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"A Star Still Shines" December 2nd and 3rd
"A Star Still Shines" December 2nd and 3rd
"A Star Still Shines" December 2nd and 3rd
"A Star Still Shines" December 2nd and 3rd
PROGRAM
A Winter Day by Sarah Quartel; 5-movement, complete work; SATB, published by Oxford
Carols and Lullabies (Christmas in the Southwest) by Conrad Susa; SATB E.C. Schirmer
O Come all Ye Faithful arranged by Dan Forrest (SATB)
Hark the Herald Angels Sing arranged by Dan Forrest (SATB)
What Sweeter Music by Michael Fink
Saturday December 2nd and
Sunday, December 3rd at Christ Church Episcopal in Exeter at 3:00PM
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Since 1957, the Rockingham Choral Society has expanded and enhanced cultural experiences by performing choral masterpieces and adhering to the highest musical standards. The Choral Society is comprised of 95 members and presents two concerts annually to the audiences in the New Hampshire Seacoast region.
About RCS
Welcome!
Since 1957, the Rockingham Choral Society has expanded and enhanced cultural experiences by performing choral masterpieces and adhering to the highest musical standards. The Choral Society is comprised of almost 100 members and presents two concerts annually to the audiences in the New Hampshire Seacoast region.
Artistic Staff- Music Director Kristofer Johnson
Music Director Kristofer Johnson
is the Chair of the Department of Music and Director of Choirs at Phillips Exeter Academy where he holds the Michael V. Forrestal ’45 Chair for Music. At PEA, he conducts the Concert Choir and Choral Union as well as coaching and performing vocal chamber music with students. From 2010-2019 Kris served as music director of Concord Chorale (Concord, NH). Kris has a reputation for developing choral sound and expressive performances while fostering community and devotion to the choral art. A champion of new composition, he has overseen the commissioning and premieres of many works for choirs. Student and adult choruses under his baton have toured in the United States, Great Britain, Latvia, Estonia, the Russian Federation, Croatia, Bosnia & Herzegovina,
Austria, the People’s Republic of China, Vietnam, and Hong Kong.
Kris holds a Bachelor of Music degree in vocal performance from Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and a Master of Music in choral conducting from the University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. He is an active tenor soloist and choral/vocal clinician. A career educator, Kris has taught on the faculties of the Blair School of Music (Vanderbilt University), Plymouth State University, Oberlin Conservatory’s Vocal Academy for High School Students, Proctor Academy, and Canterbury School. Singers from his voice studio have won regional and national singing competitions and have been accepted into many of the country’s leading voice performance programs.
Artistic Staff- Collaborative Pianist, Jeannie Goodwin
Jeannie F. Goodwin graduated with a B.S. in Music Education from the University of New Hampshire. She now maintains an active piano studio in her home where she has worked with students of all ages, although she now specializes in adults. Active in the Music Teacher’s National Association, she has served on state, division and national levels. She has also been active in church music, founding several vocal and hand bell choirs at her Congregational Church in Dover, New Hampshire. She is a professional accompanist, and especially enjoys her work with the Rockingham Choral Society. Ms. Goodwin and her husband are avid sailors and have cruised their sailboat “Sea Natural” on the East Coast from Nova Scotia to the Bahamas.