Acclaimed Vocal Ensemble Chanticleer Headlines Essex Winter Series Concert, April 12

Grammy-winning Chanticleer will perform selections spanning the 17th century to the modern era.

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March 28, 2026
Chanticleer, the Grammy Award-winning choral ensemble of 12 male voices, returns to the Essex Winter Series stage on April 12. Photo by Stephen K. Mack.

ESSEX, CT – Essex Winter Series continues its 49th season in Essex with the acclaimed vocal ensemble Chanticleer in continued celebration of America’s 250th anniversary, April 12. 

The 3 p.m. performance of Our American Journey will take place at Valley Regional High School, 256 Kelsey Hill Road, Deep River. 

Named for the “clear-singing” rooster in Geoffrey Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, Chanticleer was founded in San Francisco in 1978 by singer and musicologist Louis Botto. The prolific recording and touring ensemble has sold over one million recordings and performed thousands of concerts around the world.

The ensemble garnered Grammy Awards for its recording of Sir John Tavener’s Lamentations & Praises and its collection of commissioned works titled Colors of Love. 

The series will wrap up at the same venue with two programs rescheduled due to winter storms. On May 17, Vince Giordano & The Nighthawks bring Hot & Sweet Jazz from the 1920s & ’30s. On Nov. 8, Timeless Bonds & Renewed Horizons will feature violinist Ani Kavafian, cellist

Peter Wiley, flutist Tara Helen O’Connor, and pianist Shai Wosner with chamber works by Johann Sebastian Bach, Mel Bonis, Valerie Coleman, and Franz Schubert.

All concerts take place Sundays at 3 p.m. Tickets are $45 for adults and $5 for students, with discounted subscriptions available. To purchase tickets or for more information, visit www.essexwinterseries.com or call 860-272-4572.

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