{"id":45400,"date":"2013-04-28T17:30:27","date_gmt":"2013-04-28T21:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=45400"},"modified":"2013-04-26T16:09:47","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T20:09:47","slug":"acclaimed-singers-bringing-voices-to-watertown-urban-mission-benefit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=45400","title":{"rendered":"Acclaimed Singers Bringing Voices to Watertown Urban Mission Benefit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MU-12-2-12-25-of-49.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-45401\" alt=\"MU-12-2-12 (25 of 49)\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MU-12-2-12-25-of-49.jpg?resize=300%2C153\" width=\"300\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MU-12-2-12-25-of-49.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/madisoncountycourier.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/MU-12-2-12-25-of-49.jpg?resize=150%2C76&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Marywood University Chamber Singers to sing at First Presbyterian Church in Support of the Mission<\/p>\n<p>(Watertown, NY \u2013 April 2013) The acclaimed and well traveled Marywood University Chamber Singers will perform Monday May 13at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Watertown to benefit the Watertown Urban Mission.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are thrilled to be bringing in such a talented group of singers to perform right here at our church,\u201d said Sara Gleason, First Presbyterian Church Music Director. \u201cThese students travel the country with their a cappella program in much bigger venues and it is a treat to have them here. What makes it even more special is that their performance will benefit our community by supporting the Watertown Urban Mission.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The concert is free of charge and open to all. A free will offering will be taken up during the concert in support of the Mission\u2019s programs.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are so thankful that this wonderful concert will help support the work done every day to help our neighbors in need from throughout Jefferson County,\u201d said Erika Flint, executive director. \u201cWe hope that you will be able to come out in support of the Mission and hear these talented students sing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Marywood University Chamber Singers is a select vocal ensemble comprised of about 18 students. \u00a0The group is featured on an annual PBS broadcast in Pennsylvania and has performed on music series throughout the northeastern United States. \u00a0Recent concert venues have included St. Michael&#8217;s Episcopal Church in New York City, St. Francis of Assisi Cathedral in New Jersey, First Church in Boston, Yale University&#8217;s Marquand Chapel, and several locales in California, Florida, Georgia, and Germany. \u00a0The Marywood University Chamber Singers were one of eight finalists across the United States for the 2012 American Prize in Choral Performance.<\/p>\n<p>Their tour program, entitled &#8220;Lamentations and Exultations,&#8221; is entirely a cappella. \u00a0It will include music by Lasso, Weelkes, Monteverdi, Ginastera, Whitacre, and others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Marywood University Chamber Singers to sing at First Presbyterian Church in Support of the Mission (Watertown, NY \u2013 April 2013) The acclaimed and well traveled Marywood University Chamber Singers will perform Monday May 13at 7 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Watertown to benefit the Watertown Urban Mission. \u201cWe are thrilled to be bringing in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_hide_featured_image":false,"_jetpack_featured_image_duplicate_dismissed":0,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[22341],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-45400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-regional"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p43meu-bOg","jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=45400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=45400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=45400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=45400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}