First Congregational Church to host spring concert April 22

Apr 11, 2012

Marion’s First Congregational Church will host “Ring in Spring,” a concert on Sunday, April 22, at 4 p.m.

Flutist Wendy Rolfe, soprano Patrice Tiedemann, and The Occasion Singers will perform with the church’s Meetinghouse Bells.

Performances include,  “This Is My Father's World,”  “Chi'il bel sogno” from Puccini's “La Rondine,” “My Hero” from Oscar Straus's operetta “The Chocolate Soldier,”  “The Ash Grove,” an English folk song, the Irish ballad  “Londonderry Air” (also known as “Danny Boy”), the spiritual “Shine on Me,” “Vals Venezolano and Contradanza” by Cuban composer Paquito D’Rivera, and a selection of Brazilian choros and Japanese jazz.

Cassandra Morgan, choir director of the First Congregational Church, and pianist Michelle Gordon will accompany the performing artists.

The concert will raise funds to support the First Congregational Church’s annual Cantata Sunday, which assembles an area-wide group of singers and instrumentalists during the Christmas season to perform a major choral liturgical composition under the direction of Cassandra Morgan.

Tickets at $12 may be purchased at the The Bookstall on Front Street in Marion and at the door. For more information and reservations, call 508-748-2067. The First Congregational Church located at the corner of Front Street and Main Street in Marion and is handicapped accessible.