Allegra! Women’s Chorus, Easton’s premier chamber choir, will be presenting a series of concerts across the Mid-Shore this November featuring fresh arrangements of beloved favorites and new compositions. Poetry from Sappho to St. Theresa of Avila to Emily Dickinson can be heard alongside music from composers Rosephayne Powell, Elaine Hagenburg, Craig Hella Johnson, and others. Also featured on the program is a stunning arrangement of “Shenandoah” and the original composition “Garden of Dreams,” commissioned by the ensemble in 2022 and published with Oxford University Press.
Allegra!’s first performance will be at the Presbyterian Church of Chestertown, 905 Gateway Drive, at 3pm, with a suggested donation of $15. Ticketed performances will be at Trinity Cathedral, 315 Goldsborough St, Easton on November 22 at 7pm and St. Paul’s, 225 S Morris St, Oxford on November 23 at 3pm. Tickets can be purchased for $15 at the door or by visiting www.allegroacademyeaston.com.
The women’s chorus is conducted by Amy Morgan, an accomplished musician whose education includes a Bachelors degree in Piano Performance from Salisbury University and Masters Degree in Choral Conducting from Messiah University. Morgan has extensive experience as a choral, operetta, and musical theatre director, is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, and is an active musician the Easton community. The program will be accompanied by Lyn Banghart on piano, Ursula Encarnacion on cello, and Ali Remesch on percussion.
Allegra! was formed in the spring of 2019 and is a program of Allegro Academy, a non-profit music conservatory located downtown Easton, MD. Other programs of the Academy include Allegro Youth Choirs, Summer Sing choir festival, group classes and private lessons. Allegro Academy’s mission is to offer exceptional music education and performance experiences to the greater Talbot County Area and to make these offerings affordable to all. Programs of the Academy are supported by generous donors, Talbot Arts, and the Maryland State Arts Council. For more information please visit www.allegroacademyeaston.com.
