Hickory Choral Society

Audition Opportunity
2022-05-23 19:00 - 21:00 UTC | The Salt Block, 243 3rd Ave NE, Suite 2-N, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Please contact our office for an appointment. 828.322.2210 • noteworthy@hickorychoralsociety.org

Late Spring Concert 2022
2022-05-22 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | First Baptist Church, 339 2nd Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

2nd Annual Golf Classic
2022-04-25 12:00 - 17:00 UTC | Catawba Country Club, 1154 Country Club Rd, Newton, NC, 28658, United States
Calling all golfers far and wide – as well as those that don’t golf but like to have fun and support HCS!
We will be hosting our 2nd Annual Golf Classic on Monday, April 25th at Catawba Country Club in Newton, NC. All tournament proceeds will be used for HCS concerts and educational activities. You can register as an individual player or as a team (4 players). Please see the registration details inside. Even if you don’t golf, you can still show your support for HCS. Help us make our 2nd annual tournament as successful as the first!
4 person Captain’s Choice, Shotgun Start
$125/player, $450/team
Hole-In-One Prize:
2022 Nissan Sentra donated by Modern Nissan!
Additional prizes will be awarded for:
Top 3 Teams
Ryan Luhrs Closest to the Pin
Don Coleman Longest Drive
Mary Texer Putting Contest
Various Sponsorship Levels are Available
All sponsorship levels also include the company name and logo in all PR materials as well as inclusion in next year’s concert program.

Click here to sign up for a Sponsorship, Team, or as an Individual Golf Player!

Early Spring Concert 2022
2022-03-20 15:00 - 16:30 (America/New_York) | Corinth Reformed Church, 150 16th Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
In 2019 the Hickory Choral Society joined 17 other choirs from around the country to commission a new choral piece from Norwegian-American composer Ola Gjeilo. The result, “Roots,” is a folk music-like setting of a new text by Charles Anthony Silvestry. The lyrics, including lines such as “where love is strong and roots grow deep,” “far have I traveled from my former home,” and “reminding me where I belonged” inspired the programming for our March 20 Early Spring Concert. The concert will highlight the theme of “home” with special emphasis on local music education and composers.
This concert will also highlight the music of two hometown composers and former music educators. J. Jerome (Jim) Williams and James Gossler amassed a combined 57 years teaching music at East Burke and Freedom High Schools, respectively. Their compositions have been sung by choirs throughout the state and country. Renee Shatley, a former student of Jim Williams, will conduct “Ye People of God,” and “Sing Hallelujah.” James Gossler and Dr. Ryan Luhrs share ties to Florida State and Lenoir-Rhyne Universities, and Dr. Luhrs will have the privilege of conducting his settings of “Auld Lang Syne” and “A Gaelic Goodnight.”
The concert’s music and texts will also explore the theme of “home” from multiple angles. The program will open with Z. Randall Stroope’s setting of “Homeland” and then explore home as a place of restoration and belonging through Stephen Paulus’s “The Road Home” and Gjeilo’s “Roots.” The next set will feature Moses Hogan’s arrangement of “We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace,” Gabriel Faure’s “In Paradisum,” and a new setting of “Bound for the Promised Land” by Greenville, SC composer Shelton Ridge Love, as the choir considers heaven as home.
Prior to the Gossler/Williams final set, the choir will examine home as a place of love and peace through William Billings’s “I am the Rose of Sharon,” Dan Forrest’s “Shalom,” and Daniel Gawthrop’s “Sing Me to Heaven.” It’s my hope that the overall program has a little bit of something for everybody as we celebrate our hometown music educators and composers. I invite you to join us Sunday, March 20, 3 PM at Corinth Reformed Church.
Artistic Director Dr. Ryan Luhrs will share the podium with four HCS singers who are also music educators, including Justin Johnson (South Caldwell High School), Jessica Cockroft; (Hickory High School), Grant Logan (St. Stephen’s High School), and Renee Shatley (Lenoir-Rhyne University and, formerly, Draughn High School, East Burke High School).

Fall 2021 Concert
2021-10-24 17:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | Union Square in Downtown Hickory, 222 Union Square, Hickory, 28601, United States
The Hickory Choral Society Fall Concert has been rescheduled for Sunday, October 24 at 5 PM Under the Sails on Union Square in Downtown Hickory. This concert was originally scheduled for September 26 and was postponed as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Click here to open the program book.
Selections
The concert titled “Walking Together” will open with André Thomas’s “I Hear America Singing.” The original text and tune celebrate our return to in-person singing. The selection also includes the African American Spiritual “Walk Together, Children,” a title and conviction that inspired the concert’s programing. Other selections tied to the walking/journeying/travel theme in the mostly-pops program include “Walking on Sunshine,” “Just a Closer Walk With Thee,” “Chattanooga Choo-Choo,” “On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe,” and “Don’t Stop Believing,” the number-one hit by the band Journey. The concert will also highlight “togetherness” through the performance of popular music and Broadway tunes with inspiring messages such as “Wind Beneath My Wings,” “You Raise Me Up,” “You Will Be Found” (from Dear Evan Hanson), “What a Wonderful World,” “Bridge Over Troubled Water,” and “You’ll Never Walk Alone” (from Carousel). The United Arts Council of Catawba County and the City of Hickory are concert sponsors.

