New York City Spring Tour 2018 Fundraiser
Conspiracy of Venus needs your help to fund our second New York City Tour! We are fundraising to ensure that all the singers in our 30-woman group can afford to go to NYC and perform in three shows this May. All contributions of any size are appreciated. Please check out our GoFundMe campaign for videos, photos, and more about our tour plans! We have two shows booked so far for May 18-20, details coming soon.
Conspiracy of Venus needs your help to fund our second New York City Tour! We are fundraising to ensure that all the singers in our 30-woman group can afford to go to NYC and perform in three shows this May. All contributions of any size are appreciated. Please check out our GoFundMe campaign for videos, photos, and more about our tour plans! We have two shows booked so far for May 18-20, details coming soon.
Upcoming Shows
Saint Alban's Church - Albany
April 21, 2018 - Get Tickets Here!
In Praise of Doubt - New Choral Works Adapted from Bertolt Brecht - Plus Arrangements of The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Grateful Dead, and more!
Leading up to their second New York City tour this May, the all-women's vocal ensemble Conspiracy of Venus is offering a special event celebrating the poetry of Bertolt Brecht. The choir will premier a setting of Brechts poem "In Praise of Doubt," composed by Conspiracy of Venus director Joyce Todd McBride. The poem's opening lines: "Praised be doubt! I advise you to treat cheerfully and with respect the man who tests your word like a bad penny" presage the texts argument that doubt is healthy and that seemingly monolithic power structures are nevertheless susceptible to change. Doubt, Brecht adds, should never be an excuse to avoid necessary action.
The choir will also perform McBride's setting of Brecht's "The Buddha's Parable of the Burning House, along with signature renditions of favorites by The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Grateful Dead, and more!
Join us for a celebration in song as we continue our No Goddess Left Behind fundraising campaign, organized to ensure the choir arrives in NYC in full force. Snacks, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for sale. Ticket prices are sliding-scale. Please pay what you can. Donations of any size accepted. See you there!
April 21, 2018 - Get Tickets Here!
In Praise of Doubt - New Choral Works Adapted from Bertolt Brecht - Plus Arrangements of The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Grateful Dead, and more!
Leading up to their second New York City tour this May, the all-women's vocal ensemble Conspiracy of Venus is offering a special event celebrating the poetry of Bertolt Brecht. The choir will premier a setting of Brechts poem "In Praise of Doubt," composed by Conspiracy of Venus director Joyce Todd McBride. The poem's opening lines: "Praised be doubt! I advise you to treat cheerfully and with respect the man who tests your word like a bad penny" presage the texts argument that doubt is healthy and that seemingly monolithic power structures are nevertheless susceptible to change. Doubt, Brecht adds, should never be an excuse to avoid necessary action.
The choir will also perform McBride's setting of Brecht's "The Buddha's Parable of the Burning House, along with signature renditions of favorites by The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Grateful Dead, and more!
Join us for a celebration in song as we continue our No Goddess Left Behind fundraising campaign, organized to ensure the choir arrives in NYC in full force. Snacks, beer, wine, and non-alcoholic beverages will be available for sale. Ticket prices are sliding-scale. Please pay what you can. Donations of any size accepted. See you there!
New York City Orbit - May 18-20, 2018
We have two perfomances in NYC.
Friday, May 18 - 7PM - Rockwood Music Hall - Get Tickets Here!
We will present our arrangements of The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Grateful Dead, and more! This is a 45 minute set that starts at 7PM.
Sunday, May 20 - 2PM Matinee - The Cutting Room - Tickets Soon!
In Praise of Doubt - New Choral Works Adapted from Bertolt Brecht - Plus arrangements of The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Grateful Dead, and more!
We have two perfomances in NYC.
Friday, May 18 - 7PM - Rockwood Music Hall - Get Tickets Here!
We will present our arrangements of The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Grateful Dead, and more! This is a 45 minute set that starts at 7PM.
Sunday, May 20 - 2PM Matinee - The Cutting Room - Tickets Soon!
In Praise of Doubt - New Choral Works Adapted from Bertolt Brecht - Plus arrangements of The Beatles, Joni Mitchell, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie, Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen, The Grateful Dead, and more!
Muse Ecology, is available!
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about us
Conspiracy of Venus is a 30-woman vocal ensemble based in San Francisco, CA that explores the creative frontiers of music under the artistic direction of Joyce Todd McBride. We interpret Joyce’s daring and inventive arrangements of beloved songs, ranging from popular classics (Joni Mitchell’s Big Yellow Taxi and David Bowie’s Life On Mars) to edgy contemporary pieces (Bjork’s Possibly Maybe), as well as original compositions by Joyce (including a poem by Bertolt Brecht set to music) with dazzling technical verve and tons of personality. Drawing inspiration from medieval music, jazz, funk, and new music, Conspiracy of Venus takes vocal music into territories not often explored by more traditional choirs or college-style a cappella groups (though we are inspired by them too!).
