MUSIC

The Radcliffe Choral Society and Harvard University are pleased to announce the 2013 Harvard Women’s Chorus Festival on Feburary 15-16, 2013, highlighted by a performance residency with internationally renowned a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock®. Featuring children’s, high school, collegiate, community and professional ensembles from across the United States, the festival brings distinguished singers, conductors, composers and scholars together to celebrate music for women’s voices. Concert I 8:00 – 10:00pm, Sanders Theatre Featuring Sweet Honey in the Rock, The Radcliffe Choral Society, The Sisters of Kuumba, Handel and Haydn Society’s Young Women’s Chorus and The Boston Conservatory Women’s Chorus Concert II 4:00 – 6:00pm, Sanders Theatre Featuring Keynote Address by Beverly Taylor and performances by the Wellesley College Choir, Smith College Glee Club, Vassar College Women’s Chorus, Rhode Island Children’s Chorus Chamber Choir, Cantilena, and Cappella Clausura Concert III 8:00 – 10:00pm, Sanders Theatre Featuring the World Premiere of Elena Ruehr’s “They used to ask me” (2012), Lorelei Ensemble, The Radcliffe Choral Society, CCCEPA Select Women’s Ensemble, Los Angeles Children’s Chorus Chamber Singers, and the Cornell University Chorus