History

Tapestry first rehearsed at Trinity Lutheran Church in Utica, NY, with Director Peter Carole. JoElyn Wakefield Wright became our director shortly before we accepted the Kirkland Art Center's offer of rehearsal space and moved to Clinton. Currently we meet at St. James Episcopal Church in Clinton, where we have often presented Christmas Concerts. We thank the Vestry and the Rector of St. James for their hospitality.

One of our early performances, for an American Guild of organists meeting, was held during a Central New York sleet storm. The Audience that evening barely outnumbered the singers. By contrast we sang for hundreds at the Welsh National Gymnafa Ganu in Utica's Stanley Theater. No matter where we sing, our a cappella music and our costumed madrigal presentations are well received.

While most community-based choral groups plan two or more completely different concerts each year, Tapestry has become a repertoire company, with a lengthy list of sacred and secular songs. This allows us to accept singing engagements with fairly short notice, by choosing music that requires a minimum amount of rehearsal time.

We have been invited to sing at many different venues. Here is a greatly abbreviated list of past concert sites:

American Guild of Organists Regional Convention, Pittsfield, MA
B# Club, Utica, NY
Chenango Festival, Hamilton, NY
Christ Episcopal Church, Cooperstown, NY
Christmas Candlelight Weekend, Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, NY
Cobleskill Performing Arts Series, Cobleskill, NY
Earlville Opera House, Earlville, NY
Kirkland Art Center, Clinton, NY
Lorenzo State Historic Site, Cazenovia, NY
Mohawk Valley Center For The Arts, Little Falls, NY
Munson Williams Proctor Art Institute, Utica, NY
Old Forge Art Center, Old Forge, NY
Remsen Barn Festival of the Arts, Remsen, NY
Rome Art and Community Center, Rome, NY
Rome Taste of the Arts, Rome, NY
St. James Episcopal Church, Clinton
St. Malachy's Roman Catholic Church, Sherburne, NY
St. Stephen's Church, Syracuse, NY
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Hamilton, NY
Stone Presbyterian Church, Clinton, NY
Unity Hall, Barneveld, NY
Welsh National Gymanfa Ganu, Utica, NY

Of course we'll never forget our trips abroad: Spain in 1988, Czechoslovakia, Austria and Hungary in 1991, and, in 1993, Quebec City, Canada, where for four days we sang to enthusiastic crowds at Les Médiévales de Québec.