Beethoven’s 9th Symphony!
An Anthem to Humanity. Join the Portsmouth Symphony for the community event of the season. Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (Ode To Joy) is a revered masterpiece that combines the force of a full symphony orchestra, a large scale chorus and four vocal soloists to achieve a monumental effect. First performed in 1824 under the direction of […]
Christmas Concert Recording
Did you miss our Christmas Concert? Never fear! We have a great recording of it that we’d like to share with you. The concert starts with the choir singing Christmas Carols, then our small acappella group The Overtones, and finally our performance of Poulenc’s Gloria, featuring Maria Ferrante soprano soloist. There is one more charming Christmas […]
Fabulous Find Donates over $2,700 to PPM!
A Huge Thank you to The Fabulous Find and to all of you who shopped or donated there in December! Thanks to you, Portsmouth Pro Musica and 4 other local organizations received just over $2700!!
Program Notes – Christmas 2016
Not sure what you’ll hear at PPM’s Christmas Concert? Here is an in depth look at a few of the songs we will be performing. Tickets available HERE. Buy now for a discount! Ralph Vaughan Williams began serious study of the English folk song in the early 1900s – a time when it was becoming extinct […]
Christmas Concerts
All are invited to Portsmouth Pro Musica’s Christmas Concert December 9th and 11th! The headline work for this concert will be the exciting Gloria by Francis Poulenc. More information about Poulenc and this work can be found here. For this work, choir is joined by wonderful Boston-area soprano, Maria Ferrante. In addition to the Gloria, the […]
Soloist Maria Ferrante
Learn about our soloist for our upcoming performance of Poulenc’s Gloria, Soprano Maria Ferrante Portsmouth Pro Musica is excited to perform this amazing work with such a talented singer. Concerts are December 9th in Dover and December 11th in Portsmouth. Don’t miss what will surely be an outstanding performance! Soprano Maria Ferrante maintains a full […]
The Season of 3 Concerts!
Welcome back after a lovely summer! The chorus is hard at work preparing for 3 concert this year. Rehearsals may have started on September 13th but the singers had an early start with the early arrival of Poulenc’s Gloria in August. Save these dates for what promises to be a truly amazing 32nd season! December […]
A Few Good Men?
Please pass this along to anyone who loves to sing! If you are interested, email our Music Director Priscilla French.
PPM Members attend New England Choral Institute
New Hampshire Music Festival introduced the New England Choral Institute to the New Hampshire Music Festival. This educational institute brought together undergraduate, graduate, amateur and professional singers and conductors to experience Brahms’ “Ein deutsches Requiem” in a one week intensive residency at Plymouth State University. Students took part in daily coaching and lessons, masterclasses, 7 hours […]
Upcoming Concert
Duet to celebrate the music of Mozart, Tchaikovsky and others in a benefit concert for Journey Song singers www.journeysong.org On June 25th at 7 p.m. mezzo-soprano Eve Kornhauser and soprano Irina Varamesova (with William Merrill on piano) will take people on a musical journey through the works of Mozart, Rossini, Dvorak, Tchaikovsky and others. The […]