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River Singers - Spring 2025 Concert

River Singers "Be the Light" Spring Concert led by Mary Cay Brass (marycaybrass.com) with guest director, Dr. Kathy Bullock (kathybullock.com). April 12th, 2025 in Westminster West, VT. The 60-voice River Singers Community Chorus performs an eclectic concert of world music on Saturday and Sunday, April 12 and 13. The River Singers, in its 34rd year, is a multi -generational community choir led by Mary Cay Brass, The choir sings a thrilling variety of community-based music from many diverse cultural and musical traditions. Mary Cay will be joined by Dr. Kathy Bullock, Professor Emerita from Berea College, who is a workshop clinician, choral conductor, arranger and scholar in the field of African American music. This is the fourteenth time Dr Bullock has worked with the River Singers sharing the joy of gospel, spirituals, freedom songs and West African praise songs. The River Singers Choir is dedicated to musical diplomacy, using music as a bridge for learning about and enjoying other cultures while, at the same time, using their concerts to benefit peace building projects. This concert will feature love songs from the Balkans, a marching song from the Republic of Georgia, Lithuanian sutartinas, South African church hymns, as well as traditional and contemporary shape note music. The choir will also feature the song Hope Lingers On by local fiddler, singer/songwriter, Lissa Schneckenburger - a classic song for our times celebrating peace, hope, love and justice. The River Singers have some wonderful instrumentalists as singers in the choir. Laurie Rabut will accompany songs on her wonderful violin and viola and Stefan Amidon will be joining us on percussion with dumbek, djembe and cajon. Every River Singer concert is a benefit for a local or global peace initiative. This year’s concerts will support refugee resettlement in southern Vermont. For more information contact [email protected]