# Event Details

- **Event Name**: St. Cecilia Chamber Choir Presents Lessons and Carols for the Christmas Season on Dec. 20 and 21
- **Event Start and End Date**: Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm – Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 05:30 pm
- **Event Description**: St. Cecilia Chamber Choir will present its popular annual Lessons and Carols Christmas concerts on Saturday Dec. 20 at 4:00 p.m. at Bowdoin College Chapel in Brunswick and Sunday Dec. 21 at 4:00 p.m. at Damariscotta Baptist Church. Linda Blanchard is St. Cecilia’s artistic director assisted by organist Sean Fleming. Advance tickets are strongly encouraged for these concerts. "You were as good as ever!" "The whole thing was just beautiful!" "I’m so glad we came!" are a few of the audience comments from recent concerts.A beautiful new setting of the Gerard Manley Hopkins poem "The Bethlehem Star" by former King's Singers member Bob Chilcott will be featured. The John Rutter favorites "Sing We To This Merry Company" and "Past Three O'Clock" will be performed as well as Richard Francis' ever-popular "People Look East" based on Eleanor Farjeon's Christmas poem. The Choir will sing a jazz-influenced setting of the Thomas Hardy poem "The Oxen" by former Swingle Singers music director Jonathan Rathbone. And "Drop Down Ye Heavens" by the phenomenal organist Anna Lapwood. Also featured will be works by Stanford Archer and Taylor Scott Davis. A professional string quartet will accompany the group on select pieces. As a special treat Eric Whitacre’s "Glow" composed for the "World of Color – Winter Dreams" show which premiered at Disney California Adventure Park in California will be performed.With audience sing-along caroling using several of David Willcocks' arrangements this concert is sure to be a treat for the whole family.Tickets are $25 for the Bowdoin Chapel concert and $20 for the Damariscotta Baptist Church concert. Admission is free for students and children. Tickets are available online at ceciliachoir.org and at Sherman's Maine Coast Book Shop in Damariscotta. For more information please email info@ceciliachoir.org or visit facebook.com/stceciliachamberchoir and ceciliachoir.org.
- **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/brunswick/st-cecilia-chamber-choir-presents-lessons-and-carols-for-the-christmas-season-on-dec-20-and-21/80002948180929
- **Event Categories**: music, entertainment, concerts, christmas-carols, christmas, art, trips-adventures
- **Interested Audience**: 
  - total_interested_count: 10

## Ticket Details

- **Ticket URL**: https://consumer.pxf.io/c/1339408/3151484/39691?partnerpropertyid=1191892&MediaPartnerPropertyId=1191892&svlink=14105511&level=1&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eventbrite.com%2Fe%2Fst-cecilia-chamber-choir-presents-lessons-and-carols-tickets-1971509873102

## Event venue details

- **city**: Brunswick
- **state**: ME
- **country**: United States
- **location**: Bowdoin Chapel
- **lat**: 43.9083402
- **long**: -69.9618381
- **full address**: Bowdoin Chapel, Bowdoin Chapel, 14 Campus Rd N, Brunswick, ME 04011, United States

## Event Organizer details

- **affiliate_id**: 8
- **organizer**: St. Cecilia Chamber Choir  (https://allevents.in/org/st-cecilia-chamber-choir/21583838)

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## FAQs

- **Q**: When is the event happening?
  - **A:** Sat, 20 Dec, 2025 at 04:00 pm
- **Q**: Where is the event happening?
  - **A:** Bowdoin Chapel, Bowdoin Chapel, 14 Campus Rd N, Brunswick, ME 04011, United States
- **Q**: Who is organizing the event?
  - **A:** St. Cecilia Chamber Choir
- **Q**: What type of event is this?
  - **A:** music, entertainment, concerts, christmas-carols, christmas, art, trips-adventures
- **Q**: Where can I find ticket details about St. Cecilia Chamber Choir Presents Lessons and Carols for the Christmas Season on Dec. 20 and 21 ?
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