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the CHORUS of WESTERLY 119 High Street, Westerly, RI 02891 U.S.A. Telephone
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The repertoire for the week is as follows. Some scores are available for rental on a first-come, first served basis. E-mail us at notes@chorusofwesterly.org for more information, or to request a brochure and registration form. Registrations are now being accepted. Music orders must be placed before May 23rd, 2008!
SIR DAVID WILLCOCKS is the former Director of the Royal College of Music in London, King's College Chapel Choir in Cambridge, and of the Bach Choir, London. He has also been General Editor at Oxford University Press for many years, is a composer of note, and is in demand throughout the world as a lecturer and guest conductor. PAULA ROCKWELL, mezzo-soprano, teaches voice and piano in her native Nova Scotia. She performs widely as a soloist in the United States and Canada and has made several recordings. A graduate of Acadia University, she holds an Artist Diploma from the University of Toronto and studied at the Britten/Pears School of Advanced Study in Aldeburgh, England. GEORGE KENT, founder and Music Director of the Chorus of Westerly, is also a Professor of Music at the University of Rhode Island, Organist/Choirmaster of Christ Church, Westerly, and has recorded and toured internationally with Edward Tarr, trumpet virtuoso.He was formerly Assistant Conductor, and later Acting Music Director, of the Rhode Island Philharmonic Orchestra. In 2006, George Kent received the Pell Award for individual achievement in the arts.
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