The Peninsula Women's Chorus (PWC) is a 50-voice women's choir performing high-quality classical and contemporary music. The PWC inspires and enriches its audiences through its concert series, its ongoing program of premiering new works, and its collaborations with other Bay Area performing groups. The PWC is a two-time winner of Chorus America’s prestigious ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming and has performed three times by invitation at the national American Choral Directors Association (ACDA) convention. Since the fall of 2003, the PWC has been directed by Martín Benvenuto.
Highlights Biography of Martín Benvenuto | 2011 | American Prize in Choral Performance Awarded second place, community chorus category. |
| 2006 | 22nd International Bela Bartok Choral Competition. Awarded third place, women’s division. |
| 2003 | ASCAP Award. Honored with the 2002 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Award for Adventurous Programming in the category for choruses with budgets of $90,000 or less. |
| 2001 | ACDA National Convention, San Antonio. Selected for the third time by audition to perform on the primary stages of this biennial convention, the only community women's chorus in the U.S. to receive this honor. |
| 2000 | Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence. Awarded second place ($500). |
| 1999 | ASCAP Award. Honored with the 1998 American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Award for Adventurous Programming in the category for choruses with budgets of $90,000 or less. |