To sing like this, in the company of other souls, and to make those consonants slip out so easily and in unison, and to make those chords so rich that they bring tears to your eyes. This is transcendence. This is the power that choral singing has that other music can only dream of.

- Garrison Keillor

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Community Outreach
A goal of the Hartford Chorale is to extend singing opportunities to a broader constituency in order to attract more singers and to further serve the community.  If you would like to talk to us about our Outreach and Education efforts, please contact our office at 860.547.1982 or email us.

Open Rehearsal - October 26, 2009
interested students to an open rehearsal conducted by Richard Coffey on Monday, October 26th from 7:00-10:00 P.M. at St. James's Episcopal Church located at 1018 Farmington Ave. in West Hartford.

The Chorale is the main symphonic chorus for the Hartford Symphony and performs regularly with the symphony at the Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. Our open rehearsal will feature Maestro Richard Coffey's preparation of the Chorale for our upcoming performances of the Brahms Requiem with The Hartford symphony under the direction of visiting conductor, Maestro Constantine Kistopoulos on November 12, 13, 14 and 15, 2009.

If you have any questions or are interested in the programs and plan to attend, you are asked to R.S.V.P. to the Chorale Office with the number of guests at contact@hartfordchorale.org or call 860 547-1982 by Friday, October 23.

If you are interested in attending the Brahms Requiem concert or the annual Holiday Pops! Spectacular concert, contact the symphony at: www.hartfordsymphony.org, or call 860-244-2999 for more information. This season we will also be performing Benjamin Britten's War Requiem with the Hartt University Orchestra and Choirs and Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. If you are interested in attending these concerts, click here for our schedule and tickets.

Announcing our Independent Study Program!
The Chorale offers an independent study program for college students and an internship program for high school students (16 years and older) to participate at no cost except for the purchasing of scores.  Please contact our office at 860.547.1982 or email us to apply for this opportunity or to speak about future internship / independent study opportunities. We have nine interns this season!

The Chorale also offers CEUs, Continuing Education Units, to music educators. We have one participant in this program this season. More details here.

Our history of community outreach includes:

• City Arts on Pearl performance November 2008 by the Hartford Chorale Chamber Singers
  
  
• Martin Luther King celebration concerts with the Hartford Symphony Orchestra
  
  
• A September 11th memorial concert in conjunction with other state choirs
  
  
• Community events sponsored by the Greater Hartford Arts Council
  
  
• Messiah Singalong as part of Hartford's First Night, December 2004
  
  
• Pre-concert talks and program notes that add to our audience's knowledge and appreciation of choral music
  
  
• Inviting youth singers to participate in our concerts
  
  
• Featuring an urban youth chorus in a concert (The Church Street Singers)
  
  
• Sponsoring open rehearsals and dress rehearsals
  
  
• Providing scholarship memberships to qualified high school and college students
  
  
• Travel abroad to: England, Ireland, Wales, Austria, China (in conjunction with the New York Choral Society), Italy