G&S Events
Upcoming NEGASS Events
NEGASS 45th Anniversary Celebration
Saturday, October 16th
10:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Christ Lutheran Church
113 Union Street, Natick, MA
Please join us on Saturday, October 16th from 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM as The New England Gilbert and Sullivan Society celebrates its 45th Anniversary with a day of song and merriment. Five New England Theater companies will be presenting scenes and songs from the G&S canon. NEGASS members are also invited to present a solo or ensemble selections. In NEGASS sing-along tradition, there will also be time for everyone to "sing choruses in public" and some informal “singing around the piano” time. And of course, you are welcome to come just to take it all in and enjoy the day. There is no participation fee. See our event page for more details!
Saturday, October 16th
10:30 AM – 5:30 PM
Christ Lutheran Church
113 Union Street, Natick, MA
Please join us on Saturday, October 16th from 10:30 AM – 5:30 PM as The New England Gilbert and Sullivan Society celebrates its 45th Anniversary with a day of song and merriment. Five New England Theater companies will be presenting scenes and songs from the G&S canon. NEGASS members are also invited to present a solo or ensemble selections. In NEGASS sing-along tradition, there will also be time for everyone to "sing choruses in public" and some informal “singing around the piano” time. And of course, you are welcome to come just to take it all in and enjoy the day. There is no participation fee. See our event page for more details!
Postponed until 2022 - Bab Ballads Part Two! All are welcome to participate. Please send an email to jacquelinehaney@yahoo.com with your submission.
Upcoming G&S Events in New England
September (tbd) - Auditions for The Grand Duke, Sudbury Savoyards, Sudbury, MA
October 2021 - Ruddigore with Connecticut Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Middlefield, CT
November 2021 - The Pirates of Penzance with Valley Light Opera, Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
February 2022 - The Grand Duke with Sudbury Savoyards, Sudbury, MA
Spring 2022 - The Pirates of Penzance with Simsbury Light Opera, Simsbury, CT
October 2021 - Ruddigore with Connecticut Gilbert and Sullivan Society, Middlefield, CT
November 2021 - The Pirates of Penzance with Valley Light Opera, Academy of Music, Northampton, MA
February 2022 - The Grand Duke with Sudbury Savoyards, Sudbury, MA
Spring 2022 - The Pirates of Penzance with Simsbury Light Opera, Simsbury, CT
Most Recent NEGASS Events
July 25, 2021 (3:00 PM) - In-person event in West Boylston, MA! Sing through of Trial By Jury, followed by food and socializing, and an impromptu sing-through of Pirates, with John Dreslin at the piano. A great time was had by all!
June 13 7:00 pm - Annual meeting of the New England Gilbert & Sullivan Society
May 15 7:00 pm - Zoom reading of Gilbert's first straight play, the one-act farce entitled Allow Me To Explain. See the video here.
March 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm - NEGASS Board member Dr. John E. Dreslin presented an illustrated talk entitled "Darwinian Woman: The Evolution of Princess Ida". He discussed the original 1850 poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson The Princess: A Medley, and how W. S. Gilbert subsequently adapted it, first in his 1869 play The Princess and later in 1883 as an opera libretto Princess Ida, to be set to music by Arthur Sullivan. See the video here.
February 27, 2021 at 8:00 pm - The Connecticut Gilbert & Sullivan Society, New England Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Amherst Ballet, and Valley Light Opera premiered a video of the 2015 performance by Amherst Ballet and Valley Light Opera of Pineapple Poll. See the video here.
February 6, 2021 at 7:00 pm - NEGASS and G&S Society of Maine hosted a Trivia Night with the focus on the works of Sir Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert.
January 16, 2021 at 7:00 pm - Watch party of the 1939 version of The Mikado, with historical notes and discussion led by Dr. John E. Dreslin.
December 12, 2020 at 7:00 pm - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - A Victorian Christmas Celebration, presented by Tom Dawkins. See the video here.
November 21, 2020 - Viewing part of A Day at the Savoy, featuring Mr. Jericho, presented by Ralph McPhail, Jr. of Gilbert and Sullivan Austin (GSA)
October 17, 2020 - The Grand Duke presentation by local expert Tony Parkes. See the video here.
