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UPCOMING PERFORMANCE

MIND THE GAP

Saturday, November 16, 2024

Choir Matrix & Consonare Youth Choirs

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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

DIGITAL PROGRAM

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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

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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.

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