Meet Alice Parker
PPM Founding Director, Priscilla French, attended the 38th annual Chorus America conference in Boston on June 18 & 19. While there, Priscilla had the opportunity to speak with esteemed American composer/arranger Alice Parker whose “Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal” was part PPM’s April concert and Central European Tour earlier this summer. Ms. Parker was delighted to […]
Overtones At Trinity Church
The Overtones, the a capella musical ambassadors of Portsmouth Pro Musica, will perform their first full-length concert this Sunday, August 23 at 5 p.m. at Trinity Church, 546 York Street, York, Maine. The concert will mark the return of Portsmouth Pro Musica to the Trinity Church concert series. The full chorus performed there two years […]
Tour 2015
A touring group of PPM singers embarked on a musical adventure and goodwill tour of the “Imperial Cities of Central Europe” in late June of 2015. The 21 member choir spent over two years planning the tour, working with Christine Pelham of Going Places to experience the culture, and hear the music, and to give a […]
The Cities
Singers and ambassadors arrived at Logan airport on Thursday evening for an overnight flight to Budapest, Hungary via Frankfort. The group was excited to be together to experience a trip over two years in the making. We arrived in Budapest at 7am EST, but 1 in the afternoon in Central European time. We were introduced […]
The Travelers
We Remember Muffie Hendricks
With great sadness we mourn the passing of a dear friend and lovely singer, Muffie Hendricks, charter member of Portsmouth Women’s Chorus. Muffie, pictured in the photo above in the bottom row left with glasses, was one of the original members of the PWC and contributed greatly to the group for over 25 years. Muffie […]
Travel chargers and Sprint International Phone Plans
For those in need, Best Buy offers universal chargers for digital cameras that include a European plug adapter and USB charging port as well. It was 30 dollars in the store, but if you price check it with amazon its only 24.99 and they gave it at the 24.99 price if you show them the […]
Opera Event in Prague
We have exciting news for our upcoming tour. On the night we arrive in Prague, Thursday, July 2, the Prague Estates Theatre will be presenting Opera’s Greatest Hits featuring the music of Puccini, Strauss, and Mozart with performances by Sherrill Milnes, Maria Zouves, James Burton. The concert will be conducted by John Nardilillo and James Burton. This is […]