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*** => Practice tracks for the Fauré Requiem are here!
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The WVC is returning to Carnegie Hall!!
MidAmerica Productions has invited the WVC to participate in their concert at Carnegie Hall on Monday, June 29, 8:00 pm. We will join three choirs from Little Rock, Arkansas, to perform Gabriel Fauré's Requiem. We last performed this Requiem in the Spring of 2018 in Orange County and at Carnegie Hall also in a MidAmerica concert. There will be two rehearsals with the conductor and participating choirs in Manhattan on June 27 and 28 and there will be a dress rehearsal on stage at Carnegie Hall with the orchestra during the day on the 29th.
On Tuesdays May 26, June 2, 9, 16, and 23, we will rehearse at the Warwick Reformed Church at 7:30 pm.
*** Click here for the schedule for the rehearsals and performance, June 27 - 29.
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Three Ways to Buy tickets:
In Person: 881 Seventh Avenue and 57th Street
Call Carnegie Charge: (212) 247-7800
Online: https://www.midamerica-music.com/tickets.
Tickets are for family, friends, etc., of WVC singers performing in this concert.
(WVC singers who will be on stage do not need tickets.)
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*** => WVC's annual pot-luck dinner and business meeting: Tuesday, June 30, 7:00 pm, at St. Stephens cafeteria.
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A look back at WVC's Spring 2026 Season:
Our concert at St Stephan RC Church on May 17 can be viewed
WVC performs at Blooming Grove Church of Christ - May 8, 2026 photo by Van Pissari
WVC and Maestro De Fesi take a bow during their concert at St. Stephen RC Church on May 17, 2026
photo by Van Pissari
On June 6, 2026, WVC singers led by Maestro Ron De Fesi entertained the residents at the Promenade in Middletown, NY
Photo by Gail Johnson
Later that morning, the WVC singers performed a program at the Hillside Cemetary in Middletown.
Photo by Jamie Lynne Paradise
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The Warwick Valley Chorale welcomes new members!
No auditions required.
If you are interested in joining us and would like to share our love of music and singing, please send an email to Zoey Savale: savazoo@hotmail.com
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Warwick Valley Chorale is on facebook: Like us here!
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Show your support, donate and become a sponsor of the Warwick Valley Chorale.
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The Warwick Valley Chorale is proud to have sponsored last year The Stanley Curtis Memorial Scholarship for students aspiring to major in vocal studies at the college level. Click here for pertinent information.
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A look back at the wonderfull Fall 2025 Season:
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Click here to go to pages about the Fall 2025 musical program including the music scores, practice tracks, links to videos and recordings.
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Fri., Dec 19: Bring holiday cheer to area nursing homes.
2:00 - 2:30 - Valley View Center, 2 Glenmere Cove Road, Goshen. Perform in Towne Center, the large open space
3:00ish - Caroling at the home of a 99-year-old woman whose daughter
is a long-time supporter of WVC 33 Overlook Dr, Warwick
3:45 - 4:15 - Liberty Green, 2 Liberty Ct, Warwick, Bldg 2, 3rd Floor (Cyndy will hand out parking placards for Liberty Green at Valley View)
Ron will direct us, Gail will accompany us, and we'll sing a few of our "Second Half" selections.
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On Sunday, Nov. 23, WVC members led by Gail Johnson strolled through downtown Warwick and sang Christmas carols to passersby and in local establishments and stores as part of Warwick's Home for the Holidays celebration. Click here to see Warwick Advertiser's article about Home for the Holidays.
WVC Carollers at Warwick's Home for the Holidays, Nov. 23, 2025.
WVC Carollers at the conclusion of a great afternoon of entertaining in Warwick, Nov 23, 2025.
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Information and documents for the Fall 2025 season:
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A look back at the terrific Spring season 2025:
Saturday, June 7th - Concert w/ the Cortlandt Chamber Orchestra. (https://www.cortlandtmusic.org/Cortlandt-Chamber-Orchestra/) at the Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church – 110 Grand Street, Croton-on-Hudson, NY 10520. *******************
Bravi Tutti
The WVC along with choirs from Australia and Singapore and accompanied by the New England Symphonic Ensemble perform the Mozart Requiem under the baton of Margaret Pride on May 24, 2025
Photo by David Mow
On stage - let the concert begin. Photo by Van Pisarri
WVC singers arrive at Caregie Hall in the morning of May 24, 2025, for the dress rehearsal and afternoon performance of the Mozart Requiem.
Fantastic performance in Warwick. 👏 🏆 🔟
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Press release: WVC announced winners of the Stanley Curtis Memorial Scholarship and the dates and venues for its May concerts in Orange County.
First prize winner: Abigail Yurchuk, a junior at Warwick Valley High School
Second prize winner: Abigail Straebler, a senior at Port Jervis High School
Third prize winner: Taylor Longo, a senior at Valley Central High School.
See the documents box below for "Warwick Valley Chorale Press Release Concerts Spring 2025".
Click here for the article about WVC's concert series in the Warwick Advertiser.
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Maestro De Fesi conducts the WVC Chorus and Orchestra at St. Stephens RC Church, May 18, 2025.
Photo by Van Pisarri
WVC warming up for concert at St. Stephens RC Church, Warwick Photo by Van Pisarri
WVC Chorus and Orchestra receives a standing ovation for their performance at the Middletown's Grace Episcopal Church, May 16, 2025.
Photo by Van Pisarri
WVC Chorus and Orchestra at Middletown's Grace Episcopal Church, May 16, 2025.
Photo by Van Pisarri
WVC Chorus performs the Mozart Requiem at the Goshen Church, May 9, 2025.
Photo by Van Pisarri
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Documents and other information about WVC's Spring 2025 Season
including Warwick Valley Chorale Press Release Concerts Spring 2025 which announced the winners of the Stanley Curtis Memorial Scholarship.
Lose or misplace your Member Information Handout from registration. Download another copy from here.
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Singing with our friends in choral music.
On March 13, 2025, the Warwick Valley Chorale and Bellvale Community Choir and Orchestra collaborated to sing Hymn of Praise by Felix Mendelssohn, directed by Ron De Fesi. After a series of 5 rehearsals, the performance took place before a large and enthusiastic audience at the Bellvale Bruderhof Community. (https://www.bruderhof.com/bellvale)
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1 in 6 Americans sings in a choir
— and they're healthier for it
Click here to find out why.
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Your Brain and Singing:
Why Singing in a Choir Makes You Happier
Click here to check out this article.
Thank you to Eloise Ham for bringing this article to our attention.
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One of WVC's favorite composers, John Rutter, on "the Importance of Choir"
The WVC has performed many of Mr. Rutter's works in our concerts in Orange County. Also many members of the WVC were privileged to have been conducted by John Rutter at Carnegie Hall in 2006.
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To celebrate their 75th anniversary, the WVC commissioned America's favorite composer, Gwyneth Walker, for this arrangement of Down to the River to Pray, which was premiered at their December 2015 concerts.
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We practiced and made it back - May 2010, May 2016, April 2018, June 2019 and Dec 2023!!
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Click Here and take a look back at the WVC's last several seasons.
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