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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.

 

 


 

 

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