BRATTLEBORO — “On My Journey,” the spring concert of the Brattleboro Women's Chorus, will be presented on Mother's Day weekend, May 9 and 10.
Under the direction of Becky Graber, local women of a variety of ages will be accompanied by Lisa McCormick on guitar and Cathy Martin on piano.
The repertoire includes songs of travel. An arrangement by Susan Brumfield is a combination of two traditional camp songs, “Rise, Oh Fathers, Rise” and “No Time,” that speaks of going home.
“Arise My Love,” adapted by Joan Szymko, uses the text of “Song of Solomon” and the melody of the traditional hymn “At the River.”
Rollo Dilworth arranged the lively “Take Me to the Water,” a contemporary gospel-style piece, and from the musical Rent comes “Seasons of Love.”
Four songs arranged by Graber for the chorus are Chris Williamson's “Lullaby,” “Harriet Tubman,” “Another Train,” and “Sing, Sing a Song.”