The Greater New Haven Community Chorus has been singing for 57 years. In all that time, they’ve never faced a year like this one, when singing with others has been labeled one of the most dangerous activities a person can do. Choral performance is all about being together: listening to the singers around you, blending […]
This Week in New Haven (December 7 – 13)
Chanukah, a.k.a. the Jewish Festival of Lights, is underway, marked by the progress of the bulbs topping the big blue-lit menorah on the Green (more…)
This Week in New Haven (June 3 – 9)
It’s a great week of harmony in New Haven. It begins with a steel drum orchestra in a city park, continues with a community talent show raising funds for arts scholarships and wends its way through choral concerts and gallery receptions and the latest “On9” neighborhood shindig in Ninth Square. There’s an uncommon variety of […]
Singing Praises
Practice doesn’t start until 7:30 but by five after seven on Thursday night, the foyer and halls at 311 Temple Street are abuzz with giddy chatter. There’s a communal dish of gumdrops by the sign-in sheet and someone’s carrying in a birthday cake. Sure, members have arrived early to ensure they’re on time for practice. […]