Auditions
Philomusica Choir will hold auditions for the Spring 2025 season on rehearsal nights: January 6, 13, 20, and 27.
Rehearsal is 7:30-10pm. You are welcome to sit in for rehearsal, sing with us, and audition afterwards.
We welcome all voice parts. Come sing with us!!
Ave Maria
Philomusica presents a celebratory Marian-themed concerts featuring works by Biebl, Lusitano, Memley, Pärt, Rachmaninoff, and more. We are also looking forward to collaborating with our dear friends in Cantabile Chamber Chorale (directed by Rebecca Scott) for a joint performance and a guest set by Cantabile.
Charity, Love, Miracles
Charity, Love, Miracles
Philomusica presents Haydn’s Kleine Orgelmesse and Laudate Dominum from Mozart’s Vesperae solennes de confessore, as well as Duruflé’s Ubi caritas and other songs of love by Abbie Betinis, Marques L.A. Garrett, Thomas Tallis, and more! Philomusica will also present their annual holiday sing-a-long, which will include songs from multiple languages, cultures, and faiths including Al HaNissim ("For the Miracles") arr. J. Jacobsen/H. Netsky and Latvian Carol Ai, nama mamina by Andrejs Jansons.
Saturday, December 7, 8pm
Sunday, December 8, 4pm
First Presbyterian Church of Metuchen
Tickets available now!
Auditions
Philomusica Choir will hold auditions for the Fall 2024 season on rehearsal nights: September 9, 16, 23, 30.
Rehearsal is 7:30-10 pm. You are welcome to sit in for rehearsal, sing with us, and audition afterwards.
We welcome all voice parts. Come sing with us!!
Sing Out My Soul: Philomusica in Concert
Philomusica presents Sing Out My Soul: Songs of Joy, Hope, and Renewal.
Featuring, Chilcott's A Little Jazz Mass, Marques L. A. Garrett's Sing Out My Soul, Fauré's Cantique de Jean Racine, Melissa Dunphy's Songs for the People, Robert T. Gibson's arrangement of Bill Withers' Lovely Day, and more.
Performances will include special guests Shea Velloso (piano), Mike Noordzy (bass), and Jem Seidel (drums).
Philomusica In Concert with Cantabile
Cantabile Chamber Chorale, Rebecca Scott, artistic director with special guest performers,
Philomusica Concert Choir, Emma Daniels, music director featuring the premiere of Star Songs (2024) by Bruce Lazarus
Online ticket sales https://cantabilechamberchorale.com/reserve_tickets/
Highlights: "In Paradisum" from Fauré Requiem op. 48; "High Flight"(Farnell); "I Am Flying" (Nan-Chang Chien); "I'll Fly Away" (arr. Courtney) ; "Locus Iste" (Bruckner); "Samaia"(Georgian folk song); "The Silver Swan"(Gibbons); "The Bee" (Frank Bridge) "The Heavens are Telling" (Haydn).
Home for the Holidays
Philomusica joins the New Brunswick Chamber Orchestra and two other area choirs on Sunday, December 17th, 2023 at Nicholas Music Center, 85 George Street, New Brunswick, NJ to present holiday favorites for the whole family. Come celebrate our wonderful musical community here in greater Middlesex County. Under the direction of Dr. Julia Baumanis. $30. Buy tickets.
In Dulci Jubilo
In Dulci Jubilo (Latin for In Sweet Rejoicing): Philomusica’s 2023 winter concert will include a variety of music celebrating joy and gratitude. Vivaldi’s Magnificat, Rutter’s What Sweeter Music, Lauridsen's O Magnum Mysterium and Buxtehude's In dulci jubilo, and sacred works by Black composers Victor C. Johnson and R. Nathaniel Dett, Featuring Organist Shea Velloso, a small string ensemble, vocal soloists, our own thirty choir members, plus our traditional holiday sing-a-long. Saturday, December 2nd 2023 @8 PM and Sunday, December 3rd, 2023 @4 PM at the Presbyterian Church of Jamesburg, 175 Gatzmer Avenue, Jamesburg, NJ 08831. Under the direction of Emma Daniels. Buy tickets.
