| Welcome to the archives Where previous performances live on. 2008-2009 Season August 14: Minimalist Dessert at Saint Thomas More Chapel at Yale, with Musica Elettronica Viva di Yale October 11: Vox Concordis premiers of Richard’s new edition of The St. Matthew Passion by Friedrich Funcke, in honor of the rededication of Saint Thomas More Chapel at Yale. November 16: The College Choir with Waterbury Symphony Orchestra present Bach Cantata 191 “Gloria in excelsis” and Handel Messiah part I and Corelli Concerto Grosso “Christmas” at NVCC. Includes pre-concert lecture by Richard November 21: NVCC Opera Ensemble perform Jaques Brel is Alive and Living in Paris in the Playbox Theater December 5: Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut Winter Concert at NVCC, featuring vocal solo by Miss Evie December 13: College Choir and the NVCC Jazz Cats presents a Festive Christmas March 29: College Choir, First Choir and Laura Ouimette in Mendelssohn Bicentennial at Waterbury First Church April 9-11: Vox Concordis and the Chapel Choir Triduum at Saint Thomas More Chapel, including The P April 24,25: GODSPELL Saint Thomas More Golden Center at Yale - here to purchase tickets April 17: Vox Concordis at the NVCC Presidential Inauguration May 8: Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut Postcards from Italy at NVCC May 9: College Choir with Waterbury Symphony Orchesta and Sweet Honey in the Rock premier The Fortune Chronicles at the Palace Theater May 22, 23: GODSPELL on the NVCC Mainstager 2007-2008 Season Aug 15: Minimalist Dessert - Richard Gard Singers & friends Oct 18: Durufle' Requiem - Yale Camerata and New Haven Symphony Orchestra Nov 3: Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb with Yale Pro Musica at Yale's Marquand Chapel Nov 4: Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb and the premier of Richard's setting of Weill's Lost in the Stars - Yale Pro Musica at United Congregational Church, Holyoke, Massachusetts Nov 18: Vivaldi Gloria with Waterbury Symphony Orchestra and the NVCC College Choir, including Richard's pre-concert Lecture on Baroque Dance Nov 28: Yale Camerata Chamber Choir, Beineke Library at Yale Dec 9: Concert Without Borders - Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut at Woodbury Senior Center Dec 11: Concert Without Borders - Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut at NVCC
Dec 14: Mozart Missa Brevis in D minor, Barber Agnus Dei, & Christmas favorites - College Choir & Vox Dec 24: Christmas Eve at St. Thomas More Chapel - Vox Concordis & Chapel Choir March 2: Stravinsky Les Noces, Yale Camerata, Woolsey Hall March 8: Richard's pre-Concert Lecture, Waterbury Symphony Orchestra March 20 - 22: Triduum, Chapel Choir & Vox Concordis April 11: Tehillim: Bernstein's Chichester Psalms and other works in Hebrew - Bruckner Choir & NVCC College Choir, Temple B'nai Israel, Southbury April 12: Songs for Soup; concert to benefit the St Thomas More Soup Kitchen - Saint Thomas More Chapel and Center at Yale May 1: Interview with Sonia Baghdady on ABC-TV WTNH News Channel 8 at Noon May 6: Masters and Innovators - Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut at NVCC Mainstage Theater May 9: HAIR a tribal love rock-opera, - Performing Arts Collaborative, NVCC Opera Society, Palace Theater, Waterbury May 16: HAIR a tribal love rock-opera, - Performing Arts Collaborative, NVCC Opera Society. May 29: NVCC Commencement featuring the Concert Band playing Holst and Rimsky-Korsakov May 30: Connecticut and New York state high school band, choir, and show choir adjudication at Kennedy High School, Waterbury 2006-2007 Season Nov 4:Handel Chandos Anthem No.6 -College Choir Nov 16: Bresnick at Sprague Hall - Yale Camerata Dec 2: Handel Chandos 6 at STM - Bruckner Choir Dec 2: Kenny Loggins - Chevrolet Theater- Richard Gard Singers Dec 8: International Christmas, Mainstage Theatre - College Choir Dec 9: Bresnick at Carnegie Hall- Yale Camerata Dec 10: Concert -Wind Ensemble of Western CT Dec 12: Winter Concert at Mainstage Theatre - NVCC Band Dec 20: Andy Williams at Chevrolet Theater Vox Concordis Dec 21: N’zinga Shani Show CTV - Vox Concordis Dec 24: Christmas Eve at Yale - STM Chapel Choir Jan 27: Winter Youth Orchestra NVCC- Greater