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The  Western New York Chorale, with music director Herbert Tinney, has a long history of presenting highly-acclaimed performances of both early and contemporary music. The members of the Chorale share an interest in early music and singing in a small ensemble. We invite you to join us in celebrations of little heard music.

The  Chorale is one of the few community-based choral ensembles in  this area which regularly perform music from the pre-medieval  through the 18th century - the time frame identified as "early  music". Why specialize in early music? It is the foundation  upon which later music has built. The composers of those early  centuries invented and developed the basic rules of music  theory and harmonywhich are the roots of all Western music up  to the present time-- even the most avant garde. Beyond its  historical inportance, though, performers and audiences alike  continue to find a freshness, a clarity, a certain luminosity, in its logical structures, from the simplest medieval chant to  the complexity of the polyphony of Bach, or Byrd, or Palestrina  -- or Josquin.

How to contact us: (716) 566-1177 (voice mail) or E-mail at WNYChorale@att.net

How to join us: The Chorale is open to the entire Western New York community. A voice tryout - a voice test, and ear test (pitch matching), and a simple music reading test - is required.

Sopranos: Mary Bisson, Maura Sullivan, Ellen Evers, Mary Harty, Sandra Maiwald, Margaret Maloy.

Altos: MaryJean Conibear, Ruth Johnson, Lynn Merkel, Lynn Wright, Sarah Zebehazy

Tenors: Terrence Bisson, Joseph Maiwald

Basses: Lawrence Gottesman, Robert Grimm, Roland Hayes

Click below to see two pictures of the chorale:

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