The Vassar College Choir and the Vassar Women’s Chorus in concert with professional chamber orchestra, December 6

The Vassar College Choir and Women's Chorus will present a concert of selections from the Baroque era with a professional chamber orchestra on Friday, December 6, at 8 p.m. in the Skinner Recital Hall, Vassar College.

The recital program includes "Magnificat: Choral Settings of the Canticle of Mary Throughout the Ages," with works of Weelkes, Tavener, Vaughan Williams, Porpora, and J.C. Bach. The concert is sponsored by the Department of Music and is free and open to the public.

Thomas Brand, adjunct instructor of music, conducts the Vassar College Choir. Rebecca Rosenbaum, Vassar graduate of the class of 1997, directs the Vassar Women's Chorus and is the newly appointed director of choral activities.

The Vassar College Choir, which toured England in March 2001, is the college's auditioned, mixed, large choral ensemble. The ensemble numbers between 40 and 60 voices, representing all four classes. The Vassar Women's Chorus was formed in the fall of 1997 and admits between 30 and 50 women. Last year the chorus sang at the Festival of Treble Choruses at Smith College.

This year's endeavors include a spring break singing tour of Puerto Rico.

Brand is organist and choirmaster of St. Peter's Episcopal Church in Cheshire, Connecticut. He is founder and artistic director for the United Choir School in New Haven, and holds a BA in music and an MA in choral conducting from Yale University.

Rosenbaum teaches music theory. She received her B.A. in music from Vassar and her MM and MMA in choral conducting from Yale University, where she is currently completing the doctoral program. She is the music director of the Elm City Girl's Choir of New Haven.

For more information, call the Vassar College Department of Music at (845) 437-7294. Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations should contact Cathy Jennings, Office of Campus Activities, (845) 437-5370, as far in advance as possible to request reasonable and appropriate accommodations for the event.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Campus Activities Office at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.

This article was posted on Friday, December 6th, 2002.