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Welcome!We think we have a terrific concert for you.

Aurora sings these two concerts today to celebrate and share our love of music and of singing.

We are a full stage full of women singing for the sheer joy of it. We have a program of songs that we are really enjoying, and that we are delighted to share with all of you. We sing for you, our loyal supporters, and for those who are in the audience for their first Aurora concert.

We have had such a wonderful year. We hosted Lunafest, an evening of short films by, for and about women, in February. This is our second year with Lunafest and we find it a good match for us.

Our annual Bloomin’ Auction was a bigger, better event with more frills and an elegant dinner…benefitting not only Aurora but also our community partners at Home Free. Yes, we have continued our partnership with Home Free, one of the many community programs of the Volunteers of America. The partnership of an arts organization and a social service organization is pretty unusual, but our commitment is really about the heart of Aurora…about what we believe and support.

Home Free serves women and children from violent homes, empowering their clients until they are in safe homes. We encourage you to stop by their tale in the foyer and find out why we are so excited about what they do. We also have guests and staff in the audience from VOA programs. We honor what they do in our community!

Auroras’ financial support comes from ticket sales, our members’ fees, and contributions. We appreciate that you support us by attending our concerts. Again, thank you for joining us. We hope you will be just thrilled by this program about the joy of music…hearing music and making music.

From the Aurora BoardBarbara Blackstone, Laura Day, Mary Hull Caballero, Megara Kastner, Marilyn Lindberg, Peggy McComb, and Judi Ranton

Welcome!“Songs of themselves are not paths to the soul. Singing does not automatically carry us there. When singers become the singing, however, some horizon, both inner and outer, opens and we know, if only briefly, why we live.”

— Carolyn McDade

We are here today with the intention of opening ho-rizons, of opening hearts with the magic that occurs when the singer becomes the song. Aurora takes flight today with the beauty and grace of music beneath our wings — music that has stood the test of time as well as music of our time; music married to words that help us remember why we sing. Thank you for listening!

Joan Szymko, Artstic DirectorAurora Chorus

The BoardPeggy McComb, Chair Mary Hull Caballero, Vice-Chair Laura Day, Secretary Barbara Blackstone, Treasurer Judi Ranton Megara Kastner Marilyn Lindberg

Joan Szymko, Ex-officioKristan Burkert, Ex-officioStacy Watts & Bill Leissner, Recording SecretariesLan Fendors, Bookkeeper

Artistic Director’s Greeting

A singing member of Aurora for 13 years, Eileen Spencer died on October 16, 2008 at age 64. She was passionate about the chorus and, in spite of a ten-year struggle with cancer, gave generously of her time and talents. She was an independent, adventuresome woman who was energized by singing.

In honor of Eileen’s passion that Aurora continue to flourish, we have established the Eileen Spencer Memorial Fund. It is supporting scholarships so that more women can sing together about peace and justice. We invite you to join this effort through a contribution to Aurora Chorus—earmarked for the Eileen Spencer Fund.

Checks: Aurora Chorus - Eileen Spencer Fund

FIRST SOPRANOPhyllis AugerClaudine BlakeMargaret BlakeKristan BurkertBarbara CabotJennifer ChildsJoyce FollingstadKirsten HaysChristine Hayward*Cathryn HeronFrances HicksLaurel HortschWendy HowardConstance LaGue**Brie MilgromNancy OtisDebbie PinneyJudi RantonJan SaulsJenna ScottKaren ShurtluffBonnie SingerWendy Street

Stacy WattsAnn Wilson

SECOND SOPRANOSarah AaserudeIris ArmosElaine BallBarbara BavaKatelin Brewer-ColiePatricia CornmanBetsy DowellJulie EarnestMeg GraceNancy HamerKayo HuffmanRoberta JortnerStatic KaederLisa Kron**Dorothy LaDouceurLani Jo LeighJoan Mullen WoodsJane NashLinda Nichenko*Ruth Palmer

Rebecca PepperGeorgia PinkelGwen PorusSara SutterJana ToulouseKimber WardenJennifer Zika

