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A Woman's Voice 2024

The Sparrow Initiative produced a compelling new version of their "A Woman's Voice" concert in November of 2024 at St. Wilfrid's Episcopal Church as a fundraiser for Colette's Children's Home, a shelter for women and children in Huntington Beach. This was a night of music and spoken word that celebrated the experience of womanhood from being a daughter to a mother and everything in between. The program highlights women composers, lyricists, authors, and poets through classical art song, folk song, musical theater, and jazz standards, with excerpts from literature, poetry, and Scripture woven throughout. Featured artists included Alyssa Wills, Amy Joy Stephens, and Jasper Jimenez. We look forward to more opportunities to revisit this concert in the future!

A Christmas Meditation

The Sparrow Initiative has enjoyed partnering with St. Mary's by the Sea Catholic Church in Huntington Beach for their annual Christmas concert for the past several years. "A Christmas Meditation" unites Scripture readings with pieces by Mozart, Bach, Saint-Saëns, and more, along with sing-along carols to create a thoughtful spiritual journey leading the audience from Advent to Christmas.

Featured artists included Alyssa Wills, Amy Joy Stephens, Alex Stephens, Anthony Moreno, with organist Kevin Weed.

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The Impresario and Other Opera Favorites

In August of 2022, The Sparrow Initiative presented an exciting evening of opera favorites, such as La Boheme and Elixir of Love, culminating with a performance of Mozart's playful one act opera, "The Impresario," where two divas battle it out to become the ultimate Prima Donna! This fundraising concert reintroduced Sparrow Initiative to the community post-pandemic and helped raise money to make our future projects possible. Featured artists included Alyssa Wills, Amy Joy Stephens, Dominic Salvati, Anthony Moreno, and Jasper Jimenez.

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Amy Joy Stephens and Dominic Salvati performing excerpts from L'elisir d'amore in "The Imp

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Alyssa Wills, Dominic Salvati, Amy Joy Stephens, and Anthony Moreno performing excerpts fr

Anthony Moreno and Amy Joy Stephens performing excerpts from "Don Giovanni" in "The Impres

Anthony Moreno and Amy Joy Stephens performing excerpts from Don Giovanni in "The Impresar

Jasper Jimenez and Anthony Moreno in The Impresario

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A Woman's Voice 2019

A Woman's Voice was our inaugural concert in June of 2019. This concert took place at St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church in Newport Beach and was to raise awareness and funds for their human trafficking ministry. Exploring the theme of how women share their love as mothers, daughters, sisters, and wives, we sought to help the audience feel a connection to the victims they were there to support. We used both classical art songs and musical theater pieces, along with spoken excerpts from literature, poetry, and scripture. We gave a representative from St. Andrew's human trafficking ministry an opportunity to share the story of one of the survivors they worked with, and we were able to welcome other organizations who used fashion and jewelry to help raise awareness in the way we were using music. This recital featured Alyssa Wills, Amy Joy Stephens, Lesley Baird, and HyeJung Shin, with a musical program organized and curated by Alyssa Wills.

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Alyssa Wills and Amy Joy Stephens in "A Woman's Voice"

Alyssa Wills, Amy Joy Stephens, and Lesley Baird in "A Woman's Voice"

Lesley Baird and HyeJung Shin in "A Woman's Voice"

Lesley Baird and Amy Joy Stephens in "A Woman's Voice"

HyeJung Shin and Alyssa Wills in "A Woman's Voice"

HyeJung Shin, Alyssa Wills, Lesley Baird, and Amy Joy Stephens in "A Woman's Voice"