Solaris Vocal Ensemble brings to light great choral works that span the ages, through compelling performances imbued with passion and musical artistry.
Exciting Concerts coming this season!
A Joyful Sound with Guest Artists Northern Bronze Handbell Ensemble
Saturday, December 21, 2024 at the Waterbury Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, December 22 at College Street Church in Burlington, 4 p.m. Sorry, we have sold out.
Our A Joyful Sound concerts will feature festive holiday selections for voices and instruments. We are delighted to welcome the Northern Bronze Handbell Ensemble with their five octaves of handbells as our guest artists! The concert opens with a dazzling new arrangement of Joy to the World by Solaris’ own Composer-in-Residence, James Stewart. A delightful array of songs of Christmas and Hanukah by Eleanor Daley, Andre Thomas, Dan Forrest, Neil Ginsberg, Elaine Hagenberg, Alice Parker and Robert Shaw with a variety of wind, string and percussion instruments will reflect the joyous sounds of the season. See below for a talk by James Stewart about his new arrangement of Joy to the World!
Celtic Light with Guest Artist Tim Cummings, Small Bagpipes
Saturday, April 5, 2025 at the Waterbury Congregational Church, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, April 6, 2025 at College Street Church in Burlington, 4 p.m.
We are thrilled to welcome back our good friend, Tim Cummings, as our guest artist for our Celtic Light concerts in April! The centerpiece for the concerts is Dale Jergenson’s Amazing Grace Mass for voices with bagpipes! The concert will include Tim playing his small pipes (designed for indoor performances) and Irish Whistles on an array of Celtic selections. Sarah Hopkins’ Past Life Melodies which involves mysterious and haunting overtone singing by the choir will also be featured.
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New arrangement of Joy to the World this December!
James Stewart, our Composer-in-Residence talks about his process for arranging Joy to the World, which will premiere at our December concerts. Listen in on this interesting explanation of how James approached this timeless work.
Call for Volunteers!
If you’d like to help out with Solaris concerts we’d love to have you! We often need ushers, ticket takers, CD sellers, etc. To inquire contact Molly at mamoerdyk67@gmail.com.
Concert Videos and More!
If you enjoyed our October Celebration! concert or you missed it, check out our video.
Here’s a taster! May the Circle Be Unbroken, live from the Burlington UU Church, with Solaris and community choruses.
Also available are the 2021 Christmas and 2022 Spring concerts. They can be viewed on our video page on this website, and on our YouTube Channel.
In addition, during Covid when we were unable to sing together, we continued singing virtually, producing many beautiful videos, which may also be found on YouTube.
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