McGRATHPR.com – Concord Women’s Chorus presents its spring concert “Still Heard Round the World: A Celebration of Music Written by and for Women,” on Saturday, May 3, 4 pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, 81 Elm Street, Concord. The performance is conducted by CWC Artistic Director Jane Ring Frank, accompanied by Simon Andrews, piano
In honor of the 250th anniversary of the historic battles of Concord and Lexington, Concord Women’s Chorus presents a program of women composers writing for women’s voices. Featuring the texts of famous Concord (and New England) authors (including Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Lidian Jackson Emerson, Martha Lawrence Prescott, and more), the concert features Libby Larsen’s “Concord Fragments,” commissioned by the chorus in 2010; Melissa Dunphy’s “Grown Wild,” with text by Concord poet Melissa Apperson, commissioned in 2020; Rosephanye Powell’s “To Sit and Dream,” with text by Langston Hughes, Tara Traxler’s “Birds of Passage,” and a new arrangement of Ralph Waldo Emerson’s “The Concord Hymn.” The concert features voices, piano, oboe, clarinet, and violin.
Concord Women’s Chorus is a 45-voice ensemble from Concord and Greater Boston. Directed by Jane Ring Frank, the ensemble performs a wide range of classical and contemporary music with emphasis on works written for women’s voices. For more information, visit concordwomenschorus.org, or follow Concord Women’s Chorus on Facebook and Instagram.
This concert is presented in conjunction with the Concord250 commemoration. Two hundred fifty years ago, the men and women of what is now Massachusetts secured their independence from Britain and created a new nation dedicated to the ideals of liberty, equality, natural and civil rights and responsible citizenship. Concord250 honors the community’s first 250 years and inspires Americans to imagine its next 250 span. To mark this significant anniversary, residents, friends, and neighbors of Concord are invited to commemorate and celebrate this anniversary throughout the entire year, with marked events occurring this spring and on April 19, 2025.
Tickets to “Still Heard Round the World” are $30 adults, $25 seniors and students, $10 children ages 12 and under, available at concordwomenschorus.org and at the door. Trinity Episcopal Church is fully accessible. For more information, or to join Concord Women’s Chorus, email manager@concordwomenschorus.org, visit concordwomenschorus.org, and follow Concord Women’s Chorus on Facebook and Instagram.
About Concord Women’s Chorus
Concord Women’s Chorus (CWC), based in Concord, Massachusetts, is a 45-singer ensemble fostering the power in women’s voices through song. Singers hail from Concord and the greater Boston area. Artistic Director Jane Ring Frank conducts the chorus performing a wide variety of choral music, ranging from early music to contemporary repertoire, with an emphasis on works written for women’s voices. The ensemble has commissioned three new choral works to date.
CWC’s commitment to the mastery and performance of a dynamic repertoire for women transforms the act of choral singing into an instrument for collaboration, education, and connection. The ensemble features confident singers who care deeply about creating, through women’s voices, a source of strength and inspiration for themselves, the audience, and the world around us.
The chorus began in 1960 as the Concord Madrigals, a small group of women who expressed, through song, the strength of female community. Over the years the group has increased in size and capacity and greatly expanded its repertoire. In 2005, the Concord Madrigals became Concord Women’s Chorus, a name that reflects not only the evolution of the chorus but the abiding power of women’s voices.
In addition to concerts, CWC often engages in other performances and projects. The ensemble has engaged in several concert tours in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. For more information or to join CWC, email manager@concordwomenschorus.org, visit concordwomenschorus.org, and follow Concord Women’s Chorus on Facebook and Instagram.
