Margaret Collins Stoop is a versatile musician, bringing passion to each aspect of her musical endeavors.
An award winning composer of choral and chamber works, Meg has had her music performed throughout the United States and Europe. She is president of the non-profit composers guild,
Connecticut Composers, Inc.A lifelong chorister, Meg founded and directs the
Adesso Choral Society, a select chamber chorus dedicated to performing works by living composers.
Upcoming performances
Friday, May 18, 2012 8 p.m.
Temple Shearith Israel
Ridgefield, CT 06877
Meg's new work, Teaching Me a Blessing, will be premiered at a special shabbat service. The work is for two sopranos, trumpet and piano, and was commissioned by the Temple for this occasion.
Saturday, June 9, 2012 4 p.m.
G & B Cultural Community Center
49 New Street, Wilton, CT 06897
Songs of Love, Nature and Housework!
The Adesso Choral Society will perform new works for women's chorus and piano. The program will feature Meg's works for women's chorus and piano, City Trees and The Talking Oak, as well as Meg's piece for mezzo soprano and piano, Domestic Work, which sets the words of Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Natasha Trethewey.
Suggested donation is $15.
