The Brattleboro Women’s Chorus directed by Becky Graber will present its eighteenth annual fall concerts entitled “Where There is Light” on November 23 and 24 at the First Baptist Church in Brattleboro. Seventy local women and girls will perform, accompanied by guest musician Kate Parsons on piano.
Included in the performance will be two of Graber’s compositions, “Travelin’ Light” and “Let Your Light Shine On.” From Minnesota composer Elizabeth Alexander is a Chinese proverb set to music about light, beauty, harmony, honor, and peace, “Where There is Light in the Soul.” The Zulu song “Thula Sizwe” will be combined with Bob Dylan’s “I Shall Be Released.” Some of the other songs to be performed include the Kenyan traditional song, “Wana Baraka;” “There’s a Light in the Darkness;” “Light is Returning;” “Over on the Other Bright Shore;” and the moving piece, “Hallowell,” by local composer Stephen Spitzer.
The concerts will be Saturday, November 23 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, November 24 at 4:00 p.m. Tickets are available at the door, $10 adults, $15 generous, $8 students and seniors. For more info, see www.BrattleboroWomensChorus.org or call 802-254-8994.
