Welcome to the Frederick Chorale’s 35th season! We founded the chorus in June 1977 and have been going strong ever since. We just completed our 9-event “Frederick Goes Baroque!” music festival, and are proud to say that over 1500 people attended these performances, where they heard some of the very best music of the Baroque period, performed extremely well by local and area musicians. Over 150 musicians performed! We want to thank you and the Frederick community for supporting the festival and making it such a success.
This year we will have a wonderful Revels on Saturday night, December 3. Save the date! Great music, lots of fun and pageantry, and chances for the audience to sing some favorite Holiday classics. Then, on Sunday, April 22, 2012, the Chorale will present a unique, original program celebrating the Earth and our relationship to it. Don’t miss this Earth Day Concert, which is certain to move you, thrill you, and send you home with an even greater appreciation for the beauties of our planet and the brilliance of the composers who have written such glorious choral music about it.
April 22 will also be my last concert with the Chorale. It is time for me to retire and be able to devote more time to my family and other pursuits, even though I will miss the Chorale very much. The chorus is hard at work managing this transition and will conduct a thorough search for my successor. I have no doubt that the chorus will continue to grow and develop, hopefully exploring new directions and reaching new levels of attainment under the leadership of a new, younger, and highly-skilled director. I will continue to be their biggest fan! I hope to see you at our performances.
Nancy Roblin