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Jubilate! A Collaborative Concert of Praise with Trinitarian & Westgate Churches

Jubilate! A Collaborative Concert of Praise with Trinitarian & Westgate Churches

Saturday, May 19th, 7:00 pm

Westgate Church, 100 Winter Street, Weston MA 02493

The combined choirs of Westgate Church in Weston and Trinitarian Congregational Church in Wayland will present a concert of sacred music at Westgate Church at 7:00 pm on May 19th. The concert will feature Cantique de Jean Racine by Gabriele Fauré, Selections from the Messiah by George Frederick Handel, Jubilate Deo by Dan Forrest, and works by Adam Kurihara and Drew Halberstadt, performed by a 50-voice choir and chamber orchestra made up of students and adults from TCC and Westgate, plus Metro West community members. Drew Halberstadt and Adam Kurihara will conduct.

The concert will be followed by a reception with desserts, coffee, and tea.

Selma to Soweto: Songs of Power

MYSTIC CHORALE SINGS WITH YSAYE BARNWELL!!

Come share the joy as 200 singers of the Mystic Chorale, led by Nick Page,  perform SELMA TO SOWETO, songs of community, power and hope from the ongoing Civil Rights movements of South Africa and the US. Ysaye Barnwell, who has spent three decades singing with Sweet Honey In The Rock and building communities of song throughout the world is this season’s featured guest. Her central message—that together our voices matter—is sagely conveyed in the lyrics she wrote for Step by Step: “Many stones can build an arch, singly none.”

 

The chorus will also be joined by South African friends Nthabi Thakadu, Phakamani Pega, and Pumla Bhungane, as well as pianist extraordinaire Jonathan Singleton.

 

All of the songs—past and present, South African and American—deliver powerful and relevant messages for today’s world!

WHEN: May 19 at 7:30pm; May 20 at 3:30pm

WHERE: Converse Hall at Tremont Temple, 88 Tremont St, Boston (one block from the Park Street T station)

TICKETS: $20, available at mysticchorale.org and at the door on the day of each concert

 

Enjoy this video of Mystic singing Usiletheal Uxolo (Nelson Mandela, You Bring Us Peace) at a past concert.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPTdZPbyONw

Aardvark Jazz Orchestra to premiere the latest work by Mark Harvey, Faces of Souls

The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra continues its historic 45th season on Saturday, April 7, 2018 at 8:00 pm, with a show on MIT’s main stage, Kresge Auditorium, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02139. The orchestra will perform the premiere of director Mark Harvey’s latest work, Faces of Souls, together with other Mark Harvey originals.  Presented by MIT Music & Theater Arts.  Free and open to the public.  Information: 617-452-3205 or 617-776-8778.

Mark Harvey is a composer, educator, bandleader and retired Methodist minister.  Many of his compositions explore themes of peace and social justice in American history and contemporary culture.   The program on April 7 will center around these themes, His piece Faces of Souls is inspired by the Charles Ives composition Boston Common and the Augustus Saint-Gaudens statue commemorating Colonel Robert Gould Shaw and the 54th Massachusetts Regiment, heroes of the Civil War.  The April 7 show will feature other works by Mark Harvey, including The Journey (honoring Martin Luther King, Jr. and the struggle for civil rights), and Blue Butterfly, a blues evoking the late Brother Blue (aka Hugh Morgan Hill), a legendary storyteller famous in Boston and beyond, and a longtime friend of Aardvark.  The evening finale will be Harvey’s piece No Walls, Aardvark’s anthem of hope and inclusivity.

The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra has been praised as “stunningly beautiful and adventurous” (New York City Jazz Record),”captivating” (Jazz Improv), “spellbinding” (The Boston Globe), and “beyond category” (Downbeat).  JazzTimes wrote, “Aardvark suggests the best and the brashest of Charles Mingus, Gil Evans, George Russell, and even Frank Zappa.”

Founded in 1973, Aardvark has been a force in the international jazz scene for more than 45 years. The orchestra has premiered more than 175 works and appears on 14 CDs, including 8 on the Leo Records label.  Guest artists have included jazz luminaries Jaki Byard, Sheila Jordan, Jimmy Giuffre, Geri Allen, Lewis Porter, Dominique Eade, Walter Thompson, and Matt Savage.

Founder and music director Mark Harvey has performed at the Knitting Factory, the Village Gate, the National Gallery of Art (DC), Fenway Park, Boston’s Symphony Hall, the Berlin Jazz Festival (Germany), and the Baja State Theater (Mexico), to name a few.  He has recorded with George Russell and Baird Hersey, and performed with Gil Evans, Howard McGhee, Sam Rivers, and others.  Dr. Harvey teaches jazz studies at MIT.

Aardvark is: Allan Chase, Phil Scarff, Chris Rakowski, Dan Zupan/saxes and woodwinds; K.C. Dunbar, Jeanne Snodgrass/trumpets; Bob Pilkington, Jay Keyser/trombones; Jeff Marsanskis, Bill Lowe/bass trombones, tuba; Richard Nelson/guitar; John Funkhouser/string bass; Harry Wellott/drums; Jerry Edwards and Grace Hughes, vocalists; Mark Harvey/trumpet, music director.  Aardvark veterans Arni Cheatham and Peter H. Bloom will miss the April 7 show, but will be back on the bandstand soon.

The Aardvark Jazz Orchestra is managed by Americas Musicworks, Rebecca DeLamotte, director, telephone 617 776 8778, email:  delamotte-amw@comcast.net

Zach Williams Worship In The Adirondacks 2018

This is a great song from Zach Williams filled with great truth! We are so excited to have Zach joining us at this years Worship In The Adirondacks 2018. For details and tickets go to www.worshipintheadirondacks.com.

Faithful EP Release Party

Serene Chua, originally from Malaysia and currently based in Boston, is a worship leader and serves with The Navigators at Boston University. She is releasing her debut EP, called Faithful.

Faithful isn’t just about the songs but the journey she’s been on that led to writing them. The faithfulness of God has been an anchor for her in seasons of uncertainty and waiting, heartache and loss.

Come celebrate the release of her debut EP with a time of worship. There will be light refreshments and CD’s for sale.

Her prayer is for all to know and experience the goodness and faithfulness of God, regardless of the season one finds themselves in.

Look out for Faithful on all major music platforms on March 23!


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