A Word from the Director 
Dear friends in song:
This is one of the most exciting times in the history of the Granite State Choral Society. In a few short months we will welcome our friends from the Rochester Choral Society and their music director and featured organist, Roger Sayer, back from Rochester, England. We are so fortunate to be able to have them return to collaborate with us in a joint concert with GSCS and the choir from the First United Methodist Church, Kevin G. Lindsay, Music Director.
I am thrilled to welcome you to the spring semester. Maybe you sang with our concert series, Gloria! this past December. Maybe you sang with GSCS for the first time or maybe you have sung with us for many years. Maybe you haven’t decided to join us just yet but have enjoyed listening from the audience and supporting choral music with your presence at our concerts. No matter where you are in your relationship with GSCS, I heartily invite you to attend our first rehearsal on February 14th. It will be an exciting semester.
The title for the spring concert series is Together in Concert: Two Rochesters. The program will include the Requiem in d minor, Op 48 by Gabriel Fauré, the four Coronation Anthems by G.F. Handel (Zadok the Priest, My Heart is Inditing, The King Schall Rejoice and Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened) as well as a handful of traditional spirituals.
Our concert dates will be June 4th and 5th with a possible added concert on June 2nd. We will be performing in Southern Maine as well as at the First United Methodist Church here in Rochester, NH. We will provide you with more details when they have been finalized.
Again, I am looking forward to seeing you very soon. Please mark your calendar for our first rehearsal on February 14th at 3:30 pm at the First Congregational Church in Rochester, NH.
Stay tuned,
Seth A. Hurd
lamont @ metrocast.net