Mixed Community Chorus

Based in Yellow Springs, OH

To perform music that motivates and inspires our communities toward justice, diversity, and equality as we strive for peace and create our web of mutuality.

The Rev. Derrick Weston and Dr. Catherine Roma met in the summer of 2012. They were encouraged to meet one another because people felt they had the same focus about creating a peace and justice choir. Rev. Weston was Director of the Coretta Scott King Center and minister of the Presbyterian church in Yellow Springs, Ohio. In September 2012, they worked together to form an embryonic choir that sang for world peace day celebration at the Presbyterian Church.

After that successful effort, a mission statement was created: "To perform music that motivates and inspires our communities toward justice, diversity and equality as we strive for peace and to create our web of mutuality." Rev. Weston and Dr. Roma wanted the choir to be associated with the Coretta Scott King Center at Antioch College and embarked on a collaboration.

The choir grew throughout 2013. The first major collaboration was for the CSK birthday celebration at the CSK Center at Antioch College in April 2013. This was considered the "official" launch of the choir and the beginning of the public phase of our collaboration. Prior to the WHC's creation there were occasional celebrations of Ms. King's life at the CSK center.

From the beginning, Antioch College has graciously provided practice space in the CSK Center or elsewhere on campus and child care has been provided by Antioch College students. Louise Smith (Dean of Community Life) and Jennifer Berman (Community Life Liason) have been very supportive and have helped the collaboration to grow.

Founded - 2012.  

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