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Ad Sales Campaign for 2024-2025 season

This year we are starting by soliciting ads to local businesses by mail. Later we may ask our members to follow up in person with businesses who have not responded, if necessary.

A mailing to previous advertisers and potential new advertisers suggested by our members is already being prepared, but it’s not too late to reach out to other possible advertisers if you know of some good prospects. Ad orders are due by November 1.

If you have any questions about the ad sales campaign, the easiest way to contact Jill Sauser is to send an email to jill.sauser@gmail.com.

Calendar for 2024-25 season

Holiday Concert

  • Saturday & Sunday, December 7 & 8, 2024, 3:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church in Kent, CT
  • Rehearsals every Wednesday starting September 4, 2024, 7:00 p.m at St. Andrew’s
  • Thanksgiving week: Rehearsal will be on Monday, November 25 (no rehearsal on Wednesday, November 27)

Spring Concert

  • Sunday, March 23, 2025, 3:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s Church in Kent, CT
  • Rehearsals every Wednesday starting January 8, 2025, 7:00 p.m. at St. Andrew’s
  • Dress rehearsal on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at St. Andrew’s (time TBD)

Summer Concert

  • Sunday, June 8, 2025, 3:00 p.m. at St. John’s Church in New Milford, CT
  • Rehearsals every Wednesday starting March 26, 2025, 7:00 p.m. at St. John’s
  • Dress rehearsal on Saturday, June 7, 2025 at St. John’s (time TBD)

Dues for 2024-2025 season

You can mail your payment to Kent Singers, Box 774, Kent, CT 06757, or bring it with you to rehearsal. You can also use the PayPal buttons below.

Each time you click “Add to Cart” it will open a new PayPal window with your cart. If you’re not ready to check out, you can go ahead and close all those extra windows. Trust me, PayPal will not forget what you’ve added to your cart! When you’re all done, click “View Cart” to complete your purchase.

Don’t worry, the “Add to Cart” button never costs you any money. PayPal will give you a chance to see what you’ve added to your cart before you complete your purchase, and you can easily remove unwanted items.

Full Season Dues, $165 (all 3 concerts)

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Holiday Concert Dues, $55

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Spring Concert Dues, $55

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Summer Concert Dues, $65

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Tickets for 2024-2025 season

SEASON TICKET: Now you can buy a full season ticket for all three Kent Singers concerts in one easy step! (And save $5 off the regular advance ticket price!)

HOW TO BUY MORE THAN ONE TICKET: When you click “Add to Cart”, you can select the number of tickets you wish to purchase.

TICKETS AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR: For the June concert, tickets are $30 at the door. For other concerts, tickets at the door are $20.

CHILDREN: 12 and under, no ticket required.

ACCESSIBILITY: St. Andrew’s in Kent is wheelchair accessible via the ramp on North Main Street. Accessible bathrooms are available in the adjacent Parish Hall. St. John’s in New Milford is wheelchair accessible at the side entrance on Whittlesey Ave. Accessible bathrooms are available on the same floor as the sanctuary.

After you complete your online purchase, you will receive an email confirming that your name has been added to our list of attendees for the concert date(s) you selected. Please identify yourself to our greeters when you arrive for the concert. (We don’t use paper tickets so you don’t need to print or bring anything with you.)

If you want to include attendee names or any special instructions with your ticket order, type your message in the boxes provided below.

If you have any questions about your ticket purchase, please contact us at tickets@kentsingers.com.

Holiday Concert, December 7, 2024 at 3 p.m, St. Andrew’s Church, Kent, CT

Once, as I Remember, an homage to the Festival of Lessons and Carols, featuring poetry and carols both traditional and modern.

$20

Tickets available at the door for $20. Tickets may be exchanged for the December 8 performance (no later than Dec. 4).

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Holiday Concert, December 8, 2024 at 3 p.m., St. Andrew’s Church, Kent, CT

Once, as I Remember, an homage to the Festival of Lessons and Carols, featuring poetry and carols both traditional and modern.

$20

Tickets available at the door for $20. Tickets may be exchanged for the December 7 performance (no later than Dec. 4).

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Spring Concert, March 23, 2025 at 3 p.m., St. Andrew’s Church, Kent, CT

Featuring a newly commissioned setting from composer Jonathan Woody of “The Gift to Sing” by James Weldon Johnson.

$20

Tickets available at the door for $20.

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Summer Major Works Concert, June 8, 2025 at 3 p.m., St. John’s Church, New Milford, CT

Featuring Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass.

$25

Tickets available at the door for $30.

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All three concerts, 2024-2025

$60

Season ticket subscribers will receive reminder emails for upcoming concerts, with instructions for selecting the desired Holiday performance date.

