Choirs in
Washington State
(Outside
the
Puget
Sound region)
This
page has been moved to here.
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 October 1, 2010.
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(Leavenworth, Spokane, etc.)
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(Richland, Tri-Cities,
Yakima, etc.)
SouthWest
(Vancouver, Longview, etc)
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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/
Metro
Arts Chorale
Size: Unknown
Style: Eclectic mix, ranging from classics and madrigals, to Fats
Waller swing, to jazz and contemporary. Members are expected
to be able to read music and carry a part on their own.
Rehearses: Vancouver
More info: Director Tony Bump, 310-729-5290
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
Girls Choir
Size: Varies
Style: Music education for young women. Separated
into three levels by age group: K-1st grade, 2nd - 6th grade,
and 7th through 12th grade. Associated with Vancouver-Clark
Parks and Recreation.
More info:
http://www.vancouvergirlschoir.com/
Vancouver
Madrigal Singers
Size: 12
Style: English renaissance madrigals
Rehearses: Vancouver, WA
More info:
http://www.madrigalsingers.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:
http://vancouversingers.org/ or 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: 50 women
Style: Unknown
Rehearses: Wenatchee
More info: As of 2010, President Kathy Monroe at 509-679-1959.
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)
See
the Choirs in the Puget Sound Area
page for the 130+ groups in the northwest corner of the state.
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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