"In three January weekends you all showed up for a one-composer concert presented by A Notion, A Scream; a preview of In Medio's ACDA performance ahead in March; Resonance Ensemble on stage with Sweet Honey in the Rock®; Oregon Chorale's journey to The Planets with the Beaverton Symphony; and Evenstar Ensemble taking us all back to the days of Duchies."
"At the Resonance Ensemble/Sweet Honey in the Rock® January 25 concert at the Reser Center folks were remembering concerts fifty years ago when they heard Sweet Honey in the Rock® for the first time. In random snippets of overheard conversation as folks gathered in the hall audience members were recalling the songs written by Sweet Honey in the Rock® founder Bernice Johnson Reagon that decried racism and brutality."
The early 2026 Willamette Valley choral season launched robustly by mid-January with varied programs: a one-composer concert, an ACDA preview, a Resonance Ensemble collaboration with Sweet Honey in the Rock®, Oregon Chorale and the Beaverton Symphony performing The Planets, and Evenstar Ensemble revisiting historical repertoire. Choir sizes ranged from five to ninety singers, including professional and non-auditioned groups and musicians from teens to seniors; two ensembles formed in 2025 and one marked fifty years. Performances presented stories of worship, protest, grief, joy, and social justice, and audiences recalled landmark protest songs addressing racism and brutality.
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