Bringing quality classical and contemporary choral music to midcoast Maine and beyond for over 40 years.

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Upcoming Concerts

Memorial Day, Monday, May 27 at 5 p.m., Watts Hall, Thomaston

Down East Singers and Mozart Mentors Orchestra present Josef Haydn's Mass in a Time of Anxiety, also known as The Lord Nelson Mass or Mass in D minor, with soloists Erin Chenard, soprano; Jazmin DeRice, contralto; David Myers-Wakeman, tenor; and John David Adams, bass. Light Reception to follow - all are welcome. Purchase tickets through this link. *Please note, unless you select otherwise, the ticket form includes a $5 donation to Zeffy, a free online fundraising platform for nonprofits.

Friday, December 6 at 7:30 p.m., Watts Hall, Thomaston and Sunday, December 8 at 2 p.m., Rockport Opera House

Down East Singers and Halcyon String Quartet present multi-media performances of Gustav Holst's On this Day Earth Shall Ring, selected movements of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, chamber music to be announced, and Ralph Vaughan Williams's Fantasia on Christmas Carols.


Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, 2025 at 5 p.m, Watts Hall, Thomaston

Down East Singers and Mozart Mentors Orchestra present Antonin Dvorák's Requiem with soloists Erin Chenard, soprano; Jazmin DeRice, contralto; David Myers-Wakeman, tenor; and John David Adams, bass.

Admission $25. Students 18 and younger admitted free, but must have a ticket.

Down East Singers, founded in 1979 by Marion Gray, is a musical organization specifically incorporated to create opportunities for participation and enrichment for community members to perform quality choral music under professional leadership and to bring affordable live choral music performances to community audiences. This experience enables those with talent and musical interest to develop their musical potential, while at the same time striving for excellence in musical performance.

Our Most Recent Concert

To Maine, With Love

Down East Singers and Halcyon String Quartet with accordionist Delmar Dustin Small present multi-media performances of Marianna Filippi's To Maine, With Love, Small's Wreathe the Holly, Twine the Bay, and Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria on Friday, December 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Watts Hall, 174 Main Street, Thomaston; and Sunday, December 10 at 2 p.m. at Rockport Opera House, 6 Central Street, Rockport.

What the Critics Say:

Testimonials

“That’s pretty sophisticated stuff… and it reflects their director’s unerring musical sensitivity.”

-Ellsworth American

“So many singers working so hard to produce such small dynamics bears on the mystery of this music, suggesting unending tone.”

-The American Organist

“What this amateur (in the best sense of the word) brings to this performance is a sense of enthusiasm and discovery that illuminates the piece in a remarkable manner.”

-Stephen Ritter, American Record Guide

“Dr. Antolini has found the perfect instrument to perform this masterpiece. Mostly non-professionals, they have produced a miracle.”

-Brunswick Times-Record

“The Rachmaninoff Liturgy is so well done…one hopes that it might be possible to have a second performance.”

-Christopher Hyde, Maine Sunday Telegram

“Joy and – dare I say it? – love of this music is communicated with an easy-going singing style that invites the listener to sit back and enjoy the music.”

-Stephen Ritter, American Record Guide

“They exhibit tremendous dynamic range from mere whispers to mighty fortissimo that tingles one’s spine.”

-Daily Hampshire Gazette