Auditions

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May 12, 2024 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Better Days. Taking place on Mother’s Day, the performance will showcase songs by composers hailing from the African diaspora, and will feature Samirah Evans as guest soloist. The program will range from traditional spirituals arranged by Rollo Dilworth and Ysaye Barnwell to contemporary compositions by Dr. Ysaye Barnwell, Abbey Lincoln, Cassandra Willson, Stevie Wonder, and Bobby McFerrin. Becky Graber, director. Local musicians Cathy Martin, Steve Rice, Genevieve Rose, and Ronald Smith will comprise the band. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Latchis Theatre, 50 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

June 4, 2023 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Sweet Are the Days. An eclectic program of soulful songs, including compositions by Floridian singer/songwriter Velma Frye and former Brattleboro resident Susan Kisslinger; the Estonian “Mis on inimene?” (“What is human?”); John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s “In My Life;" Karen Hesse and Becky Graber's “Granny and Bean”; andthe opening of “Let Time Be Your Friend" by Diane White-Clayton, composed as part of the Black Lives Matter Commissioning Project. With Cathy Martin, piano. Bring your own chairs and blankets! In the event of rain, Sunday’s concert will be held at the Brattleboro Music Center. Live stream is also available. Tickets on a sliding scale of $15-$25. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

June 3, 2023 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Sweet Are the Days. An eclectic program of soulful songs, including compositions by Floridian singer/songwriter Velma Frye and former Brattleboro resident Susan Kisslinger; the Estonian “Mis on inimene?” (“What is human?”); John Lennon and Paul McCartney’s “In My Life;" Karen Hesse and Becky Graber's “Granny and Bean”; andthe opening of “Let Time Be Your Friend" by Diane White-Clayton, composed as part of the Black Lives Matter Commissioning Project. With Cathy Martin, piano. Bring your own chairs and blankets! In the event of rain, Sunday’s concert will be held at the Brattleboro Music Center. Live stream is also available. Tickets on a sliding scale of $15-$25. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

November 20, 2022 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: "The Power Within Us," Brattleboro Women's Chorus Fall Concerts. A mix of rounds, chants, and songs that speak of love, strength, and resilience, songs the chorus has been singing through the fall. Featured songs include “I Say Yes” by Becky Reardon, “We Shall Be Known” by MaMuse, “What Happens When a Woman” by Alexandra Olsovsky of Artemisia, “Surrounding You” by Barbara McAfee, and “All I Need Is Here” by Becky Graber. Tickets: sliding scale $15-$25 per person. Tickets are limited for in-person shows. Sunday’s concert will also be live-streamed on Zoom. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

November 19, 2022 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: "The Power Within Us," Brattleboro Women's Chorus Fall Concerts. A mix of rounds, chants, and songs that speak of love, strength, and resilience, songs the chorus has been singing through the fall. Featured songs include “I Say Yes” by Becky Reardon, “We Shall Be Known” by MaMuse, “What Happens When a Woman” by Alexandra Olsovsky of Artemisia, “Surrounding You” by Barbara McAfee, and “All I Need Is Here” by Becky Graber. Tickets: sliding scale $15-$25 per person. Tickets are limited for in-person shows. Sunday’s concert will also be live-streamed on Zoom. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Brattleboro Music Center, 72 Blanche Moyse Way, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

June 5, 2022 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: "Why Not Sing"? Spring Outdoor Concerts. Coco Love Alcorn: “Tiny Lights”; Lisa Loeb/Elizabeth Mitchell: “Can You Catch the Moon”; Velma Frye: “Take Heart”; Terry Garthwaite: “Shine On”; Barbara McAfee: “Why Not Sing? (with ukulele orchestra); Becky Graber: “Everyone Sang”, for string quartet and chorus (premiere). With Lisa McCormick and string players Kathy Andrew, Michelle Liechti, Greg Diehl, and Sabine Rhyne. These are the first in-person concerts the BWC has presented since 2019. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square, https://www.brattleborowomenschorus.org/events/concerts, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

