Saturday, October 3, 2020 @ 4:00pm
Online Livestream Concert

Thank you so much for taking part in our first-ever virtual concert, “Hands upon the Plow”!

We are so grateful for your continued support and we long to share our music with you in person, hopefully in the near future.

If you were unable to join us at the Hands upon the Plow concert or the post-concert panel discussion, we’ve got you covered! Watch it On-Demand now!

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  • Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and the accomplishments of women’s suffrage champion Alice Paul, we present the virtual choir world premiere of Jocelyn Hagen’s Hands upon the Plow 
  • Other works from the 3-year Trailblazers Project honoring pioneering women, as well as highlights from recent PWC performances
  • A sing-along of Gwyneth Walker’s I Thank You God
  • A post-concert backstage interactive panel discussion about the artistic process that brought Hands upon the Plow to life

PANELISTS:

  • Martín Benvenuto, PWC Artistic Director and Panel Moderator
  • Jocelyn HagenComposer
  • Barbara SaxtonPWC Singer and Poet
  • Jill Zahniser, Author of “Alice Paul: Claiming Power”
  • Petra Dierkes-Thrun, PWC Singer and Stanford University Lecturer

The concert performance will be recorded for ticket holders, and the recording will be available for 24 hours using the same link in your ticket confirmation email.  Please contact us for details about on-demand viewing for the concert and panel discussion after 24 hours.

Concert Teaser:

View Concert Program PDF

Premiering

    CompositionComposer / ArrangerNotes

  1. Hands upon the Plow Jocelyn Hagen

    Commissioned by the Peninsula Women’s Chorus as part of the Trailblazers Project

Concert Program

    CompositionComposer / ArrangerNotes

  1. Rise Up Jake Runestad

    Commissioned by the PWC through the ACDA Women’s Consortium

  2. displacement: V. San Francisco Eric Tuan

    Commissioned by the PWC

  3. Child of Impossibles Julia Adolphe

    Commissioned by the PWC as part of the Trailblazers Project. PWC-commissioned poem by Safiya Sinclair

  4. When the Dust Settles Mari Esabel Valverde

    World Premiere. Jointly commissioned by the PWC and VOX Femina

  5. Hands upon the Plow Jocelyn Hagen

    Commissioned by the Peninsula Women’s Chorus as part of the Trailblazers Project

  6. The Winged Joy - 4. A Farewell Kirke Mechem
  7. Will the Circle Be Unbroken trad. Appalachian
  8. I Thank You God Gwyneth Walker

    text by e.e. cummings, written 1998