Scheherazade's Songs: Connecting Women through the Centuries
Church of Our Saviour, 535 W Roses Rd, San Gabriel, CA 91775
An evening of chamber music benefitting The Good Shepherd Shelter LA, which has been providing services to women and children of Los Angeles for 110 years. A concert by women for women, many female composers will be featured through the centuries from the Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary eras to present-day America. All local female musicians will also perform excerpts from two great works inspired by the heroine and narrator of The Arabian Nights, Scheherazade: Rimsky-Korsakov’s mystical symphonic poem and Ravel’s reflective song cycle.
Proceeds and donations will go to THE GOOD SHEPHERD SHELTER: THE FIRST DOMESTIC VIOLENCE SHELTER IN LOS ANGELES, SERVING WOMEN AND CHILDREN FOR 110 YEARS.
THE GOOD SHEPHERD SHELTER PROVIDES A SAFE, NURTURING ENVIRONMENT IN WHICH MOTHERS AND THEIR CHILDREN CAN HEAL, REAWAKEN THEIR DIGNITY AND SELF CONFIDENCE, AND LEARN THE SKILLS THAT WILL HELP THEM STOP THE CYCLE OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. www.goodshepherdshelter.org