of Vincenzo Ruffo (c. 1508 – 1587), an Italian priest and influential composer during the Counter Reformation. Gail, a performer of early music on lute, recorder and…

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