Whistler House Museum of Art

Last night we presented an abbreviated version of our Carnevale di Venezia program at the Whistler House Museum of Art in Lowell.  The audience was wonderful and we all had a great time singing Monteverdi, Vivaldi, Rossini, and Gilbert & Sullivan.  The theme of the gala was Venice, so our songs were perfect for evening.

It isn't often that people have a chance to hear this kind of music outside of a big city concert hall. Our mission is to expose our audience to music that isn't readily available to them.  It is gratifying to see people's eye light up when they hear the music and to tell us afterwards that they didn't think they would like "opera," but they found it it was actually enjoyable (we like these back-handed compliments)!

The Venetian program has been very successful, but now we are on to our spring program of love songs.  This time around the program will be in English, except for one aria in Italian.  We look forward to this "quiver full" of new songs.

Our thanks to Michael Lally, Director of the Whistler House Museum of Art, for inviting us to sing and also to All Saints' Episcopal Church in Chelmsford for giving us our home.

Onward and upward