June 4, 2022 (Saturday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: "Why Not Sing"? Spring Outdoor Concerts. Coco Love Alcorn: “Tiny Lights”; Lisa Loeb/Elizabeth Mitchell: “Can You Catch the Moon”; Velma Frye: “Take Heart”; Terry Garthwaite: “Shine On”; Barbara McAfee: “Why Not Sing? (with ukulele orchestra); Becky Graber: “Everyone Sang”, for string quartet and chorus (premiere). With Lisa McCormick and string players Kathy Andrew, Michelle Liechti, Greg Diehl, and Sabine Rhyne. These are the first in-person concerts the BWC has presented since 2019. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Retreat Farm, 45 Farmhouse Square, https://www.brattleborowomenschorus.org/events/concerts, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

November 21, 2021 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [online]: Heartsong Singalong. Join the chorus as Musical Director Becky Graber leads us in beautiful song online via Zoom. We will all sing along with recordings of us singing songs we've learned in person and on Zoom this fall. Lyrics will be posted in the chat. Singers will be muted, though we will hear harmonized vocal tracks sung by the Chorus, so feel free to sing along in the comfort of your homes, if you wish. Concert goers can register online via Zoom using the links below to receive a Zoom link to attend. Tickets: $10-$25. Ticket holders will receive access to a recording of the event through November 28, in case you are not able to watch it live. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Online ⓘ 🔗

May 25, 2021 (Tuesday)

7:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [online]: 25th Anniversary FInale - Guest Conductors Galore! This year, the Brattleboro Women’s Chorus celebrates 25 years of singing with online musical events on the 25th day of the month. All singers (not just women!) are welcome to join us on Zoom. Director Becky Graber welcomes a number of guest conductors connected to the BWC in some way to come lead a song in honor of our 25th anniversary year. Artists include Peggo Horstmann Hodes, Peter and MaryAlice Amidon, Kristen Carmichael-Bowers, Andy Davis, Jane Lowey, Lisa McCormick and Julian McBrowne. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Online ⓘ 🔗

May 9, 2021 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [online]: Virtual Mother's Day Singalong. As we finish our 25th anniversary year, the chorus will be singing songs led by Director Becky Graber and some guests as well! Some of the songs are very easy to join along with, and Becky will teach a song or two to all. Singalong-goers can register online via Zoom and pay for a ticket using the links on our website. Singers will be muted, though we will hear harmonized vocal tracks, so feel free to sing along in the comfort of your homes, if you wish. Our concert (called a singalong this spring) is usually a significant part of our income, so we are asking you, our audience, to pay the cost of a ticket to help keep our budget healthy this year. Tickets cost $10-$25 and can be purchased at https://www.brattleborowomenschorus.org/concert-tickets-spring. You must also register for the Zoom link via our website. Feel free to invite anyone you think would like to join! For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Online ⓘ 🔗

February 25, 2021 (Thursday)

2:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Coco Love Alcorn joins for 25th Anniversary Virtual Sing. Director Becky Graber welcomes the fantastic song direction of Canadian Coco Love Alcorn for our February Anniversary virtual sing. Her songs for the heart and spirit are just what's needed right now and are sure to inspire. Online musical events will continue on the 25th day of each month through May. All singers (not just women!) are welcome to join us for most of these events hosted on Zoom. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Brattleboro VT 05301 Online ⓘ 🔗

November 23, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Love Changes Everything. Lisa McCormick: "Love Changes Everything"; Cris Williamson: "Lullabye"; Malvina Reynolds: "If You Love Me"; Holly Near: "Change of Heart" (which says, among other things, “There’s a change of heart any time you join the choir”); two songs by Ali Burns of Scotland; and "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", Billy Joel’s "Lullabye", and a medley of Beatles tunes. For the younger crowd, there is "One Day" by Matisyahu. Director Becky Graber and the 100-plus member chorus will be joined by guest musicians Lisa McCormick with her ukulele orchestra and Cathy Martin on piano. Tickets: $12 adult, $20 generous, $10 student and senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Epsilon Spires, 190 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

3:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Love Changes Everything. Lisa McCormick: "Love Changes Everything"; Cris Williamson: "Lullabye"; Malvina Reynolds: "If You Love Me"; Holly Near: "Change of Heart" (which says, among other things, “There’s a change of heart any time you join the choir”); two songs by Ali Burns of Scotland; and "Ain’t No Mountain High Enough", "All I Have to Do Is Dream", Billy Joel’s "Lullabye", and a medley of Beatles tunes. For the younger crowd, there is "One Day" by Matisyahu. Director Becky Graber and the 100-plus member chorus will be joined by guest musicians Lisa McCormick with her ukulele orchestra and Cathy Martin on piano. Tickets: $12 adult, $20 generous, $10 student and senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Epsilon Spires, 190 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

May 12, 2019 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: The Road Home. Tickets: $12 adult, $20 generous, $10 student/senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

May 11, 2019 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: The Road Home. Tickets: $12 adult, $20 generous, $10 student/senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

November 18, 2018 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Annual Fall Concert - "Keep Hope Alive". Joining the eighty women and director Becky Graber are Cathy Martin, piano, Julian McBrown, bass, and Lisa McCormick, guitar, and with her ukulele orchestra. Songs include Andy Davis’s four-part arrangement of “Let the Life I’ve Lived”; Peter Amidon’s “Crossing the Bar”; and India Arie's (arr. Graber), “I Am Light.” There will be songs learned by the nineteen chorus members who attended the Sister Singers Festival in Michigan last summer: “With Great Love” and “Stand in That River.” Ysaye Barnwell's “Keep Hope Alive” promises to be a grand finale with ukuleles, bass, singers, and audience all involved. Tickets: $12 Adult, $20 Generous, $10 Student and Senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. The Brick Church (formerly the Baptist Church), 190 Main Street, Dummerston VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

November 17, 2018 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Annual Fall Concert - "Keep Hope Alive". Joining the eighty women and director Becky Graber are Cathy Martin, piano, Julian McBrown, bass, and Lisa McCormick, guitar, and with her ukulele orchestra. Songs include Andy Davis’s four-part arrangement of “Let the Life I’ve Lived”; Peter Amidon’s “Crossing the Bar”; and India Arie's (arr. Graber), “I Am Light.” There will be songs learned by the nineteen chorus members who attended the Sister Singers Festival in Michigan last summer: “With Great Love” and “Stand in That River.” Ysaye Barnwell's “Keep Hope Alive” promises to be a grand finale with ukuleles, bass, singers, and audience all involved. Tickets: $12 Adult, $20 Generous, $10 Student and Senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. The Brick Church (formerly the Baptist Church), 190 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

May 13, 2018 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Made in Vermont. Songs about Vermont, or composed or arranged by Vermonters, including "These Green Mountains" (the state song); "Maple Sweet"; "The Vermont Farmer’s Song"; "Moonlight in Vermont"; "Hope Lingers On" by Lissa Schneckenburger; "Voice Among Voices" by Willa Mamet; "The Art of Disappearing" by Becky Graber (premiere, text by Naomi Shihab Nye); and "Jubilee" and "Wayfaring Stranger", arranged by Graber. Guest appearance on Saturday night by Big Woods Voices; on Sunday afternoon by Singcrony. Tickets available online at BrownPaperTickets.com or at the door: $12 adult, $20 generous, $10 student and senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main Street., Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

May 12, 2018 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Made in Vermont. Songs about Vermont, or composed or arranged by Vermonters, including "These Green Mountains" (the state song); "Maple Sweet"; "The Vermont Farmer’s Song"; "Moonlight in Vermont"; "Hope Lingers On" by Lissa Schneckenburger; "Voice Among Voices" by Willa Mamet; "The Art of Disappearing" by Becky Graber (premiere, text by Naomi Shihab Nye); and "Jubilee" and "Wayfaring Stranger", arranged by Graber. Guest appearance on Saturday night by Big Woods Voices; on Sunday afternoon by Singcrony. Tickets available online at BrownPaperTickets.com or at the door: $12 adult, $20 generous, $10 student and senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email info@brattleborowomenschorus.org. Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main Street., Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

