Songs of Darkness and Light

Community MusicWorks presents Songs of Darkness and Light: A Family Holiday Concert celebrating the solstice with Storyteller Val Tutson. A reading of The Longest Night by Marion Dane Bauer will be accompanied by the music of Bach, Holst, Mozart, Vivaldi and more. In Bauer’s award-winning children’s book, various woodland creatures attempt to bring back the sun on the longest night of the year. But it’s the chickadee’s gentle song that persuades the light to return, demonstrating the power of music. Children are invited to a pre-performance instrument decorating activity at 2:15. Audience members are invited to join the performers for post-concert refreshments generously donated by Seven Stars Bakery and Eastside Marketplace.