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  • Sure on this shining night

    November 3, 2010

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    Description of Elysium There:  far, friends:  ours:  dear dominion: Whole health resides with peace, Gladness and never harm, There not time turning, Nor fear of flower of snow Where marbling water slides No charm may halt of chill, Air aisling the open acres, And all the gracious trees Spout up their standing fountains Of wind-beloved…
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  • Tom Purdom’s review of the Barber concert

    October 26, 2010

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    Did you get to enjoy one of the Barber concerts? Did you have to miss it? Tom Purdom has an insightful review in the Broad Street Review. Choice quote: The program added a major, highly entertaining contribution to the Barber centennial, and Lyric Fest is the only organization in the Philadelphia region that could have…
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  • Traffic alert for October 23, 24 2010

    October 23, 2010

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    TRAFFIC ALERT for those coming to tonight’s concert: Lincoln Dr will be closed the entire weekend between Wissahickon Dr and Gypsy Ln. (via @crossingchoir on Twitter)
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  • Preview of the Barber concerts of this weekend

    October 20, 2010

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    Read all about it in Montgomery News Ticket by Joe Barron.
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  • Change in artists for Biography in Music

    October 14, 2010

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    Bryan Hymel, previously announced as a singer for Biography in Music ~ Samuel Barber, will not be with us for this event. We will miss him, but we are very happy for Bryan, as he has been invited to La Scala in Milan to step in as a Don José in their production of Carmen. We hope to…
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  • Review of Laura Ward’s recent performance in the Boston Musical Intelligencer

    October 6, 2010

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    Our own co-founding artistic director, pianist Laura Ward, recently performed with soprano Jennifer Aylmer and baritone Randall Scarlata in a program called “Tin Pan Alley at the Gardner”. Read the rave review in the Boston Musical Intelligencer. Excerpt from the review: Soprano Jennifer Aylmer, baritone Randall Scarlata, and pianist Laura Ward in a program “Tin…
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  • Interview with Donald Nally

    September 22, 2010

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    Q: What is the history and the inspiration behind The Crossing? How was this group created? DN: We came together in 2005 as a group of friends who missed each other – we never intended to found a chorus and I certainly don’t take credit for that.  Instead, we planned a concert and were surprised…
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  • Biography in Music ~ Samuel Barber

    September 13, 2010

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    Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 8pm The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill Sunday, October 24, 2010 at 3pm The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
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  • Night and Day ~ The Harmony of Yin-Yang

    September 13, 2010

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    Sunday, November 21, 2010 at 3pm The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
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  • I’ve Got Rhythm ~ Family Concert

    September 13, 2010

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    Friday, January 28, 2011 at 10am Student Performance, GAMP School, 22nd and Ritner Saturday, January 29, 2011 at 3pm The Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill
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  • Stranger Things… ~ Paris in the early 20th Century

    September 13, 2010

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    Sunday, April 10, 2011 at 3pm The First Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia
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  • Song of the week: “Grace”

    September 9, 2010

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    To start things rolling Laura will be submitting a weekly blog called “Song of the Week.” This should take us into the next millennium… Song of the Week First blog ever of Laura Ward September 8, 2010 “Grace”      by Michael Tilson Thomas (b.1944) Composed in honor of Leonard Bernstein’s 70th birthday Recently published in…
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