{"id":324460,"date":"2026-08-18T23:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324460\/"},"modified":"2026-08-18T23:22:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-18T23:22:08","slug":"arcadian-chorale-seeks-new-members","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/324460\/","title":{"rendered":"Arcadian Chorale Seeks New Members"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Arcadian Chorale, an ensemble dedicated to excellence in choral singing, will begin its new\u00a0Fall 2026 season\u00a0with rehearsals every\u00a0Tuesday evening from 7:30 to 9:30 PM\u00a0starting on September 2, at the\u00a0First Presbyterian Church of Matawan, 883 Route 34. People who like to sing and are interested in becoming new members are invited to\u00a0open auditions\u00a0on\u00a0September 1, 8, 15 and 22, 2026\u00a0from\u00a06:30 \u2013 7:30 PM. Membership in the group is\u00a0free.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrewsburycarwash.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-50769 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Shrewsbury-Car-blue-Wash-479x309.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"137\"  \/><\/a>The 60+ voice ensemble is a community-based group of singers from the greater Monmouth County area.\u00a0\u00a0Under\u00a0Marina Alexander, the group\u2019s Founder and Musical Director, the Chorale has made numerous appearances at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and other area venues. The ensemble is a member of Monmouth Arts and the NJ Choral Consortium.\u00a0\u00a0All rehearsals will be recorded for members who are not able to attend.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2026 the Chorale will be performing its holiday show:\u00a0\u201cSING for JOY!!\u201d\u00a0\u00a0including Dan Forrest\u2019s\u00a0\u201cJubilate Deo\u201d \u2013\u00a0\u00a0a 7-movement work with texts from Psalm 100 in 7 different languages, including Latin, Spanish, Hebrew, Zulu, Arabic,\u00a0Mandarin Chinese, and English.\u00a0\u00a0Plus contemporary motets by Rosephanye Powell, \u200band music for the holiday season.\u00a0\u00a0The program will be undertaken collaboratively with the Richmond Choral Society of Staten Island, NYC.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in being part of this amazing experience please audition in September! Rehearsals will be on Tuesday nights as well as other dates TBD.\u00a0\u00a0We would love to hear from you.<\/p>\n<p>To arrange for an audition in advance or for further questions, please send an email to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/thelinknews.net\/2026\/08\/18\/arcadian-chorale-seeks-new-members\/mailto:arcadianchorale@yahoo.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">arcadianchorale@yahoo.com<\/a>\u00a0or fill out the form on our website.<\/p>\n<p>Check our website for more information.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/onvz944ab.cc.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001qUfuPq9Ho1YiodjC93aiwbQ8dbz-HtFKMjtoTMZd2ks8T9lrC_HbNID9c1IYe2IXo9qB3VFPvSsRFO4s4QZ5Ifvo-wPohlWJbRDIWc3BgrrfTap4ohspn1qRT30FNf9Z--W8v13SD1-ZyYHWYz5EbaQh1T0ILDxB&amp;c=0x7YmNuiqGfxDrccCQonnpd0vSkZB4xQS0ivrEn696Fs2X-M-sVotQ==&amp;ch=EAQhA2s90HrdYj4LwJ-EL3BFzPo9TPOXjfj6Iaz1eqzNmUgx67l9lg==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">www.arcadianchorale.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> Come sing with us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The\u00a0Arcadian Chorale, an ensemble dedicated to excellence in choral singing, will begin its new\u00a0Fall 2026 season\u00a0with rehearsals every\u00a0Tuesday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":324461,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[39],"tags":[122198,122199,9,24,63,134,136,135],"class_list":["post-324460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-staten-island","tag-arcadian-chorale-seeks-new-members","tag-marina-alexander","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-staten-island","tag-staten-island-headlines","tag-staten-island-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324460","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=324460"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/324460\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/324461"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=324460"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=324460"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=324460"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}