About Us…

The Award-Winning Westchester Choral Society was founded by Sarah Stewart Bowne in 1942 to perform Bach’s B minor Mass with 15 singers. Today we are 50 singers performing works from Baroque to contemporary, presenting three concerts per season to audiences in Westchester and nearby communities.

 

Click here for an appreciation of our late music director,
Lyndon Woodside,
Music Director 1967–2005

 

Our repertoire, arranged

by date

by composer

Information for Members

Click here for our member guide.

 

Contact Us

If you wish to be included on our mailing list, please email us, and include your name, address, phone number, and email address along with your comments or questions.

 

We look forward to hearing from you.

 

Westchester Choral Society
216 Central Avenue
White Plains, NY 10606
Phone 914.761.3900
Fax 914.761.4576

 

Click here to send an email to our president.

 

Directions to the Music Conservatory of Westchester

 

The Westchester Choral Society is a proud member of Chorus America, the Vocal Area Network, and the Westchester Arts Council, which honored us in 2000 with its Arts Organization Award.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thank you

for your interest in the Westchester Choral Society.

 

If you are looking for a choral home, please note that we welcome singers in all voice sections, especially tenors and basses (limited openings for sopranos). To schedule a singer-friendly audition, please call WCS President Numa Rousseve at (914) 285–9026 or click here to email to our president.

 

Special offer!

Try us in September before committing to becoming a member. Attend any rehearsals prior to Oct. 7 without obligation to get to know us better and then we'll arrange an audition.

 

Auditions for Choral Singers

Come sing with us in our concerts this season!

We rehearse on Tuesday evenings 7:30–10:00 at the Music Conservatory of Westchester, 216 Central Ave., White Plains (near the County Center) where we are Chorus in Residence.

 

We welcome singers in all voice sections. To schedule a singer-friendly audition, please call WCS President Numa Rousseve at (914) 285–9026 or click here to email him.

 

What goes on in our “singer-friendly” auditions? In a five- to-ten-minute session, Music Director Frank Nemhauser will ask you to perform a prepared solo, not part of a choral work or hymn, which need not be memorized (but bring a copy of the music for the accompanist); then sight-read a short passage (nothing too difficult); and vocalize to determine your vocal range. Mr. Nemhauser says, “I am looking for quality of voice and the ability to read music/learn music. I would like to stress that the audition procedure will be short, and I am extremely kind during auditions.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Coming Events

 

Sunday, Nov. 23, 2008 at 3:00 pm

A Celebration of Folk Songs
as arranged by Brahms, Bartók,
Britten, and Rutter,
plus a trio of American Favorites

Frank Nemhauser, Conductor
David Baranowski, Accompanist

Gala Reception following the concert

Rye Presbyterian Church
882 Boston Post Road, Rye

Tickets $25 (students with ID $10)

Download a flyer

Directions

Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3:00 pm
A Joyful Holiday Event!

Messiah Sing with Raffle

Frank Nemhauser, Conductor
David Baranowski, Accompanist

Music Conservatory of Westchester

216 Central Ave., White Plains

Admission $10—includes refreshments

(Scores available or bring your own)

Directions

Sunday, Mar. 29 at 3:00 pm

Show Tune Sing-Along

FredericksWith musical theater performer
Jim Fredericks

Music Conservatory of Westchester

216 Central Ave., White Plains

Admission $10—includes refreshments

Directions

Saturday, May 2, 2009

A joint concert with the
Fairfield County Chorale

Mozart: Mass in C minor
Mendelssohn: Psalm 42

Frank Nemhauser and Johannes Somary, Conductors

Norwalk Concert Hall
125 East Ave., Norwalk, CT

Directions