Singers of New and Ancient Music (SONAM) is a chorus committed to creating high-quality sacred and secular music and giving back to the community. Their mission is to make excellent choral music that supports local non-profits through benefit concerts.
SONAM was established in 2012. The group consists of about 20 talented singers from central North Carolina, led by conductor Allan Friedman and accompanist Jane Lynch. As a volunteer organization, SONAM is sustained entirely by donations of time and resources.
SONAM’s fall 2019 concert is on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at Pilgrim United Church of Christ, 3011 Academy Road, in Durham, at 4 p.m., featuring music by LGBT composers and poets.
Admission is free, with donations accepted for local community organizations supporting LGBTQ+ rights.
Program:
- Tchaikovsky – Nochevala tuchka zolotaya (“The golden cloud slept”)
- Massaino – Surge, propera, amica mea (“Arise, my love”)
- Massaino – Anima mea liquefacta est (“My soul melts”)
- Barber – The Coolin
- Arcadelt – Deh dimmi amor (“Tell me, love”; text by Michelangelo)
- Pierson – O Eros
- Lully – Requiem from De Profundis
- Britten – A Hymn to the Virgin
- Thomson – My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
- Bussewitz-Quarm – Nigra sum (“I am black but beautiful”)
Future SONAM Chorus concerts:
Winter 2020 Concert in support of women and children
Saturday, January 11, 2020
3 p.m.
First Presbyterian Church of Durham, 305 E Main St, Durham, NC 27701
Featuring music of light and gifts from contemporary female composers, as well as portions of Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil.
Spring 2020 Concert in support of PORCH
Saturday, April 4, 2020
3 p.m.
Holy Trinity Lutheran Church, 300 E Rosemary St, Chapel Hill, NC 27514
Featuring music of community and home.
