New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus at Four Corners Art Center, Tiverton

New Bedford

Sea Chantey Chorus

September 8th

4:00 PM

Advance Admission: $10.00 reserved by phone (624-2600- l eave a message with your name and phone number.) or

Admission at the Door: $15.00

(Credit/Debit cards accepted)

New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus on Sunday, September 8th ^th , 4:00 pm  at The Meeting House, located behind the Four Corners Arts Center office in the Sculpture Park.

Advance Tickets are available online at http://www.tivertonfourcorners.com/tickets-to-events or may be reserved by calling 624-2600 and leaving a message with your name and phone number at the Arts Center, 3852 Main Road Tiverton, RI 02878.

The New Bedford Harbor Sea Chantey Chorus will make landfall with a boatload of musical treasures at the Four Corners Arts Center. The 35-member chorus began in 2001 to sing and enjoy music of our local maritime heritage and has since conducted a voyage of exploration leading to many historical and musical connections.

Their repertoire, both lusty and melodic, reflects our great maritime culture, collected from a variety of domestic ports of call and coastal cultures from across the oceans, echoes Yankee whalermen, fisherfolk and the global merchant fleet with additional, historic and contemporary songs from far-flung sources. This year’s program also reflects New England’s musical and poetic ties to Old England with a selection of tunes first heard in the 17 ^th and 18 ^th centuries, to include Sir Thomas Ravenscroft’s “We Be Three Poor Mariners,” Vaughn-Williams’ arrangement of the traditional “Down Among the Dead Men” and an 18 ^th century drinking song, “The Roast Beef of Old England.”  Accompaniment features recorders, violin, bass viol, accordion, concertina, and various percussion played by Chorus members. Special guest, Wendell Bishop, will join this ensemble playing the serpent, the 18 ^th century precursor of our modern tuba.

Please Join Us!

THE MEETING HOUSE

(located behind the Four Corners Arts Center in the Sculpture Park)

Four Corners Arts Center

3850 Main Road

Tiverton, RI