PERFORMANCES
SPRING 2011
HEART BEATS
May 20, Friday, 7:00, United Methodist Church, 1900 King
St, Shelton
May 21, Saturday, 3:00, St Hugh Episcopal Church, Allyn
May 22, Sunday, 3:00, Harstine Island Community Hall
"Heart Beats" is a lively presentation of love songs. Delight in
Disney’s Kiss the Girl from The Little Mermaid, Some Enchanted
Evening from South Pacific, and Summertime from Porgy and
Bess. Mourn through songs of sorrow such as Danny Boy and Barb’ry
Ellen. Songs range from master composers works like Brahms’
melodious love songs and Bartok’s heart wrenching Wedding Song from
Poniky, to today’s preeminent choral composers works like Z. Randall
Stroope’s powerful Omnia sol and Morten Lauridsen’s haunting Dirait-on.
Harstine Island Community Choir debuts the commissioned love song of
local composer and musician, Pat Butler. Join Mason County’s Harstine
Island Community Choir at one of their ‘Heart Beats’ concerts to laugh,
cry, listen and share the advent of spring.
FALL 2011
Shelton Tree Lighting 2011
December 2, Friday, 6:00, Post Office Park, Shelton
Christmas Concerts 2011
CHRISTMAS AT THE NEIGHBORS
December 9, Friday, 7:00,
St Edwards Catholic Church,
601 West C Street, Shelton
December 10, Saturday, 3:00, St Hugh Episcopal Church, Allyn
December 11, Sunday, 3:00, Harstine Island Community Hall
Experience the unique flavor of Christmas in the southwest and across
our southern border with music based on the rhythms and traditions of
Hispanic America. The concert features Navidad Nuestra from famed
composer Ariel Ramirez, whose inspiring folk songs include the rhythmic
energy of piano, guitar, and percussion. Conrad Susa’s Carols and
Lullabies, Christmas in the Southwest, with guitar and marimba,
creates the image of a southwestern piñata party for the new baby. The
holiday wouldn’t be complete without singing traditional favorites from
across the United States. Let the exciting rhythms and satisfying sound
sounds of traditional carols begin your holiday season with joy.
SPRING 2012
Haydn’s Missa Sancti Nicolai
With The Creation (A Rock Cantata)
May 18 , Friday, 7:00, church in Shelton
May 19 , Saturday, 3:00, St Hugh Episcopal Church, Allyn
May 20, Sunday, 3:00, Harstine Island Community Hall
Missa Sancti Nicolai
is one of Haydn's early short masses, featuring 4 soloists, choir, piano
and sublime, uplifting music. The Creation (A Rock Cantata), by
David Bobrowitz and Steven Porter, plus a suite of American spirituals
makes a program of diverse music styles sure to entertain.
FALL 2012
Shelton Tree Lighting 2012
December 7, Friday, 6:00, Post Office Park, Shelton
Christmas Concerts 2012
Carols and Part-Songs
– for the Shortest Days and Longest
Nights
December 14, Friday, 7:00, church in Shelton
December 15, Saturday, 3:00, St Hugh Episcopal Church, Allyn
December 16, Sunday, 3:00, Harstine Island Community Hall
Shape-note singing has deep roots in American history. Hear Christmas
tunes of the past and present sung with the joyful bravura of this music
form.
OTHER EVENTS
Harstine Choir was organized and is operated for public music education
and is dedicated to performance, community service, and leadership in
the arts. Our mission is to teach and perform choral works to interested
persons of all ages, to participate in community service activities, and
to develop and maintain public interest in vocal arts. To do this, we
perform for donations only throughout Mason county. We support and
assists with music for events like the Shelton Tree Lighting Ceremony.
We perform for local fund-raising projects such as the Karen Hillburn
Breast and Cervical Cancer Foundation. We promote the opportunity to
experience the joy of choral music at events such as OysterFest, Soup &
Sound, and the Shelton and North
Mason Timberland Library Programs. If we could support your program to
make Mason County an even better place to live, contact director
Elizabeth Berndt to discuss possibilities.
