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...a twenty-voice ensemble with wide-ranging and adventurous repertoire, based in Columbus, Ohio.
The Magpies. Gypsies & Sailors All! - Spring 2010 - photo courtesy Ed Crockett
GYPSIES & SAILORS
Songs of travel, exploration, pilgrimage, exile, escape, and the journey of life itself - featuring sea shanties, medieval pilgrim dances, spirituals, songs from China, the Faeroe Islands, and South Africa, excerpts from Brahms' Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs), and finally a voyage along the Milky Way, in the form of Dream Songs by Sheena Phillips.
Saturday April 10, 2010, 1 pm (PREVIEW of limited selections)
Columbus Main Library, 96 S Grant Ave, Columbus map
Admission free
Friday May 14, 2010, 8 pm
King Avenue United Methodist Church, 299 King Avenue, Columbus map
Admission free, suggested donation $10
Saturday May 15, 2010, 8 pm
Trinity Episcopal Church, 125 E Broad Street, Columbus map
Admission free, suggested donation $10
Sunday May 16, 2010, 4 pm
Redeemer Lutheran Church, 1555 S. James Rd., Columbus map
Admission free, suggested donation $10
Saturday September 25, 2010, 8 pm
St. Leo Church, 221 Hanford St., Columbus map
Admission free, suggested donation $10
Our Gypsies & Sailors program is generously supported by the Greater Columbus Arts Council 
EXTRA! EXTRA!
ALL ABOARD FOR HAITI!
A benefit concert for Haiti, featuring the Magpie Consort, the Kata Bomba Drummers, the Capriccio! vocal ensemble, a Complaints Choir (read on!), and The Ohio State University African American Voices Gospel Choir, in a great program of sea shanties, Haitian drumming, spirituals, gospel songs, and and a new piece specially composed for Columbus's first 'complaints choir' - don't miss!
Saturday June 5, 2010, 7:00 pm , 7:00 pm
First Congregational Church, 444 E Broad Street, Columbus map
Admission free. Donations to benefit Habit for Humanity Haiti Relief
This concert raised over $1100 for Habitat for Humanity Haiti. Thank you to all participants and donors.
For further information on the Magpie Consort, please contact us.