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CPC's 35th Season began with an exceptional event! Held in the New Brick building of Christ Episcopal Church in Columbia it was the World Premier of  renowned Columbia composer Tom Benjamin's Old Brick Oratorio, celebrating the 200th anniversary of Christ Episcopal Church. It was an exemplary occasion, reflecting not only the history of the parish and church but of Howard County itself (although the county was not to be created for some forty years).  Two performances were given, the first for parishioners and the second for the public, both warmly received.

The annual performances of Messiah and A Christmas Noël followed in December, and the New Year's Eve Soirëe was an informal combination of performance, party, and fund- raiser.

Another exception to the usual schedule took place in February in the Mall – the Singathon! – combining an introduction of CPC to shoppers who might not be part of its usual audiences with a fund-raising goal. Judging by the number of folks who interrupted their busy schedules to sit down for a while and listen to the eighty formally-dressed singers, those who peered down while listening from the upper level, and the many parents who took advantage of the opportunity to give their young children an introduction to the sounds of choral and vocal music, the Singathon was a hit!

Remembrances was the sixth event of the season, presented this year in the First Evangelical Lutheran Church in Ellicott City and featuring soprano Laura Whittenberg in her debut with CPC, trumpeter Susan Rider, well known to our audiences for her Messiah performances, and organist Donald Fries. Alison Gatwood, Ronald Mutchnik, the St. John's Strings, and Robert Barnett also performed. In addition to Haydn's Little Organ Mass, pieces by Delius, Hovhaness, Debussy, Massenet, Mouret, and Torelli were heard.

Finally, as illustrated below, the spring concert this year brought back the Eric Mintel Quartet for their third appearance with CPC, this time in an evening of the quartet's original jazz numbers, with their inimitable, hard-driving improvisations, and works for chorus and quartet by Dave Brubeck and by Eric Mintel. As a special addition, Wilde Lake High School students Aaron Robertson, flute and Anthony Sciabarra, alto sax joined the quartet in a performance of the Brubeck classic Take Five.
 

 **Join us for our 36th season, beginning with Carmina Burana on October 27th.**

                                                   

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Some moments during the the May concert: CPC and the Eric Mintel Quartet present Jazz - featuring the works of Dave Brubeck and Eric Mintel

Barbara Renton during her pre-concert lecture

Accepting plaudits: some chorus members, Eric, Frances, and 3/4 of the quartet.

Nelson Hill, left, and the Wilde Lake student musicians:
Aaron Robertson, flute and Anthony Sciabarra, alto sax.