Past performances by the choir:

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

2011

Pastures of Plenty: Reflections on Immigration in Word and Song. April 3, Sacred Heart Music Center. Guest artist Sarah M. Greer (www.sarahmgreer.com). Proceeds to benefit Latino Voice (of Duluth) and Minnesota Immigrant Freedom Network.

The Men as Peacemakers’ annual Celebration of Peacemakers event, April 7, Peace Church. The choir performed for this event that honors those whose personal actions make our community a safer and healthier place to live.

Northland Standing Together: Community Observance and Ceremony, Remembering 9/11/01. September 11, DECC Auditorium, Duluth.

Family History Day, October 15, Duluth Public Library. Twin Ports Genealogical Society's 40th Anniversary.

Land of Plenty: How Did You Come to Be Here? November 11 and 12, Marshall Performing Arts Center, University of Minnesota Duluth. Written by Sara Thomsen, Directed by Tom Isbell, presented by the UMD Diversity Commission. Guest artists Sarah M. Greer, Regina M. Laroche, Lyz Jaakola, Michael Laughing Fox Charette and more. A collaboration of UMD and community artists, musicians, singers, actors, poets.

2010

With You, Haiti Cherie Concert, February 3, Mitchell Auditorium, Duluth. A community-wide benefit concert to raise money for relief efforts in Haiti hosted by The College of St. Scholastica. Headline guest artist Bonga and the Vodou Drums of Haiti. Local artists: Echoes of Peace Choir, First Lutheran Church Choir, St. Scholastica Hand Drum Ensemble.

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.

Duluth Sister Cities Event, Enger Park, Duluth, August 20. Echoes of Peace Choir sings at celebration and dedication of the newly remodeled Japanese Peace Garden, honoring the 20 year anniversary of Duluth's sister city relationship with Ohara-Isumi City, Japan.

Open the Window: EOP Fall 2010 concert, November 14, Weber Music Hall, Duluth. Special guest artist was Elise Witt, from Atlanta, GA (www.elisewitt.com). Benefit for UNICEF's flood relief program in Pakistan. The concert was sponsored in part by the UMD Muslim Student Association.

2009

All My Life's A Circle: Echoes of Peace Choir Fall 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 Spring 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.

Concert at St. Louis County Jail, June 3, Duluth, MN.

Be Like A Bird: Summer Season June 2009. Lafayette Community Center, Park Point, Duluth, MN.

A month of singing songs all about birds!

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 Spring 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 Fall 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. In preparation, we met for our second summer season June 26-July 24.

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

Benefit for the Northern Communities Land Trust

2006

Fifth Annual Art of Peace event, 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

Summer choir season June - mid July 2006. Our first summer season!

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

GLBT Civil Rights Rally, June 29, Choir and Three Altos, Federal Bulding, Duluth

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

Parade of Nations, July 21, Downtown Duluth

Festival of Cultures, July 22, Bayfront Park, Duluth

Gabriel Project Fundraiser, St. Scholastica Monastery, Duluth

Choir Fall 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).

Benefit concert for School of Americas Watch.

2005

Fourth annual Art of Peace event, 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, Mitchell Auditorium, College of St. Scholastica, Duluth

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

Choir's first annual fall benefit concert, November 13, Weber Music Hall, UMD, Duluth

With guest performances by Sara, Three Altos, Rachael Kilgour (her debut!), Peter Provost, Elizabeth Nordell (storyteller) Our first fall season! We met mid October-mid November. Benefit concert for School of Americas Watch.

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

2004

Third annual Art of Peace event , 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, and choir.

2003

Second annual 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

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

Songs: "Song of Peace (Finlandia)" and "By Breath" (S. Thomsen). Our very first gatherings in preparation for the first Art of Peace event. We were 17 voices that first year!