Please enjoy this clip from our March 16, 2024 Concert, Proclamations of Courage II

Experience awe-inspiring music with Belle Voci and the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus! The Regional Asset District (RAD) supports fantastic local talent through community-funded grants. To show our thanks to our neighborhood, we are joining RAD Days to fill the city of Pittsburgh with free music, talent, and art.

 

Join us Saturday, September 14th at 1:00 P.M. at the Kelly Strayhorn Theater.

 

Our very own, Belle Voci, joins the Pittsburgh Youth Chorus (PYC) for this event. PYC empowers and inspires young people in grades 1-12 through grant-funded transformational opportunities in choral music. Founded in 1983, PYC has touched the hearts and lives of students and collaborators alike. The group performs with world-class artists throughout our region.

 

Free Open to the Public Programming

Music strengthens, unites and uplifts our voices in celebration of our shared journey.

 

Belle Voci is thrilled to host the 13th annual Treble Choir Festival of Western Pennsylvania at First Presbyterian Church of Edgewood (120 East Swissvale Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15218) on Sunday, Oct. 27, at 3 p.m. Admission is $5 at the door. 

 

Seven choirs in Allegheny County will come together in song. We are proud to feature these esteemed groups: 

Penn Hills High School Cantabile - Briana York, Conductor

Ellis School Glee Club - Gail Novak Mosites, Conductor

Pittsburgh Girls Choir’s Women of Song - Emily Tiberi, Conductor

University of Pittsburgh Treble Choral Ensemble - Lorraine Milovac, Conductor

Riverview High School Grace Notes - Nathan Hart, Conductor

Solo Voci - Rachel Eaton, Conductor

Belle Voci - Lorraine Milovac, Conductor

 

Each group will take the stage to showcase their choir’s unique sound and collection of music. All groups will join together in singing, “Crowded Table,” by Andrea Ramsey. The messaging in “Crowded Table,” encapsulates the theme of our season: a musical journey through different branches of the human experience - elemental, metaphysical, and facets of everyday life.

 

The chorus reads, “I want a house with a crowded table / And a place by the fire for everyone / Let us take on the world while we're young and able / And bring us back together when the day is done.”

 

Music acts as the common thread through life’s journey despite our ages, life experiences and backgrounds. 

 

Belle Voci Artistic Director Lorraine Milovac began the Treble Choir Festival of Western Pennsylvania in 2007 as the conductor for the University of Pittsburgh Treble Choral Ensemble. The festival serves as a community-outreach initiative to fulfill our mission of “connecting song and community.”

Celebrate Spooky Season with Belle Voci!

 

We’re hosting a Spooktacular Fall Fundraiser on Friday, November 1 from 7-9 P.M. at Shorty’s Tap x Taco in the Waterfront (244 W Bridge St, West Homestead, PA 15120)!

 

Good times, great food and drink, prizes and games for the whole family!

Belle Voci needs your help this fall! Our goal is to raise $6,000 to help us purchase music, rent venues for our concerts, bring in incredible musicians to accompany us, and embrace our mission to connect song and community.

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Costumes are encouraged! We’ll have prizes for the best dressed. 

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Your ticket includes a voucher for craft-made cocktails, drafts or brews as well as food and access to gaming in the venue as well as your donation to our group!

Belle Voci and Team Friends is excited to invite you to our FREE Sensory Friendly Concert in the Social Hall at East Liberty Presbyterian Church (116 S Highland Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15206) on Saturday, November 23rd at 2 p.m.

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We believe that music is for everyone, and the following provisions aid in our audience’s enjoyment of these performances. ​

We offer a genuine understanding for our attendees needs including the freedom to move around as needed during the performance. Chatter, noise, and support items are all welcomed! The performance runs a shorter length, with dimmed lights and softer volume. Our volunteers are trained in assisting the audience as needed through our help desk, in-concert support, and provided sensory support items such as gadgets, earplugs, manipulatives. You may tour the venue prior to the performance or use the quiet room during the concert.

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​Complimentary tickets and transportation arrangements are funded by grants, and we are grateful for their support. Please contact President and Accessibility Coordinator, Craig Cannon at craig.g.cannon@gmail.com for all Sensory Friendly performance information, transportation assistance, and more.

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Team Friends provides opportunities and support to ambulatory adults with intellectual disabilities who have graduated high school, their parents, family and their mentoring typical friends. Members of the choir practice with our President, Craig Cannon, and will encourage you to sing along! 

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Belle Voci is a community-based, adult choir that sings music for voices in the treble range. Belle Voci performs an eclectic repertoire of wide-ranging styles, showcasing the performance practices of the music’s origin. Lorraine Milovac serves as the Artistic Director.

