Alumni Participation in Brahms

Welcome to all alumni who will join us for our 100th anniversary celebration. We are thrilled that with your participation you help make this event truly extraordinary. You and your guests are also invited to celebrate with us at a reception immediately following the performance. It will be at Carmines Restaurant at 200 44th Street (a block north and west from Town Hall.) Tickets for the reception and dinner will be $60 per person and will be available for purchase next Tuesday. 

Some Key Items:

  • You will be joining us for Movement 4 - Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen (How lovely is thy dwelling place)  

  • You are required to be at the dress rehearsal on November 1, 2024 from 6 pm to 10pm. It will be at Union Theological Seminary, James Chapel at 3041 Broadway at 121st Street, Manhattan

  • In addition, you will need to be at The Town Hall at 2pm on Saturday, Nov 2, for the sound check. The concert begins at 4 pm and goes till about 6 pm.

  • We are asking that all participants contribute through a participation fee of $35, in lieu of purchasing a ticket, to cover the costs of the venue and reserved seats. Please click here or use the link below to pay the participation fee.

More Specifics:

  • You will be seated in the first three rows of seats in The Town Hall. (These are not ‘ticketed’ seats and will not be sold through the box office.) We can only offer you your seat, so friends/family who might come should purchase their own tickets online through dessoff.org and or ticketmaster directly.

  • We will work out during the dress rehearsal on Nov 1 and the soundcheck in the Hall how you move from seat to stage.

Sheet Music:

  • Music for this movement is linked below; you are responsible for printing and learning the music in preparation for the dress rehearsal.

  • We have also included a link to the Cyberbass learning tool for this work, please use it to learn your part. When we have rehearsal recordings of that movement, we’ll post those too.

  • Please put your music in a black folder for the dress rehearsal & concert.

Dress Code:

  • Dress: Men – all black, jacket preferred, tux if you have one is ok; black shoes and socks

  • Dress: Women – all black, ¾ or full-length sleeve; long skirt preferred or black slacks; black shoes and socks

  • Please no jeans or casual clothing, as you’ll be joining all those on stage in black tuxedos, and long black skirts and blouses

Pay Tier 2 Participation Fee: https://shorturl.at/k8crQ

Brahms Requiem Movement Four Vocal Score PDF: https://shorturl.at/TKJVi

Cyberbass for Brahms Requiem: https://www.cyberbass.org/Major_Works/Brahms_J/brahms_requiem.htm

Email any inquiries to dessoffreunion@dessoff.org.

We are so excited to have you with us!