P.O. Box 50532
Palo Alto, CA 94303
www.pwchorus.org
Press Release Press Contact: Sara Asher
April 10, 2005 Phone: 650-327-3095
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PENINSULA WOMEN'S CHORUS TRANSCENDS ARTISTIC BOUNDARIES IN ITS SPRING 2005 CONCERT,"PICTURES AT AN EXHIBITION"
Palo Alto, California― The Peninsula Women's Chorus (PWC), the premier women’s vocal ensemble of the Bay Area, will explore intersections of the visual, choral, and poetic arts in its spring 2005 concert,"Pictures at an Exhibition." Led by Artistic Director Martín Benvenuto and accompanied by pianist Jeffrey Workman, the innovative program showcases paintings, music and poetry inspired by divine, natural and human beauty.
Highlights of the program include majestic choral works by Sergei Rachmaninoff and Pavel Chesnokov, Karl Korte's evocative settings of William Blake's Songs of Innocence and an exciting collaborative exploration of Bay Area composer Maggi Payne's Desertscapes with Foothill College art students.
Concert dates: Saturday, May 21, 2005, 8:00 p.m.
St. Patrick's Seminary
Menlo Park
Sunday, May 22, 2005, 2:30 p.m.
Mission Santa Clara
Santa Clara University
Ticket information: $20 general/$15 seniors and students. Tickets may be purchased at the door or through the Stanford Ticket Office: (650) 725-ARTS.
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The Peninsula Women's Chorus (PWC) is a 50-voice choir that performs challenging contemporary and classical music locally, nationally and abroad. It is considered the premier women's vocal ensemble in the San Francisco Bay Area. Founded in 1966 and directed for 26 of those years by the late Dr. Patricia Hennings, the PWC has made a significant impact on the emergence of women’s choral music. The PWC is a two-time winner of Chorus America’s prestigious ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and has performed three times by invitation at the national American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) convention. Since the fall of 2003, the PWC has been directed by Martín Benvenuto.
For further information about the PWC, please visit our website at www.pwchorus.org.