Waterbury Youth Symphony Apr 5/6/7:Triduum at Yale - STM Chapel Choir April 22: Brahms Requiem, Paulus at WCSU - Concert Choir Apr 27: War Requiem at Boston Symphony Hall - Yale Camerata Apr 28: War Requiem at Woolsey Hall - Yale Camerata May 5: Schubert Mass #6 at The Immaculate – The College Choir May 8: Spring Concert - Mainstage Theatre - Wind Ensemble of Western CT May 12: Waterbury Symphony Pre-concert Lecture May 20: Sousa Festival in Plainville - Wind Ensemble of Western CT | | 2008-2009 Message from KC101's Michael Maze: Just wanted to let you all that the opening night of Godspell was AWESOME! The music, singing and touch of modern day humor (can you hear me now) was great.... I wish I could have gone again Saturday night. Congrats to you all on a job well done! Michael Maze TOTAL ACCESS with Michael Maze Weekday mornings on KC 101 http://www.kc101.com">www.kc101.com View the Godspell page here Godspell -- SOLD OUT April 24 and 25 at 8:00 pm: STM Golden Center at Yale 25th Anniversary celebrating the founding of the soup kitchen. This show raised over $3,000 for the STM soup kitchen. Manumission Requiem Premier - May 9: College Choir with Waterbury Symphony Orchesta and Heritage Chorale in premier Fortune's Bones at the Palace Theater The College Choir with organist Laura Ouimette and the First Church Choir March 29, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. at Waterbury First Church, performing Dubois Requiem as well as music of Felix Mendelssohn and Arvo Pärt Big Time Christmas Show December 13, 2008, 8:00 pm on Mainstage at NVCC featuring the College Choir and the NVCC Jazz Cats Stage Band with student conductors and soloists. 
Music Out on the Town December 5, 2008, 7:30pm on Mainstage at NVCC December 7, 2008 at 3:00 pm Woodbury Senior Center Selections from Jacques Brel is Alive and Well and Living in Paris November 21, 2008 Playbox Theater 
Baroque Favorites with the WSO and the College Choir November 16, 2008 on Mainstage featuring works by Corelli, Bach & Handel Pictures of the concert here Minimalist Dessert Concert August 14, 2008 at STM Golden Center 2007 - 2008 HAIR: May 9 & May 16 -The May 9th performance at the Waterbury Pala ce Theater was preceded by a 1968-2008 Retrospective & Be-In Photos of May 16 performance here May 30: Trills and Thrills, Connecticut and New York state high school band, choir, and show choir adjudication at Kennedy High School, Waterbury April 25: Connecticut Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association presents the annual Chamber Choir Festival. First Church, Middletown. May 6: Musical Innovators - Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut on the NVCC Mainstage. 
April 11: Tehillim! with Leonard Bernstein's exciting Chichester Psalms - Bruckner Choir & NVCC College Choir, Temple B'nai Israel, Southbury. This concert will include the premier of a stunning new work Light upon the earth by Stephen Feigenbaum, a Yale student who is rapidly gaining attention for his compositions. April 12: Songs for Soup - show to benefit the St Thomas More Soup Kitchen and other social justice programs at Yale University. The show will feature a medley of hit songs from HAIR with full cast and pit band. Address and map at the St Thomas More Center website.  The College Choir opened the holiday season with the Waterbury Symphony Featured soloists: Elisabeth Cernadas, Lauren Smith, Evelyn Gard, Ashely Tripp Bell. Lost in the Stars, a new vocal jazz arrangement of Kurt Weill's standard by Richard Gard performed by Yale Pro Musica, Marguerite Brooks, Conductor First Performance: November 4, 4:00 PM United Congregational Church of Holyoke, Massachusetts Minimalist Dessert in the Golden Center at Saint Thomas More Chapel at Yale
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2006-2007  College Choir (buy the CD)
The Plainville Wind Ensemble presents 2nd Annual Sousa Festival of Bands with special guest host John Philip Sousa IV Saturday, May 20 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM featuring the six finest New England bands including the Wind Ensemble of Western Connecticut conducted by Richard Gard performing at noon YMCA Camp Sloper East Street Southington, CT
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