Event

A Merry Music Hall Christmas

"A Merry Music Hall Christmas"
Ray Cornils, Organ
Robinson Pyle and Greg Gettel, Trumpets
Saturday, November 30, 2019, 7:00 P.M.
Sunday, December 1, 2019, 3:00 P.M.
192 Broadway (Route 28), Methuen, MA 01844
Reserved Seating: Adults: $20, Children: $5
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Ray Cornils is Municipal Organist Emeritus for the City of Portland, Maine, a post he held from 1990 through 2017. In 2016, he retired from First Parish Church, United Church of Christ in Brunswick, Maine as Minister of Music, where for thirty years he led an extensive music program of five vocal and two handbell choirs. He is known for his highly diverse programming.
Robinson Pyle performs extensively in the Boston area on both modern and historic instruments. He is currently principal trumpet with the Plymouth Philharmonic. Formerly, Mr. Pyle has been a principal with Boston Baroque, Apollo's Fire and The Lyra Concert. He has appeared with Grand Harmonie, the Purcell Society of Boston, Portland Symphony Orchestra, and the Studio de musique ancienne de Montréal.
Greg Gettel grew up in rural Vermont. After attending Oberlin Conservatory and the New England Conservatory, he became an active free-lance musician and teacher in the Boston area. In 1998, he toured South Africa, Zimbabwe and England, and in 2002 traveled to Edinburgh, Scotland to play lead trumpet in "Chicago" at the Fringe Festival.