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Amandla performs in a wide variety of settings and configurations. We can appear as a small group performing for grade-schoolers; just a few of us might sing at someone's home, post-surgery; the whole chorus performs in full-length concerts throughout the Pioneer Valley and beyond. Our Annual Spring Concert is a particular delight for us. Our goal is to bring our audience with us on an emotional journey: from boundless excitement to heartrending grief to contemplative stillness and back again to joy. Some Amandla concert-goers have even called the experience spiritual in nature. One thing is for sure—each performance is unique and unforgettable.

Here are some events and situations for which we've provided music and people with whom we have performed:

Benefits

Pioneer Valley War Tax Refusers • Walk for World Peace • Peace Pagoda • Earth Day events • National Child Rights Alliance • Massachusetts Rainforest Action Group • Tibetfest • AIDS Events • Traprock Peace Center • South African Daycare Center • Pioneer Valley South African Family • Swords Into Plowshares • Mental Health Awareness Events• Giving Tree School (Gill, MA) • Mothers in Prison • Mediation Conference • NELCWIT • Western Massachusetts Prison Interest Group • Sojourner Health Center (VT) • Survival Center (Amherst, MA) • Voices for Darfur • Meals on Wheels • Karuna Center for Peacemaking • Greenfield Public Library

Political Events

Soweto Commemoration • Hiroshima-Nagasaki Commemoration • MLK Day Services • Take Back the Night Marches • Rallies Following Violence/Murders/Hate Crimes • "Bridge to Selma" • Atomic Cabaret (Greenfield, MA) • Art and Social Justice Conference • Post-Desecration of Temple Israel (Greenfield, MA) • Reflections of Auschwitz • Peoples' Music Network • International Human Rights Day • Veterans' Day • Underground Railroad Educational Series • Wally Nelson Centenary Celebration • "350" Day

Special Events

memorial services • weddings • baby-welcomings • hospital visits • bat/bar mitzvahs • graduation parties • people at life's end • anniversaries • birthdays • schools and universities in MA, VT, and NH • church services • prisons in MA, CT, and NY • nursing homes in MA and VT • soup kitchens and shelters • community meals • workshops for women survivors of trauma • film soundtrack • peace vigils/rallies/protests

Opened or Appeared With

Tom Paxton • Allan Boesak • Jim Wallis • Jane Sapp • Barwa • Nelson Mandela • Fred Small • Charlie King • Pete Seeger • Archbishop Desmond Tutu • Cesar Chavez • Wally and Juanita Nelson • Martín Espada • Pioneer Valley Gay Men's Chorus

Notable Performances

Lincoln Center with Pete Seeger • Clearwater Festival • Esplanade - Hatch Shell (Boston) Rally to Welcome Nelson Mandela • MassMOCA