“The Mosaic Youth Chorus celebrates its second season and I am so pleased that our singers have a strong sense of community and firm commitment to choral art,” says Mosaic Youth Chorus Artistic and Executive Director Joy Hirokawa.

Mosaic Youth Chorus presents “Winter Concert: Tree of Peace,” 4 p.m. Nov. 23, Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church, Catasauqua.

The first segment of the concert, “Tree of Peace,” has selections relating to finding peace and community in the world and celebrating unity, community and empathy.

The concert opens with “Sing, My Child” by Canadian composer and educator Sarah Quartel, featuring soloists Kaitlyn Small and Ryan Pakzad.

“Peace Between” by Kenny Potter, with Hebrew, Arabic and Latin statements and greetings in a call for peace and unity, includes a performance by violin soloist Matilda Snyder.

Kyle Pederson’s “All of Me” from his five-movement work “A Vision Unfolding” is a beautiful contemporary ballad which asks the listener to reflect on what they see when they look at someone and to look at the whole person. Featured soloists include vocalists Julia Sobrinsky and Cameron Dunham and violinist Matilda Snyder.

The centerpiece of the concert, “The Tree of Peace” by Gwyneth Walker, is an adaptation from the Quaker poem “O Brother Man” by John Greenleaf Whittier (1807-1892).

Says Hirokawa, “I love Walker’s writing. It is well-crafted and well-thought. The text of this piece is significant and impactful such as ‘listen, listen to one another.’ It’s a unifying theme for today’s world.”

The concert first-half concludes with Jim Clements’ arrangement of the beautiful and popular “Underneath the Stars” by English folk musician and composer Kate Rusby.

The program’s second half, “Music of the Season, Old and New,” opens with Sarah Riskind’s “Hanerot Halalu,” a traditional prayer sung after the lighting of the menorah.

Next is vocalist Esther Perez’s performance of Joshua Jacobson’s arrangement of “Ocho Kandelikas” by composer Flory Jagoda.

The concert continues with “Hail, Christmas Day” by Abbie Burt Betinis, “Hodie Christus natus est” from Francis Poulenc’s “Quatre motets pour le temps de Noël” and “Nativity (Bring a Torch, Jeanette, Isabella)” by composer Steven Sametz.

The audience is encouraged to sing along in J. Donald Dumpson’s arrangement of Joseph Morh’s “Silent Night,” featuring clarinetist Laura Strattan, and the final selection “Jingle Bells” composed by J. Pierpont, arranged by Mack Wilberg and performed by pianists Janice Lee and Andrea Berntsen.

The Mosaic Youth Chorus is open to youths in grades 6 through 12 and is accepting new choristers.

“Winter Concert: Tree of Peace,” Mosaic Youth Chorus, 4 p.m. Nov. 23, Holy Trinity Memorial Lutheran Church, 604 Fourth St., Catasauqua. Free for ages 16 and under. Ticket information: https://mosaicyouthchorus.org/

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