Village Harmony

Jul 19, 2024
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

First Parish in Lexington 

presents a concert featuring 

The Village Harmony World Music Ensemble

Friday, July 19, 7:00 PM

7 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA 02421

Donation at the door

Vermont-based Village Harmony, the remarkable teen world music ensemble, presents its first concert program of the summer. The group is led by Sinead O’Mahoney, Bongani Magatyana from South Africa, and Polina Shepherd from the UK. The 22 brilliant teen singers come from seven states plus Canada and France. Village Harmony, a non-profit umbrella organization based in Vermont, promotes the study and performance of ethnic singing traditions from around the world. For more than thirty years they have organized teen ensembles each summer in New England and ensembles for mixed-age and adult singers in numerous foreign countries. Each Village Harmony ensemble develops its own unique sound with a different team of leaders. All share common traits: a powerful, natural, unrestrained vocal sound; a remarkable variety of vocal styles and timbres appropriate to the ethnic and traditional music; and a visible, vibrant community among the singers and audience as they share in a joyful celebration of music. Admission is by donation at the door. For further information visit www.villageharmony.org or email villageharmony@gmail.com.

A Cello Recital

Aug 3, 2024
7:00 pm - 9:00 pm

First Parish in Lexington presents

A Cello Recital 

with Nathaniel White, cello and Shaylor Lyndsay, piano

Saturday, August 3, 2024, at 7 PM

7 Harrington Road, Lexington, MA 02421

 

At 7pm on August 3rd, cellist Nathaniel White will be playing a free recital at First Parish in Lexington, alongside pianist Shaylor Lindsay. The program will consist of the Fourth Unaccompanied Bach Cello Suite in Eb Major, Grave and Metamorphoses by Lutoslawski, and Beethoven’s Fourth Sonata for Cello and Piano. Nathaniel White is a Lexington resident, and currently studies at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music with Jennifer Culp. He started playing cello at four years old, and this is his first public recital at age 21. An avid chamber musician, he has participated in the Zodiac Music Festival in southern France for the past three summers. Growing up in the Boston music scene he played in BYSO, and was later a member of the Youth Philharmonic Orchestra at NEC Prep. Nathaniel’s past teachers include Barbara Paschke, Michael Reynolds, Greg Hesselink, Ariel Barnes and Jennifer Kloetzel. Once he finishes his studies in San Francisco, he plans to pursue a masters degree in Europe, and form a career performing chamber music. The concert is free and open to the public. Public parking is available in the rear of the church. For more information, email admin@fplex.org.

A Candlelit Concert of Celtic Music

Nov 10, 2024
3:30 pm - 5:30 pm