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Performances: 1960 - 1969
The details listed below are
gathered from programs saved from past
concerts. If you have any Delaware Choral
Society memorabilia that fills in missing historical
details, please contact us at info@delawarechoralsociety.org.
You are also invited to share your memories at
www.dcsmemories.blogspot.com.
Please contact us if
you have copies of concert programs from 1960
through 1962.
December 4, 1960,
Messiah,
George Frideric Handel. Margaret S. Storey,
Director; Kathryn Copple, Pianist, George F. Wiltshire, Organist.
Soloists: Katharine Bond, Soprano; Carole L. Partridge,
Contralto; W. Donald MacRostie, Bass; R. Alan Stewart, Tenor.
Dover
High School Auditorium, Dover, Delaware.
December 3, 1961,
Messiah,
George Frideric Handel. Margaret S. Storey,
Director, Kathryn Copple, Pianist, Robert Forney, Concert Meister of
String Ensemble. Soloists:
Katherine Bond, Soprano; Ellen R. Wildey, Mezzo Soprano; T. Elbert
Chance, Baritone; Charles Lindsley, Tenor.
Dover
High School Auditorium, Dover, Delaware.
December 2, 1962,
Messiah,
George Frideric Handel. Margaret S. Storey,
Director, Kathryn Copple, Pianist; Leo Ahramijian, Concertmaster of
String Ensemble. Soloists:
Norma Heyde, Soprano; Carole L. Partridge, Alto; John E. Feaster, Bass;
R. Alan Stewart, Tenor.
Dover
High School Auditorium, Dover, Delaware.
December 8, 1963, Messiah,
George Frideric Handel. Evelyn D. Swensson, Director; Kathryn Copple, Pianist;
Leo Ahramijian, Concertmaster of Instrumental Ensemble. Soloists: Evelyn D. Swensson, Soprano; Carole L. Partridge, Alto; R. Alan Stewart, Tenor;
Robert Grooters, Bass. Dover High School Auditorium,
Dover, Delaware.
December 6, 1964, Messiah,
George Frideric Handel. Evelyn D. Swensson, Conductor;
Kathryn Copple, Pianist; Nina P. Kapff, Ensemble Director,
Leo Ahramijian, Concert Master.
Soloists: Evelyn D. Swensson, Soprano; Dorothy Rathje, Alto; R. Alan
Stewart, Tenor; T. Elbert Chance, Bass. Dover High School
Auditorium, Dover, Delaware.
December 5, 1965, Messiah,
George Frideric Handel. Ivan
Trusler, Conductor; Carl Miller, Choral Director;. Hugh O'Meagher,
Harpsichordist; Joan Foster, Organist.
Kathryn Copple, Rehearsal Accompanist.
Soloists: Jean Sheppard, Soprano;
Carole Patridge, Alto; Donald Morgan, Tenor; Elbert Chance, Bass. Dover Central Middle School Auditorium, Dover,
Delaware.
December 4, 1966, Messiah,
George Frideric Handel. Carl
Miller, Conductor; Kathryn Copple, Organist;
Leo Ahramijian, Concertmaster of
Instrumental Ensemble. Soloists:
Henrietta Cooper (Dumas), Hazel Englehart, Ruth Field, Sopranos; Ruth
Crosby, Alice Kraffert, Roberta Hare, Altos; Dennis M. Holt, Tenor; Leon
Donavan, John Parks, Basses. Dover Central Middle School Auditorium,
Dover, Delaware.
December 3, 1967, Messiah,
George Frideric Handel. Carl O. Miller, Conductor; Leo Ahramjian, Concertmaster of Instrumental
Ensemble. Kathryn Copple,
Rehearsal Accompanist.
Soloists: Taeko
Fujii, Soprano; Carole L. Partridge, Alto; Donald Morgan, Tenor; Charles
Parks, Bass.
Dover Central Middle School
Auditorium, Dover, Delaware.
April 7, 1968,
A Choral Service (Requiem, Opus 45, Johannes Brahms). Carl
O. Miller, Conductor;
Elizabeth
Beatty, Organist. Kathryn Copple,
Rehearsal Accompanist.
Soloist:
Taeko Fujii. Wesley Methodist Church,
Dover, Delaware.
Brahms' Requiem, Opus 45
December 8, 1968, Messiah,
George Frideric Handel. Carl
O. Miller, Conductor; Kathryn Copple, piano; Leo Ahramjian,
Concertmaster of Instrumental Ensemble.
Kathryn Copple, Rehearsal Accompanist.
Soloists:
Henrietta Cooper (Dumas), Soprano; Edward
Everhart, Tenor. Dover Central Middle School
Auditorium, Dover, Delaware.
March 30, 1969, Requiem, Johannes
Brahms. Carl
O. Miller, Conductor; Ruth Gardner, Organist; Jude Mollenhauer, Harpist.
Kathryn Copple, Rehearsal Accompanist.
Henrietta Cooper (Dumas), Soprano; Kenneth
Wilson, Bass.
Presbyterian Church of Dover, Dover, Delaware.
December 7, 1969, Gloria, Antonio Vivaldi and
Messiah,
George Frideric Hande. Carl O. Miller and Harley
S. Hastings, Conductors, performed with the Newark
Symphony Orchestra. Kathryn Copple,
Rehearsal Accompanist.
Soloists:
Henrietta Cooper (Dumas), Emily A. Michael,
Ruth Baer, Sopranos;
Betty Jo
Lane, Alto.
Dover Central Middle School
Auditorium, Dover, Delaware.
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