Page 16 - Susquehanna Chorale 40th Anniversary Book
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2017 – 2018 Season
• ●4/13-15/18 - SC performs Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Bloch’s Sacred Service with HSO, Stuart Malina, Conductor
• ●4/30/18 – PA Representative Frank Ryan presents Linda with a “Citation from PA House of Representatives” recognizing her retirement as Director of Choral Activities at Messiah College, “as well as her overall contributions to the choral arts throughout her distinguished career,” HSO performance, the Forum, Harrisburg, PA
2018 – 2019 Season • ●December 2018 - SC releases Roots and Wings CD
• ●4/13-14/19 - SC performs Poulenc Gloria with HSO, Stuart Malina, Conductor
2019 – 2020 Season • ● •
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●●1/7/19 - SC’s recording of Dan Forrest’s The Work of Christmas is chosen for “Joy to the ‘Burg,” a collaborative CD featuring Harrisburg area artists and musicians. Proceeds from CD sales benefit the homeless.
●●11/17/19 - SC commissions and premieres Worry Not My Love, a piece composed by Messiah graduate Douglas Beach to a text written by Roger Ails, honoring his wife, Helen, who suffered from Alzheimer’s Disease
●●December 2019 - This Candlelight Christmas concert is SC’s last performance before the COVID-19 pandemic cancels the remainder of the season
●●3/9/20 - SC rehearses for the last time in person due to COVID-19 restrictions and closures
●●4/13/20 - Virtual rehearsals begin via Zoom
●●August 2020 - SC releases its first virtual choir performance, Through Love to Light by Elaine Hagenberg
●●August 2020 - SC ties for second place in the Community Chorus category of the national 2020 American Prize Competition
Historic Ampitheatre at Chautauqua Institution, New York
Christmas in Parmer Hall, 2019
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Celebrating 40 Years
Parmer Hall
Candlelight Christmas at Market Square, December, 2021
Susquehanna Chorale Linda is happy with her singers