NORTH COAST, Calif. – The Redwood Community Chorus presents its Spring Concert at 7 p.m. Friday, May 8, and at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 9, at the Mendocino Presbyterian Church, 44831 Main St, Mendocino.
Conducted by Jenni Windsor, the chorus will sing two choral requiems, “Lux Aeterna” and the fourth movement of Brahms’ German Requiem, and familiar ballads, including “If Music Be the Food Of Love,” and Bobby Shafto.
The A Cappella group Trebl’d Women will open the concert with the Italian madrigal, “O Occhi Manza Mia.”
“There is Sweet Music Here,” with text by Alfred Lord Tennyson, follows.
The all-American favorite, “Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree” concludes the set. Admission to the concert is free, but donations to the church and choir are encouraged.
The Redwood Community Chorus performs two concerts each year. Members enroll in a music class at Mendocino College, Ukiah. There are no auditions.