To those wonderful concerts, let's drink,
Under Patterson, Palumbo, and Rink:

To the echoes one hears
Of the first fifty years
That have gone by, it seems, in a blink.

By Puccini and Mozart we're smitten,
And by music more recently written:

Hindemith and Gorecki,
Krzysztof Penderecki,
Estevez, and Benjamin Britten.

But think also of tasks now before us:
Pinkham, Poulenc, and Gudonov, Boris.

So let us say 'cheers'
To the next fifty years
Of Boston's pro Musica Chorus.

written by John T. Crawford for the
CpM 50th Season Gala (10/15/98); with apologies
to Don Kendrick, CpM Music Director 1989-90,
who was omitted purely for metrical reasons!

Also, please note that Boris Gudonov is just
one of the operas we are considering performing next
season -- but the only one that rhymes with 'Chorus'!