Columbia Chorale of Wenatchee

Welcome Director Jennifer Ferguson!
The Columbia Chorale 2024-2025 season is off to a great start in our new rehearsal space at Saddlerock Presbyterian Church. Jennifer is already bringing out our best! Come join us! Monday evenings at 7 PM.

The Columbia Chorale is pleased to announce the appointment of Jennifer Ferguson as its Music Director and Conductor. Jennifer becomes the Chorale's sixth Conductor in its 41-season history.

An experienced conductor with a lifelong passion for instructing ensembles, she is excited to bring her joy and love of music to Wenatchee. Jennifer has led groups of all ages and sizes including adult and youth choirs, orchestras, jazz bands, and pit. Additionally, she has worked in Denver as a music minister and as a K-12 music educator in Denver Public Schools. She believes the power of community music can bring renewal and hope into the world by aiding in our search for beauty and transforming lives.

Jennifer was the conductor of the Colorado Women’s Chorale as well as the founding conductor of the Colorado Men’s Chorale, choirs that collaborated throughout Colorado and under her direction toured to Lincoln Center, Carnegie Hall, and Italy. Other appearances include as the principal conductor of the Mile High Youth Choir, guest speaker at Colorado ACDA in 2013, guest conductor of the Poudre District Honor Choir in 2014, and guest conductor of the Arvada Honor Choir in 2015. Jennifer was a guest commentator and conductor at the 2019 Treble High School Festival at Saint Mary’s College in Indiana.

She serves on the Board and is a singer in the Evans Choir, a professional choir in Denver under the direction of Dr. Catherine Sailer. With the Evans Choir, Jennifer has performed with the Colorado Symphony Orchestra, the Colorado Ballet, the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Dallas Symphony Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, Bramwell Tovey, Marin Alsop, Morten Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre, and others.

Jennifer holds her Master of Music degree in Choral Conducting from the Lamont School of Music at the University of Denver. She also holds a Bachelor of Music in K-12 Music Education from Saint Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Indiana.

Welcome aboard, Jennifer!

Columbia Chorale is excited to join the Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra next April for the blockbuster Carmina Burana, by Carl Orff. Check out the Symphony's upcoming season here, and stay tuned for a complete rundown of the Chorale's season!

We are thrilled to announce our season, Hear & Now. Visit our website to learn more about our lineup of performances and stay tuned for more information on ticket availability!

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Tonight at the MAC choir room. 7 PM to meet/ audition new choir director finalists. Be there if you can! Exciting!!

I like this shot from our recent Columbia Chorale Wenatchee concert for how it shows the wide range of ages we now have. Age, gender, ethnicity, politics, religion- all our differences fade in the shared joy of making beautiful music together! Who can you name here?

Beau Soir was a wonderful Concert. Here are a few pictures from the evening.

What a “beautiful evening” Saturday night! Thanks to Dan Jackson for inspiring us, all the singers for working so hard to master some challenging music, and mostly our audience for coming to hear us! See you next Fall. More pictures at wenatcheecolumbiachorale.org photos/video page

https://www.wenatcheeworld.com/go/wenatchee-columbia-chorale-sings-from-an-opera-movie-video-game-in-beau-soir concert

Wenatchee Columbia Chorale sings from an opera, movie, video game in 'Beau Soir' WENATCHEE — The interim director of Wenatchee Columbia Chorale, Dan Jackson, said he goes through hundreds of songs online and from past repertoires, narrows the list to 100 songs, asterisks

🎼 IT’S SHOW TIME! 🎹
Tomorrow night, 7 PM Wenatchee High School. Support your amazing community choir , Columbia Chorale. Get tickets through Numerica PAC or arrive early for tickets at the door 👏

CONCERT IN ONE WEEK! This is the winning poster that was chosen from all the entries students made. Did we choose … wisely? Why or why not? Columbia Chorale of Wenatchee Wenatchee Valley College.
Dan Jackson Ron Lodge Brittany Callahan Stevens Matt Lodge

Heres one more poster entry. I like this one for clarity of the text and logo and eye-catching quality.
The variety of moods and ideas in these posters is reflective of the variety in musical styles you’ll hear at this Concert in one week!

