A well-recognized favourite — joined by some new faces — will headline Trinity United Methodist’s Candlelight Concert events in December.
The Wild Rose Chorale, Port Townsend’s premier a cappella group, will carry out at 7 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 15 at Trinity United Methodist Church in Port Townsend.
The Wild Rose Chorale has been entertaining native audiences and past since 1992 with a repertoire of pop, jazz, folks, present tunes, classical, and extra.
“We have now numerous upbeat music on this program,” mentioned bass Doug Rodgers.
Items embrace each sacred, secular, and seasonal songs, together with “Deck the Halls,” “I’ll Be Residence for Christmas,” the perennial favourite, “Jingle Bells,” and the jaunty, “I Noticed Three Ships,” on which the singers will probably be joined by Dana Africa on flute.
Live performance organizers word that audiences can even count on the surprising, with shocking preparations of acquainted tunes, together with a Pentatonix association of “God Relaxation Ye Merry, Gents.”
“I really like the number of sacred and secular, up-tempo and luxurious ballads,” mentioned chorale director Leslie Lewis. “We also have a lovely rendition of the fifteenth century textual content, ‘Come Down O Love Divine,’ composed and organized by our very personal Rolf Vegdahl.”
Wild Rose at the moment numbers 11 singers, together with some new faces.
“It’s been enjoyable working with new members this fall,” Lewis mentioned.
“They’ve given us an injection of recent power! Every individual brings their very own character and strengths. Audiences will meet new singers Mark Schecter, bass; Pat Nerison, alto; Cherry Chenruk-Geelan, soprano; and the tenor who joined us final spring, Rolf Vegdahl.”
Rounding out the roster are sopranos Lewis and Sarah Gustner-Hewitt, altos Schumacher and Lynn Nowak, tenor Chuck Helman, and basses Thompson and Rodgers.
The live performance will probably be one set with no intermission. Admission is free, with a steered donation $10 per individual. Half of the proceeds from this live performance go towards the Wild Rose Chorale’s scholarship fund, which makes awards to promising highschool and school college students who pursue choral music of their post-secondary training.
The efficiency can even be streamed dwell at trinityumcpt.org, with a hyperlink for the Candlelight Concert events On-line and methods to donate. Trinity United Methodist Church is positioned at 609 Taylor St., throughout from the Group Middle, in Uptown. Attendees ought to plan on arriving early; doorways will open at 6:30 p.m. Masks will probably be required for in-person attendees.
Following the Candlelight Live performance, the singers carry out once more at 3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 18, additionally at Trinity.
In line with pandemic protocols, audiences will probably be required to masks and present proof of vaccination on the Sunday live performance. Admission is by donation on the door.
