All invited to sing along the choruses with an orchestra and soloists at Payson Park Church at 7:30 p.m.
Why just listen to the great choruses – including the rousing “Hallelujah” – of Handel’s "Messiah" this Christmas season? Here is your chance to step out from the audience and be a performer. Tonight, Sunday, Dec. 23, any Belmont resident – in fact, anyone who can get to Payson Park Church by 7:30 p.m. – will be given a score (or bring your own) and take part in "Messiah" Open Sing hosted by Belmont's Powers Music School. See a video slide show from last year's performance of the Hallelujah chorus here. Participants will experience the thrill of singing this favorite work accompanied by a professional-level orchestra, and arias sung by some of Boston's finest soloists, led by the Powers School's Mary Beekman, artistic director for the …
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Belmont's Powers Music School's Holiday Open Sing brings 140 to perform Handel's "Messiah."
Conductor Mary Beekman halted the singers and orchestra a few measures into a chorus. Apparently, the singers were singing correctly but had not put the right emotion into the work. The artistic director for the Belmont Open Sing Series and music director of Musica Sacra for the past 30 years, Beekman wanted the amateur singers to understand that they were performing a work about the betrayal of Jesus from the point of view of his enemies. "Get an attitude," she said to the collective laughter from the chorus. In a gathering that emphasized the joys of the holiday and a love of music, the chorus/audience filled the auditorium of Payson Park Church Sunday night to sing the great seasonal work: Handel's "Messiah," rich with familiar pieces …
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365 Belmont St, Belmont, MA
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Powers Music School
396 Concord Ave, Belmont, MA
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Belmont Open Sings, pumpkin fair at United Methodist, Plymouth Congregational's rummage sale.
1. Wine and Cheese Tasting Where/When: Holy Family Parish, 55 Church St., Concord, Friday 7:30 p.m. Why Go: Conversation and camaraderie are the center of this food and wine event. Pricing: Free. 2. The Mirror of Nature: Guided Preparation for a Retreat in Nature Where/When: The Women's Well, 120 Commonwealth Ave., Concord, Saturday 7 a.m. Why Go: Spiritual-life coach Fran Weinbaum guides the second day of deep reflection of Self, Nature and Spirit. Pricing: $110, $95 for early registration. 3. Rummage Sale at Plymouth Congregational Church Where/When: Plymouth Congregational Church, 582 Pleasant St., Saturday 9 a.m. Why Go: Spend Saturday morning shopping and saving on shoes, clothes and other household essentials, all for an honorable …
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Plymouth Congregational Church
582 Pleasant St, Belmont, MA
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Belmont-Watertown United Methodist Church
421 Common St, Belmont, MA
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