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Each time you click “Add to Cart” it will open a new PayPal window with your cart. If you’re not ready to check out, you can go ahead and close all those extra windows — PayPal will not forget what you’ve added to your cart! When you’re all done, click “View Cart” to complete your purchase.

Don’t worry, the “Add to Cart” button never costs you any money. PayPal will give you a chance to see what you’ve added to your cart before you complete your purchase, and you can easily remove unwanted items.

The PayPal window will give you a chance to create a PayPal account if you don’t already have one, or you can use the “Check out as Guest” option. Either way you’ll need to enter your email address and shipping address. PayPal requires this information, but we will not ship anything to your home. You will receive an email from Kent Singers acknowledging your purchase and confirming we’ve added your name to our list for the concert you selected (and the number of tickets). It may take a day or two before you receive the email from Kent Singers, but when you do receive it, you can be sure that one of our singers has processed your order and we are looking forward to sharing our music with you!

Announcing Our 2024-25 Season

Holiday Concert – Once, as I Remember

An homage to the Festival of Lessons and Carols, featuring poetry and carols both traditional and modern.

  • Saturday, December 7, 2024
  • Sunday, December 8, 2024
  • Both concerts at St. Andrew’s Church in Kent, CT at 3:00 PM

Spring Concert – The Gift to Sing

Featuring a newly commissioned setting from composer Jonathan Woody of “The Gift to Sing” by James Weldon Johnson.

  • Sunday, March 23, 2025
  • St. Andrew’s Church in Kent, CT at 3:00 PM

Summer Major Works Concert

Featuring Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass.

  • Sunday, June 8, 2025
  • St. John’s Church in New Milford, CT at 3:00 PM

Tickets for all three concerts are available here: tickets

Season Album 2023-2024

A Rose in Winter
December 9 & 10, 2023
(Original painting by Kent Singer, Ann Quackenbos)
The Peace of Wild Things
March 10, 2024
Vivaldi, Handel & Zelenka
June 2, 2024

We opened our 51th season in December 2023 with A Rose in Winter, a gentle and beautiful program of music expressing joy, hope and peace. The Spring concert, The Peace of Wild Things, on March 10, 2024 featured Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb, Randall Thompson’s Frostiana (organ and piano played brilliantly by our accompanist, Sandra Kleisner), and two pieces by the young American composer, Jake Runestad: The Hope of Loving and The Peace of Wild Things.

The audience for our Summer Great Works Concert on June 2, 2024 was treated to three delightful pieces from the Baroque period: Vivaldi’s Gloria, Handel’s Coronation Anthems, and Czech composer Jan Dismas Zelenka’s Magnificat in D Major.

Pre-concert warmup for Rose in Winter
Knox addressing the Rose in Winter audience
St. Andrew’s Church, Kent CT
Rehearsing with soloists and orchestra
Rose in Winter organist Sarah Johnson
Sandra Kleisner at the organ for Rejoice in the Lamb, assisted by former Kent Singer Martha Holcombe
One of our faithful volunteers, Exiene Lofgren
Schlicker organ at St. Andrew’s
The Peace of Wild Things performance
Harpsichordist Christine Gevert tuning her instrument before the June concert
Kent Singer tenors in rehearsal

Thank you for a successful 2023-24 season!

St. John's Episcopal Church, New Milford, CT
St. John’s Episcopal Church, New Milford, CT
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Kent, CT
St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, Kent, CT

Thanks to all our singers, volunteers, donors, advertisers, and especially our faithful audience for a successful conclusion to our 2023-24 season! Click here for photos and music from our three concerts this year: A Rose in Winter, The Peace of Wild Things, and Vivaldi, Handel & Zelenka.

Also a special thank you to St. Andrew’s Church in Kent and St. John’s Church in New Milford, and to our wonderful director, Knox Sutterfield, and rehearsal accompanist, Sandra Kleisner!

Looking forward to seeing you again next year! Have a great summer!

Summer Concert Recording 2024

Click here to see the concert program

Click here to listen to the entire live concert

(As always, we’re making these recordings available to you, our members, for your private enjoyment only. Please don’t copy them to any streaming services or publish them in any way.)

Vivaldi, Handel, Zelenka – June 2, 2024

 
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Practice Playlist for Summer Concert 2024

Here are Knox’s official playlists for our Summer concert:

One nice thing about the YouTube recording of the Zelenka is that it has the score with it—including the orchestral and solo parts—which might be especially helpful as we get closer to the concert.

Here are slowed-down versions of two sections from the Zelenka:

Also, here is a quick lesson on how to perform the trills in the Handel Coronation Anthems:

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