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Press Release
Contact: Office of the College President,
Coni Chavez, (209) 588-5115

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 8, 2013

 

Columbia College Community Choir performs
in Choral Festival Open to the Public

The Columbia College Community Choir, under the musical direction of Columbia College professor John Carter, will perform in the Mother Lode Community Chorus Festival, featuring four choruses, representing four counties, on Friday, March 8, 2012 at 7:00 pm at Calvary Chapel, 19889 Soulsbyville Road, Soulsbyville, CA.  Admission is free.

The Mother Lode Community Chorus Festival is an opportunity for choral singers in the Central Mother Lode to hear and see other singers that participate in group singing.  According to festival organizer and Columbia College Music Professor, John Carter, “chorus members in the Mother Lode are fairly isolated from each other.  This event is meant to encourage each other as we sing and provide music to our various communities and to really drive home the point that we, in the Central Sierra Region, have much in common with each other as singers.”

Participating choruses are coming from four counties:  The Mountain Melody Singers (Mountain Ranch), Sonora Master Chorale (Sonora), Sonora Hills Chorus (Sonora), and The Columbia College Community Chorus (Sonora).   “Each one of these choruses are different sizes and perform different kinds of music from one another” said Carter.  “But we all love choral singing and enjoy singing for our communities.  Last year’s Festival was so successful and was met with so much enthusiasm by the singers that we decided to do it again.”

The public is welcome to attend. The conclusion of the program will be America the Beautiful sung by the massed Choruses.   For more information contact John Carter at 588-5214.

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Coni M. Chavez
Executive Assistant to the President
Columbia College
11600 Columbia College Drive
Sonora, CA 95370
(209) 588-5115 • (209) 588-5161 fax
chavezc@yosemite.edu