Martin Sedek, Music Director
Carol Walker, Assistant Director

Founded in 1955, the non-profit chorus is dedicated to enrich, delight and support the cultural life of the community through high-quality inspiring choral performances.

With three major concerts each year, Masterwork has performed throughout New Jersey as well as Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall and Kennedy Center in Washington. Since 1961, the chorus has returned to Carnegie Hall every year for its signature performance of Handel’s Messiah (the group has performed more than 260 Messiah performances).

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Many singers are long-time members and only four conductors have led Masterwork Chorus since the founding. The Masterwork Chorus is a warm and welcoming group celebrating the joy of music. Everyone is more than welcome.

Masterwork has a small choral chamber ensemble named Women’s Ensemble, an Alumni Association, a community outreach program, informal Summer Sings and ReachOut performances for senior citizens in assisted living and health care centers, patients in hospitals and rehabilitation facilities.

Beethoven’s Mass in C & Christ on the Mount of Olives

A full professional orchestra and soloists join Masterwork for a performance of two of Beethoven’s most poignant and dramatic works. Though sacred in subject matter, Christ on the Mount of Olives is a humanistic oratorio whose almost operatic emotional weight laid the groundwork for the secular dramatic oratorios that followed.

Soloists:
Veronica Shea, Soprano
Mary Pat Finucane, Mezzo
Will Upham, Tenor
Seungchan Hong, Baritone
Saturday, May 17, 2025 7:30 pm
The Concert Hall at Drew University
Conductor: Martin Sedek

Run time, 1 hour, 50 minutes including intermission.

Summer Sings 2025

Summer Sings 2025

Love to sing? Join us for a joyful, no-pressure evening of music-making! Whether you’re a seasoned chorister or just love singing in good company, this is your chance to experience the thrill of performing a choral classic.
We provide:
🎼 A dynamic conductor
🌟 Professional soloists
📖 Choral scores
☕ Refreshments and community
You bring:
🎤 Your voice
🎉 Your enthusiasm
Come for one evening or join us each week—no auditions, no stress, just pure musical joy. 
Wednesday, July 2, 2025 7:30 pm
Conductor: Dr. Anne Matlack, Harmonium Choral Society
Schubert’s Mass in G and Rutter’s Requiem
Wednesday, July 9, 2025 7:30 pm
Dr. Thomas Juneau, Summit Chorale & Director of Choral Activities & Associate Professor at Wagner College
Bach’s Mass in b minor
Wednesday, July 16, 2025 7:30 pm
Matt Zabeigala, Concord Singers & The New Jersey Chamber Singers
Mozart’s “Coronation” Mass and “Ave Verum Corpus”
Wednesday, July 23, 2025 7:30 pm
Dr. Chris Shepard, The Worchester Chorus, CONCORA & The Complete Bach
Fauré’s Requiem
 
Sal Montero, Choral Director, Warren Hills Regional School District & Conducting Intern, Masterwork Chorus 
Mozart’s “Sparrow” Missa brevis 
Wednesday, July 30, 2025 7:30 pm
Stephen Sands, The Somerset Hills Chorus & Downtown Voices
Brahms – Ein deutsches Requiem
Wednesday, August 6, 2025 7:30 pm
Dr. Marty Sedek, The Masterwork Chorus, Vocala Emsemble, DIrector of Music and Chair of the Music Department at Keio Academy
Verdi’s Requiem

Music is the great uniter. An incredible force. Something that people who differ on everything and anything else can have in common.

— Sarah Dessen