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Winter has a style of its own. The Peabody Children’s Chorus sophistication, and performing in public concert at least twice a year. The Peabody Children’s Chorus has performed with the Baltimore Chamber Orchestra, the Baltimore Choral Arts Society, the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Concert Artists of Baltimore, Lyric Opera Baltimore, the Mid-Atlantic Symphony Orchestra, the Morgan State University Choir, Peabody Conservatory’s Opera Theater, and the Peabody Symphony Orchestra. During the 2009–2010 season, the Chorus performed in the Somerset International Youth Choral Festival in England and celebrated the release of the Naxos American Classics Grammy-nominated recording of Bernstein’s Mass, for which it collaborated with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestra Marin Alsop. In 2011, the chorus performed at the Vatican, Rome and in St. Mark’s Cathedral, Venice and with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra in Carnegie Hall. In the summer of 2013, the Chorus was featured in the Dimanches Musicaux de La Madeleine Concert Series, Paris, performed at the American Cemetery in Normandy, and sang mass in Notre Dame Cathedral. Peabody Children’s Chorus last appeared with the BSO in June 2013, performing Orff’s Carmina Burana, with Music Director Marin Alsop conducting. About the concert: War Requiem, opus 66 Benjamin Britten Born in Lowestoft, England, November 22, 1913; died in Aldeburgh, England, December 4, 1976 On the night of November 14, 1940, German bombs rained down on Coventry, an industrial city near Birmingham in England’s Midlands. Aside from the great INTRODUCING PANDORA’S WINTER 2013 COLLECTION. TOWSON TOWN CENTER 3rd & 4th Floors • 410.821.1211 ANNAPOLIS MALL • 410.571.2733 PANDORATOWSON.COM ® TIMONIUM • 410.252.6666 ANNAPOLIS TOWNE CENTRE AT PAROLE 443.321.0300 ELLICOTT CITY • NEW LOCATION! TURF VALLEY TOWNE SQUARE • 410.461.4044 Available starting November 4 Purchase a limited edition Twelve Days of Christmas gift set for $500, featuring 12 new holiday charms in a PANDORA Design Center Jewelry Box (a $50 US retail value).* *While supplies last. See store for details. November– December 2013 | O v ertur e 23