Orpheus to Perform at Ridgewood's Kasschau Shell on Tuesday, June 28

Orpheus Club Men's Chorus will perform as part of the Kasschau Memorial Shell 2022 Concert Series in Ridgewood, NJ.

Our performance will be Tuesday, June 28, from 8:30 p.m. to 9:45 p.m. All performances in this series are outdoors, and are free and open to all.

Attendees may park at Veterans Field or the Ridgewood Library. Directions.

​In case of rain, please check the Kasschau Memorial Shell website after 6 p.m. on the day of the concert.

The repertoire will include solos by our pianist and assistant conductor, Ron Levy, and by our music director, John J. Palatucci.

The chorus will perform:

• Salutation ("Hail, Friends of Music!"), words and music by Wm. P. Bentz.
• Stout Hearted Men, words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Sigmund Romberg.
• A Red, Red Rose, words by Robert Burns, music by James Mulholland.
• 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.
• Desperta Ferro, words and music by Christopher Fox, based on an Almogàver battle cry.

• Seventy Six Trombones, words and music by Meredith Willson, arranged by William Stickles.

• 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.
• ​You'll Never Walk Alone, words by Oscar Hammerstein II, music by Richard Rodgers.
• America, the Beautiful, lyrics by Katharine Lee Bates, music by Samuel A. Ward, arranged by Ladislas Helfenbein.
• ​We Sing As One, words by E. Andrew Mills, music by Richard Lane.