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Dallas Morning News article about us and our Artistic Director, Sally Neel
March-May 2008
Our concert season has concluded until Fall 2008. Contact Sally Neel if you are interested in singing with us in the future. See Contact Us (above).
We presented "SPRING DELIGHTS" on Sunday, April 27, 2008 at the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation.
January-February 2008
We have begun rehearsals for the 2008 concert season and presented our mid-Winter concert "Freedom Song" on Sunday, February 10, 2008. Click here to see the concert flier. (MS-WORD document)
Membership is currently open for our Spring concert, "Spring Delights" to be presented on Sunday, April 27th, 2008. We welcome any new singers (intermediate to advanced) to join us. Contact the Artistic Director, Sally Neel, for more information.
December 2007
On December 1st we performed seasonal music at Old Town Lewisville, on December 9th presented our holiday concert "Behold The Star" and on December 13th performed for "Friends of the Library" in Grapevine, TX. We begin rehearsals again in January for our February 10, 2008 concert, "Freedom Song." Membership is open for singers of intermediate to advanced skills. Interested singers should contact Sally Neel, Artistic Director. See the Contact Us link above for more information.
October-November 2007
We have completed our Fall concert, "Remembrance." Click on the Icon below to see the concert flyer:
We are now preparing for our 2007 holiday concert, "Behold the Star", to be presented Sunday, December 9th, 6:30 p.m., at The Episcopal Church of The Annunciation. We will also be performing seasonal music for "Holiday at the Hall" in Old Town Lewisville, on Saturday, December 1, 2007, between noon and 2:00 p.m. and for Friends of the Library, Grapevine, TX on Thursday, December 13th, 7:30 p.m.
September 2007
On Saturday, September 1, 2007, members participated in Western Day Festival at Old Town Lewisville with a selection of Patriotic songs.
The leadership of Musical Feast has been working on ways to raise new funds. FRIENDS OF THE FEAST has been established as a way to send contributions via check, money order, credit card, debit card or bank account. Click FRIENDS OF THE FEAST or the link above to learn more or to make a contribution.
August 2007
Musical Feast began its 2007-2008 season, with rehearsals on August 16th, 23rd and 30th, 2007 at The Episcopal Church of the Annunciation, Lewisville. Director, Sally Neel has announced an additional concert for the 2007 holiday season, to be hosted by "Friends of the Library" at the Grapevine Public Library on December 13, 2007. Click here for details and directions.
June 2007
Musical Feast Choral Society begins its eleventh season on August 16, 2007 with a rehearsal at 7:00 p.m. in the choir room of The Church of the Annunciation, Lewisville, Texas. Persons wishing to sing with us for our upcoming exciting season should contact Sally Neel, Artistic Director. For more information, see the various links at the top of this page.
Our first formal concert of the 2007-2008 season will be presented on Sunday, October 28, 2007 at 4:00 p.m., at The Church of the Annunciation, Lewisville, Texas. The concert is entitled "Remembrance" and will feature choral anthems and the Gabriel Faure' "REQUIEM." We will be joined by the Annunciation Chamber Singers and orchestra in this concert.
Press Release, June 4, 2007
MUSICAL FEAST CHORAL SOCIETY REACHES OUT TO NEW ORLEANS MUSICIANS
The Musical Feast Choral Society of Greater Lewisville recently performed its season’s final concert, titled Feast of New Orleans, at the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation in Lewisville. The concert included a mix of jazz and gospel music that emphasized both New Orleans’ famed spirit of festivity and expressed hope for this national treasure that was so devastated by Hurricane Katrina. The concert concluded with the gospel song, “The Storm is Passing Over,” followed by jazz favorite, “Blue Skies.”
Proceeds from the concert have been designated to benefit two musical charitable causes. Half will go to Habitat for the Humanities’ Musicians’ Village, established by jazz performers Harry Connick, Jr. and Branford and Ellis Marsalis, to assist New Orleans jazz musicians who lost their homes. These homes will allow displaced musicians the opportunity to come back to a new home and make music once again in the great jazz halls of New Orleans.
The other half of the proceeds will go to Benjamin Franklin High School on the campus of the University of New Orleans to help buy band instruments for its students. Benjamin Franklin High School has been awarded many honors of excellence and has been featured in Newsweek. It is considered to be one of the top high schools in the country, noted for its academics and excellence in the arts.
“We are so pleased to be able to do this for the musicians of New Orleans. It is made possible by the generosity of our patrons and by the dedication of our singers,” says Sally Neel, Artistic Director of Musical Feast. “It will take many years to make a significant dent in the recovery of this great city and the surrounding areas. There was just so much devastation. We are proud that we can offer our support on behalf of our patrons and the City of Lewisville.”
Musical Feast Choral Society consists of volunteer amateur singers from Lewisville and surrounding areas. They perform four concerts in each season and assist with city festivals. Musical Feast is sponsored by the Greater Lewisville Arts Council and the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation in Lewisville. Call 972-722-1815 for information on how to join, or visit musicalfeast.org for more information.
April 2007
The group is continuing to rehearse for Feast of N'awlins, which will be presented on Sunday afternoon, April 29, 2007, at 4:00 p.m. Admission is $7.00 for adults, $4.00 for children, students and seniors.
New membership is closed for the Spring season, but please contact us if you are interested in joining us for our Fall 2007 concert season. We have just completed our concert, "Feast of Romance" on February 11. The concert went well and was enthusiastically received by our audience. Membership has re-opened beginning with our first rehearsal on Thursday, February 15. Click on the membership link above to find out about membership requirements. Come join us as we begin preparing for "Feast of N'awlins" to be presented on April 29th, 2007.
December 2006-January 2007
Our December concert schedule is now completed (hear excerpts from "Feast of Joy" on the Sample Audio page) and we have begun rehearsals for 2007. New membership is now closed for the upcoming concert, "Feast of Romance" on February 11, 2007, but we gladly welcome any new singers (intermediate to advanced), beginning with our first rehearsal for "Feast of N'awlins", on Thursday, February 15, 2007. Come join the fun!
October-November 2006
We are busily preparing for our upcoming holiday concert, "Feast of Joy", to be presented Sunday, December 10th, 7:00 p.m., at The Episcopal Church of The Annunciation. We also will be performing seasonal music for "Holiday at the Hall" in Old Town Lewisville, on Saturday, December 2, 2006, between noon and 2:00 p.m.
Great news! Musical Feast has purchased its own electronic keyboard. CLICK HERE to see us with the new instrument. Of course, we still have the wonderful upright rehearsal piano, grand piano and the magnificent Annunciation pipe organ, but this new instrument will allow us to have an instrument portable enough to tour with us when we are away from our regular facilities, and allows us an extra keyboard when we sing from the Annunciation choir loft.
September 2006
The Musical Feast Choral Society began its 2006-2007 season on Thursday, August 31, 2006, at 7:00 p.m., with a kick-off “Getting to Know You” rehearsal.
Sally Neel, who begins her first season as Artistic Director, has chosen music around the season’s theme, A Year in Feasting, for each of the three concerts: “Feast of Joy” (Christmas), “Feast of Romance” (Valentine’s Day), and “Feast of N'awlins” (to benefit New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina). _
