Bring the Sing returned to Duluth on March 23 for a celebration of community through song at Mitchell Auditorium, College of St. Scholastica. Listen to the audio from the event and check out the gallery of photos below.
Co-conductors Bret Amundson and Sara Ludwig, both from the college, led the festivities, with Emily Valine on piano.
The spirit behind Bring the Sing is to forge community and interpersonal ties through communal choral singing, connecting participants in ways not otherwise possible. Bring the Sing events have taken place across Minnesota and are open to everyone, regardless of musical abilities and backgrounds.
Program
Co-conductors Bret Amundson and Sara Ludwig and special guests led everyone in these songs:
Felix Mendelssohn: Elijah: "Watching Over Israel, He Slumbers Not," with the Highland String Quartet
Charles H. Gabriel (arr. J. David Moore): "Will the Circle Be Unbroken?" with Blake Thomas, banjo; Vince Osborne, double-bass; Jeremy Craycraft, percussion
Eric Barnum (text by Edna St. Vincent Millay): "Afternoon on a Hill"
Carly Simon (arr. Craig Hella Johnson): 'Let the River Run," with Jeremy Craycraft, percussion
Questions? E-mail bringthesing@mpr.org.
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