Songs of Earth

Description

Love songs and laments for earth, our common home, including a commission by Minnesota composer Edie Hill with a climate change text by poet Danielle Cadena Deulen. There will also be works by Abbie Betinis, Benjamin Britten, Rhiannon Randle, Christina Whitten Thomas, Patricia Van Ness, and Gwyneth Walker. Jennifer Lester, music director, with Heinrich Christensen, organ, and Alison LaRosa, flute.

The new commission, for our 25th anniversary season, is supported in part by two grants;

The Irving Forbes Centennial Grant from Choral Arts New England
A grant from the Newton Cultural Council, a local council that is supported by the Mass Cultural Council and the City of Newton

Community Outreach Component

Join in Seraphim’s community outreach program by bringing donations for those experiencing homelessness and food insecurity to the concert.

Donate new and gently used casual clothing (men’s preferred):  jeans, sweatpants, shorts, skirts, t-shirts long-sleeved shirts, hoodies, light jackets, winter coats, scarves, gloves, ski hats, rain ponchos, sneakers, sturdy shoes, winter boots, baseball caps, sun hats, belts, NEW socks, NEW underwear.  If possible, please label items by size with masking tape.

Donate unopened and unexpired items:  cereals, canned fruit, canned vegetables, canned hearty soups, spam, cooking oil, condiments, feminine supplies, laundry soaps.