Spurlock Museum WorldFest

Saturday, March 3, 2012
2:30-3:00 PM, 3:30-4:00 PM
Spurlock Museum, University of Illinois
600 S. Gregory, Urbana

Performance with The Prairie Ensemble

Saturday, April 28, 2012
other details TBA

Spring 2012 Concerts

Saturday, May 19, 2012, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 20, 2012, 4:00 PM
McKinley Presbyterian Church, Champaign

Past Performances

2011 Winter Concert
The Spirit Is Moved! A Winter Celebration of Music and Dance

Saturday, December 10, 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 11, 4:00 PM

McKinley Presbyterian Church
809 S. Fifth Street, Champaign, IL

Suggested Donation $15-$25
(more if you can, less if you can't)

Join Amasong for a high-spirited concert of songs and dances from around the world. Sung in ten different languages, this program of music and movement will inspire your heart – and your feet – to dance. Enjoy vocal music from four continents: traditional dancing songs of Serbia, Ghana, Afghanistan, and the Huron Native Americans, Renaissance devotional music from Spain, contemporary composition by Meredith Monk and many more celebratory pieces. Featuring Subhalakshmi Kumar, Bharatanatyam (South Indian Classical) dancer, Josh Houchin, bass, and others.

Sign interpreted for the hearing impaired and wheelchair accessible.

Champaign-Urbana Folk & Roots Festival

On Saturday, November 5, 2011, from 4:00 to 5:00, Amasong will be performing at the Champaign-Urbana Folk & Roots Festival in downtown Urbana.

From the festival website:
Amasong is back again with a song-circle featuring music and dance from around the world! This third annual event at the CUFRF is your chance to join the women of Amasong: Champaign-Urbana’s Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus for an energetic and inspiring hour of participatory singing. Learn rounds, chants, and songs in many languages from Amasong’s own repertoire, and the traditional movements that go with the singing. The workshop will be led by singers from Amasong under the direction of Meagan Johnson Smith.

2011 Spring Concert
Celebrating 20 Years of Song!

Saturday, May 21, 7:30 PM
Sunday, May 22, 4:00 PM

McKinley Presbyterian Church
809 S. Fifth Street, Champaign, IL

Suggested Donation $15-$25
(more if you can, less if you can't)

AMASONG: Champaign-Urbana's Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus celebrates 20 years of song in May 2011! Over the past twenty years, AMASONG has been known for our diverse repertoire, exploring the range of women's experiences around the world, bringing songs in dozens of languages to life. Come celebrate with us, to hear favorites from the past and see some familiar faces, and open your ears to exciting new music, including the premiere of a commissioned work by music director Meagan Johnson Smith.

Performance at Indi Go Artist Co-Op
Boneyard Arts Festival

Friday, April 8, 2011, 5-7 PM
9 E. University Avenue, downtown Champaign 

AMASONG: Champaign-Urbana's Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus invites you to celebrate our 20th anniversary during the Boneyard Arts Festival. Friday, April 8, 5-7 pm, join members and friends of Amasong at Indi Go Artist Co-Op for delicious hors d'oeuvres and drinks, surrounded by the gorgeous art quilts of Deborah Fell. Enter to win fantastic raffle prizes, including gift certificates to local businesses, fine wines, and more--you could even win a one-of-a-kind original art quilt by Deborah Fell! Sneak preview performances of our spring concert repertoire will take place throughout the reception. $10 cover charge at the door and raffle tickets will be sold at the event, with the prize drawing taking place at 6:40 (you do not need to be present to win). Come help us celebrate women in the arts in Champaign-Urbana and 20 years of AMASONG! 

Songs of Power
Springfield Concert

Sunday, February 13, 2011, 4:00PM
First Presbyterian Church
321 S. 7th Street
Springfield, IL
(across from the Lincoln Library)

AMASONG will reprise our 2010 winter concert, SONGS OF POWER, as part of the ECCE Speaker Series at University of Illinois Springfield.  One performance only at the historic First Presbyterian Church in Springfield.  Free and open to the public.

Songs of Power
2011 Winter Concert

Saturday, December 11, 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 12, 4:00 PM

McKinley Presbyterian Church
809 S. Fifth St., Champaign, IL

Suggested Donation $15-$25
(more if you can, less if you can't)

Women's Words, Women's Voices
2010 Spring Concert

Saturday, May 22, 2010, 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 23, 2010, 4:30 PM

McKinley Presbyterian Church
809 S. Fifth St., Champaign, IL

Suggested Donation $10-$20
(more if you can, less if you can't)

Elements

2009 Winter Concert

Amasong will explore how earth, air, fire, and water are not
only the building blocks of nature, but mirrors of human experience.
Ancient chants, lush harmonies, and modern experimental sounds
mingle with traditional music of Croatia, Ghana, and the coal-mining
country of the United States. Featuring a performance of Windhorse
by Pauline Oliveros. Special guests: Leila Ramagopal, harp, and 
Matthew Gladden, piano.

Saturday, December 5, 2009, 8:00 PM
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 4:30 PM

McKinley Presbyterian Church
809 S. Fifth St., Champaign, IL

Suggested Donation $10-$20
(more if you can, less if you can't)

This concert is partially supported by grants from the Illinois Arts Council, a state agency.

Granny's Porch

in cooperation with the Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
and other local musicians

Friday, November 20, 2009, 7:30PM

The Virginia Theater
203 W. Park, Champaign, IL

GLAD Concert

Sunday, November 15, 2009, 3:00 pm

sponsored by GLAD: Gay & Lesbian Association of Decatur

First Presbyterian Church of Decatur
204 W. Prairie, Decatur, IL

Deep Listening Workshop with Pauline Oliveros

Saturday, November 14, 2009, 3:00-5:00 PM

McKinley Presbyterian Church
809 S. Fifth St., Champaign, IL

Free admission

Mills Breast Cancer Institute Concert Series

Thursday, October 22, 2009, 12:00 PM

Mills Breast Cancer Institute
602 W. University, Urbana, IL

Free admission

Urbana Folk and Roots Fest

Friday, September 25, 2009, 6:00 PM

Amasong will lead a song circle at the first-ever
Urbana Folk and Roots Fest.  Come sing with us!

Independent Media Center
202 S. Broadway, Urbana, IL

Free admission

So Glad I'm Here, 2009 Spring Concert

Amasong: Champaign-Urbana’s Premier Lesbian/Feminist Chorus presents “So Glad I’m Here!” under the direction of Meagan Johnson Smith.  Featuring vocal music from Norway, India, Scotland, Ireland, Brazil, Canada, and the United States, sung in original languages. Amasong invites you to celebrate being in the here and now with this joyous program of song. Featuring Chad Dunn on percussion.

May 2, 2009, 7:30 pm
May 3, 2009, 4:30 pm

McKinley Presbyterian Church
809 South Fifth Street, Champaign

Suggested Donation $10-$20
(more if you can, less if you can't)