MARION — Try something new in the new year. Rehearsals for the Sippican Choral Society’s Spring 2024 concert will begin on Monday, Jan. 8, at 7 p.m., at Wickenden Chapel, 86 Spring St., Marion.

Doors open at 6:30 p.m., and participants are encouraged to come early to register and pick up a music envelope.

The Sippican Choral Society encourages new members to try two weeks of rehearsals. Dues of $40 are due by the third rehearsal for all singers.

The Spring Concert will be held at Wickenden Chapel on Sunday, May 5 at 4 p.m. Featured work will be French composer Gabriel Fauré's Requiem in D Minor. According to a Sippican Choral Society press release, this work is “a prayerful lament for the dead, noted for its serene and peaceful outlook and its sublimely beautiful music.”

Full program details can be found online at sippicanchoralsociety.org in mid-January.