Seraphim Singers- final concert of the season

Please come see us, I’m a soloist this time!

~Kelly

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Join us for our inspirational final concert of the season.

Persecution, Transformation, and Triumph
Jennifer Lester, conductor
Sunday, April 21, 2013  3:00pm
1545 Tremont St.
Mission Hill, Boston

Sunday, April 28, 2013  3:00pm
First Parish (Unitarian Universalist)
75 Great Road
Bedford, MA

Tickets (available at the door): $20 general admission /$15 for students & seniors

Music composed in times of oppression and persecution often possesses a singular resilience that inspires and gives witness to the courageous dimension of the human spirit. In this concert The Seraphim Singers present choral and instrumental works composed under conditions of religious persecution in Renaissance England, slavery in 18th and 19th century America, the Holocaust during World War II, and totalitarianism in the Soviet era. Featuring:

Poulenc: Un soir de neige
Tippett: Selections from A Child of Our TIme
Messiaen: Selections from Quatuor pour la fin du temps and choral works by Shostakovich, Penderecki, Stanhope, Zuckerman, Goudimel, Sweelinck, and Tallis

Visit www.seraphimsingers.org for more information.

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Because commuting in Boston isn’t fun enough…

Tonight it took two hours, a bus, and a taxi to get me from my front door to Mission church where I was singing a Holy Thursday Service (that’s Maundy Thursday to you non-Catholics out there).  Normally it’s a 45 minute trip at most.  Now things are about to get worse.

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Bulletins from the animal kingdom

Easter is almost upon us and that means a couple of things: spring is coming (no, really, it is, promise!), Geoff and I will be *really* busy this weekend, people will be doing stupid and ill advised things like getting their kids bunnies, chicks, and ducklings for their baskets on Sunday morning, and the annual seal skin kill is going on in Canada.

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Come see me! SLAM St.Patrick’s Local Artist Market – Saturday March 16th

Hi folks!  It’s that time again.  I have a show locally on St. Patrick’s Day weekend.  Come see me on Saturday when I’m selling my jewelry and come see me on Sunday when I sing.  More details below the cut.  C’mon, click, you know you want to.

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The Seraphim Singers Have Rescheduled

Despite the best attempts of Old Man Winter, The Seraphim Singers have rescheduled our Russian music concert originally scheduled for 2/10 and 2/17.

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Winter attempts to kill the music, fails

As some of you may have noticed, New England has had some snow lately.  Notably last weekend and this most recent one.  This has had some impacts on things like travel, collapsing houses, high tides, massive powers outages, etc.

On a less massive scale, it also caused the cancellation or postponement of all sorts of events.  Among them were concerts that my friends and I were supposed to perform in.  Ah, winter.

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Upcoming concerts, auditions, and other events

Hi folks.  It’s that time again.  Spring music making in Boston is almost upon us.  I’ve been receiving a lot of mail lately about audition opportunities and upcoming concerts.  Some of these I’ll repost individually later as the date of the concert approaches.

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The sound of poverty

Most of us think of the sound of poverty, or of being poor, as the voice of the homeless guy who sings out his need for spare change near the subway station or the bark of the homeless dog seeking scraps for supper.  For many of us this noise fades into the background of every day life.

For American the fear of poverty inches closer every day with some of the impending financial decisions our government has to make in the next few days to stave off some serious cuts that will destroy the lives of many of the poorest and many of the middle class in the country.  But that’s an American problem.

Then there’s the rest of the world.

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Christmas shopping for the young woman in your life

Looking for the right gift for the young woman in your life that isn’t pink and frilly?  That’s doesn’t teach her that all princesses need to be rescued by the prince?  Want her to learn more about science and bugs and that making mud pies and getting dirty is OK?

I thought so.

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Youth pro Musica Winter Concert – GLORIA! – December 16th, 2012 4:00pm Newton, MA

Winter Concert: GLORIA! – A Baroque Holiday

Sunday December 16, at 4pm
Second Church in Newton, 60 Highland Avenue, West Newton
Adults $15 in advance/$20 at the door
Students (18+) & Seniors $10/$15 at the door
Under 18 FREE!

Youth pro Musica - GLORIA! - December 16th 2012 4:00pm
Youth pro Musica – GLORIA! – December 16th 2012 4:00pm

To purchase tickets, click here.

Why, yes, I do happen to work for them.  You should attend, this will be great.  And, all kids under 18 are FREE.

~Kelly