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The repertoire of the Randolph Singers has been varied and far-reaching. Through the years the group has performed major choral pieces, anthems, newly commissioned works and Broadway show tunes, to name a few. Often other choral groups and/or musicians collaborate and perform with the Randolph Singers in concert. Here are programs from some recent concerts:
May 2024
May 2024
The Singers cheered the arrival of Spring with a program including songs by the Beatles, Paul Simon, Pete Seeger, and a medley from The Sound of Music. The concert featured two works by local composers: Kathy Wonson Eddy and a world premiere by the Randolph Singers’ music director, Christopher McWilliams. Eddy’s piece, "Dona Nobis Pacem," complete with a brass quintet and tympani, is a stirring call for peace. McWilliams' "Great Day" celebrates life and light.
The concert featured the Chandler Children’s Chorale, directed by Jennifer Stickney and founded by Susan Montgomery-Grout, who accompanied the Singers along with Marta Borgstrom.
December 2023
The concert featured Selections from Gloria, by Antonio Vivaldi with soloists Jan Fowler, Marjorie Drysdale, and Deadra Ashton. We sang the Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriel Faure, and gave a rousing rendition of the traditional carol, Good King Wenceslas.
The Children’s Chorale opened Part Two with Merry Christmas Around the World, and joined us in many of the pieces which followed: Bidi Bom, Caroling, Caroling, Some Children See Him, with soloist Becky Kincaid, and We’ll Dress the House. Percussionists Scott Paulson & Barb Smith brought another dimension to Come Join the Angels Singing, with soloists: Julie Iffland, Tammy Limlaw & Becky Kincaid. The Winter Canon/In the Bleak Midwinter incorporates a theme by the medieval composer Thomas Tallis and a poem by Pre-Raphaelite Christina Rossetti set to music by Gustav Holst.
Part Two continued with a rousing African Noel, which opened with a conga drum solo by Dan Pritchard, brightened by Paulson & Smith on steel drums. The program ended with a tender carol, See Amid the Winter Snow, and the audience joined us in a carol Sing-Along.
We were accompanied by a delightful string quartet: Daryl Grout and Jane Tulloh on violin, Ellen Drysdale on viola and Becky McMeekin on cello.
The concert was recorded by ORCA Media and you can listen by clicking on the picture to the left.
December 2022
Marta Borgstrom, Director
Susan Montgomery-Grout, Accompanist
We were so happy to sing at Chandler again. We were joined by a string quartet and a children's choir.
December 2021
Pete Schmeeckle, Director;
Marta Borgstrom, Accompanist
After a forced hiatus due to COVID, the Singers performed on the Chandler stage once more!
The Spheres (Kyrie Eleison,) Ola Gjeilo
Mary Had a Baby, William Dawson
The Little Drummer Boy, Katherine Davis
Bashanah Haba'ah, Nurit Hirsch & Ehud Manor
Ding Dong! Merrily on High, Traditional French
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Traditional English
Torches! Traditional Galician Carol
Noble Train / Evacuation Day, Peter Schmeeckle,
Grinch Medley, T. Geisel & Albert Hague
White Christmas, Irvin Berlin, 1942
Szeroka Woda (Broad Waters,) Henryk Gorecki
December 2019
Bidi Bom, David Eddleman
The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy, Arr. Robert de Cormier,
The Holly and the Ivy, arr. by Stephen Paulus
Children Go Where I Send Thee, Arr. Robert de Cormier
Hanukkah Song, Arr. Vicki Tucker Courtney
Hark the Herald Angels Sing, Arr. Dan Forrest
White Christmas, Words and Music by Irving Berlin
~Audience Singalong~
Themes of War and Peace, Chandler Center for the Arts, April 2019
The major work for this concert was Dona Nobis Pacem, a powerful plea for peace written in 1936 as warlike and economic tensions were building in Europe. Vaughan Williams' music contrasts the discord of war, the grief of death, and through use of Walt Whitman's poetry, along with sacred texts, calls upon each of us to consider our role in containing acts of violence. Also on the program was the 1944 arrangement of Battle Hymn of the Republic by Peter Wilhousky, now the standard for military and high school bands; Earth Song written by Frank Ticheli in 2006, Soon I Will Be Done, a traditional spiritual, and Da Pacem Domine, a lesser known round begging for peace. Soloists Jenna Rae and James Anderson; orchestra members Jane Kittredge (concertmaster), Ben Livey, Ana Ruesink, Perri Morris, Eliot Porter, Joy Worland, Nicola Cannizzaro; directed by Jessie Pierpont; rehearsal accompanist Marta Borgstrom; concert accompanist Hugh Keelan.
