TEANECK COMMUNITY CHORUS WINTER CONCERT!

WINTER CONCERT
Two Paths to Freedom: A Musical Tribute to Mandela And Seeger

January 25, 2015 at Teaneck H.S. 3 pm, Tickets available at door and in advance at www.teaneckchorus.org.

“Politics can be strengthened by music,
but music has a potency that defies politics.”
— Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom

“A good song reminds us what we’re fighting for.”
— Pete Seeger

We lost Nelson Mandela, champion of the anti-apartheid movement, and Pete Seeger, champion of folk song and social change, less than a year ago. The Teaneck Community Chorus honors these two fighters for freedom in concert. While many of us nostalgically remember singing folk songs, the above quotations remind us that music can inspire, mobilize, and activate the courage to take and maintain stands. This speaks to the power of song whether marshlling for Civil Rights, cleaning up the Hudson River, or taking the Long Walk to Freedom to combat apartheid. And while these two men lived continents away, their paths did cross musically as Pete Seeger compiled and published a collection of South African freedom songs. How can I keep from singing? In Nelson Mandela and Pete Seeger’s case, we can’t help but sing.