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​Maria van Kalken
Director of the Old North Festival Chorus and Orchestra
announces Registration & Rehearsals for the annual
Lenten Choral Concert!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Registration & Rehearsals Announced for the annual
Lenten Choral Concert

 

Maria van Kalken, Director of the Old North Festival Chorus and Minister of Music at Old North Church, has announced registration and rehearsal details for the annual Lenten Choral Concert, and extends a warm and enthusiastic welcome to all singers to join!

 

Celebrating her 36th season as Director of the Festival Chorus, Maria has planned a beautiful choral concert to take place on Sunday, April 13, at 7:30pm, Palm Sunday. Members of the Old North Senior Choir, soloists, singers from the Old North Festival Chorus, and the Old North Festival Orchestra, will present this 60-minute concert in the sanctuary at Old North Church in Marblehead. This event marks the beginning of Holy Week and was established to offer members of the Marblehead community a program of musical reflection by candlelight. Over the years, the ensemble has more than doubled from the original forty singers to over eighty, and presents challenging and extraordinary musical programs.

 

All interested singers, from high school aged and beyond, are encouraged to join – those who have performed in past Festival Chorus Christmas and Lenten concerts, as well as newcomers. There are no auditions for the Chorus, and it is not necessary to be a member of Old North Church or the Festival Chorus to join, but previous choral experience is required. Registration and the first rehearsal will take place on Wednesday, February 26, at 7:30pm in the Parish Hall of Old North Church; subsequent rehearsals will take place every Wednesday evening until the performance on Sunday, April 13, 2025.

 

The choral centerpiece of the Lenten Concert will feature Dan Forrest’s stunningly beautiful Requiem For the Living, which was originally programmed in 2020, but abruptly halted – due to the Covid-19 pandemic. In the composer’s own words, this is to be performed “just as much for the living and their own struggle with pain and sorrow, as for the dead.”

 

Singers are expected to purchase a score, or bring their own previously purchased score of Dan Forrest’s Requiem to rehearsals; for those wishing to purchase a score, scores will be available at Registration. Scores for other choral selections – to be announced – will be available for purchase at Registration. The cost of new scores (Requiem and others, will not exceed $25).  In addition, there will be a nominal registration fee of $20 to help defray production costs.

 

Rehearsals will take place every Wednesday evening, from February 26 through April 9, from 7:30pm to 9:15pm; in addition, there is a mandatory Dress Rehearsal with the Orchestra on Saturday, April 12, from 10am to 1pm. The performance will take place in the evening of Palm Sunday, April 13, at 7:30pm.

 

All interested and experienced singers are welcome. Please forward any questions to Maria van Kalken, Director, Old North Church Festival Chorus & Minister of Music, Old North Church, at: vankalken@gmail.com

 

For more information about the Old North Festival Chorus, please visit https://www.oldnorthfestivalchorus.org/​

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