We are concerned about the health of our ABS musicians, and their lack of work due to cancelations here and around the world that have affected so many, so quickly. Almost immediately following the cancellation of our "Faire is the Heaven" concerts, we created a Facebook fundraiser page, and a few of our generous ABS donors also contributed to our effort, so that we will be able to send a small honorarium to our musicians who had been engaged for this upcoming set.
Because we are confident that the end to this pandemic will come, Jeffrey and I are continuing to work on the Summer Festival (July 26 – August 9) and the 2020-2021 performance season including “Handel’s
Messiah
in Grace Cathedral” and “A Baroque New Year’s Eve at the Opera.” In a few weeks, when we can all think a little more clearly and a little further into the future, we will share these exciting details with you so we can all celebrate the next chapters in our lives. But for now, we simply want you to know we are thinking about you, and that we are excited to be together again soon.
With every good wish,
Don Scott
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p.s. The final scene of one of my favorite movies,
Deep Impact
(1998) ends with Morgan Freeman sharing these words about the future; for me, they are both challenging and hopeful:
“Cities fall, but they are rebuilt,
And heroes die and they are remembered.
We honor them with every brick we lay; with every field we sow,
With every child we comfort and then teach to rejoice in what we have been re-given…
Our planet, our home; so now, let us begin!”
We will rejoice, again! Let us all work toward more kindness, more concern, and more love to all people—from all parts of the planet—from every walk of life.