Read the review of this ambitious concert as it appeared in The Herald of Randolph:
50th Anniversary Jubilee Concert, Chandler Center for the Arts, December 2018
Reportoire from the Randolph Singers' long and varied history, including works from Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, Handel, as well as Central Vermont's own Kathy Eddy and Gwyneth Walker.
The concert included the Randolph Singers Youth Chorus, Festival Orchestra, and Holiday Brass Quintet. Directed by Dick and Marjorie Drysdale; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist. Watch our Jubilee concert on YouTube by clicking on this link: https://youtu.be/qnLNsFw8dtw
May 2018: Lord Nelson Mass
We performed twice with the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra under the direction of Lou Kosma, Once at the Barre Opera House, and again at the Chandler. Read Jim Lowe's review here. The Singers were directed by Marjorie and Dick Drysdale.
December 2013: Dancing at the Edge of Mystery
Kathy Wonson Eddy's composition,: Celtic Music for Advent and Christmas was the highlight of this concert, which included carols from around the world, and our traditional holiday sing along. Kathy Wonson Eddy, director; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist.May 2013: "In the Spirit, Sing!", Tunbridge Community Church and Bethany Church,
A collection of spirituals, old and new, Kathy Wonson Eddy's Swimming Lesson, and various choral works, including several pieces by John Rutter. Steve Finner, director; Kathy Eddy, guest director; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist.
December 2013: Handel's "Messiah," Chandler Center for the Arts
Randolph Singers and Sounding Joy! joined forces to present Handel's Messiah, Marjorie Drysdale's own Wreck of the Hesperus, and carols by Alfred Burt. Jennifer Moore, director; Marjorie Drysdale, director; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist.
May 2012: "Catch a Falling Star," Our Lady of the Angels Church
The program listed fourteen different songs with "star" as a unifying theme. Of note was a selection Sure on this Shining Night - arranged by three different composers, J. Ray, Randall Stroope, and Samuel Barber. Other selections included Choose Something Like a Star by Randall Thompson, My Lord What a Morning by H.T. Burleigh, and Stars I Shall Find by V. Johnson and S. Houston (another two version set.) Jennifer Moore, director; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist.
December 2011: "Songs for the Seasons," Chandler Center for the Arts
The Singers' traditional holiday concert featuring anthems, carols with audience sing-along, and the featured presentation of John Rutter's Magnificat; Karen Lundry of New York, soloist. Jennifer Moore, director; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist.
May 2011: "Our Wish For Peace," Our Lady of the Angels
Music performed included The Peaceable Kingdom by Randall Thompson, Bashana Haba'ah by Manor, Hirsch, Leavitt, Our Wish This Year is Peace by Erik Neilsen, Peace I Ask of Thee, O River by Gwyneth Walker, Brothers by Carl Stubing. Jennifer Moore, director; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist.
December 2010: "Gloria!" Chandler Center for the Arts
Vivaldi's Gloria, traditional carols, Bach's Sheep May Safely Graze. Featured soloists Marjorie Drysdale, Linda Radtke, Molly Clarke and Lillian Schley. Instrumentalists included Raymond Karl Malone, Bob Blais, Sophia Pelligrino, Jody Racht, Ann Greenawalt and Phyllis Kadlub. Lindsey Warren, director; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist.
May 2010: “Grand Night for Broadway,” Our Lady of the Angels Church
Selections from Grease, Paint Your Wagon, Fiddler on the Roof, My Fair Lady, Jesus Christ Superstar, Cats, Phantom of the Opera, Showboat, West Side Story, The Sound of Music, and Oklahoma. Lindsey Warren, conductor; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist
December 2009: "Tapestry of Carols," Chandler Center for the Arts
With Sounding Joy!, Bethany Church Youth Choir and Sounding Joy! Youth Chorus. Lindsay Warren and Marjorie Drysdale, directors; Marta Borgstrom, accompanist.
December 2008: “International Songs of the Season,” Chandler Music Hall,
Music by Benjamin Britten, Sir David Willcocks, William Dawson, Roy Ringwald. Lindsey Warren, director; Timothy Guiles, accompanist.
May 2008: “Richly Rutter,” Baptist Fellowship Church, Randolph
A collection of music by John Rutter, including “Requiem.” Kathy Rotondi, director; Timothy Guiles, accompanist.
December 2007: “Christmas with the Randolph Singers," Chandler Center for the Arts
Music by Gustav Holst, Stephen Paulus, Jay Althouse, plus traditional audience sing-along of traditional carols.
May 2007: “Songs of America," Chandler Music Hall
Music by Gwyneth Walker, Robert DeCormier, Irving Berlin, Leonard Bernstein. Piero Bonamico, director; Timothy Guiles, accompanist.
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