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JOIN US!
Do You Love to Sing?
New
members are welcome.
Ability to read music not required.
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The public is cordially invited to attend our Winter 2008 holiday concert.
Music Director
D.A. Goodemote
Asst. Director
Paul Scatenato
President
Louis Quarantino
Vice President
Edward Nekos
Secretary
Harold Porter
Treasurer
Sheldon Quimby
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Day and time:
Mondays,
7:15 to 9 pm
Place:
Old Dutch Church, 272 Wall St., Kingston
Schedule:
Rehearsals
begin the third Monday in September for the winter concert and the third
Monday in January for the spring concert.
Fall 2008 Concerts
(see schedule at top of page)
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Winter 2008 Holiday Concert |
Date: Saturday, December
13; 8 pm
Location:
Old Dutch Church, Kingston, New York
Tickets: $8; $6 children/seniors
Featured guests: award-winning
Kingston High School Choir and the KHS Brass Choir |
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The Mendelssohn Club of Kingston performs in and
around the city of Kingston. Each December we present a
standing-room-only concert at the venerable Old Dutch
 Church,
our current rehearsal site. We have been fortunate to have the award-winning
Kingston High School Choir and Kingston High School Brass Choir perform
with us annually for the past ten years.
The spring concert is held in late April or
early May at St. James Church in Kingston.
The club performs in a wide variety of
musical styles, including sacred, classical, spiritual, theater, folk,
popular, and operetta.
The club was founded in 1903 and with the
exception of the war years has presented performances annually. Previous
conductors have included Albert G. Hunter, J. Anthony Hummel, and J. Brian
Steeves.
As stated in its bylaws,
the club's purpose is "to promote interest in choral group singing...to promote friendship,
sociability, and culture among friends of music...and to lawfully do any and
all things necessary, suitable, and proper, for the accomplishment of these
purposes."
The club is pleased to be an active member
of the Conductors Club and of the Mohawk-Hudson Male Chorus Association and is
well represented in the Yankee Male Chorus, which performs annually in Vermont
and New Hampshire.
The club presented its 100th anniversary
concert on April 26, 2003, at
St. James United Methodist Church. The club was joined by the Kingston High
School Band, Jazz Band, Choir, and the Women's Chorus of the Hudson Valley.
On April 24, 2004, MCK hosted the massed concert sponsored by the
Mohawk-Hudson Male Chorus Association. The
performance
took place at St.
James Church in Kingston. Participating along with MCK were the
Catskill Glee Club and the Hendrick Hudson Male Chorus.
There are currently 50 singing members in
the club. Annual dues are $10. There is no minimum membership age; however, we
prefer to work with changed voices. There are no formal auditions or
music-reading requirements. With the approval of the director, we welcome new
singers at any time during a rehearsal period.
D. A. Goodemote is in his first year as conductor
of the MCK, having served previously as its assistant conductor for 28 seasons.
Mr. Goodemote began teaching in the Kingston school system in 1969 and
retired, as Deputy Superintendent, in 2001. Prior to moving into public
school administration, he taught voice and music theory and served as J.
Brian Steeves' assistant at Kingston High School.
He received his B.F.A. in music education from the State University of New
York (Buffalo) and earned an M.S. in educational administration from SUNY
New Paltz.
He is married to Patricia Webb and lives in Rhinebeck, New York.
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Contact Us
For additional information or to arrange to sit in at a rehearsal, please
email Mr. Goodemote here
or telephone Lou Quarantino at 845-331-7171.
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