Ars Choralis honors Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. with this tribute we created for Black History Month in February 2021. We share the words of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and President Abraham Lincoln that changed the course of history...
Ars Choralis continued its tradition of offering concerts of unity and love on New Year’s Eve with a virtual performance of Hold On: A New Year’s Eve Concert of Hope and Resilience. The concert featured best-selling author and cofounder of...
This 26th annual Welcome Yule concert featured Margaret Bonds’ The Ballad of the Brown King with libretto by Langston Hughes. It tells the story of Balthazar, the brown King. Special guest Doris Schuyler, Pastor of the Riverview Missionary Baptist Church in Kingston, read from...
Ars Choralis created this unique performance of the Fauré Requiem as a virtual performance. Conceived and created by artistic director Barbara Pickhardt, Ars Choralis performs with international guest choirs and instrumentalists. This virtual, online concert is offered in memory of...
On September 11, 2001, the sun and blue skies promised a beautiful day. Then, at 8:46 a.m., a catastrophe of unimagined proportions started to unfold, beginning in New York City, then in Washington, D.C. and finally in the quiet fields...
For years Ars Choralis has used its concert platform to speak for unity and peace among people. In this moment, with our musical voice silenced by a pandemic, we must use the pen and songs from past performances to express...
At the close of a recent PBS broadcast, Yo-Yo Ma played the familiar theme from Dvořák’s New World Symphony. I was in tears. Yo-Yo Ma understands that in this world fraught with confusion and fear, our souls need nourishment and...
Last September we imagined our 55th season drawing to a close performing Gabriel Fauré’s beloved Requiem in the serenity of the Maverick woodland. We could not have imagined announcing that the concert would be canceled due to a pandemic. Sadly,...
You may have attended Ars Choralis concerts of words and music in the past. Each of them had a particular purpose: healing after 9/11, solace after the 2014 tsunami, help for victims of Hurricane Katrina and the Haiti earthquake. And now,...
In April 2020, Ars Choralis and soprano Lily Arbisser had planned to perform Annelies, James Whitbourn’s beautiful setting of words from Anne Frank’s diary, in honor of Yom HaShoah. The concert may have been canceled, but we have not forgotten...
Ars Choralis regrets to announce that our performances of Annelies, scheduled for April 18 and 19, have been canceled. The beautiful setting of excerpts from Anne Frank’s diary has been an inspiration to those of us rehearsing it. We are...
Ars Choralis will present a fundraiser concert in its “Artist Within” series on Sat., Feb. 1 (snow date: Feb. 8) at 8 pm. The Sheeley House, a B&B in High Falls. The concert showcases “Frets, Keys & Pipes,” the duo...
Dear Friends, “Whenever a bell rings, an angel gets his wings,”— familiar words from the classic holiday film It’s a Wonderful Life. They are so well-known, I was startled when a young lady in the children’s chorus asked, “Why is...
We All Come from Somewhere New Year’s Eve at 6 p.m. – Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., Kingston A New Year’s celebration of the rich diversity of the American people through music of Neil Diamond, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie,...
Ars Choralis performed a beautiful and moving concert this spring with the help of Harvey Boyer conducting the Phoenicia Festival of the Voice Youth Chorale, and narration by Gilles Malkine. Works included, among others, O Vos Omnes by Pablo Casals,...
Greetings Friends of Ars Choralis, I am excited to tell you about our upcoming concert, inspired by the South African word ubuntu. Ubuntu is best described as Nelson Mandela’s message “that we are bound together in ways that are invisible to the eye; that there...
Within the 53 members of Ars Choralis, around 23 have family in the chorus. There are parents and their children, grandmas and their grandchildren, mothers and sons, aunts and nieces, cousins, married couples. The Ulrich family has the biggest family...
By Cynthia Werthamer (photos by Mary Leonard) A trip to Italy is almost always cause for celebration. When that trip involves singing concerts with Italian musicians and spending time with them afterwards, eating and sharing experiences, it becomes even...
Myles was a renaissance man. He seemed to know something about almost everything: trees, roads, buildings, history, music—especially history and music. In his car he would play an unexpected, interesting, eclectic mix of tunes that he would supplement with details...
Ars Choralis will travel to southern Italy in late June this year to perform at least twice and sightsee together. Plans include performing a concert with Coro Polifonica Matera in the ancient city of Matera, in the region of Basilicata....
The Ars Choralis 22nd annual Welcome Yule concert this year was a beautiful musical jewel of love and respect for our fellow human beings and our earth. After a difficult year in America, it was blissful! AC Artistic Director Barbara...
Ars Choralis had such an incredible experience back in 2015, that a News post from the past is in order! Ars Choralis was honored to be asked to perform in an Off Broadway play at New York Theater Workshop in...
Pointe of Praise Church in Kingston, NY was the site of a wonderful and moving evening of song and words, as Ars Choralis held a special Messengers of Peace concert in support of Ulster Immigration Defense Network (UIDN). Four young...
A recent high school graduate, 18-year-old Zeltzyn Sanchez wants to learn to drive. She also wants to continue her education and looks forward to starting a business some day. But unlike most young people, Zeltzyn was brought to this country...
Harvey has been a member of Ars Choralis since 2010 and has also performed as a soloist in notable AC concerts such as Musica Hispanica and Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass. “Being a part of Ars Choralis is truly a blessing....
Introducing Anne Brueckner (alto), the new Ars Choralis president. “Since moving to Rhinebeck in 2011, I have found these the most purposeful times of my life. I never thought I’d find another group as enjoyable and congenial as my former...
People often ask, “How would I audition for Ars Choralis?” If you love to sing and have a basic knowledge of music, you are welcome to audition. The audition is designed to determine the candidate’s range, blending quality, tonal memory...
Ars Choralis is proud to have been awarded an “ASKer” for Musical Excellence at the Arts Society of Kingston Gala, “A Night at the ASKers” in May of 2017. The Arts Society of Kingston nominated Ars Choralis for its excellence...
