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The Greater Freeport Community Chorus will celebrate native choral traditions at its winter concert, titled “And The Glory Shone Around,” Dec. 10 and 11 in Brunswick and Yarmouth.
Directed by Virgil Bozeman and accompanied by pianist Kellie Moody, the program will include several shape-note pieces. It will also feature songs celebrating Native American cultures, Christmas spirituals and jazz.
Shape notes are a simplified form of music notation used in American singing schools during the 1800s. The form originated in New England.
“Huron Carol” is an arrangement of a Canadian Christmas hymn that refers to hunters, rather than shepherds, and GFCC sopranos and altos will perform “Morning Star Lullaby” in the language of the Wichita tribe.
A celebration of American music wouldn’t be complete without jazz. Accordingly, the chorus will perform a Dave Brubeck arrangement of “We Three Kings.” The group will also sing arrangements of several traditional African-American spirituals, including “God’s Gonna Set This World on Fire.”
Nearly 70 singers from 15 Midcoast towns make up the Greater Freeport Community Chorus.
Concert admission is $10 for adults, with a per-family maximum of $25 and free admission to anyone younger than 18. Tickets may be purchased at the door. Visit the chorus on Facebook or at www.gfccsings.org.

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