The Randolph Singers
Celebrating Our 41st
Year
Spring Semester Begins February 2
Rehearsals for the spring semester begin Tuesday, February 2. All people who love to sing in a
community chorus are invited and encouraged to participate. The music for this
spring chosen by director Lindsey Warren goes back to the roots and founding of
the Singers – selections from Broadway shows. Rehearsals are held every
Tuesday at the Baptist Fellowship, Rt. 66, Randolph, begin promptly at 7:00
p.m. (come earlier to “meet and greet”) and end at 9:00 p.m.
The Randolph Singers was founded in 1968 by a dozen or so area residents
when the local PTA wanted to sponsor a Broadway show to raise funds. The show
they chose to perform was Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pirates of Penzance.” The Randolph Singers is now comprised of
approximately 40 area residents from towns ranging from Montpelier to Norwich.
The Randolph Singers are a non-auditioned chorus, rehearse weekly and
perform two concerts annually, in December and May. The Randolph Singers are
led by director, singer, performer Lindsey Warren of Norwich, Vermont; the
accompanist is longtime musician and teacher Marta Borgstrom
of Randolph.
The mission of the Randolph Singers is to provide an opportunity for
anyone who loves to sing the opportunity to do just that in a community chorus;
and, secondly, to enrich the cultural opportunities for the greater Randolph
communities by performing its music at a minimum of two concerts annually. To fulfill
that goal, the Singers will present its concerts free of charge when possible,
instead accepting freewill donations to help offset expenses.
Our Director: Lindsey Warren
Lindsey Warren enjoys conducting, performing and teaching voice
and piano to students of all ages. She received a M.M. from McGill University
in Montreal and a B.M. from Furman University in Greenville, S.C., both in
vocal performance. She has also attended Oberlin Conservatory’s Baroque
Performance Institute. Ms. Warren’s conducting has taken her on tour across
North America, Russia, Estonia and Finland. She studied conducting with Dr.
Bingham Vick, Jr. and Dr. Vivian Hamilton. Utilizing her piano, voice and
conducting skills, Ms. Warren taught classes for McGill University’s Music Theory
department for several years. Some of her performing roles have included Cherubino in Mozart’s “Le Nozze di Figaro”, and the Narrator in Andrew Lloyd Webber’s
“Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat”. She
has been both also and soprano soloist for numerous cantatas and oratorios,
such as “Jesu, meine Freude” and “Magnificat” by J.S.
Bach. Most recently, in December 2009, she was featured soloist in the
Christmas Revels’ production in Hanover, N.H. In addition to conducting the
Randolph Singers beginning in the fall 2008, she teaches at Vermont Independent
School for the Arts in Sharon and is assistant director of Revels North.
Our Accompanist: Marta Borgstrom
Marta Borgstrom is an accomplished
musician who plays the piano, violin and harp. She has been a musical director
and accompanist for many productions at Randolph’s Chandler Music Hall, and has
made significant contributions to the arts as a member of Sounding Joy!
Marta has been an elementary school music teacher for nearly
forty years, and has been a leader in establishing innovative music programs
for school and community. She pioneered a before-school drumming program for
at-risk students as well as after-school enrichment lessons in violin, and she
established recorder and choral programs in the Randolph schools. She has
composed many original songs for Randolph elementary school events.
Marta sits on the board of the Vermont Independent School of the
Arts. Recently Marta received Vermont’s Alliance for Arts Education Recognition
award from Governor Jim Douglas for her contributions to her community. (Taken from Sounding
Joy! website whom she also is accompanist.)
Past Directors
Kathy
Rotundi spring 2008
Piero Bonamico 2002
– 2007
Larry
Hamblin 1996
– 2002
M.
Dickey Drysdale 1975
- 1996