FIRST ALTOClaire AdamsickMicki BarneyBella BoxBrenda BrischettoCathy CartwrightBarbara GrayTerri GrayumJoni HartmannRenee HathornAnne HeimlichRandi HinzeMarylyn JohnDiane KenedyMary King*Gayle Koszegi**

Marilyn LindbergBunny MarechalKim MartinGaia MatherPeggy McCombLisa MolinaMary Ellen MorrisonColleen MumfordPaula NusplMary PatmanLynne PhillipsJackie RoseSharon RoseJenna SarowitzGillian SchmidtSimone SunderlandMichele StemlerKrista ThomasDeEtte WaleedCarol Walker**Karen WatersApril Wiza

SECOND ALTOLiz BartellPat BlancoRachel Brooks**Cyd CannizzaroBarb CantonwineJan CorwinErica DanielsPam EvansLisa Fithian-BarrettVictoria GillJeanette HankinsMarya Hazilla*Jeanne KrinsleyVirginia MaloneJennifer MangieriLinda MiloneGail MurphyCJ TimperMaryAnne WakefieldAndrea WienerCindy Zrinyi

* Administrative Section Leader ** Music Section Leader

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Aurora Staff & VolunteersArtistic DirectorJoan Szymko

Business ManagerBill Leissner

Aurora Coordinating TeamAnne Heimlich, Music LibrarianBarbara Blackstone, Concert CoordinatorBunny Marechal, WebsiteChris Hayward, Chorus TreasurerDiane Kenedy, WebsiteDorothy LaDouceur, Retreat Co-chairJackie Rose, Harmonizer ChairKristan Burkert, Chorus CoordinatorLauren Eisenberg, Outreach CoordinatorLiz Bartell, Retreat Co-chairMarya Hazilla, At-LargeMarylyn John, Festival CoordinatorPat Blanco, ScribeRebecca Pepper, Membership

Chorus Volunteer StaffAndrea Wiener, Outreach Music LibrarianColleen Mumford, GreeterGayle Koszegi, E-list AdministratorJulie Earnest, Reset Team LeadLinda Milone, Nametag CoordinatorNancy Hamer, ArchivistNancy Otis, Attendance ManagerPatricia Cornman, GreeterSharon Rose, Potluck Coordinator

Section LeadersChris HaywardConstance LaGueGayle KoszegiJeanette HankinsJulie EarnestKaren BenjaminLinda NichenkoLisa KronMary KingMarya HazillaRachel Brooks

HarmonizersAndrea WienerCarol WalkerClaudine BlakeElaine BallJackie RoseJan CorwinNancy HamerPhyllis Auger

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Auction CommitteeLaura Day – Co-chairPeggy McComb – Co-chair

Lunafest Film FestivalMary Hull Caballero, Chair

Chinook Book FundraisingJudi Ranton, Chair

Concert CommitteeBarbara Blackstone, Concert CoordinatorBill Leissner, Promotion and Volunteer

Coordinator, Tickets, AdsDebby Schauffler, Program EditorEmily Hascall and Emily Rosenthal,

Graphics and Program ProductionJan Carpenter, Stage ManagerJennifer Childs, MerchandiseJoni Hartmann, Poster DistributionWendy Street, Flowers

Concert VolunteersMegara Kastner, Front of House

Susan AbeSue BartlettNatasha BeckChrissy BernardEdna BordersCynthia CascanteMartha HallChelsea HarperAnnie HerringAronael K’TrevaAndaesha K’TrevaJana LeeMalia LewisCosmic LovegoodJudy MackanessMartha McCormackKate MuraAlyssa NorlingSusan OverbackTina PenmanKathy RentenbachDoretta R SchrockMica ScofieldCaleb WardenLevi WardenHannah WardenSue Watson

Thank You VolunteersAurora thanks these volunteers and those who volunteered too late for their names to appear in print, for the contribution of their hands, hearts and minds. Our continuing success depends upon your willingness to help.

