The Peninsula Women's Chorus (PWC) is a Palo Alto-based, 50-voice women's choir performing high-quality classical and contemporary music in the Bay Area and many parts of the world. Committed to excellence in the performance of diverse and challenging choral literature for women's voices, the PWC has come to national and international attention through live performance and recordings and has added significantly to the choral literature by commissioning new music. The chorus inspires and enriches its audiences in the Bay Area through its concert series, its ongoing program of premiering new works, and its numerous collaborations with other Bay Area performing groups.

PWC now on iTunes and Amazon

PWC's latest album, Nature Pictures, is now available on iTunes and at Amazon.com.

You can now send a virtual CD to family and friend far away. Please check this out and while you're there leave a comment about PWC and Nature Pictures. Of course you can still purchase all our (non-virtual) CDs on our recordings page.


Save the Date!
Sapphire Serenade
Saturday, February 11th 2012, 12pm
Michaels at Shoreline, Mountain View
Tickets: $75
The Peninsula Women's Chorus cordially invites you to its 8th Annual Gala Event. Ring in our 45th year while enjoying lunch, a silent auction, and a performance by the PWC. Our special guests the San Francisco Parlor Opera with our own Jungmee Kim as musical director and pianist will be performing scenes and arias from the Marriage of Figaro.
Don't miss out on this wonderful celebration of song! Download your invitation here.
Many thanks to our 2011 Gala Donors who helped make last year's event a great success. We couldn't have done it without your generosity - thank you!



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Concerts

"Song Gathering" - New Music for Treble Voices Choral Festival

Experience the soaring power of treble choirs from around the Bay Area. Celebrating its fifth year, the New Music for Treble Voices Festival welcomes guest chorus Musae from San Francisco, under the direction of former PWC member Amy Stuart Hunn. This exciting group joins the PWC, Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, and Volti on stage for a dynamic afternoon of contemporary music, featuring the world premiere of "Song Gatherings" by Eric Tuan, based on texts by Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore.

For more information, please visit our concerts page.



News

PWC's "The Face & Heart of New Music" video is named a finalist in the 2011 CreaTV awards

How is new music created? What is the creative process from the initial inception to the final performance?

Come for a behind the scenes look at the world wide premiere of "Face & Heart" (co-commissioned by the Peninsula Women's Chorus, Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir, and Crystal Children's Choir). From the selection of the composer to the first ever performance with a 200 voice choir, with interviews with the composer, poet and the artistic directors.