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MUSIC AND THE ARTS AT ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH The Gospel Choir of St. Augustine, Washington D.C. One of the most reputable Gospel Choirs in the metro area, the Historic Music Ministry of St. Augustine's has recently released 4 CDs. African-American Hymns and Spirituals as well as Contemporary Gospel selections are the hallmark of St. Augustine's Gospel choir, who provide music for their Sunday Masses as well as concerts for the community. Come and join them as they present an evening of prayerful music once again at St. Francis. **… Free Event…**…Free Event…**…Free Event…** This FREE EVENT features the Youth and Adult Choirs of St. Francis bringing you 30 minutes of Christmas Carols and beautiful Seasonal Choral masterpieces, preceding the Midnight Mass. Come and listen, enjoy, participate in this prayerful celebration of our Lord's birth. SLAVEYA Slaveya Vocal Ensemble, founded in 1984, takes its name from the Bulgarian word for "nightingale." The members of Slaveya are women living in America who are united in their love of women's traditional song from the Balkan region. Slaveya's repertoire is drawn primarily from the Slavic vocal heritage of Bulgaria, Macedonia, Bosnia, Croatia, Serbia, Russia, and Ukraine. Traditionally sung by women, the songs reflect the constants of village life: the harvest, war and its heroes (folk and real), matchmaking, flirtation, loves lost and found, birth and death. The Maryland State Boys Choir The Maryland State Boychoir (MSB), Maryland's "Official Goodwill Ambassadors," is comprised of approximately 140 choristers, ages 7 to 20, who represent a wide range of ethnic, socioeconomic, and religious backgrounds. They come from nine Maryland counties, Baltimore City, Washington, D.C., Virginia, and Pennsylvania. The MSB performs over 60 times each year. They have performed throughout Maryland, in surrounding states, and on tours that have taken them to Ireland, Wales, England, Holland, Germany, Austria, Italy, France, Canada, and more than thirty states in the U.S. HAITI BENEFIT Choral and Orchestral Concert The Choir of St. Francis of Assisi is joined this season by an orchestra to perform works of the baroque and classical era. One portion of the concert will also include a movement of a Mozart piano concerto performed by Anton Martinez. The end of this season is sure to resound in musical glory, as these ensembles perform to raise funds for St. Paul's, our sister Parish in Haiti. To learn more about our missions in Haiti, please visit the social concerns link.
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