The following page lists all of the information for the Lyric Consort 2010-2011 Season.  To view and print a one-page "Season at a Glance" document, please click here.  This document, as well as the posters and press releases linked below, is in Adobe PDF format, and requires Adobe Reader to view.  Adobe Reader can be downloaded and installed free from Adobe.




Dear Friends,

Please find below a listing of our 2010-2011 Concerts.  Many of you will no doubt be disappointed to notice that we are only presenting these programs in Scranton, but we hope you will try making the drive up to the Electric City.  Why the change?  Many reasons:
  • If you think it's hard to concentrate through one of our concerts on a Friday evening after your work week, imagine how we feel up there!  Concentrating our efforts on a single, Saturday evening performance will, we believe, help us to insure our best singing for you.
  • We rehearse at St. Luke's Scranton, hence, we feel most at home and relaxed in that acoustic.
  • By not rushing in from work to sing, we can not only offer you a premier performance, but an equally outstanding post-concert reception to fortify you for the journey home.  You may need to drive a little farther to hear us, but you'll like what you hear and we will feed you, too!
  • THE FIRST PROGRAM IS FREE!!
That's right.  Please be our guest for music TO BE SUNG ON THE WATER on Sunday afternoon, August 29th at 3:00 pm in Craftsman Hall on the third floor of the Scranton Cultural Center.  This will mark, we believe, the first concert in this recently renovated space that we think might be the most beautiful (visually and acoustically) in the entire building. This is the program we have prepared for performance at the Sembrich Museum on Lake George during the upcoming Labor Day weekend. If a quiet lake surrounded by the beauties of nature and contemplation of the close of summer sounds enticing, please join us.

Our traditional LYRIC CONSORT CHRISTMAS on December 18th will feature Jean Belmont's "Nativitas" and traditional carols, our March 5th LOST will include sacred music of penitence and Monteverdi's great Renaissance madrigal cycle on the story of Theseus's abandonment of Arianna on the isle of Naxos, and our concluding May 21st SACRED VOICES will show you what we've picked to sing for the American Guild of Organists' Region III Conference in Harrisburg at close of June.

After more than 15 years we continue to ask only the same low $10.00 admission we have charged since our first concerts in 1994.  We also offer free admission to all students with valid, current ID, and as fellow lovers of art music, we hope you applaud this effort to cultivate the next generation of listeners and performers.  Of course, all of this is possible, in the main because of your own generosity and vision, and to that end we hope you will consider again making a tax-deductible contribution in support of the season.  As a Lyric Consort "Angel," your name or dedication will be listed in each of the season's printed programs.  Save a stamp and just bring your order form and/or donation to the concert on August 29th!

We hope to see you for another great season of the finest in a cappella music.





Sunday Afternoon, 29 August 2010 / 3:00 pm
Craftsman Hall at the Scranton Cultural Center
General Admission: FREE

Be ye one of our "Angel" supporters or a "first-timer," this one's "on the house." Enjoy our "end of summer" program destined for a Labor Day weekend performance at Lake George's Sembrich Museum.  Musical and poetic images of summer's lazy beauty blend with works inspired by the coming autumn and sojourners' return home.  This is also your one and only chance to hear the first official concert in one of the Scranton Masonic Temple's most beautiful and intimate rooms.

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Saturday Evening, 18 December 2010 / 8:00 pm
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Scranton
General Admission: $10.00 / All Students Free with Current ID

Mystic Medieval poetry is matched to exquisite music in Jean Belmont's 7-movement "Nativitas," introduced by works likewise "both ancient and modern" from Arvo Paert and Trond Kverno.  Our program follows with familiar carols of the season and a festive reception around a bowl of warm wassail.

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Saturday Evening, 5 March 2011 / 8:00 pm
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Scranton
General Admission: $10.00 / All Students Free with Current ID

"By the Waters of Babylon, yea we wept..." Sacred and secular depictions of captivity, exile, and separation create a perfect mood for Lenten contemplation...but fear not, our evening ends with uplifting spirituals and musical reflections on love and rescue.

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Saturday Evening, 21 May 2011 / 8:00 pm
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Scranton
General Admission: $10.00 / All Students Free with Current ID

What music do you select when your entire audience will be professional church musicians?  Hear our answer to this challenge as we unveil our program choices for the summer 2011 American Guild of Organists' Eastern Region Conference.  An all sacred concert, but one which showcases the greatness and historical variety of music created to advance and intensify worship.

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