Geraldine Freedman

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

Saratoga Voices artistic director Noah Palmer decided to challenge his 75-voice chorus — and himself  — for the group's Saturday concert at Zankel Music Center at Skidmore College. “Except for one piece, it's all new for me and new for the group,” he said. The program, titled “Mystical Masterpieces,” comes initially from Ralph Vaughan Williams' “Five Mystical Songs” (1911). The work for baritone, chorus, strings and piano is based on George Herbert's 17th-century metaphysical poetry.

1 week ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

The Hudson-Mohawk Chorale opted for a different approach for its Sunday afternoon concert at the First Reformed Church of Scotia. Instead of celebrating spring, director Susan Hermance Fedak chose a program with the title “The Voice of Eternity” geared toward contemplation and reverence with the large crowd asked to listen to the music for a solid sixty minutes and then applaud.

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

It’s time to plant, nurture and celebrate trees, and this weekend the city of Schenectady, along with many other communities nationwide, is doing just that because Friday is Arbor Day. To make it official, the Schenectady City Council recently passed a resolution to acknowledge the day as well as to plant four trees in front of Tiny Tot Land in Central Park.

2 weeks ago | dailygazette.com | Geraldine Freedman

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