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Pemi Choral Plans 50th-Anniversary Spring Concert Series
PLYMOUTH – The 100- voice Pemigewasset Choral So- ciety (Pemi Choral) will begin rehearsals on Monday, January 22, 2024, at the Silver Center in Plymouth, N. H. for its May concert “Sweet Rivers.” The two special 50th Anniversary concerts will be performed on May 4, 2024, at the Colonial Theatre in Laconia, N.H., and May 5, 2024, at Silver Center in Plymouth, N.H. The Pemi Choral Society is very grateful to the Laconia Put- nam Fund for its generous spon- sorship of the 50th Anniversary Concert Series.
The concerts will feature a commissioned work celebrating the chorus’s 50th anniversary, composed by internationally rec- ognized composer Moira Smi- ley. Her commission is based upon the poem “Flying” by for- mer Plymouth State University professor Jane Babin, who died from ALS in 2015. Other pieces in the spring concert include Shawn Kirchner’s “Sweet Riv- ers,” John Rutter’s “As the Bride- groom to His Chosen,” and Franz Schubert’s “Mass in G.”
“The concert title ‘Sweet Riv- ers’ honors the fact that the cho- rus is named for the Pemigewasset River that flows prominently through this area,” says Choral Director Will Gunn. The Abenaki word Pemigewasset means “swift current coming from the side,” describing the joining of the Baker River to the Pemigewasset.
The chorus continues to grow in membership and in enthu- siastic audiences. New singers are always welcome to try out this non-auditioned community
chorus at any of its first three re- hearsals before committing to the semester. Registration will begin at 6:15 p.m. on Monday, January
22, 2024, at Silver Center, Plym- outh State University, Plymouth, N.H. The rehearsal itself begins at 7:00 p.m. Detailed information
about the chorus and rehearsals can be found at pemichoral.org.
The Pemi Chorus is a 100- voice regional community chorus
based in Plymouth, N.H., with a wide-ranging musical repertoire. Members come from commu- nities throughout the Lakes Re- gion, Central New Hampshire, and the White Mountains. The chorus boasts a diverse range of ages from high school students to beyond 80. They perform concerts in December and May, and welcome new members at the beginning of each semester. For more information, please visit pemichoral.org, find us on Facebook and Instagram, or email us at pemichoralsociety@ gmail.com.
New singers welcome to join rehearsals January 22-February 5
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