April 12 – Chanticleer

Concert sponsored by Essex Savings Bank and Essex Financial Services

Where and When:

VALLEY REGIONAL HIGH SCHOOL
256 Kelsey Hill Road, Deep River, CT
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Sunday, April 12, 2026

Concert begins at 3:00 pm; outer doors open at 2:00 pm; auditorium doors open at 2:30 pm.

Accessible parking, entry and seating are available.

Concert Program:

Without A Song

Tavian Cox, Luke Elmer, Cortez Mitchell,
Bradley Sharpe, Logan Shields, Adam Brett Ward – countertenor

Vineel Garisa Mahal, Matthew Mazzola, Andrew Van Allsburg – tenor

Andy Berry, Jared Graveley, Matthew Knickman – baritone and bass

Tim Keeler – Music Director

Selections from the following:

IV. from Hockets for Two Voices – Meara O’Reilly (b. 1982)
Hee-oo-oom-ha – Toby Twining (b. 1958) 
Know what is above you – Steve Reich (b. 1936)
Our Father – Julius Eastman (1940-1990)
Gloria† from Messe de Nostre Dame – Guillaume de Machaut (c. 1300-1377)
Musica Dei donum optimi – Orlando di Lasso (1532-1594)
passage from Impermanence – Meredith Monk (b. 1942)
Cantate Domino a 6 – Giovanni Gabrieli (1557-1613)
This is my song (Hymn from Finlandia) – Jean Sibelius (1865-1957)
Let all the world – Roxanna Panufnik (b. 1968)
Poor Pilgrim of Sorrow† – Charles Albert Tindley (1851-1933), arr. Joseph H. Jennings
Wade in the water – Traditional African American Spiritual, arr. Stephen M. Murphy
Not an End of Loving† – Steven Sametz (b. 1954), Commissioned for Chanticleer by the Lehigh University Choral Union in 2009
1. Where I Become You
2. We Two Boys
3. Not an End of Loving
Future Ones – Ayanna Woods (b. 1992), Commissioned by Chanticleer in 2024
How Can I Keep from Singing? – Robert Lowry (1826-1899), arr. Tim Keeler
I Am a Cloud† from The Rivers are our Brothers – Majel Connery (b. 1979), arr. Majel Connery and Doug Balliett, Arrangement co-commissioned by Chanticleer and Musica Sierra in 2023 with support from Ken Grant
If I Had a Hammer – Pete Seeger (1919-2014), arr. Adam Brett Ward
Musica son – Già furon – Ciascun vuoli – Francesco Landini (1335-1397)
Sing Joyfully – William Byrd (c. 1540–1623)
Western Note – Harikesanallur Muthiah Bhagavatar (1877-1945), arr. Vineel Garisa Mahal
Without a Song – Vincent Youmans (1898-1946), arr. Stacey Gibbs, Arrangement commissioned by Chanticleer in 2024

†These pieces have been recorded by Chanticleer.

Artist Biographies:

Chanticleer

The GRAMMY® Award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer is known around the world as “an orchestra of voices” for its wide-ranging repertoire and dazzling virtuosity. Founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto, Chanticleer quickly took its place as one of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, selling over one million recordings and performing thousands of live concerts to audiences around the world.

Chanticleer’s repertoire is rooted in the renaissance, and has continued to expand to include a wide range of classical, gospel, jazz, popular music, and a deep commitment to the commissioning of new compositions and arrangements. The ensemble has committed much of its vast recording catalogue to these commissions, garnering GRAMMY® Awards for its recording of Sir John Tavener’s Lamentations & Praises, and the ambitious collection of commissioned works entitled Colors of Love. Chanticleer is the recipient of the Dale Warland/Chorus America Commissioning Award and the ASCAP/Chorus America Award for Adventurous Programming, and its Music Director Emeritus Joseph H. Jennings received the Brazeal Wayne Dennard Award for his contribution to the African-American choral tradition during his tenure with Chanticleer.

Named for the “clear-singing” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer continues to maintain ambitious programming in its hometown of San Francisco, including a large education and outreach program, and an annual concert series that includes its legendary holiday tradition A Chanticleer Christmas.

Chanticleer — a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation — is the current recipient of major grants from The William & Flora Hewlett Foundation, The Bernard Osher Foundation, The Bob Ross Foundation, Grants for the Arts/San Francisco Hotel Tax Fund, and The National Endowment for the Arts. Chanticleer’s activities as a not-for-profit corporation are supported by its administrative staff and Board of Trustees.