The Litchfield County Choral Union
...was established in 1899 by Ellen and Carl Stoeckel in memory of Mrs. Stoeckels father, Robbins Battell, who through out his life was an outstanding figure in the musical life of Northwestern Connecticut
In 1906, after five years of concerts, the Music Shed was erected on the Stoeckel's Norfolk estate. The building, lined with California redwood, was and remains today a concert hall of remarkably fine acoustic quality.
After Mrs. Stoeckel's death in 1939, Yale University established a school of art, literature and music on the estate as set forth in her will. In 1951 the Litchfield County Choral Union was reorganized and has since presented each year, in the Music Shed, a concert of a major choral work with orchestra.
Number on average 90 members, the Choral Union is open to all singers without audition, and strives to carry out the joyous spirit of its original dedication in 1899: "to honor the composer and his works in the most elevated conditions."
In 1999 the Choral Union celebrated it's Centennial session with a performance of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem, now available on compact disc. Also available on CD is the 2001 performance of Horatio Parker's oratorio Hora Novissima
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