
UPCOMING PERFORMANCE
MIND THE GAP
Saturday, November 16, 2024
Choir Matrix & Consonare Youth Choirs

Mind the Gap
A music tapestry that explores and celebrates our common experiences to bridge the gap that can divide generations.
Join us for a concert experience to open new doors of understanding featuring our Choir Matrix and Consonare Youth Choirs with special guest, Mansfield Senior Center Chorus
Saturday, November 16, 2024 | 7:00PM
Saint Mary's Church, Willimantic, CT
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Suggested Donation $10 | Students/Children free
(no one is ever turned away)
Your ticket can be reserved online by clicking the above button, where you will be sent to our ticketing system called Ludus. Suggested donations are also accepted at the door.
"Mind the Gap" is sponsored by:
Stephanie Summers & Michael Oehler
TEXT & TRANSLATIONS
Sub tuum presidium
Composed by Marc-Antoine Charpentier
Text:​
Sub tuum praesidium confugimus, Sancta Dei Genitrix;
nostras deprecationes ne despicias in necessitatibus nostris,
sed a periculis cunctis libera nos semper,
Virgo gloriosa et benedicta.
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Translation:
We fly to thy patronage, O holy Mother of God;
despise not our prayers in our necessities,
but deliver us from all dangers,
O ever glorious and blessed Virgin.
What was I made for?
Arranged by Emily Drum and MaryAnne Muglia
Words and Music by Billie Ellish
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Text:
I used to float, now I just fall down
I used to know but I'm not sure now
What I was made for
What was I made for?
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Takin' a drive, I was an ideal
Looked so alive, turns out I'm not real
Just something you paid for
What was I made for?
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'Cause I, I
I don't know how to feel
But I wanna try
I don't know how to feel
But someday, I might
Someday, I might
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When did it end? All the enjoyment
I'm sad again, don't tell my boyfriend
It's not what he's made for
What was I made for?
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'Cause I, 'cause I
I don't know how to feel
But I wanna try
I don't know how to feel
But someday I might
Someday I might
Think I forgot how to be happy
Something I'm not, but something I can be
Something I wait for
Something I'm made for
Something I'm made for
Crowded Table
arr. Andrea Ramsey
Words & Music by Natalie Hemby, Lori McKenna, and Brandi Carlile
Text:
You can hold my hand
When you need to let go
I can be your mountain
When you're feeling valley-low
I can be your streetlight
Showing you the way home
You can hold my hand
When you need to let go
I want a house with a crowded table
And a place by the fire for everyone
Let us take on the world while we're young and able
And bring us back together when the day is done
If we want a garden
We're gonna have to sow the seed
Plant a little happiness
Let the roots run deep
If it's love that we give
Then it's love that we reap
If we want a garden
We're gonna have to sow the seed
Yeah I want a house with a crowded table
And a place by the fire for everyone
Let us take on the world while we're young and able
And bring us back together when the day is done
The door is always open
Your picture's on my wall
Everyone's a little broken
And everyone belongs
Yeah, everyone belongs
I want a house with a crowded table
And a place by the fire for everyone
Let us take on the world while we're young and able
And bring us back together when the day is done
And bring us back together when the day is done
We Sing as One
Music by B.E. Boykin
Words by Ashley Grisham
Text:
On woman, one voice, one hymn, one voice!​
Daughters of the Earth we sing as one
Bestowing in us a melodic spirit undaunted by the fight we press on
Measures of music enriched with God's light.
Eternally endowing our hearts with a rich diaspora of a lyrical inheritance.
A legacy with love and fortitude.
We sing as one
A praise song in tune with all who sing.
We sing in harmony.
We sing in unity.
We sing in love as one woman, one voice, on hymn we sing as one
Hymn to the Dawn
from Choarl Hymns from the Rig Veda, 3rd group, Op 26
Composed by Gustav T. Holst
Text:
Hear our hymn O Goddess,
Rich in wealth and wisdom,
Ever young yet ancient,
True to Law Eternal.
Wak'ner of the songbirds,
Ensign of th'Eternal,
Draw thou near O Fair one,
In thy radiant Chariot.
Bring to her your off'ring,
Humbly bow before her,
Raise your songs of welcome,
As she comes in splendor.
When I become an old woman
Words & Music by Sherry Blevins
Text:
When I become an old woman,
When I become an old woman,
I’ll be magnetic.
It’s genetic.
When I become an old woman,
Oh, an old woman,
I’ll be vivacious,
Extra loquacious.
I’ll lose my filter,
And say exactly what I’m thinking.
I’ll learn to tango.
I will dance like nobody’s watching.
(Twirl like no one’s watching.)
I’ll never worry when people pass judgment.
Poor saps don’t know what they’re missing!
I’ll give up plucking,
And embrace my inner Yeti/Sasquatch.
I will wear stretchy pants,
And never bother with zippers or button flies.
(Who has time for buttons?)
I’ll toss my bras/heels away!
Say goodbye to my underwire prison/
this medieval torture!
When I become an old woman
My purse could hold the kitchen sink, (the whole sink!)
It will be hot pink. (My purse will be hot pink!)
When I become an old woman,
Oh, an old woman,
I will be brassy.
And oh, so sassy, (oh, so very sassy!)
When I become an old woman
I will dance the tango!
