2023-2024 Season

Seasons of Love: IWC 30th Anniversary Concert

Join IWC as we celebrate the power of love in all its forms — as friendship, romance, self-love, universal love, and love for life — and honor the way love has sustained our singing community for 30 years, and the way it motivates us to live into the future.
 
At our May concert, expect IWC’s signature blend of diverse and powerful music--as well as the world premiere of a new song written especially for IWC!
 
Let yourself be wrapped in the energy of nearly 100 treble voices, and be ready to be inspired, to have your spirit nurtured, and to join in musical community with us.

Saturday, May 18, 2024, 7 pm
Sunday, May 19, 2024, 3 pm

Location: Christel DeHaan Fine Arts Center (1230 Greyhound Lane, Indianapolis, IN 46227)

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AWAKENING, FEATURING LEA MORRIS WITH IWC AND SPECIAL GUEST, MANON VOICE

Awaken your ears and your heart with the moving Soul-Folk music of international singer, songwriter, and composer Lea Morris. This special concert will also feature a new spoken-word piece created on the “Awakening” theme by Manòn Voice, with performances by Indianapolis Women’s Chorus. 

Lea Morris’ sound, which often draws comparisons to Tracy Chapman and Joni Mitchell, is a unique SoulFolk style that features insightful lyrics and multi-layered chants, combined with looped harmonies and vocal percussions. A multi-award nominee and winner, Lea has shared the stage with Odetta, Mavis Staples, and Dar Williams. Originally from Washington, DC, Lea is returning to her roots by composing multi-layered chants and grounding a community singing experience in Braunschweig, Germany, where she currently resides. Lea’s works for chorus are beloved favorites of community choirs around the world — including IWC! — and we are delighted to share a few of these pieces on the Awakening program. 

Manòn Voice is a native of Indianapolis and is a multi-hyphenate-poet and spoken word artist, filmmaker, actor, hip-hop emcee, educator, and community builder. She currently serves as a HipHop Music Lecturer and Instructor at Butler University.

Sunday, March 10, 2024, 5 pm

Location:  Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation (6501 N Meridian St, Indianapolis, IN 46260)

Tickets: Online $20; at the door $25; Youth 12 and under free

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LEA MORRIS SONG WORKSHOP

Singers and song-leaders of choirs, choruses, and other groups are invited to join renowned singer-songwriter-songleader Lea Morris in an energy-packed afternoon of singing and learning. Lea will share and teach a number of her songs and discuss with the group how they might be used in a variety of settings.

Lea Morris' sound, which often draws comparisons to Tracy Chapman and Joni Mitchell, is a unique SoulFolk style that features insightful lyrics and multi-layered chants, combined with looped harmonies and vocal percussions. She has shared the stage with Odetta and Mavis Staples. Originally from the Washington DC area, Lea is also returning to her roots by composing multi-layered chants and grounding a community singing experience in Braunschweig, Germany, where she currently resides.

Lea frequently works with congregations, community choirs, and school groups to share inspiring and joyful music that is easy to learn and fun to sing. During her upcoming trip to the U.S., Lea Morris will make a stop in Indianapolis and will be participating in several events over the weekend as a guest of Indianapolis Women's Chorus. Learn more about Lea at thisislea.com.

Saturday, March 9, 2024, 1 pm

Location:  Unitarian Universalist Church of Indianapolis (615 W 43rd St, Indianapolis, IN 46208)

Tickets: Suggested Donation: $10 per singer

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WINTERING

Please join the Indianapolis Women’s Chorus for a holiday concert alternative, exploring the gifts of the season of winter. Our theme of Wintering celebrates the insights we gather from longer nights, colder days and fallow times — both in changing weather and in our lives. Come experience connection and solace, joy and healing as we share music from popular favorites, haunting melodies and invigorating chants. Through Wintering, we honor the wonderful mysteries of a season we can’t truly escape, but can learn to embrace — and even savor.

Saturday, December 9, 2023, 7 pm
Sunday, December 10, 2023, 3 pm
 

ASL Interpretation Available

Location:  Indiana Historical Society at Frank and Katrina Basile Theater; 450 W. Ohio St. Indianapolis, IN 46202. Ticket purchasers will receive a voucher for $5.00 off up to 4 adult admissions to IHS and its Festival of Trees. Please find a map of available parking here. 

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