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PWC’s winter concert fuels the flame of hope with a rich selection of international holiday songs celebrating Kwanzaa, Christmas, and Noche Buena, interwoven with songs of light, faith, and survival. Join us in cultivating hope through works that connect us to traditions, practices, histories, and wisdom, revealing the ever-present possibilities around us.Experience the hope through PWC classics such as the vocal arrangement of “New World Symphony” from Song of Survival, J.S. Bach’s intimate “Suscepit Israel,” and our Composer-in-Residence, Amy X Neuburg’s poignant “Before I Forget.” See the light in Morten Lauridsen’s luminously serene “Sure on this Shining Night,” Joan Szymko’s reflective “Only Light, Only Love,” and Anton Bruckner’s soaring “Os Justi,” arranged for treble voices by PWC’s Artistic Director Anne Hege

The idea for the New Music for Treble Voices Festival (NMFTV) came about in 2008 with the realization that the Bay Area is home to several acclaimed treble choirs, all national and international leaders in commissioning and performing new music. Founding groups were Volti, a professional choir dedicated to American contemporary music, Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir, both conducted by Robert Geary, and the Peninsula Women’s Chorus (PWC), conducted by Dr. Martín Benvenuto.=

Our spring concerts will showcase Giovanni Pergolesi’s heart-wrenchingly beautiful Stabat Mater, an early 18th-century poignant portrayal of a mother’s grief. This classic will be complemented by the world premieres of two new works for PWC: Composer-in-Residence Amy X Neuburg’s “What Place is This?” exploring our feelings about home and place, and an excerpt from our 2026 Composer-in-Residence Freida Abtan’s opera-in-progress, reimagining the Orpheus myth and his overwhelming grief that threatens the living world