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Joan Szymko has led choruses in the Pacific Northwest for nearly thirty years. Originally from Chicago, she studied choral music education at the University of Illinois (Urbana,) and composition and ethnomusicology at the University of Washington. She moved to Portland from Seattle in 1993 to take on leadership of Aurora Chorus. She brought with her extensive experience in conducting women’s voices, composing and arranging skills, and a wide knowledge of peace and justice repertoire. Sixteen years later, she continues to inspire and motivate women of widely varying musical abilities to come into their own voices and to aspire to choral excellence. Szymko began composing in the early 1980’s to fill a need for mature, substantive, contemporary pieces for adult treble ensemble. A nationally recognized choral composer, her music is widely performed. She has made a significant contribution to the body of literature for women’s voices:

“Joan Szymko…has continued to provide opportunities for women’s choruses to stretch beyond the ordinary and the expected to the refreshing and powerful.”

[The Choral Journal]

A frequently commissioned composer, she was most recently honored by the American Choral Directors Association as the recipient of the prestigious Raymond W. Brock Memorial Commission for 2010. This new work was premiered this past spring by select SATB choirs at the seven regional conferences of the ACDA. Joan’s music is published by Santa Barbara Music Publishing, Roger Dean Publishing Company, earthsongs, Treble Clef Press and Yelton Rhodes Music. Joan plans to launch a self publishing venture, Viriditas Music Press, later in 2010.

AccompanistSigne Lusk studied piano accompanying at the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and then continued her studies in Stuttgart, Germany. Upon returning to the United States, she worked for the Oregon Symphony as the Assistant Publicity Director. Lusk has worked as staff pianist for the American Institute of Musical Studies in Graz, Austria. She was given the Outstanding Music Director Award for her work on “Candide”. She made her Carnegie Hall debut in 1998. She accompanied soprano Debra Wilke in the National Association of Teachers of Singing Artists Award Competition, where she was awarded first place. Lusk has performed in concerts with Metropolitan opera stars Jerome Hines, Nico Castel and John Del Carlo, and she was pianist for National Trumpet Association winner Andre Dubelston. In addition, Lusk has worked for Seattle, Portland and Eugene opera companies. Currently, Lusk is staff pianist at the First Unitarian Church, where she conducts their Nova Choir. She is also staff accompanist for the Pacific International Children’s Choir Festival.

Aurora ChorusSINCE 1992, Aurora Chorus has honored the strength and beauty of women’s lives through the fine art of choral singing. In Aurora, the beauty and power of mu-sic to heal, to inspire, and to reflect a universal yearning for peace blend together in an atmosphere of inclusive-ness and respect.

Led by director Joan Szymko, Aurora Chorus consists of over 100 women from the Portland area. Through finely-crafted performances of music, Aurora has be-come a source of strength and inspiration for our com-munity.

Aurora presents two concerts each season and also ap-pears at community events. Two full length CDs of the chorus’ music Full Circle and Solstice! are for sale in the lobby and through the chorus’ website, www.au-rorachorus.org, where you can also read about future events and find out how to join the chorus.

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Program NotesBy Joan Szymko

We begin with a rousing Renaissance canon, Musica vivat aeterna – music lives eternally. Singing is sometimes referred to as the “First Art” as the voice is the first instrument, and one with we all have. In an interview, singer songwriter Susan Osborn had to say about the power of vocal music:

“What happens when a room full of people sings together is that polarities disappear. Not differences, but polarities; and you experience communion. And once you’ve experienced communion with a group of people you relate to them differently. They’re us.”

For the Shakers, singing was all about communion. Singing accompanied the climax of Shaker worship: dance. It was their dancing that led the “United Society of Believers in Christ’s Second Appearing” to be known as “Shakers.” Inspired by Spirit, dancing was a profound expression of the unity and cooperation they aspired to as “God’s people.” Shakers’ songs and dances were understood as gifts received by individuals from Spirit. Received in 1838, the song Come Dance and Sing accompanied a lively “round dance.”

