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On To Carmina Burana!

March 16, 2016

carminasquareThank you so much for coming out to see us, and sing with us last weekend! You are the most sporting audience a choir can hope to have, and we loved both singing for you, and watching you sing with us.

And now, we dive right into rehearsals for our final concert of the season. We sing CARMINA BURANA, 7:30 pm, Saturday, May 21, 2016.

If it’s new to you, Carmina is an opera with lyrics from medieval Latin poetry, set to music by Carl Orff. I know, you stopped at Latin. But it’s us, VCS. So what you need to know is that it’s the coolest kind of opera.

Did we mention that the words (on very human themes of lust, greed, all the vices) were written by snarky clergy in satire of the Catholic Church? Or that they were rediscovered in the early 20th century by defrocked monks? Really, you can’t make this stuff up.

Here’s the other thing: We’ll sing Carmina with two pianos, six five percussionists, and the awesome kids from the Mosby Woods Mustang Chorus. (Yes, the very same who sang with us a couple of years ago at the Lullabies concert, under the direction of the fabulous Camille Haberland.)

Have you marked your calendar yet? Please do!

Cura, ut valets!*

(*The interwebs tells me that’s Latin for “Take care that you be well.”)

FYI – we expect a big crowd, and we’ll have information about tickets ASAP. But remember, you get first dibs if you’re on our mailing list. It’s easy! Subscribe in the box below. 



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Tagged With: camille haberland, carl off, carmina burana, defrocked monks, mosby woods mustang chorus, satire, six percussionists, snarky clergy, two pianos

Goodnight, Sleep Tight…

February 17, 2014

Goodnight Moon, the Meal

Because when eating the book helps with going to bed on time, parents do not argue. (via Roger Deetz)

So, in addition to 50 of the Mosby Woods Mustang Singers and our usual numerous selves, we will also have a storyteller at Lullabies. Because one of the many things that needs must happen before kids go to sleep/are coaxed to sleep/flat out threatened into sleep (hey, it happens, ask a frazzled parent or seven….) is a story. Bedtime stories, silly stories, funny stories, scary stories, soothing “once upon a time stories.”

Naturally, we thought we’d have a storyteller for part of the concert. We don’t know exactly what Leigh Graf will tell us – although if it was Goodnight Moon, we’re pretty sure that at least half the room will have the words tattooed on their brain know the words by heart. All together now, “In the great green room…..” [Read more…]

Tagged With: bedtime stories, dad tell me a story, goodnight moon, john mccormick, leigh graf, margaret wise brown, mosby woods elementary school, mosby woods mustang chorus, panchatantra, storyteller, strega nonna, the little prince

Lullabies, With The Mosby Woods Mustang Chorus

February 10, 2014

Artwork by Steven Keen/Keen Method

Artwork by Steven Keen/Keen Method

If you’re a long-time audience member you know three things about us:

  • we do at least one family-friendly concert per season
  • we are strong supporters of arts and music education, and
  • we are equally strong supporters of local community partnerships

Which is why we are so excited to tell you that joining us for Lullabies (4:30 pm, Saturday, March 15, 2014) will be the Mosby Woods Mustang Chorus from Mosby Woods Elementary School in Fairfax, VA. [Read more…]

Tagged With: arts education, camille haberland, child friendly concert, family friendly concert, lullabies, mosby woods elementary school, mosby woods mustang chorus, music education, pajamas, vienna choral society

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