Quick Calendar of Upcoming Events

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St. George’s School, 372 Purgatory Road, Middletown.

UPDATE SATURDAY APRIL 20:

Due to the forecast for chilly temperatures with high winds, we've decided to hold the Earth Day concert indoors in the Chapel. In this video from rehearsal this past Tuesday, you can hear one of the pieces the way it would have been presented if the weather were more cooperative.

We're looking forward to an uplifting indoor celebration!

PROGRAM

Hark, I hear the harps eternal, arr. Alice Parker

Missa Gaia (Earth Mass), by Paul Winter et. al (Canticle of Brother Sun; Kyrie; Organ Improvisation by Paul Halley transcribed by P. S. Berton;

Sanctus & Benedictus; The Blue-Green Hills of Earth)

Psalm 23 by Bobby McFerrin

Shenandoah arr. James Erb

In my life by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

Verde Romero (Green Rosemary), a preview of our August 2024 tour to Argentina!

The Lord Bless you and Keep you (with sevenfold Amen) by Peter Lutkin

Freedom Trilogy by Paul Halley

No tickets or reservations required. Free-will donations received.

Preview of two pieces from last year’s Earth Day concert being included:

Beginning Friday, May 31, 2024 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., then continuing on

Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. (please note new dates and location):

Hymnathon Tour Fundraiser (see page 29)

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1956 Main Road, Tiverton

Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 10:00 a.m.:

Service of Choral Eucharist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (see page 43)

324 E. Main Road, Portsmouth

July 26, 27, or 28, 2024:

Newport Folk Festival

Likely date, time, and artist (unless it’s a secret!) to be confirmed in June (see page 12)

Fort Adams, Newport

August 18-27, 2024:

Educational Tour to Buenos Aires and Mendoza, Argentina (see page 37)

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Past events

Holy Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.:

Hereford Variations, a Holy Week Meditation (see page 27)

at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1956 Main Road, Tiverton, RI

written and performed by organist-composer Peter S. Berton

Click for downloadable program note booklet

Click for video preview

The Choir School of 2018 is pictured at Hereford Cathedral in the banner photo above, and its performance there is part of the video.

Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 10:00 am:

Service of Choral Eucharist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (see page 43)

324 E. Main Road, Portsmouth

In addition to hymns (four with descants!) and service music,

the choir sang Sanctus by Yves Castagnet, and Ex ore innocentium by John Ireland.

Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.:

Bach Cantata 115 sung with Trinity Choir

at Trinity Church, 1 Queen Anne Square, Newport (see page 27)

Sunday, February 11, at 10:00 a.m.

Service of Choral Eucharist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (see page 43)

324 E. Main Road, Portsmouth

Sunday, February 4, 2024 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.:

Tea, Tunes, and Royal Chat with Dr. Barry Rose (see page 24)

An Endowment Fundraising event

Printed Handout Second Printed Handout

324 E. Main Road, Portsmouth

Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.:

Service of Choral Eucharist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (see page 43)

324 E. Main Road, Portsmouth

Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.:

Messiah at the Mansion with Ensemble Altera at Rosecliff, presented by Newport Classical.

For tickets, click here

Friday, December 8, 2023 at 5:00 and 7:30 p.m.:

A service of Nine Lessons and Carols with St. George’s School Chapel Choir and Community,

at St. George’s School Chapel, 372 Purgatory Road, Middletown

No tickets or reservations; open seating. (see page 22)

Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.:

Candlelight Concert of Remembrance at St. George’s School, Middletown

Included were excerpts from the Requiems of Brahms, Duruflé, and Mozart, with works by Bobby McFerrin, Peter Berton, Yves Castagnet, and J. S. Bach;

The Navy Hymn / For the Fallen / Taps / and a world premiere of a text carved in the St. George’s Memorial Schoolhouse Hallway,

which honors the memory of fifteen St. George’s students and a teacher killed in World War I.

The costs of the concert were generously underwritten by an anonymous individual, allowing all voluntary admission

donations to directly benefit international humanitarian aid (especially war relief) coordinated through Episcopal Relief and Development.

A reception hosted by St. George’s School followed the concert in the Memorial Schoolhouse.

Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.:

Service of Choral Eucharist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Portsmouth

Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11:30 a.m.:

Family Weekend Chapel Service at St. George’s School, Middletown

Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.:

Service of Solemn Evensong and Benediction at Saint Stephen’s Church, Providence

Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

Choral Evensong for the summer 2023

Sunset Events series at

St. Andrew’s by the Sea Episcopal Church, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

with members of the Choir of Saint Stephen’s Church, Providence

and organist Graham Schultz

19 students sang backup for the band Nickel Creek at the Newport Folk Festival on July 28, 2023, on the Festival Foundation Stage.

A video of that performance and associated rehearsal is being prepared for posting.