Ramón C. Cortines School of Visual and Performing Arts will perform “The Woman at the Window: The Triangle Factory Fire” on Thursday, Feb. 4 at noon and Friday, Feb. 5 at 7 p.m. at the high school’s main auditorium.

(photo courtesy of LA Master Chorale)

The performance includes 85 choir students and is put on in conjunction with Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) Chamber Singers.

“The Woman at the Window: The Triangle Factory Fire” is based on the horrific 1911 fire at the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory in New York City where 146 garment workers perished.

The performance was developed as part of the Los Angeles Master Chorale’s award-winning “Voices Within” artists-in-residence program.

It also aligns with the Chorale’s current concert season, which features oratorios by Handel and Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Julia Wolfe.

The 9th through 12th grade students who composed the piece collaborated over a 20-week period under the guidance and mentorship of singer Alice Kirwan Murray, lyricist Doug Cooney and composer Michael Alfera, as well as with the school’s choir teachers, Desiree Fowler and Stormy Sacks.

They learned how to write and create melodies for the oratorio and learned techniques for capturing the “voice” of the characters.

This is the sixth year the LAMC offers its “Voices Within” program at the school.

Cortines High School of Visual and Performing Arts is located at 450 N. Grand Ave.

The concert is free, but an RSVP is required, and seating is first come. For information, visit lamc.org.