The Peterborough Chamber Choir, directed by David Vernier, will
present War and Peace ~A meditation on the human cost of war and the hope for peace~ Saturday, May 31, 2008 7:30 pm at the Union
Congregational Church, 33 Concord St. in Peterborough, and Sunday, June 1, 2008 4 pm at the Concord Unitarian Universalist Church, 274 Pleasant St. Concord, NH.

The choir will sing a dozen a cappella works from renaissance motets to arrangements of American spirituals. The musical offerings will be interspersed with readings drawn from war letters, a personal memoir of the London blitz, poetry, and other literature. One professional musician who attended the choir's 2005 'War & Peace' concert called it 'the most moving choral concert I have ever been to.'

The concert is free and open to the public. Free-will donations will be taken for the benefit of the New Hampshire Department of Peace.

Call 603-924-2112 for more information.

The Peterborough Chamber Choir was organized in January, 1991 by
director David Vernier primarily to perform 19 th and 20 th century works for small ensemble by American and European composers. Its widely varied repertoire now includes renaissance and early-baroque motets, folksong arrangements, English, French, and German partsongs, spirituals, and even a couple of jazz settings. During the past several years the choir has continued its annual "Christmas in story and song" concerts a seasonal favorite with regional audiences and has focused its efforts on presenting more frequent performances throughout the area, donating the proceeds from its concerts to benefit local community and charitable organizations.