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Washington Heights Community Choir: Winter Concert 2025

Join us this December for a free concert that celebrates the season through a diverse and engaging musical program. Our repertoire includes a centuries-old folk tune, a jubilant sacred work, a contemplation on the awe and wonder of a total eclipse, and a new choral mashup of music from the Muppet Christmas Carol, among other pieces. This concert promises an unforgettable blend of sacred and secular, traditional and modern, serious and whimsical. We’ll close out the show with a Winter singalong!

Admission is free ~ donations welcomed!

Music Director: Tabitha Allen, Pianist: Kent Dennis

PROGRAM:

A Winter Ride, Joan Syzmko

TOTALITY, Melissa Dunphy

Pastores, Carlos Cordero

Hot Knife, Fiona Apple

All That Hath Life & Breath Praise Ye the Lord!, Rene Clausen

Wassail Song, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

It Feels Like One More Sleep ‘Til Muppet Christmas, arr. Alex Bechtel

Winter singalong!

Washington Heights Community Choir: Winter Concert 2025

Join us this December for a free concert that celebrates the season through a diverse and engaging musical program. Our repertoire includes a centuries-old folk tune, a jubilant sacred work, a contemplation on the awe and wonder of a total eclipse, and a new choral mashup of music from the Muppet Christmas Carol, among other pieces. This concert promises an unforgettable blend of sacred and secular, traditional and modern, serious and whimsical. We’ll close out the show with a Winter singalong!

Admission is free ~ donations welcomed!

Music Director: Tabitha Allen, Pianist: Kent Dennis

PROGRAM:

A Winter Ride, Joan Syzmko

TOTALITY, Melissa Dunphy

Pastores, Carlos Cordero

Hot Knife, Fiona Apple

All That Hath Life & Breath Praise Ye the Lord!, Rene Clausen

Wassail Song, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams

It Feels Like One More Sleep ‘Til Muppet Christmas, arr. Alex Bechtel

Winter singalong!

Cabrini Shrine – Gregorian Chant: The Canonization Concert

The Majesta Chanters present a re-creation of the chant and other music used at St. Frances Cabrini’s canonization in 1946. This candlelight concert is an annual favorite!

This candlelight concert of the music from Mother Cabrini’s canonization ceremony includes Ambrosian and Gregorian chant, along with choral pieces composed especially for the occasion by the director of music for the Vatican and the Sistine Chapel Choir, Monsignor Lorenzo Perosi.

Join the Majesta Chanters for an outstanding evening of serene chant and glorious song.

Cabrini Shrine – Alma Mía: Spain and Latin America in Music

Alma Mía: Spain and Latin America in Music

Sunday, October 26 at 5:30 pm

Recognized for her “beautiful, warm voice with a secure and soft top and a powerful low register” (Basler Landschaftszeitung, Switzerland), some of Carla López-Speziale’s most notable roles are Carmen, Dalila, Azucena, Isabella, and Baba the Turk. Carla is winner of competitions such as the Vincenzo Bellini in Italy, the Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions in New York and the Carlo Morelli competition in her native Mexico, among others. As a Fulbright fellow, she received Master and Doctor in Musical Arts Degrees from the Manhattan School of Music. www.carlalopezspeziale.com

Kevin A. Smith is honored to be making music with Carla López-Speziale for this concert.  He currently is a resident Music Director in New York City whose work has included productions both in NYC and regionally. In addition to music direction, Smith performs as a pianist and organist at Good Shepherd Church – NYC & teaches the Theater Club at Good Shepherd School. Smith has numerous years of teaching music in schools and working as a teaching artist with TADA! Youth Theater. www.kevinanthonysmith.com

Scan QR code above for advance tickets, or buy at the door.

Tickets: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/alma-mia-spain-and-latin-america-in-music-tickets-1744202680169

Cabrini Shrine: FROM FALLA TO CHICK COREA

In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, @spotlight_artists present FROM FALLA TO CHICK COREA. Performing artists include pianist and music director Alexander Chaplinskiy; vocalist Eugenia Forteza of CABRINI movie fame, volcalists Laura Virella and Zoya Gramagin; Valentin Korniyenko on double bass; and Aleksandra Mogilevich on drums and percussion. Tickets are $20 at the door.

Produced by Natalie Burlutskaya / Spotlight Artists / RE:ARTISTE International Art Organization @reartiste