Featuring Daniela Tosic, mezzo soprano & Adriana Ruiz, soprano

 LIVE and LIVE STREAMED: FRIDAY, December 17, 2021, 7:30 p.m.

Live in-person and live streamed from the newly renovated Ripley Chapel at First Congregational Church. Please join us for a delightful and poignant evening of seasonal vocal music featuring two of Boston’s most exciting performers, Daniela Tosic and Adriana Ruiz. From haunting chants to cheering Baroque duets, from Fauré to haunting contemporary carols, Ms. Tosic and Ms. Ruiz are sure to bring warmth, beauty, and mystery to a cold winter’s night.

Ms. Tosic and Ms. Ruiz will offer a program of lilting and moving duets: “Laudamus Te” from Vivaldi’s celebratory Gloria; Gabrieli’s Missa Brevis in F; Fauré’s gorgeous Messe Basse; touching arrangements of “Coventry Carol” and the Irish “Wexford Carol.” They will each offer solos as well, including Spanish Christmas carols and Hildegard chants.

Mezzo-soprano Daniela Tosic, praised for her “burnished and warm sound” (Boston Musical Intelligencer) and “dark, lustrous voice” (Boston Classical Review), is a soloist and a chamber musician who specializes in early, contemporary, and world music repertories. She has toured throughout the U.S., Europe, and South America, including the Utrecht Early Music and the Maastricht Musica Sacra Festivals; the Flanders Festivals of Gent and Brussels; Boston Early Music Festival, Jordan Hall and more. Ms. Tosic has recorded for Telarc, MDG, Kalan, Boston Revels, and several independent labels.

First prize winner of the French Song Contest held in Havana, Cuban soprano Adriana Ruiz has performed in multiple venues throughout Paris, France. A specialist of early music, she was named an Early Music America (EMA) Emerging Artist. Recently, Ms. Ruiz appeared as soloist and ensemble member with the award-winning Apollo’s Fire, touring to New York City, Cleveland, and Chicago.

Livestream Tickets are $20: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ripley-presents-songs-for-the-waiting-an-advent-serenade-tickets-221366592437

In Person Tickets can be reserved here by signing up: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e094aacad22a7f94-ripley

For more information about the concert, contact Jane Ring Frank, Minister of Music and Worship Arts at 857-919-0983. Click here to read our COVID guidelines.

Friday, December 13, 2019, 7:30 PM

Please join us for an inspiring evening that features seasonal holiday music as well as material from Dominique’s new album, Cànan nan Teud (The Language of the Strings). The concert explores the relationship between Puirt-à-Beul (Gaelic mouth music) and traditional dance tunes from Scotland and Cape Breton. Gaelic songs and 18th century Irish harp tunes will provide moments of rest and ease between lively jigs, reels, and strathspeys. A deep love of Gaelic music and culture brings this material to life through a combination of harp, song, and story for all who enjoy traditional music.

Dominique Dodge is a harper and singer who grew up in the White Mountains and now divides her time between New Hampshire and Cape Breton. She has a passion for melody-driven dance music and responsive, rhythmic accompaniment, as well as for Gaelic songs, airs, and 18th century harp tunes. A former Fulbright Scholar and a 2012 graduate of the Univ. of Limerick with an MA in Irish Music Performance, Dominique also holds a BA Honours in Scottish Music from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland in Glasgow. She is a dedicated learner of Scottish Gaelic, a profound influence on her music which continues to shape her sense of rhythm and phrasing.

Tickets are $10 general admission for Adults; 18 years old and under are free of charge. We encourage you to purchase tickets in advance.

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Entry to Ripley Chapel is found at 21 Church Street, Winchester, Vine Street accessible entrance. For more information about the concert, please contact the church office at 781-729-9180 or first.congregational@verizon.net.