Cape Cod Chorale

05/03/2025

at Sandwich High School at 4pm! Amazing sound! Tickets at door. https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1FemWDVsrv/

05/01/2025

04/30/2025

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04/19/2025

🎶 Tomorrow! 🎶
Join us on Saturday, May 3 at 4:00 PM at Sandwich High School Auditorium for an unforgettable afternoon of music!

Cape Cod Chorale and Choral Art Society of the South Shore, accompanied by a full orchestra, will sing their hearts out for YOU. ❤️

Come experience inspiration, beauty, hope, and joy through music that speaks across time.

🎟 TICKETS - Available at the door.
💵 $25 General Admission
💳 $10 with Card to Culture – Details here
👧 FREE for 18 and under

⏰ 90-minute concert (including intermission)

✨ Featuring timeless works by (see photos)
🎼 Johannes Brahms – before the beard!
🎼 Florence Price – brilliant, beautiful, and long overdue for the spotlight
🎼 Ralph Vaughan Williams – shown here with his cat. Yes, really.

Soprano soloist, Morgan Beckford
Baritone soloist, Ron Williams

Let music bring us together. You won't want to miss it!

04/15/2025

Meet our soprano soloist!

Harmony for Hope and Resilience: May 3,4
Sandwich
https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/capecodchorale/5426/event/1424585
Scituate
https://www.tix.com/ticket-sales/ChoralArtSociety/3647/event/1424222

Morgan Beckford, our soprano soloist, has a passion for singing that has allowed her to explore a variety of genres, including opera, musical theater, jazz, soul, and more. As a soloist, in addition to regular engagements as a staff singer at Trinity Church Boston, Morgan has presented sacred and secular works by Black composers with Boston’s New Gallery Concert Series, with the Cambridge Public Library’s Sacred Songs and Rituals series, with Opera on Tap Boston, at the Community Music Center of Boston, at Grace-St. Luke’s Episcopal Church (Memphis, TN), and as an artist-in-residence at St. Mary’s Episcopal School (Memphis, TN). Morgan is also a featured soloist on the recently released album “The Great Glad Tidings Tell” with the Trinity Church Choirs.

Other engagements have included collaborations with the Germantown (TN) Performing Arts Center and Opera Memphis. Stage credits include Daniela in In the Heights at Hattiloo Theater (Memphis, TN), Abioye in The Golden Fruit by CDL Productions (Memphis, TN), and Hecate in The Haunt with Petrichor (Cambridge, MA).

When she’s not on stage, Morgan serves on the Youth Development & Leadership team of Trinity Boston Connects. Most recently, she has supported the Silkroad Ensemble as the Silkroad Connect Director, building middle school residencies in California, Florida, and Massachusetts. She has held administrative roles with the Community Music Center of Boston, Opera Memphis, and the Memphis Music Initiative; throughout all of her administrative roles, Morgan has always worked to ensure that her audiences and partners experience equitable, relevant, and excellent programming.

In her spare time, Morgan enjoys spending time with her family, working with young singers, volunteering, cooking, and jamming on her ukulele.

04/15/2025

ADOPT A MUSICIAN – We are grateful to our donors for helping to sponsor our orchestra.
It is not too late to adopt! (or simply donate to our general Friends campaign)
https://capecodchorale.org/donate/
$500, conductor; $200, pianist or a section of voices or orchestra;
$50 an instrument
Donations at any level would be appreciated and put to great use
for superior music making.
Sopranos, adopted by
Altos, adopted by
Tenors, adopted by
Basses, adopted by
Conductor, adopted by
Pianist, adopted by
Strings, adopted by
Violin, adopted by
Viola, adopted by
Cello, adopted by
Bass, adopted by
Woodwinds Section,
Flute, adopted by
Oboe, adopted by
Clarinet, adopted by
Brass Section, adopted by
Trumpet, adopted by
French Horn, adopted by
Trombone,
Percussion, adopted by
Timpani, adopted by
Snare, Glockenspiel, adopted by
Tenor Drum, Bass Drum, adopted by

04/14/2025

It's not too late to donate to our Adopt a Musician fund for this concert! (Orchestras are expensive but so worth it.) If you do, please private message us here, on what you are choosing to sponsor, so that we can put your name in the program.
$500 to adopt Conductor
$500 to adopt Pianist (also our hardworking rehearsal accompanist)
$200 for a section - Woodwinds, Brass, Percussion, Strings, or one of the chorale sections - Sopranos, Altos, Tenors, or Basses
$50 to adopt an instrument: Flute, Oboe, Clarinet/Trumpet, French Horn, Trombone/Timpani, Cymbals, Snare & Bass Drums/an individual singer you know in CCC
TO PAY:
You can send a check to Cape Cod Chorale. PO Box 751 Sandwich, MA 02563. If you do that, we get the full amount without having to pay fees. However, we also make it easy for you to go online to https://capecodchorale.org/donate/.
TICKETS TO CONCERT:
Of course, we also hope you will buy a ticket to the concert for May 3, which you can do here: https://capecodchorale.org/concert-schedule/

03/29/2025

EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT THIS CONCERT - Tomorrow in Sandwich!

