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DESCRIPTION:Event Name: Lift Up Your Voice\nEvent Url: http://www.artsbosto
 n.org/event/detail/441590497/Lift_Up_Your_Voice\nEvent Date Begin: 2012-05
 -06\nEvent Date End: 2012-05-06\n\nThe Halalisa Singers celebrate spring w
 ith an international celebration of the joys of singing in &ldquo\;Lift Up
  Your Voice!&rdquo\; on May 5-6 in Lexington and Cambridge. \n\nThe concer
 t's title comes from Brian Tate's &ldquo\;Lift Up Your Voice!\,&rdquo\; wr
 itten in a gospel style. Featuring inspirational\, energetic group singing
  and soaring soloists\, the song speaks to the power of making a joyful no
 ise. Another example of that power is found in the South African &ldquo\;B
 ambelela (Never Give Up)\,&rdquo\; a traditional piece expressing courage 
 and perseverance in the face of tragedy. In Ralph Manuel's beautiful a cap
 pella masterwork &ldquo\;Allelulia\,&rdquo\; the chorus shows its lyrical 
 side\, while Ernani Aquiar's &ldquo\;Salmo '&rdquo\; showcases fast\, rhyt
 hmic\, exciting vocal work and Aaron Copland's &ldquo\;Zion's Walls&rdquo\
 ; interprets folk melodies through a contemporary classical lens. Master s
 ongwriter Leonard Cohen is represented in Philip Lawson's arrangement of &
 ldquo\;Hallelujah\,&rdquo\; a well-loved folk song exploring the many mean
 ings of worship. International selections include the Bulgarian folk song 
 &ldquo\;Rumjana\,&rdquo\; Stephen Leek's &ldquo\;Kungala&rdquo\; based on 
 Australian aboriginal music\, &ldquo\;Solidaridad&rdquo\; set to text by M
 exican poet Amado Nervo\, and the lovely Hebrew prayer &ldquo\;Al Shlosha 
 D'Varim.&rdquo\; Expect the unexpected in Stephen Hatfield's &ldquo\;Tjak\
 ,&rdquo\; a fascinating and fun work inspired by the Balinese monkey chant
 . The Kenyan number &ldquo\;Wana Baraka&rdquo\; starts slowly and builds i
 nto an ecstatic wall of sound\, proclaiming the blessings of life and song
 . The concert concludes with Paul Halley's &ldquo\;Freedom Trilogy\,&rdquo
 \; which combines the Kyrie from &ldquo\;Missa de Angelis&rdquo\; with Sou
 th African freedom songs and &ldquo\;Amazing Grace&rdquo\; for a masterful
  and moving choral experience. \n\nAccompanying the singers will be pianis
 t Valerie Ross\, percussionist Bertram Lehmann\, and Reed Butler on electr
 ic bass.\nUnder the leadership of Artistic Director Mary Cunningham Neuman
 n\, the Halalisa Singers are now in their eighteenth year offering perform
 ances in the Boston area. Formed in 1993 by renowned songleader and Mystic
  Chorale director Nick Page\, this Lexington-based vocal ensemble is the g
 reater Boston area's premier world music ensemble.  Halalisa is the Zulu w
 ord for &ldquo\;celebration&rdquo\;\, and in that spirit\, the Halalisa re
 pertoire includes African\, Latin\, Spiritual\, Jewish\, Folk and Jazz mus
 ic.  A diverse group of men and women\, The Halalisa Singers are inspired 
 by the belief that music is a universal language with the power to uplift 
 and unite us all.  For more information about The Halalisa Singers\, pleas
 e visit their website:  www.halalisa.org\n\nStart time: 3:00 PM\n
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