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Enjoy a magical journey of song and poetry featuring creatures and plants artfully embodying love and respect of nature, words and music. This music centers on common words such as dandelion, ivy, kingfisher, and willow, all related to nature, that the 2007 Oxford Junior Dictionary removed due to infrequent use in current literature and replaced with terms such as blog, bullet-point and voicemail. Thousands of people signed a petition to reinstate these words referring to the natural world. Macfarlane and Morris then created The Lost Words: “A Spell Book” so the words would be “brought back” via use. As the book is a best seller, and as Morna Edmundson of Electra commissioned women’s music for 20 words, the idea has worked splendidly. Use has brought the words back to the dictionary.
Our concerts are free and open to the public. Donations gratefully appreciated to cover chorale costs. |
Women of Note Mission Statement
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Women of Note is a community chorus organized and operated exclusively for public music education and dedicated to performance, community service, and leadership in the arts. Our mission is to teach and perform choral works to interested persons of all ages, to participate in community service activities, and to develop and maintain public interest in vocal arts in the Western Washington region.
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Sometimes I think the choosing of a year’s repertoire is the best part of the whole season, but when I get to the first rehearsal, I realize it’s the people of Women of Note who are the best of everything, and they bring joy to each rehearsal and beauty to every song.
~ Elizabeth Berndt, Women of Note Director
