The Harmonium Choral Society has invited New Jersey high school students to submit an original choralcompositions to its 29th annual Choral Composition Contest. Entrants must create an original four-part choral composition setting to music a text on the theme, “Ride the Storm” from a selection of writings and poems provided on the Society’s website. The SATB choral piece can be {…}
Harmonium Choral Society has announced its 2025-26 season. First up is “Season of Blessings” at Morrison Presbyterian Church. That showcase will feature music by Bach, Palestrina, Andrea Clearfield, Craig Courtney, Carol Barnett, and Alice Parker. Performance Dates: Dec. 13-14, 2025 Then comes “Rooted in Eternity” featuring Schütz’s “Musikalische Exequien.” Also on the program are works by Mark Miller and César Carrillo. {…}
Harmonium Choral Society will host an evening of music and conversation on June 13, 2025 at the Ukrainian American Cultural Center. The event will honor HRH Crown Prince Manvendra Singh Gohil and his husband, HH Prince deAndre, Duke of Hanumanteshwar, as part of their 2025 USA Pride Month Tour. Prince Manvendra is India’s first openly gay royal and is now {…}
The Harmonium Choral Society has announced the winners of its 28th annual high school composition contest. This year’s first place winner is Gabriel Tarrow from Columbia High School for his composition “Buscándote.” It will be presented at the June 7 and 8 concerts at Morristown United Methodist Church. This is his third time winning the contest. He did so as {…}
Harmonium Choral Society will present a musicianship workshop titled “Latin American Songs and Rhythms with Diana Saez and Suzzette Ortiz” on May 10, 2025. The event will feature the guest ensemble Sola Voce from the New Jersey Youth Chorus. The workshop is aimed at bringing together students, singers, composers, and teachers to learn more about the music of Latin America. {…}
Harmonium Broadway Cabaret Troupe will present “Songs of Revelation” on Feb. 8, 2025. Kicking off at 6 p.m., the event will showcase beloved Broadway hits from such works as “Carousel,” “Ragtime,” “Dear Evan Hansen,” and “Fun Home,” performed by an ensemble of semi-professional and professional singers and musicians. Guests can also enjoy a catered cocktail hour, a wine tasting, a {…}
The Harmonium Choral Society has announced that Laurel Luke Christensen is joining the team as the new emerging composer-in-residence. The 30-year-old commences her residency alongside composer-in-residence Mark Miller starting in January 2025. “So much of this is due to socially mindful conductors, and composers, who intentionally seek out new composers like me, and advocate for us. Because I spent so {…}
Four New Jersey choirs are set to collaborate in a series of festive choral concert. Stephen Sands conducts The Somerset Hills Chorus in the opening concert. The program will feature a selection of Christmas carols, accompanied by harp and percussion. S.W. Bowne Hall at Drew University hosts the Dec. 6 concert, at 5 p.m. The Harmonium Choral Society, a 100-voice {…}
The bi-annual, family-friendly Halloween Concert presented by Harmonium Choral Society and Grace Community Music is set to take place. The concert stars the Grace Church School Choirs, the teen tenor/bass a cappella ensemble, The Gargoyles, the Harmonium Outreach Chorus, and the New Jersey Youth Chorus treble boys Coro Vivo. The program features Rossini’s “Cat Duet” and Andrea Ramsey’s “Imaginary Creatures,” {…}
The Harmonium Choral Society has announced its 2024-25 concert season. “Now Angel” open on the season. The program includes Sarah Quartel’s “Snow Angel,” the east coast premiere of Joe Gregorio’s “Unbound Angels,” and favorites by Bruckner, Buxtehude, Hailstork, and Rossi. Performance Dates: December 7 & 8, 2024 “Sing Me to Heaven” offers a comforting and uplifting reflections on life’s end, {…}