Mystic Chorale

Email from Rip and flyer announcing concert

The first is the flyer for the concert. Note that the music is pretty eclectic. I don’t know if Rip arranges but I will find out.

The second is the recording of the livestream of the concert.

Olivia

Hi everyone,

It has been over 2 and a half years since we produced a live concert at First Parish in Lexington. I am delighted to share with you all this wonderful concert we have been rehearsing for months. The concert will be performed by the First Parish Adult Festival Choir, the Children’s choir, soloists and a 6-piece band all directed by yours truly. We will be raising money for a very important organization providing medical relief for Ukrainians injured in the conflict with Russia. The repertoire, from composers Beethoven, Bernstein, Schwartz, Mozart, Haydn, to name a few, is very diverse with gospel, classical, spirituals, and Broadway choral pieces, solos and duets. I have more info below. Please share online if you can and come to the concert if you are free.

Cheers!

Rip

First Parish Ukrainian Relief Concert

Sunday, June 5, 2022 at 3:30 PM

Free Will offering to support the Global Disaster Relief Team

Our sanctuary choir, children’s choir and soloists, directed by Rip Jackson, will present their first concert in more than 2 and 1/2 years on Sunday, June 5 at 3:30 PM. They will perform heart-centered choral music, solos, duets and trios from diverse genres of music including classical, contemporary, gospel and even disco! They will be accompanied by a pit band consisting of piano, bass, guitar and drums. A free will offering will be taken to support medical relief for the Ukrainian crisis through the Global Disaster Relief Team (GDRT). For more information visit https://fplex.org/events/ukrainian-benefit-concert/.

Global Disaster Relief Team, Inc. (“GDRT”), located in Medway, MA, is a non-profit organization that provides emergency response to crisis and disasters domestically and internationally. Formed in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in early March 2022, GDRT has helped hundreds of thousands of refugees at the Poland-Ukraine border. Currently their mission is to help Ukrainian refugees gain access to medicine and basic medical care, evacuate crisis areas, and provide critical medical supplies to hospitals in Ukraine. To Learn more about them, please visit: www.gdrt.org.

Rip Jackson

Director of Music

First Parish in Lexington

7 Harrington Rd.

Lexington, MA 02421

781-862-8200 ext 4

*I answer emails from Sunday-Thursday

One additional bit of info – if you can’t attend in person, you can watch live or later by visiting:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z5doMSVrUN0