The St. Louis Women’s Chorus: Lifting As We Climb

Lifting As We Climb celebrates the transformative power of music in driving social change. The first act opens with Holly Near’s “Fired Up,” a passionate call to action against social injustices. This is followed by Bob Dylan’s “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” which encourages us to embrace evolving generational ideas. Next is “Bread and Roses,” a song inspired by a 1911 poem and political slogan from the women’s suffrage movement. This piece eloquently demands a society that meets both the material and spiritual needs of its people. Following this, “Stardust,” arranged from a contemporary poem by Brittny Ray Crowell, honors the lives of people of color who have been unjustly taken and calls for justice and remembrance.