Whether singing in a congregation, in a professional group or being caught up in the sounds of a 100 voice community chorus like Aurora, any singer will tell you that for us earthbound creatures, To Sing Is to Fly. Composer Gwyneth Walker says this about her setting of Joan Baez’s poem: “The musical interpretation, with both the piano accompaniment and the vocal lines endeavors to capture the flowing and triumphant spirit of song in flight.” In an essay to young composers Walker wrote: “…the only sort of music that will communicate…must come from your imagination, your mind, your heart.” Sometimes the human creative imagination seems to draw from no other than — the Divine. Beethoven said of Franz Schubert (1797-1828) “Truly, in Schubert there is a divine spark.” One of the greatest composers of all time, Schubert is especially noted for his lieder (literally, “songs”). A hymn to art of music, An die Musik (1817) is one of his best loved art songs.

Surely one of the most well loved choral pieces of the last twenty years is Morten Lauridsen’s, Dirait-on. The finale of the choral song cycle on Rilke’s “rose poems,” La Rose Complete, Dirait-on is composed as a chanson popular (folksong) that weaves together two melodies heard earlier in the song cycle. Like Schubert’s An die Musik, the direct, beautiful simplicity of Dirait-on has the power to transport the singer to another state of mind. It is not surprising then that poet Lily Long describes the state of being “between worlds” — between sleep and subconscious awareness— as: The Singing Place. In the “singing place” the poet is carried on rushing waves of sound into glorious union with this realization: “And the song is joy, is life— and the song am I!”

In poet Gail Trembley’s dreams, she too is carried by sounds and rhythms as creation awakens in her a profound understanding of being alive. In Dreams opens Oregon composer Ron Jeffer’s powerful multi-movement setting of Trembley’s poetry, “Indian Singing.” Aurora performed this work in its entirety 2003, with Trembley as our special guest. She wrote: “these poems are based in old traditions rooted in the American continent and… are informed by the experience of indigenous ways of seeing.”

Our next song, Todo o Meu Ser, (All of my being) with Portuguese lyrics and Brazilian flavor actually has its roots with the Inuit: indigenous peoples of the North American Arctic. While I was in Brazil last year I set to music a quote by Inuit leader, Oripingalik, from the early 20th century: “How many songs I have I cannot tell you. All my being is a song, and I sing as I draw breath.”

Jazz is “indigenous” to the USA. Duke Ellington is one of the greatest single contributors to this art form, often referred to as “American clas-sical music.” How many songs did Duke have? He penned more than 3000 songs. His 1931 hit, It Don’t Mean a Thing (If it Ain’t Got that Swing) was the first song to use the word “swing” in the title— and introduced swing (well known concept to jazz musicians) as a concept to American popular music before the swing era began. The song was a big hit and is to this day, a jazz standard. Jazz and rhythm & blues changed everything, of course. The influence is felt today throughout all popular music the world over. There is a link

between the “do-wah’s” of It Don’t Mean a Thing and the “ba-domps” in our next song, Julia Jumps. Duke Ellington was known to advise: “You’ve got to find some way of saying it without saying it.” Contemporary songwriter, Harmony Grisman does just that with her “ba-domp bomp” riff in this delightful gem.

Julia Jumps is all about joy and being in the moment. Blogger Erin Blackwell, who we heard from earlier in the program, (spoken word) reflects on singing An die Musik with her choir: “I only wanted to give it my all, to be present to the music moving through me, to not choke off, to forget about “me.” Why Don’t You Sing in the Chorus goes further in lauding the zen of ensemble singing, and shakes off the childhood baggage of “choristers as losers” in this funny, sweet song by Linda Allen.

How many of us sing in the chorus? A recent “Chorus Impact Study” by Chorus America found that 32.5 million adults sing regularly in at least one of 270,000 choruses nationwide! One imagines that many of these choruses are church choirs For a lot of folks, their first taste of choral singing is within a Christian congregation. Aurora honors this choral heritage with the next four selections.

As one of the best loved and most recognized hymns, Amazing Grace hardly needs an introduction, though its history is worth noting. Hymn text author, John Newton (the self proclaimed “wretch” of the first verse) was an English clergyman and poet. Before being called to min-istry, he was a sea captain who plied the slave trade. He begged for God’s mercy to save his ship during a violent storm at sea. He survived and thus began his spiritual conversion. He soon left the sea and slav-ing, studied theology—becoming a well known preacher and writer of hymns. The origin of the tune is not known - though it is identified in hymnals as “New Britain.” It has been estimated that Amazing Grace is performed about ten million times annually.

