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SUMMARY:St. Cecilia Chamber Choir Presents Lessons and Carols for the Chris
 tmas Season on Dec. 20 and 21
DESCRIPTION:St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will present its popular annual Lesso
 ns and Carols Christmas concerts on Saturday\, Dec. 20 at 4:00 p.m. at Bo
 wdoin College Chapel in Brunswick\, and Sunday\, Dec. 21 at 4:00 p.m. at D
 amariscotta Baptist Church. Linda Blanchard is St. Cecilia’s artistic di
 rector\, assisted by organist Sean Fleming. Advance tickets are strongly e
 ncouraged for these concerts.\n\n"You were as good as ever!" "The whole th
 ing was just beautiful!" "I’m so glad we came!" are a few of the audienc
 e comments from recent concerts.\n\nA beautiful new setting of the Gerard 
 Manley Hopkins poem "The Bethlehem Star" by former King's Singers member B
 ob Chilcott will be featured. The John Rutter favorites "Sing We To This M
 erry Company" and "Past Three O'Clock" will be performed\, as well as Rich
 ard Francis' ever-popular "People\, Look East" based on Eleanor Farjeon's 
 Christmas poem. The Choir will sing a jazz-influenced setting of the Thoma
 s Hardy poem "The Oxen" by former Swingle Singers music director Jonathan 
 Rathbone. And "Drop Down\, Ye Heavens" by the phenomenal organist Anna Lap
 wood. Also featured will be works by Stanford\, Archer\, and Taylor Scott 
 Davis. A professional string quartet will accompany the group on select pi
 eces. As a special treat\, Eric Whitacre’s "Glow\," composed for the "Wo
 rld of Color – Winter Dreams" show which premiered at Disney California 
 Adventure Park in California\, will be performed.\n\nWith audience sing-al
 ong caroling using several of David Willcocks' arrangements\, this concert
  is sure to be a treat for the whole family.\n\nTickets are $25 for the Bo
 wdoin Chapel concert and $20 for the Damariscotta Baptist Church concert. 
 Admission is free for students and children. Tickets are available online 
 at ceciliachoir.org\, and at Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscot
 ta. For more information\, please email info@ceciliachoir.org\, or visit f
 acebook.com/stceciliachamberchoir and ceciliachoir.org.
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LOCATION:Bowdoin College Chapel\, 14 Campus Rd N\, Brunswick\, ME \, 04011\
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