Zmirah Chorale Zmirah Chorale group

Connecticut Z'mirah Chorale

Come sing with us! If you are an experienced choral singer who loves all kinds of Jewish music and wants to learn and share in this great treasure, please contact us — see below— to confirm the time of the next rehearsal. We have room for more voices!

Contact us: If you have questions or comments about CZC, want to be added to our mailing list, or would like to support us in some way, please contact Dr. Kevin Mack at (203) 230-1051, or e-mail K. Mack.

The Chorale

Since the autumn of 2006, Connecticut Z'mirah Chorale attracts singers from throughout the state, with the purpose and pleasure of performing music of interest to Jewish audiences. Weekly rehearsals are held in Hamden on Sunday evenings. Our mission embraces the Jewish experience in accompanied and unaccompanied song. Repertory ranges from complex modern compositions and classic Reform works of Shabbat and High Holiday liturgies, to Yiddish and Israeli folk and work songs as well as meaningful pieces by non-Jewish composers.

In its first three years, CZC has sung to appreciative congregations at Shabbat services in South Windsor, Orange, Simsbury and Hamden, as well as community and congregational meetings in Manchester and New Haven. In January of 2009 we presented a demonstration/class at the "Taste of Honey" sessions at the JCC in New Haven. In April the Chorale sang a special Shabbat service at Temple Sinai in Springfield, MA, and in May we participated in the exciting "Three Choirs in Concert" program at Temple Beth Hillel in South Windsor. In September we performed at Shalom New Haven, an afternoon open house at the JCC in New Haven. Chanukah concerts rounded out an active year for the Z'mirah Chorale!