WESTMINSTER WEST, Vt. – The River Singers Community Choir, led by Mary Cay Brass, will start their fall session on Tuesday, Sept. 23, at the Westminster West Church. The choir, in their 35th year, is a unique, multigenerational community choir dedicated to singing an eclectic mix of soulful, thrilling music from many lands.
This season’s music will present songs of joy, love, and peace from many Eastern European countries – Croatia, Macedonia, and Belarus, as well as a joy-filled Yiddish song about brother/sisterhood, and a hauntingly beautiful Islamic prayer from Bosnia.
Choir member and former singer with Nowell Sing We Clear Andy Davis will lead a set of lively songs from the English wassailing tradition.
The River Singers has a long-time, deep tradition of presenting, in song, visions of social justice. This session, the focus is on an Appalachian gospel song, “I Believe in Being Ready,” a South African Freedom Song, “Honono,” and a new composition by New York-based singer Batya Levine, called “We Rise.”
There is a fee for the 12-week session. For more information or if you are insterestd in joining, contact mcbrass@vermontel.net, or visit www.marycaybrass.com.