May, 2012
Kent Singers
The Kent Singers, a small auditioned group of amateur singers, have been bringing high quality choral performances to the Kent community for 39 years.
The group is known for its clean, finely pitched sound. Since the fall of 2008, the group has been performing mostly a capella under the direction of members with experience conducting.
Programs that Kent Singers develops have included early music, baroque, classical and modern works, both sacred and secular.
Members of the group are a congenial, varied bunch -- professions range from teaching to garden photography, from computer programming to veterinary medicine, from masonry to the ministry.
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JUNE: Kent Singers will collaborate with the Sherman Chamber Ensemble to present a concert featuring two choral pieces by Gabriel Faure: "Requiem" and "Cantique de Jean Racine," plus Bach's Cantata #209 for solo Soprano and strings, and Ravel's "Sonatine" for Flute, Harp and Cello. This special concert will take place on
Sunday, June 10 at the Kent School Chapel in Kent, 3:00 p.m,
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ATTENTION ALL FORMER KENT SINGERS!
The Kent Singers will be celebrating the 40th anniversary of the founding of the group this coming year, and as part of that the current singers would like to reconstruct and document its history.
Probably every former singer in the group has a little bit of that history stored in the attic, or in the drawer with old music, or on a shelf by the piano. It may be old programs, or press clippings, or annotated music, or reviews of performances. We are especially interested in photographs, or personal notes about the activities of the group while you were a member.
We, the current singers, would very much like to collect that history, that documentation, and preserve it. We would appreciate any contributions of relevant material -- preferably the originals, but copies if you want to hold on to the originals.
You may call David Hopkins at 860-354-9258, or Susan Mullins at 860-354-7310, or get in touch with any of the current singers whom you may know, to speak with us about this effort.
We shall be receiving materials at: Kent Singers, PO Box 774, Kent, CT 06757.
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