A Concert to Benefit Compassion Chorus
Join us for “Singing for All Life,” a concert of performing artists and singer-songwriters to benefit the development of Compassion Chorus, a new program of Compassion Arts. Our concert’s featured performer is Kala Farnham, the chorus’ music director, with support from special guests Nina Vecchi, Alfee Westgroves, and others who will join in community with songs celebrating peace, love, and understanding for all.
Compassion Chorus uses the power of voices united in song to cultivate humane education through original adaptations of contemporary popular songs. The community chorus will perform for projects that work to help animals and the people who love them. Proceeds from the benefit concert will help support operational expenses of rehearsal space, sheet music, performance venue and tech needs for Compassion Chorus’ solstice premiere December 21.
Price
Suggested ticket price is $20 or “Pay What You Can.”
Tickets and Registration
Tickets are available at the show only. Theater doors open at 1:30pm. General Admission.
About the Artists
(listed in alphabetical order)
Kala Farnham is a multi-instrumentalist, recording artist, and performing singer songwriter who uses her artistry, original music, and narrative lyrics to inspire and heal through the transformative power of musical storytelling. Farnham has garnered numerous awards and recognition, including 2019 Rose Garden Performing Songwriter Contest winner and alumni of the Johnny Mercer Songwriters Project. Drawing from a classical education and professional career in musical theater, Kala presents hallmark reinvention of the folk tradition. Her passion for fairytales, ancient history, and vivid storytelling draws her audience into imaginative re-creations of the familiar world.
Nina Vecchi is lifelong musician, performing singer-songwriter, and sound healer who uses traditional instrumentation of guitar and voice to compose original folk songs and kirtan music in addition to creating compelling soundscapes with crystal and Himalayan singing bowls and gongs. Nina is the founder of Sound Alchemy and a certified practitioner in the healing arts, as well as being a World Peace Diet facilitator. She also uses her creative artistry for inspiring a compassionate world through vegan cooking classes and ahimsa yoga events.
Alfee Westgroves is a singer, dancer, choreographer, actor, activist, and vegan of 16 years. She attended Berklee College of Music and has been a vocalist and performer with The Rattle and the Thunder project for Compassion Arts since its premiere at Symphony Space NYC 2017. Alfee is the creator and star of the project Benonce, a Beyonce tribute ensemble, and she uses her artistry and work to empower young women. She will be performing with The Rattle & the Thunder project for Compassion Speaks: Seeds of Reconciliation at Amazing Things Arts Center on October 27.
About Amazing Things Arts Center
Amazing Things Arts Center is a non-profit arts organization, performance space, and art gallery that seeks to build community through the arts.