‘Social Band’
Will Perform
In Northfield

Social Band, Burlington's lively band of singers, blends together choral styles old and new from diverse sources to present a program entitled, "Idle and Blessed: Exploring Rest in a Restless World."

Pieces include premieres of new works by Vermont composers Tom Cleary, Sara Doncaster, Michael Hopkins, Don Jamison, Michael Kellogg, Will Patton and Liz Thompson. Four concerts will be presented, including one at the United Church in Northfield at 4 p.m. Nov. 11. That will be presented by the Paine Mountain Arts Council.

Early European and American songs, including pieces by Lassus, Byrd and Weelkes, and selections from Social Band's 2005 Vermont Composers Project round out this exploration of rest. several tunes extoling the virtues of Social Band, a mixed chorus of 20 singers, was founded in 1998 to explore the diverse repertoires of traditional, early and contemporary music.

In 2005, Social Band commissioned 25 Vermont composers to write new choral works.