On the eve of the big game, all are invited to attend a special community concert, The Super Bell: Music for Love, the Greatest Game of All, Saturday, February 8, at 4 p.m. at St. Luke’s Church, 14 State Street, Brockport. The love-themed event features performances by tenor Ben Monacelli and soprano Jess Moss, alongside the Erie Canal Ringers, conducted by Elaine Holt, and the St. Luke’s Choirs.
Special guests include Douglas Collier, conductor Gavin Tremblay, as well as Scott Hunsinger and Mary Lynne Turner of the Western Monroe Historical Society.
Audience members will enjoy classic love songs, both sung and rung, such as “What a Wonderful World,” “Kiss the Girl” from The Little Mermaid, “Stranger in Paradise” from Kismet, and the Nocturne from A Midsummer Night’s Dream. The event showcases the Erie Canal Ringers, two dynamic handbell ensembles that practice weekly at St. Luke’s. Playing a mix of classical, sacred, and pop music, they perform on five octaves of Schulmerich Handbells.
Admission is free to this kid-friendly concert, with donations accepted to support the Western Monroe Historical Society’s efforts to rebuild the historic Morgan-Manning House after January’s devastating four-alarm fire.
St. Luke’s Episcopal Church shares a deep, long-standing connection to the Morgan-Manning House. Tiffany windows memorialize members of the Manning family, and a relative of Sara Morgan Manning still sings in the choir. Brenda Tremblay, St. Luke’s Music Director, was inspired to honor the shared history and bring hope to the community. “Music can shine light in the darkest of times, even into the blackened spaces created by this terrible fire. It brings us together and gives us all a way to help,” said Tremblay.
The Super Bell: Music for Love, the Greatest Game of All is made possible in part by a grant from the Brockport Arts Fund of the Rochester Community Foundation. Admission is free, and attendees are encouraged to bring contributions and/or non-perishable food donations for the Brockport Food Shelf.
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