2022

Orpheus Video Sends L-O-V-E for Valentine’s Day

"L-O-V-E" ("Love Was Made for Me and You"), performed by the men of Orpheus Club Men's Chorus on Feb. 9, 2022, to celebrate Valentine's Day. Words and music by Bert Kaempfert and Milton Gabler.

Music Springs Eternal! Concert Features
Performances by Scholarship Winners

Our spring 2022 concert, with the theme Music Springs Eternal!, was held Sunday, April 24 at 4 p.m., at First Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NJ. Printed concert program.

In addition to the Orpheus repertoire listed below, our two student scholarship winners performed:

Bridge Over Troubled Water (1969), words and music by Paul Simon (b. 1941), sung by Margot Jerkovich.
Vocalise [from "Fourteen Romances," Op. 34; 1915] by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873-1943), viola performance by Yoona Park.

Orpheus pianist Ron Levy performed Summerland [from "Three Visions"; 1936] and Dance [from "A Deserted Plantation; 1933], both by William Grant Still (1895-1978).

Choral performances:

Salutation ("Hail, Friends of Music!"), words and music by Wm. P. Bentz.
America, the Beautiful, lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates, music by Samuel A. Ward, arranged by Ladislas Helfenbein.
Stout Hearted Men, words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Sigmund Romberg.
For the Beauty of the Earth, words by F. S. Pierpoint (1835-1917), music by John Rutter.
De Animals a-Comin', Negro spiritual, tune and text as rendered by Maginel Wright Barney, arranged by Marshall Bartholomew.
A Place in the Choir, words and music by Bill Staines (1947-2021), arranged by Erica Phare-Bergh.
America Singing (world premiere), text by Walt Whitman, music by Roger Stubblefield.
Seventy Six Trombones, words and music by Meredith Willson, arranged by William Stickles.
Desperta Ferro, words and music by Christopher Fox, based on an Almogàver battle cry.
The Voice of Music, words by George Bottomley, music by Richard Lane.
The Longest Time (doo-wop group), words and music by Billy Joel, arranged by Roger Emerson.
Jamaica Farewell, Jamaican folk song arranged by L. M. House.
Not While I'm Around [from Sweeney Todd], words and music by Stephen Sondheim (1930-2021), arranged by Robert Page.
Let All Men Sing, words and music by Keith Christopher.

Photos by Zigi Putnins. Video by Elizabeth Shane.

’Twas a Grand Night for Singing!

Photos from Orpheus Club Men's Chorus concert at Ridgewood's Kasschau Memorial Bandshell (Tuesday, June 28, 2022, from 8:30 to 9:45 p.m.). From Orpheus' music director, John J. Palatucci: ’Twas a grand night for singing! Thank you to the singing men of the OCMC, our faithful fans, friends and families and especially Zigi Putnins for taking another set of great pictures.

A Concert at Wanaque Reserve

On Saturday, Sept. 24, 2022, Orpheus performed at Wanaque Reserve for residents of that community and their guests.

Winterfest 2022

Orpheus at Winterfest 2019.

On Saturday, Nov. 26, OCMC members offered seasonal singing and caroling at The Ridgewood Guild’s annual Winterfest. We performed from 12 noon to 1:30 p.m. at
Memorial Park at Van Neste Square, Ridgewood.

“TubaChristmas VI” with the New Jersey Wind Symphony
Friday, Dec. 9, 2022, at 8 p.m.
West Side Presbyterian Church, 6 South Monroe St., Ridgewood, NJ 07450 (map).

A fun night of music with crowd favorite TubaChristmas.

Performances included:

Santa Wants a Tuba for Christmas (Bewley/Palatucci).
Modest Mussorgsky’s timeless classic Pictures at an Exhibition.
Two choruses from Verdi.
“Bandits Chorus” from Ernani and “Va, pensiero” from Nabucco.
Let There Be Peace on Earth (Joan and Sid Miller).
Sleigh Ride (Anderson).

Orpheus Club Men's Chorus Holiday Concerts: “Glorious Hallelujahs!”

Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022, at 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 18, 2022, at 4 p.m.

First Presbyterian Church, 722 E. Ridgewood Avenue, Ridgewood, NJ 07450.

These concerts included a piano solo by Ron Levy. Our guest artists were the Taconic String Quartet.

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