Each Summer Sing is an open, informal spot rehearsal & performance of a major choral work. You come to sing, not just to listen! It helps if you can read a score, but sight-singing skills are not required. We provide the music, conductor and community!
SUMMER SINGS 2025:
July 24th 7pm at The Center at Maple Grove
Choral selections from Handel's Messiah
AUG 19th 7pm at The Church -in- the -Gardens
Faure's Requiem
$15 Entry for One Session, or $25 for Both !
JOIN US!
Tickets for sale here: https://fhchoir.org/
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!
Our venues have air conditioning and offer parking on site or ample street parking.
For JUL 24 (the Center at Maple Grove) there is on site parking.
For AUG 19 (the Church-in-the -Gardens) we provide a parking pass for street parking.
If you have your own musical score of the Summer Sing piece, any edition, please bring it along. If not, you can simply borrow one from us that night.
Please come along to one or both of the Sings, and invite your friends -- more the merrier!
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, informal 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 casual: conductors prioritize fun and are generous to their choristers. Singers usually create a rousing performance even when resources are limited - it's about bringing the music loving community together!
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 Center at Maple Grove is located at 127-15 Kew Gardens Road, Kew Gardens, NY 11415
The Church in the Gardens located at 50 Ascan Ave. Forest Hills, NY 11375
While we ask that people respect the sacred space, Summer Sings are secular occasions and all are welcome.
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