Name: OCEAN Celtic Quartet’s “Song of Solstice” – A Yuletide Celtic Celebration of Centuries Past
Start: 2025-12-14T19:00:00-05:00
End: 2025-12-14T21:00:00-05:00
Location: 7 E 4th St, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA

$OCEAN Celtic Quartet\u2019s \u201cSong of Solstice\u201d \u2013 A Yuletide Celtic Celebration of Centuries Past$

OCEAN Celtic Quartet will transport you to the Yuletide celebrations of centuries past in Song of Solstice, a program of time-honored carols, 19th-century broadside songs, traditional Celtic tunes, and original seasonal compositions. Led by composer and ethnomusicologist Jennifer Cutting, OCEAN is known for blending lighthearted exuberance with great spiritual depth — an experience that welcomes all faiths and traditions. With soaring vocals, fiddle, harp, hurdy-gurdy, and accordion, the quartet invites you to sing along and share in the fellowship of this festive Celtic Christmas celebration at Godfrey Daniels.
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The OCEAN Celtic Quartet will transport you to the Yuletide celebrations of yore in a program featuring time-honored carols, 19th-century broadside songs, traditional Celtic tunes, original seasonal compositions, and even an appearance by Father Christmas of the old mummers plays! With their soaring vocals and stately Celtic instrumentals, OCEAN is known for marrying lighthearted exuberance with great spiritual depth in a program that appeals to all faiths and wisdom traditions. Come in good voice, as you’ll be invited to sing along! So come on out and celebrate the magic of Christmas and the Winter Solstice in cozy fellowship. This boisterous concert will include British Mummer’s play recitations, traditional English and French carols, fiddle, harp, and hurdy-gurdy tunes, 19th century broadside songs, and original seasonal compositions celebrating both the joy of the season of light and the introspection of the dark half of the year.
The OCEAN Celtic Quartet is led by composer and ethnomusicologist JENNIFER CUTTING (accordion and keyboards), a Washington Area Music Association “Musician of the Year” and “Songwriter of the Year.” OCEAN features the stunning vocalist LISA MOSCATIELLO (also a WAMA “Musician of the Year”), folklorist/vocalist/percussionist STEPHEN WINICK, plus fiddler, Celtic harpist, and composer JAY ANSILL. Cutting’s original anthem, “Song of Solstice,” has become a classic on Celtic and Folk radio, and the title cut of OCEAN’s newest CD, “The Turning Year,” reached #1 Song on the Folk Radio charts for December 2021. Come prepared to sing along with OCEAN on these and other seasonal songs, ancient and modern!