Nov
02
2024

Articles About world house choir

  • World House Choir inspires election hope

    The World House Choir, pictured at its Sept. 8 performance of "Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream," will welcome new singers on Dec. 3. (Photo by Matt Minde)

    The World House Choir will perform “Hold On/Hold Hope” Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, Nov. 3, at 4 p.m., at the Foundry Theater. Admission is free. The program’s title is inspired, in part, by one of two pieces arranged for the World House Choir included in the lineup of music for the concerts: the African American spiritual “Hold On,” arranged by Jeremy Winston.

  • World House Choir to perform ‘Weather: Stand the Storm’ at Foundry Theater

    The World House Choir will welcome new members on Nov. 7.

    The World House Choir will return to its home stage in the Foundry Theater at Antioch College Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, to perform a program of music that includes the 20-minute choral piece “Weather: Stand the Storm.”

  • World House Choir to celebrate a decade of song, social justice

    The World House Choir — a multicultural and intergenerational musical group whose decade-long repertoire has embraced songs that put forward messages of unity, solidarity and social justice — will perform its 10-year anniversary concerts Thursday–Saturday, Sept. 21–23, at the Foundry Theater.

  • World House Choir plans for 10th anniversary concerts

    The World House Choir will welcome new members on Nov. 7.

    The World House Choir invites new singers to join the choir as it prepares for its 10th anniversary concert program, “Standing on the Side of Love and Justice,” to be performed Sept. 21–23.

  • Bread and Roses

    Occurring each year on March 8, International Women’s Day is a global celebration of women, underscoring women’s rights and calling attention to issues affecting women all over the world, including equality and reproductive rights.

  • ‘Louverture Exchange’ — Black legacy through music

    Cincinnati native Napoleon Maddox will present excerpts from musical and spoken word works in collaboration with Tronee Threat and the World House Choir on Thursday, Oct. 13. Maddox is pictured dressed as Haitian Revolution leader Toussaint Louverture at Château de Joux, where Louverture was imprisoned and died. Maddox composed “L’Ouverture de Toussaint,” a portion of which will be performed in Yellow Springs, about Louverture.

    History, generational struggle and legacy will be the unifying themes of “Louverture Exchange: A Musical Dialogue,” a performance featuring the World House Choir, hip-hop artist and local resident Tronee Threat and headlined by international performer Napoleon Maddox on Thursday, Oct. 13.

  • ‘Returned’ join World House Choir

    Guy Banks, left, whose stage name is “Tronee Threat,” is pictured with World House Choir Director Catherine Roma. The two were in rehearsals for the concert “Solidarity Dividend: Art in Action,” which will be presented Saturday and Sunday, May 14 and 15, at the Foundry Theater on the Antioch College campus. (Photo by Cheryl Durgans)

    Twelve “returned,” or formerly incarcerated, artists, including rap performers and visual artists from several area prisons, will join the World House Choir to present “Solidarity Dividend: Art in Action,” Saturday, May 14, at 7 p.m., and Sunday, May 15, at 3 p.m., in the Foundry Theater on the campus of Antioch College.

  • ‘Navigating the Pandemic: Stories of Hope and Resilience’

    The collaborative book features contributions from over 30 writers, including local Cathy Roma, who explore the wide range of feelings engendered by the pandemic.

  • Sing for Rev. Barber, Poor People’s Campaign stop

    The World House Choir is organizing a mass choir to sing as part of a Dayton-area stop by the Rev. William Barber and The Poor People’s Campaign on Thursday, April 23.

  • World House Choir welcomes new singers, to premiere new work

    The World House Choir, pictured at its Sept. 8 performance of "Bayard Rustin: The Man Behind the Dream," will welcome new singers on Dec. 3. (Photo by Matt Minde)

    The World House Choir is welcoming new singers as the Yellow Springs-based group begins rehearsals for spring performances, including the world premiere of a new choral work.

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