St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is an auditioned community choir whose members hail from towns across Midcoast Maine. Founded in 1995 by husband-and-wife team Linda Blanchard and Sean Fleming, the choir follows in the English choral tradition, specializing in a straight-tone (non vibrato) sound that facilitates the fine-tuning of harmonies.

The mission of St. Cecilia Chamber Choir is:

• to present outstanding performances of the very best choral repertoire

• to provide challenging musical opportunities to gifted local youth

• to support our community with outreach programs

• to support Maine composers through the commissioning of new music

To date, we have performed sixteen new works by Maine composers, ten of which were especially composed for the Choir.

Since the Choir’s inception, over thirty gifted young students have sung with us, many continuing to study music in college. Community outreach concerts have benefited the Damariscotta Baptist Church Steeple Fund, the Great Salt Bay School lunch program, Skidompha Library, Round Top Center for the Arts, the Kennedy Leadership Center at Kieve, the historic Old German Church in Waldoboro, the historic St. John’s Church in Dresden, the Edgecomb Animal Shelter, and the Waldo Theatre.