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Previous Seasons

2006-2007 Season

THIS WIDE WORLD

This concert will feature extracts from our spring program ‘Earth, River, Sky’ as well as new material, including songs from the Middle East and Southern Africa. 

A CLASSICAL AFFAIR

Music for annual classical music showcase and holiday shopping event at Tuttle Mall. 

LIGHT AND GOLD

THE SOUND OF AMERICA

2005-2006 Season

A Classical Affair

Music for the annual classical music showcase and holiday shopping event at Tuttle Mall, Columbus

A Classical Affair

Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus

St John’s Episcopal Church, Worthington

St James’ Episcopal Church, Clintonville

 A seasonal program of folk songs, renaissance music and contemporary writing, featuring extracts from the newly released Christmas CD All hayle to the days.  With Eugene Braig (mandolin and guitar) and Jennifer Bell (flute and harp).

Earth, river, sky

Columbus Main Library (preview)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbus
Worthington Presbyterian Church
Maria-Joseph Chapel, Dayton

Songs inspired by landscape, from Finland, Poland, South Africa, India, Japan, England and North America. With Kordula de Kuthy (cello).

Earth, river, sky

Columbus Main Library (preview)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbus
Worthington Presbyterian Church
Maria-Joseph Chapel, Dayton

Songs inspired by landscape, from Finland, Poland, South Africa, India, Japan, England and North America. With Kordula de Kuthy (cello).

2004-2005 Season

A Classical Affair

Music for the annual classical music showcase and holiday shopping event at Tuttle Mall, Columbus

Northern Lights

St James’ Episcopal Church, Clintonville
First Congregational Church, Columbus
St John’s Episcopal Church, Worthington
Riley Hall, Otterbein College, Westerville

Seasonal renaissance and contemporary writing music from Scotland, Germany, England, and America, featuring the delightful Magnificat Quinti Toni by Hähnel (‘Galliculus’) and Buxtehude’s In dulci jubilo. With guests The Merry Makers (recorder ensemble).

March Madness

Broad Street United Methodist Church 

Joint world music program with the Columbus Women’s Chorus and Koleinu! Jewish community choir.

Rhythms of Life

Columbus Main Library
Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus
Columbus Music Hall

Dance tunes, work songs, love songs, lullabies, and songs of praise – chosen for their rhythmic contrasts and for the importance of rhythm to their musical effects. From the flow of medieval plainchant, via pieces depicting fireflies, crickets and birds, to the different rhythms of Jewish prayer, Galician lullaby, Shaker dance and native Brazilian call and response.

2003-2004 Season

A Classical Affair

Music for the annual classical music showcase and holiday shopping event at Tuttle Mall, Columbus

Darkness into Light

Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus
St James’ Episcopal Church, Clintonville
Summit United Methodist Church, Columbus
Mozart’s, Indianola Avenue

Music for Advent and the new year

Sounds of the East

Broad Street Presbyterian Church, Columbus

 A workshop (open to the public) and concert of music from Russia and Eastern Europe .   A collaboration with the Slavic folk choir Rusalka (dir. Greg Halbe) and members of the Broadstreet Choir (dir. Joel Mathias).

Voices of Day and Night

First Congregational Church, Columbus
Emmanuel Lutheran Church, Lancaster

Madrigals, folk songs and other music portraying the shifting moods of day and night. With financial support from the Greater Columbus Arts Council.

2002-2003 Season

A Medieval Christmas Story

Church of Seventh Day Adventists, Worthington
Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbus
St James’ Episcopal Church, Clintonville
First Congregational Church, Columbus

Original music drama by Sheena Phillips, based on medieval mystery plays and incorporating medieval and newly composed music. Scored for voices, handbells, oboes, recorders, percussion and viol. With guests The Merry Makers recorder ensemble, members of The Symphonic Handbells of Columbus, and oboists Carol and Jim Liddle.

Visions of heaven

Worthington United Methodist Church
Covenant Presbyterian Church, Upper Arlington

Devotional music and spirituals, poetry by William Blake, Emily Dickinson, Dante Alighieri, and original music by Sheena Phillips, Ron Cook and Christine Fraser Ramsay. With harps, cup-bells, synthesizer, flute, viol and cymbal as well as the twelve voices of the Magpie Consort, and guests Ron and Janice Cook. 

Water Music

Columbus Museum of Art
Franklin Park Conservatory, Columbus
Covenant Presbyterian Church, Upper Arlington

Songs, poetry, instrumental music and visual images on the theme of water, from thirst and tears to rivers, lakes and all the enchantment of the open sea. With Jim and Carol Liddle (oboe), Kathryn Liddle (violin and viola), Sarah Lange (flute), Connie Foster (narrator), Barbara Ford (recorder), Alexa Hupper (harp) and Kordula de Kuthy (cello). 

Columbus Arts Festival

Music for the Champagne stroll

Shuffles, shanties and sundry songs

Opening music for the Kodály Institue summer course at Capital University

2001-2002 Season

A Medieval Christmas Story

Church of Seventh Day Adventists, Worthington
Trinity Lutheran Church, Columbus
St James’ Episcopal Church, Clintonville
First Congregational Church, Columbus

Original music drama by Sheena Phillips, based on medieval mystery plays and incorporating medieval and newly composed music. Scored for voices, handbells, oboes, recorders, percussion and viol. With guests The Merry Makers recorder ensemble, bellplate ringers The Shepherds Bells, and oboists Carol and Jim Liddle.

Visions of heaven

First Congregational Church, Columbus
St James’ Episcopal Church, Clintonville
St Patrick’s Episcopal Church, Dublin
Columbus Main Library (short program)

A sequence of music and poetry on the theme of heaven. With guests Ron and Janice Cook and Christine Fraser Ramsay. 

Columbus Arts Festival

Music for the Champagne stroll