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A Note from the Chairman – August 2021 During the last week of July I attended this year’s Three Choirs Festival in Worcester. The 2020 Festival planned for Worcester had to be cancelled because of Covid and the decision was taken to remain in Worcester for the 2021 Festival. Th

Dear Stanford Society Friends, On Easter Sunday I attended in person services at my local Episcopal Church in Chicago for only the second time since February of 2020. We wore masks, were socially distanced and were not allowed to sing. But our virtual choir did sing Stanford’s “Ye Cho

A note from the Chairman – October Dear members and friends of the Stanford Society, When the Covid-19 pandemic arrived in March most of us thought that there would be three of four months of lock down and/or other restrictions and then life would gradual return to normal. Unfor

This has been a difficult year for all lovers of music. Since mid March Covid-19 has meant the cancellation of concerts and opera and the closure of churches and cathedrals. What we had originally thought would be a three month problem looks as if it will continue for a year or more.