Take Note! A Cappella Concert

The acclaimed a cappella ensemble Take Note! is completing its twelfth performance season, and is celebrating with its annual donor appreciation concert Sunday, June 7, at 3:00 p.m. at the First Church of Christ in Mansfield Center, 548 Storrs Road (junction of Routes 89 and 195). The concert features songs by James Taylor, George & Ira Gershwin, The Mamas and the Papas, and Duke Ellington, and includes spirituals and French and German madrigals. Tax deductible donations towards Take Note! outreach will be accepted at the door.

The group’s unique mission of offering benefit performances for charitable causes has raised over $125,000 for more than 50 local nonprofits mostly in Windham, Tolland, and New London counties. Take Note! never charges the organizations for performances, and provides the community organization sponsoring each concert with marketing materials, press releases, media placement advice, concert posters, and programs. All donations collected at the concerts go directly to the designated organization.

Take Note! is a 21-voice a cappella ensemble based in Mansfield, and is comprised of select, talented, local singers from diverse backgrounds who enjoy challenging, eclectic musical styles. Under the artistic direction of Linda Tracy, the group presents its annual June concert traditionally as a “thank you” celebration for its supporters and a fundraiser to help Take Note! continue to offer benefit performances for other local nonprofits, free of charge, and to help Take Note! maintain and expand its outreach. The vocal ensemble’s only sources of financial support are through donor contributions and distribution of its CD, “Take Note!: Take Two.”

The group’s mission statement expresses its vision well: “Through performances in support of charitable endeavors, we are raising spirits, raising voices, raising hope.” For more information, visit www.take-note. org, email take-note@earthlink.net, or call (860) 228-2390.