Musica Sacra is a mixed choral ensemble based in
Cambridge, Massachusetts
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. It was founded in 1959,
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/ref> and has been under the direction of Mary Beekman since 1979. Despite its name, the chorus performs both sacred and secular music, spanning five centuries. Its performances, typically in First Church Congregational in Cambridge
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, are frequently reviewed by the local media. The group has also performed at the invitation of institutions such as the Boston Early Music Festival
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; WGBH WGBH may refer to:
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** WGBH (FM), a public radio station at Boston, Massachusetts on 89.7 MHz owned by the WGBH Educational Foundation
** WGBH-TV
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Radio; The Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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; and the Fogg Art Museum
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of Harvard University
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.
DiscographyMusica Sacra recordings
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*''Love, Lust, and Laudations: Flemish Choral Music of the High Renaissance'', 2003.
*''Welcome Yule!'', 2006.
*''Piteous Beauty'', 2012.
*''Baltic Inspirations'', 2014.
*''The Song of Songs'', 2016.
References
Choirs in Massachusetts
1959 establishments in Massachusetts
Musical groups established in 1959
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