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The Crossing choir and conductor Donald Nally closed out the 2024-25 season with a stunning premiere and offered a preview of its upcoming concerts.
The Crossing ends one season and announces another
An excited audience of music lovers packed the main sanctuary of the Presbyterian Church of Chestnut Hill earlier this month for “The Last Days of Immanuel Kant.” more
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A detail of the Redemption Panel from the First Presbyterian Church in which Oakley depicts Satan as a sinister snake.
New gallery will provide a permanent place for a pioneering painter
She was a pacifist and feminist who came of age during the women’s suffrage movement — and became the first American woman to be awarded a commission for a public mural.  more
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Our Mother of Consolation Church in Chestnut Hill participated in tolling the bell on June 6, National Gun Violence Awareness Day.
Local churches sound the alarm on gun violence epidemic
Multiple churches in Northwest Philadelphia participated in Toll the Bell, a citywide sound installation to raise awareness about gun violence. more
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Composer and bassist Gavin Bryars on the cover of the “The Fifth Century,” the Grammy-winning classical and choral studio album by Bryars, conducted by Donald Nally, and performed by The Crossing choir with the saxophone quartet PRISM.
The Crossing to perform world premiere of Bryars’ ‘Last Days’
On the heels of winning their fourth Grammy Award (and 10th nomination, a contemporary record), Donald Nally and The Crossing will present a world premiere. more
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Vocalist Shane Tapley will perform selections from popular musicals in “Broadway Adventure” at the First Presbyterian Church of Springfield on Sunday, June 8.
Broadway classics take center stage at Springfield church
Fans of Broadway musicals are in for a treat on Sunday, June 8, when two talented local musicians perform selections from theater classics in Flourtown. more
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Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, performs in Dresden, Germany, on tour in March 2022.
Tempesta celebrates divas and laments loss of funding
Tempesta di Mare, Philadelphia Baroque Orchestra, closed its 2024-25 season with a celebration of two of George Friderich Handel’s favorite operatic divas. more
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Chelsea Aubert (from left) is a former instructor at the Snyder School of Singing. Willa Douglas, Megnot Toggia and Julie Snyder are current teachers.
Snyder and Solstice school students take on ‘Chicago: Teen Edition’
I cannot count all the times I have driven in Erdenheim and seen the sign on Bethlehem Pike announcing the Snyder School of Singing. more
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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
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