Which would you choose? Comment below. Columbia Chorale of Wenatchee works with Wenatchee Valley College
graphic arts students to design posters for our concerts as part of their course work. A win-win for us both! While only one is eventually chosen for publication, many wonderful and creative ideas are submitted. Here are a few of them that were not chosen but are still really cool! With Dan Jackson Ron Lodge

Music aficionados, come listen to accomplished pianist Doris Stevenson perform at the MAC on March 20 from 5:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Seating is first come, first served. You won't want to miss this amazing free performance.

“Peze Kafé is a song found in the rich Haitian treasure of folk music. It tells of a young boy who is sent to the market with coffee for sale. Stopped by police on the way, he loses the coffee. What will he tell his mother when he returns home?
The Columbia Chorale will perform this piece in Haitian Creole, with percussion accompaniment by Wenatchee High School students. It’s a blast to sing, and will knock your socks off!
Don't miss the "Beau Soir Concert". March 23, 7 PM at the Wenatchee High School. Tickets available through the Numerica PAC box office and at the WHS door. $20 adult, $10 student rate for grades K-14

Peze Kafé by Sten Källman The Bob Cole Conservatory of Music at California State University, Long Beach Presents the:Bob Cole Chamber ChoirRyan D**g, Jakob Hesse, Kyle McDonald & Mich...

“LET’S DRINK!
Love, among the chalices, will get hotter kisses! Let’s drink to love’s sweet shivers…Let’s take our pleasure till a new day dawns”

Can you name the Opera and the Composer of this song?
Who says Opera is stuffy and boring? This flirtatious drinking song features a romantic banter between Violetta, a courtesan secretly suffering from tuberculosis, and Alfredo, an aspiring lover. Often seen as the inspiration for the movie Moulan Rouge, this spicy, funny, tragic story is one of Opera’s most famous and beloved.
Matt Lodge and Stephanie Etherington, two of Chorale’s finest young voices (and both former students of Director Dan Jackson) perform the characters with incredible skill! Backed by the Chorale chorus, this song is pure fun!
Don’t miss it March 23, 7 PM at Wenatchee High School. Tickets at Numerica PAC (509)665-9096

Members of Columbia Chorale of Wenatchee performed the National Anthem for the opening ceremony of Special Olympics Washington Winter Games 2024 in Wenatchee 🎼🏆🇺🇸

A beautiful evening celebrating the impact of choral music. Don’t miss it !

Concert Lyric of the week : Hymn of Axiom * by Vienna Tang
The increasingly disturbing lyrics are paired with a gentle soothing melody and lush harmonies with a hymn-like quality, to portray the seductive and disarming nature of database marketing.
The Acxiom* Corporation has detailed entries for nearly 200 million households and 500 million consumers worldwide. Are you one?
Sung by the women of Chorale, it will leave you breathless.
March 23, 7 PM Wenatchee HS Auditorium. Tickets at the door or through Numerica PAC

Vienna Teng - The Hymn of Acxiom - Lyrics

Ticket link is live! Reduced price for the "Beau Soir" concert.
$20 adult, $10 students grade K-14. Tickets also at the door as available. Wenatchee High School auditorium March 23, 7 PM

Numerica Performing Arts Center Check This Out: Buy tickets and see performance listings from Numerica Performing Arts Center

https://youtu.be/vsINANZ6Riw?feature=shared

The Columbia Chorale will be performing BABA YETU, a Swahili version of The Lord's Prayer. Full of energy, passion, solos and percussion, it will bring joy to your heart! Don't miss this amazing evening of music. March 23, 7 PM at the Wenatchee High School Auditorium. $20 adult, $10 student. Tickets availability from the Numerica PAC and at the door

Baba Yetu (By Christopher Tin) Lord's Prayer in Swahili - Alex Boyé, BYU Men's Chorus/ Philharmonic DOWNLOAD the single “Baba Yetu” on iTunes (https://goo.gl/OSIOtb). Other BYU Men’s Chorus albums are available on Amazon.com (http://amzn.to/1RhMT7A), iTunes...

