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Join fellow directors and teachers from across the country for a unique retreat aimed to support the work of colleagues and nurture conductors/educators new to the children's choir profession. Attendees will:+Collaborate in the spirit of cooperative sharing+Network with conductors across the country+Participate in problem solving+Mentor young conductors and each other+Attend a CSO performance of Carmina Burana under the direction of Paavo Jarvi+Attend presentations by Chorus America, featuring…See More

The Starlit Birth, Cecilia’s annual salute to the Christmas season in two performances, features a revival of James Woodman’s A Midwife’s Tale, commissioned and first performed by Boston Cecilia in 1996. A Midwife’s Tale sets excerpts from the Arundel Manuscript, a collection of legends about the life of Christ which dates from the 8th century and earlier, in which Zachel, a midwife enlisted by Joseph to attend to Mary at the time of Christ’s birth, tells the story of her birthing experience.…See More

The Starlit Birth, Cecilia’s annual salute to the Christmas season in two performances, features a revival of James Woodman’s A Midwife’s Tale, commissioned and first performed by Boston Cecilia in 1996. A Midwife’s Tale sets excerpts from the Arundel Manuscript, a collection of legends about the life of Christ which dates from the 8th century and earlier, in which Zachel, a midwife enlisted by Joseph to attend to Mary at the time of Christ’s birth, tells the story of her birthing experience.…See More