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We serve the community from seven centers, and hundreds of community outreach locations throughout Southern California, and lead popular national programs like Braille Challenge and Cane Quest. Our staff and volunteers understand losing your vision can be scary, but we believe it is not the end of independence, but a new way of living.

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Under the direction of Graduate Teaching Assistant David Lozano Torres, the UCSB Lumina Choir will present a concert, titled "We Are One," on Wednesday, June 9, 2021 at 6 pm PDT as a YouTube Premiere via the Department of Music's YouTube channel. The mini-concert will feature "Ubi Caritas" by composer Victor C. Johnson and "Sisi Ni Moja" by Jacob Narverud. As the choir underwent a name change this 2020-2021 school year from Women's Choir to Lumina, the intention and focus became one of unity, inclusivity, and light; being a light to the world through song. Come feel the power of unity as the members of Lumina join together in song to share the message of acceptance and love. Let us all love one another! "We all bruise, we all scar, we all fail but learn to fly. We are one world, one people. We are. ONE."

Photo by Andrea Piacquadio.

For more information and the direct link to the YouTube Premiere visit https://music.ucsb.edu/news/event/2234