2024-2025 Season - the 45th Anniversary of Cantilena as a treble chorus!
Maternal Figures:
Reflections on Mothering and Being Mothered
7 pm on Saturday, May 10, 2025
First Parish Unitarian Universalist
630 Massachusetts Ave., Arlington, MA 02476
​To kick off its 45th year as a women's chorus, Cantilena will be premiering a newly commissioned three-movement work for treble voices on the topic of motherhood. Boston-area composers, Patricia van Ness, Lingbo Ma, and Laura Nevitt, have each been commissioned to write a movement exploring the theme from varying perspectives. The musical exploration of mothering and mother/child relationships continues with works by Bobby McFerrin, Ysaye Barnwell, Zae Munn, and others. ​
Cantilena invites the audience to a concert “talk-back” with the composers. Details to be announced.
A reception follows the performance.
Deeply Rooted
4 pm on Sunday, December 8, 2024
First Parish Unitarian Universalist
630 Massachusetts Ave, Arlington MA 02476​​​
​In anticipation of its 45th anniversary as a women's chorus, Cantilena's Fall 2024 Concert, “Deeply Rooted,” reflects on Cantilena’s history as a women’s chorus. We honor our long-time music director, Kenneth Seitz by performing a selection of pieces that he composed for the chorus during his tenure as Music Director including “Velvet Shoes,” “Silent Night,” “Dona Nobis Pacem,” and other favorites. The program includes seasonal favorites such as selections from Ceremony of Carols and “O Sing of a King Who Was Tall and Brown” from Ballad of the Brown King by Margaret Bonds. Rounding out the program are favorites chosen by the singers of Cantilena including “Longest Shadow of the Year” by Ellen Gilson Voth, “Let Evening Come” by Brian Holmes, and “The Peace of Wild Things” by Joan Szymko.
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A reception follows the performance.
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