We rehearsed last night (our regular Tuesday rehearsal) with Joyce Kulhawik, our narrator. The full percussion section was there. Thundercats is really cool with all the great percussion sounds. Paddington’s antics come alive with Joyce’s storytelling. Bring children, grandchildren, all…
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Thundercats!
Next up is our December Family Holiday Concert. On the program, we’ve got two kid-themed characters: Thundercats & Paddington Bear. I’m not young enough to have been enthralled by the 80s series Thundercats, but I’ve learned that it was a…
Music for Thoreau’s Bicentennial
In Concord, Massachusetts, Henry David Thoreau looms large over our literary town. This is Thoreau’s 200th birthday year and many local organizations are collaborating to celebrate. His ethic of conservation and his philosophical approach to living a good life is…
Maureen McMullan, guest vocalist at Pops
Maureen McMullan is a well-known jazz singer and champion of Scottish folk song. She’s also a songwriter, arranger and educator. She is Assistant Chair of the Voice Dept. at Berklee and Artist-in-Residence for the National Trust for Scotland Foundation USA.
Bernie Hoffer addresses Climate Change
Bernie Hoffer has made a new arrangement for our May Pops concerts. It’s title is Climate Change, and these are the tunes: Stormy Weather, Soon It’s Gonna Rain, Singing in the Rain, Come Rain or Come Shine, Here’s That Rainy…
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