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Palm Sunday featuring music of the Boulanger Sisters and their Students, for Strings, Organ, and Choir

This Palm Sunday we celebrate the music and legacy of Nadia and Lili Boulanger. The sisters were not only talented musicians and composers, but also broke gender barriers on their way to great musical achievements. Both sisters were among the first few women to enter the prestigious Prix de Rome competition, and in 1913 Lili became the first woman to earn the coveted Grand Prix. After Lili’s untimely death at the age of 24, her sister continued to promote her music and worked to keep her legacy alive. Nadia went on to become one of the most influential musical pedagogues of her generation. Her pupils, the so-called “Boulangerie,” included such luminaries-to-be as Aaron Copland, Philip Glass and Quincy Jones. Palm Sunday’s worship service will feature music for strings and choir by the Boulanger Sisters, their teacher, Gabriel Fauré, and their pupils, including Aaron Copland and David Conte.