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David Low, a former substance abuse counselor and ordained interfaith minister, will teach weekly “Methods of Meditation” for Mt. Airy Learning Tree throughout May.
MALT's David Low is high on the list of multitaskers
Low will teach five weekly sessions of “Methods of Meditation” for Mt. Airy Learning Tree. more
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Dmitry Bortniansky and Mykola Lysenko are among the Eastern Orthodox composers who will be featured during a Mother’s Day concert, May 11, at St. Nicholas Ukrainian Catholic Church in Fairmount.
CH conductor to lead Mother's Day concert supporting refugees
Chestnut Hill conductor Donald Meineke will lead an ensemble of vocal soloists in concert Sunday, Mother’s Day, May 11. more
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Gayle Wieand conducts Philomusica Chorale's rehearsals and performances in Germantown.
Philomusica director steps up to the plate for her 20th season
On a recent evening at the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill, members of the Philomusica Chorale rehearsed for an upcoming concert. more
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Conductor Joseph Colaneri, music director of the Glimmerglass Festival and a conductor with the Metropolitan Opera in New York, will make his debut with the Academy of Vocal Arts April 26 for a series of performances of Pietro Mascagni’s “L’amico Fritz."
AVA to close 90th season with Mascagni’s ‘L’amico Fritz’
The Academy of Vocal Arts will close out its 90th anniversary season of fully staged operatic productions with Pietro Mascagni’s rarely performed romantic masterpiece. more
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‘Le Groupe des six,’ a 1922 painting by Jacques-Émile Blanche, depicts five of Les Six, the composers collective that included “King David” composer Arthur Honegger, who is pictured in profile on the left.
King David's epic tale echoes through Germantown church
John Walthausen, the organist and director of music of the First Presbyterian Church in Germantown, will conduct a performance of Arthur Honegger’s oratorio. more
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Violinist Francisco Fullana will perform and conduct in upcoming programs with the Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia.
Tempesta performs Bach Trio Sonatas on the Hill
The Tempesta di Mare Chamber Players will present a concert of Trio Sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach on Sunday, April 6. more
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Receiving a preservation award from the Chestnut Hill Conservancy in January of 2016 (from left) were Phil Tankel of the Chestnut Hill Rotary, Conservancy Board President Randy Williams, Rotary member Carl Shaifer, Valley Green Bank CEO Jay Goldstein, Conservancy Board member Emily Cooperman, and Conservancy Executive Director Lori Salganicoff.
Chestnut Hill community champion dies at 92
Carl Shaifer, a longtime Chestnut Hill resident known for his business acumen and tireless community service, died March 5 of age-related causes. more
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Piffaro, The Renaissance Band, will pay tribute to the Bassano family, renowned musicians in the court of Henry VIII.
Piffaro salutes Bassano family as ‘Excellent & Esteemed’
Piffaro, the locally based but internationally acclaimed Renaissance Band, will present three performances of  “All Excellent & Esteemed – The Bassano Family.” more
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Carl Henry Shaifer III
Carl Henry Shaifer III, beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend, passed away on March 5, 2025, at the age of 92. more
Juliette Tacchino and Robert Frazier starred in the Curtis Institute of Music’s “virtually flawless” production of “The Marriage of Figaro.”
Chestnut Hill maestro leads concert and Curtis stages 'Figaro'
Chestnut Hill maestro Donald Meineke will conduct Choral Arts Philadelphia on a musical tour of the “Cathedrals of Mexico: Grand Polyphony of Puebla and Mexico City.” more
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Bishop Ernest Morris Sr. became a spellbinding preacher at the Mt. Airy Church of God in Christ, which has more than 4,000 members and is the third-largest church congregation in Philadelphia.
From postman to pastor: How the Local changed a life
Editor's Note: This week we begin a special two-part series about Bishop Ernest Carl Morris Sr. more
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Kaitlyn Whalen, founder of Well Rooted HT, LLC, in Mt.Airy, works with residents of the Terrace at Chestnut Hill nursing home. Her next session at the Center on the Hill is on April 17, 11 a.m.
Turning her personal pain into horticultural therapy
When chronic pain began to dominate Kaitlyn Whalen's life seven years ago, she found solace and healing in an unexpected place: her garden. more
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Candace Baldwin Richards
Candace Baldwin Richards, formerly of Chestnut Hill, PA and Scottsdale, AZ, died peacefully at home in Falls Church, VA on February 1. more
Saint Paul’s Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill celebrated the life of former parish music director Richard George “Rick” Alexander during a service Feb. 9. Alexander died last month and served as music director for over 35 years.
Mendelssohn Chorus to sing Erlwine’s ‘Never One Thing’
Heather Mitchell will celebrate her new position as associate artistic director of the Mendelssohn Chorus on Feb. 22. more
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Georgie Bonds (right) is seen in the mid-2010s with Deb Callahan (left), Mt. Airy blues/soul singer, and Gene Shay, “Dean of the Philly Deejays” and Philadelphia Folk Festival founder, who passed away in 2020 from Covid-19.
G’town’s Sweet Georgie Bonds was ‘married to the blues’
Bonds, who died Jan. 13 at age 72, was a member of the Philadelphia Black Cowboys. But as much as he loved horses, he loved playing the blues even more. more
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Cellist Thomas Kraines (above), along with pianist Charles Abramovic, will be featured in a Germantown concert Feb. 21 marking the 40th anniversary of Network for New Music, a Philadelphia-based music organization that commissions and performs new musical works by emerging and established artists.
Germantown concert to honor Pulitzer Prize winner
Network for New Music will continue its 40th anniversary season programming, “40 at 40,” with the concert “Companions.” more
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The Rev. Sharline Fulton
The Rev. Sharline Alahverde Fulton passed away peacefully on January 19, 2025 at the age of 91 at the Foulkeways retirement community in Gwynedd, Pennsylvania.  more
Richard George Alexander
Richard Alexander passed away peacefully on January 14, 2025 at the age of 78.  more
The work of composer Gustav Holst, poet Emily Dickinson and jazz pianist Dave Brubeck will be celebrated during upcoming concerts in Chestnut Hill and Bryn Mawr.
The Crossing stages world premiere of 'Mysterium' for choir and electronics
Germantown’s Donald Nally will conduct the three-time Grammy Award-winning professional chamber choir, The Crossing, in a concert featuring a world and a North American premiere. more
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Trio Excelsior! musicians (from left) Yevgeniy Dyo, Marja Kaisla and Elina Snellman-Lang, who performed earlier this month at the Historic Oaks Cloister in Germantown as part of a gala fundraiser for the Finnish American Society of the Delaware Valley, will headline a concert Jan. 25 at Woodmere.
Chamber music trio opens this weekend at Woodmere
Chestnut Hill’s Woodmere art museum will present a chamber music recital featuring pianist Marja Kaisla, violinist Yevgeniy Dyo and cellist Elina Snellman-Lang. more
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