Ensembles

SCC’s Apprentice Chorus also rehearses one hour weekly, taking on more challenging two- and three-part repertoire, with an expectation that choristers can match pitch, can follow a choral vocal score, and have a basic understanding of music notation in the Treble Clef, sixteenth notes and rests to whole notes and rests. The ensemble also performs twice annually as part of SCC’s Winter and Spring concerts.

Director: Ms. Carla Wardell
Ages: 9-13
Contact Email: sbagheri(at)strathmore.org
Rehearsals: Tuesdays 5:15-6:15pm
Rehearsal Location: Music Center at Strathmore*, Room 402

SCC’s Apprentice Chorus also rehearses one hour weekly, taking on more challenging two- and three-part repertoire, with an expectation that choristers can match pitch, can follow a choral vocal score, and have a basic understanding of music notation in the Treble Clef, sixteenth notes and rests to whole notes and rests. The ensemble also performs twice annually as part of SCC’s Winter and Spring concerts.

Director: Ms. Carla Wardell
Ages: 9-13
Contact Email: sbagheri(at)strathmore.org
Rehearsals: Tuesdays 5:15-6:15pm
Rehearsal Location: Music Center at Strathmore*, Room 402

Concert Chorus is SCC’s top performing ensemble. Like Treble Chorus, Concert Chorus members can choose to rehearse once weekly or twice weekly. In addition to the two annual SCC concerts (Winter and Spring), Concert Chorus joins with the Chorale and Singers of George Mason University in November 2023; they add community events like caroling at the Strathmore Mansion and concerts at Asbury Retirement Village, and they collaborate with other professional artists and Strathmore Hall partners throughout the year. The ensemble learns three- and four-part repertoire, and members are expected to start with a level of musical understanding that is required of Maryland Music Educators Association Junior All State musicianship—the ability to sight-sing a four-measure, diatonic, major-scale melody with some skips; to sight-read rhythmic patterns including notes and rests from sixteenths to wholes including dotted and syncopated rhythms, and to read with independence from multi-stave choral vocal scores.

Director: Dr. Michael Wu
Contact Email: mgryder(at)strathmore.org

Rehearsal Information:

OPTION A

• Mondays, 5:30pm – 7:00pm / AMP BY STRATHMORE

OPTION B

• Mondays, 5:30pm – 7:00pm / AMP BY STRATHMORE
• Wednesdays, 7:00pm – 8:30pm / FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Rockville, MD

Concert Chorus is SCC’s top performing ensemble. Like Treble Chorus, Concert Chorus members can choose to rehearse once weekly or twice weekly. In addition to the two annual SCC concerts (Winter and Spring), Concert Chorus joins with the Chorale and Singers of George Mason University in November 2023; they add community events like caroling at the Strathmore Mansion and concerts at Asbury Retirement Village, and they collaborate with other professional artists and Strathmore Hall partners throughout the year. The ensemble learns three- and four-part repertoire, and members are expected to start with a level of musical understanding that is required of Maryland Music Educators Association Junior All State musicianship—the ability to sight-sing a four-measure, diatonic, major-scale melody with some skips; to sight-read rhythmic patterns including notes and rests from sixteenths to wholes including dotted and syncopated rhythms, and to read with independence from multi-stave choral vocal scores.

Director: Dr. Michael Wu
Contact Email: mgryder(at)strathmore.org

Rehearsal Information:

OPTION A

• Mondays, 5:30pm – 7:00pm / AMP BY STRATHMORE

OPTION B

• Mondays, 5:30pm – 7:00pm / AMP BY STRATHMORE
• Wednesdays, 7:00pm – 8:30pm / FAITH UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, Rockville, MD