Community members gathered at the St. James Roman Catholic Church on Sunday to listen to the choir chamber for their concert, “Memories from the Mediterranean.” The choir was also accompanied by the Vestal Voices choir from Vestal High School and the Binghamton University Chamber Singers.
The vaulted ceilings of the church, adorned with grand murals, reverberated the angelic echoes of songs performed in Italian, Spanish and Turkish. Translations provided with the hymns and songs described lyrics about love, admiration and comedy which captivated many audience members.
This event was hosted by the Southern Tier Singers’ Collective, founded in 2018 by William Culverhouse, the director of choral activities and an associate professor of music at BU. The collective consists of mainly of music educators from around northeast New York and Pennsylvania. Culverhouse explained that since their creation, the organization has worked with the Binghamton Philharmonic, Fifth House Ensemble, Momenta String Quartet and more…