American Songbook

VOICES Chorale
Sotto Voce

Soloists

Featuring Randall Thompson’s Frostiana, George Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess, and favorite folk songs and spirituals

Third Concert Added!

Ticket Ordering Information
Tickets may be ordered online up to the day prior to the concert, or purchased at the door. You may also call 609-637-9383 and leave your contact information to receive a return call to complete the ticket purchase.

25% discount with NJ Arts Pass at New Jersey venues!

$3 DISCOUNT FOR ADVANCE TICKET ORDERS PRIOR TO DAY OF CONCERT!

All advance ticket orders are on a "will call" basis and will be held for you at our concert box office. Please print your online receipt as proof of purchase. Thank you for your order!

Friday, June 5, 2009, 8:00 p.m. at the Pennington Presbyterian Church, 13 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ

Saturday, June 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Ewing, 100 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ 08628
(Concert to benefit the 1867 Sanctuary Restoration Fund!)

Sunday, June 7, 2009, 3:00 p.m. at the Anchor Presbyterian Church, 980 Durham Road, Route 413, Wrightstown, PA 18940

Upcoming Concerts at-a-Glance
We welcome new singers!

All VOICES venues are wheelchair-accessible.

AMERICAN SONGBOOK
including Randall Thompson's Frostiana, George Gershwin's Porgy and Bess, and favorite folk songs and spirituals

Third concert added!

Friday, June 5, 2009, 8:00 p.m. at the Pennington Presbyterian Church, 13 South Main Street, Pennington, NJ

Saturday, June 6, 2009, 8:00 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church of Ewing, 100 Scotch Road, Ewing, NJ 08628
(Concert to benefit the 1867 Sanctuary Restoration Fund!)

Sunday, June 7, 2009, 3:00 p.m. at the Anchor Presbyterian Church, 980 Durham Road, Route 413, Wrightstown, PA 18940

VOICES SUMMER SINGS
(dates tentative)

Thursday, July 16, 2009, 7:30 p.m., Carmina Burana at the Anchor Presbyterian Church, 980 Durham Road, Route 413, Wrightstown, PA 18940

Thursday, August 6, 2009, 7:30 p.m., Fauré's Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine at Music Together, 225 Pennington-Hopewell Road, Hopewell, New Jersey 08525

Download or print our spring brochure!

VOICES Chorale  Spring 2009
Our 21st season spring concerts include the Haydn Lord Nelson Mass with the Newtown Chamber Orchestra, and a June “American Songbook” concert featuring Thompson’s Frostiana and excerpts from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess. And now tickets can be ordered online!

VOICES was founded in 1987 to provide outstanding performances of new and classical music and to interest children in composing and singing. VOICES Chorale, an auditioned chorus with members from New Jersey and Pennsylvania, was founded in 1992 to provide outstanding performance opportunities for community singers. (See A Short History of VOICES.) The Chorale performs an unusually varied repertoire, including choral masterworks and premieres by American composers. Our Music Director is Dr. Lyn Ransom.

VOICES rehearsing at Music Together, Hopewell, NJ

VOICES performs six to eight formal concerts and several outreach concerts each year in Mercer County, New Jersey and Bucks County, Pennsylvania. The group also occasionally performs in New York City and tours internationally, with our most recent tour, to Bavaria and northern Italy, in the spring of 2007. Our current membership is over 60 singers, including a 28 member chamber ensemble called Sotto Voce. We usually rehearse Monday nights from 7:30-9:45 pm at locations which are a short drive from Princeton, Trenton or Bucks County, PA. This year, we are rehearsing at Music Together in Hopewell, New Jersey.

VOICES also has a variety of programs of interest for:
   children and their teachers,
   performers, and
   the community.

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Hear us on CD!

Preview and order VOICES CDs online!

Media and Publicity Resources

Our Christmas VOICES and Duruflé Requiem CDs may now be purchased at:

• Westminster Music and Books (the Choir College book store), 101 Walnut Lane (at Hamilton), Princeton, NJ
• Trinity Cathedral, 801 West State Street, Trenton, NJ
• Newtown Book and Record Exchange, 102 South State Street, Newtown, PA

VOICES invites new and returning members to join us for our spring concerts!

Are you too busy to sing? Our members find our rehearsals and performances to be a special time for ourselves. Making music together, even in its most energetic moments, creates an "oasis of spirit" which we take with us for days; it re-energizes us and re-focuses us on enjoying and valuing the things that are most important in life.

"Come sing with VOICES!"

VOICES welcomes new members through auditions scheduled by appointment throughout the year. In addition to singing the world's great choral literature, VOICES offers singers an opportunity to learn about vocal technique, music history and performance style in music. The chorale, under the direction of Dr. Lyn Ransom, attracts serious amateur musicians from New Jersey and Pennsylvania. The music ranges from Renaissance to contemporary -- from spirituals and show music to the sacred and classic. If you love a musical challenge, this is where you belong! Interested singers should call call or email Sandy Duffy, Voices Chorale Audition Coordinator (609) 799-2211 or auditions@voiceschorale.org to schedule an audition.

Sponsors, Advertisers and Contributors

Please also consider joining our individual and corporate sponsors. Your contributions enable us to provide the best possible concert spaces, soloists and instrumentalists in the area for your enjoyment. Please consider advertising in our program, becoming a contributor, or upgrading your status as a contributor. New friends are always welcome!

Also, if you have not yet heard, you can support VOICES by ordering items on-line! Just go to www.iGive.com. Basically, when you register at iGive.com and designate your donation organization as VOICES (it's already on the list!), anytime you order anything on-line by passing through iGive.com to visit your favorite online retailers (LLBean, Macy's, Barnes & Nobles, j.crew, Lands End, Best Buy,...), a portion of your order will go towards VOICES. You do not pay extra for this service and each store donates a different share of their proceeds. All you need to do is go visit iGive.com first and then, through that website, go to your favorite on-line store. It's really easy! We know it may sound minimal, but every little bit helps and it's really simple to do!

Thank you!

Gift alert!
VOICES' 20th Anniversary Cookbook,
DELECTABLE COMPOSITIONS

The spiral bond book is filled with an array of favorite recipes of Chorale-members, including those of VOICES' "sister" chorale, Chorkreis St. Sebald in Erlangen, Germany. Edited by VOICES members Ruth Baggitt and Irene Ey, the cookbook contains 200 delicious recipes of appetizers, soups, salads, main dishes, desserts, beverages and breads. Some are very simple and easy to prepare; others are more elaborate recipes, some are yummy and "figure-friendly", others are decadently indulgent. The book also contains useful information and cooking tips. It is a great gift!

Purchase at our concerts or order online for only $20 plus Domestic S&H of $4.60 per book. For only $5 more, we'll include a CD of VOICES performance of the Durufle Requiem, recorded in the beautiful Trinity Cathedral in Trenton, NJ!

THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

VOICES is supported in part by funds from the New Jersey State Council on the Arts, Department of State, a partner agency of the National Endowment for the Arts, and by funds from the Mercer County Executive and the Mercer County Board of Chosen Freeholders.

25% discount with NJ Arts Pass!

The VOICES COMMUNITY OUTREACH PROGRAM was supported by the Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, a state agency, through its regional arts funding partnership, the Pennsylvania Partners in the Arts (PPA). State government funding depends upon an annual appropriation by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency. PPA is administered in this region by the Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance.