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Arlington Town Hall 730 Massachusetts Avenue Arlington, MA 02476 |
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| A fundraiser for the Arlington Teosinte Sister City Project! | |||
| Joining us to celebrate the Sister City Project are Special guest artists Sol y Canto! | |||
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“I’ve always said that people singing together creates an atmosphere of happiness– and the Family Folk Chorale proves it! It’s a joy to be in the same room with them.”
Combine about a dozen families singing in harmony, a handful of traditional instruments, and some of the best-loved folk music around, and you have the one-of-a-kind Family Folk Chorale, the Boston area's premier intergenerational chorus. With tuneful tykes in the front row, booming bass voices in the back, and in between babes in arms gazing at happily singing faces around them, a Family Folk Chorale concert is a visual as well as an aural experience. Smart arrangements by director Chris Eastburn provide interesting harmonies and the opportunity to hear individual voices in solo and small groups. The spirited energy of little ones, the honesty of teenagers coming of age, the experience of adulthood all come shining through, an expression of the fullness of life as people of all ages raise their voices together and invite audiences to do the same.
“The Family Folk Chorale created an immediate rapport with the audience and had them singing in the aisles. They were fun, engaged young and old alike, put on a wonderful show - and the place was packed! We look forward to their return.”
The Family Folk Chorale was founded in 1999 with the belief that everyone can sing and that people of all ages singing together is powerful music. The group has performed in venues from the Portland Children’s Museum to sold-out shows at Club Passim. Director Chris Eastburn, an active composer and arranger, is on the board of trustees of PALS children's chorus (which sings with the BSO) and has also planned repertoire and arrangements for the von Trapp Family's newest generation of performers. Among Family Folk Chorale's regular instrumentalists is the multitalented Dan Dick of Woodwork.
“[T]he Family Folk Chorale is what folk music is all about – or what it should be all about – people coming together as a community, crossing generations, and singing because it’s what they love to do.”
The intergenerational Family Folk Chorale, believing that all people are capable of expressing themselves artistically through singing, strives to create a sound that is both engaging and moving, for our own enjoyment and to share with the broader community.
The Family Folk Chorale welcomes members of every age, race, family status, religious belief, and sexual orientation.
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