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Learn MoreA New Perspective: Reflections on Revels National Producer/Directors Retreat by Revels, Inc. music director and first-time attendee, Megan Henderson The blizzard had just touched down in earnest and ours was the last flight to leave the Logan Airport runway that morning. The planeful of anxious passengers applauded with…
by Mike Hoban The Christmas Revels: An Acadian-Cajun Celebration of the Winter Solstice. Directed by Patrick Swanson; Musical Direction by Megan Henderson; Set Design by Jeremy Barnett; Lighting Design by Jeff Adelberg; Sound Design by Bill Winn; Costume Design by Heidi A. Hermiller; Choreography by Gillian Stewart. Presented…
by Nicole Galland (novelist and alto) It’s been a rough year for music lovers; the music died too often in 2016. The recent passing of Leonard Cohen hit me especially hard, in part because of my exceeding attachment to his song “Hallelujah” (I even incorporated a line from…
By Jeffrey Gantz GLOBE CORRESPONDENT DECEMBER 12, 2016 Photo by ROGER IDE “The Christmas Revels: An Acadian-Cajun Celebration of the Winter Solstice” follows the Acadian people from Canada to Louisiana. CAMBRIDGE — In 2004, “The Christmas Revels” traveled to Quebec for a celebration complete with “The Legend of the Flying…
By Iris Fanger, Daily News Correspondent CAMBRIDGE – The folks at Christmas Revels have outdone themselves with this year’s production, billed as an “Acadian-Cajun Celebration.” The central theme of families forced from Canada to Louisiana against their will is no less current today than in the 18th century when…
Everything I did in the first 40 years of my life led me to Revels. Not just music, but certainly music most of all. Some memories: my mother improvising at the piano as I danced at age five around the room. Lying on the floor listening to thundering Bach…
How can you tell when it’s spring in Boston? If you’re a boy (or girl) growing up near Boston and you’re a sports fan, it’s when the Boys of Summer first “take the field” at Fenway Park. The calendar may say spring starts in March but it’s not…
It is with great pleasure and excitement that Revels announces the appointment of Megan Henderson as its new music director. Megan comes to us from a rich background in early and world music, and is an accomplished keyboardist, singer, composer and conductor. She was one of four finalist…
Every year Revels directors and producers gather for a weekend to share their experiences in putting on all nine Christmas Revels programs around the country. This year we were in Malibu amongst the surfers and choppers picking each other’s brains on subjects as diverse as storytelling with puppets,…
ROGER IDE: The Red Dragon (representing Wales) chases the White Dragon (England) in “The Christmas Revels” at Sanders Theatre. By Jeffrey Gantz Globe Correspondent December 15, 2015 CAMBRIDGE — Dylan Thomas’s “A Child’s Christmas in Wales” is such an iconic evocation of the holidays, it’s a wonder that, in…