September 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM - The Bab Ballads: musical, spoken word and other interpretations of Gilbert's comic poems. See the video here.
August 15, 2020 at 7:00 PM - 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern': Gilbert's "burlesque" in three short tableaux, featuring some of Shakespeare's best known minor characters. Originally published in the periodical Fun in 1874, this frothy little piece was not performed in public until 1891, when it appeared as part of a charity benefit. See the video here.
July 26, 2020 -Sullivan's Hymns & Anthems: performances and interpretations of church music by Sullivan including a women's quartet, soloists, The Royal Street Recorder Consort & Chamber Singers and a "Driveway Choir" performance of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'. See the video here.
June 14, 2020 - Annual Meeting and Event via Zoom
May 9, 2020 - Zoom reading of Gilbert's play Tom Cobb. See the video here.
February 29, 2020 - Post-show birthday party for Frederic!
Cake and singing after the Sudbury Savoyards' production of HMS Pinafore
January 5, 2020 (3:00 PM) - Sing-through of The Pirates of Penzance
University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA
September 28, 2019 (2:00 PM) - Symposium on Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old
Goodnow Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
See the video here.
June 13 7:00 pm - Annual meeting of the New England Gilbert & Sullivan Society
May 15 7:00 pm - Zoom reading of Gilbert's first straight play, the one-act farce entitled Allow Me To Explain. See the video here.
March 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm - NEGASS Board member Dr. John E. Dreslin presented an illustrated talk entitled "Darwinian Woman: The Evolution of Princess Ida". He discussed the original 1850 poem by Alfred Lord Tennyson The Princess: A Medley, and how W. S. Gilbert subsequently adapted it, first in his 1869 play The Princess and later in 1883 as an opera libretto Princess Ida, to be set to music by Arthur Sullivan. See the video here.
February 27, 2021 at 8:00 pm - The Connecticut Gilbert & Sullivan Society, New England Gilbert & Sullivan Society, Amherst Ballet, and Valley Light Opera premiered a video of the 2015 performance by Amherst Ballet and Valley Light Opera of Pineapple Poll. See the video here.
February 6, 2021 at 7:00 pm - NEGASS and G&S Society of Maine hosted a Trivia Night with the focus on the works of Sir Arthur Sullivan and W.S. Gilbert.
January 16, 2021 at 7:00 pm - Watch party of the 1939 version of The Mikado, with historical notes and discussion led by Dr. John E. Dreslin.
December 12, 2020 at 7:00 pm - It Came Upon the Midnight Clear - A Victorian Christmas Celebration, presented by Tom Dawkins. See the video here.
November 21, 2020 - Viewing part of A Day at the Savoy, featuring Mr. Jericho, presented by Ralph McPhail, Jr. of Gilbert and Sullivan Austin (GSA)
October 17, 2020 - The Grand Duke presentation by local expert Tony Parkes. See the video here.
September 12, 2020 at 7:00 PM - The Bab Ballads: musical, spoken word and other interpretations of Gilbert's comic poems. See the video here.
August 15, 2020 at 7:00 PM - 'Rosencrantz & Guildenstern': Gilbert's "burlesque" in three short tableaux, featuring some of Shakespeare's best known minor characters. Originally published in the periodical Fun in 1874, this frothy little piece was not performed in public until 1891, when it appeared as part of a charity benefit. See the video here.
July 26, 2020 -Sullivan's Hymns & Anthems: performances and interpretations of church music by Sullivan including a women's quartet, soloists, The Royal Street Recorder Consort & Chamber Singers and a "Driveway Choir" performance of 'Onward, Christian Soldiers'. See the video here.
June 14, 2020 - Annual Meeting and Event via Zoom
May 9, 2020 - Zoom reading of Gilbert's play Tom Cobb. See the video here.
February 29, 2020 - Post-show birthday party for Frederic!
Cake and singing after the Sudbury Savoyards' production of HMS Pinafore
January 5, 2020 (3:00 PM) - Sing-through of The Pirates of Penzance
University Lutheran Church, 66 Winthrop St, Cambridge, MA
September 28, 2019 (2:00 PM) - Symposium on Thespis, or The Gods Grown Old
Goodnow Library, 21 Concord Road, Sudbury, MA
See the video here.
