The Board of Directors of the Litchfield County Choral Union (LCCU) is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Gabriel Löfvall as the Music Director for the Union.
Dr. Löfvall serves as the Artistic Director of the Torrington-based Chorus Angelicus and Gaudeamus choirs and is Director of Music for St. Patrick – St. Anthony Church in Hartford. A native of Argentina, he is a graduate of the Hartt School at the University of Hartford and of the Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, in Mendoza. Dr. Löfvall has a longstanding association with both the LCCU and the town of Norfolk – he sang with the Union and served as the Congregational Church’s organist and choir director early in his career in this country.
Dr. Löfvall will direct this season’s presentation in the 125th anniversary year of the Union’s founding. The concert will be held on Sunday, August 4th, at 4:00pm in the Music Shed on the Battell Stoeckel Estate in Norfolk, Connecticut. The program will consist of works by W.A. Mozart (Spatzenmesse & Ave Verum Corpus) and three songs by the contemporary Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo. The singers will be accompanied by a small chamber orchestra.
Weekly Monday evening rehearsals will commence in late May, and interested singers are invited to get in touch with the LCCU through our Contact Form or via e-mail to [email protected].
Dr. Löfvall and rehearsal accompanist Elizabeth Allyn (an LCCU Board member) will host a season-opening meet-and-greet and initial rehearsal at Trinity Episcopal Church, 220 Prospect St., Torrington on Thursday, May 16th, at 7:00pm. Please come and raise your voices with us, discover the joys and benefits of choral singing, and explore the beauties of these timeless works.