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Marking the 100th anniversary of women’s suffrage in this country, WVC's spring concert will celebrate strong women, past, present, and future. The chorus will sing the words of American poets such as the incomparable Maya Angelou, with music by contemporary American composers including Sweet Honey in the Rock’s Ysaye Barnwell. Featuring the world premiere of... Read More →
Women’s Voices Chorus Winter concert takes its title from Gwen Hall’s composition, “I Sing that My Voice May Be Heard.” Hall’s song captures the grace of the heroic girls who inspired it and expresses the concert’s central message of hope. Other works include an arrangement of Jane Siberry’s mournful “The Valley,” and a setting of... Read More →
“Rise Up: Voices United in Song” is a collaborative virtual concert featuring three North Carolina women's choruses: The Charlotteans of UNC Charlotte, Meredith College Choirs, and Women's Voices Chorus of Chapel Hill. Join conductors Ginger Wyrick, Shannon Gravelle, and Laura Sam and their singers in this unique webinar performance. The evening will include video performances... Read More →
Compelling, powerful, and beautiful music amplifies the angelic theme of this season’s repertoire. Encompassing a wide range of musical styles and genres, Angels Among Us illumines the stories of angels both sacred and secular. The message of the messengers is multi-faceted: hopeful, healing, watchful, compassionate, merciful, loving and revealing. For this concert, we are creating... Read More →
Featuring the music and poetry of women, “Nature of the Heart” vividly expresses emotions of love, hope, longing, and loss. Themes of remembering and renewal are revealed through melody, harmony, and verse as the imagery of earth’s beauty illustrates the cyclical nature of life. The concert’s repertoire illustrates the deep connection between the soul and... Read More →
Songs of Celestial Spheres features music and poetry inspired by the sun, moon, and stars, spanning numerous cultures, languages, historical periods, and musical styles. This repertoire illumines the emotional complexities of life, death, power, and love as expressed through metaphors of these luminous orbs.
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