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PURCHASE TICKETS

to the Old North Festival Chorus Concerts

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The 44th annual Old North Festival Chorus Christmas Concerts—presented each year as part of Marblehead’s Christmas Walk—will take place on Saturday, December 7 at 8pm, and Sunday, December 8 at 7:30pm in the sanctuary of the historic Old North Church Meeting House, 35 Washington Street, Marblehead, MA.  Highlights of the December 2024 Festival Chorus Concerts—for chorus and full orchestra—include: Magnificat in D, by Jan Dismas Zelenka; Vom Himmel Hoch by Felix Mendelssohn; International Carol Suites: Carols of the Americas by Mark Hayes; Bellringer’s Holiday (including the Ukrainian Bell Carol) arranged by Randol Bass; and other seasonal favorites.  Soloists for Festival Chorus Holiday concerts include: Holly Cameron, soprano; Anne Burgett, soprano; Stephanie Scarcella, mezzo-soprano; Kevin Hayden, tenor; and Andrew Scoglio, baritone.  The Old North Festival Orchestra, Soloists, and 70-voice Chorus will be led by Maria van Kalken, Minister of Music at Old North Church, who celebrates her 36th season as Director of the Festival Chorus!

 

Picturesque Marblehead offers the perfect backdrop at holiday time for the popular Festival Chorus concerts.  The entire town is transformed into an enchanted village, with shop owners offering hot cider and cheer, plenty of holiday music to delight shoppers, and the not-to-be-missed Festival Chorus concerts.

 

The Festival Chorus gathers Old North’s Senior Choir together with enthusiastic singers—amateur to professional—from many neighboring communities in Marblehead.  Each season, the Festival Chorus welcomes new voices while maintaining a devoted ensemble from previous years; this season’s Chorus totals seventy participants.  Encouraged by a love for music and a reputation as the North Shore’s most spirited and talented volunteer choirs, the Festival Chorus & Orchestra has been lauded for its outstanding performances of major choral works each year.

 

Director Maria van Kalken holds graduate and undergraduate degrees from the Oberlin and New England Conservatories of Music—primarily under the tutelage of the late Yuko Hayashi and Donald Teeters—and has amassed an education abroad in Amsterdam (Holland) and Pistoia (Italy).

 

The performances will be approximately 90 minutes, with one 15-munite intermission.

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​TICKET INFORMATION

Tickets for Festival Chorus performances are priced at $35 and may be purchased in advance at the following Marblehead business locations: Arnould Gallery, Maria’s Gourmet, and Crosby’s Marketplace; tickets may also be purchased by downloading the Ticket Order Form below. 

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To reserve tickets in advance by telephone, or for additional information, please call 781-608-2782.

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ADVERTISING in the 2024 FESTIVAL CHORUS PROGRAM BOOK:

​Festival Chorus Programs serve as an important guide for nearly 1,000 distinctive holiday enthusiasts and potential customers, as well as an informative resource thereafter; this is a holiday advertising opportunity you simply cannot afford to overlook!  Our rates are reasonably priced and we offer advertisements – in all sizes – in both color and black and white; an Old North Festival Chorus 2024 Advertising Contract can be downloaded below...  

The deadline for your advertising space reservation and electronic artwork submission is Wednesday, November 13, 2024.  Please mail your space reservation immediately for choice placement.  If you wish to e-mail your space reservation information, please send e-mail to: kathy@bemf.org.  Thank you!

 

SUPPORTING the 2024 FESTIVAL CHORUS CONCERTS:
If you wish to support our concerts as a Festival Angel ($500 or more), Guarantor ($250-$499), Benefactor ($100-$249), Patron ($50-$99), or Friend ($10-49), kindly list your name/business – as you’d like it to appear in our printed programs – on the attached Advertising Contract and Contribution Form.  Thank you for your support!

The Old North Festival Chorus is supported, in part, by a grant from the Marblehead Cultural Council as administered through the Massachusetts Cultural Council.  Old North Church is accessible for the physically impaired.

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Download information here!

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Program Book Advertising Contract & Rate Sheet​

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Ticket Order & Contribution Form

 

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