Mixed Community Chorus

Based in Cambridge, MA

Acclaimed by the best critics in Boston's lively musical scene, The Spectrum Singers consistently work to express the composer's intent, and strive to achieve the highest standards of musical expression. John W. Ehrlich - our Music Director for 41 seasons - is known throughout the city for the creativity of his programming. His singers and admirers respect his ability to find and bring out everything the composer seems to wish for-plus a little more.

We aren't a merely social place to come on Monday evenings to just relax and have a good time. We love to sing (we get our endorphins for sure), and we're committed to singing each piece the way it's meant to be sung. We know that this takes work, and we know from experience that hard work on our music creates the kind of exciting, uplifting experience we're all after-in rehearsal and when we perform. One can't "hit the zone" by just showing up. We expect our colleagues to know their scores-notes, texts, rests, dynamics, all of it-well enough by the midpoint of a rehearsal cycle so that we can make real music as we approach a concert. We rehearse in sections for a few weeks, and then we challenge ourselves by singing "hashed" for most concerts. To do this successfully, we have to know our stuff and thus enjoy the challenge of contributing to the harmony with the other voice parts surrounding us.

Auditioned.

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