Auditions
2021-06-28 | The Salt Block, 243 3rd Ave NE, Suite 2-N, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

Virtual Late Spring Mini Concert
2021-05-09 15:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | NC
As the Hickory Choral Society continues to navigate choral singing in a pandemic, we’ve remained focused on what we can do to fulfill our mission of bringing quality choral music to the region and beyond. Although we are eager to resume in-person music making, we are grateful that our virtual performances have allowed us to connect with broader audiences and increased access to composers and singers. The May 9 concert will include another chapter in that effort by including a short video montage of HCS singers sharing the joys and trials of singing virtually during the past year.
Musically, the May 9 program will present three pieces recorded this spring. Subsets of the choir will be featured, including tenors and basses on “You Do Not Walk Alone” by Elaine Hangenberg. The listener will hear Celtic influence in her beautifully ethereal setting of this Irish blessing — music that the composer intends to “offer comfort in a time of uncertainty.” Then, sopranos and altos will offer J. David Moore’s “Will the Circle Be Unbroken,” an Appalachian folk song arrangement with bluegrass and Gospel elements. In recognition of Mother’s Day, this piece will be dedicated to mothers and all people responsible for passing music down to younger generations. The concert will conclude with the entire choir singing “You Will Never Walk Alone” from the musical Carousel. The text and music capture a spirit of camaraderie in an ensemble that has “walked on” during the past year despite the challenge of rehearsing while distanced. It also highlights the optimism we have for the future. We’ve felt you, our audience, walking alongside us in support this year, and we remain hopeful for a return to live performances this fall where we can express that gratitude in person.

Golf Classic 2021
2021-04-26 12:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Catawba Country Club, 1154 Country Club Rd, Newton, NC, 28658, United States

Virtual Early Spring Concert: Alleluia
2021-03-21 15:00 - 15:30 (America/New_York) | NC
Our Virtual Early Spring Concert will be on our YouTube Channel. Plan your watch party now and join our concert from the blue YouTube link on our home page.

Join us online Sunday March 21, 3pm, for the premiere of Joshua Shank’s “Alleluia (from quarantine)”. Composer Joshua Shank and HCS Artistic Director/Conductor Ryan Luhrs will be on hand to introduce and discuss the 11-minute work prior to its performance. Even though we can’t gather in person, we are excited to share this brand-new composition that seeks to express both the sadness and gratitude experienced by many during the past year.

Christmas Eve Radio Hour II
2020-12-24 20:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | NC
WNNC 101.3FM and 1230AM

Christmas Eve Radio Hour I
2020-12-24 19:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | NC
Big Ways 105.9FM
You can listen online!

Virtual Concert
2020-10-25 15:00 (America/New_York) | NC
Sunday, October 25th at 3 PM join us for our Virtual Fall Concert on our YouTube Channel. Click on that link or on the blue YouTube link on our home page to watch our concert.

Spring 2020 Concert
2020-03-22 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Corinth Reformed Church, 150 16th Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

Christmas 2019 Concert III
2019-12-08 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | Corinth Reformed Church, 150 16th Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

Christmas 2019 Concert II (3:00 & 8:00PM)
2019-12-07 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Corinth Reformed Church, 150 16th Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

Christmas 2019 Concert I
2019-12-06 20:00 - 21:30 (America/New_York) | Corinth Reformed Church, 150 16th Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

Fall 2019 Concert
2019-10-27 15:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York) | First Baptist Church, 339 2nd Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

Pops Concert 2019
2019-05-19 18:00 (America/New_York) | The Salt Block, 243 3rd Ave NE, Suite 2-N, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Location: SALT Block – North Lawn
Rain date: Sunday, June 2nd.

Spring 2019 Concert
2019-03-31 15:00 (America/New_York) | First Baptist Church, 339 2nd Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

Christmas 2018 Concert III
2018-12-09 15:00 (America/New_York) | Corinth Reformed Church, 150 16th Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

Christmas 2018 Concert I
2018-12-07 20:00 (America/New_York) | Corinth Reformed Church, 150 16th Ave NW, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States

Auditions for New Singers
2018-07-23 17:00 - 21:00 (America/New_York) | The Salt Block, 243 3rd Ave NE, Suite 2-N, Hickory, NC, 28601, United States
Please call office to set up an audition time at 828-322-2210.
Openings in all sections.
PREPARATION FOR AUDITION:
• Prepare to sing the first verse of America (My Country Tis of Thee)
• You may choose to sing a second selection, but it is not required. Please bring two copies of your music.
• Know that reading musical scores is important.

Under the Sails
2018-06-03 18:00 - 20:00 (America/New_York) | Union Square in Downtown Hickory, 222 Union Square, Hickory, 28601, United States

Auditions
2018-05-21 | NC