We’re thrilled to join Choral Art Society of the South Shore (our collaborators on "Mozart and the Mendelssohns" from May 2023), a professional orchestra, and renowned soloists, Morgan Beckford, Soprano and Ron Williams, Baritone, for a powerful program of choral masterworks.

🗓 Saturday, May 3 at 4pm
📍 Sandwich High School Auditorium
🎟 Tickets at the door

Can't make Saturday?
🗓 Sunday, May 4 at 4pm
📍 Scituate Performing Arts Center (at Scituate High School)
🎟 Tickets available at the door.

TICKET INFO:
FREE – Age 18 & under (encouraging young people to experience this powerful music, meet the conductor, and chat with performers)
$10 – Card to Culture (link: Card to Culture)
$25 – General Admission
🅿️ Free, ample parking available (unlike performances in Boston)

WHAT YOU’LL HEAR – “Harmony for Hope and Resilience”
✨ A concert that uplifts and stirs the soul. Over 100 voices, professional orchestra, and stunning soloists bring to life three emotionally rich and meaningful works:
🎼 Johannes Brahms – Nänie
A lush, haunting piece meditating on beauty, art, and mortality, drawing on Greek mythology.
🎼 Florence Price – Song of Hope
A vibrant, spiritual-infused work by a groundbreaking Black American composer with Boston roots. A South Shore and Cape Cod premier.
🎼 Ralph Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem
Six movements of compelling music and text—from the Bible, Walt Whitman, and others—culminating in a soaring plea for peace.
WHAT TO EXPECT:
~90 minutes, including a short intermission
Thrilling orchestral and choral moments alongside serene, reflective passages
If you’re lulled into a peaceful nap, we won’t judge. Just try not to snore.

DRESS CODE?
Wear whatever makes you comfortable. Jeans, sweats, sparkles—it’s all welcome.

NERVOUS ABOUT CLASSICAL MUSIC?
Don’t worry! Here's your applause guide:
Hold applause until the end of each piece—not after each section or pause.
"Nänie" and "Song of Hope" are single continuous works (~12 min each).
"Dona Nobis Pacem" has 6 movements, played without major breaks. It’s like a musical buffet—diverse, satisfying, and better enjoyed as a whole.
If you accidentally clap mid-piece—no big deal. We’ll take it as enthusiasm.

WHAT MAKES THIS CONCERT SPECIAL?
A rare opportunity to hear Florence Price’s "Song of Hope," written in 1930 and not premiered until 2022 at Ithaca College, and recently at Boston Conservatory at Berklee and with Back Bay Chorale — we bring it south of Boston for a local premiere of a historically significant and moving work.

Music that speaks directly to today’s world, though written long ago—messages of peace, resilience, and beauty.

Inclusive programming: Our conductor, Danica Buckley, intentionally includes works by women, people of color, and other historically underrepresented composers. Our orchestra is 60% women, a rarity in the classical music world.

The final movement of "Dona Nobis Pacem" is our conductor's favorite for its sheer musical joy, driving rhythm, text, and emotional power. We can’t wait to share it with you.

Movement VI, "Dona Nobis Pacem" - the conductor's favorite text:
‘Nation shall not lift up a sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
And none shall make them afraid, neither shall the sword go through their land.
Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
Truth shall spring out of the earth, and righteousness shall look down from heaven.
Open to me the gates of righteousness, I will go into them.
Let all the nations be gathered together, and let the people be assembled; and let them hear,
and say, it is the truth.
And it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues.
And they shall come and see my glory. And I will set a sign among them, and they shall
declare my glory among the nations.
For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me,
so shall your seed and your name remain for ever.’
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth, peace, good-will toward men.
(Adapted from Micah 4:3; Leviticus 26:6; Psalms 85:10 and 118:19; Isaiah 43:9
and 66:18-22, and Luke 2:14)

Still have questions about attending this concert? We welcome your questions at [email protected]

Photo courtesy of Michelle McGrath PR - CAS and CCC at Scituate High School, May 2023
Poster designed by Sarah Semchenko

03/29/2025

Our new logo (the final, final version!)

