Tag: music

One City Chorus: The Music of the Beatles

One City Chorus presents Imagine: the Music of The Beatles

Sunday, February 16 at 4:00 PMThe Palladium Theater253 Fifth Avenue North, 

St. PetersburgTickets: $20 in advance, $25 at the door   

https://palatspc.na.ticketsearch.com/sales/salesevent/18156St. Petersburg’s famed community chorus, One City Chorus, will present their annual concert at The Palladium Theater on February 16th at 4 PM.  Known for singing songs with universal themes of social justice, peace, and equality, the 90-voice chorus will present a full-length program featuring songs like “Revolution”, “Gimme Some Truth”, “Give Peace a Chance”, Blackbird” and “Imagine” – as well as two classical pieces written by Paul McCartney after the breakup of The Beatles. The audience will also be invited to join in the fun, singing a couple of medleys with the chorus.The popular chorus was started in 2016 by conductor Jon Arterton and his husband, the chorus’ administrator James Mack. It began with the belief that singing in a group builds community and leads to better understanding among people – that in the process of singing together, people form friendships with people of differing races, cultures and creeds that they might not otherwise come to know, and that these friendships change the world.  Their performances have been described as “joyous, uplifting and beautifully sung” by Creative Loafing. Their audiences agree – their concerts are marked by standing ovations!              www.OneCityChorus.org A Change is Gonna Come. This season will be the last for the chorus’ co-founders, Jon Arterton and James Mack. They will be moving to western North Carolina in early May.  They will be greatly missed. The chorus will soon be announcing new leadership to carry the group forward into the future.

One City Chorus at the Palladium – March 3

Beauty in the WorldOne City Chorus in Concert
Jon Arterton, conductor
Tim Burnaman, piano    Caroline Schweinert, drums
with special guests Jon Arterton & James Mack
 
Sunday, March 3, 2024   4:00 PM
The Palladium   253 5th Ave. North, St. Petersburg
Tickets $25/ $20 in advance
https://mypalladium.org/events/one-city-chorus-presents-beauty-in-the-world-feat-jon-arterton-james-mack/St. Petersburg’s famed One City Chorus has been presenting annual concerts at the Palladium since their beginning in 2017. Their performances have been described as “joyous, uplifting and beautifully sung” by Creative Loafing. Their audiences agree – their concerts are marked by standing ovations. This year’s concert will undoubtedly continue the tradition. It will feature special musical guest artists, singers Jon Arterton and James Mack, the chorus’ founders. The concert will also feature three songs by members of the chorus: Clyde Moreland’s “She Stands for Me,” Tim Burnaman’s “How We Doin’ Dr. King?” and Arterton’s “Sometimes You Gotta Make a Wave.”  Burnaman also serves as the group’s accompanist.

One City Chorus was founded by Arterton and Mack in the fall of 2016 with the belief that singing in a group builds community and leads to better understanding among people. The chorus seeks to make the world a better place by singing songs about social justice, civil rights, diversity and equality. They have been honored with a Best of the Bay Award for “Best Voices Raised Together in Song.” St. Petersburg’s poet laureate, Gloria Muñoz alluded to the chorus in her poem “Of Flowers” read at this year’s State of the City Ceremony with these words: “For each hateful word, a song of peace from One City Chorus proves there is beauty in the world. There is love, love, love!”
 
Arterton holds a Master’s Degree in choral conducting and voice from The New England Conservatory of Music. He was the founder and vocal arranger of The Flirtations, the proudly gay a cappella group seen on HBO and in the film Philadelphia. Mack was a voice major at Memphis State University and served as a choir director before moving to NYC to begin a career in men’s fashion. The two began singing together in 2002 and were married in Massachusetts in 2015. Together they produced a CD titled Legally Married and the Sky Didn’t Fall.
 

Corona Sabbath 1

These weeks when we cannot gather in person for Sunday worship, Lakewood United Church of Christ is providing brief weekly sabbath programs for you to listen to on your own or with those you live with. They will be posted on Friday so that you can schedule your sabbath time to suit your schedule and your spiritual inclinations. We hope these programs are of spiritual support to you in these difficult times.

Find a quiet place, inside or outside. Light a candle. Breathe. Be present.

When you are ready, start the video below.

There is a scripture lesson, a poem, and a brief meditation by Pastor Kim Wells followed by music offered by Music Director Hilton Kean Jones.

https://youtu.be/c5Ez8mkG1Qw
(For the written text of the video click HERE.)

As you listen to the music from Hilton which follows, you are invited to pay attention to the thoughts and feelings and reflections that arise for you.

After viewing the video and listening to the music, you are invited to offer the following prayer in closing –

Even from a dark night songs of beauty may be born. Amen.
— Maryanne Radmacker-Hershey

Breathe. Extinguish your candle and engage whatever may come with a sense of peace and a desire to serve.

LAKEWOOD UNITED CHURCH OF CHRIST

The mission of Lakewood United Church of Christ, as part of the Church Universal, is to:

  • Celebrate the presence and power of God in our lives and in our world;
  • Offer the hospitality and inclusive love of Christ to all people;
  • Work for God’s peace and justice throughout creation.

Viennese Ladies’ Ländler and Ecossaises

I’m so lucky to get to play and direct at Lakewood UCC because they are the most accepting and forgiving audience one could ever hope to have. Forgiving you can tell from all my mistakes (especially in today’s selection) and accepting because they put up with my occasional kilts and t-shirts and leisure pants and moccasins but also my VERY eclectic taste in music (some might say “no taste” in music). I get to program almost anything I want, from my own music, through the Grateful Dead through J.S. Bach. Today selection is an example. When I do this one, some of the ladies in the congregation get up and spontaneously start dancing in the style. I love working there!!!