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You’ve heard “Deck Us All With Boston Charlie.” You may even have heard “Good King Sauerkraut Looked Out On His Feets Uneven.” But have you heard of “The Twelve Days of Crispness“? No? Me neither, until tonight, which kind of astonishes me. But after seven performances this season of “The Twelve Days of Christmas” with [...]

We had an unusual Holiday Pops concert last night. It wasn’t the normal Monday night audience by any stretch of the imagination–unless your “normal Monday night audience” includes an active and a retired US Senator, the governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, and more than your average number of glitterati. Last night friends of Senator [...]

This weekend I had one of those eerie experiences where you step into a picture you’ve always watched, but never imagined yourself in. When I was growing up, the Fourth of July meant band concerts at Fort Monroe–if you’re growing up in Tidewater Virginia, military base concerts are your best bets for live music and [...]

Tonight on local news station WBZ, there’s a good look at the Tanglewood Festival Chorus. I didn’t realize it had been a full decade since we’d been at the Hatch Shell for July 4th. (Also: WBZ, would it kill you to provide an embed link for your videos?)

This Fourth of July will be a first for me. After five years of membership in the Tanglewood Festival Chorus, I’ve hit the big time. Bigger than singing with James Levine? With Sir Colin Davis? With Renée Fleming? Maybe. I’ll be singing my first Fourth of July concert with the Boston Pops, as a member [...]

Courtesy the Boston Globe, here’s Amanda Palmer’s opening number from her performance at last night’s EdgeFest. I’m very envious of the TFC members who sang behind her for one of the numbers, though I am curious if she had them wear makeup…