OLD LYME — Live@SaintAnn’s concert series presents the return of The New Consort for its first-ever holiday concert in Connecticut. The concert will be held Friday, Dec. 10, at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church.
Join this world-class vocal ensemble, founded by Lyme native Brian Mummert, to ring in the season with A Close Harmony Christmas. The program, featuring traditional holiday music and new Christmas numbers from the classical, pop, and jazz worlds, will please music lovers of all ages.
Music will include works by Thomas Tallis, John Rutter, *NSYNC’s vocal arranger Robin Wiley, and many more.
“It’s been a tough couple years for singers, but we’re so excited to be returning to Saint Ann’s with a program that celebrates so many of the things we love about making music, and about this magical time of year,” says Brian Mummert, The New Consort’s artistic director.
He adds, “Communal singing is an integral part of what makes us human – in fact, it evolved as one of our species’ primary ways of building community – so I can’t imagine a better way to bring the community of Connecticut’s music lovers back together as we find our way forward than with a truly special holiday concert.”
Winners of the American Prize in Chamber Music, The New Consort, a project-based, solo-voice ensemble directed by baritone Mummert, was founded in 2015 and has quickly made embracing contrasts one of its hallmarks. Musical juxtaposition is an integral part of the ensemble’s identity: by drawing diverse works into conversation, The New Consort attracts new audiences to classical music and encourages them to forge connections with unfamiliar genres of musical expression, and with the people working in those genres.
The ensemble has appeared in venues including Trinity College, Cambridge; Tippet Rise Art Center; The Walters Art Museum’s First Fridays series; The Bach Store, an NYC pop-up concert hall; Gotham Early Music Scene’s Midtown Concerts Series; High Hopes’ Music Under the Stars (CT); Spectrum NYC; and at concert halls, churches, and schools throughout the Northeast.
Members of The New Consort have appeared as soloists and conductors with some of the world’s best-respected ensembles from Carnegie Hall to Kuala Lumpur, but relish the opportunity that the ensemble presents to collaborate as chamber musicians. www.thenewconsort.org
Tickets can be purchased through The New Consort at bit.ly/new-consort-xmas. General admission $25; premium seating $45. Walk-ins are welcome.
Live@SaintAnn’s is a concert series of Saint Ann’s dedicated to bringing music of all kinds to our community and welcoming our community to our campus. Saint Ann’s is an Episcopal parish in Old Lyme, CT, where Provisional Priest-in-Charge the Reverend Dr. Anita Louise Schell welcomes all visitors to this family-friendly event.
Saint Ann’s is located at 82 Shore Road (Rt. 156), two miles off I-95, Exit 70. Ample parking is adjacent to the church and the building is ADA compliant. For more information, visit Saint Ann’s online at www.saintannsoldlyme.org.