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The Burnt Hills Oratorio Society Awards $1750 to 2018 Vocal Scholarship Winners
The Burnt Hills Oratorio Society (BHOS) hosted its 21th Annual Vocal Scholarship competition at Calvary Episcopal Church in Burnt Hills on March 4th. Seniors from high schools across the Greater Capital Region were invited to compete. Of the ten applicants performing...
“Elijah” performance makes The Daily Gazette Best of 2017
The Daily Gazette's best of 2017: Classical music/dance "Bass baritone Adrian Rosas electrified as Elijah in the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society’s performance of the Mendelssohn oratorio masterpiece." 19 May 2017 | Zankel Music Center | Saratoga Springs
“Aren’t we the luckiest people in the world?”
A note from our Artistic Director Dr. William Jon Gray following performance of Haydn's "The Creation" on October 22, 2017 “Aren’t we the luckiest people in the world!” Coming off stage together after the first bow following an exceptionally inspired performance of...
Leonard Bernstien on Haydn’s The Creation
Burnt Hills Oratorio Society Announces 2017/2018 Season – A Gift of Life –
The Burnt Hills Oratorio Society (BHOS), under the direction of our Artistic Director, announces its 2017-18 season, The Gift of Life: Hear It. See It. Live It. Divided into three segments - Choral Masterpiece, Choral Cabaret, and Choral Theater – audiences will...
Burnt Hills Oratorio Society 2017 Vocal Scholarship Winners
Burnt Hills Oratorio Society presents the winners of the 20th Annual Vocal Scholarship Competition held at the Saratoga Springs Public Library on March 4, 2017. Invited were seniors from local area high schools. First place: Marissa Scotti from Guilderland High...
Burnt Hills Oratorio Society Closes 2017 Season
Music Review by Geraldine Freedman, Daily Gazette, Sunday, May 21, 2017 The Burnt Hills Oratorio Society closed its season Friday night at Zankel Music Center with a powerful, and dramatic reading of Mendelssohn's oratorio masterpiece, "Elijah." When the almost 2...
Listen to Artistic Director Dr. William Jon Gray on WMHT
The Conductor and Artistic Director of the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society, Dr. William Jon Gray, talks about Mendelssohn’s Elijah, an Oratorio the Burnt Hills Oratorio Society will perform on Friday, May 19, at Skidmore College. It’s an intense, deeply philosophical...
BHOS Awards $1500 in Vocal Scholarships
The Burnt Hills Oratorio Society (BHOS) hosted its 20th Annual Vocal Scholarship competition at the Saratoga Springs Public Library on March 4th. Seniors from high schools across the Greater Capital Region had been invited to compete. Of the six applicants...