Upcoming Concerts

Amitié: Songs of Peace & Pilgrimage
Saturday, May 16, Chapel of Notre Dame de Bonsecours in Montreal - FREE CONCERT!
Join us across the border in Quebec as we send Social Band tenor and SUNY-Plattsburgh history professor Kevin Dann on a two-month walking pilgrimage from Montreal to Manhattan. Inspired by the 400th anniversaries of the Lake Champlain and Hudson River Valleys, this free concert will celebrate what Kevin has dubbed a "Corridor of Amity" (www.corridorofamity.org) and will feature choral works that celebrate peacemaking, pilgrimage, and the cultural ties between Quebec and the Champlain Valley.  Click here for a full press release

2009 Summer Arts Series
Saturday, July 25 at 7:30 p.m.
Fire Hall in Cranberry Lake, New York
We're traveling to the Adirondacks for a fun concert on a summer evening. Make a day of it and visit the Cranberry Lake Fireman's BBQ and Craft Show during the day. Social Band's concert is part of the 2009 Summer Arts Series of Clifton and Fine, New York; admission by donation. For more information on events in the area, click here or call our New York state hosts at (315) 848-2689.

Social Band was founded in 1998 to explore the diverse repertoires of traditional, early and contemporary music. Now directed by Amity Baker, their presentation strikes a balance between raw exuberance and polished sound. This mixed chorus of 25 singers has become known for their signature mix of homegrown and international choral works spanning the millennia, with a focus on new works by Vermont composers.

In 2005, Social Band commissioned 25 Vermont composers to write new choral works. This grant-funded project was so well received that the group has continued to secure grant funding to present concerts with new choral works by local composers. Many of the songs we sing are commissioned with support from the Vermont Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts, the Vermont Arts Endowment Fund of the Vermont Community Foundation, by a generous gift from the Argosy Foundation Contemporary Music Fund, and by the many gifts from our patrons.