Socially conscious and challenging vocal ensemble Orlando Sings marks five years at this week’s Choral Festival with three separate concerts themed around “Tapestry: The Music of US.”
Saturday’s “Voice & Flame” features the Solaria Singers performing pieces from points of upheaval throughout modern history, such as Poulenc’s “Figure Humaine,” written in Nazi-occupied France.
Later that day, Harmonia presents “Stand Tall,” a musical history of the women’s suffrage movement including pieces from Alexandra Olsavsky, Andrea Ramsey and Rosephanye Powell.
Finally on Tuesday, the Orlando Sings Symphonic Chorus celebrates 250 years of the United States with some essential nuance — in a year when a lot of us aren’t very jazzed about the grand ol’ flag — with works by Michael Bussewitz-Quarm and Brandon Boyd.
Various times, Alexis & Jim Pugh Theater and Steinmetz Hall at the Dr. Phillips Center, orlandosings.org, $41-$98.
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This article appears in May 13-19, 2026.