Today we welcome Cetto Chamber Singers and Lambay Singers of Swords to perform a lunchtime recital at 13:30.
Admission to the recital is included in regular cathedral entry.
The Cetto Chamber Singers started in 2019 with a dream to create a community of committed women who will sing interesting music in beautiful spaces including a trip to Ireland in 2021. Lorri Cetto and Evelyne Battle combined their talents and began the Cetto Chamber Singers in Suffield, CT at The Second Baptist Church. We all know what transpired in our world since 2019, but we are still vibrant with 35 members and continue to meet every three weeks with concerts in June and October. We also have performances at church and synagogue services and retirement and nursing homes. We are always open to new singers, we have no auditions and welcome all who want to sing. We are traveling in June of 2024 to Ireland. The one word that describes the Cetto Chamber Singers is JOY!
Lorri Cetto is the proud music director of the Cetto Chamber Singers and High Definition of the Northampton Community Music Center. Known for her heartfelt concerts and community building at William Hall High School, West Hartford, Connecticut where she was the Director of Choral Activities from 1984-2018, Lorri continues to build connection through song. She received her undergraduate degree in music education from Anna Maria College, Paxton,
MA, her masters degree in conducting from University of Connecticut and Kodaly Certificate from the Hartt School. Lorri has guest conducted at high school and middle school festivals in Massachusetts, Connecticut, Maine, Rhode Island and Virginia. She was awarded the Neag School of Education UCONN Outstanding School Educator in 2003 and named Choral Director of the Year for Connecticut ACDA (American Choral Directors Association) in 2004. In 2018 she received the Connecticut ACDA Lifetime Achievement Award. Lorri sings with Novi Cantori of Greater Springfield and the South River Singers in Conway, MA.
Evelyne Battle is the Business Manager of the Cetto Chamber Singers. She received her undergraduate degree in music from Anna Maria College and music has always been a large part of her life. Following college, she pursued a career in business and spent 20 years working in operations for HSBC Equator Bank, an international merchant bank doing business solely in Sub-Saharan Africa. Evelyne has been involved in music ministry from an early age, participating in church folk groups and choirs, then working as the Director of Music Ministry of the Second Baptist Church of Suffield, Connecticut for 19 years. She has performed extensively in community choirs, musical theater productions, at weddings and funerals, and currently sings with the Cetto Chamber Singers, High Definition women’s a cappella group, the Second Baptist Church choir and plays in the Second Baptist Church Handbell choir
