A Performance by The Richmond Choral Society March 21, 2010

The concert is entitled Women of Note, and is presented in conjunction with the statewide initiative Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts. Featuring choral works by Alice Parker, Emma Lou Diemer, Amy Scurria, Gwyneth Walker and African-American composers Undine Smith Moore, Margaret A. Bonds, and Rosephanye Powell; the program also highlights texts by Eleanor Roosevelt, Elizabeth Bishop and Sara Teasdale. Guest artist Lisa Edwards-Burrs joins RCS for this special afternoon of music as lecturer and vocal soloist. The pre-concert lecture begins at 3:30 p.m. The afternoon will also highlight the visual arts with our “Afternoon Art Gallery,” a unique collaboration celebrating women in the arts. The gallery will open at 3 p.m. and again after the concert. he 60-voice RCS is Richmond’s oldest continuously performing arts organization. As “The Chorus That Gives Back to the Community,” RCS regularly partners with other Richmond-area nonprofits.

Official Website: http://www.richmondchoralsociety.org