Raymond Buttero was named Director in May of 2020 after
serving as interim Director during the Fall season of 2019. He ably
served the chorus under its previous director from the fall of 2017 through
Spring of 2019. He holds both Bachelor’s and Master’s of Music Degrees from New
England Conservatory, and has also studied at the Juilliard School. Raymond
currently serves as keyboard accompanist at Temple Sinai in Cranston, RI, serves
as the Music Director at the United Congregational Church of Little Compton,
RI, accompanies Litchfield County Choral Union, and gives private piano
lessons. He previously served on the faculty of URI and as accompanist
for several area choruses.
In addition to being a noted area recitalist and accompanist, he
has given numerous performances both in the United States and abroad,
including appearances at Carnegie Recital Hall in New York; Academia Olga
Levi, Venice Italy; Gulbenkian Foundation, Lisbon, Portugal; and the
Norfolk Chamber Music Festival (Yale Summer School of Music and Art), Norfolk,
CT.
The Greater New
Bedford Choral Society
has been bringing classical choral music to
listeners in southeastern Massachusetts since its founding in 1964. We present one concert in spring
(usually May) and another in winter (December or January). Our
concerts typically include one major choral work plus a selection of shorter
pieces chosen for the season of the year and are performed in area churches. We
have combined with the New Bedford Symphony, the University of Massachusetts
Dartmouth Chorus and other area choral societies to perform larger works.
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