Arts/Entertainment
Chamber music, traditional carols offered at free PA concerts
Phillips Academy's music department will offer two free concerts next weekend, Dec. 5 and 6.
On Saturday, Dec. 5 at 6:30 p.m. the Phillips Academy Chamber Music Society, comprised of faculty and students, will play. This concert, free and open to the public, will take place in the Timken Room at Graves Hall on the Phillips Academy campus, 180 Main St., Andover. Graves Hall is handicapped accessible. The program will include movements of chamber music by Arenksy, Schubert, Hummel, Mozart, Perishetti, Donizetti, Schickele, Dring, Beethoven, Debussy, Vivaldi and DvoÅôðk.
The Service of Lessons and Carols will take place on Sunday, Dec. 6 at 4:30 p.m. in the Cochran Chapel, Chapel Avenue, presented by the Phillips Academy Chaplaincy and Music Department. The Service of Lessons and Carols is derived from ancient sources and is celebrated according to its usage at King's College, Cambridge, England, according to the school. Traditional Christmas readings will be heard and familiar Christmas carols from various traditions and cultures will be sung and played. The service will feature the Fidelio Society and the Academy Chorus under the direction of Christopher Walter, the Handbell Choir under the direction of Patrick Kabanda and the Academy Harp Ensemble under the direction of Emily Lewis.
For further information contact the music department at 978-749-4263 or e-mail to music@andover.edu.
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