A “beautiful evening” in the Shenandoah Valley
“Beau Soir” concert lyric of the week

While many think this haunting American folk song is about a river, it actually refers to the valley through which the river “the wide Missouri” flows. Early versions reference Shenandoah, the chief the Oneida Iroquoi people who lived there. Legend has it a trader was in love with his daughter and tried for 7 years to take her away, but her father refused. Chief Shenandoah fought against the British in the Revolutionary War and died in 1816 at the age of 110. The Columbia Chorale will perform this song as our opening number in “surround sound” encircling the Wenatchee HS auditorium as waves of sound bounce across the audience. Hear us March 23, 7 PM. Tickets through the Numerica PAC and at the door.

Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you,
And hear your rolling river
Oh, Shenandoah, I long to see you,
Away, I’m bound away, across the wide Missouri.

Oh Shenandoah, I love your daughter
Away, you rolling river
For her I’d cross the roaming water
Away, I’m bound away, across the wide Missouri

Tis seven long years since last I see you
And hear your rolling river
Tis seven long years since last I see you
Away, I’m bound away, across the wide Missouri

WHAT'S THE THEME OF YOUR NEXT CONCERT?
Well, that's a great question.
"Beau Soir" means beautiful evening, and it will be a evening of gorgeous choral music picked by conductor Dan Jackson to represent the depth, breadth and variety of musical styles and sounds that voices can produce.
You'll hear songs about - rivers, lakes and coffee, prayers and romance, picnics and media technology. You'll hear songs in Spanish, Swahili and Haitian (in addition to English) There will be spirituals and folks songs and madrigals, opera and movies. There will also be guest performances from local High School choral groups. Variety? Yes! Boring? NO!! Fun? Absolutely! Dont miss it.
March 23, 7 PM at Wenatchee High School Auditorium

Wenatchee Columbia Chorale Performing choral masterpieces for over 40 years! The Columbia Chorale of Wenatchee is one of North Central Washington’s finest adult community choral groups.  Our membership of up to 75 singers reflects a mix of talented vocalists from around the North Central Washington area. A select group of ...

Melissa Schiel, mezzo-soprano, and Tamara Caulkins, classical guitarist, will present a program of early nineteenth century Spanish songs, French chansons, and Italian operas by renowned composer Fernando Sor. The concert will take place on Friday, February 9, at Grace Lutheran Church, 1408 Washington St. in Wenatchee, at 7:00 pm and is free, with donations welcome.

Melissa Schiel is a well established concert soloist, stage performer,
and recitalist. She has performed with the Wenatchee Valley Symphony, and is the wife of Nikolas Caoile, director of WVSO. She has also performed with the Yakima Symphony, Seattle Chamber Orchestra and Orchestra Seattle. Melissa teaches voice at Central Washington University and holds a Doctor of Musical Arts degree in vocal performance from University of Maryland.

Tamara Caulkins, guitarist, specializes in performing music from the
early 19th century. She has performed with Seattle Early Dance, Musica Antigua, and the Musicking festival in Eugene, OR. She and her husband Neil Caulkins, also a guitarist, recently performed a work written for them called "Dry Falls," a musical suite which celebrates the unique geology of eastern Washington. She holds a Master's in Applied Music from the University of North Carolina.

We’re rehearsing! Save the date - March 23 - for our next concert of amazing music 🎶
wenatcheecolumbiachorale.org

Chorale members! There is no rehearsal tonight, January 8. Rehearsals will start next Monday January 15. Dan has sent emails with info and links to new music at the choir login on the website. If you did not receive Dan’s email, check your updates and spam filters.
If still nothing, email Phil Gregg at [email protected] He is updating all the lists and contacts.
I’m excited to get back singing with you all! Our sold out concert was a highlight of the holiday season for me. Let’s keep the momentum and beautiful music filling our hearts and our community!