The Bagaduce Chorale
and Bronwyn Kortge, Music Director
(Dec. 2007)
The Bagaduce Chorale is made up of 80-plus auditioned singers from the Blue Hill Peninsula, Deer Isle/Stoning-
ton, Ellsworth, Bar Harbor, Surry, Lamoine and Orland. The Bagaduce Chorale performs twice a year, in early December and in late April/early May. Often its music director and conductor, Bronwyn Kortge invites vocal and/or instrumental soloists as well as small instrumental ensembles to accompany the Chorale. Bronwyn Kortge says: "I love instrumental accompaniments; they support the Chorale in a way that enhances our sound, and add a thrilling texture to the music we create with our voices."
Our Spring Concert
Performances:
Friday, May 2, 2008, 7:30 PM;
Saturday, May 3, 2008, 3:00 PM,
First Congregational Church, Blue Hill
Sunday, May 25, 2008, 2:00 PM (Memorial Day)
The new Holocaust and Human Rights Center
at the University of Maine in Augusta
The Program
Bagaduce Chorale singers will join in the international Remembrance Day of the Holocaust with its Spring Concert performance of Donald McCullough’s Holocaust Cantata on Friday, May 2 at 7:30 p.m. and on Saturday, May 3, at 3:00 p.m. at the First Congregational Church in Blue Hill.
The Chorale, under the direction of Bronwyn Kortge and accompanied by Mary Cheyney Gould on piano, will present the dramatic composition of several songs from Nazi concentration camps and readings from actual notes of prisoners. This work debuted at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in 1998 and features a cello and percussion ensemble. Also on the program is John Rutter’s Requiem.
Joining the Chorale for a second season will be students from Mount Desert High School. In addition, students from George Stevens Academy will also take to the risers as the Chorale reaches out to area High Schools to share its musical experiences. Both students and regular singers will share the solo roster in this performance. "It is a wonderful way for Chorale members to share their discipline and experience with young singers," Ms. Kortge said.
The Bagaduce Chorale is made up of 70-plus auditioned singers from a wide area of Hancock County. The combined chorus will also perform at the grand opening of the new Holocaust and Human Rights Center at the University of Maine in Augusta on Sunday afternoon, May 25.
The Chorale is grateful to the following corporate sponsors for helping to make this program possible: The FIRST, Tradewinds Marketplace, Bar Harbor Bank and Trust, Rhoades Building Supplies, and Camden National Bank. We also acknowledge a grant from the Maine Arts Commission to MDI High School, which the school has generously shared with the Chorale.
Suggested donations of $12 may be made at the door at concert time. For more information, please call 374-5897.
Our Press Release for the Spring Concert
Press Release April 08, 2008 to download
Advertising Opportunities
For our concerts, the Chorale produces a program booklet. Local businesses have the opportunity to advertise. By cklicking on the link below, you will find the details.
We thank our business community for their strong and continued support.
Our Spring Concert:
At the First Congregational Church,Blue Hill:
Saturday, May 3, 2008; 3:00 PM
At the Michael Klahr Holocaust Education Resource Center at the University of Maine at Augusta Campus:
Sunday, May 25, 2008; 2:00 PM
The Chorale is truly grateful for the continued and generous support from the following businesses:
TradeWinds Marketplace
The Bagaduce Chorale regularly borrows its music from the Bagaduce Music Lending Library
in Blue Hill.
