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Choirs in Washington State
(Outside the Puget Sound region)
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This is a list of community and professional choirs and choruses in Washington State, outside the Puget Sound region (a.k.a. the Seattle/Tacoma metropolitan area of western Washington) For choirs in the Puget Sound area, please use the link above to jump to that page.

This list is not intended to encompass church, school, or private, employee choirs.  These choirs should be open to anyone with sufficient talent to join!  They range from "show up and sing" community choirs to professional groups with very demanding audition processes.  Most have some sort of instrumental accompaniment.

If you see any errors, or if you know of a choir or chorus that isn't on this page, please send me whatever information you have.  I haven't had much luck locating choirs and choruses outside the Puget Sound area, so I'll appreciate any help you can give!

The choir list is generally ordered by the where the group normally rehearses, then in alphabetical order.  Last updated February 3, 2008.

SouthWest (Vancouver)

Blue Mountain Chorus
Size: About 30 women
Style: Barbershop (Sweet Adelines)
Rehearses: Walla Walla
More info: http://www.sairegion13.org/bluemountainchorus/

Bravo! Vancouver
Size: 60+ members
Style:  Wide range, from Baroque to Jazz.

Rehearses: Vancouver, WA
More info:   http://www.bravoconcerts.com/

Touch of Class Chorale
Size:  About 30
Style: Everything from Broadway to Beethoven, variety shows, and favorites.  "Giving back to the community in song."
Rehearses:  Vancouver, WA
More info:  http://www.thetouchofclasschoir.com

Vancouver USA Singers
Size: 100+ members
Style:  Community Choir, with varied repertoire from Bach to Broadway, sacred, spirituals, major works.

Rehearses: Vancouver, 4300 Main Street
More info:    360-693-1616

 

NorthEast (Leavenworth, Spokane)

Leavenworth Village Voices
Size: 30 members
Style: Folk, Broadway, etc.
Rehearses: Leavenworth
More info: http://www.leavenworthvillagevoices.org/

Mountain Melodies
Size: about 25 women of all ages
Style: Barbershop (Sweet Adelines)
Rehearses: Colville
More info: http://homepage.plix.com/mpickett/melodies.html

Spirit of Spokane Chorus (formerly Spokane Falls Chorus)
Size: about 50 women of all ages
Style: Barbershop (Sweet Adelines)
Rehearses: Spokane
More info: http://www.spiritofspokanechorus.org/

Spokane Area Children's Chorus
Size: Over 100 in seven different choir levels, for ages 7 to 17.
Style:  Wide range of music.  "The goal of SACC is the pursuit of musical excellence at all levels. This builds self-esteem and nurtures the artistic and personal growth of our members in a joyful and supportive way. Weekly rehearsals emphasize the development of musicianship, vocal techniques and performance skills."
Rehearses: Spokane
More info: http://www.saccsings.org/

Spokane Community Choir
Size: Unknown
Style:  "
Accapella songs for the global community"
More info:  Melanie Luedders, director (509) 455-8011

 

SouthEast (Richland, Tri-Cities)

Cascade Winds Chorus
Size: about 16 women
Style: Barbershop (Sweet Adelines)
Rehearses
: Yakima
More info: http://www.geocities.com/cascadewinds/

Rolling Hills Chorus
Size: about 50 women, ages 14 to over 70
Style: Barbershop (Sweet Adelines)
Rehearses
: Richland, Tuesday evenings.
More info: http://www.rollinghills.urx.com/rollinghills

Three Rivers Children's Chorus
Size: Two choirs of about 60 young singers each, grades 2 through 9.
Style: Wide range of styles, languages, cultures and time periods.
Rehearses
: Richland
More info: http://www.trcchorus.org/

 

NorthWest (Seattle, Tacoma)

The northwest corner of the state is on the Choirs in the Puget Sound Area page.
 


This list is brought to you by the Contemporary A Cappella Society.

A few more listings can be found here: http://www.musicalretreat.org/choruses.html.   I don't know how current the listings are.

Another good resource is the American Choral Directors Association.  The site for Washington state is here:  http://www.wa-acda.org/

For more men's barbershop choruses, see the SPEBSQSA Evergreen District page at http://www.evg.org/contact/WA.asp.  For more women's barbershop choruses, see the Sweet Adelines' North Pacific district page at http://www.sweetadelineintl.org/chaptersinfo.cfm?region=North%20Pacific

Another resource is the list at Seattle Pacific University's choral page: http://www.spu.edu/depts/fpa/choral/misclnks.html

And for the global choral community, go to ChoralNet at http://www.choralnet.org/