Schedule

Jun
1
Sat
The Dessoff Choirs: Whitman in New York @ Grolier Club
Jun 1 @ 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

Jun
12
Wed
Grand Island High School School District – Choral and Vocal Residency
Jun 12 all-day

Malcolm J. Merriweather, clinician

Aug
9
Fri
Gateways Music Festival @ St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene
Aug 9 @ 6:30 pm – 8:00 pm

Merriweather performs Three Dream Portraits by Margaret Bonds with organist, Nathaniel Gumbs. The program also includes chamber music for various instruments all in the splendor of the Church of St. Luke & St. Simon Cyrene.

Aug
11
Sun
Accra Organ and Choral Music Institute @ Christ the King Roman Catholic Church
Aug 11 @ 12:00 pm – Aug 17 @ 1:00 pm

Malcolm will be guest clinician and recitalist for the insittute. His seminars will focus on English/German Diction, solo singing, and choral conducting.

Aug
23
Fri
Roomful of Teeth @ MassMoCa
Aug 23 @ 8:00 pm – 9:30 pm

The Dessoff Choirs will join Roomful of Teeth in a performance of  Eve Beglarian’s None more than you. The ensemble of Grammy Award-winning vocal titans led by Williams College professor Brad Wells, returned to its summer home at MASS MoCA creating new works and honing techniques. Teeth’s residency culminated in an unforgettable performance, which includrf Richard Beaudoin’s Another Woman of Another Kind featuring Claire Chase and a new arrangement of David Lang’s Little Match Girl Passion.

Nov
17
Sun
Musicians Club of New York @ Borge Hall, Scandinavia House
Nov 17 @ 3:30 pm – 4:30 pm

Merriweather will present the “Calamus Songs” of Gregg Smith with pianist,  Nissa Kahle and flutist, Lish Lindsey.

Dec
7
Sat
The Dessoff Choirs: Messiah Sing @ Union Theological Seminary
Dec 7 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

Sing with The Dessoff Choirs as we gather to lift our voices in holiday cheer with one of the most beloved choral masterpieces, Handel’s Messiah.

Dec
8
Sun
The Dessoff Choirs: Welcome Yule! @ St. Phillip's Church
Dec 8 @ 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm

Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor

The Dessoff Choirs ushers in the winter solstice with a reprise performance of Margaret Bonds’ The Ballad of the Brown King, coinciding with Dessoff’s CD release of this never-before recorded work. A holiday cantata focusing on Balthazar of the Three Kings, the text was written by Langston Hughes and the entire work was written in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. The concert opens with traditional holiday motets and concludes with Silent Night by candlelight and the “Hallelujah Chorus” from Handel’s Messiah.

Pre-concert talk with Dr. Ashley Jackson – 3:15 pm

Rise up, Shepherd, and Follow André J. Thomas (b. 1952)
Carol: O come all ye faithful John Francis Wade (1711-1786)
Arr. David Willcocks (b. 1919-2015)
The snow lay on the ground Julian Wachner (b. 1969)
Carol: Hark the herald angels sing Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
Arr. Daniel Fortune and Malcolm J. Merriweather
The Ballad of the Brown King Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Carol: Silent Night Franz Xaver Gruber (1787-1863)
Hallelujah from Messiah George Friderick Handel (1685-1759)
Dec
9
Mon
Handel’s Messiah at Harvard Club @ Harvard Club of New York City
Dec 9 @ 7:00 pm – 9:30 pm

Malcolm J. Merriweather, conductor
Harvard Club Festival Chorus and Orchestra

Dec
12
Thu
Handel’s Messiah @ St. Paul's Church
Dec 12 @ 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm

Merriweather conducts the Conservertory Symphonic Choir and Orchestra in an annual presentation of Handel’s Messiah.