Seattle Peace Chorus celebrates life in the context of oppression, finding joy and hope in our rich traditions.

Accompanied by the Miho & Diego Duo, we celebrate Colombian music from the merging of American Indigenous, Spanish, and African traditions, to lift us out of despair and energize us to resist suppression, and we perform an extended work with lyrics from the poem by Langston Hughes, “Let America Be America Again,” set to music by Frederick N. West, to call for America to be a land where everyone is free:

Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed—
Let it be that great strong land of love
Where never kings connive nor tyrants scheme
That any man be crushed by one above.

The Miho & Diego Duo, with Dr. Miho Takekawa on the marimba and Diego Coy on the quena, will introduce us to Bunde and Cumbia rhythms from Colombia.