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The Santa
Fe Women's Ensemble offers
quality performances of choral music for women's voices, presenting
innovative and inspiring music from many centuries. The Ensemble
encourages the writing of new music for women's voices by commissioning
compositions, promotes the recognition and appreciation of women's
choral repertoire, and develops the performance opportunities and
musical skills of its members with its commitment to excellence. Good Friday Concert, April 2, 2010 The Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble continues its tradition of singing a free Good Friday service at the First Presbyterian Church. On April 2, 2010, the Ensemble will sing Stabat Mater by Dean Roush a piece commissioned by SFWE in 1995. This deeply moving text of the mourning Mother, set to stunning music, will be accompanied by Dana Winograd, principal cellist of the Santa Fe Symphony. The Santa Fe Women’s Ensemble finishes the celebration of our 29th season with selections from many cultures around the world. The Spring Offering concert will feature The Willows by the Water Side by Kenneth Jennings, accompanied by Charly Drobeck playing native flute; this haunting piece uses a Tewa song in translation. The repertory will also include Sea Visions by Daniel E. Gawthrop, Exultate, Justi, in Domino by Herman Hollanders, as well as music from Korea, Venezuela and a Renaissance dance piece. Rounding out the international flair of the program are settings of poetry by W. B. Yeats and Shakespeare, and a touching arrangement of the spiritual Deep River. The SFWE singers and Board of Directors are continually grateful to our loyal patrons. In appreciation, our June concert-goers are invited to a reception immediately following the concert.
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