The choir of the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Church - one of the newer ones in Anchorage, we hear - will present its first-ever concert, "When the Spirit Says Sing," at 7 p.m. on Saturday, April 13.
A highlight of the program will be the premiere of Justin Birchell's setting of Walt Whitman's "Song of Myself." Birchell was most recently seen as pirate Samuel in Anchorage Opera's sold out performances of "The Pirates of Penzance" but has experience as both a singer and composer.
The program will include "Elijah Rock," "Rainbow Connection," Allen Ginsberg's song-poem, "Father Death Blues," "Veni Sancte Spiritus" and "Prayer of St. Francis" along with more familiar pieces.
Admission is by pay-what-you-can donation. The church is at 3201 Turnagain St.
MIKE DUNHAM
Anchorage