Poster for Beauty in Birdsong
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Help Us Help Those in Need

At our concert in Littleton two years ago, Sounds of Stow honored the deep personal connection of our piano soloist, Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome, to Ukraine by raising funds for World Central Kitchen, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization delivering quality meals to families in areas of greatest need. Generous members of the chorus, orchestra, and patrons contributed over $6,000 to this fundraising effort. Regrettably, global need has only expanded since then. We hope you will consider joining us in making a donation to World Central Kitchen.

Thank you!

Sounds of Stow

Sounds of Stow Chorus

 – Barbara Jones, Artistic Director

 

Celebrating our 45th Season!

2023-2024

 

Mighty Mozart!

April 7, 2024, 2:00 pm at Littleton High School

Under the direction of Barbara Jones, the Sounds of Stow will present Mighty Mozart! – two monumental works – his great “C-Minor Mass”, and the equally dramatic “Piano Concerto #20 in D-minor”. Piano soloist Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome will grace our stage once again for this magnificent work! Vocal soloists include sopranos Logan Trotter and Aurora Martin.

more info

A Celtic Celebration!

June 2, 2024

Our season ends with a musical trip to the British Isles, A Celtic Celebration!
Join us on the eve of summer as we present tales of love and laughter with
special musical guests – Karen Burciaga: fiddle & Matthew Wright: guitar, bouzouki, & more.

more info

Christmas Magic

December 9, 2023, at Groton Hill Music Center

We will join with the Vista Philharmonic Orchestra for this wonderful holiday pops concert. There will be two performances – 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm.

more info

 

 

Beauty in Birdsong

November 19, 2023, 2:00 pm at Littleton High School

Join us as we explore Christopher Tin’s important new work, “The Lost Birds”.  In Tin’s preface, he speaks of the work being a “celebration of their beauty—as symbols of hope, peace, and renewal…but it is {also} a memorial for their loss….To pay proper tribute to these birds, I adopted a distinctly 19th-century musical vocabulary: one based on the tunefulness of folk songs with a string orchestra that is both soaring and melancholy.”

more info

COME SING WITH US!

Sing through Spring and spring into singing! Join us in preparing this fun Celtic Celebration!

Open rehearsals: Mondays – April 8, 15, & 22 @ 7:00 pm

more info 

 

Sounds of Stow Chorus

 – Barbara Jones, Artistic Director

Celebrating our 45th Season!

2023-2024

 

Poster for Beauty in Birdsong

Mighty Mozart!

April 7, 2024, 2:00 pm at Littleton High School

Under the direction of Barbara Jones, the Sounds of Stow will present Mighty Mozart! – two monumental works – his great “C-Minor Mass”, and the equally dramatic “Piano Concerto #20 in D-minor”. Piano soloist Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome will grace our stage once again for this magnificent work! Vocal soloists include sopranos Logan Trotter and Aurora Martin.

more info

A Celtic Celebration!

June 2, 2024

Our season ends with a musical trip to the British Isles, A Celtic Celebration!
Join us on the eve of summer as we present tales of love and laughter with
special musical guests – Karen Burciaga: fiddle & Matthew Wright: guitar, bouzouki, & more.  Both are members of Ulster Landing, a Boston-based band of fiddle, harp, bouzouki, and uilleann (Irish) pipes, specializing in folk music of ​Ireland, Scotland, Brittany, and Cornwall.

Karen Burciaga (fiddle) enjoys bridging the worlds of classical and folk music. A lifelong love of Celtic music led her into the world of fiddling and folk traditions during college. She enjoys playing (and dancing!) Scottish, Irish, English, and contra styles, with occasional forays into Cornish and Breton territory. She founded Ulster Landing and has also fiddled for southern Italian folk band Newpoli and English Country Dance bands in Greater Boston. This winter she appeared in Boston’s Midwinter Revels on vielle and rebec. Karen holds an MM from the Longy School of Music and a BM from Vanderbilt University. She is a founding member of Boston’s folk/early music ensemble Seven Times Salt and has performed on violin and viola da gamba across New England and Texas with groups including The King’s Noyse, Folger Consort, Arcadia Players, and others. Each spring, she attends the New England Folk Festival where she has been spotted attempting Balkan dance or trying out the nyckelharpa.
 
Matthew Wright (guitar, mandolin) spent the years 1987-2000 impersonating a classical guitarist while playing bass guitar in an original rock band in the state of Maryland. He attended the Peabody Conservatory as an undergraduate and studied classical guitar. Upon moving to Boston in 2000, he took up the lute seriously and studied at The Longy School of Music, earning a Master of Music degree. He is an active performer and arranger of music ranging from Renaissance to rock. Matthew founded and plays lute and bandora for folk/early music group Seven Times Salt. He enjoys teaching guitar, ukulele, and piano at Brimmer & May, Belmont Hill, and Mary E. Burbank Schools, and he is the tenor section leader at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Beverly Farms, MA. A lifelong fan of English folk rock, Matt joined Ulster Landing in 2015 when they opened for Steeleye Span.

Christmas Magic

December 9, 2023, at Groton Hill Music Center

We will join with the Vista Philharmonic Orchestra for this wonderful holiday pops concert. There will be two performances – 2:00 pm & 7:30 pm.

more info

 

 

Beauty in Birdsong

November 19, 2023, 2:00 pm at Littleton High School

Join us as we explore Christopher Tin’s important new work, “The Lost Birds”.  In Tin’s preface, he speaks of the work being a “celebration of their beauty—as symbols of hope, peace, and renewal…but it is {also} a memorial for their loss….To pay proper tribute to these birds, I adopted a distinctly 19th-century musical vocabulary: one based on the tunefulness of folk songs with a string orchestra that is both soaring and melancholy.”

more info

COME SING WITH US!

Sing through Spring and spring into singing! Join us in preparing this fun Celtic Celebration!

Open rehearsals: Mondays – April 8, 15, & 22 @ 7:00 pm

more info 

World Central Kitchen image

Help Us Help Famine Victims!

At our concert in Littleton two years ago, Sounds of Stow honored the deep personal connection of our piano soloist, Sonya Ovrutsky Fensome, to Ukraine by raising funds for World Central Kitchen, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization delivering quality meals to families in areas of greatest need. Generous members of the chorus, orchestra, and patrons contributed over $6,000 to this fundraising effort. Regrettably, global need has only expanded since then. We hope you will consider joining us in making a donation to World Central Kitchen.

Thank you!

Sounds of Stow

We are a welcoming community of musicians committed to preparing and performing exceptional choral music to enrich our lives and those of our audiences.

Sounds of Stow Chorus is an all-volunteer, self-auditioned group, open to anyone who can match pitch and learn their parts. Principles of good singing and musicianship are realized through rehearsals that are challenging and fun. The Chorus is a member of the Greater Boston Choral Consortium and the Central Massachusetts Choral Consortium. Sounds of Stow Chorus & Orchestra is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization.

 

Thank you to our sponsors!

Sounds of Stow performances are sponsored in part by grants from the Massachusetts Cultural Council, administered by the local cultural councils of Stow, Hudson, Bolton, and Acton-Boxborough.

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Choral Group Affiliations

Sounds of Stow is a member of Central Mass Choral Consortium and the Greater Boston Choral Consortium. We encourage you to visit their websites for information about other member groups and upcoming events.

Questions?

Sounds of Stow |  P. O. Box 303  |  Stow, MA 01775