A Note from the GTCC Board

The GTCC Board continues to meet. We hope you all remain safe and healthy. Ever optimistic, the Board is consulting with medical professionals and staying abreast of medical updates on COVID-19 vaccinations and their distribution. We are discussing many options for the possibility of singing together again unmasked in the Fall, whether or not we are able to perform for you this year. Please stay tuned as we keep our eyes on the prize of presenting beautiful music in public once more. Happy New Year, and please keep our music in your hearts.

Beth Armstrong, Director

Beth Armstrong, Director of the Greater Tiverton Community Chorus

Beth Armstrong has taught at Roger Williams University, chaired the choral department at the Music School of the Rhode Island Philharmonic, and coordinated both the Junior Providence Singers and the JPS Treble Chorus.

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    Beth is a graduate of Tufts University and pursued a master’s degree in Music Education from the University of New Hampshire. Prior to living in Rhode Island, Beth directed the Suncook Valley Chorale in Concord, New Hampshire and taught public school music for twelve years. In addition to directing our chorus, she also directs the Chorus of East Providence.

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Heather Niemi Savage, Collaborative Accompanist

Heather Savage, Interim Accompanist for the Greater Tiverton Community Chorus

We welcome Heather Savage as our collaboarative accompanist. She has composed a piece in celebration of our 40th singing season. Heather Niemi Savage grew up in Rhode Island, graduating from South Kingstown High School and the University of Rhode Island. She has extensive experience as a collaborative pianist which includes accompanying vocal and instrumental soloists and choral groups, performing in chamber ensembles, and playing in musical theater pits.

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    Her primary piano teachers were Dr. Donald Rankin and Dennis Hughes, from whom she learned classical and jazz piano, respectively.

    Heather studied composition under Dr. Larry Bell and Howard Frazien in Boston, MA.  In composition, as in life, she explores the interaction between the old and the new, tradition and innovation, examining every nuance and implication of her experiences and musical ideas. Composer Walter Saul has described her work as "stunningly resourceful with scant material."

    Her works have been performed in a variety of contexts including the national conference of the Christian Fellowship of Art Music Composers; the 2016 Rhode Island All-State Festival; the 2017 New Music Festival in Fitchburg, MA; and commemorative events at local churches. Additionally, her work has been featured on the radio program, "Music of Our Mothers." Her piece for string orchestra Daughter of the Stars, is a semi-finalist in the 2020 American Prize composition competition in the orchestral pops division and will also be released on Ablaze Records' Orchestral Masters Volume 7, due out in Spring 2020.

    In addition to her work as an accompanist and composer, Heather is the music director at Carolina Free Baptist Church in Charlestown, RI and maintains a private teaching studio.

"Comedy Tonight" (Something Broadway, Spring 2018)
"In the Bleak Midwinter" (Star Light, Star Bright, Winter 2017)
"Won't You Please Come Home?" (Home is Where the Heart Is, Spring 2017)
"Bridge Over Troubled Water" (Water Music, Spring 2014)

See more of our past concerts.

Stay tuned for new Notes from the Chorus!

Sally Ann Ledbetter, Chorus President

"Singing is the breath of the soul."

-Sally Ann Ledbetter, Chorus President

Suzanne Rosevear, Chorus Member

“We all love to sing, but the chorus is about more than singing. It is a group of wonderful people, a way to give back to our community. It’s a family of like minded, kind hearted, talented people."

-Suzanne Rosevear, Chorus Member