Past seasons of the choir:
Winter Season 2002, January-March

Our first gatherings in preparation for the first Art of Peace event. We were 17 voices that first year!

Winter Season 2004, January-March

Winter Season 2005, January-March

Fall Season 2005, October 17-November 21

Winter Season 2006, January 10-March 14

Summer season 2006, June 6-July 18

Winter Season 2007, January 16-March 27

Summer Season 2007, June 26-July 24

Fall Season 2007, September 10-November 12

Winter 2008, Jan 15-April 10

Fall 2008, Sep 9-Nov 16

Winter Season 2009, January-March

Summer Season 2009, Jun 2-30

Past performances by the choir:

(This list is in process! Email me with the missing ones! ST)

2010

Bless Everything: Echoes of Peace Choir Concert, March 25, Weber Music Hall, Duluth. Special guests Rudy Perrault and Ryan Frane. Benefit for the KAKO Foundation.

2009

All My Life's A Circle: Echoes of Peace Choir Concert, November 8, Weber Music Hall, Duluth. Special guests Lyz Jaakola, The Anishinaabe Youth Chorus, and Oshkii Ghiizhik Singers. Benefit for Mending the Sacred Hoop.

Beauty and Tenacity: Echoes of Peace Choir Concert, April 26, Weber Music Hall, Duluth. Special guests Rachel Nelson (www.bardlive.com), Master drummer from Haiti Welele, and local poets Yvonne Rutford and Deborah Cooper. A Benefit for the Duluth-Rania (Iraq) Friendship Exchange. May 2 the concert (minus the special guests) was performed at the St. Louis County Jail.

2008

Sara's "Everything Changes" CD Release Concert, February 17, Marshall School Auditorium, Duluth

Community: Build It! Vocalize It! Harmonize It! February 28, Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth

An evening of music, spoken word, culture and community buiilding with guest speaker Okokon Udo and local artists: mn mantra, Sara Thomsen, and Echoes of Peace Choir.

Dreams of Harmony: Echoes of Peace Choir Concert, April 10, Sacred Heart Music Center, Duluth

A Benefit for LSS Young Parent Program.

Pax Christi Minnesota State Assembly, September 27, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth

We Shall Not Give Up: Echoes of Peace Choir Concert, November 16, Mitchell Auditorium, Duluth

With guests Elizabeth Nordell, storyteller, Rudy Perrault, violinist, Ryan Frane, pianist, and Three Altos

A benefit for the KAKO Foundation's "Music For All" project in Haiti.

2007

Echoes of Peace Choir Concert with guests Minnesota Mantra, March 25, Mitchell Auditorium, Duluth

Benefit for CHUM's Food Shelf and Gabriel Project

Farmers Take the Stage, March 29, Peace Church, Duluth

Benefit for the Lake Superior Chapter of the Sustainable Farming Association

6th Annual Annual Art of Peace, April 13-15, in collaboration with Harbor City High School Students and the 4th Annual Free Democracy Summit

Men as Peacemakers annual Community Peacemakers Awards, April 22, Mitchell Auditorium, CSS

Two Harbors Folk Festival, July 29, Two Harbors, MN

Echoes of Peace Choir Concert with guest Teague Alexy, November 8, Weber Music Hall, UMD.

Benefit for the Northern Communities Land Trust

2006

Art of Peace, Evening Performance and Afternoon Workshop, March 11, First United Methodist Church, Duluth

Music as Resistance, May 4, YWCA, Duluth

College for Seniors, May 16, Somers Lounge, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth

Juneteenth Celebration, 3pm, June 17, Central Hillside Community Center, Duluth

GLBT Civil Rights Rally, 12pm, June 29, Federal Bulding, Duluth

Eyes Wide Open Exhibit, 8pm, July 5, Leif Ericson Park, Duluth

Parade of Nations, 6:30pm, July 21, Downtown Duluth

Festival of Cultures, 5pm, July 22, Bayfront Park, Duluth

Gabriel Project Fundraiser, August 20, St. Scholastica Monastery, Duluth

SOAW Benefit Concert, October 29, Mitchell Auditorium, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth

With Sara, Rachael Kilgour, Kathy McTavish (cellist), Ellie Schoenfeld (poet) and Elizabeth Nordell (storyteller)

2005

The Art of Peace, Evening Performance, March 12, Marshall School Auditorium, Duluth

Songs: "The Beauty of the Dancer" (S. Thomsen), "Busy, Busy, Busy" (S. Boynton & M. Ford), "Mahatma" (D. Marshall), "Dark of the Moon" (K. Beth), "Hope" (Y. M. Barnwell), "Deep Peace" (B. Douglas), "Gabi, Gabi" (S. African Freedom Song)

Spiritualities of Peace Conference, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth

Critical Thinking Conference, June 30, Northland College, Ashland, WI

SOAW Benefit Concert, November 13, Weber Music Hall, UMD, Duluth

With Sara, Three Altos, Rachael Kilgour (her debut!), Peter Provost, Elizabeth Nordell (storyteller)

Holiday Concert at the Jail, Dec. 16, St. Louis County Jail, Duluth, MN

2004

The Art of Peace, Evening Performance, March 27, First United Methodist Church, Duluth

Songs: "Turn the World Around" (H. Belafonte), "Harriet Tubman" (W. Robinson), "Voices" (H. Near), "Dreams of Harmony" (J. Hammil), "Not Be Afraid" (H. Petersen), "Potter's Wheel" (B. Danoff), "Freedom Is Coming" (S. African Freedom Song), "I Have A Million Nightingales" (L. Hirschorn), "Freedom" (Ellis).

SOAW Benefit Concert, November, UWS, Superior WI

With Sara, Jerree Small

2003

The Art of Peace: Evening Performance, March 22, First United Methodist Church, Duluth

Songs: "We Are the Ones" (Sweet Honey), "Freedom Song" (S. Thomsen), "Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream" (E. McCurdy)

2002

The Art of Peace, Evening Performance, March 23, First United Methodist Church, Duluth

Songs: "Song of Peace (Finlandia)" and "By Breath" (S. Thomsen)