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  • Online ordering available

    September 7, 2011

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    You can now order tickets and subscriptions online, as well as make a donation to Lyric Fest. Just visit one of these links: Get a Subscription Buy Tickets Donate
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  • Two more concerts listed in Upcoming

    August 29, 2011

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    We have two new concerts by our artists in our Upcoming page. They are The Three Contraltos and Women of Valor Suite. Check them out, but don’t wait too long as they are scheduled for September!
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  • New feature on our site: upcoming events with our guest artists

    August 26, 2011

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    We have started a page that lists upcoming events by our guest artists that are not Lyric Fest concerts. You will find it here. You can also visit that page by hovering over the Artists link in the top navigation bar of our website. The first entry is a benefit concert for The First Presbyterian…
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  • Meagan Miller in the New York Times

    July 24, 2011

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    Soprano Meagan Miller, slated to appear in our “A Very Good Year – Happy Birthday to 1912” concert, is to be a lead in the performance of Richard Strauss’s Die Liebe der Danae at Bard in a few days. The New York Times ran an interesting article about this today. A quote from the article:…
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  • New Season Preview

    July 6, 2011

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    We are very excited to tell you about our 2011-2012 season! We will update our front page with links to detailed descriptions of the concerts in the next several days. The Bawdy Bard Friday, September 23, 2011 at 8 pm in Widener Hall at The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Sunday, September 25, 2011 at…
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  • Reviews of “Stranger Things”

    April 14, 2011

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    We have spotted two reviews of the last concert of our 2010-2011 season online. Some excerpts: I was first very happy to see that the program included not only translations but also engaging, easy to follow notes on each composer. […] The singers and instrumentalists were solid and did what was best – let the…
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  • Reception after Stranger Things concert

    April 9, 2011

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    If you are coming to Stranger Things tomorrow, don’t miss the reception after the end of the concert! Come to the back of the church after the concert and enjoy good food, drink, and conversation with the artists and all of us involved in Lyric Fest.
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  • Don’t miss this preview of Stranger Things, Sunday’s concert

    April 7, 2011

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    Check out the front page and page 7 of the City Suburban News. A very nice preview!
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  • Newsletter archive now available

    April 7, 2011

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    Our email newsletters are colorful snippets of our history in the making. Subscribing to them is and has always been available on this site by clicking the orange arrow on the right. Now you can also read all past archives by visiting this link, also available on the right a little below the orange arrow.
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  • Preview of “Stranger Things” in City Suburban News

    March 29, 2011

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    Check out the front page and page 7. A very nice preview!
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  • Interview with baritone Randall Scarlata

    March 28, 2011

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    Q: How did you decide to become a classical singer? What or who was your inspiration? RS: As a child, I tried playing a variety of instruments, never finding the right one! When I was 10, I began to play viola and continued to play it into college. I did fairly well at viola, but…
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  • The PIFA Speakers Series

    February 23, 2011

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    Our next concert, Stranger Things… Paris in the early 20th Century is part of the festival on early 20th Century Paris organized by the Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA). PIFA is also putting together a speaker series to go with the performances of the festival. For details, please visit the PIFA website. For…
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