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David Coffin had a delightful singing session with students from the Perkins School for the Blind. We might not be able to have our Celebration of Spring at Perkins this year, but that didn't stop the music.
Read the Full PostIt's the first day of spring and the full worm moon. Who knew? Artistic Director Paddy Swanson knew!
Read the Full PostFrom the grueling Tech Week to the joyous opening night. The audience makes all the difference!
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Read the Full PostArtistic Director Patrick Swanson's reflection on our annual Producers/Directors Conference where all of our sister cities gather. "Over excellent local food we talk about theorbos and trolls, with wine in hand we compare budgets and bands, squeezed into bedrooms we analyze the plusses and minuses of productions, the tempos of dances and the rubrics of script writing..."
Read the Full PostAuthor and Reveler Nicky Galland visits with Mikuláš while visiting Prague. Have you been good this year?
Read the Full PostIf you're immigrating to the US from Russia, how far is it to Liverpool, England, where you board the US-bound ship? How many family members can afford to go? How long will it take? The students that participated in our week-long Immigration Residency can tell you...
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How my song came to be featured in a Scottish Song Cycle.
Revels Artistic Director Patrick Swanson on ritual in "A Midsummer Night's Dream." Paddy is directing the play for Actors' Shakespeare Project this May.
Read the Full PostMegan Henderson, Revels new music director, attended her first national producers/directors conference - skipping out of Boston just ahead of what seems to be our annual February blizzard.
Read the Full Post"Sometimes it takes a great Darkness to realize how brightly the Light can blaze.” So writes Christmas Revels cast member, novelist and alto Nicole Galland in her blog post.
Read the Full PostHow I got here - looking back at what brought me to Revels.
Read the Full PostA look back at the year in Revels education. From Emily Williams, education director.
Read the Full PostWho says sculpture has to be stationary? Revels' flying machine soared in the People's Sculpture Race at the 2015 Cambridge River Festival.
Read the Full PostWhat's a Red Sox fan to do when his artistic director says he wants some of the red dirt they have at Fenway Park for his summer production? Go to Fenway and get it, of course!
Read the Full PostRevels welcomes our new music director, Megan Henderson, who will be starting full-time July 1, 2016!
Read the Full PostLooking back at our annual Producers/Directors Conference in Malibu (it only snowed a little in New England while they were away).
Read the Full PostReflections on Revels past and present - the good, the bad and the odd. By author and Revels friend Susan Cooper.
Read the Full PostPoint-Counterpoint from a novelist turned alto. How singing in a chorus fulfilled a creative need she didn't even know she had.
Read the Full PostMusic Director George Emlen reflects on the increasingly multifaceted nature of Revels, bringing to mind a certain elephant tale.
Read the Full PostLeadership Transition: Revels is announcing that Executive Director Steve Smith will be stepping down from his position effective February 28 in order to accept a new opportunity in Seattle.
Read the Full PostWe are organizing a summer camp for families and individuals from all over the country in a truly beautiful setting next to a lake in the highlands of New Hampshire.
Read the Full PostDon't mourn the end of summer. Have a moon cake and sing. Thoughts on the autumnal equinox by George Emlen.
Read the Full PostHere are some new artists that Maeve Gilchrist (harpist and singer in the 2012 Irish Revels and in our Fringe concert in March of this year with Carlos Núñez) thinks are “the bomb.” Also a pick from Revels artistic director Paddy Swanson
Read the Full PostCelebrate the light. Bring back the light. The power of solstice fires by Patrick Swanson
Read the Full PostPatriots Day. Marathon Monday. A day of gathering and celebrating, full of spectacle. This is Gillian Stewart's favorite holiday
Read the Full PostRevels is proud to be co-sponsoring a regional forum on arts funding and the creative community.
Read the Full PostA first blog post from Revels' Youth Community Representative
Read the Full PostA new brand, a new website, our first blog. Thanks for coming on the journey with us.
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