The Chatham Chorale 2024-2025
Thank you for your interest in membership.
The Chatham Chorale is a cape-wide community chorus of approximately 80 members, performing a wide range of musical genres in venues throughout Cape Cod. Our music director is Joseph Marchio, and our president is Deborah Mahaney.
As a Potential New Member, we invite you to sing with us for several rehearsals, followed by a one-on-one audition with Joe. The audition music and other instructions will be provided. Generally, the audition pieces are selected from works we are rehearsing for the current season.
This Fall, our regular rehearsals are divided into two nights: Monday evenings to prepare for our November concerts and Thursday evenings to rehearse for our December holiday season. Both rehearsals are held from 7 pm to 9 pm, at the Cape Cod Lighthouse Charter School, 195 Route 137, Harwich, MA. Occasionally, there are additional rehearsals on another evening of the week to concentrate on specific repertoire or as a makeup for a Monday holiday. Members are allowed to miss up to two rehearsals for any one concert series. Added absences for illness or travel must be approved by the Music Director. One or two rehearsals just before a performance are considered mandatory dress rehearsals.
Chatham Chorale Concerts for the 2024-2025 Season Include:
A Musical Cornucopia – Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10, 2024
A Candlelight Christmas – Saturday, December 21 and Sunday, December 22, 2024
A Broadway Feast to Benefit Food 4 Kids – Saturday, March 8 and Sunday, March 9, 2025
Grandeur and Glory – Sunday, April 27, 2025 – with Chamber Orchestra provided by the Cape Symphony
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The Chatham Chorale will also be the featured chorus for Cape Symphony Orchestra’s Holiday on the Cape, December 6, 7 and 8 at Barnstable High School.
Members are encouraged to sing in all these performances, but we realize that each person has other activities and commitments. You are therefore allowed to choose the concerts in which you will participate.
The yearly membership fee for the Chatham Chorale is $160, payable after you successfully complete your audition. This fee applies no matter how many performances in which you sing during the year. However, the membership fee for new members joining between January and June is $80.
Covid policy: All participants must provide proof of vaccination to audition, to attend rehearsals, and to perform. Masks are optional. This policy is reviewed monthly by our Board of Directors to confirm adherence to CDC guidelines and to protect the safety of all.
For further information or to give us a try, please contact our Membership Chairperson. We look forward to singing with you !
Cindy O’Leary, Membership Chairperson
cindy.capeescape@gmail.com
774-722-7839
Live Simply – Laugh Often – and SING !!!
Live Simply – Laugh Often – and SING !!!