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(This is where you may register additional family member for the Welcome Chorus. If you haven’t paid for the first member, please go here.)

As we take in the news each day, it is easy to feel helpless. What are we supposed to do? As singers, we have long understood that each member of the choir has a job to do, a note to sing. Sometimes you stagger your breathing so the sound of the choir can continue without interruption. But it takes many voices to achieve that! As we wonder what our role is in fighting the power, we’ve decided that at least ONE thing we can do is to bring people together to sing––to remind each other that we are not alone in this. So let’s sing together. Let’s sing songs of hope, of power, of suffering, of love, of change, of community.

-Nerissa and Katryna Nields, co-directors

Our mission for the Welcome Chorus is to teach and sing songs from the folk tradition plus our favorite songs from 20th and 21st C pop/rock/indie/godknowswhatyoucallit. We sing music in 2 to 4 parts (soprano, alto, and tenor/ bass) mostly accompanied on guitar. No auditions at this time.

This chorus is aimed at adults who like to sing. Youth under 14 must be supervised by a parent or have permission from the instructors. No need to read music. We learn some songs by ear, others have written parts, but you will get lots of help if you can’t read music. Tuition includes  a songbook with lyrics.  Registration link is here.

Rehearsals will take place on Tuesdays evenings- 7:00-8:30 PM January 6-March 31 (10 weekly rehearsals total, but there will be some extra Tuesdays allowing for snow, illness and school vacations). We will be ending our session with a performance which may or may not be public. We meet at First Churches’ Lyman Auditorium on the corner of Center Street and Main Street in Northampton MA. Cost is $175 for 10 week session, which includes at least one performance. For more information, write to Nerissand@gmail.com. Registration is complete once this form is filled out and payment is made.