The Caritas Chamber Chorale will present a series of three a cappella choral concerts titled A Heart at Peace on June 12, 13, and 14 at three locations in northern N.J. The program seeks to find mercy and peace through music, and there will be a freewill offering to benefit the Adorno Fathers’ African Mission.
The concerts will include works ranging from 16th-century English motets to early American sacred music and choral works by living composers.
Featured works include local composer Mark A. Miller’s “Dona Nobis Pacem,” Caritas Composer in Residence Wayne Dietterick’s “The Peace-Pipe” on a Longfellow poem, and an original three-part work on the peace of one’s later years by Caritas charter member Chris Rath, “Let in the Grace.” Also included will be Martin Åsander’s “Peace,” Lucy Walker’s “Give Me Your Stars,” and Dan Forrest’s “Good Night Dear Heart,” among many others.
A Heart at Peace will be presented on:
- Friday, June 12, 7:30 p.m. at the Church of St. Ann, 1253 Lawrenceville Rd., Lawrenceville, NJ 08648;
- Saturday, June 13, at 7:30 p.m. at St. Vincent DePaul Church, 250 Bebout Ave., Stirling (Long Hill Township), NJ 07980;
- Sunday, June 14, at 4 p.m. at Mount St. Mary’s Academy Chapel, 1645 Rt. 22 W., Watchung, NJ 07069. This concert will feature a women’s ensemble from Mount St. Mary’s Academy.
The concerts are free and open to the public. The entirety of the freewill offering will benefit the Pierluigi Fabbiani Nursery School, the Gianni Diurni Primary School, and the Foyer de l’Enfance Paolo Di Nardo Orphanage, run by the Adorno Fathers’ St. Francis Caracciolo Mission in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, Africa.
Caritas Chamber Chorale, founded in 2005, is a community choir of approximately 20 singers who are dedicated to serving the poorest of the poor through the art of sacred music. Caritas’ audiences have supported the Adorno Fathers’ St. Francis Caracciolo Mission in DRC, Africa, through freewill offerings.
The Chorale is directed by Barbara Sanderman and assisted by Wayne Dietterick.
For more information, visit them on Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, and Spotify, at www.caritaschamberchorale.org, or contact director@caritaschamberchorale.org.