How Can I Keep from Singing is often erroneously credited as a traditional Quaker hymn. This is most likely because it was taught to folklorist Pete Seeger in the 50’s by a woman who had learned it from her Quaker grandmother. Actually, the hymn text was written in 1868 by American Baptist, Rev. Robert Lowery. (the source of the tune is unknown) Pete Seeger popularized the hymn, omitting or changing much of the Christian -specific wording and including that verse (not in the original) particular to the Quaker source. This is the version sung by activists and folksingers— and the version beautifully arranged by Gwyneth Walker which we sing today.

The Storm is Passing Over was written by American Methodist minister Charles Tindley in 1905. Born of slave parents, and self-educated, Tindley was one of the earliest and most influential writers of African American gospel music. His composition “I’ll Overcome Someday” is thought by many to be the source material for the civil rights anthem: “We Shall Overcome.”

In his own words, Albert E. Brumley, on how he came to write I’ll Fly Away: “I was picking cotton on my father’s farm and was humming the old ballad that went like this: ‘If I had the wings of an angel’ and suddenly it dawned on me that I could use this plot for a gospel-type song…. actually, I was dreaming of flying away from that cotton field when I wrote I’ll Fly Away.” Well, “fly away” he did! In 1932 this song launched a long successful song writing career. In a Smithsonian Institute study of gospel music, researchers named Albert E. Brumley “the greatest white gospel songwriter before WWII.”

“The storm is passing over — through many dangers toils and snares above earth’s lamentations —I’ll fly away to a land on God’s celestial shore… “ … In all of these beautiful, inspired images and metaphors, deliverance is achieved through faith and by the hands of a merciful God. Our next song, Listen Closely comes from a Buddhist perspective in which one is not “saved” by a deity, one “wakes up” to one’s own Buddha nature. Songwriter Steven Walter’s tender song is an exploration of a core Bud-dhist scripture, The Heart Sutra. Alla Renée Bozarth, was the first woman ordained as deacon in the Episcopal diocese of Oregon in 1971. Her ordination to the priesthood

TranslationsMusica vivat aeternaMusic lives eternally

An die MusikDu holde Kunst, in wieviel grauen Stunden, Wo mich des Lebens wilder Kreis umstrickt, Hast du mein Herz zu warmer Lieb’ entzünden, Hast mich in eine beßre Welt entrückt! Oft hat ein Seufzer, deiner Harf’ entflossen, Ein süßer, heiliger Akkord von dir Den Himmel beßrer Zeiten mir erschlossen, Du holde Kunst, ich danke dir dafür!

— Franz von Schober

To MusicOh gracious Art, in how many grey hours, When life’s fierce orbit ensnared me, Have you kindled my heart to warm love, Transfigured me into a better world! How often has a sigh escaping from your harp, A sweet, a sacred harmony of yours Thrown open the heaven of better times, Oh gracious Art, for that I thank you!

Dirait-on So they say - Rainier M Rilke (1875-1926) English translation by Barbara Muhl and Erica

Abandon entouré d’abandon, Abandon surrounding abandon,tendresse touchant aux tendresses… Tenderness touching tenderness…C’est ton intérieur qui sans cesse Your oneness endlesslyse caresse, dirait-on; Caresses itself, so they say;

se caresse en soi-même, self-caressingpar son propre reflet éclairé. Through its own clear reflection.Ainsi tu inventes le thème Thus you invent the theme du Narcisse exaucé. of Narcissus fulfilled.

Todo o Meu SerNão sei dizer-te quantas canções eu canto,Todo o meu ser é uma canção

with eleven other women 1974 created a huge stir within the denomi-nation and brought international attention. She wrote the poem Call on the eve of this historic ordination. I set this powerful poem in 1997 for Aurora Chorus’ Fifth Anniversary concert. We are now just two years from Aurora’s 20th season! I believe that these words of Alla’s are relevant now, more than ever. There is still a rumbling of roaring voices in the deep. Women and men are waking and rising to the call for conscious engagement in matters of spirit, community, and in the fight to remake our relationship with the Earth.

