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"...a great sound...absolutely thrilling to hear..."—Bar Harbor Times
The Acadia Choral Society is a community chorus of about seventy members, who come from a wide geographical area that includes Hancock, Penobscot and Waldo Counties in Downeast Maine. Members include teachers, students, Jackson Lab scientists, artists, lawyers, doctors, librarians, stay-at-home moms and dads, and more. Some have been musically trained, while others are learning to read music.
Founded in 1978, the chorus was directed by Shirley Smith from 1984 to 2007. Dr. Jamie Hagedorn is the current music director, assisted by accompanist Julia Morris-Meyers.
The ACS performs a holiday concert the first weekend in December, and a spring concert the first weekend in May. Performances take place at St. Saviour's Church in Bar Harbor. We rehearse every Tuesday of our concert season at 7:00 p.m. at the Unitarian Universalist Church in Ellsworth (121 Bucksport Rd.)
We do not require auditions, but you are asked to contact our director in advance of the first rehearsal. Members pay dues and music fees; scholarships are available.
The first rehearsal for the 2008-2009 season will take place on September 9, 7:00-9:00 p.m.
Current Events (updated July 6, 2008)
ECS Publishing has released a CD, The Music of Stephen Chatman, which includes eight live-performance recordings of the Acadia Choral Society from December 2006 and May 2007. The chorus has commissioned and performed many works by Dr. Chatman, who is Professor of Composition at the University of British Columbia School of Music in Vancouver.
Coming in December
The Acadia Choral Society's next concert in December 2008 will feature music by contemporary British composer Paul Ayres—plus the Fantasia on Christmas Carols by Ralph Vaughan WIlliams, four selections by Samuel Barber, a set of Renaissance carols, and our traditional audience sing-along. Rehearsals will begin on September 9, at the Unitarian Universalist Church (121 Bucksport Rd., Ellsworth).
The Acadia Choral Society is a nonprofit organization.
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