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THE OUTER CAPE CHORALE was founded in February 2002 by its conductor Jon Arterton, and several enthusiastic friends. It has quickly grown to a group of over 110 singers who travel to Provincetown from all over Cape Cod to sing.
They made their debut to a capacity crowd in Provincetown's Town Hall singing Brahms' Liebeslieder Waltzes.
Since then they have presented a varied mix of concerts, including a program of American music called Mostly Gershwin, a concert version of Gilbert & Sullivan's Iolanthe, and a concert of music from Broadway; and they performed a wide variety of classical works including Mozart's Vesperae Solennes de Confessore and Regina Coeli, Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, Bach’s Cantata 191, Part One of Haydn’s Creation, John Rutter’s Magnificat, and Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace.
Their fifth season was highlighted by performances of Mozart’s Requiem, accompanied by sixteen musicians, most of them members of The Cape Symphony Orchestra. They have also performed at many community events in their short history.
The Chamber Singers are about twenty of the more experienced members of the larger ensemble. They perform year-round and have performed all over the Outer Cape, including twice opening for The Cape Symphony Orchestra at their annual Pops Concert in Orleans.
The Chorale is organized as a 501c3 non-profit organization, and has prospered due to the generous support of their community. In keeping with their philosophy of bringing their joy of singing to as many people as possible, they’ve adopted the somewhat-radical policy of making their concerts free of admission charges!
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photo by jane rosett
The standing room only crowd for an OCC concert at Provincetown's Town Hall
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| JON ARTERTON began his musical journey as a choirboy at Washington's National Cathedral. He was twice a Tanglewood Vocal Fellow at the Berkshire Music Festival, and holds a Master's Degree from The New England Conservatory of Music where he also served as Assistant Conductor of Choruses. He was the founder and musical arranger of The Flirtations, the proudly gay a cappella group seen on HBO, Good Morning America and in the film Philadelphia. He toured with the group for a decade singing all over Europe and the Americas, singing in such places as Carnegie Hall and Yankee Stadium. He also holds an MFA degree in Acting from Smith College, and appeared as an actor in many regional and Off-Broadway productions, and in The Utter Glory of Morrissey Hall on Broadway. He gives periodic Singing Workshops, and has given master classes at the Gay and Lesbian Choruses Small Ensemble Festival in Louisville, the Contemporary A Cappella Society Conference in Boston, and the Augusta Heritage Music Festival in Elkins, WV. He serves as the Director of Music at Provincetown’s U.U. Meeting House and performs multi-layered songs with his solo voice and a digital looping device called an Echoplex. This summer, he and his husband James Mack performed in a new critically acclaimed two-man show called“Just Married! (the Musical)”.
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