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Cambridge Community Chorus
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About the Cambridge Community Chorus
The Cambridge Community Chorus offers participation in musical events to all those with a love of music and community. The membership reflects the broad diversity of racial backgrounds, ages, religions, and political philosophies that make up the city of Cambridge.
Since its inception in 1990 as a fledgling group of enthusiastic, unpolished singers, the Cambridge Community Chorus has grown in size, diversity, and musical ability. In addition to the annual performance of Handel's Messiah, the Chorus has performed standard choral works for its spring concert including Mendelssohn's Elijah, Vivaldi's Gloria, Bach's St. John Passion, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, the choral movement from Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, Fauré's Requiem, Purcell's Dido & Aeneas (staged) and Mozart's Requiem. William Thomas and the Cambridge Community Chorus have also introduced lesser-known works by composers of color to the public, including Samuel Coleridge-Taylor's Hiawatha's Wedding Feast and José Nunes Garcia's Requiem. In May 2002, the Chorus presented the North American premiere of Misa Tango by Argentinian composer, Luis Bacalov. For the spring of 2006, the Chorus has commissioned an exciting new work from this Oscar-winning composer.
In December 2002, fifty Chorus members accompanied Mr. Thomas to Tokyo, Japan, to perform in the first joint Japanese-American concert of Handel's Messiah. Members of the Chorus have often sung at celebrations of Martin Luther King, Jr.'s birthday, and annually at the Cambridge Holocaust Remembrance Ceremony. The Chorus also performs selected choruses from the Messiah at Youville Hospital for patients and their families. The Chorus strives to involve a broad spectrum of the community by not requiring auditions to join and by keeping concert donations low. None of this would have been possible without early support from Tower Records, the Ratshesky Foundation, the Blossom Fund, and the Cambridge Arts Council, as well as the ongoing support from the City of Cambridge, M.I.T., Harvard University, the Massachusetts Cultural Council, and many individual and business contributors.
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