Truly, how can we keep from singing?

CallThere is a new soundof roaring voices in the deepand light-shattered rushes in the heavens;The mountains are coming alive,the fire-kindledmountains, moving againto reshape the earth.It is we sleeping women,waking up in a darkened world,cutting the chainsfrom off our bodies withour teeth, stretching our livesover the slow earth,seeing, moving,breathing in the vigorthat commands us to make all things new.

It has been said that while the women sleepthe earth shall sleep.But listen! We are waking up and rising,and soon our sister will know her strength.The earth-moving day is here.We women wake to move in fire.The earth shall be remade.

— Alla René Bozarth

E eu canto enquanto respiro.

I cannot tell you how many songs I sing,My whole being is a songAnd I sing as I draw breath.

mantra from Prajna Paramita Sutra, (The Heart Sutra) (from Listen Closely)

Gate, Gate, Paragate, P arasamgate, Bodhi Svaha.

Gone, gone, gone beyond, gone altogether beyond, O what an awakening, all-hail! (trans. Edward Conze)

To Sing is To Fly — Joan BaezTo sing is to love and affirm, to fly and soar, to coast into the hearts of people who listen, to tell them that life is to live, that love is there, hat nothing is a promise, but that beauty exists and must be hunted for and found.

The Singing Place, by Lily A. Long (1862-1927)Cold may lie the day, And bare of grace;At night I slip away To the Singing Place.A border of mist and doubt Before the gate,And the Dancing Stars grow still As hushed I wait.Then faint and far away I catch the beatIn broken rhythm and rhyme Of joyous feet,—Lifting waves of sound That will rise and swell(If the prying eyes of thought Break not the spell),Rise and swell and retreat And fall and flee,As over the edge of sleep They beckon me.And I wait as the seaweed waits For the lifting tide;

To ask would be to awake,— To be denied.I cloud my eyes in the mist That veils the hem,—And then with a rush I am past,-— I am Theirs, and of Them!

And the pulsing chant swells up To touch the sky,And the song is joy, is life, And the song am I!The thunderous music peals Around, o’erhead-The dead would awake to hear If there were dead;But the life of the throbbing Sun Is in the song,And we weave the world anew, And the Singing ThrongFill every corner of space—

Over the edge of sleep I bring but a traceOf the chants that pulse and sweep In the Singing Place.

Then faint and far away I catch the beatIn broken rhythm and rhyme Of joyous feet,—

Musica vivat aeterna attributed to Clemens non papa (ca. 1510-1556)

Come Dance and Sing traditional Shaker Song arranged by Joan Szymko

To Sing is to Fly Gwyneth Walker (b. 1947) words by Joan Baez

— It’s weird what happens inside —

An die Musik Franz Schubert (1797- 1828) poem by Franz von Schober

Dirait-On Morten Lauridsen (b. 1943) poem by Ranier M. Rilke(1875-1926)

The Singing Place Joan Szymko (b. 1957) poem by Lily A. Long (1860-1927) ensemble*(see credits)

— Music is the Landscape –

Indian Singing: In Dreams Ron Jeffers (b. 1943) poem by Gail Tremblay (b.1945)

Todo o meu Ser Joan Szymko Duet: Brenda Brischetto, Bonnie Singer words by Oripingalik, originally translated by K. Rasmussen; into Portuguese by Ferrand

Knud Rasmussen, a Danish explorer transcribed the words of

It Don’t Mean a Thing Duke Ellington (1899-1974)(If It Ain’t Got that Swing) words by Irving Mills arr. by Mac Huff

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— When you run so fast —Julia Jumps Harmony Grisman

Why Don’t You Sing in the Chorus? Linda Allen, arr. by Joan Szymko

Soloists: Lisa Kron, 4:00pm / Erica Daniels, 7:00pm

Amazing Grace Text by John Newton (1725-1807) traditional melody, arr. by Szymko

How Can I Keep from Singing Rev. Robert W. Lowry (1826-1899) arr. by Gwyneth Walker

