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John W. Ehrlich

John W. Ehrlich
Music Director

On behalf of the Spectrum Singers, I’d like to welcome you to our Web site and invite you to learn more about one of Boston’s most adventurous choral groups. The Spectrum Singers perform choral music from the pre-Renaissance through the 20th century, emphasizing seldom-heard works by master composers. We encourage you to attend one of our upcoming concerts or to join our mailing list. And if you’re looking for a group to sing with, please consider auditioning for us.

 
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PRESS INFORMATION

The Spectrum Singers
John W. Ehrlich, Music Director

The Spectrum Singers gave their first concert under Music Director John W. Ehrlich in December of 1980. Mr. Ehrlich chose the group's name to reflect what he hoped would be the chorus's primary mission: to perform works from all periods of music history – pre-Renaissance through the present day – at a high level of historically-informed professionalism.

From its beginnings, The Spectrum Singers have embraced "amateur singers" – gifted vocalists who willingly perform without pay. Today, people from all walks of life sing with the chorus, many bringing significant experience and skills as choral and solo vocal artists. As a result, the chorus has prospered artistically, and today is widely regarded as one of the finest choral ensembles in the region. In addition to its own annual subscription concert series, the 43-voice chorus has been called upon by composers and several esteemed musical ensembles to collaborate in premiere performances of significant choral works and in other concerts. Recent joint ventures have included appearances with the Cantata Singers, the Indian Hill Symphony Orchestra, Boston Landmarks Orchestra, and Emmanuel Music's widely acclaimed presentations of Mozart, Schumann and Schubert operas. The Spectrum Singers are admired for their nimble flexibility in performance of a very broad range of choral music. While renowned for the special skills they bring to a cappella performance, the chorus is also praised for the rich and robust tone and fleet virtuosity it brings to works accompanied by orchestra. Music Director John W. Ehrlich is also widely admired for his intriguing and adventuresome programming.

Now in their 32nd season, The Spectrum Singers and Music Director John W. Ehrlich continue their mission of performing familiar and less-well-known works in programs of compelling depth and professional execution to a broad audience of appreciative listeners.

John W. Ehrlich, founder and Music Director of The Spectrum Singers, has been active as a singer and conductor in the Boston and Cambridge areas for more than thirty-five years. Son of a concert pianist and a microbiologist, Mr. Ehrlich was born in Grosse Pointe Park, Michigan, and prepared for higher education at Grosse Pointe University School and the New Hampton School. He studied music and conducting while attending the Hartt School of Music and Trinity College, Hartford, from which he received his B.A. degree, and subsequently undertook graduate studies in conducting and musicology at both Harvard and Boston Universities. His teachers were Robert Shaw, Gregg Smith, G. Wallace Woodworth, Nathan Gottschalk, and Vytautous Marijousius. Also a singer, Mr. Ehrlich has sung with the Hartford Chamber Choir, Tanglewood Festival Chorus, Cambridge Society for Early Music, John Oliver Chorale, Boston Baroque, Cantata Singers, and Boston's Emmanuel Church choir. For eight seasons he was Music Director of the Master Singers of Worcester. This is Mr. Ehrlich's 32nd season as Music Director of The Spectrum Singers.

Downloadable images of The Spectrum Singers, and John W. Ehrlich are available below.

Contact: John W. Ehrlich, (978) 263 4275, dirigentjwe@verizon.net
High-resolution photos: www.spectrumsingers.org/press.htm
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"Compelling... unfailingly dramatic performances that grappled with real issues in the music and real issues the music is about."

—Richard Dyer,   
Boston Globe 
  

"One would be hard-pressed to find an amateur choral group in New England with a more adventurous spirit, higher musical standard and sense of serious purpose than John Ehrlich's Spectrum Singers...We marveled at Spectrum's resilience, pride and serious chops."

—Stephen Marc   
Beaudoin,   
Bay Windows 
  

"Rare beauty, full of dynamic nuances and distinguished by impeccable intonation."

—Howard Schott,   
Early Music News   

"The Spectrum singers brought... focused intensity to the soldiers and peasants they portrayed. They had a whole range of character to themselves, and they conveyed it perfectly."

—David Weininger,   
Boston Phoenix   

"Ehrlich and company offered a deeply felt performance... The chorus, which has made a specialty of singing without accompaniment, knows how to blend into a harmonious entity. The sweetness of tone was particularly evident in some of the quiet passages. When called upon, too, Ehrlich and his ensemble could produce hair-raising tumult."

—Ellen Pfeifer,   
Boston Globe   

"The singers sounded secure in even the most demanding passages."

—Richard Dyer,   
Boston Globe   

 
 
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