Singing is Therapeutic!
Our 2025 summer a cappella singing was a lot of fun but it's time to begin the 2025-2026 regular season. Our 41st!
Shimmering Night
The fall season begins on Monday, September 8, Carmel High Casey Hall in the main building at 6:30 PM (registration, Sept. 8 only) and singing 7:00 to 9:30 (regular rehearsal time). Our program is Shimmering Night: Songs of Wonder, Mystery, and Serenity and offers an exciting selection of historic and contemporary works, including a world premiere of a new song by Robert S. Cohen.
Experienced singers are encouraged to join us. Preregister (below). Walk-ins are welcome and encouraged if you want to check it out.
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The Putnam Chorale is inviting new singers, and welcoming return members, to join its 70-person community chorus. Directed by Dr. Jason Tramm, the Chorale draws performers from Putnam, Westchester, Dutchess counties in NY, and Fairfield County in CT.
Tuition for the each semester is announced as the season approaches (see registration info). To add your email to our notification list, write to : contactus@putnamchorale.org. If you are interested, you may also call 845.520.7574 for more information.
Singers in the Chorale come from different backgrounds and levels of experience. There is a special need for tenors and basses, but all singers are welcome. While there is no audition requirement, it is expected that the participants have some music background, or prior experience singing in a choral/choir group. Questions are welcome and can be directed to: contactus@putnamchorale.org.
The Putnam Chorale is the only community chorus in Putnam County, NY. It has been serving audiences since 1984 by providing high quality choral and orchestral music and academic commentary. The two-fold mission of the Chorale is to provide amateur and aspiring professional singers an opportunity for choral singing and to provide the community with compelling performance experiences.
Join us! Call or email us for further information.
Fall 2025 Press Release.
Link to Fall 2025 Press release
For More Information Contact: Katherine Gambino kgambinonyc@gmail.com
845 705 0976
Putnam Chorale Invites for Singers to Join for its Fall Season
Seasoned community choir builds talent for “Songs of Wonder, Mystery & Serenity”
Carmel, NY (August 4, 2025) The Putnam Chorale will begin its 41st season of song on September 8, 2025, with rehearsals at the Carmel High School on Monday evenings. Now with more than 65 singers, the Chorale is seeking new members from Putnam and Dutchess counties to join its ranks of talented performers.
“More singers means a bigger sound, and the ability to tackle more ambitious pieces,” said Dr Jason Tramm, music director and conductor of the Chorale. “The Chorale is a well-established community choir, meaning that the group does not audition singers, except if needed for section placement,” he added. “However, prior experience with singing in a choir or in an educational setting makes learning challenging music easier, so we can better perform a meaningful variety of music.”
In addition to performing masterworks at venues in Putnam and Dutchess counties, many Putnam Chorale singers traveled to Italy in May to perform works by Vivaldi and Mozart in historic churches in Rome, Assisi and Venice. This December, the Putnam Chorale will be performing in two concerts titled: “Shimmering Night: Songs of Wonder, Mystery and Serenity” that will feature music by composers Britten, Gjeilo, and Cohen.
The program will include the following pieces:
Britten: A Ceremony of Carols
Songs of Wonder and Mystery:
Whitacre: Lux Aurumque
Britten: Hymn to the Virgin
Gjeilo: Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)
Hagenberg: Music of Stillness
Works by Robert Cohen
The Moon
The Serenity of Snow (World Premiere)
Sleep, Baby, Sleep
Gjeilo: Luminous Night of the Soul
Trotta: Veni, Veni Emmanuel
What attracts people to join the Putnam Chorale? “Our singers range in age from teens to 80's. It’s an inviting, down-to-earth mix of people from around the Hudson Valley region. Learning and singing great music is a fun stress reliever as well as a challenging mental and physical exercise,” said Katherine Gambino, Putnam Chorale president. “Anyone who loves to sing should consider joining. We offer rehearsal aids and recordings that make it easier to learn and perform.”
Rehearsals run from 7:00pm to 9:30pm and are held on Mondays at Casey Hall in the main building of the Carmel High School on Fair St. If interested, you may preregister at https://forms.gle/sEmmzDihCPZFWGCE7 or reach out to Contactus@putnamchorale.org for more information. Tuition is $160 per semester.
The Putnam Chorale is a 401(c)3 non-profit organization established in 1984 for the purpose of providing the community with opportunities to perform and to hear great performances.
The Putnam Chorale performed the Stabat Mater by Antonin Dvorak at the St. James the Apostle Church and the St. Kateri Church in LaGrangeville in April 2025 to enthusiastic, sold-out audiences.
Members of the Putnam Chorale traveled to Italy to perform at historic churches. Here they are pictured at the Chiesa della Pieta in Venice where Vivaldi was music director.
Singers Welcome
Auditions are not required for membership. Simply show up, sing, and an appropriate placement will be made. We take our singing seriously and provide as much support as we can to bring out the potential in each chorister. Support includes rehearsal audio aids, sectional rehearsals, and regular vocal workshops. Rehearsals are generally Monday nights in the Carmel, NY, area. Although the Chorale relies in part on member dues for operating funding, discreet waivers are available as requested. Finances should never get in the way of the joy of singing.
Major Concerts
Major concerts are generally the end of April and early December. Rehearsals are Mondays 7:00-9:30 PM, at school or church venues that vary by availability. Rehearsing begins in late August or after Labor Day and runs through late April with the usual holiday breaks. Occasional fun vocal training workshops and "run through" rehearsals are on Saturdays.
Scheduling conflicts for rehearsals are readily accommodated. Don't rule yourself out because of personal or business schedules.
Ensemble Opportunities
In addition to the two seasonal concerts, the Chorale creates a variety of smaller ensemble groups for more targeted singers with genres such as Broadway tunes and Christmas music. The possibilities are unlimited and new proposals are readily entertained.