Storm is Passing Over Charles A. Tindley (1851-1933) arr. by Barbara Baker

— Sing Me to Heaven —I’ll Fly Away Albert E. Brumley (1905-1977) arr. by Szymko after A. Kraus

— Song of Songs —Listen Closely Steven Walters, arr. Szymko

Soloists: Cathyrn Heron, 4:00pm / Jenna Scott, 7:00pm

— We have become part of the singing river –

Call Joan Szymko poem by Alla Reneé Bozarth

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and BakeryFrances HicksGaia MatherGail MurphyGarre ChaoGayle KoszegiGillian SchmidtGlenn Fithian-BarrettGrace Notes MusicGreen Mountain

Golf CourseGreg ZurbruggHealthy Pets NorthwestHeather WhitneyHeidi LiebowitzHiggins RestaurantHolistic Health ClinicHome Sweet MassageInspire Portland

PhotographyJake GanoJan KahnJana AllenJana ToulouseJane NashJeanne NicholsJenna ScottJennifer MacGregorJennifer ZikaJim CovellJoan Mullen WoodsJoan Mullen Woods

InteriorsJoan SzymkoJoni HartmannJonquil LeMasterJudi RantonJudy MooreJulie CaldwellKaren HollingsworthKathleen GaskinKathryn WorkKay ExoKristan BurkertKristina Armetta

Kristy ConradKrystee SidwellKrystee Sidwell LMTLan FendorsLani Jo LeighLaurel HortschLila BrakerLinda MiloneLinda NichenkoLinda StoltzLisa Fithian-BarrettLloyd Center Ice RinkMaia EngelMargaret BlakeMarilyn LindbergMartha BanyasMary Anne WakefieldMary CaballeroMary KingMary Lynn O’BrienMaura KanuriMeg GraceMegan HenricksMelinda CasadyMichele StemlerMichelle BaumannMickie McClureMiss Fit AdventuresMother’s Bistro and BarNancy HamerNatalie LamotheNatural Medicine WorksNikki BeckerNorthwest Film CenterOlivia ClarkOregon Culinary InstituteOregon SmphonyOregon ZooPaloma ClothingPamela PotterPat BlancoPaula NusplPaula Nuspl InteriorsPeg Von DreelePeggy McComb and

Karen CameronPerry Auger

Pilates BodiesPortland Art Museum Rental GalleryPortland Baroque

OrchestraPortland Beavers and TimbersPortland Gay Men’s

ChorusPortland Literary ArtsPortland RevelsPris TaylorRachel BrooksRebecca PepperRiver City SailingRobert AlexanderRoberta JortnerRoger LondbergSally McGeeSandy Finch -

Dreambody MassageSandy ShoreSarah RehwaltShanti Yoga CenterSharley LaMoraSharon BennettShilo InnSigne LuskSouper NaturalStatic KaederSusan MatherSusan OppieSyndee FryTara IsaacsTed Isaacs SalonTerri GrayumTerrill GrubbsTip Top CleanersTownshends Alberta Street TeahouseTreedance DesignsVictoria GillWendy StreetWords in the GardenYvonne EdesYvonne Fyan

Aurora Chorus thanks these friends for their generous support:

Aurora Chorus will be one of 21 women's choirs performing at the Sister Singers Festival this July in Chicago, Illinois.

Aurora singers will bring music from our spring concert to share at the four-day festival of workshops, concerts, mass chorus rehearsals, and

networking. The Festival is called "Our Kind of Sound" and is hosted by the Artemis Singers on the Loyola University campus. We are looking forward

to sharing the Aurora spirit, learning from other choruses, and getting to know each other in a new way as we travel together to Chicago. The logistics of sending a big delegation will be a challenge, so

your support of your favorite Auroran is welcome! Chicago has much to offer the non-singer as well,

so some will be adding a family vacation to the trip. Join us as a singer this spring and come along!

Aurora...will Fly to Sing!

Coming in October Short Films by, for, about women

Watch Aurora’s website www.aurorachorus.org

www.lunafest.org/the-films.cfm

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