January 14, 2002

Contact:

Sarah Ray

802-443-5794

sray@middlebury.edu

Posted: January 14, 2002

MIDDLEBURY,

VT - Womensing, an a cappella group of six women

performing songs from around the world, will give a concert

on Sunday, Jan. 27, at 4 p.m. at the Middlebury College

Center for the Arts Concert Hall on South Main Street (Route

30). The group will also perform at the Lincoln Library in

Lincoln on Saturday, Jan. 26, at 7:30 p.m. Both events are

free and open to the public.

Based in

Addison County, Womensing draws its repertoire from the

musical heritage of its members—French-Canadian, Chinese,

Italian and American—as well as from other cultures. In

presenting this music, the group seeks to invoke universal

themes of community, love, freedom and hope. With

arrangements that juxtapose solo and ensemble voices, and

with harmonies that range from simple to layered, Womensing

encourages audiences of all ages to travel the globe in its

vocal journey.

Womensing

has performed at different venues at the College and

throughout Vermont, including First Night in Burlington and

Rutland, Festival on the Green in Middlebury, the Ripton

Coffee House, Goddard College and the Pyralisk in

Montpelier. The group is currently working on producing its

first compact disc.

The Jan. 27

concert is sponsored by four Middlebury College

organizationsthe office for institutional diversity, the

women’s and gender studies program, Atwater Commons and

PALANA Center (Pan African, Latino, Asian, Native

American).

For more

information, contact Anna Sun, Middlebury College Chinese

School coordinator and Womensing member, at sun@middlebury.edu

or 802-443-5520.