On Tuesday, January 18, the Society came together with Trinity Church of Boston in response to the tsunami disaster in Southeast Asia. A free concert was held at Trinity Church featuring Grant Llewellyn and the Handel and Haydn Orchestra, the Trinity Handbell Ensemble under the direction of Griff Gall, and performers from the Boston Lyric Opera.

A free-will offering was collected for “Save the Children” in their efforts to provide clean drinking water, food, temporary shelter, and protection from disease. States Handel and Haydn Society Executive Director Mary Deissler, "Four dancers who performed in our staged production of Monteverdi’s Vespers in September of 2003 live in Indonesia. We worked very closely with these artists for many weeks and became friends and colleagues. We are very concerned about them and their families and want to do what we can to help."

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