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GRWomensChorus
Приєднався 12 кві 2010
The Grand Rapids Women's Chorus is dedicated to singing music that celebrates and honors the diversity of women's lives. Drawing on music from many cultures, the Chorus strives to educate and inspire its community to promote justice, peace, and equality.
No Fairy Tale Here
Performed by the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus at their Spring Concert, Finding Home, on May 11, 2024. Words by Robyn Watson, music composed by Zanaida Robles, narration by Makaela Lewis.
This selection is inspired by woman warrior-writer, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and tells of her extraordinary writing and artistry and how she fought racism and oppression through literature. This is a powerful statement about the responsibility we have to tell the stories of those whose voices have been marginalized.
Robyn Watson's bold, sobering poetry highlights Ida B. Wells-Barnett as a beacon of truth during a brutal period of our nation's history. The composer, Zanaida Robles, takes fact and blends it with imagination that answers the question of what it must have been like to tell the story of lynching during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the USA. Even with what one imagines to be Wells-Barnett's shattered, frustrated, furious, and fiery heart, the warrior-woman wrote on.
Please listen to the story that is no fairytale, but that still provides a lesson from which we can learn today-that is, that even when terrified, walking with your face to the sun's truths makes the shadows fall behind.
This selection is inspired by woman warrior-writer, Ida B. Wells-Barnett and tells of her extraordinary writing and artistry and how she fought racism and oppression through literature. This is a powerful statement about the responsibility we have to tell the stories of those whose voices have been marginalized.
Robyn Watson's bold, sobering poetry highlights Ida B. Wells-Barnett as a beacon of truth during a brutal period of our nation's history. The composer, Zanaida Robles, takes fact and blends it with imagination that answers the question of what it must have been like to tell the story of lynching during the late 18th and early 19th centuries in the USA. Even with what one imagines to be Wells-Barnett's shattered, frustrated, furious, and fiery heart, the warrior-woman wrote on.
Please listen to the story that is no fairytale, but that still provides a lesson from which we can learn today-that is, that even when terrified, walking with your face to the sun's truths makes the shadows fall behind.
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I AM
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Performed by the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus at their Spring Concert, Finding Home, on May 11, 2024. Composed by Jocelyn Scofield, solo by Keara Ritsema. World Premiere, commissioned by Grand Rapids Women’s Chorus Memorial Fund. Jocelyn Scofield created I AM as a singing meditation that honors the individual and the whole. It is meant to affirm an individual's worth, as well as the whole collec...
Crossing The Bar
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Performed by the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus at their Spring Concert, Finding Home, on May 11, 2024. Composed by Gwyneth Walker, text by Alfred, Lord Tennyson. “Crossing the Bar,” is a poem written by one of England’s most famous poets, Alfred Lord Tennyson, when he was 80 years old. What is "the bar"? The “bar” is a sand bar at the mouth of a river, where it meets the sea. Silt and river water...
A Beautiful Noise
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Performed by the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus at their Spring Concert, Finding Home, on May 11, 2024. Composed by Brandy Clark, Brandi Carlile, Hillary Lindsey, Alicia Augello-Cook, Hailey Whitters, Lori Mckenna, Linda Perry, Ruby Amanfu; Arranged by Jocelyn Scofield This season members of the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus have spent time exploring stories…sharing stories we tell each other about ...
GALA Grand Rapids Women's Chorus Intro
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GALA Grand Rapids Women's Chorus Intro (2024) Background music provided by bensound.com
Fire from "Elements"
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FIRE from "Elements" performed by the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus at their Spring Concert, Where the Light Begins, on May 20, 2023. Composed by Katerina Gimon Percussionist: Kevin "KoKo" Jones Below is the introduction written by one of our newest chorus members: As our group was introduced to this piece varied interpretations and sensations were evoked within us as to the meaning and experienc...
Where the Light Begins
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Where the Light Begins performed by the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus at their Spring Concert, also named Where the Light Begins, on May 20, 2023. Composed by Susan LaBarr, poem by Jan Richardson Pianist: Phil Pletcher We give a special thanks to the Grand Valley State University Department of Visual and Media Arts videography team for creating this video for us. Austin Tippett (producer, videogr...
Water Fountain
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Water Fountain performed by the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus at their Spring Concert, Where the Light Begins, on May 20, 2023. Composed by Nathaniel Brenner and Merrill Garbus Arranged by Kristopher Fulton and adapted for women's voices by Ashley Wright Percussion: Kevin "KoKo" Jones Clappers: Kristin Bauer, Bonnie Doyle, Rashel Pospiech, Ashley Wright We give a special thanks to the Grand Valle...
