“Magical Music” for piano, cello, bass and drums is the theme of two benefit concerts at Follen Church in Lexington on Saturday May 12th at 7:30pm and on Sunday May 13th at 3pm. The audience will hear arrangements of Harry Potter movie scores by John Williams, Ghost Theme Rags by William Bolcolm as well as classical and jazz music by Debussy and Claude Bolling.
The concerts are this year’s “Concerts for Cause” sponsored by Follen Church, and are co-sponsored by Congregation Beth El of Sudbury and the First Parish Church in Framingham. Suggested donations are $15 general admission and $8 for students and seniors. The concerts benefit the MetroWest Free Medical Program (MWFMP), which connects volunteer health care professionals with those who are uninsured and underinsured in the metro-west communities. Each week, volunteer physicians, nurses, social workers, and others provide free medical care for acute and chronic illnesses at Congregation Beth El in Sudbury and First Parish Church in Framingham.
The concerts feature Daniel Goodman, pianist and Judith Glixon, cellist, two well-regarded Lexington musicians who have previously raised money for worthy projects with their concerts.
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“We want to create a program to provide free asthma treatment and counseling to low income households in the Metro West area,” said Goodman, “and to perform music that will be enjoyable to a wide range of audiences at the same time.”
The need for an asthma program is clear to the physicians at the MWFMP, according to program director Kim Prendergast. Mass Department of Public Health data shows that 15% of adults and 22% of children in low-income households in the metro-west communities have asthma, rates higher than state and national averages. The MWFMP sees many patients seeking care for asthma, allergy and respiratory issues.
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The benefit concerts are dedicated to former MWFMP medical director Dr. Stanley Sabin, who died in a tragic bicycle accident last year. Sabin was the volunteer director of the program from 2007 until 2011. He had previously been the chief of medicine at Leonard Morse Hospital in Natick where he had worked for more than 30 years until his retirement in 2007.
In addition to Goodman and Glixon, the other musicians on the program are Jim Guttmann, bassist and percussionist Grant Smith.
Follen Community Church is located at 755 Mass Ave in Lexington. For more information about the concerts see www.dlgoodman.com or call 781-674-2440.
