“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

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 the.hartford.chorale@snet.net.

Highlight this year: performing in the Greater Hartford Arts Council arts weekend in Hartford on September 8, 2007, with 3 performances at Center Church, featuring our Assistant Director Ehren Brown and a small ensemble of Chorale singers!

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 to apply for this opportunity or to speak abou future internship / independent study opportunities. We have five 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.

Open Rehearsal
On April 28, 2008, The Hartford Chorale will host an Open Rehearsal for those interested in auditioning, recommending students to our High School Internship and College Independent Study Programs, or interested in learning more about The Hartford Chorale. Attendees will be treated to Artistic Director, Richard Coffey's final rehearsal of Beethoven's Missa Solemnis which will be performed on May 16th and 17th with The Hartford Symphony Orchestra in Mortenson Hall at The Bushnell Center for the Performing Arts. More details here. Please RSVP to our office at 860.547.1982.

Our history of community outreach includes:

• 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 Sing-along as part of Hartford’s First Night in Dec. 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” tuition-free memberships in the Chorale to qualified high school
  and college students
  
  
• Travel abroad to: England, Ireland, Wales, Austria, China (in conjunction with the New York Choral Society), Italy