SUMMER 2010
Hahnheim Men's Choir
August 7, 2010, Saturday, 3:00 PM
Bridge Community Church on
Harstine Island
Harstine Choir will host one of Germany’s finest award-winning men’s
choirs on tour through the pacific northwest. The Hahnheim Men's
Choir has been in existence for more than 125 years and has been
awarded the title "Master Choir" for several competitions. They will
perform a variety of German folk music, hymns, wine songs and other
folk music. Come celebrate the music of other cultures at this
concert for donations only at Bridge Community Church (500 E North
Island Drive, Harstine Island), Saturday, August 7th and
3:00 PM.
FALL 2010
Shelton
Tree Lighting Ceremony 2010
December 3, Friday, 6:00, Post
Office Park, Shelton
Three of Shelton’s middle school choirs
will entertain you at this community wide family event before you
join them and Harstine Island Community Choir in singing in the
season at the tree lighting ceremony. Afterwards, toast marshmallows
around the fires along Railroad Ave, let your children ride the
famous Kiwanis train, and shop downtown stores open especially for
you this joyful evening to kick off the holiday season in Mason
County.
Christmas Concerts 2010
One World, One
Christmas
December 10, Friday, 7:00, First
Baptist Church, Shelton
December 11, Saturday, 3:00,
St Hugh Episcopal Church, Allyn
December 12, Sunday, 3:00, Harstine
Island Community Hall, Shelton
One World, One
Christmas is a
sampler of Christmas music from around our globe, representing
Austria, Australia, Canada, China, England, Finland, France, India,
Ireland, Kenya, Korea, Latvia, Russia, Spain and the US. It
is our hope this music will resonate in the hearts and minds of our
listeners, helping them realize people around the world are much
like we are, each celebrating in his/her own way, singing their own
songs, but joining together in a choir of
humankind.
SPRING 2011
HEART BEATS
May 20, Friday, 7:00,
First Baptist Church, 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 ‘Heartbeats’
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
SPANISH CHRISTMAS
December 9, Friday, 7:00,
church
in
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 across our
southern border with music based on the rhythms and traditions of
Hispanic America. The concert features famed composer Ariel Ramirez,
whose inspiring folk songs include the rhythmic energy of piano,
guitar, and percussion. Today’s Spanish composers are also
represented with new settings of traditional Latin Christmas music
with varied textures and tempi to begin the holiday season in an
exciting way.
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.
PERFORMANCES