Mary Speaks

Join us for Pittsburgh School for the Choral Arts (formerly Oakland Girls Choir) annual All Choir Christmas concert, Mary Speaks on Saturday, December 14 at 4 PM at Shadyside Presbyterian Church (Please note new time and location). 85 choristers grades 1 through 12 will be performing. Mary Speaks is a musical exploration of the Nativity and life of Christ from the perspective of Mary. Through carols old and new, the audience will experience her journey of joy and the sorrow. Two realizations of the Magnificat text frame the program. It will open with Frank LaRocca’s Magnificat which captures the mystery and fear of the annunciation and will close with Z. Randall Stroope’s triumphant realization of the same text. The center piece, Mary Speaks, transports us to the heart of Mary at the birth, life, death and resurrection of Jesus. The concert will also include traditional British, French and American carols as well as original compositions incorporating traditional Marian texts including Ave Maria by Guy Forbes and There is No Rose by Z. Randall Stroope.