Christ Church Easton opens its 2016-2017 Concert Series this Sunday, October 2, at 4:00 p.m. Commemorating 400 years since the death of William Shakespeare, the Frederick Chorale joined by the Shore Shakespeare Company will present Songs and Scenes of Shakespeare with song settings of Shakespeare’s words. Sunday’s concert is a reprise concert of the chorale’s highly successful spring concert.
Organized in 1977, the Frederick Chorale was formed to provide an outlet for talented singers who wanted to learn and perform great choral music in the Frederick County area. The chorale is distinguished by the high caliber of its performances, including everything from choral masterworks to classic American songs, Broadway songs, rock and roll, and works by Maryland composers.
The chorale has sung for cultural events in Frederick, Philadelphia, Annapolis, Chestertown, Canada, Great Britain, and the Middle East, performed at the White House and on the Today Show, and has collaborated with orchestras, dancers, military bands and choruses, flute choirs, early instrument ensembles, children’s choirs, college choirs, storytellers, and handbell ensembles. From mucking out the newly restored Weinberg Center Theater after a flood in 1986 to singing Hospice Benefits concerts, joining with the Singing Sergeants for a post-9/11 concert, singing at area church services, and hosting gospel music workshops and concerts, the chorale has been an important contributor to Frederick, Maryland, and beyond for thirty-eight years. Under Music Director, Douglas Cox, they are happy be part of the musical, cultural, and spiritual life of Frederick and the state of Maryland.
The Shore Shakespeare Company, like the Frederick Chorale, is an all-volunteer, nonprofit organization. Its membership includes professional, university-trained actors and amateurs with unrelated day jobs, all dedicated to presenting the works of William Shakespeare and the classical theatre repertoire.
A relatively new touring company, Shore Shakespeare performs at public venues around the Eastern Shore striving to present productions of the highest quality. Under director, Shelagh H. Grasso, they have performed Macbeth, Comedy of Errors, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, and the original A Little Touch of Shakespeare. Its members individually have acted, directed, written, costumed, built sets, and stage managed for productions on Broadway and in other theaters in New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware, and as a company, in venues across the Eastern Shore.
Sunday’s concert is free and open to the public. Doors open at 3:30 p.m., and a freewill offering will be received. Christ Church is located at 111 S. Harrison Street in Easton. For more information contact 410-822-2677 or visit www.christchurcheaston.org.
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