THE WARWICK VALLEY CHORALE:

ORANGE COUNTY'S LONGEST-RUNNING AND 

MOST DISTINGUISHED COMMUNITY CHORUS

Photo by Ed Bailey

The Warwick Valley Chorale will participate in a special concert: Honoring Stanley Curtis through Song, to be held on June 4th at 3:00 pm in the William and Helen Richards Theatre at Orange Hall on the campus of SUNY Orange in Middletown.  Admission is free.

See the announcement on SUNY Orange's web site:  https://sunyorange.edu/calendar/index.php?eID=7087 

Map and directions to Orange Hall at SUNY Orange


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The concert at St. Stephen RC Church can be viewed here 

(the music starts at 23:00 minutes in)

https://venue.streamspot.com/event/Mzg2NzYyOA==

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View the concert at Goshen CR Church here  https://goshen.church/concerts

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The Spring concerts, "Three B's, Old and New," will feature Beethoven's Mass in C Major.  The program will also include works by Johannes Brahms and J.S. Bach, as well as selections by Leonard Bernstein, Irving Berlin, and Jerry Bock (composer of Fiddler on the Roof

Click here to see the announcement in the Warwick Advertiser. 

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The Warwick Valley Chorale is proud to announce that its new Musical Director and conductor is the renowned local musician Ron DeFesi.  Click here for Ron's bio.

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Stay tuned to this web site and WVC's FaceBook page for further announcements.

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If you would like to share our love of music and singing please send an email to our President, Zoey Savale: savazoo@hotmail.com or call her at 845-477-8391.

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The Warwick Valley Chorale is proud to be Orange County's oldest continuously operating community chorus.  We include members from nearby communities in New York and New Jersey, and always welcome new members. Dues are charged, but no auditions are required.

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Here is WVC's Concert on Sunday, Dec 4, 

recorded at Goshen Christian Reformed Church:

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A look back at WVC's Spring 2022 season:

Concert announcement in the Warwick Advertiser:  Click here. 

Concert announcement in the Photo News:  Click here. 


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A look back at WVC's Fall 2021 season and its holiday concert: 

"Here We Come A-Caroling"

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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.

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One of WVC's favorite composers, John Rutter, on "the Importance of Choir"

The WVC has performed many of Dr. Rutter's works in our concerts in Orange County.

Also many members of the WVC were privileged to have been conducted by Dr. Rutter at Carnegie Hall in 2006.

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A look back at WVC's 75th anniversary year: Fall 2015 and Spring 2016 featuring two world premieres:  Gwyneth Walker's arrangement of "Down to the River to Pray", and the WVC participated in a world premiere performance in Carnegie Hall on May 28th, 2016, of Ivo Antognini's A Prayer for Mother Earth.

Members of the Warwick Valley Chorale getting ready to enter Carnegie Hall.

Stanley Curtis, the Conductor of the Warwick Valley Chorale, congratulates the composer, Ivo Antognini, on the marvelous score for his A Prayer for Mother Earth.  Dr. Curtis along with 65 other members of the WVC joined about 150 other choristers from New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas and Switzerland in Carnegie Hall's Stern Auditorium accompanied by the composer on piano and the New England Ensemble. Andrew Crane masterfully conducted the performance to a standing ovation from the audience.

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Gwyneth Walker's arrangement of Down to the River to Pray, premiered by the Warwick Valley Chorale at their December 2015 concerts and by popular demand was performed again at WVC's June 2016 concerts in Middletown and Warwick:

Audio by Tom Venable and video by Rachel Rosen

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Click here to see highlights from WVC's recent seasons: in Orange County, New York City and the world.

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