
P.O. Box 762 Amherst, NH 03031
SVC 4th of
July booth
Amherst Commons
Set-up: 9:00
Sing at the booth 9:30 to 1:00 (music provided)
"patriotic" dress (red, white, blue)
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Souhegan Valley Chorus, now in its 29th season, is a community chorus in the Milford-Amherst (New Hampshire) area performing a variety of choral music from pops to light classics under the direction of Jennifer K. Erdody. Membership is open, without audition, to singers from high school age through seniors who enjoy choral music. Fifty people come from towns in and around the Souhegan Valley for the weekly rehearsals which are held on Tuesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. usually in the Milford Middle School (see map below) music room. Two concerts are presented each season—one in December and one in May— as well as participating in the Milford Holiday Stroll which takes place the first Sunday in December.

Milford Middle School,
33 Osgood Rd (red
star)
Milford High School, 100 West St (yellow
star)
Unitarian Universalist Church, 20 Elm St,
Milford, NH (green
star)
Milford First Congregational Church, 10
Union St (blue
star)
Milford United Methodist Church, 327 N. River Rd (magenta
star)
see map below
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Open Rehearsals
Our first rehearsal for the Fall 2008 Season begins on Tuesday,
September 9th in the Milford Congregational Church. The first three rehearsalsJanuary
13, 20, and 27are for prospective members who want to
"test the waters" before joining.
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Membership Dues
Dues are per semester and are as follows:
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2009 Spring Concert
May 9 at 7:30 in the Souhegan High School
Classic American Composers
Choose Something Like A Star -
Randall Thompson
Choose
Something Like a Star (2)
The Road Not
Taken - Randall Thompson
At the River - Aaron Copland
Spirituals
Ezekiel Saw the Wheel
Sometimes I Feel
Lerner And Loewe
selections from "My Fair Lady" and "Camelot"
Brahms
(from "Six Folk Songs")
The Fiddler
I'd Enter Your Garden
How Sad Flow the Streams
Cole Porter
Anything Goes
In the Still of the Night
Contemporary Choral Works
Pie
Jesu- Andrew Lloyd Webber
Little Birds- Eric Whitacre
Chili Con Carne- Anders Edenroth
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If in doubt, call or email your Section Leader:
Sopranos - Judith Silverman 673-2720
Altos - Jean Desany 673-7302
Tenors - Kent Johnson 345-1268
Basses - Dan Wolaver 566-0685
Spring 2009 Rehearsal Schedule (7:30 unless otherwise noted)
| Date |
Place (see map) |
Special Events |
Notes |
| Jan 13 | Milford Middle School | open rehearsal | |
| Jan 20 | Milford Middle School | open rehearsal | Valleyaires 6:30 |
| Jan 27 | Milford Middle School | open rehearsal | |
| Feb 3 | Milford Middle School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Feb 10 | Milford Middle School | Board mtg. 6:30 | |
| Feb 17 | Milford Middle School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Feb 24 | Milford Congr. Church | ||
| Mar 3 | Milford Middle School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Mar 10 | Milford Congr. Church | Board mtg. 6:30 | |
| Mar 17 | Milford Middle School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Mar 24 | Milford Middle School | ||
| Mar 31 | Milford Middle School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Apr 7 | Milford Middle School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Apr 14 | Milford Middle School | Board mtg. 6:30 | |
| Apr 21 | Milford Middle School | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| Apr 28 | Milford Congr. Church | Valleyaires 6:30 | |
| May 5 | Milford Middle School | Board mtg. 6:30 | |
| May 8 | Souhegan High School | Friday tech rehearsal | 7:00 |
| May 9 | Souhegan High School | Saturday concert | 6:00 |
| May 12 | Granite Square | Singout / Party | 6:45 at Granite Square |
| June 2 | Milford Middle School | rehearsal for June 6 | 7:30-8:30 (Board 6:30) |
| June 6 | Amato Center | performance | TBA |
| July 4 | Amherst commons | SVC booth | 9:00 - noon |
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The Director and the Accompanist
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Jennifer K. Erdody,
director, is the choral
director at Milford High School in Milford, NH, where she directs the
concert choir and "West Street Beat", the school's a cappella
group. She also teaches voice workshop and musical theater. Jennifer is
on the staff of the Souhegan Valley Boys and Girls Club School of
Theater Arts, where she is currently music director for "Willy
Wonka Jr." She was also the music director for the spring 2007
production of "Carousel". In the early winter she
directs the Mont Vernon Community Messiah Sing, a long-standing choral
tradition. |
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Laura Kennedy, accompanist, has distinguished herself across the nation as a solo performer, accompanist and chamber musician. She has performed with the Lyric Trio and the Wiedemann Trio, in collaborations with the Florida Symphony Chamber Players and the Fairmount String Quartet, at the Mostly Mozart Festival, and Chamber Music at the Barn, and on Chicagos classical radio station WFMT and National Public Radios Performance Today. Laura has played in recitals with David Perry, Donald McInnes, Lazlo Varga, Brian Lewis, and with oboist, Joseph Robinson, principal oboe of the New York Philharmonic. She also enjoys presenting concerts with her brother, violinist Joseph Scheer, with whom she has recorded two CDs. Laura resides in Milford with her family. Her daughter, Clara, a cellist, is in her second year at the Julliard School. |
Click here to hear a live recording of Laura playing Rachmaninov's Etudes Tableaux op.39 no.1
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Here are the job descriptions for each office.
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2007 Spring Concert - "Pioneers and
Prairies"
The theme for this concert was the westward expansion of the United States
and the various cultures that contribute to our music and language.
Click here to see pictures from the show.
Listen to "Red River Valley"
Listen to "Sunset"
Concerts recorded by DB Systems.
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