


The combination of her music and Langston Hughes’ poetry was the draw,” said David Poole, deProfundis’ artistic director. … I’ve never heard anything by her that wasn’t very creative, very surprising. She’s done a tremendous amount of composing and arranging. “Gwyneth Walker is a revered American composer.
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HOW MUCH: $15 general public, $12 seniors, $10 students, free for those 12 and under in advance at or at the door April 29 at Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 114 Carlisle SE Michael & All Angels Episcopal Church, 601 Moñtano NW and 3 p.m. The choral concerts’ title, “I’ve Known Rivers: Songs of Hope and Healing,” refers to the musical settings of poems of Hughes, the famous Harlem Renaissance poet, author and social activist.ĭeProfundis is using Gwyneth Walker’s settings of the poems. My favourite is authentic songs, from way back when.Four Langston Hughes poems are the settings for choral works that are the centerpiece of deProfundis’ paired concerts next weekend in Albuquerque. When the choir works on a new song that I don’t know, I rehearse that. Like my daughter, I sing more in the kitchen. What do you sing in the shower? I don’t sing in the shower. I went to the auditions and saw them there. I didn’t even know that both my daughters were already in the choir. Someone told me about Rana because people would hear me singing on trips or family events. When I was married, I didn’t have a lot of opportunities, until Rana was founded. What a journey Thank you, Don, for sharing your.

Why did you choose Rana? A long time after I married and had my children, I was part of an Arab seminary choir in Haifa. As a choral singer and a conductor, this book is changing how I hear, how I rehearse, and how I sing. I was the soprano in the elementary school choir The choral concerts’ title, I’ve Known Rivers: Songs of Hope and Healing, refers to the musical settings of poems of Hughes, the famous Harlem Renaissance poet, author and social activist. When did you start to sing? I started singing in 3rd or 4th grade. How long have you been in the choir? From the beginning I am also a teacher and guidance counsellor Mother to four daughters and a son, you know, five. Members of the choir: Sihrab Jwedi Abu Lassan, Irit Aharoni, Miki Oren, Ella Greenbaum, Badria Hattab, Manal Khoury, Alia Hattab, Ricki Lavi, Orit Lelloushe, Rakefet Lapid, Georgina Spiliopoulos Shibli, Pauline Odeh, Fibi Tzadok, Dalya Keva, Lubna Rifi, Gal Meisels. Rana choir operates under the “Felicia Blumenthal Center for Music”, which focuses on discovering and providing opportunities and support for talented musicians and ensembles. The choir’s repertoire includes folk songs and women’s songs in Hebrew, Arabic, and other cultures of the region. The choir aims to express the female voice, which is not heard enough in our region, to cultivate dialogue and create a cultural and human bridge. Rana has performed successfully throughout Israel and the world. The choir was founded in 2008 by Mika Danny, who serves as its musical director and conductor, and by Idan Toledano, who serves as the artistic director. Rana is a unique Arab-Jewish women’s choir operating in Jaffa and comprised of 16 Muslim, Christian, and Jewish women.
