Summer Sings are open, informal scratch performances of major works. You come to sing, not just to listen! It helps if you can read a score, but sight-singing skills are not required.
SUMMER SINGS 2025:
July Date : TBD
AUG 19th 7pm at The Church in the Gardens
$15 Entry for Each Session, or $25 for Both Sessions
All are welcome; there are no auditions or requirements to prepare. We provide the musical scores, conductor, pianist and soloists; you form the chorus. The emphasis is on singing and having fun!
The area around Our Lady of Mercy Church is blessed with ample free street parking. There is elevator access to the church for those with limited mobility. The church has excellent air conditioning and offers a large airy space with good ventilation.
Singers will be well separated. We do not have any requirements for masking or vaccination at this time, but you are welcome to wear a mask if you choose, and there is ample room to distance from other singers if needed.
If you have your own musical score, of any edition, please bring it along. If not, you can simply borrow one from us on the night.
Please come along to one or both of the sings, and inform your friends too. What better way to celebrate summer than singing with friends!
Please reach out to us at theforesthillschoir@gmail.com if you cannot find an answer to your question here.
A Summer Sing is an open, scratch performance of a major choral work. There is no prior rehearsal, anyone can join, and the performing group is made up of whoever shows up to sing that day. The atmosphere is informal: conductors prioritize fun and are generous to their choristers. Singers usually create a rousing performance even when resources are limited or unbalanced.
Yes! Everyone is welcome, so come along and take part as well as you are able. Mistakes don’t matter - we are all only there to have fun and nobody will feel exposed. While not necessary, it does help to be able to follow a part from sheet music, the lines and rhythm if not the notes. Scores for all the pieces are available on these web pages, so if you would like to practice, find a Youtube recording and try to sing along.
You can purchase your ticket in advance here through Paypal, or pay on the night at the door, by cash, venmo, or with a check to Forest Hills Choir. The fee is $15 for each session, with no extra charge for borrowing a score. You are welcome to come to listen, so long as you pay your fee and don’t expect a top class performance. If you have a score then please do bring it. You can also download a score onto a tablet and sing from that. But many people will borrow one of the scores that we will provide.
Most people sit with their voice section, because that makes it easier to sing, and for the conductor to guide us. But you are welcome to sit wherever you like, so if a group of four of you have always wanted to sing the chorus parts as a quartet, then be our guests!
The conductor might ask us to stand for certain sections, and you are always free to stand, though try not to block the view of others. If standing is difficult for you, then that is fine as well, sit near the front. Our goal is to give as many people as possible as much pleasure as possible from singing, so we want to minimize the obstacles to that.
The Church in the Gardens located at 50 Ascan Ave: While we ask that people respect the sacred space, Summer Sings are secular occasions and all are welcome.
The church is convenient to major highways, enjoys abundant free street parking (you will need a parking pass- we will provide when you arrive)
To get to the church by mass transit, take the E/ F/M/R subway, the Q23 or Q60 bus to Forest Hills: 71st/Continental Avenue. The LIRR stops at Forest Hills. Walk eastbound along Queens Blvd or Austin St. to Ascan Ave, make a right on Ascan Ave, walk under the train trestle to 50 Ascan Ave. There is also a taxi stand at Queens Boulevard and 71st Avenue.
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