This was the season that came to be seen as a point of arrival and departure. It began with the Singers’ first regular-season appearance at VMA Arts and Cultural Center – a collaboration with Cadence Dance Project. Such a large venue was a risk for the Singers at the time, but the concert was a great success. We performed for a full house and a got an enthusiastic reception. We concluded the season with Rachmaninoff’s Vespers in a series of concerts that took us from Providence to Bristol, East Greenwich and Westerly.

Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971): Les Noces
Carl Orff (1895-1982): Carmina Burana

Julian Wachner, conductor
Colleen Cavanaugh, choreographer

The Providence Singers
Cadence Dance Project

Jennifer Foster, soprano
Pamela Dellal, mezzo-soprano
Rockland Osgood, tenor
David Murray, baritone
Curtis Streetman, bass

Pianists: Leslie Amper, Randall Hodgkinson, Linda Osborn-Blaschke, Paul Phillips
Percussion: John Grimes, Richard Kelly, William Manley, Kuljit Rehnecy, Robert Schultz, Nancy Smith

8 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 4, 2000, VMA Arts and Cultural Center, Providence

Benjamin Britten (1913-1976): A Ceremony of Carols
Peter Wishart (1921-1984): Alleluya, A New Work Is Come on Hand
16th Century French: Ding Dong! Merrily on High
Traditional Polish: Infant Holy, Infant Lowly
Traditional French: Shepards in the Field Abiding
Traditional English (Arthur Warrell, arr.): We Wish You a Merry Christmas
Carols for All to Sing: Once in Royal Davis’s City; Hark! The Herald Angels Sing; Silent Night; O Come, All Ye Faithful and Joy to the World!

6:30 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 16, 2000, at Central Baptist Church in Providence
4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, 2000, at St. Mary’s Church in Bristol

This magnificent a cappella work became a great fravorite of The Singers. The group would perform it again in June 2006 for Julian Wachner’s final concert as artistic director.

8 p.m. Saturday, April 28, 2001, at Grace Church in Providence
4 p.m. Sunday, April 29, 2001, at St. Mary’s Church in Bristol
8 p.m. Saturday, May 5, 2001, at St. Luke’s Church in East Greenwich
4 p.m. Sunday, May 6, 2001, at Chorus of Westerly Performance Hall