~ “LIFTING AS WE CLIMB” ~ SUNDAY, MARCH 27 ~ 4 PM ~
~ FIRST CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH ~ 1126 SW PARK AVE, PORTLAND ~
Join Aurora Chorus on March 27 to celebrate Women’s History Month with “Lifting As We Climb!”
Artistic Director Emerita Joan Szymko returns to lead Aurora presenting a program featuring her title composition. We’ll be performing it in the historic venue of Portland’s First Congregational Church, which hosted the 1905 Women’s Suffrage Convention!
Szymko says of the work: “Lifting As We Climb … celebrates the history of the women’s suffrage movement while exploring the present day assault on voting rights; anticipating a future that will require a diligent, informed public ready to fight for equality, democracy and universal suffrage.” The title comes from an 1890’s motto coined by Mary Eliza Church Terrell. In her activism to elevate African American lives, she co-founded the National Association of Colored Women and led as its president through the turn of the 19th century.
Please join us for this powerful and timely concert!
Read more about Lifting As We Climb on Joan Szymko’s website.
SEATING WILL BE LIMITED, so pre-purchase of tickets advised!
Audience members must show proof of vaccination for COVID-19
and be masked while inside the concert venue.