Renowned Flutist Joins Chorale to Bring Holiday Music from Around the World to Everett

October 21, 2008

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The 75-plus vocal choral ensemble, the Everett Chorale, takes the stage with flutist Jeffrey Cohan for this year's ever-popular holiday concerts, Children Go Where I Send Thee: A Christmas Celebration Around the World on December 6 at 7:30 p.m. and December 7 at 3 p.m.

According to the New York Times, Cohan can "play several superstar flutists one might name under the table" and has received international acclaim both as a modern flutist and as one of the foremost specialists on transverse flutes from the renaissance through the early 19th century.

This season's holiday concert will bring music from different countries across the globe to Everett, including pieces from the West Indies, Puerto Rico, France, Italy, and England. The concert also includes a compilation of Christmas-themed spirituals.

Some pieces will be familiar to many, such as Away in a Manger and Go Tell It On The Mountain. Others will offer the audience a new twist to beloved carols, such as One Horse Open Sleigh, which is the original version of today's popular Jingle Bells.

All pieces performed for this holiday concert were arranged by Robert DeCormier, an American conductor, arranger, and director, and a graduate of the Juilliard School. He has arranged music for many singers and groups, including Harry Belafonte and Peter, Paul, and Mary.

See our tickets page for purchasing information or call the Everett Performing Arts Center (EPAC) at 425-257-8600 or toll free 1-888-257-3722 or visit the box office at 2710 Wetmore Avenue in downtown Everett between 11 AM and 7 PM Tuesday through Saturday. Ticket prices are: Adult $16 and Senior/Student/Military $14. Special discounts for groups of 10 or more are available.

The Everett Chorale is Snohomish County's premiere vocal ensemble, comprised of more than 75 singers from Everett and the surrounding area. In addition to performances at EPAC, the Chorale will sing at the Festival of Trees (December 3 at Comcast Arena), on an Argosy Christmas Ship (December 8 from Edmonds to Richmond Beach), and in St. James Cathedral (December 20 in Seattle).

Membership in the Everett Chorale is open to all interested singers with previous choral singing experience and is available for college credit through Everett Community College. Contact EvCC at 425-388-9501 for enrollment and audition information.

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Everett Chorale "Sings Hallelujah!"

May 19, 2008

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Join the Everett Chorale as they "Sing Hallelujah!" in various compositions under the direction of Music Director Lee Mathews at the final concert of their 42nd Season on Saturday June 7 and 8 at the Everett Performing Arts Center. The 70-voice choral ensemble will perform with guest soloist Kathryn Weld and organist Kim Croft. This concert will uplift, inspire, and even get toes tapping with the traditional music of Martin Shaw, ethereal compositions of Ralph Vaughan Williams, baroque masterpieces of G. F. Handel, and jazzy Broadway show tunes of Vincent Youmans.

The program will also include a suite of popular African American spirituals arranged by renowned composer John Rutter, who has twice conducted members of the Chorale at Carnegie Hall in New York City. The suite includes well known favorites including "Steal Away", "I Got A Robe", "Deep River", Every Time I Feel The Spirit", "Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child" and "When The Saints Go Marching In".

Mezzo-soprano Kathryn Weld is well known to Everett audiences with her appearances with the Everett Chorale on their "A Night At The Opera" and "Journeys On American Rivers" concerts in recent seasons. She is currently alto soloist at St. James Cathedral in Seattle and is on the voice faculty and Affiliate Artist at Western Washington State University and the Cornish College of the Arts. She was among a group of singers selected to perform for both the Pope and the Dalai Lama during recent visits to the U.S. Chorale accompanist and concert organist Kim Croft holds Bachelor and Masters of Music degrees in Organ Performance from Brigham Young University and a Masters of Arts in Musicology from New York University. Has done postgraduate work in Musicology at the University of Washington where he is currently completing an advanced degree in Music Librarianship. He is organist at Our Savior's Lutheran Church in Everett.

See our tickets page for purchasing information or call the Everett Performing Arts Center at 425-257-8600 or toll free 1-888-257-3722 or visit the box office at 2710 Wetmore Avenue in downtown Everett between 11 AM and 7 PM Tuesday through Saturday. Ticket prices are: Adult $16 and Senior/Student/Military $14. Special discounts for groups of 10 or more are available.

The Everett Chorale is Snohomish County's premiere vocal ensemble, comprised of singers from Everett and the surrounding area. Membership in the Everett Chorale is open to all interested singers with previous choral singing experience and is available for college credit through Everett Community College. Contact EvCC at 425-388-9501 for enrollment and audition information.

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Everett Chorale Spring Concert Celebrates Children

February 28, 2008

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The Everett Chorale's spring concert celebrates the joy of children with "It's A Small World" at the Everett Performing Arts Center on Saturday, March 29, 2008 at 7:30 PM and Sunday, March 30, 2008 at 3:00 PM. Whether you're 6 or 96, this performance will delight all ages.

Chorale Director Lee Mathews is planning a different stage arrangement for the 70-voice choir with the use of platforms rather than risers and a slide presentation during some pieces. The concert features pieces with children as the central theme, including "I Am a Small Part Of The World," "Walk Together Children," "Children Of The Heavenly Father" and "I Am His Child."

The Snohomish Children's Choir, under the direction of Shelley Logan, will be the Chorale's featured guests for this performance. They will present several sets of American folk songs before joining the Chorale to perform the Disney classic "It's A Small World" which will include an audience sing-along for everyone's enjoyment.

Mathews has also programmed a set of choral pieces designed to teach school children the basic concepts of choral singing. By using Ed Harris' "I Am A Voice In The Choir", the vocal parts soprano, alto, tenor and bass are introduced along with the terms solo, duet, trio and quartet in a humorous and delightful manor. Three pieces about horses, including Aaron Copland's "The Little Horses", are used to further explain other musical terms such as unison, harmony, tempo, and dynamics.

See our tickets page for purchasing information or call the Everett Performing Arts Center at 425-257-8600 or toll free 1-888-257-3722 or visit the box office (2710 Wetmore Ave Everett, WA 98201) between 11 AM and 7 PM Tuesday through Saturday.

The Everett Chorale is Snohomish County's premiere vocal ensemble and is comprised of singers from Everett and the surrounding area. Last year, the Chorale represented the State of Washington by performing at the 2007 International Choral Festival in Beijing, China.