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	WE ARE THE MOORE COUNTY CHORAL SOCIETY.


	*How we started...*

Twenty-three members of the Sandhills Community Chorus presented their first concert on Sunday, December 7, 1969, at The Village Chapel in Pinehurst, NC, under the direction of McKeller Israel. They were joined by Sandhills Community College music students and others called the Concert Choir. The concert was entitled, "An Hour of Sacred Music."

By 1975, the group was known as The Sandhills Area Community Chorus with 36 members, under the direction of Julian Long. They presented Part One of Handel's "Messiah," on Sunday, December 7, again at The Village Chapel. The Moore County Choral Society was born when they realized their gift and each agreed to contribute towards fundiing for musicians to accomopany them. The Chorus also presented concerts under the direction of Armand Kitto, Robert Engelson and John Shannon.

Today, 100 plus voices regularly bring audiences of nearly a thousand to their feet in appreciative applause. The North Carolina Symphony has invited the Society to join it in concert five times; in turn, the Society has often invited members of the Symphony to accompany it in its annual Classical Concert.

Two concerts each season ...

We present two concerts each season -- Holiday (December) and Classical (April). We rehearse Tuesday evenings (September through April) from 7:30 to 9:30 at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, corner of South May Street and East Indiana Avenue, in Southern Pines.

*Music Director / Conductor: Anne Dorsey ...*
	Our Music Director/Conductor is Anne Dorsey, who received her Bachelor of Music Education from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1977. While there, she was a member of the famed Carolina Choir and UNC Women's Glee Club, both under the direction of Dr. Lara Hoggard. Ms. Dorsey has taught choral music in the North Carolina schools for the past twenty years on the high school and middle school levels. Her school groups have traveled extensively throughout the United States, and have consistently received superior ratings in competition.
Anne Dorsey has been director of the Community Congregational Church Adult Choir since 1978 and is currently teaching music at the North Moore High School and Elise Middle School. She is a member of the American Choral Directors Association, the Music Educators National Conference, and the North Carolina Music Educators Association. She is a former member of the Moore County Choral Society, and has served as soloist, music director, and accompanist for area theater productions and special performances.
*If you are a singer, please join us Tuesday evenings in Southern Pines ...*
We rehearse Tuesday evenings (September through April) from 7:30 to 9:30 at Brownson Memorial Presbyterian Church, corner of South May Street and Indiana Avenue, in Southern Pines.

For more information, please contact us at:

Voice: 910-692-6979 or 910-692-3371

E-mail: info@moorechoralsoc.org


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