Welcome to the
Music from St. Margaret Mary's Concert Series!
St. Margaret Mary Parish • 845 High St. Westwood MA 02090

Concert History & This Season

The concert series began in 2007 year with an experiment -
bringing some of Boston's brightest young talents out to
Westwood to perform for us at our church.

The first season consisted of a single potpourri concert, which was so succesful the series was expanded in the second season to a cycle of 4 concerts.

The second season highlights included the dedication of our grand piano, world premiere performances, and the Parish Choir performing Vivaldi's Gloria with full orchestra.

This season, the series has expanded again, this time to a phenomenal seven concerts! The scope of the series has also expanded to include special events like Silent Movie Night, a Jazz Brunch, and a performance by local cantor and composer Anne Marie David to celebrate her new CD, Turning Home.

The classical tradition continues to be the core the concert series, with this year inviting back friends of the church Sirene Flute and Harp Duo, and the brass mastery of Ross Holcombe and his ensembles. We are also happy to invite the Stratus chamber ensemble for the first time, and of course present our final concert, Sing Praise! Medieval to Modern, featuring the Parish Choir and musicians from St. Margaret Mary's.

I'll see you at the concerts!
Patrick Valentino, Music Director




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Building Community

If you enjoyed the concert last year, or are excited about this season, please consider supporting the concerts with a tax-deductable financial contribution.

For local businesses: 
For your donation we will provide you ad space in each program for the whole season. Let your business be seen by the whole community, support a good cause, and let everyone know you arean advocate for these great community events. We can even help design your ad for you! See the adspace guide below.

For Individuals:
Anyone can help support our concert series - for a donation as small as $10 you will receive a line either on our Honors or Memorial pages in the program. Your personalized message will appear in every program for the whole year! The Honors page is for special acknowledgement of the acheivement of a great student, athlete, friend...whoever you like! The Memorial page will respectfully acknowledge friends
and family members who we've lost.

For information on any type of donation please call
Patrick at 781.326.1071 x111.

Thanks!



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 About the Artists
(taken from their websites and online articles)

Sirene (Concert 6)
Lucia Stavros, harpist, and Anne Gregory, flutist, have been performing together since their freshman year at the New England Conservatory of Music. Their collaborative efforts began with the Mozart Flute and Harp Concerto in C Major. Since then, they have covered a wide range of repertoire, from J.S. Bach to Leonard Bernstein, and have performed in various venues across the Boston area.
Their duo placed third in the Boston Chamber Music Society competition in April of 2008. They have held full performances at the New England Conservatory, St. Margaret Mary’s Parish in Westwood, MA,  and in the Boston Public Library courtyard. Sirene has premiered new works as well in the NEC Tuesday Night New Music Series, including the piece to which they attribute their name, “Sirene,” composed for the duo by Miriam Piilonen. For more information on Anne and Lucia, please visit their websites:
www.annegregory.com
www.luciastavros.com