Composer Thomas LaVoy, born 100 years after Nancy Luce’s death in 1890, had never been to Martha’s Vineyard or heard of its chicken lady when he spotted one of Dan Waters’s prints.
Island Community Chorus director Peter Boak stood before his ensemble as the group rehearsed for their annual summer concert on July 3 at Union Chapel in Oak Bluffs.
Separated by nearly 300 years, Vivaldi’s Beatus Vir and Eric Whitacre’s The Seal Lullaby were standouts in this year’s spring concerts by the Island Community Chorus.
This weekend the Island Community Chorus is digging deeply for a concert highlighted by Vivaldi’s classic Beatus Vir, composed for double choir and orchestra.
Continuing a tradition that dates to 1999, the Island Community Chorus presents its annual holiday concert program this Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon at the Old Whaling Church in Edgartown.
Audiences at the weekend performances by the Island Community Chorus were treated to selections from two Verdi operas, a Gilbert and Sullivan operetta and eight musicals.