Women in Harmony’s spring concert, “Love and Justice," explores these two grand, intersecting themes through choral music that highlights individual experience. The title song, Kavisha Mazzella’s Love and Justice, reflect’s the chorus’s commitment to leading with love and to working for a more just world. It describes a dream of peace and friendship, and urges us to persist: “I swear that I cannot rest 'til there’s equality.”

The program features two pieces by Ysaye Barnwell, formerly of Sweet Honey in the Rock. Hope outlines a litany of actions we must take “if we want peace in the world.” Prayer advises us to “...do unto others only what I’d have them do unto me.” Our Short Walk Through Life, by Lilli Lewis, testifies to the importance of love and kindness along the way, while reminding us of “…the fire we all carry…” The Hebrew text of Allan E. Naplan’s timeless Al Shlosha D’Varim translates as “The world is sustained by three things: by truth, by justice, and by peace.” Audiences will recognize several beloved jazz standards, including Love Is Here to Stay by George Gershwin, and Skylark by Hoagy Carmichael, as well as the renowned anthem How Could Anyone by Libby Roderick.