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Sunday, September 10 Sunday Morning Bird Walk: 8 a.m.; Wachusett Meadow Wildlife Sanctuary, 113 Goodnow Road, Princeton. Practice your birding skills with a like-minded group and a knowledgeable leader. To register, visit massaudubon.org. “The Drive to Sing” Film Screening: 2 p.m.; Leominster Public Library, 30 West St. Join Director Bryce Denney and Producer Kathryn Denney as […] ....
Wicked Local For the first time in more than a year, students in the Maynard High School chorus and madrigal choir were able to sing together – in person. Dubbed the Driveway Choir, students with mics in hand, sitting inside their cars with the windows rolled up, sang out, encouraged by their music director, Lucinda “Cindy” Blanchard. Even though she had a mask on, it was easy to hear the smile in Blanchard s voice as she directed the students, urging them to sing louder. “Let her rip. Pretend there’s no one around,” she said. Students were able to hear their fellow singers on their car radios. ....
A baritone finds a safe way choirs can sing together again: over car radios Richard Read Baritone-for-hire David Newman was looking forward to a year of singing gigs. Then, in March, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, two members of a choir in Washington state died, and dozens more fell ill after their two-hour practice became a super-spreader event. Concerts were quickly wiped from calendars around the world. The piercing irony of having to cancel is that the joy this music brings is what we now as a culture need more than ever, said an email Newman received from Wisconsin s Madison Bach Musicians. ....
Baritone-for-hire David Newman was looking forward to a year of singing gigs. Then, in March, the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, two members of a choir in Washington state died, and dozens more fell ill after their two-hour practice became a super-spreader event. Concerts were quickly wiped from calendars around the world. “The piercing irony of having to cancel is that the joy this music brings is what we now as a culture need more than ever,” said an email Newman received from Wisconsin’s Madison Bach Musicians. Advertisement Singing had been the centerpiece of his life. It got him through high school and into Westminster Choir College, a music school in New Jersey, where he majored in vocal performance. ....
HomeFront: Best of the Arts 2020 and more By Marie Morris Globe Correspondent,Updated December 18, 2020, 10:32 a.m. Email to a Friend The year s highlights include Don t Let Me Be Misunderstood, a Nina Simone-inspired mural in the South End.David L. Ryan/Globe Staff Welcome back to HomeFront, where weâre shoveling snow, counting down to the winter solstice on Monday, and hanging on every word of the news about vaccines â or, as we like to think of them, get-out-of-jail-free cards magically crammed into little glass vials. The year that warped time is finally winding down, and that means looking back at an unprecedented 12 months. Weâve missed out on a lot of communal activities in 2020 (youâre up, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and New Yearâs), but one thing even a pandemic canât take away is the bonding experience of arguing over arts and entertainment criticsâ year-end lists. ....