Vivaldi’s Women
For those interested in Vivaldi’s 36 year career in Venice at the Ospedale della Pieta (girls’ orphanage-turned-conservatory), here is a wonderful one-hour documentary on the topic from the BBC. And it explores the unresolved question of who sang the tenor/bass parts for his vocal music: “Dixit Dominus” (a piece we performed in fall 2011) and “Magnificat” (which […]
John Martin and Anna Woodbury Performance
Our good friend John Martin, who sang Elijah with us last spring (and who will be returning this January), will be singing with one of our newer singers, Anna Woodbury. Save the dates! The Stratham Community Church on Sunday, October 19 at 10 AM. They will be performing a duet based on the English Folk Song Waly, Waly […]
Calling All Singers. Literally.
In our historic 30th season, one of our goals is to reconnect with as many former PWC/PPM singers as possible. Our goals in doing this are to: Reconnect them with our group Get them to come to our concerts Share great past memories and stories through our website Invite them to support PPM through donations, […]
PPM’s Priscilla French joins PACA’s new Steering Committee
Piscataqua Arts & Cultural Alliance, a program of Art-Speak, is a member driven initiative whose primary mission is to serve and strengthen the Portsmouth area’s nonprofit arts, historical and cultural community by facilitating collaboration, coordination and communication. The steering committee consists of diverse representation from the arts and cultural community comprised of staff or board […]
December Concert Time Change
Singers, Please note new time of 2:30pm for our Dec. 14th concert at the Immaculate Conception Church in Portsmouth.
Singing Classes With Marya
One of the great things about belonging to PPM is learning from Priscilla and Robert how to sing better. If you’d like additional guidance, but are not ready to commit to private lessons, you might be interested in classes I’ll be teaching in October and November, sponsored by adult education programs in Dover (Oct. 1 & […]
How to copy files from Dropbox to your computer
Decide what you want to copy/download. Do you want to download individual files, a folder of songs, just rehearsal files, or the whole damn thing? Whatever you decide to do, go to the place where your files are located. For example, if you want to download the Bach Cantata recording, click on the “Music 30th […]
PPM Awards Three Scholarships to Area Students
PORTSMOUTH — On June 11th, three seacoast area high school graduates who will pursue the study of music were presented their award checks from Portsmouth Pro Musica Founder and Director, Priscilla Stevens French and Scholarship Committee Chair John Lamson. PPM Board of Directors were also on hand to congratulate scholarship winners and to express their […]
Watch PPM Videos
Portsmouth Pro Musica performed Elijah at the South Church on Sunday, April 13th, 2014 on a beautiful sunny day in Portsmouth, NH. We captured portions of the performance for our new YouTube Channel. Portsmouth Pro Musica performs Felix Mendelssohn’s Elijah, Movement No. 43, Then Shall Your Light Break Through, at South Church in Portsmouth NH […]
Parma Recording Studio
PARMA Recordings is a full-service music company made up of a team of in-house professionals offering project management, contracting, production, mixing/editing/mastering, print and web design, manufacturing, distribution, and marketing. They are also a great friend to PPM. Check them out here.