"Chamber Mixer"
BFA Chamber Singers were invited to perform at the People’s Trust Company for the St. Albans Area Chamber of Commerce first “Chamber Mixer" of the year. This was a wonderful experience for our students to meet and sing for local business owners and community leaders.
Repertoire performed included the 16th century madrigal, “Awake Sweet Love,” followed by “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” (an African-American folk song) and “Seasons of Love,” from the Musical, Rent. Chamber Singers rendition of “Follow the Drinking Gourd,” helped highlight the historical context of the Underground Railroad which had prominent routes and locations throughout St. Albans City.
With the Martin Luther King holiday approaching, it was especially important to sing about the Underground Railroad highlighting efforts by enslaved African-Americans to reach free states in the North and Canada. Thus, some of the very first steps leading in the long road of our nation’s civil right’s movement.
