Christine Howlett, Music Director, Greenwich Choral Society

     RETIRED MEN'S ASSOCIATION OF                                         GREENWICH, Inc. (RMA).                                      Invites you to its meeting, October 29, 2025,at 11 am at Christ Church, Parish Hall, 254 East Putnam Ave., Greenwich, CT. The                program will also be shown on Zoom at https://bit.ly/30IBj21and on local cable channels 24 (Verizon) and 79 (Optimum)

                                                      Christine Howlett

                          “Discussion on Choral Music and                     The Greenwich Choral Society’s 100th”

Christine Howlett, Music Director of the Greenwich Choral Society, will discuss the upcoming season of the Choral Society which is currently celebrating its 100th anniversary. She will also discuss various aspects of the music she conducts and some special memories from her history with live choral performances. She will delve into various elements that she feels create enjoyable and memorable musical experiences for her audiences as well as the performing choristers, soloists and accompanying orchestras.

Canadian conductor and soprano Christine Howlett is Professor of Music and Director of Choral Activities at Vassar College where she conducts the Vassar College Choir and Treble Chorus and teaches music theory and voice. Her choruses have sung at Lincoln Center and Carnegie Hall and at the National Collegiate Choral Organization and the Eastern Region Conference of the American Choral Directors Association. Howlett was a guest conductor and chorus master for the Hudson Valley Philharmonic, and is the Artistic Director of Cappella Festiva, a choral ensemble in the Hudson Valley. A supporter of contemporary music, Howlett has commissioned and premiered works of Eleanor Daley, Katerina Gimon, Libby Larsen, Shavon Loyd, Tarik O’Regan, Caroline Shaw and many others. Upcoming commissions include a consortium commission for Greenwich Choral Society by Tim Takach and Rob Mathes for GCS’s 100th Anniversary. Howlett earned a Bachelor of Vocal Performance from the University of Toronto. She earned a Master’s Degree in Early Music Voice Performance and a Doctor of Musical Arts in Choral Conducting at Indiana University. She has been Music Director of the Greenwich Choral Society since 2024.

Our next presentation, on November 5, will be by The Grace Notes. 

The Greenwich Retired Men’s Association offers a free program every Wednesday that is open to the public, both men and women; no reservations are required. Our social break starts at 10:40 am followed promptly  by our presentation at 11:00 am. Programs are at the First Presbyterian Church, 1 West Putnam Ave. in Greenwich. For additional information see www.greenwichrma.org.