Quick Calendar of Upcoming Events

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Saturday, November 16, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.

Candlelight Concert of Remembrance

St. George’s School Chapel, 372 Purgatory Road, Middletown

Featuring the Fauré Requiem and Cantique de Jean Racine

with works by Nadia Boulanger, Peter Berton, Douglas Guest, and Moses Hogan

with the St. George’s School Advanced Vocal Ensemble

and members of the choir of Trinity Church, Newport

There are no tickets, reservations, or reserved seating. Doors open at 3:30; first come, first seated.

Free-will offering benefits International War and Disaster Relief through Episcopal Relief and Development

(see page 19 for the 2023 concert)

Sunday, December 8, 2024 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.

Cantus at the Mansion

Rosecliff, 548 Bellevue Avenue, Newport

The Choir School sings the first ten minutes of the program alone,

and combines with Cantus for Biebl’s sublime Ave Maria before Intermission.

Other program details and tickets are available from Newport Classical

(see page 21 for the 2023 concert Messiah at the Mansion, which this replaces for one year.)

Friday, December 13, 2024 at 5:00 and 7:30 p.m.

A service of Nine Lessons and Carols with St. George’s School Chapel Choir and Community,

at St. George’s School Chapel, 372 Purgatory Road, Middletown

No tickets or reservations; open seating.

(see page 22)

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Past events

August 18-27, 2024:

Educational Tour to Buenos Aires and Mendoza, Argentina (see page 37)

July 26, 2024:

Newport Folk Festival: with Allison Russell

on the Fort Stage!

Sunday, June 2, 2024 at 11:45 a.m.:

Academic ceremony of chorister graduation and promotion

St. George’s School Chapel

372 Purgatory Road, Middletown

Friday, May 31, 2024 from 4:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m., then continuing on

Saturday, June 1, 2024 from 8:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

HYMNATHON Tour Fundraiser - 720 Hymns in Ten Hours. We raised $22,830!

Click here for information

Link for Saturday’s livestream (hymns 460 to the end) is here: Saturday

Link for Friday’s livestream (the first 217 hymns, plus some bought out of order) is here: Friday

Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1956 Main Road, Tiverton

Sunday, April 21, 2024 at 3:00 p.m.:

Earth Day Concert

St. George’s School, 372 Purgatory Road, Middletown

Holy Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.:

Hereford Variations, a Holy Week Meditation (see page 27)

at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church, 1956 Main Road, Tiverton, RI

written and performed by organist-composer Peter S. Berton

Click for downloadable program note booklet

Click for video preview

The Choir School of 2018 is pictured at Hereford Cathedral in the banner photo above, and its performance there is part of the video.

Palm Sunday, March 24, 2024 at 10:00 am:

Service of Choral Eucharist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (see page 43)

324 E. Main Road, Portsmouth

In addition to hymns (four with descants!) and service music,

the choir sang Sanctus by Yves Castagnet, and Ex ore innocentium by John Ireland.

Sunday, February 25, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.:

Bach Cantata 115 sung with Trinity Choir

at Trinity Church, 1 Queen Anne Square, Newport (see page 27)

Sunday, February 11, at 10:00 a.m.

Service of Choral Eucharist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (see page 43)

324 E. Main Road, Portsmouth

Sunday, February 4, 2024 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m.:

Tea, Tunes, and Royal Chat with Dr. Barry Rose (see page 24)

An Endowment Fundraising event

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324 E. Main Road, Portsmouth

Sunday, December 17, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.:

Service of Choral Eucharist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church (see page 43)

324 E. Main Road, Portsmouth

Sunday, December 3, 2023 at 1:00 p.m. and 3:30 p.m.:

Messiah at the Mansion with Ensemble Altera at Rosecliff, presented by Newport Classical.

For tickets, click here

Friday, December 8, 2023 at 5:00 and 7:30 p.m.:

A service of Nine Lessons and Carols with St. George’s School Chapel Choir and Community,

at St. George’s School Chapel, 372 Purgatory Road, Middletown

No tickets or reservations; open seating. (see page 22)

Sunday, November 12, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.:

Candlelight Concert of Remembrance at St. George’s School, Middletown

Included were excerpts from the Requiems of Brahms, Duruflé, and Mozart, with works by Bobby McFerrin, Peter Berton, Yves Castagnet, and J. S. Bach;

The Navy Hymn / For the Fallen / Taps / and a world premiere of a text carved in the St. George’s Memorial Schoolhouse Hallway,

which honors the memory of fifteen St. George’s students and a teacher killed in World War I.

The costs of the concert were generously underwritten by an anonymous individual, allowing all voluntary admission

donations to directly benefit international humanitarian aid (especially war relief) coordinated through Episcopal Relief and Development.

A reception hosted by St. George’s School followed the concert in the Memorial Schoolhouse.

Sunday, October 29, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.:

Service of Choral Eucharist at St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, Portsmouth

Saturday, October 7, 2023 at 11:30 a.m.:

Family Weekend Chapel Service at St. George’s School, Middletown

Sunday, September 24, 2023 at 4:00 p.m.:

Service of Solemn Evensong and Benediction at Saint Stephen’s Church, Providence

Sunday, August 20, 2023 at 5:00 p.m.

Choral Evensong for the summer 2023

Sunset Events series at

St. Andrew’s by the Sea Episcopal Church, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts

with members of the Choir of Saint Stephen’s Church, Providence

and organist Graham Schultz

19 students sang backup for the band Nickel Creek at the Newport Folk Festival on July 28, 2023, on the Festival Foundation Stage.

A video of that performance and associated rehearsal is being prepared for posting.