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A bidding prayer for Christmas, A. D. 2018

Edited from the version originally published on December 25, 2012 Merry Christmas to anyone who happens by BatesLine today. As a Holland Hall high school student, I attended and sang in the annual service of Christmas lessons and carols at Trinity Episcopal Church, modeled after the annual Christmas Eve service...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 25, 2018 9:48 PM

Tulsa Boy Singers farewell concert Friday (05/26/2017)

This Friday, May 26, 2017, at 7:30 pm, the Tulsa Boy SIngers will perform their farewell concert at Trinity Episcopal Church, 5th & Cincinnati in downtown Tulsa. The program includes many classical and popular favorites from over the years: Haydn's Missa Brevis, "Skylark" by Johnny Mercer, Palestrina's Sicut cervus,...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 25, 2017 9:59 AM

"To buy us thrones He in a manger lay"

As on the night before this blessed morn, A troop of angels unto shepherds told, Where in a stable He was lowly born, Whom nor the earth, nor heav'n of heav'ns can hold. Thro' Bethlem rung this news at their return; Yea, angels sung that "God with us" was...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 25, 2015 1:23 AM

Tulsa Boy Singers in concert Friday, May 30, 2014

The Tulsa Boy Singers will present a spring concert of sacred and secular choral music at Trinity Episcopal Church, 500 S. Cincinnati Ave. in downtown Tulsa, this Friday, May 30, 2014, at 7:30 p.m. Repertoire from the concert includes: Sound of Music medley by Rogers and Hammerstein "O Lord, Increase...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 28, 2014 10:01 PM

Tulsa Boy Singers Christmas concert RESCHEDULED tonight (01/04/2014)

Tonight, January 4, 2014, the Tulsa Boy Singers will present their annual holiday concert, featuring music of the season both ancient and modern. The concert will begin at 7:30 pm, in the Gothic Revival splendor of Trinity Episcopal Church, 501 S. Cincinnati in downtown Tulsa. (Parking and main entrance off...

Posted by Michael Bates on January 4, 2014 4:50 PM

Tulsa Boy Singers 2013 spring concert Friday

On Friday, May 31, 2013, at 7:30 p.m., at Trinity Episcopal Church, 5th and Cincinnati in downtown Tulsa, the Tulsa Boy Singers will present a spring concert. Tickets are available at the door: $10 for adults; student admission is free. The program includes two pieces by Benjamin Britten ("Jubilate...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 29, 2013 12:04 PM

Busy week in Tulsa: Music, politics, movies, and more

I'm really not trying to encroach on Tasha Does Tulsa's territory -- she has the definitive guide to Tulsa area pumpkin patches, by the way -- but there are so many interesting things to do in and around Tulsa this week that I decided to put a bunch of events...

Posted by Michael Bates on October 9, 2012 12:37 PM

Tulsa Boy Singers spring concert, this Friday night

This coming Friday night, June 3, 2011, at 7:30 pm, the Tulsa Boy Singers will perform their spring concert at Trinity Episcopal Church, 5th and Cincinnati in downtown Tulsa. Tickets are $10 for adults, no charge for students. The program includes both sacred and secular pieces. If you enjoyed the...

Posted by Michael Bates on June 1, 2011 11:08 PM

Tulsa Boy Singers special fundraising and singer recruitment concert Friday

The Tulsa Boy Singers, a choral group of boys from ages 8 to 18, is holding a special concert Friday night, August 28, 2009, at 7 p.m. The concert has a dual purpose -- to recruit new members and to raise money. Brief auditions for boys interested in singing...

Posted by Michael Bates on August 27, 2009 12:14 AM