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HER 2020 - 2021 SEASON RE-IMAGINED Celebrating the Impact of Women on the World Live Performances April 14 - 18, 2021 Online Video Concert May 7 - 21, 2021The catalyst for the 20-21 season, this concert celebrates the indelible mark women have made on the world. Inspired by the hard-fought battle to win the right for women to vote, we celebrate barrier-blasters and trailblazers with works by women composers and/or based on texts by women authors and poets, including Alice Parker, Hildegard von Bingen, Jocelyn Hagen, Emily Dickinson, Christina Rossetti, Georgia Douglas Johnson, Maya Angelou and more. THE TRAILBLAZERS WOMEN CREATORS & GAME CHANGERS True Concord Choir & Chamber Players "I feel there is something unexplored about woman that only a woman can explore." - Georgia O'Keefe Since 2017, True Concord’s competition has led to the creation of dozens of new works and four premieres, including this year's winning composition. This year, entries involved settings of texts from suffrage movement leaders. You are among the first to hear this work performed! World Premiere: the 2020-21 Stephen Paulus Emerging Composers Competition winner“Come, come, my friend, wipe the dew off your spectacles, and see that the world is moving.” - Elizabeth Cady Stantonpresents PARTNERS THE TRAILBLAZERS Eric Holtan, Founding Music Director Corporate Season Sponsor Associate Corporate Season Sponsor Season Sponsors Andrew & Cammie Watson Associate Season Sponsor Frances S. Richardson Spring Season Sponsor Carol des Cognets Concert Series Sponsors Nancy March & Neil Ampel April 14 Performance Sponsor Robert Filep April 17 Performance Sponsors Eve Shapiro & Paul Gordon April 17 Performance Co-Sponsor Mary Croft Video Performance Sponsors Nancy March & Neil Ampel Eve Shapiro & Paul Gordon Stephen Paulus Emerging Composers Competition Sponsors John & Barbara McLeanEQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITYTHE TRAILBLAZERS PROGRAM DIVINE FEMININE O Frondens Virga Drew Collins (b. 1975) (based on a chant and text by Hildegard von Bingen) My Guardian Angel Judith Weir (b. 1954) NATURE'S BEAUTY The Rose Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978) (text by Christina Rossetti) To See the Sky Jocelyn Hagen (b. 1980) (text by Sara Teasdale) The Birds Begun at Four O’Clock Emma Lou Diemer (b. 1927) (text by Emily Dickinson) REMEMBERING THOSE WE’VE LOST My Companion Elaine Hagenberg (b. 1979) (text by Edith Franklin Wyatt) Wanting Memories Ysaÿe Barnwell (b. 1946) Eric Holtan, Founding Music Director Philip Moody, Assistant Director TRUE CONCORD VOICES & ORCHESTRA SOPRANO Jennifer Bates (Portland, ME) Julie Bosworth (Baltimore, MD) Chelsea Helm (New York, NY) Christina Kay (New York, NY) Asleif Willmer (Santa Cruz, CA) ALTO Catherine Hedberg (Boothbay Harbor, ME) Kim Leeds (Fitchburg, MA) Lindsay Pope (Williamsburg, MA) Gina Soranno McCann (Tucson, AZ) PIANO Michael Dauphinais (Tucson, AZ) TENOR Erik Gustafson (Sewanee, TN) Patrick Muehleise (New York, NY) Steven Soph (Philadelphia, PA) Gene Stenger (New Haven, CT) BASS Nicholas Miguel (Grinnell, IA) Philip Moody (Atlanta, GA) Ross Tamaccio (Baltimore, MD) Max Tipton (Boston, MA) Edward Vogel (New Haven, CT) CELLO Rob Chamberlain (Tucson, AZ)THROUGH THE VALLEY IN PEACE We Shall Walk Through the Valley Arr. Undine Smith Moore (1904-1989) Maya’s Prayer for Peace Tom Trenney (b. 1977) (text by Maya Angelou) A NEW DAY DAWNING Will There Really Be a “Morning?" Craig Hella Johnson (b. 1962) (text by Emily Dickinson) Bright Morning Stars Arr. Alice Parker (b. 1925) Sing, My Child Sarah Quartel (b. 1982) RISING UP The Heart of a Woman Florence Price (1887-1953) (text by Georgia Douglas Johnson) Kim Leeds, mezzo-soprano When I Rise Up Ethan Soledad (b. 1999) (text by Georgia Douglas Johnson) World premiere — Winner of the 2021 Stephen Paulus Emerging Composers Competition Ethan Soledad (b. 1999) Bold, dramatic, with an exquisite attention to detail, Ethan Soledad is a composer whose music aims to express emotions in their most raw form. A classically trained singer, he incorporates the need for drama in his work, emphasizing the importance of silence and one’s perception of time. Ethan’s music draws from a wide palette of compositional styles and colors ranging from impressionism to neoclassicism and post-minimalism. His musical style is marked by unapologetic expression, dynamic extremes, and the ability to do more with less but never shying away from doing more with more. Ethan will graduate with his BA in music from Florida State University by the end of Spring 2021 and plans to pursue graduate school for an MM in music composition.$20,000 or more Warren & Donna Beck $10,000-$19,999 Marlys Beider Nancy March & Neil Ampel Frances S. Richardson Jeannette Segel $5000-$9,999 Quentin Anderson & Pamela Henderson Anonymous in honor of Jack Wahl & Mary Lou Forier Carol des Cognets Phil & Susie Corkill Bob & Maija Downing Wesley Green Julia Pernet Janet Spadora Andrew & Cammie Watson Other Gifts Joseph S. Alpert, MD and Qin Chen, PhD Carolyn Andersen Dennis & Sabra Anderson Pat & Reidar Bjorhovde Other Gifts (Continued) Herb & Sylvia Burton Keith & Gretchen Carew Shirley Chann David & Margot Chatterton Sarah Dinham Patricia Engels & Dick Medland Elizabeth Giles Jorgen & Cynthia Hansen Charlotte Hanson Dr. Marilyn Heins & Milton Francis Eric Holtan Toby Huff & Judith Austen Lendre & King Kearns John & Gloria Levin John & Barbara McLean Donna Langwig Carol Mangold Susan Markovich John & Barbara McLean Richard & MaryAnn Miya David Nix & Ellen Wheeler Juliana Osinchuk Andrea & Douglas Robson J. Arthur Rodger Eve Shapiro & Paul Gordon Howard & Marilyn Steele Donors to True Concord’s “Bubble” Project True Concord is grateful to the following donors whose contributions have made the unique and re-imagined 2020-21 season possible.1020KC TC Just when you thought you had senior living communities all figured out, discover why Splendido stands out from the crowd. 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