November 20, 2016 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Fall concert. Tickets, at the door: $12 adult, $20 generous, $10 student and senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main St, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

November 19, 2016 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Fall concert. Tickets, at the door: $12 adult, $20 generous, $10 student and senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. All Souls Church, 29 South St, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ 🔗

May 8, 2016 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Twenty Years Singing Together: Spring Concerts. Founder/conductor Becky Graber leads over 100 women in Mothers Day weekend concerts consisting solely of Graber's own compositions, including “Sit By an Apple Tree” (text by Louise Erdrich); “Winter’s Harvest” (text by Jane Elsdon); “Trust” (text by Pierre Teilhard du Chardin); “Light Beams” (text by Antonio Machado); “Clearing” (text by Martha Postlethwaite); “Our Whole Lives Long” (text by Lynette Sievert and Graber); and “When I Saw the Hawk” (text by Sue Owings). With Cathy Martin, piano; Lisa McCormick, guitar; Connie Green, flute; Jen Rice, marimba; Bill Ballard, sax; Maggie Smith, bells. Tickets available at the door: $12 Adult, $20 Generous, $10 Student and Senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. Centre Congregational Church, 193 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ

May 7, 2016 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Twenty Years Singing Together: Spring Concerts. Founder/conductor Becky Graber leads over 100 women in Mothers Day weekend concerts consisting solely of Graber's own compositions, including “Sit By an Apple Tree” (text by Louise Erdrich); “Winter’s Harvest” (text by Jane Elsdon); “Trust” (text by Pierre Teilhard du Chardin); “Light Beams” (text by Antonio Machado); “Clearing” (text by Martha Postlethwaite); “Our Whole Lives Long” (text by Lynette Sievert and Graber); and “When I Saw the Hawk” (text by Sue Owings). With Cathy Martin, piano; Lisa McCormick, guitar; Connie Green, flute; Jen Rice, marimba; Bill Ballard, sax; Maggie Smith, bells. Tickets available at the door: $12 Adult, $20 Generous, $10 Student and Senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill Road, Putney VT 05346 ⓘ

November 22, 2015 (Sunday)

3:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Twenty Years Singing Together. The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus honors 20 years of singing together with two concerts and a twentieth anniversary CD release celebration. Founder/conductor Becky Graber will lead over 100 women in a repertoire of chorus favorites with Cathy Martin on piano. Songs performed include several from the first session of chorus, such as Bernice Johnson Reagon’s “I Remember, I Believe”; Ysaye Maria Barnwell’s “Breaths”; Bobby McFerrin’s “Twenty-third Psalm”; Holly Near’s “1000 Grandmothers”; “When Harvesting Arugula” (composed for the chorus from words written by chorus member Becky Karush when she worked at Walker Farm). Sunday's concert will be followed by our (second ever) CD Release Party & Silent Auction at the River Garden, which is open to the public. Tickets for the concerts are only at the door and are $10 Adult, $15 Generous, $8 Student and Senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. First Baptist Church, 190 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ

November 21, 2015 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Twenty Years Singing Together. The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus honors 20 years of singing together with two concerts and a twentieth anniversary CD release celebration. Founder/conductor Becky Graber will lead over 100 women in a repertoire of chorus favorites with Cathy Martin on piano. Songs performed include several from the first session of chorus, such as Bernice Johnson Reagon’s “I Remember, I Believe”; Ysaye Maria Barnwell’s “Breaths”; Bobby McFerrin’s “Twenty-third Psalm”; Holly Near’s “1000 Grandmothers”; “When Harvesting Arugula” (composed for the chorus from words written by chorus member Becky Karush when she worked at Walker Farm). Sunday's concert will be followed by our (second ever) CD Release Party & Silent Auction at the River Garden, which is open to the public. Tickets for the concerts are only at the door and are $10 Adult, $15 Generous, $8 Student and Senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. First Baptist Church, 190 Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ

