A note from, our director, Andy Clarkson:

Perhaps more than any other time in recent memory, this year we definitely need a little Christmas! I don’t know about you, but I am ready for these holidays! Not so much for the sugar-coated pleasures they promise (although sugar cookies are yummy), but I yearn for the message of Love at their core. After all, the story of Christmas is the story of a little boy coming into a world riven with violence, corruption, and oppression and, against all odds, spreading Love with nearly reckless abandon. How awesome is that? What better reason to sing our hearts out?

For many of us, it is through the wonder of music that we draw near to the most precious gifts of this season. Our Copley Singers concert this year is inspired by this impulse. It will start with a heartfelt call for God to come among us, followed by many beloved carols and anthems from John Rutter, June Nixon, Malcolm Sargent, Hugo Distler, and others, including a lush setting of Robert Frost’s poem, “Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening” by Eric Whitacre. Finally, our program will return us to the quiet stillness of a wondrous scene in a stable so long ago.

So come join us! Come celebrate the Love that is in this world, the Love that we have all experienced, the Love that we choose today, even in the midst of the challenges we face. Come listen to wonderful, beloved anthems of this season! And come sing your heart out with us all!