Concerts

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“Here Together“

Social Band Fall 2026 Concert Series

Saturday November 7, 2026 at 7:30pm at College Street Congregational Church in Burlington

Sunday November 8, 2026 at 3:00pm at Charlotte Congregational Church

Saturday November 14, 2026 at 7:30pm at Richmond Free Library

Sunday November 15, 2026 at 3:00pm at St. Alban’s First Congregational Church

(this performance is part of the Sounds of the Season Concert Series)

Social Band presents its fall offering of choral music with the premieres of two newly commissioned
works by Sara Doncaster and Saigelyn Green, as well as a new work co-written by Social Band
members, Mark Pendergrast and Bruce Chalmer. Interwoven with these premieres are works by
Don Jamison and a selection of recently composed pieces in the shape-note tradition featured in the
newly published 2025 edition of The Sacred Harp. Join us as Social Band presents our signature mix
of enlivening choral music, a bracing dose of poetry, robust harmony, and singing camaraderie!

Sara Doncaster has composed “Advent”, a setting of the Thomas Merton poem by the same name
which invites us into silence and starry awareness – “Oh pour your darkness and your brightness
over all our solemn valleys”. Saigelyn Green’s “Amore Altiero” sets a poem by English poet Henry
John Newbolt exploring the subject of love and its many expressions.

We’ll also feature songs from Social Band’s deep bench of “in-house” composers, including a setting
of a William Blake poem co-composed by Mark Pendergrast and Bruce Chalmer. These premieres
will be complemented by works by Don Jamison and a selection of songs that reflect the vitality of
shape-note singing as a living musical tradition.

Suggested donation $20.

Questions? Contact amity@socialband.org or 802-355-4216

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“I always look forward to Social Band’s next concert! Always an inspiring and special musical experience.”