NEWS
Announcing the 20th Vocal Scholarship Competition 2017
Announcing the 20th Vocal Scholarship Competition 2017 for high school seniors. First prize $900 scholarship. Second prize $600 scholarship. Application deadline is February 4, 2017. Find application information click here.
Call for Singers – Mendelssohn Elijah
The Burnt Hills Oratorio Society welcomes singers for its upcoming concert, Mendelssohn's Elijah. This immortal choral work will be performed at Zankel Hall at Skidmore College in Saratoga. The first rehearsal is Tuesday, February 7, 2017, 7 pm, Burnt Hills-Ballston...
Burnt Hills Oratorio Society Announces 2016 Vocal Scholarship Winners
The Burnt Hills Oratorio Society (BHOS) hosted its 19th Annual Vocal Scholarship Award competition at the Saratoga Springs Public Library on June 4th. Juniors and Seniors from high schools throughout the Greater Capital Region had been invited to...
Burnt Hills Oratorio Society announces its exciting 2016/2017 concert season!
Lose yourself in the powerful emotion and transcendent genius of Mozart’s immortal Requiem Mass, performed by the 120 voices of the combined Burnt Hills Oratorio Society and the University at Albany Choral Artists, with the Oratorio Orchestra conducted by Dr. William...
Burnt Hills Oratorio Society 2016 Summer Sing ~ Tuesday ~ August 2 ~ Lakeside Farms
BHOS 2016 SUMMER SING #2 Singing and Ice Cream! Tuesday, August 2, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. The Pavilion at Lakeside Farms 336 Schauber Road, Ballston Lake NY 12019 Have your Tuesday nights seemed empty without BHOS rehearsals? Have you missed making wonderful music...
Burnt Hills Oratorio Society 2016 Summer Sing ~ Tuesday June 28 ~ Agewood Farm
BHOS 2016 SUMMER SING #1 Potluck and Singing! Tuesday, June 28, 2016 at 5:30 p.m. Agewood Farm 102 Western Ave, West Charlton, NY 12010 Have your Tuesday nights seemed empty without BHOS rehearsals? Have you missed making wonderful music together? Join...
Program Notes for BHOS Concert
Here is a preview of the program notes that will be published in the upcoming concert of Burnt Hills Oratorio Society: "Brilliant Baroque." Texts, Translations, and Notes on the Program by William Jon Gray Antonio...
Free iPad App to learn Vivaldi’s Gloria and Handel’s Messiah
A perfect iPad app to prepare for Burnt Hills Oratorio Society's Messiah Sing-In. Use SightSing to learn your part. It's free and it has Handel's Messiah and Vivaldi's Gloria. You can listen to your part alone or with the other parts; and you can adjust the tempo and...
Artistic Director Dr. William Jon Gray brings rich background to BHOS
Dr. William Jon Gray is Director of Choral Studies at the University at Albany. He comes to the University at Albany from the Indiana University Jacobs School of Music, where he held the position of chair of the choral department, and where he conducted the Pro Arte...