LEWISTON — On Sunday, July 1, the 70-member West Village Chorale under the direction of Colin Britt, will perform at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul. The concert starts at 5 p.m. Goodwill donations will go toward restoration of the Basilica’s Casavant organ. 

The Chorale, an avocational choir based at the historic Judson Memorial Church in the heart of New York’s Greenwich Village, comprises talented singers with a variety of professional and musical backgrounds but one goal —  to make beautiful music together. Members come from all over New York City and the greater New York area, and give voice, leadership and passion to the Chorale.

The concert will feature music by Alice Parker, Eric Whiteacre, Leonard Bernstein, Randall Thompson, Samuel Barber and more. 

The New York Times has praised the Chorale as possessing a “well?blended sound.” 

Britt, an Edward Little High School graduate, is a composer, arranger and conductor based in New York City. He holds a bachelor’s degree from Hartt School, master’s from Yale School of Music and Yale Institute of Sacred Music, and a doctorate in choral conducting from Rutgers University. 

The West Village Chorale based in Greenwich Village will perform at the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul on Sunday, July 1, at 5 p.m.