WomenSing is proud to introduce the 2011 Youth Inspiring Youth Composer Competition winners, Lauren McLaren and Nick Norton. Each has been commissioned to write a new choral work: one for WomenSing and one combined piece for WomenSing, the Acalanes High School women’s ensemble Bella Voce, and...
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August 2, 2010 - 9:00pm
Audition now for the East Bay premier women’s ensemble! Recent winners of the Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award, WomenSing’s 2010-11 season New Beginnings will celebrate not only its 45thanniversary but also the auspices of a new decade. In December, ...
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May 18, 2010 - 9:00pm
Artistic Director Martín Benvenuto, composer and mentor Libby Larsen, and YIY composer Joshua Fishbein review Fishbein’s score for Unseen Secrets
The finishing touches are being put on the last WomenSing performance of the season as we prepare to premiere two new pieces, the latest in the...
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May 13, 2010 - 9:00pm
We are thrilled to share the news, just announced in the press, that WomenSing has been awarded the 2010 national CHORUS AMERICA/ASCAP ALICE PARKER AWARD. This award “...
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May 13, 2010 - 9:00pm
Audition now for the East Bay premier women’s ensemble! Recent winners of the Chorus America/ASCAP Alice Parker Award, WomenSing will celebrate its 45th ...
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March 25, 2010 - 9:00pm
It’s all about the music, as WomenSing brings together pieces that illuminate emotions and places, the familiar and not so familiar. Join us this Sunday, March 28, at St. Mary’s Chapel, as we welcome the spring with Shadows...
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March 1, 2010 - 9:00pm
Sometimes, when the mountains
reflect on rivers, you can find out things
you never knew before . . .
(excerpt from “Reflections”)
Inspired by this...
February 18, 2010 - 9:00pm
Shadows and Reflections, WomenSing’s spring concert, is just around the corner, so mark your calendars and make sure not to miss it. The program includes the premiere of Jack Henry’s Sombra del Mar (part of the Youth Inspiring Youth project), Eric Whitacre’s sensualShe Weeps Over...
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January 19, 2010 - 9:00pm
WomenSing’s three-year composition competition, in partnership with River of Words, continues to be an exciting and eventful project! With high anticipation, we look forward to the premieres of compositions by Elizabeth Lim and Joshua Fishbein this May...
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December 28, 2009 - 9:00pm
Auditions will be held on Tuesday, January 5, 2010 (and by appointment for more experienced singers), for WomenSing, the East Bay’s premiere women’s ensemble! Sing with us for the remainder of our 2009/10 season, For Love of Place. High sopranos and low altos are...
November 30, 2009 - 9:00pm
Come hear innocence and hope in Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece and audience-favorite, written on his voyage home to Britain in 1942. Britten’s decision to return home after his time in the United States was certainly influenced by “a love of place”. A stunning Magnificat in 10 parts (...
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November 16, 2009 - 9:00pm
It’s only a few more weeks until our first concert of the 2009-2010 season, and we’re putting the final touches on what will be a very exciting performance.
Leading off the evening is an audience favorite, A Ceremony of Carols (op.28), Benjamin Britten’s masterpiece for treble...
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