CAFUV News and Upcoming Events

CONCERTS (Fall 2023/Winter 2024)

Bel Canto Chamber Singers: Sat, December 9 (7:00 pm) and Sun, December 10 (4:00 pm)

Bel Canto performs “Wintertide” at First Congregational Church, 10 S. Park St, Lebanon NH.

Tickets and information at BelCantoSingers.org

Revels North: The Midwinter Revels on Tour (Dec 10, 15, 16)

  • Dec 10: Latchis Theatre, Brattleboro VT (2:00 pm)
  • Dec 15: Claremont Opera House, Claremont NH (7:00 pm)
  • Dec 16: Mascoma High School, Canaan, NH (2:00 pm)

Tickets and information at revelsnorth.org

Messiah Sing with Upper Valley Music Center: Sun, December 17 (3:00 pm)

Singers and Messiah lovers are invited to join us the Upper Valley Music Center’s annual production of Handel’s Messiah. Solos will be performed by UVMC voice students, with an orchestra featuring UVMC faculty and community musicians. All are invited to sing along with the choral parts, and we’ll supply a score if you need one. Raise your voice for the Hallelujah Chorus as we enjoy this holiday favorite as a community. Presenting an eclectic variety of fun and heart-warming music. First Congregational Church- Lebanon, 10 S. Park St. Suggested: $20. Conductor: Mark Nelson. Music Director: Jennifer Hansen

Optional Choral Rehearsal: Wed, December 13, 7:15-9 pm at First Congregational Church-Lebanon, 10 S. Park St.

Community Chorus at Upper Valley Music Center: Fri, January 19 (7:00 pm)

Presenting an eclectic variety of fun and heart-warming music. First Congregational Church in Lebanon (10 S Park St, Lebanon, NH)

Tickets and information at community-chorus-at-uvmc

Cantabile: Sat, January 27 (3:00 pm) and Sun, January 28 (3:00 pm)

Cantabile Women’s Chorus presents “Northern Exposure”, featuring music and composers from the northern regions of Canada, Estonia, Finland, Ireland, Norway, Silesia, Sweden, and Wales.  Sat, Jan 27 at Norwich Congregational Church. Sun, Jan 28 at First Congregational Church in Lebanon.

Tickets and information at cantabilewomen.org

Funding available!

Looking for grant funding options or other support form CAFUV? We are accepting grant proposals on a rolling basis at the moment, since we understand that the need for funding is often more urgent and it’s harder to plan for the future with so much uncertainty. Our general grant guidelines are here, but if you have an idea that doesn’t fit these criteria we encourage you to reach out nonetheless – we’re keeping a very open mind about how best to support choruses this year! Please email info@choralartsuv.org with ideas and questions.

Creativity in the face of the pandemic

Thank you for all your ideas about how CAFUV can help choruses during this time when we need singing the most – please, keep them coming! You can help us help you all stay connected by “liking” the CAFUV Facebook page and tagging us in your posts if you’d like us to help spread the word about what your chorus is up to. We hope that, once we’ve all got concerts scheduled again, this will become a great resource for all of the Upper Valley singers to keep tabs on singing opportunities and events in the area.

Sing together – but apart – but together!

CAFUV and area ensembles VoxStars, North Country Chordsman, Harmony Night Community Choir, and Zoomberry were featured in this article in the Valley News on October 10, 2020. It highlighted efforts to test the Driveway Choir system, which enables choruses to rehearse, and potentially even perform, at a distance, using radio technology to bring the voices together without the delays of the Internet.

“We want to fund projects that are aimed at keeping music going in any form under the restrictions of COVID-19 and are willing to put money toward experimenting with different ideas,” said Johanna Evans, CAFUV president. “We’re hoping one of the possible things we can do with this Driveway Choir is to have one of these systems available for church choirs to use that can be recorded and played during services.”

For more information about the system and how your ensemble could participate, please e-mail us at info@choralartsuv.org.

Support Choral Arts

As a not-for-profit arts organization, the Choral Arts Foundation of the Upper Valley can only do the work it does through the support of many generous people. Our volunteer board is thankful for any help you can give. Thank you to our 2019 donors!

Music lovers who wish to financially support CAFUV should know that their donations to CAFUV are tax-deductible and are used solely to support choral music. There are two options for contributing:

  1. Download this donation form and mail a check to Choral Arts Foundation, P.O. Box 716, Hanover, NH 03755
  2. Click on the donate button below to use your credit card to make a contribution.