03/14/2025

ADOPT A MUSICIAN FUNDRASING CAMPAIGN
Dear friends, supporters, audience, and potential audience!
We have a very special concert on Cape, at Sandwich High School on May 3, and frankly, we need a little boost to the coffers.
CCC is a 501c3 organization — your gift of any amount is tax deductible. We appreciate your generosity!
Please share this post widely.

Here are the details:
Cape Cod Chorale Adopt a Musician Fundraising Campaign for Spring Concerts
"Harmony for Hope and Resilience"
Brahms, Nänie
Florence Price, Song of Hope
Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem

Performances:
Each concert is approx. 1.5 hours including intermission.
Saturday, May 3, Sandwich High School, 4pm – tickets online from Cape Cod Chorale, a member, or at the door

Sunday, May 4, Scituate High School Performing Arts Center, 4pm – tickets online from Choral Art Society of the South Shore, or at the door

Contribution Levels - All are minimums. More is certainly welcome, but a contribution of any kind is so welcome and well spent.

Adopt a Musician Levels of Support
$50 minimum - Instrumentalist:
violin, viola, cello, bass, flute, oboe, clarinet, French horn, trumpet, trombone, Percussionist: timpanist or snare/chimes/etc.
$200 minimum – Section:
Strings, Woodwinds, Brass, or Percussion

$300 minimum - Rehearsal and Performance Pianist
$300 minimum – Soprano or Baritone Soloist – you choose
$500 minimum – Artistic Director & Conductor
(You get two free tickets to the Saturday, May 3 concert at the Conductor level.)

Orchestra: Multiple players in each section.
Violin, Viola, Cello, Bass - Strings
Flute, Oboe, Clarinet - Woodwinds
French Horn, Trumpet, Trombone – Brass
Timpani, other instruments – Percussion
Rehearsal and Performance – Pianist
Soprano or Baritone - Soloist
Conductor

How to get your kind donation to us:

1. Please send a check, with the level you are supporting written in the memo, to Cape Cod Chorale, PO Box 751, Sandwich, MA 02563.
Examples: Flute, Violin, or Trumpet. Or Woodwinds. Or Conductor.

2. You may also give a check to a member of the Chorale, with the info above.

3. You may also click “donate” on our website at https://capecodchorale.org/donate/

Step 1 - Put the amount in that corresponds with the instrumentalist, section, or conductor.
Step 2 - Email us to let us know what your chosen instrument, section, soloist, or conductor is and that you have donated through the website. Email: [email protected]

More INFO:
Cape Cod Chorale (CCC) and Choral Art Society of the South Shore (CAS) proudly present the Adopt a Musician campaign — please join us in harmony. Our Spring 2025 combined concert, “Harmony for Hope and Resilience," will feature a full orchestra comprised of 28 professional musicians and 2 professional soloists. A concert like this one (performed twice) is a mammoth undertaking, bringing together 100+ in the chorus and a substantial ensemble, renting auditoriums in two high schools, printing programs, etc. Producing great music is expensive but worth it. We hope you will “adopt a musician”, to help us bring Boston quality performances to Sandwich High School and Scituate Performing Arts Center. And parking is free in both places.

Why Adopt a Musician?
Nurture Artistic Excellence:
Your support contributes to the growth and development of our talented musicians (many of them graduate students), enabling them to refine their craft by playing repertoire new to them, and delivering exceptional performances.
Impact and Recognition:
Your name or business will be featured in our concert program of Saturday, May 3, showcasing your commitment to the arts.
Lasting Legacy:
Your contribution helps ensure the sustainability of both CCC and CAS, preserving the opportunity to sing and perform beautiful community chorus music for future generations. Keep chorus in the community and community in the chorus.

How it Works
Choose Your Level: Choose from Instrumentalist (adopting a musician), Section (adopting a section of the orchestra), or Conductor (adopting our Artistic Director & Conductor) levels of support.
Contribute to the campaign at your desired level, whether as an individual, family, or business sponsor.
Celebrate Together: Attend one of our Spring performances, May 3 or 4, celebrating the musicians' accomplishments and your shared passion for music.

Pictured below is the 2023 Mozart Requiem and F***y Mendelssohn performance of both choruses at Mashpee High School. Photo courtesy Dave Read.

02/17/2025

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