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Culture in the News
Omar Thomas on making “Griot Songs” at GBH
Omar Thomas is a large ensemble composer who’s had work commissioned by Eastman New Jazz Ensemble, the Boston Gay Men’s Chorus, and the Colorado Symphony Orchestra. His newest album, “Griot Songs,” was recorded entirely in the GBH Fraser Performance Studio. He spoke to Al Davis and Va Lynda Robinson about the process.
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Bill Irwin tackles a famously difficult writer in 'On Beckett' at ArtsEmerson
Plus, "English" at the SpeakEasy Stage Company and gold on display at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. -
Salem is the Halloween capital of America — but it wasn't always that way
The "Witch City" has transformed from one reckoning with its sordid past to embracing Halloween tourism. -
The Huntington Theatre returns with August Wilson’s ‘Joe Turner’s Come and Gone’
Plus, in Rosamund Purcell’s art, moths are made to look like fish, crabs resemble Egyptian scarabs and even minerals look like bird wings.
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In dulci jubilo
The Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra at Temple Square perform "In dulci jubilo". -
The Birthday of a King
Kelli O'Hara joins The Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra to perform "The Birthday of a King". -
A Cradle in Bethlehem
Kelli O'Hara joins The Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra to perform "A Cradle in Bethlehem". -
Mary's Little Boy Child
Kelli O'Hara joins The Tabernacle Choir & Orchestra to perform "Mary's Little Boy Child".