May 10, 2015 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: On My Journey. Under the direction of Becky Graber, local women of all ages will be accompanied by Lisa McCormick on guitar and Cathy Martin on piano. Susan Brumfield (arr.): “Rise, Oh Fathers, Rise” and “No Time” (combining two traditional camp songs); Joan Szymok: “Arise My Love” (adapting the text of “Song of Solomon” to the traditional hymn “At the River”); Rollo Dilworth (arr.): “Take Me to the Water”; Jonathan Larson: “Seasons of Love” (from Rent); Chris Williamson (arranged by Graber): “Lullaby”; “Harriet Tubman”; “Another Train”; “Sing, Sing a Song." Tickets, at the door: $10 Adult, $15 Generous, $8 Student and Senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. First Baptist Church, Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ

May 9, 2015 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: On My Journey. Under the direction of Becky Graber, local women of all ages will be accompanied by Lisa McCormick on guitar and Cathy Martin on piano. Susan Brumfield (arr.): “Rise, Oh Fathers, Rise” and “No Time” (combining two traditional camp songs); Joan Szymok: “Arise My Love” (adapting the text of “Song of Solomon” to the traditional hymn “At the River”); Rollo Dilworth (arr.): “Take Me to the Water”; Jonathan Larson: “Seasons of Love” (from Rent); Chris Williamson (arranged by Graber): “Lullaby”; “Harriet Tubman”; “Another Train”; “Sing, Sing a Song." Tickets, at the door: $10 Adult, $15 Generous, $8 Student and Senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. First Baptist Church, Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ

November 23, 2014 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Give Me Wings: Songs of Travel. Traveling songs, both familiar and lesser known, sung by the multigenerational chorus of eighty women under the direction of founder Becky Graber, accompanied on guitar by singer/songwriter Peter Siegel (most recently a member of the world-beat Celtic band, The Gaslight Tinkers). Songs include Peter Siegel: “Home”; Ali Burns: “Give Me Wings”; Carol King: “Up on the Roof”; popular songs “Walkin’ After Midnight”; “Would You Like to Take A Walk?”; South African song “Sizo Hamba Kan Ncane”; and from Zimbabwe, “Shosholoza.” Tickets, at the door: $15 generous, $10 adult, $8 student and senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. First Baptist Church, 190 Main St, Brattleboro VT 05301 ⓘ

November 22, 2014 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Give Me Wings: Songs of Travel. Traveling songs, both familiar and lesser known, sung by the multigenerational chorus of eighty women under the direction of founder Becky Graber, accompanied on guitar by singer/songwriter Peter Siegel (most recently a member of the world-beat Celtic band, The Gaslight Tinkers). Songs include Peter Siegel: “Home”; Ali Burns: “Give Me Wings”; Carol King: “Up on the Roof”; popular songs “Walkin’ After Midnight”; “Would You Like to Take A Walk?”; South African song “Sizo Hamba Kan Ncane”; and from Zimbabwe, “Shosholoza.” Tickets, at the door: $15 generous, $10 adult, $8 student and senior. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. Next Stage, 15 Kimball Hill Rd, Putney VT 05346 ⓘ

November 24, 2013 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Where There is Light. The 18th annual fall concert features 70 local women and girls directed by Becky Graber and accompanied on piano by Kate Parsons. The performance includes two of Graber’s compositions: “Travelin’ Light” and “Let Your Light Shine On,” as well as a Chinese proverb set to music by Minnesota composer Elizabeth Alexander: “Where There is Light in the Soul,” and the Zulu song “Thula Sizwe” combined with Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released.” Other songs to be performed include the Kenyan traditional song, "Wana Baraka;" “There’s a Light in the Darkness;” “Light is Returning;” “Over on the Other Bright Shore;” and “Hallowell,” by local composer Stephen Spitzer. Tickets are available at the door, $10 adults, $15 generous, $8 students and seniors. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. First Baptist Church, Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301

November 23, 2013 (Saturday)

