The annual concert of the New Britain Chorale will feature the performance of the large-scale choral and orchestral masterpiece by Antonin Dvorak. About the New Britain Chorale: The
New Britain Chorale
was founded in 1971 by Lorraine Revelle under the auspices of the New
Britain Area Conference of Churches (NEWBRACC).
Its first concerts were held at St. Mary’s Church.
A six-year hiatus (1974-1979) was ended with the Chorale
performing in 1980.
Since that date the Chorale has provided the people of the
greater New Britain area with 19 successive programs, with Holy Cross
Church as one of its venues, and has been at the First Lutheran Church
since 2001.
The mission of the Chorale is to address the spiritual needs of
the community through music. The
Chorale is unique in that it is open to all singers who desire the
experience of singing the music of “the Masters” in a large group
setting, and with orchestral accompaniment. The chorale is a
non-audition community choir open to all singers who enjoy the
experience of singing the music of “the Masters”. To
visit The New Britain Chorale's Web-site |
Masterpieces of Sacred Music • April
4 • First Lutheran Church of
Reformation April 18 • St. Paul's Church, Mozart: Dvorak: Mass in D, Op. 86/B. 153 New Britain Chorale, Connecticut Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra Free Admission Soloists: Stella Dayrit Roden, soprano, is recognized in southern New England as a vocal artist of both
classical and contemporary music. She has performed as a featured
soloist with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra, New Britain Symphony, The
Connecticut Virtuosi and numerous Connecticut chorales. Most
recently she performed Handel's Messiah with The Concert Choir of
Northeastern Connecticut together with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra. Ms.
Roden's stage roles range from 'Violetta' in Verdi's La Traviata
and 'Pamina' in Mozart's Die Zauberflöte, to Gilmer in Godspell and
'Eleanor of Aquitaine' in the one-woman opera Flower and Hawk by
Carlisle Floyd. Her broad musical achievements also include
premiere performances of contemporary music for Connecticut Composers,
Inc. Ms. Dayrit Roden sang
the soprano solo in the New Britain Chorale’s 2003 performance of
Rossini’s Stabat Mater. Currently,
a doctoral student at the University of Connecticut, School of
Music and part-time faculty for the Women's Studies Program, Ms. Roden
holds a Master of Music degree in vocal performance from the New
England Conservatory in Boston, a Bachelor of Music Education from James
Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA. She has a number of awards
from the National Association of Teachers of Singing (NATS), and was a
finalist in the 2002 Austin Lyric Young Artist's Voice Competition and
2002 NATSAA New England Regional Competition.
This is Ms. Dayrit Roden’s second appearance with the New
Britain Chorale. Mary Connelly Pereira has been active in the Plainville Choral Society as both soloist and
chorister. She was the
Soprano soloist for the Mozart Requiem with PCS and had the role of the
Mother in Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Ms. Connelly Pereira has sung with the Greater New Britain Opera
Company having the role of the Page in Verdi’s Rigoletto and the
Mother in Puccini’s Madama Butterfly.
She has also sung with the Manitoba (Canada) Opera Chorus, the
Connecticut Opera Chorus, Simsbury Light Opera and the New Britain Music
Club. Ms. Connelly Pereira
made her debut with the New Britain Chorale last year singing the alto
solo in Mentzel’s Mass No.1 in honor of Our Lady of Loretto and the
alto solo in the World Premier of Katherine Jarzebowski’s Holocaust
III: The Release. She is a
cantor and soloist at Stanislaus Church in Meriden.
This is Mary Connelly Pereira’s second appearance with the New
Britain Chorale. Aaron
Estes, native of Kansas City, Missouri, is an established
performer in theatre,
musical theatre, and opera. While pursuing his Masters Degree at
McGill University in Montreal, Aaron sang such roles as Hoffmann in Les
Contes d'Hoffmann, Eisenstein in Die Fledermaus, and The Director in Six
Characters in Search of an Author. Past performances include the
Duke of Mantua in Rigoletto and Elder Gleaton in Carlisle Floyd's
Susannah with Lake George Opera, as well as the cover of Don Jose in
Opera Columbus' November 2003 production of Carmen. Aaron recently
participated in the Albany Symphony's production and recording of
Michael Torke's Strawberry Fields. Upcoming projects include role
of Don Jose in Carmen with Lyric Opera of Connecticut. This is Mr. Rotaru’s first performance with the New Britain
Chorale. |