Easy Risers
Last Friday afternoon, PPM’s new risers arrived via Fedex to Cyndi Bear’s home. Cyndi has kindly agreed to store the equipment until a permanent location can be found. There to meet the truck and help unload and unpack the cargo was the bass trio of Al Lantinen, Paul Carlton and Scott “Wide Step” Bieber. The team […]
New Risers For PPM
We are proud to officially announce that the board has approved and purchased brand new risers for Portsmouth Pro Musica. The system includes five 3-step interlocking sections with side and back rails. The rows are deeper than the ones we have been using, an improvement that will offer more room for each singer to hold […]
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, […]
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 […]