7:30 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Where There is Light. The 18th annual fall concert features 70 local women and girls directed by Becky Graber and accompanied on piano by Kate Parsons. The performance includes two of Graber’s compositions: “Travelin’ Light” and “Let Your Light Shine On,” as well as a Chinese proverb set to music by Minnesota composer Elizabeth Alexander: “Where There is Light in the Soul,” and the Zulu song “Thula Sizwe” combined with Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released.” Other songs to be performed include the Kenyan traditional song, "Wana Baraka;" “There’s a Light in the Darkness;” “Light is Returning;” “Over on the Other Bright Shore;” and “Hallowell,” by local composer Stephen Spitzer. Tickets are available at the door, $10 adults, $15 generous, $8 students and seniors. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. First Baptist Church, Main Street, Brattleboro VT 05301

September 11, 2013 (Wednesday)

7:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: Brattleboro Women's Chorus Fall Season Start/Open Sing. The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus is registering for its 18th fall session. If you love to sing and would like to mingle your voice with a choir of many voices and you are a female age 10 or older, you are welcome to join. No experience is necessary, and there are no auditions. Reading music is optional since music is taught by ear with part recordings provided. And if you’d prefer to try out the first rehearsal with no obligation before registering, there is the option to do so at the Open Sing on September 11 from 7:00 –9:00 pm. The musical theme for the fall, as the days grow darker, will be songs of light. Included will be folk songs of various cultures as well as some arrangements and original songs by the chorus director, Becky Graber. The chorus will rehearse Wednesday nights beginning September 11 until the concerts on November 23 and 24. Cost is $110, with a family rate of $170 and a student (ages 15-25) rate of $60. Financial aid is available. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. All Souls Church, South Street, W. Brattleboro VT 05301

May 12, 2013 (Sunday)

4:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: "On My Way"—Annual Spring Concert. Over sixty women and girls, including a large number of mother-daughter, grandmother-granddaughter, and aunt-niece pairs, will perform songs with the theme of pilgrimage, continued from the fall session. The chorus itself will make a pilgrimage for a performance in Grafton on May 11 for the first time since 1999 and return to Brattleboro on May 12 for their usual Mothers’ Day concert. Joining the chorus will be the band Kestrel, comprised of Cynthia Hughes on harp, hurdy-gurdy, and guitar; Andra Horton on guitar, banjo, and whistle; and Russell Horton on dumbek and bongos. They are known for adapting the rhythms and harmonies of such places as northern Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East, and Appalachia. Songs to be performed will include “Chico Gospel” by MaMuse; “Stella Splendens,” a medieval pilgrimage song; “Glory Bound” as sung by the Wailin’ Jennies; “The Swallow Song” by Richard and Mimi Farina; and the traditional American songs, “Come and Go With Me” and “I’m On My Way,” arranged by Graber. Tickets are available only at the door, $10 adult, $15 generous, $8 seniors and students. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. First Baptist Church, Brattleboro VT 05301

May 11, 2013 (Saturday)

8:00 PM. Brattleboro Women's Chorus [VT]: "On My Way"—Annual Spring Concert. Over sixty women and girls, including a large number of mother-daughter, grandmother-granddaughter, and aunt-niece pairs, will perform songs with the theme of pilgrimage, continued from the fall session. The chorus itself will make a pilgrimage for a performance in Grafton on May 11 for the first time since 1999 and return to Brattleboro on May 12 for their usual Mothers’ Day concert. Joining the chorus will be the band Kestrel, comprised of Cynthia Hughes on harp, hurdy-gurdy, and guitar; Andra Horton on guitar, banjo, and whistle; and Russell Horton on dumbek and bongos. They are known for adapting the rhythms and harmonies of such places as northern Europe, the Mediterranean, Africa, the Middle East, and Appalachia. Songs to be performed will include “Chico Gospel” by MaMuse; “Stella Splendens,” a medieval pilgrimage song; “Glory Bound” as sung by the Wailin’ Jennies; “The Swallow Song” by Richard and Mimi Farina; and the traditional American songs, “Come and Go With Me” and “I’m On My Way,” arranged by Graber. Tickets are available only at the door, $10 adult, $15 generous, $8 seniors and students. For more information, call 802-254-8994 or email bwchorus@gmail.com. The White Church, Grafton VT 05146

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