By Night
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By Night performed by the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus at their Spring Concert, Where the Light Begins, on May 20, 2023. Composed by Elaine Hagenberg Chellist: Anne Thompson Violinist: Letitia Jap Pianist: Phil Pletcher Percussion: Kevin "KoKo" Jones We give a special thanks to the Grand Valley State University Department of Visual and Media Arts videography team for creating this video for us. ...
Grand Rapids Women's Chorus Winter Concert Dec 2, 2022
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GRWC Annual Winter Concert Dec. 2, 2022 St. Cecilia Music Center. If you enjoy this performance, please consider making a donation at www.grwc.org. We hope to see you on May 19 and 20, 2023, for our Spring Concert. Lady Oak: Wannabe And So It Goes GRWC Full Group: Voice on the Wind Black Fly Song The Peace of Wild Things Madre Dea Rattlesnake Song (frame drums) O Love Fire El Cumbanchero Armor
Sing About It
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Performed by the Grand Rapids Women's Chorus May 21, 2022 Composed by Moira Smiley Soloists: Sarah Allmon and Isabel Abbott Directed by Blithe Brouwers Video editing by Dave Kagan of Sensitography SING ABOUT IT It’s so sad. We don’t understand each other yet. How can this be when we’ve been living together for so long? So close to each other’s beauty? It’s so sad. Makes me feel so bad. I can’t ...
GRWC Winter Concert Dec. 4, 2021
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Grand Rapids Women's Chorus Winter Concert - Dec. 4, 2021. St. Cecilia Music Center. If you enjoy this performance, please consider making a donation at www.grwc.org. We hope to see you on May 21, 2022, for our Spring Concert. Lady Oak: Sing About It Light in the Hallway GRWC Full Group: Sing Gently Warrior Peace, from "Where I Live: a Breast Cancer Oratorio" Sing Wearing the Sky what i want Wh...
Shower The People
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Grand Rapids Women's Chorus - Lady Oak virtual choir presentation of Shower the People (with Love). December 2020.
Vivamos Con Esperanza (Let's Live With Hope)
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Vivamos Con Esperanza (Let's Live With Hope)
cool
Excellent!
Beautiful
Love the dresses.
Great performance.
Gorgeous!
Beautiful!! Amazing arrangement by Jocelyn Scofield!!!
Yaaaassss!!!
Great video and inspiring too! Yea for GRWC!
Always a joy to hear GRWC! Wonderful concert!
Really sounds wonderful
Can the performance song list be listed under the description?
No, no, no!!! This song is extremely triggering for people with PTSD! This concern was brought up to this chorus and they chose to ignore it and claimed they could explain it was a “learning , healing and growing experience” . That’s the same as saying that something is racist and being told it’s ok, you can use it to help you heal 😡
Greasy man, come and dig my well!
Music that brings peace to the Soul! Thank you, for this gift!
No words...reached deep in my core. Totally unexpected that!!
Intense and amazing!! 🔥
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Woohah wooha!!! ❤❤❤
WOW!!!💟 Awesome!💜
Beautiful craft
Hermosa versión Me hicieron llorar de amor
so beautiful song
Excellent performance ✨💗✨
Great work ladies! Nice choir arrangement and super solo!
Fabulous job!! Thank you for carrying this song in your voices
WOW…Great presentation.
Wow that's very powerful ladies well done
This was amazing!
Hello, I’m struggling to find the sheet music for the chorale arrangement for The Women Gather - would you mind telling me how you received it or where to find it? I contacted Sweet Honey in the Rock a few years ago but got no reply.
Great Song
I love carissa Judy she is my mom
Great job girls....congratulations!!!!!!!!!!
How incredibly beautiful..a gift of light. Thank you.
WOW. Just WOW! You've outdone yourselves. This will certainly brighten up these next few dark months. Appreciate you all so much. Can't wait to see you up close and personal as soon as it's safe.
THAT WAS AWESOME.... YOU are so Beautiful and I pray that GOD will Bless everyone of you and your familys and KEEP YOU SAFE....GREAT JOB AND MUSIC ... THANK YOU SO MUCH WE ALL NEED THIS......
Such pure joy to sing all those songs. My heart sure needed this tonight.
Thank all for the many hours given to create this event. It was so much more than a projection on my tablet -you all reached out and touched us just when we needed it.
So wonderful - thank you so much for putting this together and sharing your music again!!!
Loving every moment of this amazing concert! What an wonderful group of talented women!!
Hi Mary Alice. This is wonderful and you look adorable. Sorry there’s no after party this year but your commonalities shine through. So happy I got to meet many of you last year.
Outstanding! Such heartfelt soaring music!