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Songs of Peace from Vermont and around the World!
Including favorites from Pete Seeger

Music at the Museum presents this wonderful concert performed by the Counterpoint Vocal Ensemble, directed by Nathaniel G. Lew.  Included in their performance will be Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream, Hold On, Our Wish This Year is Peace, Ring Like a Bell, Down by the Riverside, and many more songs of peace.

Founded in 2000 by Robert De Cormier, and now directed by Nathaniel G. Lew, Counterpoint is a nationally recognized, Vermont-based, professional vocal ensemble dedicated to performing choral chamber music and engaging student musicians to enhance the cultural life of communities in Vermont and beyond. Praised for their clarity, skill and sophisticated musical expressiveness, the ensemble presents concerts throughout New England and has toured the Midwest. Counterpoint has recorded seven CDs with Albany Records, and four independently. The ensemble’s repertory includes folk songs from around the world, African-American spirituals, sacred music of many traditions, and classical works.

Soprano: Miranda Bergmeier, Colleen Flynn Campbell, Anne D’Olivo
Alto: Rebecca Bailey, Maria Lamson, Linda Radtke
Tenor: Charlie Briggs, Neil Cerutti, Adam Hall
Bass: Stephen Falbel, Zeb McLellan, Neil Wacek

Join us at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 13 in the Paresky Wing of the Bennington Museum.  This concert is made possible by Alison Nowak and Robert Cane as part of the Music at the Museum series.  Admission is free.