Artistic
Director/Choral Conductor
Family Folk Chorale, Arlington,
MA
Chris programs and arranges music, conducts rehearsals, and produces
concerts with the much heralded Family Folk Chorale. As Boston's
premier intergenerational chorus and instrumental ensemble, 60 singers
ages 3 to 83 raise their voices in harmony, performing contemporary
American folk music for sold-out audiences at venues including the
National Heritage Museum, Arlington’s Regent Theatre and the legendary
Club Passim and on stage with guest artists Bill Staines, Sol y Canto,
Scott Alarik (Radio Host, Boston Globe Folk writer), Robbie
O’Connell (Clancy Bros.), Tracy Grammer & Jim Henry
(Signature Sounds recording artists) and Eliza Moore. Under
Chris’s direction, the group has grown from 15 members to 60 members
and has had a 40-family waiting list. The repertoire consists primarily
of contemporary and traditional American folk songs arranged for
intergenerational chorus (e.g. Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Tracy Grammer,
Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, even the Beatles). See familyfolkchorale.org
for a list of past repertoire, including dozens of Chris’s choral
arrangements, primarily 2 to 4-part harmony, for intergenerational
chorus, family groups, and solos for all ages. Some of
these are currently available as recordings on the CDs “Links in a
Chain” & "Songs for Living On". Others may be available as
sheet music sometime in the near future.
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