On Sunday, May 18 at 2:00, the Nashua Music Exchange will be presenting a benefit concert for the Nashua Soup Kitchen and Shelter at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 58 Lowell Street, Nashua. The Music Exchange, an all female pop group that has been singing for more than 9 years, specializes in music from the 40’s to the 60’s and Broadway numbers. This concert, with the theme of “Places,”. will feature large group, small group and solo numbers. Included in the concert are numbers such as “New York, New York,” “Hernando’s Hideaway,” “California Dreamin,” “Route 66,” “Chattanooga Choo Choo,” and “Oh Shenandoah.”. 

 

        The Nashua Music Exchange is directed by Lillian Goulet of Nashua.  Lillian earned her Master’s Degree from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell and studied theater production at the University of New York at Fredonia. She has directed musical productions with the Nashua Theatre Guild, the Peacock Players, and the Junior Actorsingers. She was a former member of the Nashua Choral Society and the Chelmsford Choral Society and is the reigning Mrs. Senior New Hampshire. Terry Murphy, the accompanist of the group, hails from Hollis. She studied at the New England Conservatory of Music and has played with the Norwood High School orchestra, a 5-piece dance band, and has accompanied the Hollis Junior and Senior High School choruses. The members of the Nashua Music Exchange come from towns throughout southern New Hampshire, including Nashua, Hudson, Merrimack, and Hollis. The Music Exchange is a non-profit organization that performs benefit concerts and also travels to area nursing homes and assisted living facilities.