Remember me (from Coco)
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Text:
Remember me
Though I have to say goodbye
Remember me
Don';t let it make you cry
For even if I'm far away I hold you in my heart
I sing a secret song to you each night we are apart
Remember me
Though I have to travel far
Remember me
Each time you hear a sad guitar
Know that I'm with you the only way that I can be
Until you're in my arms again
Remember me
Memories
Composed by Maroon 5; arranged by Andy Beck
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Text:
Here's to the one's that we got
Cheers to the wish you were here, but you're not
Cause the dreams bring back all the memories
Of everything we've been through
Close to the ones here today
Close to the ones that we lost on the way
Cause the dreams bring back all the memories
And the memories bring back, memories bring back you
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There's a time that I remember, when I did not know no pain
When I believed in forever, and everything would stay the same
Now my heart feel like December when somebody say your name
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Memories bring back, memories bring back you
There's a time that I remember when I never felt so lost
When I felt that all the hatred was too powerful to stop
Now my heart feel like an ember and it's lighting up the dark
I'll carry these torches for ya that you know 'll never drop, yeah
Everybody hurts sometimes
Everybody hurts someday, ay ay
But everything will be alright
Go and raise your voice and say, ay
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Memories bring back, memories bring back you
They bring back you, they bring back you
All the memories do, all the memories do,
All the memories.
Memories bring back, memories bring back you.
Landslide
Words & Music by Stevie Nicks / arr. MaryAnne Muglia Smith
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Text:
I took my love, I took it down
Climbed a mountain and I turned around
And I saw my reflection in the snow covered hills
'Til the landslide brought me down
Oh, mirror in the sky, what is love?
Can the child within my heart rise above?
Can I sail through the changin' ocean tides?
Can I handle the seasons of my life?
Mmm
Well, I've been 'fraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm gettin' older, too
Well, I've been 'fraid of changin'
'Cause I've built my life around you
But time makes you bolder
Even children get older
And I'm gettin' older, too
I'm gettin' older, too
Ah, take my love, take it down
Oh, climb a mountain and turn around
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring it down
And if you see my reflection in the snow covered hills
Well, the landslide will bring it down
Oh, the landslide will bring it down
O Love
Composed by Elaine Hagenberg
Words by George Matheson
Text:
O Love that will not let me go, I rest my weary soul in thee; I give thee back the life I owe, That in thy ocean depths its flow May richer, fuller be. O Joy that seeks me through pain, I cannot close my heart to thee; I trace the rainbow through the rain, And feel the promise is not vain, That morn shall tearless be.
Both Sides Now
Words & Music by Joni Mitchell
arr. Roger Emerson
Rows and floes of angel hair
And ice cream castles in the air
And feather canyons everywhere
Looked at clouds that way
But now they only block the sun
They rain and they snow on everyone
So many things I would have done
But clouds got in my way
I've looked at clouds from both sides now
From up and down and still somehow
It's cloud illusions I recall
I really don't know clouds at all
Moons and Junes and Ferris wheels
The dizzy dancing way that you feel
As every fairy tale comes real
I've looked at love that way
But now it's just another show
And you leave 'em laughing when you go
And if you care, don't let them know
Don't give yourself away
I've looked at love from both sides now
From give and take and still somehow
It's love's illusions that I recall
I really don't know love
I really don't know love at all
Tears and fears and feeling proud
To say, "I love you, " right out loud
Dreams and schemes and circus crowds
I've looked at life that way
Oh, but now old friends, they're acting strange
And they shake their heads and they tell me that I've changed
Well, something's lost, but something's gained
In living every day
I've looked at life from both sides now
From win and lose and still somehow
It's life's illusions I recall
I really don't know life at all
It's life's illusions that I recall
I really don't know life
I really don't know life at all
Bridge over Troubled Water
Composed by Paul Simon
Arranged by Kirby Shaw
Text:
When youre weary, feeling small
When tears are in your eyes, I will dry them all;
Im on your side. when times get rough
And friends just can't be found
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
When youre down and out
When youre on the street
When evening falls so hard
I will comfort you
Ill take your part
When darkness comes
And pains is all around
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will lay me down
Sail on silvergirl
Sail on by
Your time has come to shine
All your dreams are on their way
See how they shine
If you need a friend
Im sailing right behind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
Like a bridge over troubled water
I will ease your mind
CONCERT SPONSORS
Stephanie Summers & Michael Oehler

This concert was funded with support from the Department of Economic and Community Development, Office of the Arts, which also receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency.
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What to Expect Attending this Concert
Who is performing?
Choir Matrix is our adult treble choir and our two Consonare Youth Choirs, all of which are open to all singers in the community with no audition. We have invited the Mansfield Senior Center Chorus to collaborate with us for this special performance.
What is this concert about?
"Mind the Gap" is a music tapestry that explores and celebrates our common experiences to bridge the gap that can divide generations. We chose music to help us find a new path to understanding by singing about lives well-lived and the memories to which many of us can relate.
What style of music will I expect to hear?
Choir Matrix and Consonare Youth Choirs sing choral music from many different styles of music from classical repertoire by historical composers to contemporary choral music by living composers, including music from the popular idiom. In a word, the music we share with the audience is eclectic.
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Will there be a concert program to understand the music performed?
Yes, there will be a printed program that lists the order of the songs being performed. There will also be a digital program (available on concert day on this very page) that will have all of the lyrics and translations of the songs listed.
Since this concert is considered "classical music", are there guidelines for the audience?
While this concert is considered classical music, our audience members are invited to wear clothing that is comfortable, clap where they feel moved to do so, and use their cell phone during the performance (as we have a digital program that will need to accessed on an electronic device). Everyone is welcome. The only thing we ask is that all electronic devices are silenced so the music can be meaningful.