Westford Perfoming Arts Center

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Westford Chorus

Joining the chorus

Open Rehearsals are held in September and February, during the first two weeks of each Season.   Everyone is welcome to join the Open Rehearsals to see what the fun is all about, and decide if you want to join the Chorus.    
Auditions are not required.  We are a self-auditioned group, open to anyone who can match pitch and learn their parts.

Next Season starts with open rehearsals on Sept 9th and 16th at 7:00PM!

Hope to see you there.  

What we'll be singing:    Westford Chorus Members' Favorites!     

An exciting variety of Choral Pieces - many genres, many generations - all suggested by members of the chorus.

Here's how our Music Director, Jim Barkovic, explained the selections:

It all started at a Westford Chorus rehearsal a few months ago.  At the beginning of the rehearsal, I set out a pen and a pad of paper with the simple heading...

 

Westford Chorus Members' Favorites

Title         Composer

 

...and invited the Chorus members to write their favorite pieces or genres of choral music.

 

Over the next several weeks, an extraordinary thing happened--the members filled THREE PAGES of my notepad with their favorite choral pieces!  As a result, you'll get to experience many of the Chorus members' faves - a list representing 450 years of choral music!  There are far too many to fit in a single season, so we will be adding more in our spring season, too.  

Fall Lineup - September 9 - January

  • Africa (SCHOLA) -- Paich and Porcaro.  Arranged by Philip Lawson
  • Anoj Pusej Dunojelio (in Lithuanian) -- Vaclovas Augustinas
  • Beati Quorum Via -- Charles Villiers Stanford
  • Black is the Color of my True Love's Hair -- Appalachian folk song.  Arranged by Stuart Churchill
  • Born on a New Day (SCHOLA) -- David and Lawson.  Arranged by Peter Knight
  • Broadway, Here I Come -- Joe Iconis, arr. by Lisa DeSpain
  • Cantique de Jean Racine (in French) -- Gabriel Faure
  • He, Watching Over Israel from Elijah -- Felix Mendelssohn
  • I Shall Not See the Shadows from The Lost Birds -- Christopher Tin.  Text by Christina Rossetti and Emily Dickinson
  • The Lamb -- John Tavener. Text by William Blake
  • The Lion Sleeps Tonight -- Weiss, Peretti, and Creatore.  Arranged by Kirby Shaw
  • O Magnum Mysterium -- Morten Lauridsen
  • The Shepherd's Farewell -- Hector Berlioz
  • Sicut Cervus -- Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina
  • Stars from 3 Poems for Chorus -- Stephen Peisch. Text by Langston Hughes
  • Ubi Caritas -- Maurice Durufle

Rehearsals:

Tuesday evenings 7:00PM - 9:15PM
Parish Center for the Arts
10 Lincoln Street, Westford Center, 01886    (shown above)

COVID Policy

Dues:

If you decide to join us for the season (September to January), the dues will be $100.

Spring Season:

Sneak Peek - In our spring season (February to May) we will be singing the "Nidaros Jazz Mass" by Bob Chilcott for chorus, piano, bass, and drums, as well as additional Westford Chorus Members' Favorites!  

Interested?   Questions?

If we’ve caught your attention and you think you'd like to check us out,
or if you need more information, please let us know!