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About Down East Singers

Down East Singers, midcoast Maine's acclaimed community chorus for more than 25 years, performs choral works in a variety of styles, from Baroque to the 21st century. Founded in 1979, the chorus has established a fine reputation for exhilarating performances of both well-known masterpieces and seldom-heard compositions.

Down East Singers occupies an important place in the cultural life of midcoast Maine. The group has performed in many Maine venues as well as Boston, New Haven, St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York City, Montreal, Baltimore, the National Cathedral in Washington, DC, and Middlebury, Vermont.

The group can be heard on their CD recording of Rachmaninoff's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, which received critical acclaim in the November, 1996 American Record Guide, and on their CD of Honegger's King David with the Mid-Coast Chamber Orchestra.

Members of Down East Singers combined forces with Bowdoin Chorus on a concert tour of European Russia and Siberia during the summer of 2002.

Interested in Singing with Us?

Membership in Down East Singers is open to all singers in the community; sight-reading skills are desirable. The next opportunity to join DES will be in early September 2008. Rehearsals are every Tuesday from 7 to 9:15 p.m. at Nativity Lutheran Church on Old County Road in Rockport. Dues ($40) are charged on a semester basis (September through December and January to June); scholarships are available, and high school students sing for free.

For further information about Down East Singers, you may call 207-273-2471 or email us.

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