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Ridgewood NJ, What are you doing Wednesday night January 18th from 8-10pm? Do you like to sing, even just in the shower, or do you know a gentleman who does? Come to The Unitarian Society of Ridgewood (113 Cottage Place) and give The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus a try. Music for every taste from Mozart to Motown. For more information: www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org .
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus is pleased to announce the winners of its two scholarship awards for 2022, to high school seniors Yoona Park and Margot Jerkovich
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus’ spring 2022 concert, with the theme Music Springs Eternal!, will be held Sunday, April 24 at 4 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church, 722 East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450. Its theme “Music Springs Eternal!” is a general reflection on the promises of spring and renewal
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus will present our Holiday 2021 concerts, with the theme Children’s Joy, on Saturday, Dec. 18 at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday, Dec. 19 at 4 p.m.
Location: First Presbyterian Church, 722 East Ridgewood Ave., Ridgewood, NJ 07450
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photo is from Winterfest 2016
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus will sing holiday music to open the season at Ridgewood Guild’s Winterfest, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021, from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m.Location: Van Neste Square, Ridgewood, NJ. Winterfest is free and open to the public.
John J. Palatucci, music director
THE ORPHEUS CLUB MEN’S CHORUS
Ridgewood NJ, ” We’re putting the band back together!” was one of the famous lines from the iconic Blues Brothers movie musical. Well, we’re putting the CHORUS back together! The ORPHEUS CLUB MEN’S CHORUS is planning to resume in-person rehearsals starting at 8 p.m. on Wednesday evening, September 8.
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, New Jersey’s pre-eminent men’s chorus, presents its 2019 Holiday Concerts “Stars of Wonder, Songs of Light” on December 14-15 in Ridgewood, NJ, with music for every taste, from classical to pop, sacred to secular.
Ocean Grove NJ, John Palatucci, music director of the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus of Ridgewood appeared on Sunday, July 14, 2019, as a guest conductor at the 2019 Ocean Grove Choir Festival. He led the men of the choir in the “Pilgrims’ Chorus” from Richard Wagner’s opera Tannhäuser. Mr. Palatucci’s invitation was extended by Dr. Jason Tramm, music director in residence at the Ocean Grove Camp Meeting Association.
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, celebrating 110 years of music-making, has been honored by the Village of Ridgewood with a proclamation naming April 2019 as Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus Month.
Village Mayor Ramon M. Hache, Sr. and Deputy Mayor Susan Knudsen read and presented the proclamation on Sunday, April 7, during the chorus’ spring concert. The concert’s theme was “Music of the Immigrant Experience.” Orpheus President Vernon Reed and Music Director John J. Palatucci accepted the award on behalf of the club.
Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus at its April 2018 concert. Music Director John J. Palatucci is at far right. Pianist/Accompanist Ron Levy is third from left
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus presents its annual Spring Concerts on April 6-7 in Ridgewood, NJ, with music for every taste, from classical to show tunes and pop.
Our spring concert will feature music of the immigrant experience coming to America. Highlights include the music of Copland, Porter, Gounod, Berlin, Miranda, and more, as well as a rendition of Rachmaninoff’s Prelude in G Minor by our pianist, Ron Levy. Additional music is listed on our website (www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org). The recipient of the Roland L. Meyer Orpheus Club Scholarship, a high school senior who will study music in college, will also perform.
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, New Jersey’s pre-eminent men’s chorus,welcomes all men who love to sing, to join us. Men of all voice types
(tenor, baritone or bass) are invited to join us at our Wednesday weekly rehearsals starting September 5, 2018.
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, New Jersey’s pre-eminent men’s chorus, welcomes all men who love to sing, to join us. Men of all voice types
(tenor, baritone or bass) are invited to join us at our Wednesday weekly rehearsals starting September 5, 2018.
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus Seeks New Singing Members. The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, New Jersey’s pre-eminent men’s chorus,
welcomes all men who love to sing, to join us. Men of all voice types (tenor, baritone or bass) are invited to join us at our Wednesday
weekly rehearsals starting September 5, 2018.
Continue reading Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus Seeks New Singing Members
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Ridgewood NJ, Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, New Jersey’s pre-eminent men’s chorus,welcomes all men who love to sing, to join us. Men of all voice types
(tenor, baritone or bass) are invited to join us at our Wednesday weekly rehearsals starting September 5, 2018.
Continue reading Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus Seeks New Singing Members
June 1,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, according to Peter D. Fenzel the Men from he Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus served in the Army and Navy during WWI. The Chorus itself played its own part in the war effort, giving concerts to thousands of soldiers at Camp Merritt, performing at War Bond rallies and Red Cross functions, and attending to morale at home. I hope the small but significant part Orpheus played in the war effort is remembered.
Here are some newspaper clippings from 1918 with details:
