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Songweavers Spring Concert to Feature Songs of Interconnection
Songweavers™ a cappella women's chorus at the Concord Community Music School presents its annual spring concert
CONCORD, N.H.— Songweavers™ a cappella women’s chorus at the Concord Community Music School will present its annual spring concert at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 18 at the South Congregational Church, 27 Pleasant Street in downtown Concord.
The theme for this year’s concert is “How Can I Keep From Singing?” The chorus will perform with the Songweavers Drummers, led by Grace and Lindsey Schust.
“It’s our human birthright to sing,” says Songweavers director Peggo Horstmann Hodes. “We sing to celebrate and mark events and transitions in our lives: birth and death, hope and struggle, protest and praise. Singing comforts us with connection and community.”
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Selections will include “Common Ground” by the Paul Winter Consort, “One Voice” by the Wailin’ Jennys, and “A Song Will Dawn On Me” by New Hampshire composer Kathy Lowe. Songweavers will also perform a song titled “Tell Them To Sing,” written by one of its own members, Justine Paul.
Songweavers is a non-auditioned chorus of women of all ages. Based on the belief that everyone can sing, Songweavers performs music from many ethnic traditions, accompanied by drums and occasional instruments. Songs are learned by ear, and music-reading skills are not expected or required. In its twenty-year career, Songweavers has become a spirited voice in the New Hampshire community.
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Tickets are $20 for adults and $15 for students and seniors. For more information and to purchase tickets, please call 603-228-1196 or visit www.ccmusicschool.org.
About the Concord Community Music School
Concord Community Music School is a full member of the National Guild for Community Arts Education and is recognized nationally for program innovation and management excellence. Welcoming adults, teens, and children of all musical abilities, 53 artist teachers reach more than 33,000 people in four states with educational programs, concerts, workshops, and community partnerships. CCMS has received major funding from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Hearst Foundation, New Hampshire State Council on the Arts, Jane’s Trust, and the New Hampshire Charitable Foundation. The Music School is the 2005 recipient of the NH Governor’s Arts Award for Cultural Access Leadership.
