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Choirs in
Washington State
(Outside the
Puget Sound region)
| 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 to the right to jump to that
page. This list is not
intended to encompass church choirs 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.
The choir list is generally ordered by where the
group normally rehearses, then in alphabetical order.
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. You can see the most
recent changes here. Last updated
July 10, 2010. |
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NorthEast
(Leavenworth,
Spokane, etc.)
SouthEast
(Richland, Tri-Cities, Yakima, etc.)
SouthWest
(Vancouver, Longview, etc)
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Puget Sound Area
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SouthWest (Vancouver)
Bravo! Vancouver
Size: 60+ members
Style: Wide range, from Baroque to Jazz.
Rehearses: Vancouver, WA
More info:
http://www.bravoconcerts.com/
Male Ensemble Northwest
Size: about 14
Rehearses: Longview, WA
More info:
http://www.maleensemblenorthwest.com/
Northwest Harmony Chorus
Size: About 30 women of all ages
Style: Barbershop (Sweet Adelines)
Rehearses: Vancouver, WA
More info: http://northwestharmony.org/
Touch of Class Chorale
Size: About 50+ members
Style: Everything from Beethoven to Broadway, the Beatles to Josh Groban, variety shows, and favorites.
"Giving back to the community in song."
Rehearses: Vancouver, WA
More info:
http://www.thetouchofclasschoir.com
Vancouver Madrigal Singers
Size: 12
Style: English renaissance madrigals
Rehearses: Vancouver, WA
More info:
http://madrigalsingers.home.att.net/
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
Pages of Harmony
Size: About 30 men
Style: Barbershop
Rehearses: Spokane
More info:
http://www.pagesofharmony.org/
RiversEdge Chorus
Size: About 20 women
Style: Barbershop (Sweet Adelines)
Rehearses: Spokane
More info:
http://riversedgechorus.org/
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: "A cappella songs for the global community"
Rehearses: Spokane
More info: Melanie Luedders, director (509)
455-8011
Tapestry Women's Choir
Size: 20 to 24 women
Style: An auditioned choir performing a wide variety of music from new
commissions to classics.
Rehearses: Colfax
More info:
http://www.tapestrywomenschoir.org
Wenatchee Apollo Club
Size: About 50 men
Style: Unknown
Rehearses: Wenatchee
More info:
http://www.wenatchee-apolloclub.org/
Wenatchee Appleaires
Size: Unknown
Style: Unknown
Rehearses: Wenatchee, I suppose
More info: Unknown
SouthEast (Richland,
Tri-Cities, Yakima)
Blue Mountain Chorus
Size: About 30 women
Style: Barbershop (Sweet Adelines)
Rehearses: Walla Walla
More info:
http://www.sairegion13.org/bluemountainchorus/
Cascade Winds Chorus
Size: about 16 women
Style: Barbershop (Sweet Adelines)
Rehearses: Yakima
More info:
http://www.geocities.com/cascadewinds/
Columbia Chorale
Size: About 25
Style: Wide range
Rehearses: Kennewick
More info:
http://www.columbiachorale.net/
Columbia River Chordsmen
Size: about 25 men, ages 16 to over 70
Style: Barbershop (Barbershop Harmony Society)
Rehearses: Kennewick, Thursday evenings.
More info: http://www.evg.org/chordsmen
Mid-Columbia Mastersingers, or Consort
Columbia
Size: About 40
Style: Variety of styles and periods
Rehearses: Richland
More info:
http://midcolumbiamastersingers.org/ or
http://www.consortcolumbia.org/
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/
Valley of the Sun
Size: about 20 men
Style: Barbershop (Barbershop Harmony Society)
Rehearses: Yakima, Monday Evenings
More info: http://www.evg.org/yakima
Yakima Symphony Chorus
Size: About 50
Rehearses: Yakima
More info:
http://www.yakimasymphonychorus.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/
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