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Sound Circle Solstice Concert
Requiem for Roadkill
December 9, 10, 11, 2011
Columbine Unity Church, Boulder CO

The 17-voice women's a cappella ensemble Sound Circle will perform Requiem for Roadkill: A Sound Circle Solstice Concert on December 9, 10, and 11 at Columbine Unity Church, 8900 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder. The Friday and Saturday performances are at 7:00 p.m. and the Sunday performance is at 5:00 p.m.

Sound Circle's Solstice concerts feature a nontraditional mix of genres and colors, offering audiences an alternative to the holiday-based musical events of the season. This year's Solstice Concert, Requiem for Roadkill. "is a concert about being human," said Artistic Director Sue Coffee. "Our intention is to offer the audience a heightened sense of presence in the natural world. The winter Solstice feels like a time to pause and to pay attention."
The title work, Requiem for Roadkill, is a multi-movement soundscape of varied textures and colors, created by Sound Circle. The entire concert is a meditation on personhood, in the context of the increasingly fast and technology-based pace at which we move through our days. Another major work on the program is Boulder composer Gary Grundei's setting of Diane diPrima's classic Beat poem, Rant, commissioned by Sound Circle; a setting of Walt Whitman's poetry titled The Human Body ("If anything is sacred, the human body is sacred…"); a setting of the Navajo poem, "In beauty may I walk…"; and an eclectic group of songs by artists including Sweet Honey and the Rock, Natasha Bedingfield, Mavis Staples, Alanis Morrissette, and more.

Tickets
Solstice Concert tickets are $20 for general admission and $15 for seniors (65 and over) and children (16 and under). This performance is not appropriate for children under the age of 6. Tickets can be purchased through Brown Paper Tickets, online at brownpapertickets.com, or by phone, 1-800-838-3006. Tickets are available locally at Boulder Body Wear, in Boulder (cash or check only). Call Sound Circle at 303-473-4525 or go to soundcirclesings.org for information. Advance purchase is recommended.

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