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Audience Favorites

Featuring works by Randall Thompson, Eric Whitacre, Morten Lauridsen, J.S. Bach, William Dawson, and Johannes Brahms

Saturday, November 6, 2010, at 8 p.m.

Arch Street Friends Meeting House

4th & Arch Streets, Philadelphia, PA

Tickets: $25 ($20 for students, seniors and groups)

Singing City’s 63rd season opens with a concert of your favorite choral works. Join us at Philadelphia’s historic Arch Street Friends Meeting House for an evening inspired by you!

Fall ConCert

Jeffrey Brillhart, Conductor

Join us for our 2010-2011 season

about Singing City

Founded by Dr. Elaine Brown and now under the direction of Jeffrey Brillhart, Singing City has been uniting people through music since 1948. The particular shape of its mission is unique and includes, at its core, excellence in choral performance combined with educational outreach and the expressed intent of bringing together people of all walks of life, races, ethnic groups, and socioeconomic levels. Dr. Brown devoted her life to this mission. She believed then — and history has borne out the clarity of her vision — that great social deeds could be accomplished through the medium of outstanding musical artistry in the community.

123 South 17th Street • Philadelphia, PA19103 Phone: 215-569-9067 • Fax 215-569-9088www.singingcity.org • info@singingcity.org

Winter ConCert

Voices of PhiladelphiaSaturday, February 26, 2011, at 7 p.m.

First Baptist Church

17th & Sansom Streets, Philadelphia, PA

Featuring the Singing City Prize for Young Composers

And the debut of the Singing City Children’s Choir

With Guest Choirs

Trouveres of the Pennsylvania Girlchoir

Upper Darby High School Encore Singers

Tickets: $20, $15 for students/seniors

The Boards of Singing City and West Philadelphia Children’s Choir have agreed to merge!After intense discussions and planning for almost half a year, a final agreement to merge was endorsed unanimously and enthusiastically by both boards in June 2010. Singing City and the West Philadelphia Children’s Choir have a strong mission, shared vision, and values. What does this mean?

West Philadelphia Children’s Choir will become an integral part of Singing City with a new name: Singing City Children’s Choir.

More children throughout the city can • participate in the futureIncreased opportunities for programming and • performances for the Children’s ChoirMembers of Singing City Choir can choose to • mentor Children’s Choir singers, sharing music and support with both children and familiesSinging City now offers singing opportunities • for people ages 8 to 80!

Under the direction of Steve Fisher (pictured above), the Singing City Children’s Choir shapes the future by making a difference in the lives of children through musical excellence. It is open to children in grades 3-7 and offers a learning environment designed to provide a rich and rewarding musical experience for each child. Learn more at singingcity.org.

The merger was accomplished through a generous grant to

Singing City from the Pew Center for Arts and Heritage

through the Philadelphia Cultural Management Initiative.

introduCing the

Singing City Children’s Choir

63Rd ANNIVERSARy CONCERT

The French Muse

Honegger’s King David Works by Lili Boulanger World Premiere of Les Fenêtres by Andrea Clearfield

Commissioned by Singing City for the

Philadelphia International Festival of the Arts (PIFA)*

The Chamber Orchestra of PhiladelphiaMark Roxey BalletCharlotte Blake-Alston, narratorElizabeth Weigle, sopranoSuzanne DuPlantis, mezzo-soprano Kevin Delaney, tenorSinging City Children’s Choir

Saturday, April 30, 2011, at 8 p.m.

The Church of the Holy Trinity

Rittenhouse Square, Philadelphia, PA Tickets: $35 ($30 for students, seniors and groups)

Maps and directions available on the Singing City website: www.singingcity.org

Learn more about the Festival at pifa.org.

Elizabeth Weigle Suzanne DuPlantis Kevin Delaney

Charlotte Blake-Alston Mark Roxey Andrea Cleafield

Subscribe to the 2010-2011 Season

Regular season concerts include:

Audience Favorites Saturday, November 6, 2010, 8 p.m.

Voices of PhiladelphiaSaturday, February 26, 2011, 7 p.m.

The French Muse*Saturday, April 30, 2011, 8 p.m.

*Tickets for The French Muse are included in subscription packages. Individual tickets must be purchased through the Festival box office at pifa.org.

BenefactorA contribution of $300 entitles you to four (4)

preferred seating tickets for each concert, your name

in each concert program, and the option of

purchasing additional preferred seating tickets.

PatronA contribution of $150 entitles you to two (2)

preferred seating tickets for each concert and

benefits listed above.

SponsorA contribution of $75 entitles you to one (1)

preferred seating ticket for each concert and benefits

listed above.

In addition, season subscribers have the option of no hassle ticket exchange. We understand plans change and so can your tickets. Subscribers can exchange their tickets for another Singing City performance.

Photography by Nick Antony

at The Morris Arboretum of the University of Pennsylvania

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