Choral Concert Celebrating the Centennial of the 19th Amendment
In Here I Am, a powerful multimedia symphony, Jocelyn Hagen honors the voices and stories of women from across time and culture. This exciting work features choir and orchestra conducted by Michael D. Costello, and striking portraiture projected live. Here I Am celebrates the centennial of the 19th Amendment – the culmination of the women’s suffrage movement – and the ongoing fight for equality. We are joined by Grammy-nominated soprano Laura Strickling and Spirito Singers conducted by Carling FitzSimmons. The program also includes Crowded Table by Andrea Ramsy, You Must Feel with Certainty by Sarah Kirkland Snider, A Young Nun, Singing by Libby Larsen, and Why I Pity the Woman Who Never Spills by Elizabeth Alexander. In addition, Laura Strickling will perform Woman Walking by Nell Shaw Cohen and Spirito Singers will sing What Happens When a Woman by Alexandra Olsavsky, Beautiful by Zanaida Stewart Robles, Flashlight by Jessie J., arr. Carling FitzSimmons and Nothin’ Gonna Stumble My Feet arranged by Greg Gilpin. A brief talkback session will take place after each performance featuring a presentation by DuShaun Branch Pollard, Community Organizing Director for Change Illinois, on how the challenges to voting represented in the concert resonate with specific efforts to expand and secure voting rights today, especially in Illinois.
Tickets available in advance or at the door: Adult $45, Senior $35 (65+), Educator $20 (with teacher ID), Student $10 (with student ID), children under 13 are free with paying adult. Visit www.consonancechicago.org or call 773-658-9799. This program is partially supported by a grant from the Illinois Arts Council.
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