Concert Series, 2006


2006/2007 PACC Concert Series for the Benefit of the Organ Restoration Fund

Season Tickets are now available for the entire 4 concert series!

We are excited to announce our 2006/2007 Concert Series for the Benefit of the Music Program. We have 4 very different concerts this year and are pleased to welcome back some old friends to our series. Once again we are offering SEASON TICKETS to the entire 4 concert series. Season tickets are priced at $40 for Adults, and $25 for Seniors and Students. To order season tickets or individual concert tickets, contact the Church Office at 781-643-8680. Season tickets will also be available at the first concert in the series on October 22nd (the concert is at 3 PM).

Sunday, October 22, 2006 at 3:00 PM – Vox Lucens

An A Cappella Chamber Choir in an Early Music concert

The Park Avenue Congregational Church Concert Series opens their 16th season with a return engagement by Vox Lucens, bringing their ethereal sounds to the Sanctuary. In “Light and Shadow”, Vox Lucens explores the light and shadow of 16th-century England. This was a time of extremes: artistic heights (think Milton and Shakespeare) undercut by political and religious intrigue – when religion was cause for murder with Protestants and Catholics battling for the throne. The concert will be a mix of serious pieces such as the 12-part Magnificat William Byrd, secretly-Catholic, wrote for a Protestant court, and silly amusements such as a madrigal about shepherds and nymphs by Thomas Weelkes.

Vox Lucens will perform in the Sanctuary of the Park Avenue Congregational Church, 50 Paul Revere Road, Arlington, MA. A Post-Concert Artist’s Reception will be held in the Parish Hall.

Tickets are available in advance: Adults – $12, Seniors/Students – $8 ; at the door: Adults – $15, Seniors/Students -$10

For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact  the church office at 781-643-8680

Sunday, December 3rd, 2006 at 4 PM – The PACC Chancel and Festival Choirs

16th Annual Christmas Concert and Carol Sing: A Celtic Christmas

Come and join the tradition that began the PACC Concert Series so many years ago.  The PACC Festival Choir presents a holiday gift of seasonal music to the Arlington Community.  Sing along on some favorite carols and enjoy Choral music accompanied by the wonderful sounds of our historic Skinner Pipe Organ.

After the concert please join us in the Parish Hall for some holiday cookies and refreshments.

For more information, contact the church office at 781-643-8680.

Saturday, January 27th, 2007 at 7:30 PM – einstein’s little homunculus

CABIN FEVER COFFEEHOUSE

“einstein’s little homunculus” returns to cure your cabin crazies with their unique blend of music and witty repartee. Come on by for some baked goodies, a “cuppa” joe or tea, and sit back and relax, and enjoy a coffee house concert in the Parish Hall.  elh, as they’re known, is famous for its wide repertoire of instruments and percussion including offbeat songs with klezmer and Celtic influences (really!). The group has been a winner of the Acoustic Underground competition with five CD’s to its credit.

More information about the group can be found at their website: www.elh.org.  Refreshments (coffee/tea and baked goods) will be on sale before and during the coffeehouse

For more information or to purchase tickets, contact the church office at 781-643-8680.

Sunday, March 25, 2007 at 3:00 PM – Jacqueline Schwab, Pianist

The Park Avenue Congregational Church Concert Series welcomes back a celebrated local artist. In addition to the afore-mentioned work on “The Civil War”, Jacqueline Schwab has worked with Ken Burns on numerous other projects, including “Baseball” and “Mark Twain”. Ms. Schwab’s eclectic style defies categorization: her musical pieces weave tapestries with influences from classical (Bach, Debussy, Bartok) to parlor piano songs, traditional Celtic and English music, and more contemporary blues and tangos! In addition to the various soundtracks she has recorded, she has also collaborated with many other traditional and folk artists, including singer-songwriter Dillon Bustin, singer Jeanne Morrill, Scottish fiddler Laura Risk, cellist Abby Newton and glass armonica player Dean Shostak. More information about Jacqueline Schwab is available at her website: jacquelineschwab.com.

Ms. Schwab will perform in the Sanctuary of the Park Avenue Congregational Church, 50 Paul Revere Road, Arlington, MA. A Post-Concert Artist’s Reception will be held in the Parish Hall.

For more information or to purchase tickets, please contact  the church office at 781-643-8680.