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Ridgewood NJ, the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus welcomes all men who love singing to join us. All voice types (tenor, baritone, or bass) are invited. No experience is necessary. Our music ranges from Bach to rock.
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Ridgewood NJ, The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus, New Jersey’s pre-eminent men’s chorus, welcomes all men who love singing to join us. All voice types (tenor, baritone or bass) are invited to our first weekly Wednesday rehearsal on January 15, 2020, from 8-10pm at Care One at the Cupola, 100 W. Ridgewood Avenue, Paramus, NJ 07652. Our music ranges from Bach to rock.
The Orpheus Club, founded in 1909, presents 8-12 performances annually in the greater northern New Jersey area. Our annual spring concerts will be the weekend of April 25-26.
For more information, please visit www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org, or contact Music Director John Palatucci, at john.palatucci@gmail.com or 862-202-9224.
(Pictured: Orpheus Music Director John J. Palatucci with Jennifer Pascual, Music Director of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, in foreground. Orpheus singers/members are seen behind them.)
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Ridgewood NJ, The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus is proud to sponsor a $2000.00 scholarship designed to honor and assist a graduating high school senior who has demonstrated extraordinary accomplishment in music and intends to continue musical studies on the collegiate level. Since the program took on its current form in 1993, we have been pleased to recognize students from more than a dozen area schools with grants totaling more than $20,000. These outstanding young musicians have gone on to study at colleges and universities across the country.
The application and instructions are now available.
The deadline for submissions is February 28, 2019
photo Barbara Dever, mezzo-soprano.
December 1,2017
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Ridgewood NJ, The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus presents songs of the Holiday season with our special guest Barbara Dever, mezzo soprano – NY Metropolitan Opera. Also featured are tributes to Ella Fitzgerald’s 100th birthday and the 60th anniversary of West Side Story.
Saturday, December 16, 2017 at 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 17, 2017 at 4:00 PM
at United Methodist Church, 100 Dayton St, Ridgewood NJ 07450
Ticket Prices:
At the door – $25.00,
Seniors and Students under 17 – $18.00
Discount tickets – $15.00 are available online at www.ridgewoodorpheusclub.org and at the following Merchants:
Ridgewood: Daily Treat
Mango Jam
Glen Rock: Perry’s Florist
Rock Ridge Pharmacy
Fair Lawn: Benny’s Luncheonette
Hohokus Wine & Spirit World
Westwood Lewis Drugs
Barbara Dever, mezzo-soprano.
Since her debut as Amneris in Aida at the Metropolitan Opera in 1994, Barbara Dever has been in demand throughout the world for dramatic mezzo-soprano operatic and concert repertoire. In 16 seasons at the Metropolitan Opera, Miss Dever has been heard in the house as Azucena in Il trovatore, Amneris in Aida, and Ulrica in Un ballo in maschera, Eboli in Don Carlo, and Herodias in Salome. 2009-2010 marked her 17th season at the Metropolitan, where she performed in Il trittico and as the Countess in The Nose. She was also heard as Mary in Der Fliegende Holländer with the Canadian Opera Company of Toronto, in Mahler’s Symphony No. 3 and Des Knaben Wunderhorn in Mexico City with the Mineria Orchestra.
In addition to her vast operatic repertoire, Miss Dever maintains an active performance schedule with orchestras throughout the world. In recent season she has been heard in Mahler’s Rückert Lieder with the State Symphony Orchestra of Sao Paulo, in the Missa Solemnis and Messiah with Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, in Des Knaben Wunderhorn with Louisville Orchestra and at the Chautauqua Festival, in the Verdi Requiem with the Florida Philharmonic, the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, the Pacific Symphony, and the National Orchestra of Mexico, in Mendelssohn’s Elijah with the Netherlands Radio Orchestra with Hans Vonk conducting, and in numerous performances of Mahler’s Symphonies Nos. 2, 3, 8 and Das Lied von der Erde with the National Orchestra of Mexico.
photo of The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus courtesy of the Ridgewood Guild Facebook page
December 1,2015
Ridgewood NJ, On Saturday, November 28, 2015 The Ridgewood Guild sponsored its fifth annual Winterfest, to coincide with Small Business Saturday!
Memorial Park at Van Neste Square set the stage with special holiday performances by The Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus and Declan Power!
Despite the dreary weather the park was in a festive mood ,the horse drawn hayrides circled around town, cookies, candy canes, complimentary hot chocolate as well as a trackless train ride and more! To many the the Orpheus Club Men’s Chorus singing on the hayride was a big hit.
Its was a great way to kick the holiday season in gear and support your local businesses!
