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A Child of Our Time
Saturday, June 2 at 7:30 pm
St. Dominic's Catholic Church
2390 Bush Street
San Francisco, CA 94115
www.stdominics.org
Sunday, June 3 at 4 pm
First Congregational Church
of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
www.fccb.org
Presenting selections from Michael Tippett's
A Child of Our Time, an impassioned protest
against persecution and tyranny that
includes African-American spirituals.
WomenSing will also perform Ron Jeffers' powerful
Indian Singing based on poetry
by Gail Tremblay rooted in the Native
American experience, a piece they
will compete with at the International Music
Festival in Cantonigros, Spain this coming
summer.
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Painting by Jules Campbell & Edward Maravilla |
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Singers of the Night
Sunday, March 25 at 3 pm
With Seattle Con Brio Women's Chorus -
Sunday performance only
Reception to follow
Saint Mary's Chapel
1928 St. Mary's, Moraga
Wednesday, March 28 at 8 pm
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
2345 Channing Way, Berkeley
The
expressive power of song when days unwind
and night unfolds…. Vivaldi's Beatus
Vir with string quartet, Spanish Renaissance
music,19th century Rheinberger, to the
contemporary Andrew Carter settings of
William Blake poetry.
The centerpiece is Michael Head's haunting Snowbirds,
for baritone solo and women's chorus, with poetry by the mystic
Sri Ananda Acharya. And for the unexpected… we have a
serpent that longs for
a singing career!
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Welcome Yule!
The Beginning of 40 More Years of Singing!
Sunday, December 3 at 4 pm
Reception to Follow
Lafayette-Orinda Presbyterian Church
Wednesday, December 6 at 8 pm
First Congregational Church of Berkeley
Welcome
Yule with William Mathias's Salvator Mundi, a
collection of old English Christmas carols, movements
from Andrew Carter's Missa Brevis, settings
of Song of Solomon texts; a set of pieces with birds
and beasts as protagonists. Be prepared for the unexpected!
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