Choral Art Society of the South Shore (CAS) presents “I Hear America Singing: Songs for the People and The American Songbook”

Our Spring concert, “I Hear America Singing” is a fantastic, inspiring, joyful concert. The first half “Songs for the People” features gospel, spiritual, and inspiring music. The second half, “The American Songbook” focuses on music from the American Songbook from 1924-1956.

According to Danica Buckley, “the concert ranges from powerful words of Maya Angelou, Langston Hughes, and others, to familiar and toe-tapping songs of Cole Porter, the Gershwins, and vocal jazz classics. For a breath of fresh air, goose-bump provoking inspiration, a chance to sing along a bit, and some bopping along with us, come join us at this lively concert!”

Featured music: Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Irving Berlin’s popular setting of Emma Lazarus’s poem on the Statue of Liberty; The Negro Speaks of Rivers, Text by Langston Hughes and Music by Margaret Bonds; Songs from Fats Waller to Cole Porter, and jazz favorites, “I’ve Got the World on a String” and “When Sunny Gets Blue”.

Conducted by Danica A. Buckley

Pianist, Mijin Choi

Guitar, Chris Rubén Winters

Bass, Matthew Edwards

Drums, Adam Nazro

7:30pm, Saturday, April 27 or 4pm, Sunday, April 28

Both concerts are at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church at 465 Parish Road, Scituate, MA

The concert is an hour and a half including intermission.

Tickets:

$25 General admission

$23 65+

$10 Card to Culture (Present WIC, EBT, or ConnectorCare card at the door)

Free for 18 years old and under

Purchase online at our website, www.choralartsociety.org, from a CAS member, or at the door.

For more information about CAS, visit our website, and follow Choral Art Society of the South Shore on Facebook. This performance is supported in part by LLC grants from Duxbury, Marshfield, and Scituate, and the Massachusetts Cultural Council, South Shore Music Circus, and Coastal Heritage Bank.