World Harmony Winter Friends & Family Concerts Jan 26--Feb 1

[Joyce Clyde]

From: santa-cruz-h...@googlegroups.com <santa-cruz-h...@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Santa Cruz House Concerts <Conc...@instantharmony.com>

 

The World Harmony Chorus invites you to hear our mid-season program of:

                                 Songs from Around the World
               Featuring songs from Cuba, Galicia, Greece, and more!

Monday, Jan 26    7:30 PM     FREE
    Palo Alto Friends & Family Concert
    Unitarian Universalist Church
    505 E. Charleston Rd, Palo Alto

Wednesday, Jan 28 7:30 PM   FREE

    Santa Cruz Friends & Family Concert

    London Nelson Center, Room 3
    301 Center St, Santa Cruz

 Sunday, Feb 1  2:00 PM    FREE

    Berkeley Friends & Family Concert
    Berkeley Shambhala Center
    2288 Fulton St, Suite 203, Berkeley

   The Spring Session of the chorus starts February in Palo Alto, Berkeley, & Santa Cruz. Details here. Come and join us!

For more information, see the chorus website at: <http://InstantHarmony.com/chorus.html>

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   Founded in 1999, the World Harmony Chorus performs vocal music from around the world. The WHC is a community chorus, open to singers at all levels of ability and experience. Drawn from a wide variety of ethnic sources and folk traditions, including hymns from Madagascar and Zimbabwe, Eastern European kolos, Latin American choral works, and English and American folk music, the repertoire is exciting and rich with harmony and polyrhythm.

   Founder and director Daniel Steinberg has been collecting choral music and leading "Instant Harmony" workshops around the country for many years. He also performs on piano and flute in several contra dance bands, a Brazilian forró band (Mr. Bidu's Circus), a swing trio (LaTiDo), and a Basque band (Ospa).

   The East Bay chorus is directed by Betsy Blakeslee.  Betsy has directed choruses in SF Bay Area and the Balkans.  Her Balkan chorus performed at the State of the World Forum and the UN Millennium Summit.  She led teams of educators, musicians and Arabic speakers who taught music to refugee youth in Europe and the Middle East.

   Email Betsy Blakeslee at <betsy...@gmail.com> for more information.