Thursday, October 03, 2024

21V: Reclaiming Radical 2.0

Colorful graphic with the text Reclaiming Radical 2.0. All other information in the graphic is the main text of this blog post.

The 21V chorus, under director Martin Benvenuto, is performing an updated version of Reclaiming Radical, the program it presented this past April. Here are all of the details:

Sunday, November 3, 2024 at 1:30 p.m.

First Unitarian Universalist Society of San Francisco
1187 Franklin St, San Francisco, CA 94109

Tickets: FREE; donation requested. 

For more information, see the 21V web site.

This is a lovely church, though I can't recall whether I've ever heard a concert there. Congregation Sha'ar Zahav has used it for High Holy Days services in the past and might still be doing so. Please donate whatever you're able; all arts organizations have significant costs to pay.

21V has an unusual mix of singers: they're all singing in the soprano and alto ranges. And this concert brings in the Cantabile Youth Singers of Silicon Valley for part of the concert. More about the chorus:

21V is a professional ensemble of soprano & alto voices of all gender identities based in the SF Bay Area, founded in 2021 by Dr. Martín Benvenuto. 21V explores a broad identity of contemporary American music by focusing on 21st century music of the 3 Americas, and challenges existing boundaries & assumptions – both artistically & socially.

Seeking to effect change in the traditionally non-inclusive classical music industry, 21V embraces  inclusivity as its core value. Freeing the concept of treble choir from gender and gender identity, our multi-racial and multi-identity ensemble includes cis and transgender women, and cis, nonbinary, and intersex countertenors.



 

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