Down East Singers has offered high-quality musical performances to the Midcoast area for over 35 years. We are proud that, as a small non-profit choir, we can offer the area the opportunity to hear a broad range of music presented on a professional level.The expenses for our concerts are substantial (soloists, orchestra, venues, etc), and, as a non-profit, we rely on our community to help us continue to fulfill our mission: 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. You may know that Down East Singers presents two productions each year. On Memorial Day, Monday, May 26, at 4 pm, at Watts Hall in Thomaston, we will feature Antonin Dvorák's Requiem. This work will be accompanied by Mozart Mentors Orchestra and professional soloists Erin Chenard, soprano; Jazmin DeRice, contralto; David Myers-Wakeman, tenor; and John David Adams, bass.For any donation under $500, your business name will be listed as a Business Donor on both of our programs, as well as our website. Donations of $500 and over will also include verbal recognition at the performances. Businesses are welcomed to provide us with pamphlets or business cards to display at our concerts. Thank you for your past support and for your kind consideration of a tax-deductible donation. We hope you will join us for our performances in 2025.

Registration for Down East Singers is now open for the Fall semester of 2026. The first rehearsal is planned for Tuesday, September 14th. Rehearsals are held at Thomaston Federated Church 8 Huyler St Thomaston from 6:45 to 8:15 on Tuesdays. Membership fees for the Fall semester are $80. Scholarships are available. New singers of all voice parts are welcome. A voice placement check is required. This will set proper section placement and determine the ability to match pitch and control vibrato. Sight-reading skills are desired but not required. Students under 18 years of age sing for free. Members are expected to work on their music between rehearsals and to attend rehearsals regularly. Study aids for the music will be provided. A maximum of three absences is allowed. For the first rehearsal, doors will open at 6 p.m. New singers are encouraged to come early to complete voice placement checks before rehearsal. Down East Singers was founded in 1979 by Marion Gray and has performed masterworks from the Baroque to the contemporary period. Their past performances can be viewed on the group's YouTube channel. The group's commercial recording of the Rachmaninoff Liturgy is available for sale at rehearsals.For further information, visit the group's website www.downeastsingers.org.