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kith + kin chorus
kith + kin (def: friends and family)
Kith + Kin Chorus, an uncommon choir in the twin cities, strives to build community, spread joy and give in service of others through harmony.
Season 6 Finale with Aby Wolf & Eric Mayson
Saturday April 29, 8pm
The Cedar Cultural Center
tickets on sale now
Proceeds from the show and silent auction
go to support the work of Reclaim.
RECLAIM increases access to mental health support so that queer and trans youth ages 13-25 may reclaim their lives from oppression in all its forms.
WHAT A NIGHT!
Massive thanks to all who came to our sold out Season 5 Finale with jeremy messersmith. You helped us raise $10,190 to support the work of Women of Nations. How great is that!
Huge thanks to The Parkway Theater for hosting us, our fiscal sponsor The Warming House, and Amy Sunby for the lovely photographs.
This livestream snippet might not be much to look at but here's Kith + Kin as jeremy messersmith's backup choir, singing It's Only Dancing.
Kith + Kin Chorus is an uncommon community choir in the Twin Cities, open to singers of all skill levels, and 75 singers strong. If you can match a pitch and carry a tune, you can join! Voices are the original instrument and few things are more unifying than voices, raised together in song.
Led by founder Rachel Kay Ries (of Her Crooked Heart), K + K Chorus aims to nurture a welcoming, joyful environment where anyone who longs to sing in a choir again (or for the first time!) can. Singers aren't required to be able to read music or have theory training. Songs are taught with the help of sheet music and reference recordings. The song material is a wide, secular mix of classic & indie rock, pop, folk and whatever else inspires.
K + K Chorus gives back to the Twin Cities community by holding a fundraising concert at the end of each season, the proceeds of which go to local organizations that strive to make our Cities better, safer, healthier places for all. Season 1 proceeds went to CAPI USA, S2 supported the work of Open Arms of Minnesota, S3 supported Spare Key, the pandemic thwarted S4 but the Season 5 finale raised over $10,000 for Women of Nations' Eagle's Nest Shelter.
Kith + Kin Chorus meets 7 - 8:30pm Mondays and seasons run roughly Oct through April. Registration for Season 6 is now closed but if you'd like to join for Season 7 (Oct 2023), drop a line to kithandkinchorus(a)gmail, requesting your name be put in the lottery hat. We're always in particular need of Basses & Tenors! Once pre-registration closes, spots are then filled by section, by lottery.
Let's fill this hurting world with harmony.
Rachel Ries is a fiscal year 2021 recipient of a Creative Support for Individuals grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Minnesota State Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature; and by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.
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