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Friday, December 21, 2007 at 8 pm
Old South Church
Copley Square, Boston
Celebrate the mystery and joy of the season with this concert of elegant and festive music, including the Christmas Cantata by Boston composer Daniel Pinkahm for chorus and brilliant brass. The program includes the breathtaking “Let all mortal flesh keep silence” and Morten Lauridsen's “O magnum mysterium,” among other seasonal favorites. Keeping with long tradition, there will be a candlelight processional and opportunities for the audience to join in singing Christmas carols.
Joining the chorus for this performance will be the New England Conservatory Children's Chorus, Jean Meltaus, Director.
The concert is reserved seating by pew. Tickets are $20, $30 or $40, with discounts available for seniors, students, WGBH members, and parties of 6 or more.
In her sixth year as the Evelyn Barry Director of Choral Music, Lisa Graham conducts the Wellesley College Choir, Glee Club, and Chamber Singers as well as teaching academic courses in the music department. In 2004 she founded the Choral Scholars Program, consisting of four scholarship students selected to study conducting and choral music.
Under her direction, the Wellesley College Choirs have toured internationally to England, Wales, Canada, and Spain in addition to domestic tours annually. The Wellesley Choirs regularly perform in the Boston area, on professional concert series and in collaboration with other choirs nationally. Both the Chamber Singers and the Choir were recorded for the motion picture, “Mona Lisa Smile.”
An active participant in the musical life of the greater Boston area, she is the conductor of the Handel and Haydn Society's Young Women's Chorus and Music Director of the Brookline Chorus. Additionally, she is a founding member and the Vice President of the National Collegiate Choral Conductor's Organization and is invited as a Guest Conductor for college and high school choruses around the country, recently including the 2006 Northeast Senior District Festival and Massachusetts ACDA High School Women's Honor Choir.
Prior to her arrival in the Boston area, Dr. Graham was on the faculty at California State University Northridge, where she conducted the Women's Chorale. She has directed choirs at Sonoma State University, performed in and directed productions at Cinnabar Opera Theater in Northern California, taught at the University of Southern California, where she earned her Master of Music and Doctor of Musical Arts Degrees, while serving as Assistant Conductor to the USC Thorton Chamber Choir under the director of Dr. William Dehning.
The following selections will probably be included in the program, although probably not in this order. Additional music may be added.
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