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Everyday Wonders: Girl from Aleppo

Join us for our Autumn concert. "Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo" is a five-movement choral work by composer Cecilia McDowall that recounts the extraordinary journey of Nujeen Mustafa, a Kurdish teenager with cerebral palsy who fled the war in Aleppo, Syria, with her sister to reach Europe.

Based on Nujeen's biography, co-authored with Christina Lamb, the cantata uses musical effects like chorales, spoken word, body percussion, and Middle Eastern-flavoured violin to capture the narrative of struggle, despair, and ultimately, hope and joy.