In today’s troubled world, the Vienna Union Hall is pleased to bring an incredible group of refugee girls and young women to this small town in rural Maine on May 4 at 4:00 PM. Never before has this community had the opportunity to hear the stories of struggle and hope offered with such beautiful voices in this intimate setting.

The group’s soloists have powerful beautiful, and moving voices and are richly talented; they are backed up by rich, precise, and expressive harmonies. Their eclectic repertoire includes traditional folk music, spirituals, and carols as well as songs written expressly by and for the group.

Pihcintu, a Passamaquoddy word meaning “When she sings, her voice carries far” is the name of this unique chorus of young women from Cambodia, China, Congo, El Salvador, Egypt, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Lebanon, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Viet Nam, British West Indies, and Zambia, along with children whose families have been here for generations.

The Pihcintu Multinational Girls Choir has performed for over 300,000 live and hundreds of millions via broadcast and internet media including National Public Radio, Voice of America, Al Jazeera, Univision, UN TV and You Tube. They have appeared at The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington DC, The National Cathedral, Washington, DC and the United Nations to name but a few of the venues. In 2023 the Choir won the Maine Education Association’s 2023 Human and Civil Rights Award.