Springfield Chorus Holiday Concert "The Spirit of Christmas" December 5th in Chester and December 6th in Springfield

Start your Holiday season by joining us for a fun concert of lively music. We will be singing several tunes arranged by John Rutter, "Blow, Blow, Thou Winter Wind," "The Holy and the Ivy," and "Mary's Lullaby". In the mix are also tunes arranged by Mark Hayes, "Glad Tidings of Joy," "The Hands of Winter," and "Christmas Bells are Ringing" and a Trinidadian folk carol with a calypso flavor titled "The Virgin Mary had a Baby Boy" arranged by Stephen Hatfield.

Two songs will feature the women of the chorus singing Gabriel Faure's "Ave Verum" and John Rutter's arrangement of a traditional Polish carol, "Infant Holy, Infant Lowly". The men will also be featured singing "A Choral Fantasy on God Rest You Merry Gentlemen".

Saturday's concert (December 5th) will be in Chester at the Baptist Church on Main Street at 7:30 in the evening. The December 6th concert, Sunday, will be in Springfield at the Congregational, UCC church on Main Street at 3:00 pm in the afternoon.

After the Sunday concert there will be a Bake Sale in the fellowship hall to benefit the chorus members going to New York City in February to perform Mozart's "Requiem" at Carnegie Hall.

The chorus is directed by Ken Olsen and our accompanist is Ashley Paine.