With your help, we can reach our goal of raising $27,000! Triple the value of your gift because ALL DONATIONS receive a two-for-one match thanks to the generosity of matching funds donors.

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Belle Voci strives to bring music to everyone through sensory friendly performances, select free-programming, and concerts in communities across the Greater Pittsburgh area. Your support makes this possible.

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$20 - Connect Song and Community

$50 - Provide attire for a Belle Voci singer in need

$150 - Pay annual membership dues for one Belle Voci singer in need

$250 - Purchase one new choral selection for the entire choir

$500 - Pay the venue rental fee for one Belle Voci concert

Belle Voci embarks on a musical journey this holiday season. We are proud to feature our holiday concert, “Journey Through the Season of Light.” From yuletide carols to ethereal latin compositions, Belle Voci continues to strengthen, unite and uplift community voices in celebration of the thread that ties us together: music.

Join us on Saturday, December 14th at 7:30 p.m. at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, 2040 Washington Rd, Pittsburgh, PA 15241.​

On February 18, Belle Voci will be singing for—and with—the staff, residents, family, and friends of Verland. Verland is a non-profit that provides housing for more than 200 people with intellectual and physical disabilities.

 

According to its website, Verland was founded by “three women with the ambitious mission to create a place where intellectually disabled people, with or without physical disabilities, could enjoy the safety, care, respect and dignity of home.” The name Verland is a compilation of the names of the three children who were the women’s inspiration—Verlinda, Andrew, and David.

 

The main campus, located in Sewickley, opened in 1981. In March 2023, Belle Voci board members Suzanne Masri and Doris Zurawka asked our choir for activities that could support our mission, which is “Connecting Song and Community.” Belle Voci learned about Verland from our choir member, Lynne Williams. Lynne’s former student Haley Welsh is a music therapist who shares the joy of music with the residents of Verland. Haley owns a company called “Playnotes.”

 

In July 2023, Craig Cannon, Lorraine Milovac, and Doris Zurawka met with Haley and Coordinator Jazmyn Mason to explain BV’s mission and to explore the possibility of performing a sensory friendly concert for the Verland residents. Haley and Jazmyn loved the idea and suggested we sing at Christ Church on the Verland campus, since it would provide plenty of space. They also suggested that we do a few sing-alongs with the audience.

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Our concert in February 2024 was truly meaningful and heartfelt. At the end of the concert, Haley told Doris that the sounds from the audience were the sounds of pure joy. Lorraine was presented with fingerprint artwork lovingly created by the Verland residents. We’re delighted to return to sing for Verland residents, staff, family, and friends on February 18. The sensory friendly concert is open to the public and is free of charge. We’re excited
for this opportunity to “connect song and community.”

Belle Voci, the Heritage Gospel Chorale of Pittsburgh, and the University of Pittsburgh Pantherhythms will join together on Saturday, March 15th at 3:00 P.M. at the Pentecostal Temple Church (6300 E Liberty Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15206). The concert is free and open to the public.

 

“United in Purpose,” showcases a collection of music and lyrics from prominent African American Women in the Arts including Rosephanye Powell, Undine S. Moore, Lena McLin and Diane L. White.

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One selection, which shares the title of the concert, is a gospel-styled anthem based on a piece by Dr. Maya Angelou. She writes, “The onus is upon us all to work to improve the human condition. Perform good deeds, for that is truly the way to battle the forces of entropy that are at work in our world. The composite of all our efforts can have an effect. Good done anywhere is good done everywhere. When we unite in purpose, we are greater than the sum of our parts.”

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This piece speaks not only to the needs for unity in our current world, but also to the celebration of those who have worked tirelessly to improve the human condition before us. This concert will inspire, uplift and ignite your passion to bring goodness into our community.

 

Belle Voci is a community-based, adult choir that sings music for voices in the treble range. Belle Voci performs an eclectic repertoire of wide-ranging styles, showcasing the performance practices of the music’s origin. Lorraine Milovac serves as the Artistic Director.

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The Heritage Gospel Chorale of Pittsburgh is an auditioned mixed chorus, founded and conducted by renowned Pittsburgh-area music director Dr. Herbert V.R.P. Jones. The group is inspires audiences through their deep appreciation of African-American Sacred Choral Music and Gospel Music.

 

The University of Pittsburgh Pantherhythms is a subset of the Pitt Men’s Glee Club. The group brings a myriad of a cappella works to our local community and beyond. Richard Teaster serves as the Director.